Monday, October 12, 2009

Tutorial: Pot Holder

This is very easy. It took me about an hour to make this. Whenever I have bought pot holders, my biggest problem is that they are just not big enough. This makes it hard to grasp the hot plate or pot. I am always afraid I am going to burn something. I decided to make one so that it is big enough to grab with lots of fabric covering your hand. Sure, you could use a mit, but it does take a lot longer to get those on, plus you can put the hot pot or plate on top of the pot holder. It works out great!

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To be Honest, I don't know the dimensions of this pot holder, so I just eyeballed the length that I wanted it. Get some batting, I doubled this one to give it more thickness and stability.


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Now cut out your fabric. I like this one a lot, but I wanted a contrasting color, so I used a yellow on the other side.


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You are going to start pinning it all around. I like to have a ribbon hook on just in case I want to hang it up.

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Like So...

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Now pin all around ....
then the fun part. SEWING!

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Got it all sewn. I like to sew down the center a few times to give it more strength. It gives it a nicer look.


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