Sew a Pot Holder in 60 Minutes
By Donna Fenske, Nancy’s Notions Guest Blogger
Personalize kitchen décor and keep your hands safe from hot dishes at the same time. Sew this quilted pot holder
in minutes using simple sewing techniques.
You’ll need four different fabrics for this project: 1/4 yard cotton quilting fabric; 1/4 yard coordinating cotton
quilting fabric for binding; 1/4 yard of Insul-Bright; and 1/4 yard of Quilted Iron Quick Fabric.
Using the Olfa Rotary Circle Cutter, cut two 8-1/2″ circles from both your cotton print fabric and the Quilted
Iron Quick Fabric.
Cut one 8-1/2″ circle from the Insul-Bright.
Create pockets for your fingers by cutting one of the cotton print fabric circles and one of the Quilted Iron Quick
Fabric circles in half.
Place the wrong sides of your cotton fabric on the shiny side of the Quilted Iron Quick Fabrics and zigzag the
layers of each half together.
Make the base for the pot holder by layering the remaining circles of fabric—Quilted Iron Quick, shiny side
down; Insul-Bright; and cotton fabric, wrong side down.
Zigzag the three layers together around the outer edge.
Select a cotton fabric that coordinates with your cotton print to make bias trim strips.
Cut 2″ wide bias strips from yardage or a fat quarter. Join short ends of bias strips, right sides together, with
diagonal seams if cut from a fat quarter. You’ll need approximately 1-1/2 yards of continuous binding for the
project.
Use a 1″ Bias Tape Maker and your iron to create bias strips.
Encase each of the straight edges of the finger pockets and stitch binding in place.
Assemble the layers of the pot holder by stacking the completed finger pockets, right side up, on the pot holder
base, also right side up.
Meet the bias binding of the finger pockets in the center.
Zigzag the layers together around the outer edges.
Use the remaining bias binding to finish the outer edges, using your favorite binding technique.
Sew pot holders as gifts for friends. They make festive additions to any holiday or seasonal gathering, too—think
summer barbecues, Thanksgiving or Christmas, and special birthday celebrations.
Watch a video demonstration of the step-by-step process to make these 60-Minute Pocket Pot Holders
then download the free pattern instructions.
Thanks to Donna Fenske for being my guest blogger this month!
Thanks for sharing your favorite notions with me from my previous
post. The random winner of the 5-in-1 Gauge is Sandra L. Her
comment was:
My favorite sewing aide is my MagEyes. I would be quite lost without them for any hand sewing. And, I really
enjoyed reading everyone’s comments.
Bye for now,
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