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Saturday, December 2, 2023

Hot Pads...Tutorial


I pawed through the fabric cupboard

and found lots of floral fabric scraps...



These have been around for 15 or 20 years...

It is time to put them to good use !





It cut them into 1.5 and 2 inch strips...





I am turning these strips into Hot Pads...






It was fast and FUN.....I will make more !



Here is a my Hot Pad Tutorial:


Insul-Bright Batting





Insul-Bright cut into 9 inch squares...





Place a 2.5 inch square of fabric 

in the center...





Add a 1.5 inch strip,

using the stitch and flip technique...

stitching through the insul-brite




Add another 1.5 inch strip,

moving clockwise around the square...





You are stitching through the insul-bright batting,

then flipping the strip over and pressing it down...





Keep adding strips until the batting

is completely covered...





The top side of your hot pad is complete...





Flip it over and trim off any excess fabric

that sticks out beyond the 9 inch batting square...





Admire your creation...





To create the back side of the hot pad,

cut out a 10 square of backing fabric

and another 9 inch square of insul-bright...





Add a few rows of stitching to hold

the backing fabric and the batting together...

then trim down to 9 inches square




The top and back of the hot pad...





Place them pretty sides together,

stitch all the way around the hot pad,

leaving a few inches unstitched for turning

it right side out...





Trim the bulk off the corners,

Place your hand inside and pull

it right side out...





Push the corners out square,

iron the seam allowance to the inside,

and stop stitch all the way around...





Use a much larger stitch length

when top stitching, as the hot pad

is very thick at this point...





Hot Pad





Just outside the Thread Shed window

are our Boer Goats...

they keep me company while I am stitching.





This is a great way to use up those

fabric scraps while creating something

beautiful for your family and friends.




This will be waiting for me tomorrow

when I have a few more minutes to sew.


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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

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