Sewing for the Home ~ Quilted Patchwork Hot Pads
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Something small can infuse new color and cheer into your home. Start Sewing for the Home with these great hot pads! This tutorial was created by Bean from Coyote Craft. Learn more about Bean in her introduction (check it out for your chance to win these hot pads!)! |
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1. With a 1/2″ seam, sew scraps together randomly along their 2.5″ edge. Make a total of 5 scrap strips 18″ long and 2.5″ wide. Press open all seams.
2. With right sides facing, stitch each strip to the next along the 18″ edge. Press open all long seams.
3. Make a quilt sandwich. Line up, layer & pin together backing fabric (face down), Insul-bright, cotton batting & your patchwork piece. Starting from the center-most patch, sew an interior border about 1/8″ from the edge of each patch. I like to let my machine do the measuring for me (see below.)
4. You should end up with a pretty quilted rectangle, measuring 9″ x 18″. Don’t worry if your edges aren’t completely straight, just flip the piece over and trim, using your backing fabric for a guide.
5. Grab your measuring stick, and mark a half-way point on your long edge. Cut your quilted piece in half, creating two 9″ squares. If your squares aren’t 9″ on each edge, no worries! Measure & trim. (If any of your edges end up shorter than 9″, just trim all edges to that smaller measurement to make them square.)
6. Apply your binding, starting at the corner where you’d like your hot pad to hang from. (If you need a refresher course on applying continuous quilt binding, check out Heather Bailey’s tutorial, keeping in mind that we’re working with 1/2″ seams on this project.)
To complete your fourth side, make sure the binding where you started is folded back but NOT around the hot pad. In the photo below, the ironed edge of your binding and the edge of the hot pad are marked with a red line. Mark 1/8″ from this edge with a pin– this is where you’ll stop stitching. Cut binding tape 5″ from the edge of hot pad, this will become your loop.
Fold all binding tape around to the back side, and pin in place on corners and where you feel necessary. Starting 1/8″ from the edge of your hot pad, stitch binding tail closed. Loop it around, and tuck the end of it into itself, right below where you started stitching the tail closed. Pin in place, and finish binding with a 1/8″ seam all the way around, starting in the direction indicated by the white arrow above. Repeat for second hot pad.
Good job, you’re done! Experiment with different shapes & sizes next time– wouldn’t it be fun to have a set in tonal prints, cut into fruit shapes & trimmed in linen?
Edited to add: While Bean isn’t sure where the blue floral originated, the other fabrics in her hot pads can be found in the shop: Green & Orange Dots (Amy Butler), Red-Orange Floral (Park Slope by Erin McMorris), Yellow & Orange Florals (Farmer’s Market by Sandi Henderson).
Who doesn’t love a snazzy potholder? So adorable!!! That binding really sets it off.
They look great! When I started reading I thought I wouldn’t want to make any of these, but halfway through start thinking of all my scrap fabric wondering how I would want to piece it together. =) So yes, I must try this. My family does a gift swap game at Christmas and I may just make some of these for the game.
Thanks, I love stopping by here for great tutorials.
I love these. Thanks for the tute! I can’t wait to make them.
That is really pretty, and a great project. I’m about to move so this will be perfect for my new kitchen.
beautiful!!!
Great idea – I have a lot of scraps sitting around which would be perfect for this. It would also be a good project for practising free-motion quilting on a small scale!
Pretty and cheerful! Your hanging loop is very interesting.
I make potholders/hotpads with felted wool from old sweaters and blankets rather than purchasing new battings/interlinings. The wool has great insulating properties.
Love the tutorial!
Now, that’s a great present. Cute, bright, usable.
these are sooo cute. i’ve been wanting to try ‘em but didn’t know how.
hope my girlfriends don’t see their cute fab new bday presents!! thank you!
I have sooooooo many scraps- I cannot wait to make some of these!![]()
thanks for sharing
Fabulous! Thanks for the tutorial.
I always wondered what needed to go inside a hot pad to make it safe to use. Love the way she did the loop. Great project!
These are gorgeous!! The perfect way to brighten up a kitchen!! I can’t wait to try this out!
These are definitely going on to make list for Christmas gifts – what a great way to use scraps!!
Love those fabrics used in the tutorial! Makes we wanna cook. : ) I have a question though. Locally at my Joann’s I don’t see this insul brite that you are talking about. Where can that be purchased? Also, if you are using insulbright, why are you using batting as well? Thank you for taking the time to make such a wonderfully clear tutorial with visuals! Love that!
These are cute!
I have some great scraps I’ve been saving for something and this is
the perfect “something!”
I think this will make a perfect housewarming gift for my friend’s
new home!
Bean, that is awesome! I see Christmas gifts in this project for sure!
All I want right now is a million dollars to spend on fabric alone! I love this blog, shop and forum. My sewing machine will never be lonely again because of it!
Many thanks!
Wonderfully cute! I like how you used the Insul-brite and batting! Very Clever! Going to have to try this…..
Love it! Those are so cute and I can use up scraps while tying in all the colors in my kitchen. Sounds like a winner! Thanks!
What a great idea, and a great way to get rid of scraps.
Beautiful…and such clear instructions with great photos!
I love these! So cute!
I agree with Jennifer – at first I was thinking “hmmm.. hot pads, I don’t really think I’d want to make any of those” but by the end I was hooked! They fabric makes them both colourful and modern – not the traditional quilted hot pads my grandmother was always getting me to make. Great idea to make them for a gift swap – I might do that too!
Oh, oh, OH!! Those are soooo cute! What a terrific project!
so cute, thank you
I love this idea!! And the bakeware is so familiar! My mom has that pattern!
I made some very basic potholders as one of my very first sewing projects and somehow failed to use heat resistant batting :O!! Didn’t work nearly as well as I’d hoped, LOL. Great tutorial, thanks so much!