Sew a ⅜" seam all the way around the square, leaving an opening about 4" wide for turning right-side out. After sewing clip the corners off (but don't clip the stitching.)
Another quick method creates 5 hot pads at once (or more, depending on the size of the pieces of fabric you use.) In this case I used 2 coordinating ¼ yard pieces and a piece of batting that was 43" x 9".
Press both pieces of fabric and the batting before you start. Take the backing piece and lay it face down on a clean surface. Spray lightly with Basting Spray (available at most sewing supply stores). You may want to do this outside to prevent sticky spots in your house.
Trim the batting so that it is slightly smaller than the backing fabric and lay it carefully on top of the backing, smoothing out wrinkles.
Then I carefully quilted some parallel lines to hold all the layers together nicely. The stripes on this fabric worked great as a guide, but you could mark lines with a disappearing marking pen or just eyeball the quilting lines. Basically it's nice if you have a few lines at least 2" apart - but you could do more if you like. Or this is a great chance to practice your free-motion quilting skills.
(I bought this Cosmo Cricket "Early Bird" fabric last year.)
When fabrics and batting are nicely quilted use a rotary cutter and ruler to cut out the hot pads. I cut five 8 ½" square hot pads out of a ¼ of a yard of fabric.
Sandie ~call me crazy
LOL I was a soccer mom too~ doesn't sound fierce, sounds productive! :-)<br />Have a happy weekend!
bethanndodd
Great multi~tasking! I was just cutting out 'monster eyes' at baseball practice last night 😉 Hope your extended weekend is joyful! Smiles~Beth
Sheila
Love the hot pad tutorial. I've been making some for gifts and people I give them to LOVE THEM. The tutorial gives me more ideas about how to make potholders as I have, so far, been "winging it". <br />I think hot holders/hot pads will make nice gifts when paired with cookie and muffin mixes this Christmas. <br />Thank you for a timely post!
Pam
Hi Amy, You've made my day!!! Thanks so much!!! I've just checked out your hot pad tutorial over at <i>Skip to My Lou</i>. This might be a good project for my first ever attempt at quilting. I've just added it to my ever growing <i>To Do list</i>.
Snoodles
Congratulations to the winners! I'm headed over there to the tutorial, cos I need to make some gifties, too!
castle
I did a lot of things like that when I was a soccer mom, now I am a soccer Gran'ma, and still take projects to work on. We have 3 grandkids that play soccer, and we try to make it to a game or two.<br />You have some fun ideas to try. Thanks for the tutorial.
Thimbleanna
Very CUTE Amy! I especially like the one with the toasters on it!
Lisa
Thanks so much for the link to the tute on the potholders ... I had JUST thought 5 minutes earlier that I might make some for a few presents this winter and lo and behold ...
Segelfliege
Hey,<br />nice tutorial! I am planning on making pot holders for Christmas for friends and family - I like the useful stuff! I didn't try one with a binding yet, thanks for showing!<br />Take care,<br />Segelfliege
Aster Cody
I had to laugh when I saw what you do at soccer ,because it is exactly what I do. At soccer and at orchestra. I sew so much binding, my mom has even started giving me hers to do as well. Beautiful quilts on your blog, btw.
The Little Shop of Stitches
I need to get started on my list of Christmas projects, too. Might add these pot holders as a quick and easy gift. Thanks for this!
Kimberlee, The Spunky Diva
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Amamamma
Loving seeing so many moms doing the same thing. I am a cheerleading/band/everything else that my kids decide to do mom. I always have a project with me. Lately it's been baby bibs that I have been binding. My kids used to be embarrassed but now they bring their friends over to show them what Mom is doing now.
SHIRLEY CALDWELL
I AM A NEW LADY WITH NINE SEWING MACHINES.SPEAKING OF NEW....I RETIRED A WHILE AGO FROM MY VERY BUSY SEWING SHOP IN NEW PORT RICHEY FLORIDA.MY HUSBAND WAS NOT DOING GOOD.HIS LEGS WERE WERE NOT GREAT.SKIP TO THE END.I AM A WIDOW WITH A MILD STROKE...LEARNING HOW TO SEW AGAIN..i AM NOW READING YOUR E-MAIL...A BIG THANK YOU..SOMEHOW THINGS DO GET TURNED AROUND,SHIRLEY
Amy
Oh Shirley, wishing you the very best! Sounds like you've been through a lot. So glad you've found sewing again! I hope it'll be a great source of fun and comfort. xo