I found this tutorial at My Byrd House (click the link to see) and fell in love with the idea! I never have enough hot pads, and these are so nice. :-)
Supplies:
Fabric strips 1" to 2" wide - just whatever you have
2 pieces of cotton batting or tight poly batting slightly larger than the finished hot pad you want to make
Backing fabric
thread
Binding fabric
To start with I just randomly sewed together the strips I had. They were about 9 inches long.
Then I used my rotary cutter and squared it up.
I cut it to be 8 1/2" by 9 1/2". The size doesn't matter. That is just how big it could be to get it all square. I have large hands and like a large hot pad when cooking so I don't get burned. I also like larger hot pad for putting a hot pan on the table.
Next I layered my top, batting, and backing. I cut the backing last to make sure it was wider than the other two layers. I do this so that if the thing shifts while quilting it, I won't find that the back is now smaller than the front or off center by a fraction.
Then I pin the layers together
Next you bring it back to your sewing machine and quilt it. YES YOU CAN QUILT IT TOO. I just did stitching back and forth. Since I am no good and a straight line, I did wavy. You can do all kinds of fancy things but this is the easiest.
When I have enough quilting in it for me, I stitch all around the edge to make sure it is secure.
Then I square it back up again.
This is what the back looks like.
Then I bind it.
Sorry I won't show you how I bound it because I am a binding spaz but I will direct you to some great binding tutorials I used.
Sandi Henderson's Bias Tutorial
Angry Chicken's Bias Tape tutorial (all on the machine)
Heather Bailey's How to Bind a Quilt Tutorial
♥♥♥
I think even I could figure this out! :-) The visuals are great - I wouldn't even attempt this without them. When I finally get my sewing machine I'll give this a try and post pics!
Supplies:
Fabric strips 1" to 2" wide - just whatever you have
2 pieces of cotton batting or tight poly batting slightly larger than the finished hot pad you want to make
Backing fabric
thread
Binding fabric
To start with I just randomly sewed together the strips I had. They were about 9 inches long.
Then I used my rotary cutter and squared it up.
I cut it to be 8 1/2" by 9 1/2". The size doesn't matter. That is just how big it could be to get it all square. I have large hands and like a large hot pad when cooking so I don't get burned. I also like larger hot pad for putting a hot pan on the table.
Next I layered my top, batting, and backing. I cut the backing last to make sure it was wider than the other two layers. I do this so that if the thing shifts while quilting it, I won't find that the back is now smaller than the front or off center by a fraction.
Then I pin the layers together
Next you bring it back to your sewing machine and quilt it. YES YOU CAN QUILT IT TOO. I just did stitching back and forth. Since I am no good and a straight line, I did wavy. You can do all kinds of fancy things but this is the easiest.
When I have enough quilting in it for me, I stitch all around the edge to make sure it is secure.
Then I square it back up again.
This is what the back looks like.
Then I bind it.
Sorry I won't show you how I bound it because I am a binding spaz but I will direct you to some great binding tutorials I used.
Sandi Henderson's Bias Tutorial
Angry Chicken's Bias Tape tutorial (all on the machine)
Heather Bailey's How to Bind a Quilt Tutorial
♥♥♥
I think even I could figure this out! :-) The visuals are great - I wouldn't even attempt this without them. When I finally get my sewing machine I'll give this a try and post pics!
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