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Monday, October 26, 2020

From the Heart blog hop

 Well, we are less than 2 months away from Christmas.   It is almost November and time to start thinking about neighbor gifts, office gifts and friend gifts. 




Hi and welcome to the 2nd day of from the heart blog hop. This hop is hosted by Carol at  https://www.justletmequilt.com/?m=1

I love to make handmade gifts for the people I love.   Hot pads seem to always be a welcome gift.    I know they are something I use a lot. 

Today I want to teach you how to make a basic hot pad.  For your hot pads you want to make sure that everything you use is 100% cotton.  The reason for this is that cotton burns and polyester melts. Also, make sure your thread is 100% cotton

Materials list
1 - 6 1/2 inch square of fabric for the front
2  - 1 1/2" x 8 1/2" rectangles of a contrasting fabric
2 - 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles
1 - 10 inch square for the backing
2 - 10 inch squares batting 100% cotton
1 - 10 inch square insulbright

You will take your 6 1/2" square of fabric and your 1 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles and on two opposite sides you will sew the rectangles.  Use a 1/4" seam allowance.  Once you have sewn the two short rectangles on, then press the seams towards the darkest fabric.

 You will now take the 1 1/2" x 8 1/2" rectangles and do the same thing.  Press towards the dark side of the fabric.

Now you have the beginnings of a hot pad.  Good for you.




Now, comes the fun part.  Layer and quilting the hot pad.  Sometimes I will free motion quilt them, but for this one I decided to just do a simple crosshatch with 2" squares.  So, take the top of the hot pad and mark 2" segments across the top and bottom.  Unless your fabric is directional it does not matter which side is the top.  Then turn the fabric 1/4 turn and mark again.  Now layer the top piece with the right side up, 1 square  of batting, insulbright (shiny side facing the front, so lay it shiny side down)  1 square batting, then your bottom fabric with the right side down.  (You have just made a quilt sandwich,  Good for you).  Begin quilting  at one of your markings and go all the way down.  Do on one side first, then 1/4 turn and do the same.  You will have some cute little squares on your hot pad.


In this photo you can see that one side has been 
done, and now I am doing the other direction

You are almost done with your first hot pad.  Good for you.  Trim all sides of the hot pad so front and back are even. Should be approximately 8 1/2". Now comes the binding  To do the binding, cut  2 strips of your fabric for the binding at 2 1/4" x 8 1/2" and then cut 2 at 2 1/4" x 9 1/2".  Take the 2 8 1/2" long pieces and fold in half lengthwise and press.  Stitch using a 1/4" seam to opposite sides of the hot pad on the front side..  Now, take the 2 remaining pieces and fold down a 1/4" on each of the short edges and press.  Fold in half lengthwise and stitch with a 1/4" seam to the two sides that don't have binding on.  Now you can do the next step by hand or machine.  It may get a little tough with the machine, so I suggest trying it first, if it is hard, then do this by hand.  You are going to fold the binding to the back and stitch it down.  


Now, your hot pads should look like this.  Yay!!!! great job.  


Please check out all the bloggers.    They all have some fun gifts you can make. 



I would love to see what you make for gifts from the blog hop.    Tag me at Kathy's kwilts and more on Instagram.  #fromtheheartbloghop. 

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22 comments:

  1. Very pretty hot pads! They're such a practical yet thoughtful gift. Thanks for all the tips too.

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  2. Thank you for the tutorial. Hot pads are such handy gifts.

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  3. Thanks for the reminder! I need to make a set of hot pads. Your tutorial will help!

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  4. Hot pads always come in handy, and a great way to use up scraps of fabric!

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  5. You can never so wrong with hot pads!

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  6. Great project! These will make lovely gifts! Thank you for the tutorial.

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  7. Great project, Kathy! I need to attempt to make some new hot pads for my kitchen!! Thanks for the tutorial!

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  8. Great project, and great for gifts. I was thinking about doing this myself. Thanks so much for the inspiration!

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  9. My hot pads are looking pretty worn and torn...yours looks beautiful! Thank you for the great tutorial on making a pot holder as a gift idea.

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  10. Your hot pads are sew pretty! A great reminder and tutorial. Thanks for sharing!

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  11. Pretty and practical and a great gift to give.

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  12. Lovely and so practical. If we can just go back to visiting one another, these would be great hostess gifts.

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  13. Cute pot holders. You are right that they are ALWAYS a gift that's appreciated.

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  14. Hot pads are bankers, always useful. I keep on making them forever.

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  15. Thank you for sharing your tutorial for a great hostess gift idea. You can never have enough hot pads. 😄

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  16. Cute potholders, and a great tutorial!
    Ideal hostess gifts!
    Barbara x

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  17. Lovely hot pads! Always useful! Thanks for sharing the "how to."

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  18. Super fun and quick to make, a hot pad is always a great gift. Great tutorial, thank you!

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  19. Thank you very much for hopping. Great tips and gift idea

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  20. This is a great gift idea! So pretty and practical! xx

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