I had some questions about these pot holders that I made for my daughter.
I am not big on piecing tons of tiny squares so I found this tutorial on Sew Mamma Sew that sent me here:Â http://www.sewmamasew.com/2009/10/elizabeths-fabric-focus-quick-piece-tiny-squares/
Basically you line the squares up on iron on interfacing (sticky side up) and iron them down. Then follow her tutorial for stitching them together.
At the time I thought that I would make some place mats (yes, we do have that many squares). I put them aside (for months) until I was making pot holders this weekend. When I decided to see if they would work better for pot holders. Then I simply cut them into 9″ squares placed them on top of one piece of batting and quilted the front of each pot holder. I cut the backings to fit and placed them over another piece of batting and quilted each back of the pot holder. I added small pieces of ribbon for the hanger loops to each corner and basted them in place. I like basting better than pining. It isn’t as hard on my sewing machine to sew over.
If you need to see the tutorial I used it is here:Â http://www.mygirlthursday.com/2011/05/diy-scrap-busting-pot-holders.html
They worked out quite well! I’m sorry I don’t have any photos but I was on a sewing kick and I needed to get a bunch done! So this isn’t really my tutorial but a combination of several techniques!
talk to you later,
Karen