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gardenglory
Gainesville, FL
(Zone 9a)
October 25, 2009
05:02 PM Post #7207452
| I have lost my info, and was wondering who made the christmas potholder. The small fat one.
I have spent the afternoon trying to figure the trick to that, Im desperate for the pattern.
By the way..Im still using the heck out of all my pot holders...well except the hand painted ones I framed and hung.
thanks |
Canadastrid
Saskatoon
Canada
October 27, 2009
11:57 AM Post #7213594
| Is that the one with the 4 squares?
I didn't make it, but made coasters similar to that pattern...to make them into potholders just message what size squares she used.
I use for coasters 4.5 inch squares..for potholders I would go 8 and up?
Here is a link to my weblog with pictures how to do it...unfortunately for you it is in Dutch, but by the pictures you can figure it out.
http://appletreeacres.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog/2008/06/zin-in-...
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gardenglory
Gainesville, FL
(Zone 9a)
October 27, 2009
12:43 PM Post #7213723
| Thats it!! Thanks yo so much. I did not want to have to take it apart to figure it out. I love the fact it is so finished...but no binding..the potholder one has a double layer of insulbrite. What do you use for a coaster>>wonder if their is a mositer absorbing 'something.
Thanks again
pam |
lilypad22
near Atlanta, GA
(Zone 7b)
October 28, 2009
12:37 AM Post #7215860
| What a great idea. that is really nice. I've never seen anything like that. So for a potholder, you lay a square of insul-brite on the wrong side of the fabric square and fold the rectangle shape keeping the insulate sandwiched inbetween the - now rectangle shape ? tish |
Canadastrid
Saskatoon
Canada
October 28, 2009
12:43 AM Post #7215870
| For the coasters I didn't use anything in between, because you already have the 3 layers of fabric.
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barefootT
Wildwood, FL
(Zone 9a)
October 28, 2009
06:38 AM Post #7216120
| if I were to use this for pot holder I would add an extra square, and put the insul -brite in between the two squares, so it would be entirely enclosed...JMHO...and I would use a 6 - 8 inch square...and the shiny side has to face a specific direction, towards the heat I think..it is listed on the wrapper of the insul-brite... |
gardenglory
Gainesville, FL
(Zone 9a)
October 28, 2009
08:01 AM Post #7216216
| For the pot holder i received...and its a nice little fattie...works like a champ. It appaears to be..
It is a square of fabric. 2 sqaures of insulbrite and another square of fabric on top. THEN the above is set on top of that. When turned inside out. the whole above is the 'top' and the other 4 layers are the 'bottom'. With the way the top is, it bends rigt in half to pull something out of the oven, even tho its chunky. |
lilypad22
near Atlanta, GA
(Zone 7b)
October 28, 2009
06:03 PM Post #7217978
| Thanks for explaining your pot holder better. I need to make a hostess gift to say 'thank you for lunch'...she had just had her kitchen redone and i didn't want to give her anything until I seen her new decor. My original plan was to do a kitchen towel, but when I seen this post, I thought, this would be fun. Maybe I can do the towel to match if I can figure out the pot holder first. I'm going to sit down this evening with some fabric and see if I can figure it out. I'll have to be sure and get the insul-brite going the right way with the inside out and all. I had bought some a few months ago and then never used it.
Thanks again. tish |
gardenglory
Gainesville, FL
(Zone 9a)
October 28, 2009
07:14 PM Post #7218201
| the sqaures are 61/2 inches...when flipped it finishes to 6". It seems small, but I would not ad more than about 1/2 inch. With no quilting to hold the insulbrite, you wouldnt want to get to big. I like the fact that you dont have to quilt it, however, now that im thinking about it, I quess the insulbrite and two squares could be quilted before adding the top for rectangles.
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lilypad22
near Atlanta, GA
(Zone 7b)
October 29, 2009
04:57 PM Post #7221326
| True about the quilting part. I'm fairly new to quilting projects. Sewn for years but quilting adds another dimention to think about. Appreciate the size info. I was planning on making a "trial" one for myself.. Me, I have small hands and the store bought potholders are getting pretty oversized now and the last ones I bought are just hard to manage (I'm thinking about taking off the binding and resizing it!). So this potholder being small and the fact that in bends in half easily sounds really nice...just what I need! tish |
Canadastrid
Saskatoon
Canada
October 29, 2009
07:38 PM Post #7221859
| If you want to make them bigger..just use a few stitches in the middle to hold it all together.
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helenethequeen
Longboat Key, FL
(Zone 9b)
October 31, 2009
10:03 AM Post #7226893
| that is one neat idea. Potholder yes, I do love the coaster. Saw one to embroider on http://www.emblibrary. com but this is one equally nice. HD |
mittsy
Space Coast, FL
(Zone 11)
November 02, 2009
09:36 PM Post #7235556
| Is this it? 
Click the image for an enlarged view.
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gardenglory
Gainesville, FL
(Zone 9a)
November 02, 2009
09:55 PM Post #7235626
| Those are them, and I was thinking, for the coasters, you could almost do something like the potholders but with just two pieces of fabric and some sort of water abosorbing 'stuff' in the middle, if their is such a thing. Then just pop the squares on top. Geez I could not figure that out without the picture, that last little move.
Mittsy, could you post or send me the pattern, for that 9 patch you do and cut it up and put it back together with other ones. I should be able to find a picture, but I cant. |
