I got an idea for a gift which I am going to take to the relatives! Pot holders is something you always need. When I was at a fabric shop I crashed at beautiful blueperry figured fabric. I knew this was it what I was seeking out. :) At the end -without meaning- it all turned out to remind me of blueberry pie and vanilla cream.
My own design.
It is easy to make a pot holder. And fast -if you are not going to do
any huge embroidery project to it. If you want some decoration to it you
can simpy do some decoration stitching. One way is to square a paper. I
used the ruler to easy squaring. I didn't measure, just used the ruler
as a stick to make smaller squares. It took only few minutes to make a
squared paper to help sewing. I didn't need to buy ready squared pattern
paper. :)
Then I placed the squared paper over the fabric. At this point I had
already cut off from the fabric the exact size of the patterns the pot
holders were going to be. It saves time, nerves, paper, fabric, thread
etc. Then I used sewing machine to stitching. At the end I tore gently
the paper out. When you use long stitch length it's easier to tear the
paper away. But if you try this out you must have an attitude to do it
gentle to avoid the thread to be broken. You sould also be ready to
use tweezers to get the smallest pieces of paper away.
The blue berry fabric is new. If you seek a pretty special figured
fabric you should go through the patch work fabrics at your fabric shop.
They do cost more than one coloured basic cotton fabric, but at the end
you need small mount of fabric to a pot holder so the total cost won't
rise too high. Using one coloured basic cotton fabric is a good choise
too -you can use many colours or do some embroidery.
The background fabric of these pot holders is old but unused despite it is recycled left over material which consits of 100% sheep
wool. I have bought it years ago from Swedish army store outlet shop. (You
should follow boys everywhere, you can find treasures!) At the fabric
shops there's special fabrics for sale to be used in pot holders and
other products that face heath. But sheep wool is a good choise too.
Because it is a natural fibre it stands extremely well heath. And when
you place extra cottonwool between the fabrics you can be sure the pot
holders won't be too thin.
