I love new!! I don't want hand me downs.

 When I was born my mother said -- well, we have two daughters, Bev can wear Margo's clothes.  My Dad nearly passed out.  No, was his answer.  She will have her own clothes.  And I did.

I'm a firm believer in each child having their own clothes.  You can donate your very good clothing to a lot of organizations, but I really think it's nice for everyone to have new.

When I spoke to the Community Living people I promised them everything would be new right down to the pot holders.  So I made a bunch of them.  A simple easy project to whip up in an afternoon -- if you have all the cutting done.

This is my way.  Not saying it's the right way, but it's easy and I do love easy.  Here is what you need.

2 - 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" pieces of fabric.  One for the front, one for the back.  They can match or be co-ordinating.  Up to you

1 - 2" x 5" strip of fabric.  This is the pot holder hanger

1 - 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Insul-Bright or an insulating fabric

1 - 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of fusible fleece.

Construction:

I do the hanger first.  At the ironing board, fold your 2" x 5" piece of fabric in half and press.

Open the piece back up and fold in the two side pieces to the middle and press again.  

Then fold it back in half with the two pieces tucked inside

At the machine sew down the open edge.  This step isn't really necessary, but I personally think it looks nicer.

Now to layer the pot holder.

On a flat surface lay the fusible fleece down

Then lay the Insul-bright on top of that

Lay your backing fabric on top of these two pieces.  Fold the holder in half and pin it into one corner.

Lay your other fabric on top right sides together.

Pin around the entire piece leaving an opening for turning right side out.  Make it a good size because there is a lot of fabric to pull through.

I used the width of my walking foot for stitching.  I re-enforced the corners where the holder was.

Before you walk away from the machine, take a moment and zig-zag the opening so that THREE layers are held together.  That is the fleece, the insulating fabric and the backing.  This makes it easier to sew up the opening once the pot holder is turned.

   

Trim away the excess fabric on all four sides before turning right side out.

Turn your pot holder right side out, close up the opening and press.  I stitched around the edge of the pot holder to hold all the layers in place.  That's it, you are done.

As I pre-cut one day and sew the next, I had a lot of these made in an afternoon.  One day five and the next day - a whole bunch more.  More to come.  This is a good scrap quilt project.  Donate them or sell them at bazaars.  Up to you.