Patchworked Pot Holders

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Issue 46

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Patchworked Pot Holders

by Suzuko Koseki (excerpted from the book, 'Patchwork Style')

These supereasy appliqué pot holders steal the show in the kitchen.

Start with three layers of quilt batting, then appliqué away using flower motifs, quirky fabric scraps, decorative stitchings, ribbons, and tags.

1. Cut and appliqué

Cut the quilt batting into three pieces that are
5 7⁄8 inches wide. Stack the batting, and place the fabric for the front on top of it. Cut the collage pieces, using the Flower Template and diagrams as a guide. Arrange the collage pieces on the front fabric. Sew around the outline of the flower, going through all layers. Cut a circle from felt and sew it to the flower center, stitching to form a spiral design. Sew the ribbon, pot holder, and patch in place.

2. Assemble the pot holder

Align the appliquéd front piece with the back piece of fabric, wrong sides together. Use a sewing machine to zigzag stitch and then straight stitch around the edges. For the loop, fold the bias tape in half lengthwise and sew the overlapped bottoms to the top left corner of the pot holder.