We use pot holders (or “pot grabbers”) a lot in this household, which eventually means that they wear out or become impossible to clean (those stains are scorched in)! I usually make them with a few layers of old towel in the middle but these have a couple of layers of “dog blanket”; known to you and me as a woollen blanket that has been washed inappropriately and turned to felt.
I just found this post in my drafts folder–the pot holders have been in use a long while already! Two are made from a piece of wonderful 100% hemp fabric dyed with leaves. The binding is leftover from making a quilt. The yellow one is made from an op shop teatowel that had a stain I just could not remove and did not like. Binding cut from scrap after making my granddaughter a hat. And the red and white is a beautiful fabric bought from the designer at Bowerbird markets years ago. I intended it for a sleeveless shirt but it has been turned into many precious small projects instead. And there you have it! Pot holders. Now that I have hand sewed binding down on entire bed sized quilts, I don’t feel as intimidated by sewing binding to a pot holder, or trying very hard indeed to find another design solution!
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I love how even a fairly mundane household item like a pot grabber can be a practical piece of beautiful art when made with your natural dyed fabric, and even better, made using up scrap fabric that other people might throw in landfill. Love your pot grabbers!
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