Hot Pads

In my last post, I promised pictures of the hot pads of which I sewed the faces. Mommy sewed the binding on and quilted them, and I took pictures of them once it was finally sunny. :-) These hot pads were definitely needed, as I was asked to hurry up and take the pictures so we could use them.

This was the first one. I thought I cut the squares exactly, but obviously not because the squares are not exactly perfect. I even sewed with the quarter-inch foot! When I was planning this out, I knew I wanted the purple fabric to be my main fabric. So, I did that one diagonally. Then as I was "plugging the other ones in," I realized there were just as many purple squares as there were of every other fabric! I don't know why I didn't think of that before! So I just had Mommy use the purple fabric for the binding and the back since it is just one piece.

This one is so not my style, but ironically, I still like it. I was matching up fabrics, and finally decided on a slightly-organized hodge podge of bold fabrics. Mommy's quilting plays up the spontaneity of this hot pad.

This hot pad was totally experimental . I didn't really think it would work. I started by drawing a square the size I wanted the hot pad to be. Then I used a ruler (of course :-)) to draw several triangles from the one bottom corner to somewhere on one (or two as in blue's case) of the sides opposite that one corner. Then I cut them out and numbered them so I could do them in rainbow order and remember which "triangle" went where. Following that, I pinned each triangle to its corresponding fabric and added a half inch all the way around for seam allowances. Mommy's clear rotary cutting ruler was extremely helpful with that. Then I cut them out and sewed them together. The finished shape was not exactly what I intended it to be as it is not exactly a square, but nevertheless I love it. 

 These hot pads will be used to take lots of yummy things out of the oven for years to come.