Quick “Woven” Hot Pads (Magic Hot pad)
Canyon Ridge Crafts
SUPPLIES:
5 coordinating Fat Quarters (3 woven tea towels)
1 Fat Quarter of muslin
10”-12” square scrap of 100% cotton batting or Insulbrite batting
100% cotton thread
Pins
Iron
Ironing board
Sewing machine
CUTTING: Squares can be any size you like, just cut them all the same size. *You can use the back fabric as a main fabric and cut 3 squares. Use as squares A, B, and C.
Cut (1) 9” square of muslin
Cut (1) 9” square of print fabric A (bottom or back)
Cut (2) 9” square of print fabric B (top)*
Cut (2) 9” square of print fabric C (top)*
Cut batting to 9” square
ASSEMBLY:
Place muslin square down and place batting over muslin, lining up sides.
Place fabric A (bottom) right side up on batting.
Press fabrics B and C in half, wrong sides together, making 4 folded rectangles.
Place the fabric B rectangle on left side of layers, lining up raw edges, so the fold is going down the center. (If you have a print you want to show on the outside, it should be face down.) Repeat on the right side with remaining fabric B rectangle. Folds should meet in the middle.
Lay the fabric C rectangle across the bottom of the layers, raw edges matching, with the fold towards center, and lift the bottom of the left fabric B and weave the C under it.
Lay the other fabric C rectangle across the top of the layers, raw edges matching, with the fold towards center, and lift the top of the right fabric B and weave the C under it.
The woven layers should look like 4 squares.
Pin along raw edges and sew 3/8” from the edges, backstitching at start and stop. (Using a walking foot is recommended if you have it.) *You can use a disappearing ink fabric marker to mark lines to follow on the fabric, or, put a piece of colored washi tape along the 3/8” line (marked from the needle) on the arm of the sewing machine to use as a guide for the fabric edge.
Turn the hot pad over and make sure all the layers made it into the seam allowance. If not, widen the seam allowance to 5/8 and sew around the edges again.
Turn the muslin side up and trim seam allowance to 1/4” and trim corners 1/8” from seam.
Turn, pushing all the layers from the center up through the middle of the weave. Push corners out to square.
Press and edge stitch 3/8” from the edge if desired.
*You can also do this technique with a triangle fold using 4 folded triangles (9.5”) and lining up the raw edge corners. Weave each one under the next one.
