Magic Hot Pad Tutorial

 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.