DIY Potholder: Create a Useful Handicraft from Scrap Fabrics

DIY Potholder: Create a Useful Handicraft from Scrap Fabrics

Unleash Your Creativity: The Joys of Crafting

Make a creative handicraft if you need a gift for someone special or just want to unwind. Crafting can be therapeutic when you are stressed, and it can also result in a useful or decorative item. Everyone is creative in some way, and with modern kits and patterns, a creative handicraft does not have to end in disappointment.

DIY Potholder: A Beginner-Friendly Sewing Project

If you have a sewing machine, you can learn to make a unique handicraft that will make a useful and appreciated gift. Pot Holders are an excellent beginner sewing project that can be made from scrap fabric or unwanted clothing as well as a small amount of double-fold bias tape. Here are the easy steps to making this creative handicraft.

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Step 1: Preparing Your Fabric

To make the front and the back of the potholder, cut two 8-inch (21-cm) squares of fabric. For these pieces, choose coordinating fabrics that complement your kitchen. To make it easier, you can make an 8-inch square pattern from a piece of cardboard to use as a pattern. To make the filling, cut more 8-inch squares of any old fabric. The fabric square, stack should be thick enough to protect you from a hot pot, but thin enough to be flexible and sewn through.

Step 2: Assembling and Stitching Layers

Stack all layers so that the outer layers face out and the filler layers face in. To keep the layers together, insert a couple of large straight pins through all of them. Sew directly across the middle of the stack. Sew across the center once more, perpendicular to the first stitching. You'll have divided the square into four equal parts. Sew across the stack from corner to corner again, and then from the opposite corner to corner. The layers should now be joined and stable.

Step 3: Edging with Bias Tape

Trim the raw edges of your creative handicraft with scissors to make all the layers even at the edges. One folded edge of the bias tape should be opened out. Although wider bias tape appears to be easier to use, narrow bias tape produces a neater finished product. Starting at one corner, align the tape's edges with the edges of the potholder and begin stitching through all layers along the first fold line, which should be about 1/4 inch from the edge. Stitch neatly and slowly around the edge, attaching the opened tape all the way around until you reach the beginning corner. Remove the bias tape, leaving 3 inches (7 cm) to make a hanging loop.

Step 4: Finishing the Binding and Hanging Loop

Fold the bias tape over the raw edge so that the middle fold matches the outside of the potholder and the other fold hides the bias tape's raw edge. For best results, hand sew the binding down, forming a loop at the end of your creative handicraft.

Your Handmade Potholder: Useful, Creative & Eco-Friendly

If you have a sewing machine, this potholder is just one example of a creative handicraft you can make. When completed, you will have a useful item made entirely of recycled materials. Feel free to share or keep this useful home essential for yourself.