Patriotic Pot Holder and Hot Pad Sewing Tutorial at the Nancy Zieman Productions

Celebrate Summer Sewing and stitch a Folded Hot Pad. This red, white, and blue sewing project is stitched with four fat quarters and Pellon’s Insul-Fleece Batting. Make our Folded Hot Pad in 30 Minutes with our super-easy step-by step sewing instructions!

Patriotic Folded Hot Pad Supply Listing

• Four coordinating cotton quilting fabric Fat Quarters Note: Four Fat Quarters make two Hot Pads!
• 1/4 yd. Pellon® Insul-Fleece Batting
• Quilter’s Starch Savvy
• Clover’s Wonder Clips
• Schmetz Size 90 Jeans/Denim Needle
• Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner
• Clover’s Bordeaux Scissors
• Rotary Cutter, mat, and ruler
• Iron 
• Standard Sewing Thread
• Optional: Walking Foot
• Optional: The Big Jig

 Patriotic Folded Hot Pad Sewing Tutorial

Approximate finished size: 8″ x 8″

Preshrink  fabric by steaming and pressing, and steaming and pressing a second time, and then spray press and starch fabric with June Tailor’s Quilter’s Starch Savvy — press and starch, press and starch.

To make one Folded Hot Pad:

• Cut six 9″ fabric squares from four fabrics.
• Cut cut one 9″ square Pellon® Insul-Fleece Batting, or cut two 9″ cotton batting squares.

• Press four squares in half, diagonally corner to corner, wrong sides together, and aligning raw edges. Press.

• Place remaining two fabric squares wrong sides together, with Insul-Fleece or batting squares sandwiched between fabrics.

• Wonder Clip edges.

Wonder Clips are ideal for our Folded Hot Pad! The multiple layers are not so pin-friendly and pinning layers may bend straight pins. 

Now’s the time to use a Walking Foot – to prevent layers from shifting. 

• Place one folded fabric triangle to hot pad back, aligning left and lower edges.

•  Stack a second folded fabric triangle over the first triangle, and align lower and right edges.

• Stack a fourth folded fabric triangle over the previous triangles, aligning right and upper edges.

• Stack the fourth folded fabric triangle over the previous triangles, aligning upper and left edges.

• Weave final triangle by lifting upper right corner of the last triangle, lifting upper corner of the first triangle, and tucking the fourth triangle under the first triangle. Meet and align all cut edges.

•  Pin or Wonder Clip edges in place.

• Stitch one side seam with 1/4″-3/8″ seam allowance–or use the width of the presser foot for seam allowance. Stitch this seam twice for durability! Then, double-stitch the opposite side seam.

• Using Clover’s Bordeaux Scissors to trim or grade batting seam allowance to approximately 1/8″, and cut away batting from within the seams.

• Use Nancy Zieman’s “Wrapped Corner” technique to “wrap” to seam toward center, folding along previous stitching line. Use The Big Jig or and “anchor cloth” and stitch the this third seam – from folded edge to folded edge.
• Stitch the fourth side seam with Nancy’s Wrapped Corner Technique.

• Grade batting seam allowances to 1/8″, and clip away all four corners to reduce bulk.

• Turn Folded Hot Pad right side out – through woven triangle opening.

• Use Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner to push out corners.

• Press.

Our Folded Hot Pads are so fast and fun to make, you’ll be stitching new hot pads for every occasion! And, they make great gifts – when you need a last-minute gift in minutes!

Celebrate Summer Sewing Related Posts

Celebrate Summer Sewing and stitch a set of Reversible Palette Coasters! Our red, white, and blue reversible drink coasters, or mug rugs, feature a front flat surface — an ideal “palette” for showcasing thread embellishment! The reverse envelope back opens to wrap around the base of a stemmed-glass.

Reversible Palette Coaster Supply Listing

• Two coordinating cotton quilting fabric Fat Quarters. NOTE: Two Fat Quarters makes four coasters!
  
• Quilter’s Starch Savvy
• Pellon’s® ShirTailor Interfacing by the Yard
• Eze-View Pressing Cloth
• Patriotic GlaMore Metallic Rayon Thread Pack
• Schmetz Super Nonstick Needles, Size 100/16
• Schmetz Universal Needles, Size 90/14
• Clover’s Wonder Clips
• Clover’s Bordeaux Scissors
• Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner
• Rotary Cutter, mat, and ruler
• Straight Tailor’s Awl Stiletto
  
• Iron 
• Standard Sewing Thread

Celebrate Summer Sewing and stitch our Patriotic Table Topper! This red, white, and blue table topper is created with 2-1/2″ Fabric Strips and Pellon’s convenient 2-1/2″ Precut Cotton Batting Strips! The sewing is fun and the finished table topper provides a festive table centerpiece.

Patriotic Table Topper Supply Listing

• Four Coordinating Fat Quarters: One for inner circle, one for under circle, and three for surrounding strips.
• Pellon’s 2-1/2″ Precut Cotton Batting Strips
• Clover’s Wonder Clips
• Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge
• Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner
• Fabric Marking Pen
• Clover’s Bordeaux Scissors
• Rotary Cutter, mat, and ruler
• Iron & June Tailor’s Cut ‘n Press II
• Open Toe Presser Foot
• Optional: Edge Joining Presser Foot
• Standard Sewing Thread
• Schmetz Size 90 Jeans/Denim Needle

Celebrate Summer Sewing and stitch our patriotic Wrap-N-Zap Baked Potato Zapper & Veggie Steamer Bag! Sew this super-quick sewing project with Pellon’s Wrap-N-Zap Batting and two fun fat quarters!

Wrap-N-Zap Baked Potato Zapper and Veggie Steamer Bag Sewing Supply Listing

• Outer Fabric – 100% Cotton – One Fat Quarter
• Lining fabric – 100% Cotton – One Fat Quarter
• Pellon WZ-45 Wrap-N-Zap 1 package 100% Cotton Batting (45″ x 36″)
• 100% Cotton Sewing Thread