Cactus Fun Pot Holders
Perk up your kitchen with these cute cacti.
SKILL LEVEL
Beginner
FINISHED SIZE
Pot Holder Size: 81/2" x 81/2"
MATERIALS
Materials listed make one each pot holder.
• 1/ 3 yard cream tonal
• 1/ 8 yard red print
• Scraps red, yellow and orange tonals,
and green dot
• 2 (81/2") squares cotton batting
• 2 (81/2") squares insulated batting • Fusible web with paper backing • Template material
• Thread
• Basic sewing tools and supplies
PROJECT NOTES
Read all instructions before beginning this project.
Stitch right sides together using a 1/4" seam allowance unless otherwise specified.
Material and cutting lists assume 40" of usable fabric width.
WOF – width of fabric
CUTTING
Prepare templates using patterns provided on page 34. Referring to RawEdge Fusible Appliqué instructions on page 30, cut out appliqué pieces as indicated on patterns.
From cream tonal cut:
• 4 (81/2") squares
From red print cut:
• 2 (21/4" x WOF) binding strips
• 2 (11/4" x 51/2") strips for hanging loops
COMPLETING THE POT HOLDERS
1. Baste a cotton batting square to the wrong side of one cream square.
2. Refer to the photo and Placement Diagram for Pot Holder A to arrange the appliqué pieces on the cream side of the batting-backed square with the pot centered about 3/4" up from the bottom edge of the square. Overlap cactus pieces and pot and place flower A at cactus tips. 3. Fus Fuse the appliqué pieces in place and machine blanket-stitch around the edges using matching threads.
4. Layer another cream square, right side down, insulated batting and appliquéd top, right side up. Baste edges together and quilt around the appliqués or as desired.
5. Fold a hanging loop strip in half lengthwise, wrong sides together, and press. Open the strip and fold in each long edge almost to the fold line as shown in Figure 1; press. Refold in the center and topstitch close to the folded edges as shown. 6. Fold loop in half and pin ends to adjacent sides of pot holder back, about 3/4" from the corner as shown in Figure 2. Baste to hold. 7. Prepare binding strips and bind edges referring to Quilting Basics. 8. Repeat steps 1–7 to make Pot Holder B.