Is Insulbrite really necessary??
#23
Yes, mike'sgirl, it is pricey, but it is 60" wide, and you could get 6 cuts across at 10"X 10" each for less than $4.00. Actually, you can probably get it cheaper at Hancock's if they still carry it. The silence cloth is just a suggestion, because it only takes one layer, but warm and natural, insulbrite and some of the other suggestions here work well too. I knew a lady who never used anything but old terry cloth towels for batting to make pot holders, and she wouldn't think of using anything else.
#26
I agree with Lori S I personally like old towels and have never burned my fingers yet on taking anything out of the oven I do not like sewing with insulbrite really dulls the needles and besides I like using scraps
#27
Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Ashtabula County, Ohio NE Corner
Posts: 377
I stack my potholder like this: outside fabric top, cotton batting, insulbrite, cotton batting and bottom fabric.. makes for a stiffer pot holder and Quilts nice then I bind it..... I don't use dish towels or hand towels because one day I grabbed one that was damp and oh boy did the heat go right through to my hand... you could use the dish towels as the fabric to use but I would still use insulbrite and the cotton batting... I wouldn't use poly batting because with hot dishes it could MELT. and the new mattress pads are mostly Poly fill now Too..
#30
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Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Missouri
Posts: 290
I have never used it,never will.They are just potholders! If you make nice ones for friends chances are they wont really use them,they will be their "display"ones. Same at my house,I don't use my pretty ones.The ones I use just get batting or flannel in them.
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