Need tips on the stitching after turning my potholders?
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I do a ladder stitch to close it up and then top stitch. Another way of doing it if you are doing an applique is to apply your applique at the end. With this you stitch all around the outside edge of the potholder, make a slit in the fabric where you are going to apply the applique and turn the potholder through that slit. Once it is turned and pressed then apply your applique which covers the slit. I usually use a blanket stitch around the applique which I have fused on. This also works as quilting to hold all the layers together.
Another way I finish potholders is to make the backing larger than the front and bring it around to form a binding. You can either hand stitch it or machine stitch it which is what I do. I hand stitch the corners together. Here is a short video on how to do that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npTvVGouO6Y but there are other links as well.
Another way I finish potholders is to make the backing larger than the front and bring it around to form a binding. You can either hand stitch it or machine stitch it which is what I do. I hand stitch the corners together. Here is a short video on how to do that https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npTvVGouO6Y but there are other links as well.
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Here's a potholder tutorial I made several years ago. No hole-closing or binding needed. They fly out the door at craft fairs.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...rs-t60544.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...rs-t60544.html
Last edited by moonrise; 12-19-2016 at 11:49 PM.
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Here's a potholder tutorial I made several years ago. No hole-closing or binding needed. They fly out the door at craft fairs.
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...rs-t60544.html
http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutoria...rs-t60544.html
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Here is a pic of my 4 potholders. They represent in color and print of the 4 seasons. (Not the singing group) lol...
The one in the very front is spring, then summer, fall, and winter. The back one (winter) looks like it's not straight, but it is. I think it got pushed up a bit when I was trying to fix them to take the pic. It's smaller print of snowflakes, and little yellow stars on blue back ground. The light blue color in the first one is close to the color of her kitchen. Her kitchen is maybe a tad darker. (A country blue)
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The one in the very front is spring, then summer, fall, and winter. The back one (winter) looks like it's not straight, but it is. I think it got pushed up a bit when I was trying to fix them to take the pic. It's smaller print of snowflakes, and little yellow stars on blue back ground. The light blue color in the first one is close to the color of her kitchen. Her kitchen is maybe a tad darker. (A country blue)
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Last edited by JuneBillie; 12-20-2016 at 01:54 PM.
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I just now went to read the tutorial by Moonrise. That tutorial is really neat. I will be trying some out that way through out this next year.
I did a lot of quilting on these.
I did a lot of quilting on these.
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