The Continuing Saga

Ok, so yes indeed, I did finish my Martha Stewart Potholder. I made a few changes, not that I thought Martha's potholder needed it. I just don't like to leave well enough alone.

One thing I knew right off I wanted to change was the little half heart pockets.. one layer didn't seem adequate, so I cut a lining for them, and sandwiched some rick rack in between for a little style. Super cute here against Debbie's white ironing board cover. How does she keep it so clean?

As you can see I didn't think far enough ahead, the red rick rack really doesn't show up that well. No turning back though.

I basted the rick rack to the pot holder base, but I think rick rack veterans will notice my error right off.. too much rick rack in the seam allowance. This is a classic PKM problem. knowing exactly where to put the rick rack to get good results. I'll make a note.



I used two layers of the Insul-Bright which I trimmed out of the seam allowance. didn't precut it into the heart shape, but laid my pieces on top and sewed around it. I didn't want to use bias tape, and I was reluctant to use bias binding because of that inside corner...laziness on my part. Of course it was such a pain to turn I didn't go back and trim out the rick rack, so it didn't press out as nice as it could.

Still it's pretty cute. I top stitched around the bottom half to close the opening. I don't have as much rick rack showing as I intended but in future potholders I would remedy that. When I first cut out the pattern I thought it seemed a little large, but it's perfect for sliding your fingers in. It might however be too cute to get yucked up with food. I've seen my old pot holders.

So that's it around here for today. What's up with you guys?

P.S. you can find Deb's delicious lunch recipe here.

P.S. did you see Elizabeth has listed some new kits on her website?