The fabric is a summer-themed cotton, perfect for a pool party. It’s the same I used for my covered-button magnets project.
Buffet Hot Pad Tutorial
- Cut off the extraneous materials around your old ironing board cover, keeping the padding materials in the large middle section. You can always buy the insulated fabric used for ironing boards if you haven’t a spare cover.
- Cut out a 14-by-36-inch rectangle from the ironing board padding materials, set aside for now.
- Cut two 15-by 37-inch pieces from your choice of fabric.
- Place right sides of the front and back together and sew around the edges using a ½-inch seam allowance, leaving about an 8-inch or larger opening in the middle of one long side.
- Turn right-side out through the opening. Press.
- Now take the padding material you set aside in Step 2 and insert it into the new casing. Smooth out.
- Slip-stitch the opening closed.
It would be fun to make buffet hot pads in more sophisticated or seasonal fabrics (e.g., Halloween or Christmas), too. I’ll probably do that later in the year.
If you prefer a PDF version of my tutorial, you can download it here. Note: there’s a linkable list of my tutorials in the right-hand column of my blog.
7 comments:
June, good idea. I'm so conscious of recycling or re-purposing so this is yet another great idea to keep in mind. Your idea of using themed fabric is perfect!
Diane
Great recycling idea!!
This is a great idea. I am going to make one for my kitchen table. There are nine of us and when I put hot plates across the table each evening, I usually lay a towel on top of the runner. This will be much better!
I love your idea, Junie!
That is a simply inspired idea; I can see doing this as a dining table runner (since I don't have a buffet)
I can hardly believe I found your information here in 2014. I am so excited. Hard to believe after so many Thanksgiving dinners I hadn't looked for this idea. I guess it's just my time to say "I'm tired of all those silly matching seasonal hot pads under everything. I want to thank you for leaving this information up for so long that it gave me time to get fed up. Great idea and Thank you...Thank you.. now I just have to rush to get one done in time....Faye
And I am looking at it in 2023, and it’s still useful information
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