Making simple hotpads...

Just a short post with pictures of hotpads I finished earlier in the year for my adult kids as part of their Christmas.

These were simply squares of fabric sewn together with Insul-Bright batting as the middle layer, and then quilted on the sewing machine.  For the last pair pictured I made the binding with a contrasting cotton fabric for my first attempt at mitered corners using the technique shown in the short below (though I joined my ends differently):

The other hotpads were bound with store-bought seam binding.  It was a bit of a time savings to use the store-bought seam binding, but I do wonder how well they will hold up. The seam binding fabric seemed thinner than  regular fabric.  I'll have to follow-up with my kids after they've had time to use and hopefully abuse these.

Posting this makes me realize I keep backburnering fabric-piecing and making some simple quilt projects, but I don't know why. Small projects like this are pretty satisfying to make.

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