{"id":2817,"date":"2021-03-10T20:34:02","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T20:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=2817"},"modified":"2021-03-11T20:26:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T20:26:34","slug":"potholder-for-mum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/10\/potholder-for-mum\/","title":{"rendered":"Potholder for Mum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"588\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-4.jpg\" alt=\"Potholder for Mum\" data-id=\"2846\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2846\" class=\"wp-image-2846\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-4.jpg 588w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-4-294x300.jpg 294w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-4-150x153.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 85vw, 588px\" \/><figcaption>Finished the first Potholder<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;So what does a kind and loving daughter do when her mother confides\u2026 she has lost her pot holder? She thinks maybe it got thrown out with some newspapers which had been sitting by the kitchen door ready for recycling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make her a new one of course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It took me a while to come up with a plan, I didn\u2019t have\nsuitable heat resistant wadding, well who does? So I needed to use a fabric\nwhich would be substantial enough to be heat resistant. Denim perhaps? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-1.jpg\" alt=\"Denim jeans \u00a31 , such a bargain.\" class=\"wp-image-2845\" width=\"606\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-1.jpg 467w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-1-234x300.jpg 234w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-1-150x193.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Charity shop denim<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In my stash I had a pair of jeans bought for \u00a31 in a charity\nshop, I\u2019d been thinking about a floor covering made from denim, but that would\nneed a LOT&nbsp; of denim. Not sure what I\nmight do with the legs, but I will come up with something, what about a\ngardening apron? Hmm, I\u2019ll need to think about that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/potholder-5.jpg\" alt=\"jeans pocket for extra protection\" data-id=\"2847\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/10\/potholder-for-mum\/potholder-5\/\" class=\"wp-image-2847\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/potholder-5.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/potholder-5-300x297.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/potholder-5-150x148.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Jeans pocket not just for the decorative stitching.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For my pot holders I needed two pieces of denim about 8-9 inches square, and a pocket on each one would give me more heat resistance in the middle, or a handy way to help keep hold of the potholder. With a pair, they could be used like ovengloves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"440\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-2.jpg\" alt=\"spare HSTs and denim\" data-id=\"2843\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/10\/potholder-for-mum\/potholder-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-2843\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-2-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-2-150x110.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Denim on one side, fancy on the other.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Sorting through my fabrics I came across the left overs from another project, Miriam\u2019s cushion (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/11\/making-miriams-cushion\/\">http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/11\/making-miriams-cushion\/<\/a>)\u00a0\u00a0 half square triangles. Just what I needed, I\u2019d seen a block on instagram just a few days before and saved it, now that\u2019s\u00a0 what I could do with my HSTs. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CANjHUUnDnF\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CANjHUUnDnF\/<\/a>\u2026) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-3.jpg\" alt=\"quilting on potholder for Mum\" data-id=\"2844\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=2844\" class=\"wp-image-2844\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-3.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-3-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Potholder-3-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>Simple quilting design<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Potholder only needed a simple quilting design to hold the layers together .  I made a pair, one is handy but two is better, they aren\u2019t exactly a pair but I\u2019m happy with them, and so is MUM. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe I could make myself a pair too, when lockdown is over,\nand my local charity shop reopens. <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So what does a kind and loving daughter do when her mother confides\u2026 she has lost her pot holder? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,1066,1039,5,1074,48,447],"tags":[358,944,1070,1071,1069,1072,1073,8,1068,945,946,980],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2817"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2852,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2817\/revisions\/2852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}