{"id":7730,"date":"2015-08-10T12:35:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T19:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/?p=7730"},"modified":"2015-09-20T11:14:23","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T18:14:23","slug":"pot-holder-bikini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/pot-holder-bikini\/","title":{"rendered":"Pot holder \/ Bikini"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cooking is more fun when you have great\u00a0toys to play with, like colorful bowls and kitchen tools. I even found a hot pink spatula last week but colorful pot holders are nowhere to be found — except in my kitchen. Because I made them. I\u00a0went to Jo-Ann fabrics, got 1\/4 yard each of quilted\u00a0fabrics, some binding and made my own. Each fabric has a different design on the back. Aren’t they beautiful?<\/p>\n

Here are my pot holders…<\/p>\n

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Here are the backs…<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how I made them: There was no pattern to so I just cut the fabric into 7 by 8-inch shapes and rounded the corners. I used two thicknesses per pot holder so before adding the binding, I first connected the pieces together to keep them flat. I did that by sewing two seams \u2013 each one diagonal from corner to corner. Then I used Double Fold Bias Tape (extra wide) for the edge. I used an old existing pot holder to see how to secure the \u201cloop.\u201d<\/p>\n

A safety note: When I baked a cake at 350 degrees and used my new pot holder to remove the pan, a little heat came through by the time I put the pan on a rack so when I make more, I plan to use 4 thicknesses instead of just two and I suggest that if anyone makes them, to make them thicker or just use them as decoration. Next time I plan to use\u00a0some leftover plain quilted fabric for my extra filler and save my fancy fabric for the outside.<\/p>\n

Hey, with those colors I could turn these pot holders into a bikini. All I need is some colorful string and voila! Coverage for the beach! Of course, men would have it easier. All they need is an oven mitt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cooking is more fun when you have great\u00a0toys to play with, like colorful bowls and kitchen tools. I even found a hot pink spatula last week but colorful pot holders are nowhere to be found — except in my kitchen. Because I made them. I\u00a0went to Jo-Ann fabrics, got 1\/4 yard each of quilted\u00a0fabrics, some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7730"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7765,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7730\/revisions\/7765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jennyjones.com\/myblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}