How to Sew A Pot Holder with Crafty Gemini

hey it's Vanessa the crafty Gemini and in this video tutorial I'm gonna teach you how to make super quick and easy pot holders now this pot holder project is super simple and easy any beginner can do it nothing too fancy and these are gonna be great for everyday use so they make great quick gifts now let's go over the supplies you're gonna need so you can get busy making some pot holders the first step is to make your layers one for each side and we have two pieces of the insulated batting here this one has a shinier side and on the back side it's more fleecy and then on this side the shinier side is here but it looks a little different than this one and then on the other side again it's kind of that fleece looking fabric so you'll have to read the manufacturer's instructions on the insulated fleece or batting that you're using so you know which way to line it up for me I know that the shiniest side and typically this is the rule of thumb the shinier side is the side that's going to reflect heat onto the heat source so I want the shiniest side if your fleece has one going on the wrong side of one of the fabrics like this because if this is the one side the reflective part is going to be reflecting the heat through the fabric back on to the source that I'm touching or grabbing okay then for the other one the shinier side is this one now there's some of these products that don't have a shinier side on either side and sometimes the manufacturer's instructions will tell you it doesn't matter which way you put it if that's what it says then that's the way it goes now that I have one insulated piece of fleece going to right behind each one of my pieces of fabric I take my temporary spray adhesive and base these into place so that they don't move now that we have one insulated fleece or batting piece going to each piece of fabric sometimes I do go in and attach an additional layer of just 100% cotton batting in the middle but keep in mind that that is gonna make it quite bulky like this so if your machine doesn't tend to play nice with going through bulky stuff then you may want to leave that out right here with these two still makes a good everyday use potholder especially if you're trying to crank out some quicky gifts now that these are basted together let's set them aside and work on our hanging tab get your iron and ironing board and the two inch by five inch strip of fabric that you want for your hanging tab and here's an example so you know to pick up your fabrics this is the little tab I'm talking about you're gonna flip it to the pretty side of the fabric is face down and fold this long edge up crease it along the center there open it and we'll bring in the long edges in to meet the center crease and press that also then fold in the initial Center fold line that you made so all the raw edges are concealed inside and you're gonna top stitch along both of these long edges close to the fold lines but for now I'm just gonna put a clip to help hold that there and set it aside because we're gonna go sew all the things at the same time so now I want you to pick where on here you want this hanging loop to be okay if it's here if it's here figure out where you want it and mark it so that you know what you where you want it to be so I think I'm just gonna put it up in this corner so we'll place these one on top of the other with pretty sides touching and I know I'm just gonna make a little mark here that this is where I want to have the hanging tab so I can insert it when I get to the sewing machine for now and just grab your clips and put Clips all the way around the exterior for sides now we need to mark an opening that we're gonna leave unstitched so if this mark is for my loop I like to leave an opening on either straight side just try not to leave it on a corner because that's really tough to turn under so you get a crisp pivot point there for the 90-degree angle so instead I think I'm just gonna leave it here and depending on how bulky the fleece and the insulated batting is that you're using make sure that you leave enough of a big space here I'm leaving about three inches okay now let's grab this and this and head over to the sewing machine first let's top stitch our little hanging loop down both long edges okay now I'm gonna fold this in half find my mark of the corner where I want it in flip this back in between the two pretty sides of the fabrics and I'm gonna put my loop so that the raw edges are sticking out about a quarter of an inch from that corner like this that's gonna ensure that when I pivot on this corner I grab both layers of my strip so then I'm gonna place this back and put a clip now I'll start on my side where my opening is so I'll start here backstitch come around all the sides and stop on the other side here back stitching as well and I'm using about a quarter of an inch to 3/8 inch of a seam allowance narrower seam allowances are harder to maintain consistent when you have additional layers of added bulk so feel free to go a little bit bigger [Music] and now we're clipping away fabric from the corners to reduce bulk [Music] then we'll reach in through the opening making sure that you're reaching in between the pretty sides of your two fabrics flip everything right-side out poke out the corners and of course give it a good press at the opening I like to push the raw edges inside trying not to stretch or distort the fabric and just hold it right where you want it to be so it's lined up flush and just put a couple of clips and now we head back to the sewing machine we're gonna stitch all the way around top stitching all the edges to conceal the opening and then I like to go back and Stitch a big letter X right down the sides and that way we quilt all the layers together and nothing will separate on you like this now when I stitch on the diagonals for the X that we're gonna quilt through all these layers I just eyeball it because it's not that wide but if you have trouble sewing straight like that just freehand simply grab a ruler something to mark with and just mark the diagonals from here to here and do the same thing from here to here and then just follow the lines that you drew as your stitch lines and there you have it a quick and easy way to make some everyday use potholders I think these will make a great companion gift with some of the other projects that I have tutorials for things like fabric napkins on all different types of oven mitts double oven mitts and things like that so I hope that you'll give this project to try and give some of these to some of your loved ones now if you enjoyed this video tutorial give it a thumbs up and share it with some crafty friends on the social media sites you can always find me at crafty Gemini or feel free to tag me using the hashtag crafty guy now thanks again for watching remember that this was day 9 of my 12 days of last minute DIY gifts and that means I'll be back tomorrow with another free video tutorial thanks again and I will see you in the next video [Music] you

Channel: TheCraftyGemini

Views: 217,560

Rating: 4.956512 out of 5

Keywords: craftygemini, crafty gemini, sewing, quilting, pot holder, potholder, quilted, howto, DIY, sew, sewing machine, insulated, batting, fleece, cotton, fabric, thread, learn, sewing class, sewing lesson, DIY gifts, video tutorial, tutorial, holiday gifts, quick, easy, beginner, project, beginner friendly

Id: BJeIHCMpOfA

Length: 8min 10sec (490 seconds)

Published: Sat Dec 09 2017