Vintage Christmas Hot Pads
Shop the Vintage Christmas Hotpad Kit HERE
Or, if you made the Cozy Christmas Quilt, then add Lori Holt's Vintage Christmas pattern book to your scrappy fabric leftover* to make one of these as a fun gift.
Product list:
- Vintage Christmas Hotpad Kit (pattern book optional) OR
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Vintage Christmas Pattern Book and leftover scraps from your
Cozy Christmas Quilt Kit (using leftover scraps) - Aurifil Thread 50wt Cotton - 1300 Meter Spool
- Walking Foot, Even Feed
- Insul-bright
- Glass Head Pins, Blue Super Fine
- Cutting Ruler, Quilter's Select 2 1/2" x 12" (Non-Slip Coating)
- Rotary Cutter
- Cutting Mat
- Nifty Needles, Color-Coded - By Lori Holt of Bee in My Bonnet
- Mini Wonder Clips, Bag of 20 ct. Assorted Colors
- Air-Erasable Marking Pen (for marking quilting lines)
- Embroidery Floss
Directions for how to turn the quilt block into a hot pad:
Gather your collection of Christmas fabric and follow Lori’s instructions on how to assemble the pieced quilt squares that you will use for the top of your hot pads.
This is going to be fun!
*Leftover scraps from your quilt may vary from those photographed below.
The Mistletoe and the Ornament blocks were the blocks I chose to do. After they were completed, I pressed them flat. They turned out so pretty! They look so different all sewn with fabric compared to a picture in a book. It was exciting to see the blocks come to life!
Two layers of insulbrite and one backing for each hot pad were cut. The binding was cut at WOF x 2 ½”.
After I carefully pinned the top three layers together (not the backing yet, because I didn't want the embroidery to show on the outside of the hot pad), I threaded my embroidery needle and enjoyed doing the backstitching for the Christmas Ornament. It didn’t take much, but it created the effect of the hanging ornament wonderfully!
The walking foot on my Featherweight was perfect for me to quilt with a stitch in the ditch on the Mistletoe block creating a tic-tac-toe effect.
On the ornament pattern, I decided to quilt diagonal stripes with an Air Erasable pen using a ruler to draw the straight lines.
I sewed the binding on each of the hot pads and joined the ends.
Review the detailed binding instructions within the Mini Iron Purse Tutorial HERE
I secured the binding with mini clips, folding it over to the back.
I finished by sewing the binding on each one!
Enjoy your sweet Vintage Christmas hot pads! Wouldn't these, along with a gingerbread cookie mix, make for a Merry Christmas gift!?
