Welcome to the Christmas in July Pattern Parade! I’m so happy you are here. Believe it or not, it’s time to start thinking about the holiday sewing we want to do this year. So a group of designers/bloggers have come together to provide lots of fun projects for you to jumpstart that holiday sewing. The hop is hosted by Carole at From My Carolina Home. She’s been a fantastic leader and coordinator and I am excited she invited me to join in this year’s hop.
For those of you who are new here, let me introduce myself. My name is Beth Sellers, the quilter behind Cooking Up Quilts. I run a longarming business from my home, design and write quilt patterns, teach several classes at our local quilt shop, and in my spare time I work a day or two a month at that shop. Quilting is what I do, and I’m happy to be able to earn a modest income doing so. It allows me to spend time doing what I love, while being able to spend time at home and with my family. Quilting is a real blessing in my life.
Every Monday here on the blog I host a linky party called Main Crush Monday. Anyone can link up any project that they are excited about (or crushing on) via blog, Instagram or Flickr. I invite you to join in and link your projects!
Today I’m going to share with you a tutorial on making a Large Casserole Hot Pad. I first posted the tutorial about 4 years ago. It’s a great addition to my kitchen, so I thought it was time to revisit it and share with you. This will give new readers a chance to see the tutorial and faithful followers the opportunity to add it to their holiday sewing list.
The hot pad can be made in any combination of fabrics. Using some fun Christmas themed prints will add some holiday cheer to your kitchen. As you can see from the pic above I made several different combinations so I would have them to use year round. A couple of fat quarters, some batting, and a piece of Insul-Brite are all you need for this quick and easy project.
When I made my hot pads I sewed the binding to the front by machine and to the back by hand. When I make mine this year for gifts I’ll be sewing the binding on by machine both top and bottom. Simply because it’s quicker and will save me time. I’m becoming a real fan of the quickness of machine binding!
To keep this post from being pages long, I have created a PDF of the tutorial that you can download by clicking here: Large Casserole Hot Pad The PDF will also be available in my Pattern Shop as a free download. As an added bonus, if you purchase any pattern in the shop and use the Coupon Code CJPP, you will receive 20% off your entire order! Coupon code is valid through Sunday, July 19, 2020. It’s a great time to pick up a pattern (or two) at a great price.
I hope you enjoy making your hot pad, and would love if you would share your finished project. You can tag #cookingupquilts on Instagram and Facebook.
Below is a list of all the designers participating in today’s hop. I hope you’ll take some time to visit them and see all the fantastic projects. I just know you’re going to love them!
Table Toppers, Home and Kitchen
Inquiring Quilter
Duck Creek Mountain Quilting
Cooking Up Quilts – << You’re Here! <<
The Quilted Diary
Confessions of a Fabric Addict
Morning Glory Designs
Scrapdash
Days Filled With Joy
Small Projects
Geeky Bobbin
Sunburnt Quilts
Tamarinis
Tuning My Heart Quilts
Prairie Sewn Studios
Puppy Girl Designs
Ladybug Buzz
Dragonfly’s Quilting Design Studio
Traditional and Modern Quilt Patterns
Ms P Designs USA
Quilt 2 End ALZ
Patti’s Patchwork
Cotton Street Commons
Brown Bird Designs
From My Carolina Home
Happy Quilting!
Beth 🙂
A very useful Christmas decoration.
Wonderful – and a great way to use some fat quarters that have been languishing! Thank you Beth.
I’m in desperate need of some Christmas home decor!! I need one of these for everyday too.
Thanks! What a great idea that is, and it makes a great gift, too.
Thank you for your great idea. These can be so useful all year and make great gifts!
Such a great idea thanks for sharing. I have some insulbrite and need to make some for me.
I have been calling mine MW pads. I use up strips or add fabric in the same color or theme. Thanks for tip of making it with special heat batting.
These would make such great gifts – thank you!
This would make a great hostess gift if you are bringing a dish yourself. Use it for your dish and you can leave it with the host when you go.
Perfect idea for Christmas gifts!
Great project! These will make fantastic Christmas presents! I’d better get sewing 🙂 xx
Awesome – I love a fast, easy project!
This is a great idea, Beth. Lovely to see the hot pad in different fabrics to suit the occasion. Thanks for the tutorial. Great to share the hop with you.
I love this. I know what my cousins are all getting for Christmas
What a great idea and very useful!!!
Thank you for the pattern. I need to be making more hot pads for around here as ours are getting worn out.
Thanks for sharing with the Hop! Your timing couldn’t be more perfect, as I am supposed to be creating a quilted trivet and have been dragging my feet. I appreciate your tutorial and hope it’s just the push I needed to get moving on this project!
Great quick gift for Christmas!!
What a great project. Thank you.
What a great idea for a quick and easy gift-for all sorts of occasions. Thanks for sharing your talent with us.
Beth, these would come in very handy and are cute.
What a great project! Thanks for sharing!
Adding to my list!
Thanks for the pattern. This sounds easy enough for me to do.
Thanks for the fantastic pattern for the Large Casserole Hot Pad. I can make a few of these for Christmas gifts.
Great project !
What a fun and easy project! Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for this great tutorial…I am making Bombazine oven mitts for family members this Christmas, and may add a coordinating Casserole Hot pad to go along with them!
Hi Beth. Just wanted to thank you for the free pattern today. As luck would have it, I’m working on hot pads and pot holders for Christmas. I had some OLD panels, with multiple Santa pictures in various sized frames, so I cut them out, and am adding borders to enlarge them for use as hot pads, and they are looking pretty good.
Love this hot pad casserole mat, thanks for sharing!!
I remember when you first posted this on your blog; I think it was close to when I first began following you. Four years already, and I’m so glad I’ve gotten to know you 🙂 I still need to make some of these. Would make a great shower gift, or housewarming gift. Thanks for sharing the pdf!
Great project, and your pdf is really well done! Thank you for participating in the Christmas in July Pattern Parade.
Thanks for the “IDEA” for a quick Christmas gift. I’ve been trying to decide what I want to do this year that goes quickly. I love quilting with my walking foot! I do machine binding exclusively using the “Susie’s Magic binding” method – also known as Binding with a flange. I tripped over the method on a blog hop once and almost never hand stitch binding.
Looks so useful and cute, Beth!!!