Hot Pad Towel
Handy kitchen accessory goes together in a hurry.
Pair a hot pad with a pretty kitchen towel and the result is a useful kitchen accessory you can hang from a cupboard or drawer handle. Ethel Richter of Hayward, Wisconsin, says she’s been making these handy kitchen helpers for hostess gifts and craft fairs for years. They’re quick and easy—craft several in various colors for different seasons.
Materials
- One terrycloth kitchen towel (18-inch x 28-inch towel shown)
- One coordinating hot pad with loop on one side (6-1/2-inch square hot pad shown)
- One coordinating button that will fit through the loop on the hot pad
- Matching all-purpose thread
Finished Size: Hanging towel shown measures about 6-1/2 x 17 inches. This will vary depending on size of hot pad and towel.
Directions
- Fold the hot pad in half with loop centered on one edge. Press to crease the fold. Mark the ends of the fold with pins.
- Fold the towel in half crosswise. Press to mark the fold. Open towel and run a hand- or machine gathering stitch along the fold. Pull thread ends to gather the towel to fit the hot pad.
- Place the opened towel on the opened hot pad with the gathered line of the towel on the pressed crease of the hot pad. Sew along gathering to attach towel to hot pad.
- Sew button to edge opposite loop on hot pad. Button to hold hanging towel in place.