It’s all those grainsack stripes, vintage linens, neutral colors and fancy words that make my heart skip a beat. So I stuck those elements on a some fabric, sewed up a simple hot pad, and now I feel as though Paris were right in my kitchen.
For the white hot pad with the 3 brown stripes, you just need to paint those stripes on with fabric paint. Now, for my favorite hot pad – the one with the grains of wheat printed on and the French words, can be made so easily!
After you have completed your design on your front piece of fabric, you will need to sandwich the batting or fleece layer in between the top and bottom pieces of cotton fabric.
Beginning at the middle line, stitch on all your markings. You are basically stitching all 3 layers together so they don’t move around, just like you would when making a quilt.
You can keep your corners squared off, if you prefer that – but I opted to round them off which made sewing the binding on so much easier because I didn’t have to deal with corners.