These Large Hot Pads are Perfect for Casserole Dishes
They Make Wonderful Gifts and Are Great for Scraps!
These charming patchwork trivets are sized to sit under casserole dishes. They’ll provide a pretty bit of color to your dinner table as well as protect the surface.
Scraps are perfect for these, as are 2 1/2″ mini charms, 5″ charm squares, and leftover 2 1/2″ jelly roll strips. Create a coordinated color theme or mix and match for colorful results.
Experienced quilters may not need a pattern, as the hot pads are simply pieced from 2 1/2″ squares. Layer them with a heat-resistant insulating material, such as Insul-Bright batting or silver ironing board fabric (plus at least one layer of cotton batting with either choice).
You may want to test for heat-proofing before you sew the layers together to make sure they’ll handle a dish straight from the oven. Once you know they’re fully heat-proof, bind them as you would any quilt.
Or, save yourself time by purchasing the inexpensive pattern. It includes a tested recommendation for heat-proofing, as well as a printable template for making tags with care instructions. These hot pads make great gifts and the tags are a nice finishing touch.
The completed trivets, designed by Mariesa Morgan of Ten Cow Quilts, are 10 1/2” x 14 1/2”.
