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PRINTED FABRIC FOR 2 PATCHWORK PANELS AND HAND COVERS
    • Cut 1 panel: Use pattern piece A.
    • Cut 1 panel: Use pattern piece D.
    • Cut 2 hand covers: 8″ wide × 9″ long (Mark these dimensions directly onto the Wrong side of your fabric, using your yardstick and chalk pencil. Then, using your scissors, cut out the hand covers following the marked lines.)
    FROM THE SOLID-COLOR FABRIC FOR THE OTHER 2 PATCHWORK PANELS
    • Cut 1 panel: Use pattern piece B.
    • Cut 1 panel: Use pattern piece C.
    c. To cut out the back panel, bias binding, and batting panels, simply measure and mark the dimensions below directly onto the Wrong side of your fabric, using your ruler and chalk pencil. Then, using your scissors, cut out each panel following the marked lines.
    FROM THE SOLID-COLOR FABRIC FOR THE BACK PANEL
    • Cut 1 back panel: 9″ wide × 9″ long
    FROM THE PRINTED FABRIC FOR THE BIAS BINDING
    • Follow the instructions in step 6 to cut and make the bias binding.
    FROM THE COTTON BATTING
    • Cut 2 panels: 9″ wide × 9″ long
    • Cut 2 panels: 4″ wide × 9″ long
    FIGURE 2B
    FIGURE 3B
    FIGURE 4A
    FIGURE 5
    Step 2. Make the patchwork front of the pot holder.
    a. Place panel A and panel B with Right sides together, matching up the side raw edges, and pin them in place. Stitch a 1 / 4 ″ seam along the matched raw edges, backstitching at each end. Press the seam allowance to one side. Then, repeat this step, attaching panels C and D together.
    b. With Right sides together, place panel A/B on panel C/D, matching up the long, side raw edges, and pin them in place. Attach by stitching a 1 / 4 ″ seam across the matched raw edges, backstitching at each end. Press the seam allowance to one side. ( FIGURE 2B )
    Step 3. Quilt the front of the pot holder.
    a. Place both layers of batting onto the Wrong side of the front panel, matching up the raw edges. Then, place the back panel with Right side facing up on top of the batting layers and pin through all of the layers to hold the panels in place.
    b. On the Right side of the back panel, place a piece of masking tape diagonally across the back panel. Using the masking tape as a guideline, stitch down both sides of the tape, backstitching at each end. Now move the tape, lining up one side of the tape with one of the stitching lines, and stitch down the opposite side of the tape. Repeat this process all the way across the width of the back panel, with the diagonal stitching lines all going the same way. Then, place the tape on the opposite diagonal and repeat, stitching the quilting lines across the width of the back panel, backstitching at each end. This will make a diamond-shaped quilting pattern on your pot holder. ( FIGURE 3B )
    c. Using your scissors, trim around the cut edge of the patchwork panel to cut away any excess batting and threads.
    Step 4. Make the quilted hand covers.
    a. With Wrong sides together, fold the first cover in half across the 8″ side and press a crease. Then, open up the cover. Place your first 4″ × 9″ piece of batting onto the Wrong side of the hand cover along the center crease, matching up the side and bottom raw edges, and pin it in place. Machine baste * with a 1 / 4 ″ seam completely around the batting to hold it in place. ( FIGURE 4A )
    * See page 171 for an explanation of machine basting.
    b. Then, fold the hand cover again at the center crease over the batting and pin the raw edges in place.
    c. On the Right side of the hand cover with the batting attached, place a piece of masking tape diagonally across the hand cover, and follow the instructions in step 3b to create a diamond-shaped quilting pattern on your hand cover.
    d. Follow the instructions in steps 4a through 4c to make the other hand cover.
    Step 5. Attach the hand covers to the back of the pot holder.
    Place the back side of the first hand cover onto the Right side of the back of the pot holder, matching up the top and side raw edges, and pin them in place. Then, machine