Easy Quilted Christmas (or anytime) Hotpad

When I made my first candle mat recently, following Sandi's instructions, I ended up with some extra pieced blocks. That is because the instructions will make two mats, but I only made one using the Adoring fabric line. So I thought of something useful to do with the extra blocks that would be pretty as well. Oh yes, and don't forget super easy!


I put them together into this block which is about 8 1/2 inches square...


...layered the pieced block with one square of cotton batting and one square of Insul-brite insulated batting...


...quilted those three layers using shiny metallic gold thread...


...then pieced four solid charms from the Adoring charm pack and used that for the backing. I did a very tight zig zag stitch twice around the outside edge, the first time just a little narrower than the second time, and using the gold thread in both the top and the bobbin, to seal the edges.

And there you have a very festive insulated hot pad that would look pretty on any Christmas table. I suppose it could even be used as a small candle mat.

The rest of the Adoring charm pack was used for my Advent Calendar Christmas Tree which you can see HERE. I love picking out different colorways of the same fabric line to use in different projects. The blues lent themselves so nicely to the candle mat project and I did not use any of the greens for that project. And for the Advent Calendar, I chose the greens, reds, dark blues and just two tans for the tree trunk.

What are you working on for Christmas?

Happy Stitching!

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