The pile grows

 

Fifty eight potholders sewn, twenty nine pairs that’s way more than all my cousins in the US, Canada and the UK combined.  I used a nice pile of wonder fabrics, I wonder what I was going to use that for when I bought it. Some of it was leftovers from some aprons I sewed. The rest was odd bits. The filling is more bits of cotton fabric from face masks and cotton batting, jersey knits and well worn terry towels. Layers of cotton for thermal protection. 

Many years ago I bought a cute pair of potholders at a craft sale, heart shaped with openings for fingers and thumbs on the back side. I grabbed something out of the over and jerked my hands back so fast they fell off and got scorched on the oven element. They had polyester fiber fill in them. I dropped them in the garbage almost as fast. Only cotton batting and fabrics in my potholders. —Ann—