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Sunday, January 17th, 2010
7:46 PM
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First- Pesto.
 
My basil was getting a little tall (above is trimmed) so I tried to make some pesto. Unfortunately, it was pretty bad... but look how pretty the leaves are!
And now, the story of a pot holder:
Yesterday, after a lovely afternoon out with a new friend, I made a quick stop at the craft store and picked up a bit of fabric and some fixings. Some time ago I picked up a yard of fabric in a ridiculous rooster pattern. I didn't know what I was going to use it for, but I found a cute pattern for a pot holder in Amy Butler's In Stitches: More Than 25 Simple and Stylish Sewing Projects .
 
The rooster fabric looked pretty good with some solid red, and some black and white polka dot fabric, so a few grommets, some bias tape, and some batting later, I was set to start on what I thought was going to be a quick project.
As it turns out, I 'm not terribly good at quilting. I spent a good 5 hours making this damn pot holder because I spent so, so much time fighting with the tension on my sewing machine and ripping out seams. I tested everything first, but as soon as I moved to the real thing everything seemed warped. I love the sewing machine but I don't know how to use it very well yet.
So after many frustrated hours, I forgot to take WIP pictures. Here's one just before I sewed on the bias tape around the edges. The directions call for making your own bias tape but I was lazy and bought some plain black. It worked out fine and was easy to work with.
The above photos show the front and back, pretty much finished. I added a grommet and sewed a few stitches where those pins are to keep things in place to finish it off. All in all, it took way too much time to make a single, glorified pot holder. That said, I have enough fabric to make another one, and enough newly acquired experience to cut down the time to something more reasonable. I learned how to quickly quilt squares by using masking tape as a guide, and a little something about thread tension. It was a good use of time overall ^^
Now I just have to use it... I'm going to cry the first time it gets burnt on the stove :(
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