Pot Holders

In the effort to get things finished out of this

Box of forgotten UFO's I recently found

(called my  Box of Shame),
I am remaking or repurposing a number
 of the found items

just to get them finished.

I had started making these fabric boxes and

had the fabric and batting cut and ready to go.

Some of them had even been sewn and turned

right side out and just needed the opening stitched closed,
before finishing the boxes.

Well, I didn't like how these boxes were turning out,

so into the "Box of Shame" they went.

What does one do with these half finished boxes?

Cut some Insul-Bright

and make pot holders!

The sewn seams were trimmed and removed.

Then the insul-bright was added with another piece of batting,

they were quilted and Voila!

I dug into my left-over binding bin and found

enough binding to finish them all, too.

Nine pot holders finished and ready for use.

AND... another project finished from the 

Box of Shame!

In addition,

I started playing with a charm pack of pastel squares

and some white dotted swiss and have come up with a 

sweet baby quilt.

The colors here are much darker than in real life,

but you get the idea.

There is one more row of chevrons to make

and then the blocks can be sewn together.

It will need a border as this isn't that big,

but it's cute.

The pattern came from a Missouri Star Tutorial.

Have a wonderful Monday!

I'm linking to Design Wall Monday today.

Happy Quilting!