As soon as the last morsel of Thanksgiving pies were gone I began making pies again! First, I made a strawberry pie, (my favorite all-time dessert) it was my prototype. There's good news about this type of pie; it won't add one single ounce, it's a hot pad! During our cross country quilt shop hop this past summer I discovered this pattern (click here) at Jackman's in St. Louis; I knew immediately it would be perfect for Christmas gift giving. Isn't it just the cutest thing? I found plenty of dough-colored rick rack there and stocked up on it, expressly for this purpose. I was lucky enough to find some varied fruit fillings too. These hot pads will protect hands and tabletops; they're made with both one layer of batting and a layer of Insulbrite heat-resistant lining material.
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Four more pies in the construction stage, two mixed berry and two blueberry; lattice is woven and ready to stitch down before trimming into a 9" circle. I machine stitched a greeting to the bottom of each pie "tin" before layering them together and binding the edges. The fluted "crust" is added as the final step and hand tacked into place.
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| Five pies, stacked and ready to go. The best part? No need to even preheat that oven! Life is Good! |
7 comments:
What a delightful gift; it looks like a fairly quick project. Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful week.
Hugs, Noreen
So cute! I need to make new hot pads since the ones I have are dreadfully ratty. I don't want a repeat of burnt fingers!
They are just too cute!
As a pie maker, I am in love with these hot pads! SO cute!!
Nice work, Mrs. G.!
Thankyou, you always have such great ideas on your blog. The challenge for our quilt show next year is a pot holder, and these are such a novel idea. I might have to make some pies too!
Sooooo cute!!
How Cute! I bought some blueberry fabric in Maine and I've never used it. These would be perfect!!
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