Whistling Tea Kettle

Tea kettles are more than just kitchenware that you use to quickly heat water. They are more than a vessel by which you can make your favorite hot drink. Tea kettles are also decorative pieces that can brighten up the kitchen counter. Even more so if they are accompanied by tea kettle pot holders, which have their own practical at the same time aesthetic purposes.

Tea kettle pot holders are easy to make. Yet, the process of making them is just that level of complex to make it into a fascinating household hobby. In this article, we offer you tips on how to make tea kettle pot holders, whether for use in your own kitchen or as gift items.

Materials – What You Need

In the choice of materials for making tea kettle pot holders, you have two alternatives: (1) break the bank; or (2) cheap

all the way. Just remember that even the prettiest and fanciest pot holders can be made from scraps of cloth or rags.

Besides the cloth to make into pot holders, you also need things like scissors, needles, threads that much the color of your cloth, some padding, and sewing machine (optional).

Instructions

Cut out the pattern for your tea kettle pot holder from the cloth. Basically, you need two strips of cloth cut out from the same pattern – one for the front and one for the back.

You have freedom of preference when it comes to the dimensions of your tea kettle pot holder. Most pot holders are usually six inches by six inches. If you have decided to adopt this dimension, then be sure to cut the pieces seven by seven inches.

After your cut-out patterns are done, lay them aside as you prepare a batting for your tea kettle pot holder. The batting can be made of anything, even those rags that have stains in them. What is important is that you have

enough layers of these to provide insulation against heat. Now, carefully stitch them together using simple random stitch. As long as the batting layers are stitched together and don’t come apart when you use your tea kettle pot holder, that’s enough.

For the loop with which you can hang your tea kettle pot holder, you need a long strip of cloth. Just fold both the right and left edges of the strip of cloth before folding the entire thing together. Then stitch the whole thing up so that those ugly, ragged edges of the cloth remain hidden from t he eyes.

Your batting piece and the loop are now ready. The next step is

to assemble all the pieces together.

First, take out the front piece and place it right side up on a table. Next, put the back piece right side down on top of it. Then, place the piece for the loop and the batting, centering it. Tack both pieces down so they won’t move as you stitch along the sides. Be sure to leave one side unstitched so you can reverse the pot holder and finish it up with a blind stitch on that side.

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