Heart Potholder for 5x7 Frame - File 1 is Heart Back, File 2 is Heart Front. Download both files in your format

HEART ITH POT HOLDERS (Stitched in an 5” x 7” hoop

Color changes are for machine stops only…choose thread to match your fabric



HEART FLAPS

2 pieces of fabric approximately 5”x 8

2 pieces of cotton batting approximately 5”x 4

Fold fabric pieces in half (right sides out), place 5” batting edge on center fold and fold fabric back over batting to sandwich batting in between fabric. Optional: Topstitch on your sewing machine approximately ½” from fold. Set aside



Note: If you want a design on the heart flaps, embroider the design to one side of the fold before you fold and insert the batting. For design placement, use the heart placement line from the Heart Back first hooping and see the heart flap placement instructions below

HEART BACK ITH: FIRST HOOPING (Design size 126mm x 178mm

1 piece of fabric approximately 6”x 8

1 piece of Insul-Bright (or other thermal product) approximately 6”x 8

Hoop medium weight tear away stabilizer and stitch Color #1 placement line

Lay down Insul-Bright (silver side up) and fabric (right side up) over the placement marks making sure to cover placement stitches. Pin to stabilizer, keeping pins out of stitching area

Stitch Color #2 run stitch tack down. Remove pins

Color #3 will stitch the grid, or skip this and insert your own design

Unhoop and set aside

HEART FRONT ITH: SECOND HOOPING (Design Size 126mm x 178mm

1 piece of fabric approximately 6” x 8

1 piece of cotton batting approximately 6” x 8

Hoop medium weight tear away stabilizer and stitch Color #1 placement line

Lay down batting and fabric (right side up) over placement line, pin, keeping pins out of stitching area and stitch Color #2 single run tack down. Remove pins

Color #3 stitches the grid

Remove the hoop from the machine, but DO NOT remove fabric from the hoop

HEART FLAP PLACEMENTS

Take the right side of the Heart Flap and place the fold down the center of the heart. The top of the Heart flap fold should be in the center of the top of the heart. Angle the flap so that the bottom of the heart flap is approximately 3/4” to the right of the center bottom of the heart. Pin flap to heart base being sure pins are well out of the stitch area. Sew Color #4 single run tack down of right heart flap. Remove pins

Repeat for left heart flap. Left flap will lie over the right flap and folds should touch or intersect at the top of the heart. Stitch Color #5 single run tack down of left heart flap. Remove pins.

Remove hoop from machine but DO NOT remove fabric from hoop.

HEART BACK PLACEMENT

If you want a ribbon hanger, loop ribbon and tape or glue to heart front at top of heart, loop to the inside of the heart

Take the Heart Back and place it RIGHT SIDE DOWN over the heart front in the hoop making sure it covers the outline of the heart front. Pin in place keeping pins out of the stitching area. Stitch Color #6 double run tack down with opening left for turning. Remove pins.

Remove from hoop and trim all layers ¼” from Color #6 tack down. When trimming at the opening, I leave an extra ¼” across the opening for easier stitching of the closing.

Turn right side out (this is a tight turn, if you need to, snip a couple of stitches at the side of the heart, rather than the bottom of the heart to increase the opening a bit…press well turning in raw edges of the opening…blind stitch the opening to close...



Optional: After turning, pressing and stitching the opening closed you can top stitch around the heart on your sewing machine

You’re done! Enjoy!