Head-to-Toe Pot Holder Set
This little dachshund is just too long and cute for one pot holder! Make the set in colors to match your kitchen for a functional bit of decor.
Skill Level
Confident Beginner
Specifications
Pot Holder Size: 8" × 8", including binding
Materials
Materials listed make 1 of each style of pot holder.
• Scrap dark red tonal
• Small piece each green and light brown tonals
• 1 fat quarter blue tonal
• ¼ yard dark red dot
• 2 (8") squares cotton batting
• 2 (8") squares insulated batting
• 3 (½") ivory buttons
• 2 (¼") brown buttons
• 4 (¾") plastic rings for hangers
• Fusible web with paper release
• Template material
• Thread
• Basic sewing tools and supplies
Project Notes
Read all instructions before beginning this project.
Stitch right sides together using a ¼" seam allowance unless otherwise specified.
Refer to General Instructions for specific construction and appliqué tips and techniques.
Materials and cutting lists assume 40" of usable fabric width for yardage and 20" for fat quarter.
Cutting
From green tonal:
• Cut 2 (1¾" × 8") B rectangles.
From blue tonal:
• Cut 2 (8" × 20") strips.
Subcut strips into 2 each 6¾" × 8" A rectangles and 8" backing squares.
From dark red dot:
• Cut 2 (2½" by fabric width) binding strips.
Assembling the Pot Holders
Refer to the Placement Diagrams and project photo for positioning of pieces and stitching lines.
1. Sew a B strip to the bottom of an A rectangle as shown in Figure 1 to make an A-B unit; press. Repeat to make a second A-B unit.
Figure 1
2. Prepare appliqué templates using patterns listed and provided on the insert for this set of pot holders: Dog Front Body, Dog Head, Dog Ear, Dog Back Body, Dog Back Leg, Dog Front Leg, Leaf and Flower.
3. Trace appliqué shapes onto paper side of fusible web referring to list below for kind and number to trace; cut out shapes. Apply shapes to wrong side of fabric as listed below.
• Light brown tonal: 1 each dog front body, dog front leg, dog head, dog ear, dog back body and dog back leg
• Green tonal: 5 leaves
• Dark red tonal: 3 flowers
4. Cut out appliqué shapes and remove paper backing. Referring to Figure 2, place dog front body and back body on separate A-B units with feet just touching the seam between A (sky) and B (grass), and the straight edges of the body pieces at the edges of the A-B units. Slip the front leg under the front body at an angle as shown. Repeat with the back leg and back body. Place the head on the front body with the ear on top. Fuse appliqués in place.
Figure 2
5. Place one flower on the front-end pot holder about 1" above the grass line and 1¼" in from the left edge, again referring to Figure 2. Place the two remaining flowers on the back-end pot holder with the lower flower about ½" above the grass line and 1¾" in from the right edge, and the upper flower slightly higher and about 1" in from the right edge.
6. Add two leaves to the front-end flower and back-end upper flower, and one leaf to the back-end lower flower. Fuse flowers and leaves in place.
7. Baste a cotton batting square to the wrong side of each fused square.
8. Machine blanket-stitch around each appliqué using matching threads to complete the pot holder tops.
9. Place each pot holder top on a square of insulated batting and add a backing square to the bottom; pin or thread-baste to hold the layers together. Quilt by stitching around each appliqué shape. Double-stitch lines for flower stems using green thread. Add other quilting as desired.
10. Prepare two binding strips and bind edges of each pot holder referring to the General Instructions.
11. Sew an ivory button to the center of each flower.
12. Sew the brown buttons to the dog’s face for eye and nose.
13. Stitch plastic rings to the upper back corners for hangers referring to Figure 3 to complete the pot holders. 
Figure 3
Head-to-Toe Pot Holder Set
Placement Diagrams 8" × 8" each, including binding