This handy hanging dish towel is simple to make using an inexpensive hot pad and a kitchen towel.  Simple Simon & Co. shares a tutorial at Polka Dot Chair showing how to do it.  The towel buttons around an oven… Read more ...

These quilted potholders have the sweetest little kitchen illustrations made from a combination of free motion stitching and applique!  Minki Kim shares a tutorial and free pattern at We All Sew.  The illustrations are from her book Diary In Stitches… Read more ...

Paper towels are certainly convenient for cleaning up a mess, but they’re not so great for the environment.  But what if your paper towels weren’t paper, but fabric?  Then you could wash and reuse them again and again. Melissa from… Read more ...

Polka dots are a staple in my fabric stash.  They’re just so versatile – and so cute!  Amber Simmons shows how you can create these donut hot pads, with polka dot fabric giving them sprinkles.  Donuts and polka dots in… Read more ...

Beth from The Renegade Seamstress has taken her popular casserole carrier tutorial and created a 1-minute video showing how it’s put together.  The insulated carrier wraps around a rectangular baking dish and has loops at the top where you can… Read more ...

Shelly from Coral & Co. shows how you can sew up a quick quilted pot holder.  She designed it as a last minute Christmas gift to sew, but of course Christmas is not the only time we might need a… Read more ...

This oven mitt lets you get a good grip when picking up a hot pan while still protecting your hands.  Mayra from So Sew Easy shares a free sewing pattern for making one.  Choose two cotton prints – one of… Read more ...

A favorite family recipe printed on a tea towel makes a heartfelt and treasured gift, especially when the recipe is written in grandma’s (or other loved family member’s) handwriting.  Autumn from It’s Always Autumn gives the run-down on three methods… Read more ...

Sew4Home shows how you can sew up a set of placemats out of a jelly roll of pre-cut fabric.  The stripes are pieced from a jelly roll of fabric (or you could just cut your fabric yardage into strips), and… Read more ...

Plastic wrap is an easy way to cover your leftovers, but it’s wasteful.  You can use it once and then it goes in the trash, and then to a landfill.  Petro from Creative Homemaking shows how you can fabric bowl… Read more ...

See how to sew a potholder that fits around the handle of your skillet!  Cat from Mary Martha Mama has the tutorial. It’s a great and useful project to make from your scraps!  She shows how to make the pattern… Read more ...

I’ve gotten pretty good at pulling a bowl out of the microwave using only the tips of my fingers to avoid them getting burned on the bowl, but these soup bowl hot pads are a much better solution.  Beth from… Read more ...