Marieva's Crafts

Spicy Hot Pads

A spicy Hotpad placed under a teapot or a hot casserole will give off
a delicious aroma while keeping the heat from the table top. A nice gift for the
holidays. The removable spicy inserts can be filled with different spices which
can be changed for variety. When the the hot pad needs washing the bag of spices
is removed.

Materials
2 ‘6" squares of quilted material
packet of bias tape (or lace for edges,
if preferred) or 7" (2)
2 5" squares of muslin or 6"
2 oz. of whole allspice (or whole
cloves or 1" cinnamon sticks)
Method

1. Sew the two 5" muslin squares together ½" from the edges, leaving
2" unsewn. Turn the bag inside out and fill with allspice berries
so that a layer of berries covers the interior of the bag. Sew up the 2"
gap.
2. Cut one of the 6" quilted squares in half lengthwise. Sew an edge
of bias tape over 2 of the 6" edges. (This forms the back flap for
inserting the spice bag.)
3. Butt the biased edged back flaps together and place them on top
of the 6" quilted square with wrong sides together. Tack the top
and bottom of the pad together. Attach the bias tape around the 4
sides of the hot pad. (If a lace edge is desired, sew the lace to the
right side of the 6" square with the free edge pointing towards
the center.) Then sew on the 2 flaps with right sides together and bias
flap edges completed. Turn inside out.
4. Slip the muslin bag of allspice into the flap and flatten.

Separate bags containing different spices can accompany this quilted
pad. Another idea would be to mix allspice, cloves, cassia bark, and
star anise in a spice mixture. — from FRAGRANT WREATHS AND
OTHER AROMATIC BOTANICAL CREATIONS by ; lace WAKEFIELD, TOM
THUMB WORKSh VA 23336