I don’t think the recipient of this gift looks at my blog so I think it is safe to post pictures before Christmas. I need potholders, which might be why I keep thinking of making them as gifts for other people. I also think potholders are one of those things that people usually keep too long, until they are embarrassingly disgusting, so maybe giving people new ones will give them an excuse to retire some of their old ones. I want everyone to know that I can’t actually think of anyone who has kept their potholders too long. I guess it is fortunate that it really isn’t important enough to actually remember after you notice. So I made some potholders.

I have learned a few things about making potholders. First, they take too damn long to make! I would really have to perfect a simple design in order to ever make any money making potholders. And second, I am going to have plenty of potholders to choose from, for my own kitchen, from all of my rejected attempts. And third, if you are going to give someone potholders as a gift… it isn’t enough, you have to make something else, too. So I made an apron to go with it.

I was excited that I figured out how to use my sewing machine to embroider this design. It has been fun to figure out how to combine the different stitch functions to come up with designs I can use. Here is a close up of the detail on the pocket of the apron.

I am also sad that I forgot to take a picture of the hand towel I made to go with this set. You know, the old fashioned kind that has the cloth or crocheted top so that it can be attached to a drawer or appliance handle. But since I forgot to take a picture before I put it in the mail, I thought I should post this funny picture of my husband modeling the apron for me. See how supportive he is!

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