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How to make hot pads out of a mattress pad

Step 1

At the thrift store I am always on the lookout for cotton mattress pads that are not heavily soiled (bloodstains and such) and most of the time you can get a really good deal on them on the sales days that the most thrift stores have on a weekly basis. As soon as I get the mattress pad home I first sterilize it in hot water and bleach to get all of the bacteria out of the item. Sometimes I do it twice to just be sure to kill all the items in the cotton pad.

Step 2

Then I examine the pad to see where the wear spots are in the piece and then I cut them out or around them so that I don't sew them into my hot pad.

Step 3

Next I determine the size of the hot pad that I want to make from a pattern that I already have around the house. If you don't have a pattern you can draw out a pattern from a hot pad that you already have that you like. Make a paper template for the item.

Step 4

Cut out all the pieces of the pot holder that includes: the top, mattress pad, and bottom piece.

Step 5

Take the bottom layer and then place the precut mattress pad on top of the bottom layer. Then place the "top layer" under the bottom layer but before sewing the pieces together place the ric-rac in between the bottom and top layers of the fabric and secure with pins.

Step 6

Sew items together and leave an opening to turn inside out.

Step 7

Once turned inside out use a bodkin to sure up the points of the pot holder and then press the potholder with an iron. Whip stitch the opening closed and then you have a potholder to use anytime that you need it.