potholders

[elizabeth_mn]

Well, I meant to post photos of the completed embroidery now, but my computer is not playing nice and the photos do not want to upload.

Anyway, I finished all 3 pieces of embroidery and went to sew the potholders together.  Of course they didn't work out (since I either have a curse or I am reaping some instant karma from ignoring my real projects to dally about with embroidered household crafts) so I ripped them apart again.  I feel stupid now for not realizing that sewing wool/rayon felt to a piece of all-wool felted sweater will just turn out wonky, since the wool/rayon felt has NO give, while the felted sweater is still a little stretchy.

Now my dilemma is this: I need to either a.) make the backs of the potholders out of the white 100% wool felt I've already got, or b.) buy something new to finish the backs.  White will get dirty and gross in about 3.5 minutes in my kitchen, but I don't want to waste my precious little sewing money on something with which to make a potholder.  Besides, I'm trying to not buy any new sewing crap right now at all.

At least the embroidery looks nice!  I really like it.  Now I just need to figure out a way to turn my 3 beautifully embroidered useless pieces of crap into something functional.