Crafts: potholders

We're halfway through March and I thought I'd better get started on some of my 5 for 5 crafting (couple of spots left if you're interested!)

I've found some amazing tutorials online and I decided to start with this one for potholders that I found at Artsy Crafty Babe. They were cute and would make a useful gift.

The tutorial seemed pretty straight forward. I started with these, but realized they were a little too plain. (I almost left them this way in the interest of just getting in to the project without figuring out anything more, I'm glad I talked myself into taking the extra time.)

This seemed a little more like it...

And the finished product!!


I'm REALLY happy with how these turned out! I will be gifting two to one of my 5 for 5 participants and keeping one for myself. I also think I'll be making more of these because they would make fabulous hostess gifts. They feel really nice and sturdy and could probably also be used for trivets on the table. And they were really easy!