DIY pot holders

Home textiles, all kinds of "soft" accessories create an extraordinary comfort in the room. Practicality plays an important role here. Such a decorative element as kitchen pot holders will allow not only removing the pan from the fire, pulling the hot cake out of the oven, but also decorating the interior in an original way. Such things are easy to sew from scrap materials, knit, weave from yarn, textiles.

What you need to know for sewing tacks

To sew the simplest tack, we need only simple skills that are taught in school. The main purpose of this item is to protect hands from burns. First you need to choose a suitable fabric for the outside, filling - this is important, since the future product will have frequent contact with very hot surfaces, dishes. Tacks are made of several layers: they must be thick enough to fully perform their functions - at least two to three mm, but the options are more than four mm. significantly worsen the "maneuverability", the usability of the subject.

The most popular options are forms:

• glove;
• berry;
• ladybug;
• owl;
• flower (daisy, rose, sunflower, tulip);
• slipper (bast);
• cat;
• piggy;
• square;
• circle;
• polygon;
• butterfly;
• mouse;
• dragon;
• foot, etc.

In order for the new “grab” to not get out of the big picture, some lovers make whole kitchen sets in a single style, which includes tacks, napkins, tablecloths, towels, aprons, stands for hot, other decor.

The choice of fabric

The fabric is chosen "non-loose", it should be well swept away by hand, stitched on any sewing machine. Synthetic, satin materials are undesirable - in case of accidental interaction with fire, they easily ignite, which can lead to a fire.

From textile materials in the best way will approach:

• cotton is satin, calico, chintz. Cotton towels are often used as materials;
• flax - dense, textured, pleasant to the touch. In the products allowed the presence of up to 15-18% of synthetic fibers that prevent creasing;
• Felt - the dense material which is let out in various color execution. It is used both independently and as a filler.

When using a used fabric, it is washed, ironed, new soaked in hot water, checking that it does not fade.

Filler selection

"Stuffing" gizmos can also be different:

• batting - ideal for quilted tacks, but when in contact with excessively hot metal objects should be extremely careful;
• drape is very dense, has a low thermal conductivity, which is a definite plus for kitchen utensils. It is advisable to take not the thickest option, so as not to have problems when sewing;
• Felt - not at all afraid of hot, suitable as a workpiece top, for filler, it is easy to handle.

A variety of forms, their purpose

Tacks are made of almost any shape, of various sizes. Their functionality is determined by the cut, design features. In order to move hot baking trays, pots, pots, and other similar objects from place to place, two methods are used - grasp or grab, therefore it is customary to distinguish the following types of tacks:

• glove - has the appearance of a free mitten, worn on the arm, in order to pull out a metal sheet, a container with baked goods, etc. from the oven;
• square - is used on the stove, for easy taking off the pans with iron handles, their lids, the bowl in the slow cooker and others;
• "butterfly" - is made of two identical parts, sewn together. They take pans, hot cans after sterilization, other items that do not have pens;
• fantasy options are suns, hearts, paws, snowflakes, seals, owls. They are used for its intended purpose or only as a subject of decor.

Sewing fabric gloves

To make a beautiful, original tack, first draw its pattern. You should not create overly complex shapes, full of small details - this is inconvenient, such a product will quickly lose its appearance. The pattern is drawn on paper, cardboard, and then transferred to the fabric in six or eight copies, depending on the design chosen.

In addition to the fabric for the "cover" and filler, you need flizelin on a glue base. To hang the product on a hook, a stud, hammered into the wall, a loop of a braid or a metal ring is sewn to the tack. It is possible to stitch parts with each other on a sewing machine (some products will require apparatuses with the embroidery function) or manually, which requires increased accuracy.

We sew mittens

Mitten, mitten - the most popular, practical option. The pattern is made by simply circling the brush of his hand on paper, after which four or six cm recede from the resulting contour, slightly rounded. Attacks to the seams - even a centimeter in each direction. Approximate dimensions of the finished product - 13 by 10 cm.

The template is encircled on fabric in eight copies - two outer, two inner, non-woven linings for each of the four elements. After cutting two pieces of edging, measuring 7 by 38 cm, two loops - 12 by 4.5 cm. You also need flizelin. The parts are ground together, quilted, and then the edging and eyelets are sewn. Mitten ready.

Butterfly Tack

Butterfly is significantly different from mittens on the design. Such a thing is very convenient, practical. One pattern is made in the shape of a butterfly, two - its wings. Every detail is made of two layers of fabric and filler. Round eyes, drops of a contrasting color scheme, bright buttons, and antennae are sewn from rigid decorative braid as a decoration. Hand thrust into the middle of the product.

This type of tacking does not necessarily have this form. Heart, watermelon, chicken, and sometimes also made a slot in the middle.

Mouse shaped

Tack-and-mouse - a very cool version of the kitchen "grab". It is made of two fabric parts in the form of a droplet, one felt or felt. For the edging, a five to seven cm wide strip is cut, and the ears will be two pieces in the shape of a figure eight, assembled in the middle. The eyes are made of two large black beads, the nose is made of a button, the whiskers are made of threads or black fishing line. To keep things in shape, the body of the mouse is stitched with three stitches diverging from the nose. In place of the mouse tail, a loop is sewn, 9-12 cm long.

Tacks in the style of "patchwork"

Patchwork technique is very often used for sewing tacks and other textile items for kitchen decor. It is important to cut the fabric on the share threads, so that the thing will not be deformed later.
The shape of the pieces are made in the form:

• squares;
• triangles;
• trapezoid;
• rectangles;
• polygons.

The rags are cut out, stitched together with each other in a conceived form, after which a sintepon is placed under the bottom, a whole piece of textile is sewn.

Round patchwork in the form of pizza, cake decorate any kitchen. To perform it, you will need pieces of cloth with berries, flowers, fruit motifs, a wavy band, a sewing machine, scissors, invisible ones, dublins. The textile is cut out so that there are six or 12 identical triangles, slightly rounded at the base. The easiest way is to draw a circle, divide it into sectors, and then trace one of them on the fabric. The back is simply round. For each part, it is necessary to leave allowances for 7-8 mm seams, compact the “pizza” pieces with dublin (interlining), carefully sew them together with a typewriter or manually. It is desirable to smooth all seams in different directions on the wrong side - so the thing will come out more even, beautiful. At the very end of the work, a wavy tape is sewn around the contour, and a loop is hung from it.

Ideas from felt

Felt is a very convenient material, it does not fray, it does not require overcasting, the edges are fixed. Colorful decor in the form of maple, birch leaves, can be the most favorite of all the kitchen decoration. To make a pot holder, you can simply circle a large maple leaf on a piece of paper by adding three to four centimeters on each side.

It is advisable to take the felt in two different colors - the product will be two-sided. After framing on the fabric, the leaves are cut out, connected with invisible pins, stitched in two rows in places where there should be streaks. At the base of the sheet is attached a loop for hanging.
From lemon and white felt, white and orange, pink, it is easy to make slices of citrus fruits, apples, pineapples. For an orange-lemon-lime, a circle is cut out into which the triangles are sewn into a contrasting color, the shape for the apple is cut corresponding, and the same but smaller one is embroidered on the middle, dark brown bones are embroidered on it.

It is recommended to use contrasting threads, and transparent beads, sewn on one side along the veins, beautifully imitate dew drops.

Interesting things from old jeans

Denim tacks are ideal for a light youth interior. It looks interesting squares, circles, diamonds, cut from jeans, in the center of which there are pockets. Here you will need another layer of felt, for the usual "grip", two - if you plan to make a mitten. Edging make a contrasting color, as well as a loop. The finished product is decorated with hand embroidery or stitched with a bright thread.

From the two stitched-up pockets to the top, a butterfly-type model will come out, you can use the old children's shorts, by putting a thin layer of felt in them, stitching along the contour, decorating with laces, ribbons. Most often, jeans of different colors are cut out of the same shape of a rag, stitching them together, cut into long strips of a width not exceeding two centimeters, interlacing like threads in a simple canvas.

Any denim embroidery also looks great.

Crocheted pot holders, knitting needles

Kitchen items can be easily knitted using knitting needles or hooks - the process will take just a couple of hours. The product is knitted from the center or from the edge, in even rows, it can be decorated with braids, arans, lush columns, etc. But any options for openwork knitting are unacceptable - tack should fully perform its functions, protecting hands from burns. All knitted tacks are sewn to a piece of felt or made double-layered - then a synthetic winterizer is inserted in the middle.

Round, square - simple knitting patterns

The easiest way to make a tack crochet in the form of a circle, a square. A square grip is crocheted from the middle, adding four loops where there should be corners. You will need to tie at least 10-12 rows with single crochets. The last row is made in a different color, an eyelet is sewn to one corner. The thing is easy to make multicolor, changing the thread at the beginning of each row, using yarn with a gradient transition from one color to another.

A square is sometimes knitted from a corner — a chain of 20-30 loops is made, knitted with crochets, and at the end of each row knitting must be rotated. In the end, the edging, loop. Knitting square knits from the angle of the diagonal. Crocheted round, polygonal objects are also knitted from the center - they make the additions evenly to get the desired shape.

If you attach a black “tail” to a simple round model, a green leaf, you get an apple, a cherry. White "sectors" are being tied up on it - a lemon, orange circle comes out.

Watermelon slices, strawberries - "berry" holders

"Delicious" things depicting fruit - the most beautiful idea for the kitchen. How to step crochet tack-watermelon:

• red, dark green, white, black threads, a hook of appropriate thickness will be required;
• knitting is done in a circle - the first five to seven rows are made with crochets, red thread;
• then fit one row of white color;
• the next two rows are green;
• the circle is folded in half, a sintepon is inserted inside, the product is connected by a black border, a loop is being made;
• for the sake of plausibility, on a red background, watermelon seeds are embroidered with black.

"Strawberry" tack knits crochet, starting with the loop, which will be hung. It will also be double-layered with a thick felt in the middle. Knitting begins with green, then red is added, the "berry" is knitted, which can be decorated with white embroidered seeds. Almost the same, but picking up the right thread, knit raspberries, blackberries, a bunch of grapes, etc.

Bright knitted sunflower

For the flower of ripe sunflower need yellow, green, black thread. The product will also be double-layered, in the middle - felt. Knitting crocheted from the middle, black yarn, crochet without crochet. After seven to nine rows are connected, one row is executed in yellow. Petals are knitted as follows: a chain of seven air loops is woven, after which seven single crochets are knitted on the same chain, then one column to the base, then the next petal is knitted. The back of the tack is done completely green or yellow-green.

Tack Cock

A bright, multi-color roped-on rooster will become an original decorative element of a kitchen decor in the style of Provence. Knitting is also done here with double crochets, round crochet, but only two or three initial rows are made “full”. After on the "back" of the future bird a loop is knitted, and the following rows are made open.

When another five or six rows are made, five fluffy crochets, which are alternated with tables without crochet, are knitted with a contrasting thread in each third loop. On one of the “tops” of a broken circle, the head of a bird is formed, which is decorated with red scallop from the magnificent double crochets. From the center of the product the wing is tied - preferably also a contrast, after, with another row of magnificent columns, the tail is being finalized.

The cockerel also happens to be two-sided - then two symmetrical parts are needed. One-sided product is usually made textured by decorating with volume knitted details.

Other manual related options

Skilled craftswomen invent many other interesting tack:

• a ladybug is knitted from black and red threads, the dots on the back, the head with an eyelet will be black here, the contours, you can sew eyes-buttons;
• the heart is usually performed in red tones; it is made out of a lace contrasting color on the contour, with a long loop on top;
• a piglet - a large knitted circle here will become a body, a small one - a nose, two triangles hanging from the top - ears, you also need small legs, eyes, a tail-loop;
• Mitten - knit or crochet, should be worn freely on the arm, removed from it, the loop is fastened in the area of ​​the cuff;
• the lamb has wavy edges, a volumetric muzzle with ears, horns is knitted in the middle, four legs, tail-loop are also performed;
• fungus — a red or brown cap is knitted, a white leg, grass in the lower part, an eyelet in the upper part;
• owl - usually made in the form of an oval, on which two round eyes are knitted, legs with claws, wings, eyelet fastened to the head;
• star, sun, month - are made of the appropriate form, decorated with funny faces;
• scrambled eggs - it becomes slightly asymmetric for greater likelihood, you will need yellow, white, brown threads;
• the shorts are crocheted, the contours of the pockets, the pants are stitched with a contrasting thread, a button is sewn in the middle, a loop in the corner;
• fish - consists of the head, tail, fins, peepholes, if desired, scales are embroidered on it, they work on the tail, the eyelet is attached to the tail or the head.

Woven fabric gloves

It is simple to weave tacks from narrow strips of colored fabric. Textiles are used for work, similar in texture but different in color. For example, they take two squares, measuring 25 by 25 cm, cut them, not reaching the edge of one or two centimeters, this is done directly or in the form of wavy lines. The second option is more interesting, since the finished product is a beautiful abstraction. Weaving is made as usual linen.

Next, a square is cut out of the batting, padding polyester, with a side of 25 cm, and also a piece of dense fabric of size sufficient for the decoration of the product with the edging of the front part is cut out. The finished “cake” is sent for processing with the help of a sewing machine - all cuts are stitched with a zigzag pattern, it is better to use a contrast thread. At the very end, a loop made of an oblique bei is sewn to the product. That the design well kept a form, it is also desirable to stitch its external contour on a typewriter.

How to decorate

It is important to know that only the upper part of the thing is decorated - the lower part, which is in direct contact with the hot, should not be textured, for convenience of use as intended.

How to make a ready tack:

• embroidery - "cross", "goat", satin stitch, "rococo" pattern, etc. You can portray the whole story picture;
• braid - it usually decorates the contours of the product, less often creates volumetric elements on the upper part of the object;
• бисером - прихваточки, расшитые бисером, стразами, украшенные пайетками, смотрятся красиво, роскошно, дорого;
• аппликацией - это самый простой геометрический узор либо более сложное, многоцветное, многослойное изображение.

Different styles are suitable for different styles - embroidered with a cross, a variety of laces “grasping” will decorate the baroque, checkered - country, smooth, in steel tones - high-tech, linen, in natural tones - ecological interior.

Conclusion

Tacks are a very necessary item in any kitchen. To make them, you need only threads, needles, colored shreds and a little patience. Step-by-step master classes are easy to find in needlework magazines, as well as on the Internet, on hand-made websites. On their basis, you can come up with their own unusual crafts, which will give the design of the room uniqueness, originality, especially if you create a whole kitchen ensemble, which will also include hot coasters, napkins, chair covers, apron, curtains, tablecloths.