40+ Free Pot Holder Patterns & Tutorials: {Sewing}

Scrap Busting: Made with heat resistant batting, has ribbon loops for hanging.

With Pocket: A basic square design but with a twist, the back has a pocket for your hand.

Double: Lined with an old bath or dish towel, batting, double fold bias tape and pretty material.

With Flower Design: Doesn’t include flower stitch design but it’s simple enough to make yourself.

Linen: Features finger pockets along the sides.

Hooked & Bound Hot Pads: A mix of crochet (or knit if you prefer) and sewing.

Pam Kitty – Round: Made with contrasting pieces, rick rack and Insul-Bright.

Quilted Oven Mitts: Made with two pieces of coordinating fabric (for the outside of the gloves and the lining) and cotton batting. Features a loop for hanging (cotton tape).

Scrappy: Ideal for using up scraps, pieces are stitched together, lined with batting then trimmed with binding.

Bias-Edge: Includes a pdf template download for a banana shape (or you can make a square/rectangle/whatever you like).

Polka Dot: Easy to make using a pretty polka dot print.

Circle Pocket: Lovely design with finger pockets on either side.

Easy Peasy: Beautiful! These are embellished with doilies and pieces of pretty lace.

Patchwork: Use bright, cheery fabric scraps to make these charmers.

For Fingers: Cute little pocket hotpads for your fingers.

Woven: Weave strips of material together until you have your desired size, pin and stitch to a piece of batting then finish off.

Mitt: Slip-on style that have a retro feel.

Recycled Wool: Made with old wool blankets or garments that have been felted.

Small Pocket: Smaller version with finger pockets along the sides (on diagonal).

Scrappy: Made with colorful strips 1″ to 2″ wide.

Log Cabin: Log cabin patchwork design.

Linen & Cotton: Quilted linen with cotton batting.

Mickey Mouse: Trimmed with ric rac, how cute are these!

Appliqued: Pretty gingham heart design but you can make whatever you like.

Microwave Fingertip Mitts: Cute little fingertip mitts, easy to make!

Patchwork: Charming design, backed with vintage cocktail napkins.

Basic: Simple to make, these are finished off with binding.

Scrappy: These are an ideal way to use up fabric scraps.

Pocket: Neat! These fold in half and have pockets on both sides for your fingers.

DIY Patchwork: Padded with terry-cloth towels.

Oven Mitt: Best part of making your own is that you can choose fabrics to match your kitchen decor perfectly!

Doll House: Lined with Insul-Bright to protect hands from heat when using.

Easy: Simple sewing and topstitching is all it takes to make this.

Dishtowel: With some clever folding, all you need to do is stitch around all sides & the raw edges are tucked neatly inside.

Denim: Use the back pocket of an old pair of jeans for this fun project.

Double: These protect your hands, wrists and forearms from getting burned on hot cookie sheets coming out of the oven.

Kitchen Cliche: Fun & retro style with appliqued designs and embroidered sayings.

Scrapbuster: Made with colorful strips (11), Insulbrite, fabric for backing and bias tape. Easy to make these as large as you like.

Retro Style: Made with circles that are folded and arranged before stitching together. Finished with binding, twill tape or ribbon, Insulbrite and backing.

Two-Handed: Made with scraps of assorted fabrics and thermal batting.

Oven Mitts: Lovely “tea time” appliques are used, templates to download (via pdf).

Stash Happy: Quilted nine patch.

Ruffled: You’ll need cotton in both print and solid, batting and twill tape to make these.