"A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer."
As a parent, I often find it difficult to come up with gifts for teachers. Particularly at Christmas time. I grew up watching other kids give their teachers gifts for the holidays, but my mother never sent me along with any, so my frame of reference as a parent myself was, basically, clueless. When the older boys were all stacked together, I often was overwhelmed thinking about the monumental task of curating several gifts for several teachers they each had and never took it on.
When Button came along, I made a decision that it would be an area I would work on making more of an effort.
This year, Button as a teacher who seems game to take anything I send her way. This holiday, I happened upon this awesome Mason jar pre-filled with cookie mix at Target. Just eggs and water were needed to finish them. I thought it would be nice to send along some Potholders.
I did a fabric pull of some of my leftover Christmas fabric scraps, most from my Blizzard Quilt.
I found a quilt block that appealed to me at Fort Worth Fabric Studio HERE.
I definitely went off grid after her block instructions to make potholders that protect the back of your hands. I affectionately call them my potholder flaps. I *may* have a tendency to burn the back of my hands on my oven.
A lot.
The flap and the actual potholder each have a layer of Insul-brite and batting. I quilted them very simply because it can get quite puffy with all the layers.
I always add hanging loops before I attach my binding to the back.
His teacher really was pleased and mentioned at the Christmas party that she was hoping that I would make something for her. So glad I did!
While I was at it, I was feeling disappointed that I didn't finish all the Christmas ideas for our own home, so I made a set for myself along with some simple coasters for our family room (tutorial HERE).
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