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Nothing like a quick project to lift the spirits.

I really like making potholders…

This is my entry in Donna’s Annual Lovely Ugly Challenge 2026.

The potholders are 8″ square. The 4″ star blocks were fun to make. (There are a number of tutorials out there.) I could make an entire quilt of them, I think. But, not right now.

FOLLOW UP on August 29: I won a prize! Thanks to you. The Lovely Ugly Challenge 2026 RESULTS!! – Delightful Designs I appreciate your votes and kindness.

One project finished this weekend–quilted potholders for the music teacher at school.

These are 8″x9″, because that is the size the orphan blocks were when they came to me in a hand-me-down box. I make potholders with a layer of cotton batting, a layer of insulbright, and another layer of cotton batting. Nice and thick and no burnt hands. It is a good way to use up those too-big-to-throw-away-but-what-am-I-going-to-do-with-them scraps.

I hope she likes them.