Mistletoe Make & Bake Blog Tour Day 6

Today's final topic is cookie exchange tips.

Here's my cookie exchange tip.

Bake your cookies at least 3 days in advance so they dry out a bit.

They will be easier to transport.

My final cookie recipe is Rolo Cookies! Rolos are yummy...and these cookies are fantastic too so I thought I would share.

Download the Rolo Cookie recipe HERE!

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Now after 5 wonderful days of fabulous projects to keep you busy this season, I have a my project  for you today.

It seems that everytime we have a family style dinner. I am using 2 hotpads under my casserole dish.

You know the staple 9"X 13" baking dish.

So I decided to make an XL Hotpad and share the idea with you.

This particular project uses 4 layer cake squares or {4} 10" squares of fabric, plus a bit of binding.

I have several layer cake squares left over from different Moda Bakeshop projects and other quilts that I have made in the last 2 years. I could make several of these in a jiff.

Now many of you may be asking why I am binding 5 or 6 quilts by Thanksgiving instead of making these in a jiff.

I am asking myself that too!

The truth is, is that I made a decision this year.

This is the year I was going to give my sisters and brother a lap size or larger quilt.

I have 2 done, third one nearly done. I think 2 of them I will bind totally by machine....not sure on that yet.

follow these instructions:

Make and Bake Holiday 2010

XL Hot Pad

Designed by Vickie Eapen of Spun Sugar Quilts

10”X15.5”

Ingredients:

∙ {4} 10” squares of cotton fabric or {4} Layer Cake squares

∙ Insulbrite batting at least 11”X 20”

∙ ¼ yd binding fabric

∙ Coordinating thread

 

 Sub cut one 10” square into {2} 10” X 3.5” strips

 ∙ Sew a 3.5” strip to each end of another 10” square as shown.

∙This becomes the top 10” X 16”.

*note the top and bottom could be constructed with solid pieces of fabric measuring 10” X 19.5”. Trim to 15.5” X 10” after quilting. I chose to piece top to add interest and use up my extra 10” squares from another project.

 

 

∙Take {2} 10” squares and sew them together as shown, this becomes the back of the hotpad.

∙Layer the top right side up, the insulbrite & the bottom right side down to make a quilt sandwich
∙Pin the layers for quilting

∙Quilt as desired…or quilt 1/4” channels as I did for my sample.

Using a spool of thread or other round item, mark the corners.
∙Cut off the corner point

Bind using 2 ¼” binding strips

Roll it up with a spatula and a 9”X13” baking dish for an easy holiday gift.
If you would like to win a kit for this XL Hotpad leave me a comment by 12:00am eastern 11/21/10.
Remember if you leave a comment on each blog participating in the Make and Bake tour you will be entered in a drawing for a grand prize that was donated by all of the participants.
Should I mention, ah hem...one of the participants works for Moda? I can only imagine what she slipped into the prize pool!! too bad I can't enter.

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If you are interested in visiting the other tour folks I have included the links for you ;)

Day 1:  November 15

 Sherri Falls 

Day 2:  November 16

 Heidi Kaisand

Monique Dillard

Day 3:  November 17

Celine Perkins

 Patrick Lose

Kelly Ann Richardson

Day 4:  November 18

 Lissa Alexander

Julie Stewart

Day 5:  November 19

Roseann Kermes

Brenda Riddle

Day 6:  November 20

Vickie Eapen Me!!!

 Melisa Morrison