Thoughtful Thurs~ Cow Pad from Last Year's Christmas Gift: Hot Pad That Is

 

At the last minute,

 I thought I'd make my Farm Daughter 

a hot pad for her kitchen.

 I started to do a chicken then thought, 

they raise cows on their farm.

 Dogs are the only other animal resident on their farm. 

Last Christmas she gave me the Lori Holt, Farm Girl, Vintage 2 book. Now, I've never idolized, adored or ooo,laa,laa ed over any artist, singer or author, but I must say Lori Holt stuff is cute. I'll buy these things when on a super sale or at a second hand store. I don't even like to watch the LH You Tube videos because I feel like its a constant sale show especially at the beginnings: You can buy this and buy that. That's just what I think. 

However, I did give this book a hug when I received it. I know it wasn't a cheap purchase for her.  

Then I never got around to using it all year. So I thought when I had a few hours left before time to exchange gifts, I must make her a hot pad/potholder with one of the patterns in this book. 

 

I also don't go by many quilt patterns. I make my own. In this case I made myself follow directions up to adding a border.

I gathered the fabrics I thought I'd use.

 

I thought I'd use the pattern for the 6 inch block then add a bit of a border to make a nice size hot pad.  Wow! I did not think I'd be cutting 3/4 inch squares! That's TINY! Do you see the "I" blocks above are smaller than 1 inch.

 

I measured with 2 other rulers I thought would work, 

before I ended up using this ruler. 

The other rulers drove me nuts by adding a quarter inch on the edge

 or leaving off measurement marks in the middle.

You need every little mark when it gets down to 1/8 inch.

But really all of making the hot pad,

I thought,

was very enjoyable.

I've got a great machine that doesn't require a leader (search that for quilting)

because it doesn't jam the beginning of the fabric down into the hole.

 

A 1.5 inch border was added all around.

The top looks off skelter. 

It's actually just not laying flat. 

However, my daughter is like me.

If its off a bit, its just more country looking.

 

I thought I'd stitch in the ditch around the cow for the quilting. 

Below is the back result then.

 

 She liked it like I thought she would.

Glad I went ahead and got it done.

 

What do you think about a Cow Pad? 

What do you think about stitching 3/4 inch squares? 

I think I'll make another hot pad using another pattern in this book.