Madison also requested a hot pad for her table that was big enough that she could set pots and baking dishes directly from the oven to the table. Again, I sent some patterns and she picked this one. I’m not sure where the pattern came from; it was a print-out that someone (probably Gail) gave me.

I used the same blue fabrics that were in her placemats; the hearts in the centre don’t show up quite as obviously as they did in the pattern but I think that is a good thing. I used a double layer of insul-bright so her table top should be safe.

Making the octagon shape wasn’t difficult but it wasn’t easy stitching the binding – all those corners.