Spiced/Scented HotPads
Dottie
When making the scented hotpads:
what do you use to put the spices in, so that when the hotpad
is washed (and with repeated use, it will eventually need to
be washed) the spices don't stain or bleed through the padding
and fabric? Is there anything that can be used so that it will
continue to keep it's scent after being washed?
Thanks in advance for any help.
:)
Dottie
dor...@cdc.net
Cheryl Pinkerton
Greetings, Dottie,
On my heap of Christmas- Projects-yet-to-do, I have directions from a
library book on making a spiced tea mat (sounds interchangeable with a
scented hot pad to me!) by Sheri Kawahara-Fisher . (Oops, don't have
the name of the book......)
Anyway, her idea calls for hemming an additional layer of fabric to
sew and turn to the back of the hot pad as a "pocket". This pocket
would encase the spice bag, and provide for it's easy removal prior to
washing. Her suggestion for the spice bag was to cut a rectangle of
heavy-weight , fusible interfacing. Fold this in half , fusible sides
together, making a square smaller than the finished pot holder . Seal
the two sides of this container, by pressing (fusing) a 1/4" seam.
Add the spices and fuse the top edge closed. Voila' .... one
removable spice bag!
I haven't tried this yet, but it sounded like a good idea to play with
as Winter and the holidays approach. The original pattern called for
2 layers of high-loft batting used to" absorb" the heat from the tea
kettle. I may try substituting one double-long batt sandwiched
between a likewise double-long top and backing. The whole sewn-and
turned double-long mass could be folded in half to the proper pot
holder size, top-stitched shut on the 2 sides, creating an inner
(hidden) pocket, in which to slip the spice bag.
Hope you can glean something useful from this!
Cheryl
Anne Essex
Please could someone tell me what you put in the hot pads to make them
smell nice.
Anne
Fred and Dorothy Westphal
In article <32a232ff...@snews.zippo.com>, kpin...@super.zippo.com
(Cheryl Pinkerton) wrote:
> Greetings, Dottie,
>
> On my heap of Christmas- Projects-yet-to-do, I have directions from a
> library book on making a spiced tea mat
....
The original pattern called for
> 2 layers of high-loft batting used to" absorb" the heat from the tea
> kettle. I may try substituting one double-long batt sandwiched
> between a likewise double-long top and backing.
....
Please don't use polyester! The heat will effect it- it may melt. Use
cotton backing, or just use pieces of old cotton padding, layers of
flannel,etc.
dorothy
Monique Ibey
Dottie, based on several sets of instructions I have gleaned from a
couple of groups, I am making muslin inserts with about 5 or 6 channels
sewn into each pouch. I crush whole spices (powders might leak through)
and mix with rice, then use a funnel to fill the channels. I find the
bulk doesn't fit in my machine too well, so I hand-stitch them shut.
Then I make a nice outer case of cotton with an overlapped opening at
the back so the scented insert easily comes out when the case needs a
wash. Hope this helps.
Monique
Smithfield, Ontario, Canada
Cheryl Pinkerton
Hi Ann,
The pattern in my previous post calls for" 4 oz. mixed ground spices:
cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger and/or mint". Four ounces of spice
sounds like an awful lot to me.....has anyone else out there tried it
with less? I have plans of using mint , dried from my garden this
summer and hadn't considered actually FILLING the removable spice bag
full. Hmmmmmm.....
In pieces,
Cheryl
On 2 Dec 1996 12:02:20 GMT, Anne Essex <c946...@mail.wlv.ac.uk>
wrote:
Carol Hummer
Now here's a good use for old ironing board covers/pads!!!
==========Fred and Dorothy Westphal, 12/2/96==========
Shirley Benoit
I would like to know, how does one wash the spiced/scented hotpad?
As I would think it would remove the scent when it is washed.
thanks,
Shirley
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In article <582e69$l...@freenet-news.carleton.ca>,
ct...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Shirley Benoit) writes:
>I would like to know, how does one wash the spiced/scented hotpad?
>As I would think it would remove the scent when it is washed.
You'd wash the removeable cover that goes over the pouch with the spices.
Dawn
Batgirl was a Librarian, too.
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Joseph S Larson
A great filling for hotpads is flaxseed - holds heat beautifully, has a
sort of cereal smell when zapped in microwave.. Available in feed stores
(used
as a poltice for horse's legs) and costs me about 47 cents a pound. I
make a 5-section long bag about 30" by 4", heat it in mircrowave 3 and a
half minutes and boy is it soothing to a sore neck or upset tummy!
Wendy, not Joe --
J.S. Larson, Environmental Institute, UMass, Amherst MA
01003-0820 USA 413-545-2842 Fax: 413-545-2304 TX: 948633
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Stephen Jones
You can probably also get this from a birdfood supplier, but maybe
not at that price.
Melissa J
Dy Taylor
Dottie <dor...@cdc.net> wrote:
>When making the scented hotpads:
>what do you use to put the spices in, so that when the hotpad
>is washed (and with repeated use, it will eventually need to
>be washed) the spices don't stain or bleed through the padding
>and fabric? Is there anything that can be used so that it will
>continue to keep it's scent after being washed?
When I make them, I make a cover for them, sort of like a pillow slip.
That is the part I wash.
Dy
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Dy Taylor
Anne Essex <c946...@mail.wlv.ac.uk> wrote:
>Please could someone tell me what you put in the hot pads to make them
>smell nice.
Hi Anne,
I generally use lavender, not heads but the crushed up lavender, a
handful per bag. I have also started adding a few cloves as well, and
I break them up a little so they are not going to poke into
anyone.....we use heat pads on aching parts of our bodies rather than
for a kettle to sit on.
I have been wondering whether it is okay to use herbs like chamomile
or lemon balm, but am not sure if they would cope with the microwave
process, seeing as these herbs have a fairly delicate structure...
would they disintegrate?
Hope this helps