Hello friends! In visiting with a friend (via email) this week, she mentioned to me how much she loves her pan protectors. I was thinking... "pan protectors"? And then I did some googling. You guys! What an awesome idea... soft fabric liners that fit between pots and pans to protect them from scratching. Have you heard of these and do you have some? The ones I read about are all a shape that can flare out in a pan, molding up the sides. I chose to make a flower shape.     I have a collection of cast iron skillets that have been passed down to me from my mother (who got them from her mother) and not only are they precious to me but I use them DAILY. When we built our house, I designed a deep, very heavy duty drawer in my kitchen just for my cast iron. So I was excited to know about these pan protectors!  

Supplies

• Thermoweb HeatnBond Fusible Fleece
• Thermoweb Pressing Paper
• Thermoweb SpraynBond Basting Adhesive
• Thermoweb SpraynBond Pattern & Stencil Adhesive
• Erasable Fabric Marker
• Fabric Scraps for both front and back
• Iron
• General Sewing Supplies
• Flower Art (sketch your own or use mine at the end of this tutorial)
• Pinking Sheers (optional)
• Printable Tutorial

    After reading about them I decided to use some of my favorite Thermoweb products and make some. I'm not exaggerating to say that this is one of the fastest sewing projects I've ever done that yielded rewarding results! Another thing that was really fun was using "cheater fabric" that I had in my stash. This is fabric that looks like a pieced quilt block when it is actually just the design on the fabric. I was able to do a little machine quilting as if I had pieced the block!     You can download my tutorial here and make some for yourself. It's FAST... I made six in about an hour! You will love them. I also think these would make a great house warming gift! I want to hear from you when you make them!