Hot Pads
Free Quilting Pattern Downloads and Video Tutorials

Learn How to Make Quilted Hot Pads

Learn how to make quilted hot pads with step-by-step video tutorials from Shabby Fabrics. Hot pads are fun, useful sewing projects that let you combine beautiful fabrics with patchwork, quilting and other creative techniques to make something you'll use again and again.

Explore a variety of hot pad designs and techniques, including traditional patchwork, Courthouse Steps, stars, fusible grid piecing, folded fabric techniques and more. Hot pads are also wonderful projects for trying a new quilting technique on a smaller scale before using it in a larger project.

Love the dimensional Folded Star technique featured in our tutorials? Make your own with the Folded Star Hot Pad Pattern - 8" Round or the Folded Star Hot Pad Pattern - 8" Square. Once you're ready to make more, the Folded Star Hot Pad Interfacing Template 12-Pack works with both the round and square Folded Star Hot Pad designs.

Make hot pads for your own kitchen, coordinate them with seasonal décor, or create several as thoughtful handmade gifts. Follow along with our free video tutorials at your own pace to learn the techniques and construction methods used to create beautiful quilted hot pads.