Hot Pad Pillow

Our project for January for the Crochet Guild was the piece on the middle of this pillow.  It was supposed to be a hot pad on which to sit hot pans.  Mine, however, didn't want any pans getting it dirty so it became instead a pillow.

 I went with the colors of red, jadeite and pink because those were popular colors of the era from which the pattern originated.  Without thinking about it and as luck would have it this pillow matches my bedspread perfectly.  My bedroom is Shabby Chic and full of vintage dolls, ceramics, glassware, pictures etc from the forties and fifties so this pillow fits right in.

I enjoyed the process of the hot pad part as it was new to me.  It was though very easy and one day soon I want to use the process to make an all cotton bathmat.  The only downside is that these are very time consuming and require a whole lot of yarn.

Thanks to Pam from the guild for her presentation and pattern.