Well it has been a while, with lots happening in the Nanny and Poppy house but the other day, while making rolled oats for my grand children for breakfast, I decided the time was right for a Spin! You see I was making the ‘porridge’ in the microwave and very nearly burnt myself and I remembered seeing these great microwave bowl holders AND I wanted to make something from our Swap Squares so this was the project for me!! Nanny’s take on microwave bowl holders!!
Note: I am making mine to fit a ‘Corelle’ bowl which is about 61/4″ in diameter and 41/2″ across the base. Please check your dish for size and adjust accordingly.
You will need:
i) 4 x 5″ squares – (I am using some from the Black & White Swap.)
ii)1 x 9″ square (you could use more squares if you like – I just want to use the same fabric to make a ‘set’ and I am cutting from a Fat Quarter so it has to be 9″
iii) 2 x 8.5″ squares of 100% cotton wadding – I am using ‘Warm Tater’ which is recommended for Microwave projects as it doesn’t contain any resins or glues. (important for my Fibromyalgia!!)
NOTE: You will need to sew with cotton thread as well – no polyester!
NOTE: You will need to sew with cotton thread as well – no polyester!
Let’s Sew!!
1. Select 4 squares and join them in pairs
2. Join the squares.
3. Take a square of wadding and pin to the wrong side of your squares
4. Quilt as desired – I am just going to follow the seams – nice and fast! I used white thread on the white background and black on the black. (I have swapped to my second one here hence the change in fabric!)
Trim your 2 quilted squares to the same size.
5. Now we have to shape it. Using your bowl as a guide, measure across the base – I will be using 4.5″ (you want your bowl to be able to sit in the holder )
6. Mark that measurement along the seams each way.
Transfer the pin marks to the wrong side
7. Fold along the seam line and sew a dart – I went to the 2nd row of my quilting which is about 3/4″ and taper to the mark you just made. Do that on each seam.
You now have a bowl shape.
8. Repeat that process on the other quilted square.
9. Place the ‘bowls’ right sides together and stitch around the edges leaving an opening for turning. ( I came around a corner, finished with a back stitch and left it open to just before the dart then started with a backstitch and continued.) Clip corners and turn through to the right side.
10. Topstitch around the edge to finish!
I love it!!! Thank you to ‘belmer from Minnesota’ for the inspiration – these will be greatly used down here in Australia!!
You can have it this way up:
or this way!!
Enjoy your new microwave bowl holder ! I have to finish that other one now so Poppy doesn’t feel left out! 😉
Until next time
Nanny xx