Recycle those too small fingertip towels into fancy mitt potholders!

I just posted a short tutorial on my blog, The4Rs Ramblings but I'll sum up here. 

Take your fancy fingertip towels, and using an existing mitt style potholder for a pattern, cut out your pieces, 3 in all.  If the towel is really small, you can use some towel scraps or sturdy fabric.  I lined my mitts with Insulbrite, so you need to cut matching pieces out of it too. I sewed the two pieces as a unit, right sides together for the main construction, keeping the embellished and fringed edge as the outside. Turn right side out.  I stitched all the way around at the bottom end keeping it open, but keeping the liner in sync with the outside piece.  A better description and steps can be found here.

There you have it, warm mitts for cold weather cooking! Recycle a pair of towels today, to keep them from languishing in your guest towel drawers!  Post your links to recycling ideas, I love to sew more ways to be green, don't you?