Potholder and apron

One of the blogs I enjoy is Patchwork Pottery. There are more images in her Flickr account. I particularly liked these potholders. So I made one for my mom for Christmas by making some modifications to the pattern in this book!



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And for good measure, I made this matching apron from this pattern.



I really like the way it turned out. Though, it apparently needs ironing...