Kitchen Decoration with Potholders
Submitted by Toni
This is a very easy decoration to make and is a nice gift to give. My mother-in-law taught me how to make these while my husband was serving in Korea. I hope that made these directions easy to follow.  These are very simple to make and rather fun.  ENJOY !

MATERIAL NEEDED

empty laundry detergent box
paper plate
empty salt box (cut in half)
1 yd fabric 
lace
artificial flowers
bric-a-brac to match fabric
very tiny towel (6" long)
two cup hooks
Elmer's glue

DIRECTIONS

TAKE THE PAPER PLATE AND DRAW AROUND IT ON THE SIDE OF THE DETERGENT BOX.  CUT THE CIRCLE OUT OF THE SIDE OF BOX, GLUE PAPER PLATE ON THE CIRCLE.  LAY ASIDE.

TAKE THE FABRIC AND MEASURE IT TO GO AROUND THE SALT BOX, AND ALSO 
CUT A CIRCLE THAT WILL FIT THE TOP OF THE BOX.  GLUE THE TOP FABRIC ON THE SALT BOX, MAKING SURE THAT THE EDGES ON EVENLY DISTRIBUTED AROUND THE BOX  SOMEWHAT.  NOW TAKE THE LENGTH OF FABRIC THAT YOU CUT THAT GOES AROUND THE SALT BOX AND GLUE ONE END TO BOX, WRAP THE REST OF FABRIC AROUND THE SALT BOX, AND GLUE ENDS.  NOW TAKE THE RIC RAC AND GLUE AROUND TOP OF THE SALT 
BOX.  LAY IT ASIDE.

NOW TAKE THE FABRIC AND CUT A CIRCLE, USING THE PAPER PLATE AND 
CIRCLE CARDBOARD AS A guide, BUT MAKING SURE YOU CUT LARGE ENOUGH TO COVER ENTIRE CIRCLE WITH PAPER PLATE AND ALSO THE BACK .  THIS WILL FORM A PLEATED EFFECT AS YOU PULL IT TO THE TOP OF THE PLATE.  TAKE NEEDLE AND THREAD AND PULL IT TIGHT ENOUGH TO FIT THE PLATE, BUT NOT SO TIGHT IT PUSH THE PLATE IN. 

NOW PUT GLUE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SALT BOX AND PUT IT ON THE 
PLATE COVERING THE GATHERING YOU JUST DID.  TAKE RICK RACK AND GO AROUND THE EDGE OF THE LARGE CIRCLE WITH THE PLATE. 

NOW TAKE THE LACE AND LAY AROUND THE SALT BOX AT THE BOTTOM, 
CUTTING THE LACE 4" AROUND BOTTOM OF SALT BOX WHERE IT IS GLUED TO HAT. TAKE NEEDLE AND THREAD AND GATHER THE LACE AROUND.

TAKE THE ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS AND LAY AT THE BOTTOM OF SALT BOX, VERY NICELY AND ATTACH TO BOTH THE LACE AND THE FABRIC.  HAT IS FINISHED

TAKE SOME RICKRACK AND CUT TWO PIECES THE LENGTH YOU WOULD WANT 
THEM SO YOU CAN GLUE THEM TO THE TOWEL.  THIS TOWEL THEN IS THE HOLDER WHERE YOU PUT THE TWO CUP HOOKS, WHICH WILL HOLD THE POTHOLDERS.
 

NOW YOU TAKE THE FABRIC MATCHING THE HAT AND MAKE TWO POTHOLDERS.  NOW I USED OLD WASHCLOTHS FOR THE CENTER, AND I MADE THE POTHOLDERS JUST AS I WOULD A PILLOWCASE.  I USED RIC RAC FOR THE HOLDERS ON THE POTHOLDERS. 

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