Each hot pad had the person's name hand embroidered onto it to give it a personal touch. I used cotton cloth for the front side with embroidery. I traced out the person's name in my semi-cursive handwriting, and embroidered along my tracing. On the back I used heat-resistant cloth that I stitched with about 1 1/8" squares on a diagonal. Inside was 2 - 3 layers of heat-resistant fill (called Insul-Bright) and batting, that I had sewn with the silver heat-resistant backing to keep it from bunching up.
I then used a red bias tape to close the edges in and create a nice loop to hang the heat pad from.
These ended up being trickier than I expected, it was hard getting the bias tape to stay in the right place with all the layers of fabric. The end product ended up being worth it though! A nice, personalized, hand-made gift to loved ones says volumes!
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