Cupcake Potholder

I decided to make a potholder for a cupcake themed swap. I used the fabric that I had leftover from a baby quilt that I had made. The cupcake applique was cut from pressed pieces of satin baby blanket binding. The cherry was cut from red satin fabric from an old dress. I ironed on light weight interfacing to keep the piece together before attaching it to the fabric.

After sewing the cupcake to the square fabric, I added sprinkles by sewing on clear seed beads mixed with red bugle beads. I must say I love the cupcake. I used 3 pieces of quilt batting for the middle of the potholder. The whole piece is held together with more pink satin baby blanket binding.