Patchwork Kettle Holders

"Children may learn to make patch work by beginning with kettle holders and iron holders and for these purposes the smallest pieces of calico may be used. These holders should be lined with thick white muslin and bound all round with tape at one corner there should be a loop by which to hang them up. Blower holders are very convenient for the use of servants to save their hands from scorching when they remove the blower from the coal grate."
---Eliza Leslie's "The American Girl's Book", 1831/57, page 301