Easy Peasy Oven Mitt Tutorial

I started out with this oven mitt and this fabric:

Yea, I know, the oven mitt is totally gross.  I swear I wash it but after 10 years or so it has lost what little charm it may ever have had.  It is time for something new and fresh.

STEP ONE:

Take and old oven mitt and turn it inside out (it lies flatter this way).  Trace the shape onto which ever type of paper you have available.  I prefer freezer paper.

STEP TWO:

Cut fabrics large enough to cut out two of your oven mitt shape (front and back).  You need three layers.  Main fabric, Insul Bright (or 100% cotton batting), and your lining fabric.  Make a quilt sandwich and baste together using safety pins or your method of choice.

STEP THREE:

Quilt your fabric sandwich.  I lowered my feed dogs and used a free-motion quilting foot to quilt around the larger  print.  You could also use a walking foot and simply quilt a grid.

STEP FOUR:

Cut out your oven mitt.  Make sure that you cut one front and one back (cut a back by simply flipping your paper template over and cutting a reverse image).

STEP FIVE:

With right sides together, stitch along top and sides of your mitt.  You may use a straight stitch for this if you like but you will need to still zigzag stitch the bottom of the two side seams for added strength.

STEP SIX:

At this point you could fold over the ends (around the wrist) and topstitch and call it done.  I decided I wanted it a bit more decorative so I just turned it right side out and bound it using the single fold binding method used for quilting.  I cut my binding strip 1 1/2″ wide.

 

 

 

 

STEP SEVEN:  Bake, gift, or just enjoy!     ***Matching hot pad to come tomorrow-ish.****