quick make

Last night I had the urge to make an oven glove.

The idea came from Lotta Jansdotters Simple Sewing which I got a while ago.

In the end I made my own pattern from drawing round an oven glove we already have, and followed Jansdotters tips for quilting it with the wadding freestyle, before cutting out and sewing together. It took just over an hour, a little longer because I handstitched the bias (made from same Ikea fabric) round the cuff, rather than do her wide cuff. It was great just to make and finish something really quick like that, and it's unique and much nicer looking than the burnt one that hangs out in our kitchen.

I had some leftover polyester type wadding from an old project - but I would recommend being very careful with fabrics and fillings if you are going to do this... I haven't tested mine yet, but it's worth being aware of flammability,...just in case.

Comments

[Victoria]

Laughing - I would never have thought about if it would burst into flames!

[suzanne]

Hey C, I've got alot of love for the glove - you could say I'm smitten by your mitten!

[caireen]

**we had a test drive today...Ouch! may have to go back to the drawing board...perhaps a bit more wadding? apparently it's the stitching that creates the bridge for the heat, where the wadding is thin...that figures... still it looks good, and can be our fridge glove for taking very cold things out of the fridge!!**

[Felicia]

Love it!

[amisha]

lovely new mitt!
my suggestion for the padding (based on my own burnt fingers... haha!) is that type that is coated on one side with a heat-resistant material... i think it's specially made for oven mitts and such, and it really works! it's quite thin, plasticy on one side and silvery on the other. i used cotton the first time around and sadly that mitt is quite unusable :(
xox