How to Make Glove Liners From Old Sweatshirts

By eHow Fashion, Style & Personal Care Editor

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On a cold winter day, nothing feels better than a pair of glove liners inside your leather work gloves.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Step1
Cut sleeves off an old sweatshirt, then cut down the length of the sleeves to make a flat piece of material.
Step2
Make the pattern by laying your hand and arm flat on a piece of a brown paper grocery bag. Spread fingers wide apart.
Step3
Trace around your hand and fingers, leaving about 3/8 inch of extra material on all sides. (For mitten liners, just hold fingers together and trace.) Leave 3 to 4 inches above wrist for elastic.
Step4
Fold sweatshirt material with the right sides together.
Step5
Pin pattern to material and cut the pattern out of the sweatshirt material.
Step6
Pin right sides of "hands" together.
Step7
Sew "hands" together using a 1/4-inch seam allowance along all outside edges.
Step8
Clip seams at curves, between fingers and fingertips. Clip to seam but do not cut seam.
Step9
Turn material right side out.
Step10
Take a piece of lightweight elastic and measure around your wrist. Add 1/2 inch and cut.
Step11
Pull glove wrong side out.
Step12
Turn material over 1 inch from top of glove.
Step13
Sew a 1/4-inch seam allowance around top.
Step14
Measure 1/2 inch from the 1/4-inch seam and sew around band, leaving a small space open to slide elastic into. Then slide elastic inside band and stitch elastic ends together.
Step15
Hand stitch the open allowance closed.

Tips & Warnings

  • You can use any part of the sweatshirt to make the glove liners, not just the sleeves.
  • Glove liners can be worn by themselves. For example, put them on your hands and use them to dust furniture.

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