How to Make a Quilted Oven Mit
Quilted oven mitts are essential for handling hot pots and pans in the kitchen. They also are a great addition to outdoor grill areas, where the handles on long utensils may also be exposed to a lot of heat. Making your own oven mitts is a budget-saving way to keep every cook in your family safe. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Oven mitt pattern
- Quilted heat-resistant fabric
- One-fold fabric tape
- Pins
- Scissors
- Sewing machine
Instructions
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Select an oven mitt pattern set with variable mitt sizes. Men tend to like longer mitts, and children need smaller sizes.
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Pin and cut the quilted fabric to the pattern specifications.
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Place right sides together and sew around the perimeter of the hand portion of the mitt.
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Insert a hanging tab if you intend to hang your mitts up. This is generally a 3-inch double-folded and stitched piece of extra fabric. Fold this in half and sew it at the top back of the mitt inside the perimeter seam. It should form a 1-inch loop.
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Starting at the back top of the mitt, open the one-fold fabric tape and insert the raw fabric edge in the tape. Sew the tape through on both sides at once to create a clean and durable top edge on the mitt. Trim off any excess where the tape meets at the back seam.
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Tips & Warnings
Using fabric tape prevents fraying.
Embellish oven mitts with decorative stitching or contrasting fabrics, but remember to use heat-resistant fabrics. If no heat-resistant fabric is available, layer fabric, lining, cotton batting and poly batting and quilt them together in a simple criss-cross pattern.
