How to Make an Oven Mitt | Free Downloadable Pattern

Instructions

1. Start by downloading the free pattern, lining up the notches, taping them together and cutting the oven mitt pattern out.
   
   First, we'll prepare the outside layered and quilted fabric pieces. It is easier to cut two pieces that are 16-inches by 12-inches from pre-quilted outer fabric, insulated batting and cotton batting. Working with the smaller pieces to quilt is easier. If you'd like you can work with one larger piece that is 16-inches by 24-inches. Here I've cut out my two pieces for each layer.
   
   Layer the cotton batting on the bottom, the insulated batting in the middle, and the outside fabric on top to make the fabric sandwich for the diy oven mitt. With the insulated batting, make sure the reflective or shiny side is up, towards the wrong side of the outside fabric.
2. Using a removable fabric marker, draw the center line on your outside fabric. Mark the line at the 6-inch mark on the 12-inch side. This is the width of your mitt and the stitching will be vertical on your mitt. Quilting these layers together keeps them all together inside the mitt. Do this for both sandwiched layers of fabric and battings. We will be quilting each side of the mitt separately. NOTE: Always test your marker on a small piece first to make sure it removes per directions.
3. Take one of the sandwiched layers to your sewing machine. I like to use my walking foot so that all of the layers feed through at the same time easily. If you have a stitch guide for your walking foot, put that on your walking foot - makes it easier to maintain even stitching lines.
4. Stitch the first line. Then, turn the sandwich of layers and stitch 1-inch on one side of this stitched line, using your stitch guide.
5. When this second line is stitched, turn the sandwich around to stitch on the other side of the line from the other direction. By changing directions with each line, you are less apt to have 'shadows' and puckers between your stitched lines.
6. Continue rotating and adding the next stitching line on opposite sides of the center line, working your way out to the edge.
7. Don't have a stitch guide on your sewing machine foot? No worries, just use your 6-inch sewing ruler and use it as a guide as you sew.
8. Here is the first sandwich all quilted.
9. I now have both sandwiches quilted.
10. Time to pull out the pattern you have ready to use!
    
    Lay the two quilt sandwiches right sides together and raw edges aligned. Lay the pattern on top. Cut out the two pieces. Make sure that you have the layers right sides together so that you get two mirrored pieces to sew together!
11. Cut out two oven mitt lining pieces, right sides together. Now you have your four oven mitt pieces ready to sew together!
12. Layer, right sides together, the mitt lining and the mitt outside.
13. Sew the lining and outside fabrics together along the wrist or bottom edge with a 1/2-inch seam allowance.
14. Here are the two sides of the mitt, showing the lining and outside sewn together at the wrist. Layer them right sides together.
15. Using pins, mark the opening that you'll leave in the lining. This is where we'll turn the mitt right side out after sewing around the rest of the edge.
16. I like to use sewing clips to hold the two mitts together and pins for the lining. Remember, we now have six layers for the outside of the mitts, and using pins may distort the layers when sewing.
17. Starting at one of the pins, secure with a backstitch and begin sewing all around the mitt and lining with a 1/2-inch seam allowance.
18. This shows we are about to sew all around the outside edge of the layered fabrics, and we'll end at the other pin in the lining, leaving a gap.
19. Here is the gap in the lining. Make sure to back stitch to secure your stitching line, as we'll be turning the mitt inside out through this area.
20. Here is a picture of the mitt and lining all sewn together and the gap to turn the mitt right side out.
21. For the sandwiched layer, trim to a 1/4-inch seam allowance.
22. On the lining fabric, clip around the curves and clip as close as you can at the inner "V" between the thumb and other fingers, making sure not to cut through your stitching.
23. Slowly and gently begin turning the oven mitt right side out.
24. Continue turning right side out. I turn the lining right side out first, then start working the quilted mitt through the opening.
25. Here is the finished mitt all turned right side out.
26. Remember? We have that opening that still needs to be closed.
27. Pin the seam allowance inside the opening.
28. Go to your sewing machine and stitch just barely over the fold, closing the gap. You can stitch this by hand if you'd like, but the machine stitching won't show, as it is in the inside of the oven mitt. You just want to make sure not to make the stitching too wide.
29. Here is the lining with the opening all stitched closed.
30. Now we push the lining into the inside of the oven mitt.
31. Carefully fold the lining to the inside along the wrist. Then top stitch 'in the ditch' to secure the lining to the inside of the mitt.
32. Here is your finished oven mitt!