A friend from college got married this past weekend. We couldn't make it across the country for the wedding, but I made a gift to send along.I made two oven mitts and six napkins.
The oven mitts were so fun to make I also made a set for myself. I actually made my set first as a test set. It was a good thing because the first one I made with too much of a seam allowance when I sewed the layers together and it is narrow and only fits my small hands. I did better on the second one.
However, sewing through the 8 layers of fabric to sew them together started causing problems with my needle on my sewing machine so these are probably the only two pairs I'll be making. I may experiment next with some hot pads, but I have lots of curtains to finish sewing first.
5 comments:
Awwww! This is so cute! Love it.
Shucks no gifts for me ;> I need to do more with my sewing machine. I've only pulled it out once since I moved here. I need to make myself an apron, but I really don't like sewing much. I'd rather be double digging the garden.
What did you use for padding? I've made potholders with old wool blankets, which are great, but I think they would be hard to sew into a mitt... unless you didn't sew the wool into the seam... hmmmmmm thinking....
Anyway, those are cute, great fabric.
How cute!!
Ali,
They make a interfacing/ batting layer called Insul-bright which has a shiny side that reflects the heat. I got it at the fabric store.
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