Just as I was putting the finishing touches on the Hallelujah! quilt, Maria Shell wrote about making Christmas gifts, and she generously offered to send her Artful Oven Mitt pattern to commenters. I had been quite intrigued by her oven mitts, and although I am a dismal garment sewer, I was hopeful that I could make these. What fun gifts they would be! I immediately thought of about 20 people who might appreciate receiving an Artful Oven Mitt!
And sure enough. Maria’s pattern is very well written, and when I followed the directions carefully, my first artful oven mitt was finished! It went straight into the box headed for my BF, and arrived in plenty of time before Christmas.
I call receiving this oven mitt pattern “the best Christmas present” because I really just needed something colorful and not too hard after working for months on a neutral colored quilt. I had so much fun digging through some scraps and getting out other fabrics to make oven mitts for friends and family.
Here’s a Christmas-themed one for my friend who really likes Christmas:
Another friend gave me some designer fabric samples, and I used those to create two more colorful mitts.
I also started another one, but mistakenly drew the pattern (with a sharpie marker) the same on both sides. I like the lining fabric I was using so much that I just sewed the one that had sharpie marks wrong side out for a mitt for myself 🙂
And one more for good measure. I love this Starry Starry Night fabric that I got at Joann’s. You might see that I have used some orphan blocks in some of the mitts.
Maria is offering her pattern for $10.00, which includes shipping from Alaska! Just email her. The full size pattern for the mitt is included, so you don’t have to figure out how to enlarge a pattern. The insulbright (heat resistant batting) is available at Joann’s (use your 50% coupon) or at Amazon. Here’s another of Maria’s posts about her process.
The studio is a mess of insulbright and colorful scraps. I am going to give myself a few more days of oven mitt creation, and then the STUDIO WILL BE CLEANED for the New Year. I have a few new ideas I am anxious to try out, as well as that series that I started on the Character of God.
Happy New Year to one and all!
debby quilts 
The oven mitts are too pretty to use.
Oh no. That’s the fun of them. They’re just pretty scraps, and its so fun to put them to some good use!
Yes, these are the best Christmas presents! I am a lucky, happy recipient of one and I love mine. Also, the shape is really nice – it’s not as huge around my hand and I feel like I can grab hot pans easier. Plus it’s so pretty…thank you again!!
I’m glad you’re using it! For years I have only used a towel to get things in and out of the oven, so if I start to use the one I made for myself, that will be a first!