Apron: Success; Oven Mitt: Nosomuch

I decided to check out my fabric stash last night to see if I had any fabric suitable for lining the oven mitt. I did! I was so excited! Back at the beginning of the year, a teacher set out several cuts of fabric free for the taking. Those cuts (which I scooped up in a heartbeat) included a simple pink and white stripe--perfect!

So I set to work on the oven mitt. Basically it boils down to me underestimating just how much I needed to make my pieces oversized to accommodate seam allowances and turning a very bulky final product (2 layers of batting in the top and 2 in the bottom--to protect hands from heat). The wrist is tight and the thumb is too skinny (for me) to turn. Bummer. :-( It looks so cute... if only I could turn the thumb, maybe I could re-do the wrist. Oh well... live and learn, right? I have now printed off a "pattern" from someone online, and it is indeed much bigger than mine was starting out.

But you just have to see the cuteness, even if it's not really usable. And I love the idea. I loved quilting the layers together in fun swoops and swirls. Ariana and Joy are making seasonal pillow cases for their kiddos. As much as I love that idea and my husband is wonderful, I'm not sure what he would think of my stock-piling seasonal pillow cases for children that do not yet exist. :) So, I'm thinking seasonal oven mitts! :)

So, here you have it. The oh-so-cute (in my humble opinion) and now defunct oven mitt.