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Paisley Oven Mitt

So I absolutely, positively, totally fell head over heels in love with this fabric that I found at Hobby Lobby!
(Don’t tell my husband- he may get jealous!)
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Have you ever come across a pattern that you just love so much you want to cover everything in it?
Well, that’s how I feel about this fabric!
So far I’ve used it for my Kitchen Stand, this oven mitt, pot holders (I’ll be posting those soon), and embellishing a kitchen towel (post coming too).
I’m thinking of using it for a step stool, a spoon rest, oh and maybe some curtains, ooooh and maybe some EAT letters for the wall… too much?
My old pot holders and oven mitt were

disgusting!  They have been severely abused- they’re stained, burned, torn…

blog+047 001 Paisley Oven Mitt disgusting!  They have been severely abused- they're stained, burned, torn...
The outside my be ugly but the thermabond is still good- so I decided why not just re-cover them…
First, I cut the Oven mitt open along the seam.
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Then I measure it so I could cut a large enough piece of fabric to cover it.
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This is the tricky part- you want to pin the fabric to the mitt so you can sew it on.  I found that the curve along the bottom needed little slits so it would lay flat.
Now the thumbs, you have to be extra careful and make sure that you spread them wide before cutting so there is plenty of fabric for each side.
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I decided to embellish the top with a bar mop towel that I found at the Dollar Tree- perfect match!
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I made sure to sew all the way around- although, looking back, I would have left more of the bar mop on the inside- the ends like to poke out a bit when you pull the oven mitt off.
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Next, I sewed the oven mitt closed with the fabric inside to create a clean seam.
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Finally, I just flipped it rightside out so the pretty fabric was on the outside.  I did have to add a little piece of the bar mop to the thumb where I didn’t cut the fabric well enough and some of the old fabric was showing through.
blog+046 Paisley Oven Mitt disgusting!  They have been severely abused- they're stained, burned, torn...
But I’d say it was a HUGE improvement!

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kitchen gloves

Saturday 4th of August 2012

I never thought to just recover an old mitt....very clever! :D

Nicole

Monday 12th of March 2012

Great idea. Paisley is so pretty.

freckled laundry

Friday 9th of March 2012

Very pretty! How clever to cover an old mitt like that!

Katie @ Pincushion Creations

Thursday 8th of March 2012

Love it!! I never thought to reuse an oven mit!! Good Thinking!! Would love to have you share this at my party thats going on now...and if you like what you say maybe even become a new follower :) Following you via GFC.http://www.pincushioncreations.com/2012/03/homemade-by-you-3.html

Holly Lefevre

Thursday 8th of March 2012

You had me at paisley! LOVE the fabric...LOVE how you refashioned/repurposed the old mitt! Brilliant. Featuring you on Tickled pink this weekend.

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