Free oven mitt pattern to download and print. This is an easy sewing project that makes an useful gift or brightens your own kitchen!
Fill an oven mitt with cool gadgets, and give with a food mix or maybe even a matching apron for a great gift for someone that likes to cook!
Here are the Supplies You Need
- 1/4 Insul-Bright insulated lining
- 1/4 yard of fabric
- 1/4 yard fabric for lining
- extra wide double fold bias tape
- Oven Mitt Template (top)
- Oven Mitt Template (bottom)
How do I Make an Oven Mitt Heat Proof?
There is an insulated lining called Insul~Bright (affiliate link) that works great. Polyester fibers are needled through a reflective metalized polyester film. The material is breathable and won’t break down with washing. The polyester fibers resist conduction while the reflective metalized polyester film reflects radiant energy, hot and cold, back to its source. Insul~Bright is not recommended for microwave use.
How to Make an Oven MItt
Cut out your pieces or cut out 9X14 rectangles
Tip
I found it easiest to cut the fabric and linings into a rectangle 9 X14, sandwich them together and then machine stitch them together.
You can use any design. I just simply stitched straight lines. Once you are finished, cut out your pattern. Doing it this way allowed me to work quicker since I didn’t have to fuss with keeping all 3 pieces perfectly lined up while I stitched them together.
UpdateD Sewing method
Please visit this tutorial for an alternative way to sew together the oven mitt. This has become my favorite way to put it together and is I think the easiest method. Sewing around the template before cutting is key. Be sure to check it out.
Place the two quilted pieces right sides together.
You may place a fabric loop 2 inches up from the bottom in the side seam.
How to Make the Loop (optional)
I made loop by cutting a rectangle piece of fabric 3″ X 4″. Fold the piece in half lengthwise, press. Open up and fold each edge to the middle, press. Fold in half, press. Stitch along both sides. Fold the loop and place in between the mitt pieces close to the bottom. If you are using the alternative sewing method from above you will have to eyeball where it goes in between the layer.
Sew around mitt 1/4 inch from the edge. Trim and clip seams (especially between thumb and first finger). Sometimes I get a nicer look if I sew a really tight curve instead of pivoting between the thumb and first finger–it is a tricky spot. Zig zag, overcast or cut with pinking shears to finish seams.
Turn right side out and apply seam binding around the bottom edge to finish. My plan was to use the HO HO HO I used for the lining and make my own binding, however the words were upside down and said OH OH OH (not what I was going for). Next time I am thinking some trim would really make it extra special.
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Sara says
Hi! Great tutorial. Curious as to what way the shiny side should lay in the middle of the Mitt?
Kim says
Thank you!
Brooks says
This tutorial is great!! And — the “Oh Oh Oh” made me L O L/ THANKS!!
jayne Phillips says
Thank you so much for an easy to make oven mitt, having to do this for a competition.
Tina says
Thank you!! I have been looking for ideas the silent auction at our quilt show. This would be great with a matching apron. Thank you!
Anne Henry says
Thank you, was just about to buy new ones for my daughter.
Bonnie Thiem says
Thanks so much for the Oven Mitt pattern. I can’t wait to make some.
karla brown says
Thanks for the tutorial and pattern! These will make great gifts!
Debi says
Very great idea about quilting the pieces before cutting them out. Definitely a game changer,thank you!
Holly McCarthy | Twisted Tastes says
This is an easy-to-follow tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to share your technique. Sewing the straight lines across to keep the fabric in order was a clever tip.
Cheers!
linda galo says
thankyou for sharing this.
Constance Birdsey says
This pattern looks like what I have been searching for. Thanks.