Olfa Oven Mits - Free Project

Designer: Amanda Brown

Materials:

• 1/2 Yard Cotton Canvas
• 5”x30” Cotton Quilt Batting
• 5”x30” Heat Resistant Fleece
• Cotton Thread

Tools:

• OLFA CMP-3 Rotary Circle Cutter
• OLFA RTY-2DX/Mag Ergo Rotary Cutter
• OLFA QR-6S 6 1/2” Square Frosted Acrylic Ruler
• OLFA QR-6x12 6" X 12" Frosted Acrylic Ruler
• OLFA 5-Inch SCS-4 Precision Appliqué Scissors
• OLFA RM-MG-01/GRY 24”x36" Double-Sided Self-Healing Rotary Mat
• Clips/Pins
• Hand Sewing Needle
• Sewing Machine

Let's walk through this project in this video tutorial. Key moments are listed below to help you if needed.

Key Moments:
(7:34) Cutting Batting and Thermal Fleece

Set OLFA Rotary Circle Cutter to 2.5”
Cut out 4 circles from quilt batting and 4 circles from Thermal Fleece
 

(10:34) Cutting Exterior Cotton Fabric

Set OLFA Rotary Circle Cutter to 3”
Cut out 8 circles from cotton exterior fabric
 

(11:06) Layering Pieces

Layer the following (make 4 units)
Exterior fabric face down
Quilt batting centred
Thermal Fleece with metallic side facing quilt batting
Quilt layers together
 

(14:23) Adding Finger Pockets

Fold 4 remaining exterior cotton circles in half with wrong sides facing
Press
To 2 of the quilted units add 2 of the folded circles and stitch in place 1/4” from edge
 

(16:20) Assembly

With right sides facing place one unit with finger pockets and one unit without together
Sew with a 1/2” seam allowance leaving a 3 inch gap un-sewn
Turn right side out
Tuck in the un-sewn part and hand stitch the opening closed