Quilty Fabric in Home Goods! (Friday Foto Fun #67)

Happy Friday!  I think I saw this on Mister Domestic's Instagram page a few weeks... or months ago (it was a while!)  and it was an immediate "I need to get this" moment.   It was a Hot Stuff Oven Mitt kit by Around the Bobbin!  You can buy this kit from your local quilt shop or online directly from her shop! She sells the kits and silicone overlay refill without the pattern so you can make as many oven mitts as you'd like!  *EDIT*  Home Goods as products, not the Store!

I picked a beautiful Art Gallery print that I love but didn't know how to use in a quilt due to the large print.  This was the perfect solution!  The coral background in the photo above is the color I chose for the cuff of the oven mitt!

What you can't tell from the photos of the mitts is the inside is actually quilted!  I did a simple cross hatch for my quilting.  If you look closely you can see my traced outline of the mitt lining.

The top tip that I'd like to share, make sure to shove the exterior fabric completely inside the silicone and don't let it stick out too far!  To sew the cuff I was using my Bernina because it had a smaller base than my Juki, but in hindsight, I should have taken out my travel Janome to sew because my Bernina base hardly fit inside the mitt.   The absolute hardest part, in my opinion, was to sew the cuff and the silicone together.

I think it turned out pretty well despite my initial challenges sewing the cuff together.

Have you made an oven mitt before with quilting fabric?  If so, was it too pretty to use?!

 

Don't forget the Island Batik Getaway Blog Hop is still going on!  Check out the schedule at the bottom of my post here.

 

Your turn! What did you accomplish this week?  A block? A quilt top?  Link up below!

A few reminders:

• When you link up a post, please try to support the others folks in the linky party!  Let's spread the motivation and support to help everyone make progress in their own time.
• Your post does not need to be something quilty you accomplished, but definitely encouraged.  Sometimes life just gets in the way, but feel free to share something you are proud of this week.
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