It was time to make another double handed oven mitt with my selvedges. I had a bunch of brown ones, as I thought, but some were autumn toned with a touch of orange, so that worked well. I always stitch the pockets first, just to see how many selvedges I have to work with. That done, I had enough over for the body of the mitt, and used plain orange fabric for under the pockets. Just as well I have a walking foot as stitching the binding on the mitt through all those layers is quite a job.
Stitching slowly through multiple layers
My nifty little clips are great to use while I hand stitch the binding through the hessian at the back. I always used to stick myself with pins, no matter how careful I was.
Stitching the binding down on the back through the hessian
Finished, an orange one for June. This is number six, and I have a few black selvedges left to use for the last one.
Orange mitt for June
It was nice to attend the Social Sewing Day today (Saturday) with some quilt club ladies. Just a casual day, where everyone does their own thing. There was machine piecing and machine quilting taking place, plus hand stitching, embroidery, bindings, and even one of the ladies sewing buttons on jumpers knitted for charity. I don't bother taking my sewing machine as it is much too heavy for me to cope with these days. We take our own lunch, and there is always plenty of chatting going on, and checking out everyone's projects. Many thanks to the two ladies who baked some muffins for our morning tea.
Nine happy quilters today
13 comments:
I tend to take some hand stitching with me when my guild has a sewing day too. My sewing machine is heavy and there are others who hand sew as well. It’s fun to chat with everyone as we stitch . Your oven mitts will make wonderful gifts and are a great way to use your selvages!
Lots of layers sounds perfect for an oven mitt. Great fall colors!
Fabulous orange salvage double oven mitt Jenny.
Its lovely to join other ladies for some stitching and chatting.
I love your selvedge mitts, Jenny! This one is great in orange. Your social sewing day sounds lovely - I would enjoy something like that, too!
Those oven mitts are awesome! I have a big container of selvedges, and haven't dug into them lately for projects. I did make some hot pads a while back with the selvedges.
What a fun project - I love your use of selvedges. Those colorful clips sure do come in handy, don't they?
I am not surprised you left your Bernina at home. Last week I had to move mine to the kitchen table to hem some net curtains the local curtain every inch or s shop man had put on the rail for me. I had forgotten how heavy it is !!! Selvedges, my Mum always left them on frocks she was sewing, but nicked them every inch or so. That was way back before overlockers came into use. And probably before she had a Bernina that had a. zigzag. I see you have some snow on the hills at the back. Or did have when we drove to Palmy the other week.
Great job on the oven mitt! I miss sew days: I can’t find a group in the area that meets to work on projects.
You are doing very well in using your selvedges. I really do love those oven mitts.
God bless.
The oven mitt is perfect. But the soup would be delicious. Your socks will be so lovely and warm too.
Love to see your projects, Jenny. And how enjoyable it is to sit with others while stitching. I've returned to your poem and reread it a few times now. Very touching to me.
What a fun way to wind up the week. There's nothing better than sewing with friends, especially ones who bake!
You are becoming an expert at these oven mitts! Yay!
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