Owl Mitten

While going through the many many sites on quilting, i have come across some fascinating oven mitts and pot pinchers. i love the kitchen and spend hours in it. Making oven mitts with a twist has always been on my to do list. 

i decided to try my hand at making an 'owl' oven mitt. Since i had no tutorial, just a picture in mind, i used my regular oven mitt as a sample for the size. i cut out a basic template on paper of how my owl would look and used that as a guide to cut out the individual templates for the various body parts. 

i then proceeded with cutting the fabrics and the sponge for the batting. i used two layers of the sponge sheet just so that it would be more heat resistant. Even the fabric was double layered. Here are a few pictures of the WIP for the front of the mitt.

i simply machine stitched straight along the length to quilt. The eyes and the beak were appliquéd and then blanket stitched. The wings were machine stitched and then blanket stitched.

These are few pictures of the WIP of the back of the mitt

And...this is how the mitt finally looked...........

Things i would  do differently

• i would make the thumb insertion pocket a little lower down. this mitt just covers the wrist. Personally i prefer mitts which go up at least 2 inches above the wrist (extra protection from burns) 
• i would round off the mitt a little more in the lower part. i find it too broad.

i want to make more mitts, there are endless possibilities in terms of design and i think they'd make wonderful give aways.