Oven Mitt Pattern Maker
An oven mitt is a quilted, bound mitt with a thumb. Pick a size or enter your hand length and palm measurement, set how many layers of batting it has, and choose a hanging loop and quilting lines.
Read the maker’s heat note on this page before you choose materials: it names the fabrics and batting it is written for.
Make it yours: Measure your own hand and the pot or tray you will lift, then change the size and the thickness.
Make this pattern in your size →Read before you sew
The maker prints this note with the pattern. It is guidance for choosing materials and using the finished item, not a guarantee.
- Heat safety: use only 100% cotton or other natural-fibre fabric, batting made to be heat-resistant for the oven, and 100% cotton thread. Polyester, nylon and other synthetics (fabric, batting, thread or binding) can melt onto skin. Never use a wet or scorched mitt or pot holder, which passes heat straight through, and keep it away from open flame. Not for use in a microwave unless every layer is 100% cotton.
What you can change
Size
- Cuff length: 4–20 cm (1⅝–7⅞″). Below the wrist crease: how far up the forearm the mitt reaches.
- Fingertip room: 1–6 cm (⅜–2⅜″). Extra length past the tip of the middle finger, for a hot dish.
Sizes are typed in centimetres, millimetres or inches. The starting size is Cuff length 10 cm (3⅞″), Fingertip room 2.5 cm (1″).
Options
- Size: 0–6 months, 6–12 months, 1–2 years, 3–4 years, 5–6 years, 7–8 years, XS, S, M, L, XL, XXL or measured
- Switches: Quilting lines, Hanging loop
- Measurements and counts: Hand length, Palm, Ease round the hand, Batting layers, Visible binding width
Starting points
These are sizes and settings to begin from, and every one stays fully editable. Type your own measurements, or start from the nearest one.
| Starting point | Finished size, cm | Same starting point in round inches |
|---|---|---|
| Adult M | 28 cm round the hand · 32 cm long | 10⅞″ round the hand · ≈12⅝″ long |
| Adult L | 29.5 cm round the hand · 33 cm long | ≈11½″ round the hand · ≈13″ long |
| Long barbecue mitt | 31.5 cm round the hand · 42.5 cm long | ≈11½″ round the hand · ≈16¾″ long |
| Adult S | 26.5 cm round the hand · 30 cm long | ≈10¼″ round the hand · ≈11¾″ long |
| Child | 20.5 cm round the hand · 22.5 cm long | ≈8¾″ round the hand · ≈8¾″ long |
Cutting list
At the starting size (Cuff length 10 cm (3⅞″), Fingertip room 2.5 cm (1″)) the pattern has these pieces. Fabric sizes include seam allowance, interfacing is cut to the stitching line, and pieces cut on the fold are shown opened out. Each size is the width and height of the piece as cut.
| Piece | Fabric | Cut | Size to cut | How |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitt side | Main fabric | 2 | up to 25.97 × 32 cm (up to ≈10¼ × ≈12⅝″) | Shaped: cut from the printed piece |
| Mitt side | Lining | 2 | up to 25.97 × 32 cm (up to ≈10¼ × ≈12⅝″) | Shaped: cut from the printed piece |
| Mitt side | heat-resistant batting, 2 layers per side | 4 | up to 25.97 × 32 cm (up to ≈10¼ × ≈12⅝″) | Shaped: cut from the printed piece |
| Bias binding | Main fabric | 3 | 9 × 48.8 cm (≈3½ × ≈19¼″) | Strip: cut by measurement |
| Hanging loop | Main fabric | 1 | 4.8 × 15 cm (≈1⅞ × ≈5⅞″) | Strip: cut by measurement |
You will also need: Heat-resistant batting; Thread. The cover page and materials list give the amounts for your size.
The maker’s fabric estimate at this size: Main fabric about 0.5 m of 112 cm fabric; Lining about 0.3 m of 112 cm fabric.
How it goes together
These are the maker’s own instructions at the starting size. They change with the options you pick, and the PDF carries the full set with the cover, cutting list and materials list.
- Safety first. Everything that goes in this mitt must be natural: 100% cotton fabric, heat-resistant batting made for the oven, and 100% cotton thread. Wash and dry your fabrics hot first, so they shrink before you sew, and press them. (Skip the washing for the batting if its label says so.)
- Cut on the printed lines: two outers, two linings and 4 pieces of batting, one outer and one lining of them reversed so the thumbs match. The edge is bound, so there is no seam allowance. Snip the notches, and mark the quilting lines on the right side of the outers.
- Make a sandwich for each side: the lining right side down, then the 2 layers of batting, then the outer right side up. Smooth the layers flat, pin or clip them, and baste round the edge 0.6 cm in with long stitches.
- Quilt each sandwich: stitch along the marked lines from the top towards the cuff, through all the layers. This stops the batting from shifting and bunching.
- Trim each sandwich to the outline if the layers have crept, so the edges are level all round.
- Make the binding: join the strips on the diagonal, right sides together, press the seams open, then press the strip in half lengthwise, wrong sides together.
- Bind the cuff edges first: sew the binding along each side’s cuff edge, wrap it over and finish it, so the open end of the mitt is neat. Do both sandwiches.
- Put the two sandwiches together, lining sides facing and the outers outward, thumbs on the same side. Baste them together 0.6 cm in all round the sides, the top and the thumb.
- Make the hanging loop: press the strip in quarters to 1.2 cm wide and edgestitch both sides. Fold it in half and baste its ends to the side of the mitt, just above the cuff, raw ends level with the edge and the loop pointing in, so the binding will catch them.
- Bind the edge: with raw edges level, sew the folded strip to the right side 1 cm from the edge, folding each end of the strip in by 1.5 cm first so the ends are closed. Wrap the fold over the raw edge to the back and stitch in the ditch of the first seam from the front, catching the fold behind. Start on the long straight side, work round the top and the thumb, and finish at the cuff. Go slowly round the thumb’s crotch and tip, easing the binding.
- Try it on over your hand: it should slide on easily with room for a hot dish. If it is tight, bind with a narrower binding, or cut it wider next time.
Fabric suggestions
Outer: 100% cotton only: quilting cotton, cotton canvas, cotton duck or linen. No polyester blends, no metallic prints, no vinyl or laminate.
Lining: 100% cotton: flannel, quilting cotton or terry. The lining is what touches your hand.
Interfacing, padding or other layers: Heat-resistant batting sold for oven mitts and pot holders, or two layers of 100% cotton batting; 100% cotton thread throughout. Never fusible interfacing, foam or polyester wadding.
How each fabric family suits it
- Stable woven: great choice. Use it only if it is 100% cotton. It quilts and binds neatly.
- Heavy or stiff: possible, with care. Cotton canvas or duck is good. Vinyl, oilcloth, laminate and faux leather melt or scorch: do not use them.
- Stretchy knit: not recommended. Knits are usually blended with synthetics, and they stretch out of shape under the binding.
- Slippery or fine: not recommended. Satin, nylon and polyester linings melt onto skin. Do not use them.
The maker’s advice adjusts to the fabric family you pick in the Fabric tab.
Printing it
At the starting size the printed pieces take 2 A4 pages, taped together using the page labels, alignment marks and page map. For a print shop, choose a sheet from A0 to a 36″ roll: the pieces are packed onto as few sheets as they will fit on, and if one is too big for the sheet the maker says so. How printing, tiling and the test square work.
Frequently asked questions
What materials does the maker recommend?
Only 100% cotton or other natural-fibre fabric, batting made to be heat resistant for the oven, and 100% cotton thread, because polyester, nylon and other synthetics can melt onto skin. This is guidance for choosing materials, not a safety guarantee, and a wet or scorched mitt should not be used.
What size can I make?
The oven mitt pattern takes cuff length from 4–20 cm (1⅝–7⅞″); fingertip room from 1–6 cm (⅜–2⅜″). It starts at Cuff length 10 cm (3⅞″), Fingertip room 2.5 cm (1″), and you can work in centimetres, millimetres or inches. There are 5 starting points to begin from (Adult M, Adult L, Long barbecue mitt, Adult S, Child). Every starting point stays fully editable.
Which fabric suits the oven mitt pattern?
100% cotton only: quilting cotton, cotton canvas, cotton duck or linen. No polyester blends, no metallic prints, no vinyl or laminate. In the maker’s fabric advice, stable woven is a great choice; heavy or stiff is possible with care; stretchy knit and slippery or fine are not recommended.
Are there child or baby sizes?
Yes: Child (20.5 cm round the hand · 22.5 cm long). They are starting points, not a promise of fit, and every measurement can be changed. Check the fit yourself, and check the finished item for anything small, loose or long enough to catch, before a child wears or uses it.