Sunday afternoon fun!

It was a productive weekend, a couple goals accomplished, but the most fun began on Sunday afternoon, with piecing a few fabric slabs in QAYG fashion onto a piece of old felted wool blanket. I ended up with this

after cutting off the margins of this slab.

Oops, forgot to take the slab's photo before cutting into it!

I'd seen an oven mitt on Svetlana's S.O.T.A.K. blog that I absolutely loved and needed to give it a try. She referred to a pattern by Bombazine which I discovered was very similar to my ancient and well-loved oven mitt that I'd deconstructed last week to make my own pattern.

This was so much fun!  Until the final turning and stitching down the last little bit, when the thickness of the mitt precluded finishing on the Singer 201 as it would not fit under the presser foot.  Using the Janome had issues of its own, as there is very little room between the built-in even feed foot mechanism and the base of the machine to stitch around the small circumference of the wrist.  But it's finished, and I love how it turned out!

The lining is a soft homespun stripe with a layer of Insul-Bright loosely quilted to the palm side of the mitt.  Both sides of the outer layer are quilted to a layer of the felted wool blanket.  I'm pretty sure the heat won't penetrate through all those layers!

This prototype is actually a hostess gift for an upcoming dinner at my SIL's home.  She is also a quilter and her specialty is extremely intricate Halloween quilts!  I know she'll love the colors, fallish yet not screaming Halloween or pumpkins.  Now, to replace my oven mitt before I need one again, then on to pot holders, the newest ones are from my late mom's kitchen - probably 40 years old at least.  Make-do, use-it-up, wear-it-out in the extreme!