We have an engagement party tomorrow night and being tight on $$ I made the gift.  I decided on something useful, (I know, boring) but really, it is useful, I use mine all the time.

I made an oven mitt, using my pattern that you can purchase here, as well as a plastic bag holder.  I haven’t written up a pattern for this because I’ve been meaning to write up a tutorial on the blog for over a year now.

And here it is.

HOW TO SEW A PLASTIC BAG HOLDER

What you will need.

• Main fabric – 1/2 meter or yard
• Contrast fabric 1/4 meter or yard
• Elastic 44cm (17 1/4″)
• Webbing tape or string or  rope (scrap)

Instructions

Cut your pieces

• Main – Cut 2 (two) 50cm (19 5/8″) wide x 19cm (7 1/2″) high
• Contrast – Cut 1 (one) 50cm (19 5/8″) wide x 27cm 10 5/8″) high
• Elastic – Cut 2 (two) 22cm (8 5/8″)
• Hanger – 15cm (6″) length of webbing or string or rope

And here is the set together, I think its quite lovely actually, and I think I feel the urge to make myself some more mitts as mine are wearing out and are very thin.

I do hope that if you make one for yourself that you will share a photo of it with me on my facebook group.

I think I feel the urge to make myself some more mitts as mine are wearing out and are very thin.

I do hope that if you make one for yourself that you will share a photo of it with me on my facebook group.