Oven Mitt – Free PDF Sewing Pattern

A padded oven mitt – practical and decorative at once, and a great first project on the machine.

This free sewing pattern gives you a double-insulated mitt: a lining plus two layers of Thermolam, a hanging loop and a bias binding finish. It sews up in under an hour.

✨ Why sew it

• protects the hand and the forearm when you take a dish out of the oven;
• double insulation: lining + two layers of Thermolam;
• hanging loop, so the mitt stays within reach;
• bias binding finish for clean, professional-looking edges;
• a quick project (under an hour) and a lovely handmade gift.

📐 About the pattern

• one size, adult;
• one main piece, cut 2× from the outer fabric, 2× from the lining and 4× from Thermolam (two layers per mitt);
• seam allowances of 1 cm (3/8 in) included;
• the piece is longer than a sheet of paper: it is spread over the two pages – trim along the red dashed line, then butt the two sheets together;
• print at 100 % and check the 5 × 5 cm test square (2 × 2 in on the US Letter version);
• beginner level.

✂️ What you need

• outer fabric, cotton (poplin, cretonne): 37 × 55 cm;
• lining, 100 % cotton: 37 × 55 cm;
• Thermolam heat-resistant interfacing: 37 × 110 cm;
• hanging loop: 5 × 12 cm of outer fabric;
• 38 cm of wide bias binding (27 mm);
• matching thread, scissors, pins, sewing machine.

📦 What you get

• the free PDF pattern for the oven mitt;
• the file EN-A4-Oven-Mitt.pdf, A4, 2 pages, fully in English;
• the same pattern in US Letter (EN-LETTER-Oven-Mitt.pdf, 2 pages, both test squares included);
• also in the download: the French, German and Spanish A4 versions;
• a step-by-step video tutorial.

🎥 The video tutorial

Julien sews the mitt in the Couture Enfant video and shows every step. The video is in French; in the YouTube player you can switch on the auto-translated subtitles.