Oven Mitts, Goth Style

I love making gifts for my friends, or at least those I know appreciate a handmade gift, but I'm often faced with getting gifts for people I don't know very well.  Most recently my husband asked me if I could pick up a gift for his best friend's wife.  I don't know her very well other than she likes to cook, and she's goth, so I decided to make something!

I had this wonderful quilted oven mitt pattern saved on my Pinterest board, "Kitchen", and I thought what great practice!  I can make them for her with goth inspired fabric.  I didn't have anything on hand for the "goth inspired" part, but I did have some red fabric that used to be a sofa cover that I thought would work well for the "linen" in the pattern supplies.  I ended up finding some dark fabric at my local fabric store that had spiders and webs on it that I felt she would like.

This was my first sewing project in quite some time, so I was struggling a bit with getting readjusted to my sewing machine.  The red fabric started fraying like crazy while I was sewing with it, so I don't think I'll use it for a project like this.  This was also my first time sewing with Insul-Bright, which was fairly easy to use.

Here's the final result!  I was happy with them and will definitely be making a pair for myself in the future.

Here I Go!

After years of procrastination, I'm finally beginning my very own craft blog.  I love making gifts, and friends and coworkers are always asking me how I make them, so I figured I should start sharing my projects.  I have to admit I get most of my ideas from other blog tutorials and books, so I'll be sharing those along with photos and tips from doing them myself.

I am also in no way advanced in any of my crafting skills.  I do get intimidated by projects that have too many steps or materials!  Just about the only craft I haven't really tried though is scrapbooking (only once years ago, but I didn't know it was scrapbooking I signed up for!), but I love most others, especially sewing, knitting, and DIY home decorating.

With a two year old daughter and another baby girl on the way, it's sewing I've found myself turning to lately.  I'm even trying out making my own maternity clothes or reconstructing clothes I can find cheaply. 

I'm also now enjoying being a part-time librarian, mostly stay-at-home mom, so I'm experimenting with all kinds of things, like cooking, baking, gardening, coupon-ing, and anything that is safe to do while pregnant.  I'm also able to read more for pleasure, so I'll be sharing all of my interests with you!  Hope you enjoy!