Up in Flames

Our church quilting group meets twice a month and usually we work on our own projects. Today one of the ladies taught us how to make fleece mittens. She brought a couple of storage tubs full of fleece and a large roll of Thinsulate that she had bought on a closeout. She had made patterns and printed instructions for each of us and we were off and running. First we had to cut out lots of pieces of fleece and baste the Thinsulate to each piece.

Four of these.

Four of these.

And four of these.

Then we sewed all the pieces together and Shazam! I made a mitten.

Don't you just love the cool flames? I wasn't really sure I would use these mittens when she first showed them, so I picked a fabric that I thought a boy might like so I could give them to the school near our church since the kids there always seem to lose their mittens, gloves and hats. Our church knitting group has made dozens of pairs of mittens for them. However, now I really love these cool flames, so I may just wear them a few times before I give them away. Just for kicks!