Upcycled Embellished Mittens Tutorial

This is a really cool sewing tutorial from The DIY Mommy. Upcycle your fabrics in a fashionable way with this tutorial.

Step 1: I made a template using my daughter’s hand and cut out 2 mitten shapes for each hand (4 total) from a soft ice blue microfiber golf shirt. These are the outsides of the mittens.

I cut out 2 mitten shapes for each hand (4 total) from a pair of white stretchy sweatpants. These are the warm insides of the mittens.

You should have 4 pieces for each mitten: 2 insides, and 2 outsides.

Step 2: For each mitten I placed the two outside pieces right sides together and sewed around the edges, leaving the wrist area open. Repeat for the inside pieces.

Step 3: Turn all the mitten pieces right side out and inside lining up into the outside mitten.

Step 4: Trim the outside and inside wrists of the mittens so that the edges are flush.

Step 5: Using white DMC embroidery thread, I stitched around the edges turning the outside of the mitten inward over the inside lining.

Step 6: To make each rose I cut a small strip of knit... each a little bit different size.

Step 7: Folding one corner downward (wrong sides together), I started a gathering stitch along one edge as shown below:

Step 8: Next I folded the following edges together and continued the gathering stitch...

...matching and stitching the edges together….

...until I reached the opposite side. Basically, instead of folding the rectangle in half you are offsetting it slightly which will make the flower folds more interesting.