Great choice of fabrics.
I would definately bind off the raw edge at the bottom with some cotton tape. That will take some caaaaaareful top-sewing! ;)
I take heart that you're able to share your crafting progress with the blogosphere, flaws and all.

Beautiful!!! I have to say, you've inspired me. I have no sewing skills whatsoever, but desperately wish I did. I know that I'll be inheriting my Grandmother's sewing machine soon, so hopefully I'll be able to get into it though. I just love what you did!

i also got a C in seventh grade home ec, and also because of sewing. (i was sick on the day we learned hems and seaming, so my pink biker shorts were atrocious. They would have been anyway, tho.) and though we didn't add too much salt, my teammate did add ground up chalk to the powdered sugar.

That is awesome! I love the prints and colors. Definitely go for the twill tape.

Would you like to do some hemming for me? ;) I have a pair of pants and a jacket to fix up but no sewing machine and not quite enough patience.

Love your fabric choices! I love me some ORANGE! =) You know what they say.. it only gets better with practice!

i don't think it would be bad for you to use twill tape on the bottom. i've seen it on many oven mitts. love your choice of fabrics!

I think it's a great first effort. The fabrics are gorgeous and the twill tape is definitely the way to go.

that looks fabulous! i want to get into sewing so badly! your pie below looks delicious as well!

You should pick up some pre-folded bias tape - just fold it over the bottom of the mitt and sew all the way around it once, see quick topstitched, http://www.sewing.org/enthusiast/html/el_biasbinding.html

It's too pretty to use! I love the fabrics you chose ;)

That's lovely! Double fold bias tape is what I would use for the edge. You can get it in little packets (or make it from your fabric) and it has the added bonus of letting you make a little hanging loop.

If I could find fabrics like that in my neck of the woods, I'd whip out my sewing maching in a heartbeat! Love 'em. But I'm also lacking those "experience" and "training" items you spoke of...they don't happen by accident. My sewing prowess begins and ends with throw pillows, unfortunately.

Looks great! I agree with Adrian and Eliza: bias tape. That's the correct "tool" for the job.

I sat behind you at B&N for the Yarn Harlot. I failed to notice your razor shell cami until I was getting up to see her. I love the color (and the yarn) I used bamboo for my clapotis.

Love that Denyse Schmidt book. And those Amy Butler fabrics. Sigh.

Oooh, nice job! Love those fabrics! I think the thumb is fixable. Seam-rippers are your friends! Just "unstitch" that one section very, very carefully. If you're nervous about unstitching, you can always just flip it inside out and add more of a seam allowance to just that spot, joining back up with your other seam allowances on both sides. (Does that make sense?)

I know what you mean about seaming, though, especially a quilted thing, and especially curved edges! Not so fun!

i *love* the fabrics on your oven mitt!! really nice color/pattern combo. i just finished one of these a couple of weeks ago (pictures on blog)... the hem is still unfinished but i think i'm going to use bias tape, handmade out of the same fabric as the mitt. easy-peasy. i think you could fix the thumb-hole easily enough too... just whipstich really small and tight over that area.

Those fabrics are amazing! I was surfing the web hoping to find a non-country oven mit pattern and I found your blog! You have given me courage.

I guess that to get the personal loans from creditors you should present a good motivation. Nevertheless, one time I have got a consolidation loan, just because I wanted to buy a bike.

Those fabrics are amazing! I was surfing the web hoping to find a non-country oven mit pattern and I found your blog! You have given me courage.

That's lovely! Double fold bias tape is what I would use for the edge. You can get it in little packets (or make it from your fabric) and it has the added bonus of letting you make a little hanging loop.

I would definately bind off the raw edge at the bottom with some cotton tape. That will take some caaaaaareful top-sewing! ;)

Love that Denyse Schmidt book. And those Amy Butler fabrics. Sigh.

i don't think it would be bad for you to use twill tape on the bottom. i've seen it on many oven mitts. love your choice of fabrics!