Flower Farm – Sewing For The Baking Season

Hi, it’s Damjana from AppleGreen Cottage, sewing with the Flower Farm collection. With the holiday season at the door, my kitchen would welcome a makeover. It turned out to be the perfect time for me to create a whole new kitchen baking set for myself and the kids!

Meet my new kitchen ‘team’: the new oven mitt, and potholders.

These are the prints I used from the Flower Farm collection by Keera Job, featuring beautiful, bright petals, lush greenery, and delicate flower buds – I love that timeless charm of flowers. It’s a wonderful choice to bring a touch of nature’s beauty into your home’s decor.

And I can never resist a color palette that includes vibrant teals and limes, paired with pink!

Easy and comfortable oven mitt with no binding

I couldn’t resist the idea of crafting a simple yet stylish oven mitt using this lovely fabric collection. The vibrant prints just spoke to my love for bright, cheerful kitchen accessories. So I turned the idea into a tutorial, and a free pattern. You can get them both at the AppleGreen Cottage site:

It comes in 2 sizes: standard size and kids size

I made the adult size this time. It is a generous standard size that will fit most adults. But in case you are blessed to have little helpers when baking for this holiday season, I’ve got you covered: the free template at Applegreen Cottage also includes a kid-sized oven mitt pattern.

And then, I made a few potholders. I was looking for something simple, and the answer seemed logical. these:

This is the easiest potholder tutorial I could think of, it has no bound edges at all.

This potholder finishes at 7″ square. I first made the basic version with the beautiful Main floral, and then the two beautifully matching prints, the Teal Outlined Floral and the Lime Vines. I wanted them both visible on both sides, so I turned two 9″ squares into two 8-inch four-patch quilt blocks, the quickest way I know.

 I felt clever putting the hanging loop into the corner, so it’s out of the way when I don’t need it. Especially, it doesn’t poke into cookies and cakes when I’m rotating baking trays!

Also, I always add a round of topstitching along the edges. the stitches will hold the layers together so layers don’t shift after laundering – and they’ll look so neat. My potholders get washed often – I’m a messy cook, haha!

I actually have two tutorials for pot holders. The second one comes with quilt binding and also includes a play-kitchen size for kids. Feel free to use the kid-sized potholder tutorial in case you’re working on the kid-sized oven mitt I mentioned above. The mini potholder finishes at 5″ square.

Want to make your own oven mitts and potholders? Head to my website now for easy tutorials. Time to spruce up your kitchen’s look and make it cozy and beautiful!