Fleece mittens gone wrong!

[strawberry-pixie]

Hiya, i was wondering if anyone was a experianced 'mittener'  and could give me a few tips!

Basically, i cut out my mitten shapes by tracing round my hand, from some lovely soft fleece i had spare, and all was looking great untill i put them on to find out from my boyfriend that they they look like a pair of oven gloves, haha!  How do i make the thumb part more.. shapely, or tailored (not the right word but you get what i mean!) so they look more like professional adult mittens.

(just to make it clear, im not knitting them, just cut 'n' sew)

thanks in advance! xx

[MelancholyMiss]

I was looking this up the other day, I haven't tried anything, but i found this pattern that might help http://www.barlowscientific.com/technotes/home/mittens.htm