obese TUTORIAL. nonknitted (sewn) glittens, convertable mittens, fingerless

This is my first topic as i have been lurking and haven't posted much. but i love this place and have made some things from what I've found on here

Well I've searched Craftster high and low for NONKNITTED glittens and didn't find anything so i took matters into my own hands and without a pattern, made these imperfect but lovely fleece glittens! lotsa trial and error. i just had this scarf-shaped piece of fabric and i thought 'glittens!' Kiss

i was going to buy a pattern but i wanted to see if i could figure it out.

the left hand glitten isn't as good b/c it was my first one. alas they are fingerless-i don't think i would have enough patience for fingers.

at first i wanted to make them reach all the way to my elbow, but i think i like them better 'scrunched'

closed

detail: a heart. there is also a heart by each flap

i need to make a pattern so i can make some more(maybe i can even get a tut on here if i ever do make another pair)
what other kinds of fabric do you think would work well for these? i was thinking maybe cut up a sweater or something...

tell me what you think!

TUTORIAL: Please look over the whole tut before you begin so you know how much fabric you will need and whatnot.
EDIT: at the end of this tut I added other variations of putting the thumb in thanks to other craftsters who helped me out. So look at that also before you start because you may want to use them;)
This is my first tut so be easy on me lol. if you have any questions feel free to ask. I don't have any actual measurements because we have different sized hands but ill try my best to explain. okay here we go!

fold your fabric so that there are four layers the size of the widest part(in this case my hand) with seam room. The length will be as long as you want the glittens. mine are from my knuckles to my elbow with hemming room of course. make sure if you are using fleece that it the more stretchy direction goes horizontal(the short side) and the less stretchy direction goes up and down so it can stretch when you put the glitten on. I hope that makes sense. if it doesnt please ask. but youll find that when you go to stretch fleece one way its not as stretchy as the other way.

hem the short sides with a stretch stitch. On the bottom one you may also put in elastic if you want.

cut them apart and fold them right-side-in. its hard to tell with fleece but it'll be the brighter side.

sew the sides together so you have 2 tubes of fleece. tailor them to your size by putting them on your arm and pinning where you want to sew.

turn it right side out and cut a SLIT(not a hole) so that your thumb can go all the way through.

to make the thumbs, cut it a bit taller than your thumb and long enough to wrap around your thumb with seam room.

sew it something like this so it fits your thumb nicely. here comes the hardest part.

the thumbpiece will be right side out but pointing INTO the inside-out glove.

ignore the stray string;) sew around so that you sew the thumb to the glitten with out sewing the thumbhole together. If you can find an easier way to do this let me know. its such a pain!

it will look something like this. hooray! the hardest part(IMO) is over!

okay on to the flap cover thingy. again no real measurements, just pin around your fingers or even cut it. make sure it is wide enough to fit your fingers and long enough to cover them and about an inch of the glitten. you can cut two at once though i didn't(idk why)

don't sew about 1/2 to 1 inch on the bottom for hemming and attaching.

ok so hem one side and place the flap on your glitten about an inch from the top where you will attach it.

cut a slit where you want it. i know mine is pretty crooked=P

turn it inside out an slip the flap into the slit. there should be 3 pieces to sew together. sew them together;)

yay you have flap!
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silly cat-in-the-register-with-creepy-eyes Roll Eyes

time to sew on the button. sorry for the blur. you'll want it about a half-inch from the end of your flap.

another blurry. find some kind of string or stretchy stuff would be great. put two holes in the end of your flap a quarter inch apart and stick the ends of your string through.

check the length so that the loop is big enough to get the button through but small enough to stay over it.

this picture shows the flap inside out and the string knotted. i suppose you could sew the string in but this seemes easier to me. and there you go! EDIIT i now strongly suggest sweing it in. also you might try putting some kind of glue like mod podge on your knot.-thanks Eliea

the thumbs look silly Cheesy

i might add a heart or something

**********THUMB VARIATIONS***********

option 2

Quote from: lianatempera on November 12, 2008 04:56:22 PM

Quote from: TansysMaySigh on November 11, 2008 06:02:15 PM

Quote from: lianatempera on November 11, 2008 05:15:04 PM

These are really awesome!

I had an idea to make the thumb insertion easier. I noticed that you put the long seam under the arm, and then cut the slit for the thumb...what it you sewed the seam from the hand side up to where you wanted the thumb, sewed on the thumb, and then sewed up the rest of the seam? let's see if i can draw what I mean on paint....

http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/medium/glittensewingoption.JPG[/img]

You would sew the red line, then the thumb to the sleeve at the purple, then sew the green lines together...Does that make sense??

hmm im not sure if i did what you mean, but for the first ones i made(purple & black striped), the thumb was on the seam. im not sure why but it was puffier around where i sewed. Do you mean sew the thumb in while it's still open ? I can see how that might work

exactly

sew the thumb in while the sleeve is still open, then sew the rest of the seam closed, including the seam to close the thumb...like you do with children's shirts and sleeves. You sew the sleeves to the body first, and then sew the side and underarm seams

Thanks lianatempera!

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Quote from: gimmemoresalad on December 16, 2008, 10:11:28 PM
Ok, here's how I did the thumbs... it was pretty easy

http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/medium/1216082158.jpg
And they look like this right side out (palm up so you can see the thumb past the finger-flap):
http://www.craftster.org/pictures/data/500/1216082157.jpg
I was going to take a pic of them on to demonstrate how cute they ended up, but my cell is the only way I can take digital pics right now, and it rang <3 this tute.

thanks gimmemoresalad!

again ask any questions
i hope this was understandable=)

if you make some it would be great if you could post a picture(or more) on here;)