Y’all are in for a treat today-my fellow military wife Dawn from Designed by Dawn Nicole is guest posting with a tutorial for a great gift idea that even beginner sewers can create (I’m going to attempt this myself so you know it requires no advanced sewing skills!!)
Hi! I’m Dawn. I’m an Air Force wife and mom of three little ones four and under. I love cooking, crafting, running, and sewing…and blogging about it all over at Designed by Dawn Nicole. I’m excited to be here today sharing a sweet and simple handmade gift tutorial with you. With a little bit of fabric and ribbon, you can turn to a plain pair of rubber gloves into boutique-style “Fancy” dish gloves. They’d make an adorable Christmas or hostess gift, especially when paired with a nice dish and hand soap.
What You’ll Need to Make Your Own:
-One Pair of Rubber Dish Gloves (I got this Turquoise pair from Target)
-1/2 yard fabric
-Ribbon
-Hot Glue Gun or FabricTac Glue
-Fray Check
-Sewing Supplies (a regular needle will work fine on the thin latex)
Start by measuring the circumference of the opening of your gloves. Mine measured 10 inches around. You want to double that measurement and add 1 inch. This will determine the length of your fabric (21 inches for mine) and the width will be 6 1/2 inches. Cut two strips of fabric in this size (21 inches x 6 1/2 inches).
Next, fold one strip of fabric in half lengthwise and iron. Then open it up and with right sides together, pin the short ends and sew with a 1/4 inch seam. This will form a tube. Then fold your fabric back in half along the crease you made as shown below.
Now we’re going to ruffle the fabric along the raw edges. Set your machine stitch length to long (usually 5.0). Without backstitching, baste all the way around leaving a few inches of thread at the beginning and end. Pull gently on the bobbin thread to ruffle your fabric until the tube is about the same size as your glove opening. With raw edges together, pin the ruffle to the top of the glove. Sew with a 1/2 inch seam. After making several of these I found it worked best to use a longer stitch length of about 4.0 to easily sew on the latex and gently help it along since the latex is a bit “sticky”. Then serge or zig zag around the raw edge.
Flip up your ruffle and topstitch (using a 4.0 stitch length again). Finally, I hot glued ribbon right over the topstitching and glued a little bow in the middle to cover the seam of where the ribbon begins/ends. Then apply a little Fray Check to the ends of the bow. Repeat for the remaining glove and you’re all done!
Thanks Dawn!! Aren’t these great? I think they would make a fab DIY Christmas gift, or even a housewarming present!
Here are a few more of Dawn’s projects you might want to check out:
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Oh my goodness! I love these!!! I like pretty things and ruffles, so I am totally going to have to make these for my kitchen…fabulous job!
Jessica @ Mom 4 Real recently posted..Snow Man Glass Ornament
Let me know if you make them Jessica, I’d love to see how your turn out! Thanks for stopping by!
Those are fancy-shmancy! Those would totally make great gifts for the upcoming holidays… I LOVE it!
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Thanks Gwen! Dawn really hit it out of the park with her tutorial!
Those are SO cute! I’ve bought them at stores as gifts before, but now that you showed me how easy it is I’ll save a few bucks and DIY it! Thanks for sharing this!
Beth@Unskinny Boppy recently posted..On Joining the FOLK Family
Thanks Beth! I’m not a huge fan of sewing but Dawn’s tutorial makes it seem do-able, I am definitely going to try this for Christmas!
Thanks so much again for having me today, Melissa! The turquoise gloves totally match your blog scheme colors too!
Dawn recently posted..DIY Fancy Dish Gloves
Thank you Dawn for allowing me to post your awesome tutorial! I really appreciate it-everyone loves it!
Oh my… these are so darling and would be an awesome gift for someone! My best friend loves to clean and I know she wouldn’t be offended if I gave her this!
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I think these would make a wonderful housewarming present packed in a basket with some nice soaps and hand lotion. We all have to clean and might as well look cute doing it, right? Thanks so much for stopping by Katie!
Those are adorable! I might actually clean my house more if I had something that cute to wear while I was cleaning:) Stopping by from TT&J.
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These came out great. I’ve tried it in the past with no luck but I think with your inspiration I will try it again!
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Thank for such a nice idea from germany.
Great, this way I can colour the “kitchen-life” of me an my friends.
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