My son is a career soldier and lives with only the basic necessities of life because the army moves him from one duty station to another. The only piece of furniture that he owns is a single bed and a small cardboard dresser. Early in his military career, he enjoyed going to auctions or thrift stores to furnace his apartment. But he soon realized that it was very impractical to buy furniture because he soon had to donate it all and move again.
We visited him during Thanksgiving and my husband and I slept on his living room floor in army sleeping bags. We ate a delicious Thanksgiving dinner at one of the dining facilities on post and we also went out to several restaurants and ate dinner. I used his microwave and noticed he didn't have any hot mitts. So I made him a man's set of hot mitts from an old pair of blue jeans.
By Marjorie from Lewiston, NY
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I made this for Christmas gifts for all my family and friends last year and they loved them. If you start now and work on it in your spare time, you can be done with it way before Christmas.
Do you have four dollars and are able to sew a straight stitch? Here is a quick and easy craft for Christmas.
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
What is the best and cheapest material to use when making oven mitts?
By Ruth B
The reason Judah says that is because cotton can burn, but slowly. Synthetics will melt. So cotton is preferable.
Think about the thickness of the batting you're going to use.
Question: Is there any fabric besides cotton to use in oven mitts? I have a pile of burnt mitts, where the cotton got scorched by a flame. Surely we have come up with something better than that by now.
