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I don't expect anyone's going to sew a chicken mitt of their own, so this is more of an explanation of what I did than it is a tutorial. For proper instructions, I mostly followed this tutorial with some adjustments of course to make it look like Terrence.

STEP 1: Pattern

I traced my hand on a piece of paper then sketched out an oven mitt shape around the outline of my hand.

I cut it out and folded the pattern in half [green] then cut along the top [orange] to make sure the shape was symmetrical.

STEP 2: Pieces

Take any white fabric, wrong side facing up, and trace the pattern with chalk. Only two are pictured below, but there were 4 in total: two with the thumb facing left, two with the thumb facing right.

Next step, I have no pictures for, but it's iron. Ironing will make the difference between your work looking nice and your work looking chopped. It also makes your pieces flat and easy to line up. I used steam and let the pieces dry and cool flat before picking them up again.

The other thing I didn't picture was interfacing. I cut out two pieces with opposite facing thumbs. This is what gives the oven mitt structure and makes it not flop over. I didn't iron this because it's a stiff material that already laid flat.

Because I used what I had already, the interfacing on this is really thin. I don't intend to use this in the kitchen, so I'm not worried that it's not heatproof. If you are making this for kitchen use, either double up on interfacing or ask the person at the fabric store what's the correct kind for oven mitts.

I now had 6 total pieces: 4 fabric 2 interfacing, (3 with the thumb on left and 3 on right).

STEP 3: Detailing

I took one fabric piece and pinned an interfacing with matching thumb to the wrong side. To do the quilting effect, I marked out parallel lines on the interfacing side using a ruler to space them 2 inches apart.

Thought I wouldn't bring math into this? Think again. In order to get even squares, the lines going across need to be perpendicular. Easiest way to get a 90° angle is to have a corner of a square or rectangle. I used my ruler and lined it up with one of the existing lines [yellow] then drew the crossing lines along the side [cyan].

Then I marked lines parallel to the cyan line until I ran out of space.

I followed along the lines with a backstitch doing all parallel lines. When it got to the lines going across, I started stuffing pieces of cotton balls in the squares to give it more of a plush look. As you can see, it looks less flat this way.

However, because I did this, I'm not sure how well it'll hold up in the wash. My guess is it'll flatten out because it'll lose the air and get matted down.

For any squares left on the edges, I stuffed them and pin the sides down [cyan].

Something I ended up doing later was add a backstitch along the bottom to be a border [orange]. This would have been easier to do here while it's still separate pieces.

Wasn't that fun? I hope so 'cause now you get to repeat the entire process a second time.

Now comes the Terrence part. To me, his eyes look like beads more than buttons, but buttons were what I had at hand.

These were also the only matching ones I had, so I colored them with black permanent marker and let it dry. Now I really can't wash this.

For the other detailing, I got some red/yellow scraps of fabric and folded them in half. I grabbed my pattern from the beginning and placed them where they would go to sketch out the shape.

Before pinning, pull the fabric away from the fold to get your seam allowance. There should be a little extra fabric at the base of all these pieces [red/yellow]. Then you can pin and stitch along the lines you marked.

Flip the pieces right side out, cut away excess fabric, and Terrence should be ready to assemble.

Excellent.

STEP 4: Assembly

Now is when the buttons got sewn on. I marked mine 5cm from the top and 5cm from the pinky edge. Pin the wattles, comb, and beak down facing the wrong way so when this gets flipped inside out it'll be oriented correctly. They should still be right side out though.

Attach them, eye-sides together, and sew along the outside edge everywhere but the wrist.

So far, I've been using backstitches because it's easier to make straight lines and generally sturdier. Here, I chose to do a running stitch because if I had to do a backstitch through 4-6 layers of fabric by hand, I was gonna lose my mind.

Once done, cut away excess fabric and turn the whole mitt inside-out so Terrence's skin is on the right side of his body again.

STEP 5: Lining

So far, I've only been using 4 layers from the original 6. Here's when I got the remaining two pieces and sewed them to each other with a small opening on the side. This is important.

This also applies to the last step, but whenever you sew curves, you need to cut notches along the extra fabric so the curve stays defined when you flip it. Also cut a notch between the index and thumb bit so you can move the thumb.

From this point forward, the video is probably a better reference than me explaining it over text. The following instructions aren't very clear when you can't see what's going on.

I pushed a right-side out Terrence into the inside-out oven mitt lining like so. Then around the wrist part, I went in a circle around the opening attaching the lining to the outside with a running stitch. Where I am attaching now it is lower than the border I made earlier [orange, STEP 3] so it will be visible in the end.

I messed up on the loop thing. My brain couldn't figure out the placement so it'd end up on the outside. If you go to the video, you'll see the correct placement should've been facing up inside the fabric- not what's shown here. Only keep in mind, Terrence's loop is on the thumb side to make it look like a tail.

Through the hole you better have left in the lining earlier, pull Terrence through. You should see his head again, and it'll look like two oven mitts pasted together at the wrist part.

Close the opening with any stitch. I did a ladder stitch, which if you didn't know, is a complete waste of time for something that will end up on the inside of my work. I was on the home stretch by this point so I didn't really mind.