Ah, Oven Mitts!

Do you sew? I have been learning to, and so far my projects have been on the smaller scale. But do you know that immense pleased-with-yourself feeling that you get when you finish off and whatever you're making don't look too bad? 
I felt pleased with myself after I made these oven gloves. They were a birthday present for my friend Christina. They looked a bit wonky. One was bigger than the other. And I realize the two checked fabric scraps I used for binding where not quite the same. 
But I did not know that I could make my own oven mitts, and finding out I could was very, very gratifying. 
To make the mitts, I used this tutorial from Liberty, with a oven glove pattern that I found here. Instead of using store bought wadding, I followed this lady's advice and recycled an old towel. 
This was a pretty straightforward project, and it only took me one evening. The most tedious thing about it all was the quilting. To mark the lines, I had used one of those fabric marker pens that vanish by themselves after a while. My pen chose to start vanishing after about 10 minutes, so the lines were very faint by the time I started sewing over them... Does anybody have any idea what might work better?
Christina, I hope you love your gift for its homemade qualities!

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