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I saw these scented trivets/hot pads in a shop somewhere when I took the kids Christmas shopping. We went to approximately 6,599 stores that day so I don’t remember where I saw it, but they were selling them for around $12. The pads were filled with various spices to release a delicious aroma when you put a hot pot on top. It’s such a simple concept, I knew I could make it myself for less with my own materials. I used fabric I’m planning to sew into another apron, but I have more than enough to spare a little for a trivet. I filled the trivet with bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, and cloves, but you could use any combination of herbs and spices you have on hand or saved from your garden. I had a lot of bay leaves, cinnamon sticks, and whole cloves, and have had them for some time, so I was happy to put them to good use.
You can make this in any size you want, but here’s how I made mine.
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How to make a Scented Trivet:
Materials
2 pieces of 11-inch square fabric
2 ounces whole cloves
2 ounces cinnamon sticks, broken
1/2 to 1 cup bay leaves
thread and yarn
Iron your fabric and cut, doubled, into an 11-inch square so that you have two 11-inch square pieces. Place pieces right sides together and pin.
Stitch all the way around, leaving a gap of about three to four inches. Turn right side out. Iron again. Fill with cloves, cinnamon sticks, and bay leaves.
Being careful to keep the filling materials away from the edges, topstitch about a quarter of an inch in all the way around, closing the gap as you go.
Using a yarn needle and coordinating yarn, pull short pieces of yarn through the fabric and knot.
I made five knots spaced evenly across the top.
If you use enough filling material, this makes a thick trivet, thick enough to protect your table surface from heat.
It’s a quick project–you can get a sense of satisfaction in about an hour. It’s cute and smells fabulous. And you still have your $12!
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Suzanne, sorry to bring this up again (I know someone else already mentioned it yesterday), but any news on why the calendar isn’t working? By mousing over the date on the calendar, I can see that I missed some of yesterday’s posts, but I can’t seem to get back to that day by clicking on the date (I get a “404-Not Found” error message).
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I was trying to think of what I could substitute for the bay leaves, ’cause I didn’t want to give mine up, but I really could use fresh ones. And my family gave me a new spice rack for Christmas. In it were some bay leaves that had been broken into little, tiny pieces. On purpose. At the factory. I don’t want to use those, the little spines in bay leaves would not be good in spaghetti sauce. But I think they’d work well in something like this, wouldn’t they?
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Can I make a sewing comment? Please, when you sew a corner turn your stitch length to a very small stitch like a 3, about 1/2″ before the corner (not small enough to ball up) and continue stitching almost to the corner. Instead of making a square on the corner, stitch 3 stitches across in a diagonal, turn up your stitch length again then stitch the other seamline. Do this on all of your corners. When you turn the fabric, before you press, clip that corner almost to nothing 1/8″ straight across. With the short stitches the seam will hold. When you turn the corners and press the corner won’t be stuffed looking and will be flattened. Your top stitching will stand out more if you use 2 threads in the one needle or a bigger thread. It will show up better.
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On a separate thought, is there a way that when we click on links on your site that they will open in a separate window rather that navigate us away from your page. When you put a link somewhere or someone does in the comments, I find myself not wanting to hit the link because I’m going to leave your page and I’m not done reading or haven’t gone to all the pages (and do you really want to navigate people away from your site
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But mostly I LOVE. THAT. TEAPOT.
When I was growing up, I never could understand my mother’s fondness for floral fabrics and china. I thought they looked wimpy and waaay to feminine. But as I’ve aged, I’ve begun to appreciate their loveliness. That teapot is a just beautiful!
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You’re funny ;D I just finished reading this post and the one where you’re at the “knitting spa” learning to knit…and trying to purl. That made me laugh. I found you through a friend who was showing me a link to your trivets. I love tea, and this would be the perfect thing for her to make me.
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Toiles are usually popular and vintage fabrics or designs sell well. A set of these for a teapot and 4 mugs are popular. I’ve seen these stuffed with rice and spices, lavender and herbs, crushed shells, very fine gravel, or millet. Whatever is cheaply available to act as insulation and mix with your herbs or with scented oil. I’ve seen some very fine ones made with beautiful fabrics that were intricately quilted and absolutely gorgeous–almost too pretty to use. Ribbon edging, using thin ribbon instead of yarn for spot quilting, whatever you have around and are currently interested in working with. Great project, Suzanne.
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I like the scented trivets….but I love the Chintz Teapot…
Don’t make a cozy to cover it up….it’s beautiful….
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I love the trivet! I so need to make some of these for gifts. And one for me too! I think they’d make a great *anytime* gift. Like a last minute *I didn’t know (or forgot) it was your bday* gift or a gift to bring when someone invites you to dinner, since I don’t like to make visits empty handed.
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Thanks for sharing. And what a beautiful teapot!
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