I ’m always on the feel out for newcraft projectsthat can well replicate ashandmade gifts for friends and family . While sifting through my collection of vintage craft magazine , I came across the idea of a scented tea trivet . How skillful it would be to sit down for tea leaf , and have the heat of the teapot release the odor of Ceylon cinnamon or herbs ? What a unique way to add extra fragrance to the tea - drinking experience !
This is a pretty simple sewing project , but a sewing machine is definitely necessary . I always like to make a ‘ practice ’ one first ( using scrap fabric ) so that I can ferment out any kinks in my summons without using up my favorite cloth . The follow tutorial will walk you through each step and give you instructions that are straightforward and easy to take after .
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swerve 2 foursquare from your fabric . I cut mine to be 8 ” x 8 ” but you’re able to make your tea trivet any size you like . For this project I chose to use vintage fabric I ’ve had in my stash for years paired with some yellow cotton I hand - dye using turmeric . Place one square , correct side face down . Then rest your batten over the top and disperse with herb . I wanted a fall fragrance so I chose to use cinnamon , orange peel , clove tree , and fennel . I originally just broke up the spices with my hands and disperse them on , BUT while sewing my needle strike a hard piece of clove and break , so I would definitely urge grind up any large herbs / spicery using a mortar & pestle beforehand .
Take the second foursquare and use a rule and pencil to mark templet to follow when you start sewing . I lightly drew line diagonally ( quoin to tree like an X ) and perpendicular ( middle to middle like a + ) .Place marked satisfying ( correct side face up ) on top of the batten and herbs . Pin in position .
With your sewing political machine quilt the square as bespeak by your pencil guides . cut any excess batting from the edges .
Next , make your binding by cutting your coordinate material into 2.5 ” wide strips . You ’ll ask a piece that is approx . 34 inch in distance , so go forwards and sew two pieces together now if you need to . Fold your striptease in half and press with an iron . It should now be 1.25 ” wide .
Place the binding airstrip along one side of the trivet with the fold border point toward the center of the trivet and the cutting boundary of the tie cartoon strip gibe up with the edge of the trivet . Start sewing ( 1/4 ” seam ) about 1.5 ” from the corner of the trivet . hold back when you get to 1/4 ” from the edge . Backstitch . Clip threads .
close down the binding strip to the right so that it is perpendicular to where you were just sewing .
Then close down it back on itself to the left so it lines up with the next border of the tea trivet .
move around the teatime trivet 90 arcdegree and begin sewing the next side ( 1/4 ” furrow . ) Start properly at the boundary and backstitch just a small as you commence . Sew all the way down this side , halt ¼ ” from the end . echo the step above for the next niche .
keep on around the tea trivet until you ’ve tailor-make the last box . tailor-make down the last side 1.5 ” only , then backstitch , clip threads and remove from the simple machine .
To link up the two ends of the binding , first unfold the binding a little and habituate a pin to pit where they meet up .
tailor-make across the two binding end to unite them . You may have to wander or turn up the tea trivet in half to make enough way to tailor-make .
practice scissors grip to trim the superfluous binding , leaving about ¼ ” from the seam . Lay the binding down onto the boundary of the Camellia sinensis trivet , using your fingerbreadth to contract the seam you just created . Finish sewing down the last side .
Beginning in the center of one side , leaf the bind over to the back so that it deal the stitching line . Hold in plaza with pins .
Once all sides are pinned , throw over and sew properly in the ditch ( this will catch the folded edge of the ski binding on the other side ) . When you reach a corner , stop 2 ” before the end . With the presser substructure and needle down , switch over the niche so you’re able to see the underside . turn up as shown to produce the street corner , holding in place as you sew . lead the needle down , swivel the corner and proceed sew together down the next side .
Once you ’ve sewn around all four side of meat , you are finish up
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Rachel Beyer is an artist , designer and creative Lord living in Portland , Oregon . She drop her solar day working at Molly Muriel Apothecary and blogging at Adventures In Making . Her preferred hobbyhorse include cooking , horticulture , and crafting .
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