Keep your kitchen table cool with this protective tabletop trivet. Not only will this look lovely under a hot dish, it will also add a nice splash of color to your kitchen decor.
Mix and match colors and fabrics of your trivet to coordinate with the season or holiday!
Read below for these free project instructions.
Supplies & Materials:
Supplies Needed:
- 1/2 yard canvas (for side panels)
- 1/2 yard quilted cotton fabric (for center panel and back)
- 24 1/2 inch wide by 12 inch high piece of Insul-bright insulated lining
- Medium-weight cutaway stabilizer
- Temporary spray adhesive
- Air-erase pen (or other marking tool)
- Double fold bias tape quilt binding
- Two 10 inch long pieces of 5/8 inch wide ribbon (for top loops)
These designs are also available in a design pack:
A Perching Pretty Cameos Design Pack - Medium
We used the Perching Pretty Cameo designs, but there are lots of designs from Embroidery Library that would look fantastic on this trivet. Here are a couple of fun suggestions: Chocolate Nouveau , Coffee Nouveau , Flowers of Faith , Simply designs , hens & roosters and much, much more. Mix and match fabrics and designs to make a tabletop trivet that works with any decor.
Finished Size:
24 1/2 inches wide by 12 inches high
Gather Materials:
To begin, we will prepare the fabric for the side panels. Using an air-erase pen (or other marking tool), draw an 8 inch wide by 12 inch high rectangle on the canvas fabric - leave a few inches of excess fabric around the shape. Mark the center of each side of the rectangle by measuring and dividing by two. Draw a line to connect the marks - where the lines meet is the exact center of the shape.
Create a paper template of the design by printing it at full size using embroidery software. If you don't have embroidery software, you can cut a piece of paper the shape and dimensions of the design to help with placement and centering.
We recommend Wilcom's Hatch software which comes in different levels depending on what you'd like to use the software for. Hatch Organizer works well to view your designs, print dielines and templates, change design colors, and create basic design layouts. (This is an affiliate link. We may earn commission on purchases made with this link.)
Poke a hole in the center of the template and align it with the center point on the fabric. Make sure the design fits well within the shape - there should be at least 1 1/2 inches of space between the outer edges of the design and the edges of the shape.
Start Embroidering:
Spray a piece of medium-weight cutaway stabilizer with temporary adhesive and smooth the fabric on top. Hoop the fabric and stabilizer together by aligning the marks on the hoop with the lines on the fabric. Attach the hoop to the machine and load the design. Move the hoop so that the needle is directly over the center point on the fabric and embroider the design.
When the design has finished, carefully trim away the stabilizer on the back of the embroidery.
Cut out the shape.
Then, repeat the fabric marking, hooping, and embroidering process for the second side panel.
To prepare the fabric for the center panel, cut a piece of the quilted cotton fabric 10 1/2 inches wide by 12 inches high. Lay the center panel flat with the right side facing up. Then, align the right side panel on top of the center panel, right sides facing, with the left edge of the side panel aligned with the right side of the center panel. Pin in place. Also, align the left side panel on top of the center panel, right sides facing, with the right edge of the side panel aligned with the left side of the center panel. Pin in place and sew a 1/2 inch seam along the pinned edges only.
Press the back seams open with an iron and topstitch a 1/8 inch seam along each side of both front seams.
To prepare the fabric for the inner lining and the back fabric, lay the assembled top section on top of the Insul-bright and quilted cotton and cut out the shape. Lay the back fabric flat with the wrong side facing up. Then, align the inner lining on top with the shiny side facing up. Next, align the top piece with the right side facing up. Pin in place.
Now, we will round off the corners. Place a ribbon spool at each corner and trace the shape.
Trim off the corners. Be sure to cut through all the layers.
Tack all the layers together by sewing a 1/4 inch seam around the entire outer edge.
To add the trim, fold the end of the quilt binding over 1/2 inch to the wrong side. Wrap the end of binding around the edge of the fabric (we started at the bottom, at the left seam) and pin only the backside of the binding in place.
At each corner, fold the binding in two spots and pin in place.
When you reach the point where you started, trim the binding leaving about 1 1/2 inch excess. Fold the end over 1/2 inch to the wrong side and pin in place. Then, sew a 1/4 inch seam along the inner edge of the binding along the backside only.
To add the top loops, cut two pieces of 5/8 inch wide ribbon 10 inches long. Bring the ends of the ribbon together to form loops and insert the ends under the binding at the center top of the side panels. Pin in place.
Fold the binding up around the edges of the fabric and pin in place. Also, fold the binding in two places at each corner and press.
Sew a seam along the entire inner edge of the binding.
Remove the pins from the loops, flip the loops up over the binding, lay them flat, and pin in place. Then, sew a seam over the loops along the existing seam on the binding.
Your trivet is complete!
Protect your table from the heat of delicious home-cooked dishes, then hang the trivet to display your beautiful embroidery.
