Wednesday, February 20, 2013

A little Trivet


 
 
I know you've seen yo-yo's
 and Yo-yo quilts.
 
but....
Have you seen
STUFFED yo-yo's??
 
They are practical little things!
;)
 
 
 
I attached them all together by hand....
and decided they make a very nice
RETRO-vintage- quirky-trivet.


 
The back side.
 
The front.
;)
Five by Five.
All ready for dinner!!!
 
 
This project begins with a 3 1/2" circle
with a running stitch all around.

I cut FOUR little pieces of batting.

Layered them INSIDE
and pulled it closed with the thread
making a nice TIGHT knot to hold it closed
One little STUFFED YO-YO
only 24 more to go!
 
 

Put them in rows....
hand stitching the sides.




See?
It works!
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11 comments:

  1. We used to do those with soda tops. Thanks for refreshing the memory. I may have the grandchildren make them this summer.

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  2. Cute! want me to send my little bits of batting? ;)

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  3. Sweet, and love those retro fabrics too.....holy flashback! Did you make a gingham apron in home economics? remember when there was a class called home economics?

    Happy Sewing

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  4. Ah, this reminds me of one of my favorite art projects in the fourth grade. We collected pop bottle caps and fabrics; we sewed yoyos, put the bottle cap inside, then pulled the string to close. Mrs. F had a wood worker cut wooden bases to which we glued down the metal yoyos. I did a red strawberry and a bunch of purple grapes. It was a Christmas gift to our moms that year. My mom never used them, and they sat in the cupboard for years and years. I wonder what ever happened to them?

    I guess it is no surprise that I remember the project so well, for it used fabric and needle and thread!

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  5. GENIUS---I am going to make me one or some. :D

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  7. You are so clever! I have found me an evening project! Thanks for sharing. You have kept an old woman out of the bars! LOL
    Hugs

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  8. Ooh, I love it and it is very retro.

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  9. So cute and yes retro somehow! Im not sure I see why folks used bottle caps in yo yos though...am I missing the obvious maybe lol?
    Would they have used them as a trivet too do you think?

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  10. Brilliant! I have an old one, the kind with crocheted bottlecaps, but I like yours better. What fun, I'll have to give that a try soon.

    Karin

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  11. hey, you are SO SMART. I have lots of scraps I could use up making these! I'm thinking these would make brilliant hostess gifts.

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