I was pleased as punch when Jennifer asked me to be a part of the 12 gifts of Christmas blog hop! I was excited to learn I'd be in good company too, just have a look at this line up!
Friday, October 14- Jennifer/ Ellison Lane Quilts
Saturday, October 15- Ayumi/Pink Penguin
Sunday, October 16- Amy/ Lots of Pink Here
Monday, October 17- Faith/Fresh Lemons Quilts
Tuesday, October 18- Penny/Sew Take a Hike
Wednesday, October 19- Kati/From the Blue Chair
Thursday, October 20- Lee/Freshly Pieced
Friday, October 21- Elizabeth/Don't Call Me Betsy
Saturday, October 22- Melanie/Texas Freckles
Sunday, October 23- Lindsay/Craft Buds
Monday, October 24- Amanda/A Crafty Fox
Tuesday, October 25-Vanessa/Little Big Girl Studio
Each blog will be posting an awesome gift tutorial, and having a giveaway for a GC to a fabric shop. Make sure and leave a comment on Jennifer's tutorial for a chance to win the grand prize of a $250 GC to the fabric worm!
On to the tutorial!
I had been saving bottle caps all summer (we drink a lot of Reed's Extra Ginger beer around here. It's non-alcoholic and if you like ginger, you won't be disappointed if you pick some up!) for a trivet, and I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to make sure I actually made something with them instead of well, you know, just having good intentions to make something with them!
What you will need:
- 28 bottle caps
- 30 mm clover yoyo maker
- 28 fabric circles approximately 3.25" round (I used 12 pink ones for the points and 16 scrappy ones for the center square)
- needle and thread and a water soluble pen
What you will do:
1. Arrange your bottle caps and choose and cut your fabrics.
2. Using a double threaded needle, make your fabric covered caps by making a yoyo, and right before you cinch your thread and tie your knot, insert the bottle cap right side down into the yoyo.
Finish cinching your thread and tie your knot. Make sure you don't pull on the thread too hard, or it might break. Hide the thread tail in the yoyo by reinserting the needle into the same area that the knot is in, and pull the needle through the yoyo edge. Cut the thread close to the yoyo.
3. Lay your bottle caps out in a pleasing manner and mark on the top of the cap where they touch with a water soluble pen. This will help you to know approximately where to insert and bring your needle through the yoyo.
4. Sew your bottle caps together by inserting the needle into the INSIDE of the yoyo and aligning the exit point on the lower edge of the bottle cap, with the dot on the top of the bottle cap.
Then insert the needle into the next bottle cap FROM THE OUTSIDE, aligning the entrance point on the lower edge of the bottle cap and with the dot on the top of the bottle cap.
Continue sewing the bottle caps together in this manner, until they are all sewn together.
Here is a view of the back of my trivet once the bottle caps were all sewn together:
5. Dab the water soluable pen off the top of the bottle caps, and there you have it! A wonderful trivet to give as a gift!
Now...
why don't you come on over and join in my sewtakeahike patterns and tutorials group on flickr and post your creations made with my patterns, I'd love to see you there!
Then, for your chance to win a $25 GC to the Fat Quarter Shop,
leave one comment on this post! I'll choose a winner on Oct 26th!
Good luck, and thanks for stopping by!
~Penny
p.s.
I remember making these when I was younger! (Although it was probably more my mother making them and me making a mess!) I love them :) Thanks for the easy tutorial.
Posted by: Kate R | 18 October 2011 at 04:08 AM
Thats so clever! Wonder if I can get my man to drink up a few beers...lol
Posted by: Narcolepticinacupboard.blogspot.com | 18 October 2011 at 04:11 AM
What a great idea, thanks for sharing!
Posted by: clara | 18 October 2011 at 04:20 AM
Cute idea. My son and his college buddies collected beer bottle caps for years and made an entire tabletop out of them. It's pretty amazing, but a trivet is more my speed.
Posted by: Lisa Marie | 18 October 2011 at 04:22 AM
Clever and a wonderful idea!!
Thanks!
Posted by: Gudrun Ryberg | 18 October 2011 at 04:23 AM
Wow! What a great idea! I really love this!
It would make a great gift!
Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Vickie | 18 October 2011 at 04:31 AM
Cute and wonderful idea.Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: rosa | 18 October 2011 at 04:33 AM
Thanks for the great going green tutorial. And thanks for the giveaway.
Posted by: Joyce Mitchell | 18 October 2011 at 04:35 AM
What a great idea! and very 'do-able'! I'll have to start saving bottle tops (or ask for some at the local pub!)
Posted by: Gill | 18 October 2011 at 04:46 AM
What a clever idea! I must try this, it's so cute! Thanks for the tutorial and the giveaway
ap_lemos at yahoo dot com
Posted by: Paula | 18 October 2011 at 04:46 AM
My grandmother used to make these. Good memories.
Posted by: Dell | 18 October 2011 at 04:49 AM
Penny, you are so darned creative!!! This is such a cool gift idea!
Posted by: Elizabeth D. @ Don't Call Me Betsy | 18 October 2011 at 04:51 AM
Such a great idea! These are adorable. Thanks for the tutorial!
Posted by: Beth | 18 October 2011 at 04:59 AM
What a great idea! These must be twist-off caps? They look very flat. Thanks for the tutorial!
Posted by: Tiffany | 18 October 2011 at 05:01 AM
I love this idea. I have a ton of bottle caps saved for "something". thank you so much for giving me something to do with them.
Posted by: Rhonda aka Quilter in The Gap | 18 October 2011 at 05:15 AM
What a neat idea, I may just give it a try!
Posted by: Tanya | 18 October 2011 at 05:16 AM
What a 'trivetting' tutorial! Seriously though, great re-use of the bottle caps. Hugs Naomi
Posted by: Naomi Vela | 18 October 2011 at 05:18 AM
Thanks for the great giveaway!
Posted by: Xandi | 18 October 2011 at 05:27 AM
So cute Penny! I love this idea! Thanks so much for being a part of the blog hop. :)
Posted by: Jennifer at Ellison Lane Quilts | 18 October 2011 at 05:39 AM
What a tricky idea to recycle bottle caps!
Greetings from Silke from Germany
Posted by: Silke Scheller | 18 October 2011 at 05:40 AM
Thank you for a great tutorial! I had completely forgotten about these. This is a great time to be reminded.
Posted by: Linda Winters | 18 October 2011 at 05:41 AM
Very fun - I've never made yo-yo's & had seen 2 projects for them RECENTLY - a sign??
Posted by: Jill | 18 October 2011 at 05:49 AM
Environmentally friendly, useful and cute. Fantastic.
Posted by: patricia | 18 October 2011 at 05:53 AM
neat idea! i would have never thought to use bottle caps like this!
Posted by: MIchelle | 18 October 2011 at 05:57 AM
Oh, how cool is this!!! What an awesome idea! Thanks for sharing!!!
Posted by: Amy | 18 October 2011 at 05:58 AM
Cleaver idea - thank you so much for the tutorial. Fun project to do with grandkids:)
Posted by: Dee Johnson | 18 October 2011 at 06:03 AM
Those are really cute, now I need to find some bottle caps! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Becky M | 18 October 2011 at 06:05 AM
Well now, how clever is that? I would be worried that the fabric would get something spilled on it and ruined but that's just my slightly OCD side coming out, LOL. That's really neat though, thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Julie | 18 October 2011 at 06:08 AM
This is adorable!!! I have to make one :)
Posted by: Kelsey | 18 October 2011 at 06:11 AM
Now I know what to do with all those beer bottle caps that we get when we have company. Now I need a clever, quilty way to recycle wine corks.
Posted by: DebrafromMD | 18 October 2011 at 06:11 AM
Very cool. I have my own collection of bottle caps too!
Posted by: Liz Taylor | 18 October 2011 at 06:14 AM
What a fun project - thanks for the tutorial and inspiration
Posted by: Wendy111 | 18 October 2011 at 06:18 AM
Great idea. These are so cute. Thanks.
Posted by: donna | 18 October 2011 at 06:18 AM
Very cute. What a great way to recycle. Thanks for the tutorial.
Posted by: Carol C | 18 October 2011 at 06:19 AM
So cute! Thanks for the great idea!
Posted by: Kathy Zelazny | 18 October 2011 at 06:20 AM
What a cute idea! I bet my granddaughter (age 4) and I could make these together....
Posted by: Sarah C. | 18 October 2011 at 06:21 AM
Love this trivet idea - Thank you for the opportunity to win. Judy C
Posted by: JudyCinNC | 18 October 2011 at 06:22 AM
What a clever idea and neat way to repurpose pop caps. Thanks for the tutorial and chance to win.
Posted by: dawn | 18 October 2011 at 06:28 AM
Such a great project!
Posted by: Jenna Maine | 18 October 2011 at 06:28 AM
Wow! Such a clever idea! And I love your fabric choices :-)
Posted by: Laura Jane | 18 October 2011 at 06:29 AM
Very clever!!
Posted by: rebecca | 18 October 2011 at 06:29 AM
Thanks for the tutorial! very cool. :)
Posted by: Niki | 18 October 2011 at 06:36 AM
What a great idea! My MIL uses trivets like crazy and this would be an awesome gift for her. Thanks for the idea and the opportunity to win!=)
Posted by: Sandy N. | 18 October 2011 at 06:36 AM
Well now that is Darn cute! Now to get DH out of the habit of folding his beer caps in half before throwing them in the trash.. hmmm re-training a man.. that may be the hard part.
Posted by: marcia k | 18 October 2011 at 06:43 AM
This is such an awesome idea, I am totally making a couple for this year!!
Posted by: Jmk86 | 18 October 2011 at 06:45 AM
Nice way to recycle and have something useful and cute. Thanks for the how-to.
Posted by: Joanna | 18 October 2011 at 06:46 AM
I remember this type of trivet from my childhood--it was purple crochet and fashioned into the shape of grapes with green crocheted leaves. wow! what a fantastic update!!
Posted by: duff | 18 October 2011 at 06:48 AM
great tutorial! thanks!
Posted by: jenn | 18 October 2011 at 06:49 AM
i would have never thought to use bottle caps like that Penny! love this idea! now...need to find some bottle caps!
Posted by: Jenny | 18 October 2011 at 06:50 AM
VERY cute Penny! I need to make one -- it would add some color to my kitchen! (Ooops, these are supposed to be ideas for GIFTS LOL!)
Posted by: Thimbleanna | 18 October 2011 at 06:53 AM