Vintage Inspired Dinner Roll Holder Tutorial

We always did a pretty fancy Thanksgiving at our house growing up.  One of my favorite parts was helping to set the table the day before before the main event.  Mom would bring out her china, polish the silver, and iron the linens.  She must have washed all the linens first and then set about to iron (mom, you can correct me later about this!) because I loved watching her transform things from wrinkly lumps to beautifully pressed fancy linens.  My favorite by far was the fabric dinner roll holder.   I had forgotten about this until I found one at an antique store and bought it up quick.  I used it as a template to make my own.

 

I had this adorable Sandi Henderson fabric that I knew would be perfect for the Thanksgiving table and I mixed it with some vintage fabric I have around. 

See?  Cute!  You can get the free tutorial here

Download Vintage Inspired Dinner Roll Holder

I love the thought of taking these full of yummy homemade dinner rolls as a hostess gift.  Actually, I would probably just make a cute roll holder and buy some dinner rolls!  

This is the original roll holder that I found in the antique shop.

Here is a vintage one that I have in my gingercake Etsy shop.

Love that rick rack!   A friend suggested using it to organize sewing stuff too.  All those little pockets are so fun.  Did any of you have these at your Thanksgiving table?  Do you now?  I would love to hear your stories about them!

If you make one and want to show it off, I would love for you to add it to my Gingercake tutorials Flickr page here.

Hmmm.  I think I may need a matching table runner and some pretty napkins too!

Comments

[Amy Dunn]

those are awesome!!! I have never seen one before but I may have to make one now (to put my buttons in)! :)

[Danielle]

I tried to download the tute and it tells me that an error occoured. Any Ideas?

[Jen]

I love those things. I don't remember using them for rolls but do remember putting all kinds of little things in them.

[Jen]

I love it! You could sell these on etsy!

[Deborah]

I loved seeing this as I have one that was my Grandmother's. I have used hers as a pattern to make more. Hers was a light blue with lace around the edges, close to the white one you have shown.

[Anne]

This is so cool!! I linked to your tutorial over on Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-vintage-inspired-dinner-roll-basket/2010/11/11/

--Anne

[Rebecca]

These are great for jewelry, especially when traveling.

[Jennifer]

Seeing this I suddenly remember playing with one of these as a small child. Can't remember if it was my Mother's or Grandmothers but never knew what it was for! Thanks for the tutorial, I may need to make one.

[saffiertje]

this is soooo cool to let it return! I have one for xmas my mom made years ago... I think I will make my sisters one for their xmas presents...Thanx for sharing!

[Staci]

Thanks for sharing this. I feel like I've been missing something by never hearing of these before! I'm including them in my Friday Favorites tomorrow!

[Joy]

Those are insanely adorable!!! I'll have to make that for Christmas (our Canadian Thanksgiving is over). :)

[Elijahsmum.blogspot.com]

beautiful - we don't celebrate Thanksgiving here in NZ but I do remember those dinner roll holders from the early 90s. This would make the perfect gift for my cousin - thanks for sharing :)

[AudreyGardenLady]

Straight from Grandmother's table...these are awesoem! Thanks for sharing!

[melissa]

I tried the tutorial today and it's great. I love it. Now I have one more thing to add to the Christmas gift list :)

[melissa]

as soon as I find the charger for my camera I'll snap some pictures and add them. thanks so much for sharing the tutorial. I was so excited how quickly it went together.

[Peggy Gonzales]

The roll holders you made are very nice and I appreiciate you sharing with us. I made one tonight and it turned out very nice. However, I have never saw one of these in use, and am wondering if rolls are placed in the bottom pockets also. Could someone please email me if you know Thanks.

[Cindy]

I bought your Love Your Lunchbox pattern a while back and just love it. Can't wait to try this one!!

[TxGal]

Thanks for the memories!! I'm old enough to remember these - my grandmas and aunts had them ... I remember I got to put the wonderful hot home-baked rolls in & carried to the table.
Those were the days of real sit-down Sunday dinners and great holiday meals - with the good china, tablecloths & cloth napkins set out ...

[shynii]

ust stumbled upon this and I am totally inspired. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this but I can't wait to make one or two for one of our fancy family dinners.

[Afhappel]

I saw one of these in a local thrift store recently and did not know what it was used for. Thanks for letting me know and now I will have to make one.

[Theclothes-line.blogspot.com]

I recently read your post and had never seen a dinner roll holder before. I saw one in a thrift shop and immediately I knew what it was since I saw yours. It was only 50 cents, so I had to get it. The vintage fabric is too cute.

[Libby Peaco]

It says this is a free pattern yet I can not download, why?

[TroyJennene Gibbs]

totally cute . . .I may like to make one . . now if I can only keep my projects down to 100 things. .. .

[Andrea @ Addicted2tutes]

I enjoyed using this tutorial very much! Thanks for your hard work writing it!

Andrea
http://addicted2tutes.blogspot.com/2011/07/fabric-dinner-roll-holder-gift.html

[Heather]

I have one that my mom got for me in St. Thomas or St. Lucia about 10 years ago...She was on a cruise, and went onshore, saw it, and thought I would like it...I am so happy to have found your tutorial, though, because I am not good at figuring out where to stitch!

For those who were wondering, I put rolls in all the pockets! I have seen people use them, though, and only put rolls in the center....I just set mine on a plate or flat wicker tray, and fill it up! More rolls for everyone! :)