These easy fabric coasters come together in a very short time. I love that you can use a quilters charm pack or you can even get away with using scraps! Who doesn’t love a project that is a stash buster?
A few months ago, I took a quilting class and one of the lovely ladies who was in the class with me brought a fabric coaster for each of us. I thought it was such a sweet thing for her to do. She shared how to make them and I was hooked! As I said, they are super easy to make – who doesn’t love an easy sewing project? So, when I had 30 minutes or so, I went to my sewing room and made a set of these. When I realized how easy they were to make, I made a bunch for Christmas. Everyone loved them!
I finally got around to making some for myself and thought you might enjoy making them too! So here we go – How To Make Easy Fabric Coasters
Items needed:
- Charm pack of your choice (or you can cut 5 inch squares)
- Sewing Machine
- Pins
- Thread
- Rotary Cutter (if you cut your own fabric)
- Scissors
- Iron
- Chop Stick or Turner and Seam Creaser
You will need 6 pieces of fabric that measure 5 inches by 5 inches. The fabric can be the same, or they can coordinate (I chose two different fabrics)
Place 2 of the squares wrong sides together
Fold the other 4 pieces in half and iron them.
Now, lay 2 of the folded fabrics on top of the two that you have place wrong sides together. You want the raw edges to the outside of the coaster. The folded edges should touch in the center.
Now lay the other 2 folded pieces on top.
Now, pull 1/2 of one of the bottom pieces over the top piece (I had my two red on top, so I pulled 1/2 of a blue piece on top and then placed half of a red piece underneath) You want to see 2 squares of each color.
Place a few pins in the coaster. Since you are working with so many layers of fabric, I highly suggest this. You don’t want the fabric shifting.
Sew around the edges with a 1/4 inch seam.
When you are finished sewing around the coaster, take it out of the machine and trim close to the seam. I would say to about 1/8 of an inch. Cut the corners at an angle. Make sure you don’t cut into the thread.
Reaching in through the center opening, turn the coaster inside out. Using a bamboo stick or Turner and Seam Creaser
There you go! Wasn’t that easy? I tied mine up with a ribbon when I gave them as gifts.
Since the coaster creates a little “pocket” you can easily place a glass that has a stem in it. I know I will be making more of these. I would love some in my Sun Room and also in my bedroom for my morning coffee!
*Note, these coasters do not have any way to absorb liquid. Please be careful if you place them on a wood surface and you have a sweaty glass.
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These are so adorable and I like how they wrap around the base of the wine glass. I can see how making these coasters could be addictive.
I need to use my cutting board more often as I never seem to cut straight without it. These are super fun and you could easily adjust them to make holiday ones.
I think using any type of fabric would be fun. They are easy enough that younger children could learn to sew using this pattern! Thanks for stopping by!
I loved the fabric weave of these coasters even before I realized the functionality for holding a wine glass! Now these might be worth breaking out the sewing machine for.
I think you should pull out your machine! These could be used in any room or even great gifts for guests!
I love your pattern you used to make these and your tutorial is so easy to follow. Such cheerful fabrics – love them. Thank you for sharing at Share It One More Time. Cathy
Thanks so much for stopping and commenting! I love these coasters and I love your party!
Coasters! Yes. You’re onto a winner, Cynthia. They are just such fun quilting projects and great to try out all sorts of patterns and designs. (Thanks for sharing it. I found you at the linky party, hosted this weekend at FineCraftGuild.com)
Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting. I love these coasters and have made a lot of them – I finally kept some for myself.
What a great idea! Such a great little hostess gift! I have oodles of charm packs I can use for thes. Thanks.
I agree with you. These are so easy to make and you can use up scraps too! Thanks so much for stopping by! I am off to visit your site too!
These look lovely. Great idea 🙂
Love this! Super cute! Pinning! I would love for you to share your awesome post at this weeks Happiness Is Homemade Link Party! Have a terrific week!
Hi Cynthia, How cute are these wine coasters and I love to sew so I’ll have to try them. Thank you so much for coming over and linking up to our Something to Talk About Link Party and for being so sweet to leave a comment too. have a great week, Lisa
Always excited to link up a project or a recipe! I hope you do try these and I would love to see how your s turn out!
Very cool! Love how you can wrap it around the glass bottom.
This is super cool! I love how it sits around the glass. I’ve pinned to my sewing board.
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Thanks so much for stopping by! I am in love with these coasters and plan to make many more!
These are just so cute! I wish I had the time to make some! Thank you for sharing on Monday Madness link party, hope to see you back next week 🙂
So cute! Thanks for sharing at Bloggers Brags. You’ve been pinned! 🙂
In addition to using these for just plain drink coasters, you can slip the bottom of a wine glass in it! Have you tried that? Cute post!