Ever have a tiny scrap that is so cute, you cannot part with it? That's how I feel about these Unruly Reindeers ... they are so charming! We originally posted about these silly reindeer here during our Tammis Keefe Tribute / Giveaway Event.
I decided to whip up a linen-backed quilted coaster featuring one of these little guys! I had some coordinating scraps that worked realy well w/ the reindeer! Someday (before Christmas hopefully) I'll make a couple more so that there's a set.
Coasters are a great way to use up scraps ... here's a flashback picture to some coasters that I made in January for my cousin ...we are both big fans of the lime green / pink combo!
If you've got any oilcloth scraps laying around, try these:
Posted about them here .. could NOT be simpler. An absolute beginner could make them.
Quilted coasters are really simple ... in a nutshell, this is how I do it:
pick coordinating fabrics; you can lay them out to get a visual, or just wing it.
start sewing them together
press seams
keep sewing pieces together until you get to the desired size (I go for 5" x 5" and have a card stock cutout in this shape so it's easy to lay it over the fabrics to see where I'm at).
trim to desired size
make a "sandwich" with your pieced top, batting and the backing (linen in my case)
make sure the RIGHT sides are facing
sew around edges leaving about 2" opening to turn
clip corners, turn,
press, topstitch & "quilt" as desired!
I seem to have taken about a gazillion pictures of this coaster process, so here's a pictoral...
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| i started with the reindeer |
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| i trimmed the top and bottom of this 3 - pieced section, so that the next two pieces (the red ones) could go on straight |
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| see-- straight edges where each piece is attached |
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| having this template helps me see what i need to trim |
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| polish up those edges |
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| nice and neat pieced front |
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| the "sandwich" |
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| the opening ... tuck those ends under, topstitch, "quilt" and be done! |
Happy scrapbusting!
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