Some of my friends requested to post a tutorial on how to make these quilted coasters out of fabric scraps. So here is a quick tutorial on how to make your own. This one is a simple one with the front and back piece made out a single piece but you can try different layouts with multiple pieces.
Happy Quilting!
Cut 2, 4.5" * 4.5" pieces for front and back of the coaster.
Put the right sides of the front and back pieces together and sew around the corner with 1/4 " seam allowance on 3 sides and partially on the 4th side. The best way to do it is to start 1/4 off one of the corners and finish 1/4 off the other corner on the same side.
Cut a 4" * 4" piece of fusible fleece as the batting in between.
Put the batting the with the glue on one side of the sewn pieces. Iron on to fuse them together.
Imp: Cut the corners of the piece now so that they are rounded.
Turn the right side of the fabric outside from the side that's partially sewn.
Iron on the open side to turn the ends of the fabric pieces inside the opening and prepare it for sewing.
Use any stitch to quilt the coaster.
I used iron-on-vinyl which I bought from walmart for laminating the coasters to make them waterproof. I found the stuff a lot cheaper at walmart than Joann. Iron-on-vinyl is easy to use. You just need to take out the lamination from the backing paper and put it on top of the fabric. Put the backing paper on top and iron on to fuse.
Here are how they look when complete.The last picture shows the complete set I made. It has 6 in it.
