Simple Fabric Coaster Sewing Tutorial

Don’t let a sweaty drink ruin your tabletop! Fabric coasters are easy to sew and will help protect your tables and counters from getting rings from your drinking glasses. Heather Handmade has a tutorial showing how to sew a simple fabric coaster. These are super quick to sew, and you probably already have everything you need to make them. You can sew up a set of them in 30 minutes or less – and you can use your fabric scraps!

A basic coaster is easy to sew and only takes a few straight seams, so this is a great project for a beginner who is still learning to sew.

The free pattern at Heather Handmade includes the dimensions to cut to make the coasters in several different sizes. This is super handy for using scraps because you can choose the coaster size that most effectively uses the size scraps you have. Go to Heather Handmade for the free sewing tutorial for making a simple fabric coaster.

If you’re looking for other simple sewing projects you can use around the house, how about:

Fabric Napkins – Fabric napkins are easy to sew and are a nice way to add some color to your tabletop. Replace your disposable paper napkins with a set of cloth napkins! This post by AppleGreen Cottage shows two easy ways to sew a fabric napkin.

Placemat – Just like coasters protect your table from a sweaty glass, a placemat can help protect your table from messy eaters. They also add color and drama to a tablesetting, so if you want to elevate a simple dinner into something more, sew a set of placemats for your table. Hello Creative Family has an easy sewing tutorial that shows how to make them. If you can sew a coaster, you can sew these easy placemats! It only takes 10 minutes or so to sew a simple placemat!

[photo credit: Heather Handmade]

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I am just smitten with this felt gingerbread house bag. This would make such a sweet special Christmas accessory for a kid. It’s a free pattern at Benzie Design, designed by Gracie from Hello Gracie Makes. It’s packed with adorable gingerbread house details, like swirls and stripes and scallops adoring the doors and windows.

And while all those details might seem like this would be a complicated pattern, it’s actually not. The bag itself is made from felt, which makes finishes edges unnecessary. (All of those scalloped edges are just cut from felt, no edge finishing required.) The strap is super simple, made from rope with knotted ends. And all those details are made with some basic hand embroidery stitches. Sparkle felt makes it extra cute.

The striped scallop roof is actually the top flap of the bag. A magnetic snap makes it a secure closure. The rope straps are attached through felt loops at the side of the bag.

They rate this project as an intermediate level, and it should take about 6 hours to make start to finish. That’s doable for a Saturday project or a couple of evenings. Full color photos step you through the entire process.

The project includes a shopping list for all of your supplies. They’ve got a shop so you can order all of them from Benzie if you like and get exactly the supplies used in the project. I noticed it includes a pair of scallop shears, which makes cutting all the scalloped edges for the roof and around the door a breeze.

Finished dimensions of the little felt gingerbread bag are approximately 6 ½” wide x 7 ½” tall. That’s the perfect size to hold a small book, a small toy, or a notepad and some cute pens.

Go to Benzie Design to get the tutorial and free pattern for the felt gingerbread house bag.

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