Tutorial: Coiled fabric coasters

February 12, 2012 by Anne Weaver

Here’s an idea for those fabrics you’ve collected but never seem to make the cut for other projects, the “dogs” of your fabric stash. Cut them into strips and coil them up into a fabric coaster! The patterns you don’t care for will be reduced to spots of color and print on a round coaster. Angie Padilla from Angie’s Bits n’ Pieces shares a free downloadable project sheet at Pattern Spot explaining how to do it. (You’ll need a free account to download the file.) Go to the project sheet download page.

Comments

Deborah Jennings says
February 13, 2012 at 8:04 am
Can these be made larger to make a rug?
- anneweaver says
  February 13, 2012 at 9:02 pm
  I suppose you could do this to make a small rug, but the larger (and heavier) the piece gets the more difficult it will be to maneuver it under the sewing machine needle. If you want to make a rag, you might try making a braided rag rug like this: http://www.modabakeshop.com/2009/02/braided-rag-rug.html
  –Anne

Have you read?

Easy Cosmetics Bag Sewing Pattern

The bag is simple, uses very little fabric (about 2/3rds of a fat quarter), has no fussy inside pockets (although you can add your own if you like), and takes me well less than 30 minutes to print the pattern, cut out and sew. But quick and simple doesn’t mean it’s not awesome!

It’s the sort of bag that is versatile enough to be used for lots of applications, not just cosmetics and toiletries. Keep all your pens and pencils in order, use it for a small first aid kit for the car, keep it in your desk at work for a few headache pills and other personal supplies.

Make some for yourself, for gifts or to sell.