Sew Ready for Fall

Sew, it's fall and gets me wanting to make gifts.  I've spent most of the summer sewing for others, working, and going to school.  I got tempted to make the Bombshell bathing suit by Heather from http://closetcasefiles.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-bombshell-swimsuit-is-here.html So tempting to see all the gorgeous suits posted on line.  Sew, my friend RK volunteered to be my muse because she is a Bombshell and a sweet, sweet girl.  Here is RK looking majestic in the gorgeous suit.  I cut a straight size 8 and didn't have to do any adjustments.  I learned some things such as my old serger was not going to do this well, so my hubby bought me a new one for my August birthday.

I made a couple of skirts and blouses for me and I keep trying to make a decent pair of pants.  I will keep working on that.  I did make a particularly delicious fake suede skirt that I love.

 

 I've done a lot actually and I will post some of those projects later, but I'm dying to tell you about these wine coasters. 

For today, I have quick gift project.  WINE COASTERS

It is  great use of scraps, but you can also by some fat quarters.
These are wine coasters!  Since I am mad about wine, I have to make these. You could totally make them in different colors for parties so everyone knows which glass belongs to them. 

So here is what you do

Step 1:  Cut a circle with the diameter of 4 1/4 inches (if you make them for the larger wine glasses you will have to measure accordingly an add 1/4 to the diameter).  I  cut mine from cardboard so I could reuse it.

You will cut a total of five circles per wine coaster.

Step 2:  Select 2-4 fabric scraps. For this example I only used two.   I cut two circles from each fabric . And cut a 5th circle for the bottom.

I then folded each piece in half an ironed them. 

I then took each piece and placed them just like the picture shows.  It is similar to how you close the lid of a box.  Position the pieces so that edges line up and pin to hold in place.

Use the fifth circle and place on top, finished side down.

 



Sew around the edge about 1/4 in and make sure you catch all the layers.   Turn it inside out, remove the pin and iron.  YOU have made a sweet little wine coaster!

To make them less slippery, glue  a piece of felt on the bottoms.