Coaster Fun : Tutorial

My friend Ashleigh and I have started a weekly craft night (Ash, we need to come up with a catchy title?!). This week we made these fun coasters. They were simple, easy, and turned out really cute. 

Here's the tutorial. 

Supplies:

2 coordinating fabrics (you could even use fat quarters) 

1/4 yd of non - fusible stabilizer

coordinating thread

sewing machine

iron

cut mat

cut tool 

step 1

Cut 4 - 4.5 x 4.5 squares from fabric 1. 

Cut 4 - 4.5 x 4.5 squares from fabric 2.

Cut 4 - 3.5 x 3.5 squares from stabilizer fabric.

step 2

Stack fabric 1 and fabric 2, right sides together. Pin. Sew a 1/4 inch seam around 3 edges. On the 4th edge leave 1/2 inch opening. *Tip: leave your opening in the middle, this makes it easier to line up the edges when you topstitch later. No wonky corners.

step 3

Cut the each corner. Be sure you cut just under your seam. This allows your corners to be sharper when you turn the coaster. 

step 4

Turn the coaster right side out, using the opening you left on side 4. 

step 5 

Roll your stabilizer square like a cigar. Stuff stabilizer roll through the opening you left on side 4. Unroll the stabilizer square. (You can buy the stabilizer by the yard. It comes in a ton of different weights/thicknesses.) *Tip: stabilizer is great to give fabric shape by allowing it to be stiff.   

step 6 

Line up the two edges of your opening on side 4. Press in place with an iron. Topstitch around all 4 edges of the coaster. And done! 

  Enjoy!