More Coasters

I made some more of those cute coasters that will hold fluted glasses too......but this time I made some for me. Woohoo! lol

For these I used Riley Blake fabrics (love her stuff!!!!) for the fronts and a pair of Dax's old blue jeans for the back. They turned out sooooo cute!!

To get all of those coasters I only used two charm packs and part of one leg of the jeans. And I'm in love with them.

But that probably means I won't let anyone actually use them. LOL

I had a helper when I was trying to take these pictures. Can you see her paw in this one where she was trying to grab the camera strap?

Here she is helping again.....

Quick and Easy

I just love making things that are quick and easy to put together.


At a party last month, I was talking with another lady that likes to sew and craft and she had these really cute coasters that she had made. As the conversation went on, she told me how she had made them. Last weekend I decided to give them a try and see if I could actually remember what she had said (thank margaritas.)


I was thrilled that I did remember, and it all worked out.

Can you see that they can be used two ways?


The bottom of the wine glass can actually fit into the coaster so that you don't have to hang onto it. How neat is that?

Perfect for a cold drink

Two of my girls are bead crazy. They love to make the designs with those plastic beads, then you iron it and they all stick together.

Like these:

Well, I had several of those sitting on  my island waiting to be melted together. I just felt like I HAD to do something with them other than get them all stuck together so that they could just get lost in the other piles of junk that my kids love.

Sound familiar to anyone?

Then it hit me....coasters!!

For these I traced the shapes onto some cotton batting scraps I had.

Then I cut those out, placed them on top of the design (while it was still on the holder) and ironed it until the beads melted enough to stick together and to the batting.

The girls had made a few designs and we've actually been able to use them as coasters. My husband didn't think it would work, but so far they've held together.

They've made up several more. This time I think I may iron the beads together a little before I put the batting (or felt for that matter) onto them and then continue to iron until it sticks. I'm just wondering if that might strengthen them even more.

So there you go. Give it a try. If you have as many of these around your house as I do, you'll probably be thrilled to actually turn them into something useful. lol