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Welcome to week 2 of our 10 week sewing challenge.
This week, you will learn how to sew a coaster.
It’s perfect to add creativity to your fun dinner parties or to use on a regular basis with your family. You can get a head start on holiday gifts with a festive printed fabric, or sew this with scrap fabric you have lying around to minimize waste and practice your sewing skills.
What I love so much about these coasters is that they are extremely customizable. You can change the shape, pattern, fabric choices, and more. The instructions below are for a square shape with the same fabric for the front and back.
Optional customizations are listed toward the bottom of this page.
Supplies Needed:
- Fabric (quilting quarters or scrap fabric works well)
- Matching thread
- Fusible fleece
Instructions:
Cut out a paper pattern. This examples has a 5in. x 5in. square. If you would like to create a larger coaster, cut a larger size pattern while accounting for a total of ¼ in. seam allowance along each side.
Cut out the fabric using the pattern.
Cut out the fusible fleece ¼ in. smaller than the pattern.
Iron the fusible fleece onto the fabric.
Optional: add decorative stitching. This is your opportunity to add your personality. I added a border with decorative stitching.
Sew two squares with right sides together leaving a 1in. opening.
Clip the corners.
Flip right side out.
Fold the opening inward and press.
Sew along ⅛in. around the perimeter.
Want to receive a PDF of the instructions to add to your sewing files?
Optional Customizations:
- Add decorative stitching
- Add trim around the edges
- Make quilted squares
- Have different fabric for the front and back
- Color block fabric
Let me know how you enjoyed this pattern and what customizations you added.