Monday 4 July 2011

Pretty and Practical?

Hi it's July already can you believe it? I've had a busy week but found a bit of time for sewing some fabric coasters. The perfect small project.
I'd been thinking of making some for a while and then last week Jenna of SewHappyGeek posted a brilliant tutorial so I gave it a go. A great way of using the countless scraps I seemed to have collected and a great way to practice a bit of quilting. They didn't need to be perfect and I could say that they are skew-whiff on purpose, just a bit of creativeness :-)
Here's the other side
I'm not sure they will practical but they look pretty. They would make a lovely gift tied up together with a bit of pretty ribbon.


10 comments:

Sian said...

They certainly would make a lovely gift. Just the kind to present to a new lodger in fact. Mmm..!!

Regena said...

they are very practical, I have several and I love them!

ForgedinPaper said...

These are fab! I love them a lot. I'm away to look out scraps and study the tutorial.

The Sunflower Patch said...

very nice!

Ifa said...

Cool! Excellent idea for using up my scrap too.

alexa said...

So very pretty! I can just see how a bundle of then would be so appreciated. Love the way you've gone for it and not worried about total regularity!

sarah h said...

They are so cute :-) (and they definitely look like you intended to sew them that way - they very retro and cool)

SewHappyGeek said...

I featured your link today on SewHappyGeek's Feature Friday!

Gems said...

Oh they are so pretty :) x

Unknown said...

They are gorgeous! Love the colours you have chosen too!