These were the first two. I didn't get a picture of the one that was already quilted. One member of my fiber group was appalled that I would cut them up, but they had been sitting there doing no one any good and I had a good use for them.
I quilted them, using Peltex as the batting, on my Sweet Sixteen, which does not balk at all those seams as my Bernina does. It must have a stronger motor because it just glides over everything. A pure pleasure!
And I cut them up into coasters. I did a machine buttonhole stitch around each one.
I used an old coaster as a pattern.
You may notice that there was some quilted fabric left over and those were made into bookmarks. When I borrow a book, I like to return it with a pretty bookmark. They will also get buttonhole stitching.
Then I found some old nine-patch blocks left over from baby quilts.
Here is one I haven't used yet. What I do is slice it up into long wedges from side to side. Then I pick three other fabrics in coordinating fabrics and add wedges of those and sew them together. Then I slice that piece up into wedges and sew that together.
I was able to get 10 coasters from this. Hard to see the kitties, but you can if you look closely.
These were made from a 12" crazy pieced block. It gave me four coasters and four bookmarks.
There are even more, but I don't want to bore you. What am I going to do with all those coasters? The navy ones will go to my Florida home. The blue and yellow will stay here in CT (I used them today for a meeting) and the rest will be gifts. I think they would make nice hostess gifts tied up in a pretty ribbon.
I am linking up with Off the Wall Friday.
2 comments:
Great idea! I may have a few blocks around that I can use.
Great use of your unwanted blocks. I'd love to borrow a book and find a gorgeous fabric bookmark in it!
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