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Upcycled Project – Where Have You Seen This Fabric?

My sewing machine whirred away for a while this Christmas season in an attempt to give small, meaningful gifts from the heart rather than the pocket book.  These coasters were one such gift and I’ll be posting about others over the next few months.  For those who have sailed on the Riggin already, the striped fabric may look familiar.  I’m not going to tell you where it came from, you have to guess!  I will say that the fabric is upcycled.  And just as it jazzes me to create dinner out of what looks like “nothing to eat” in the fridge, it was just as fun to create something out of fabric I may have otherwise thrown away like last week’s leftovers.

sew your own coasters

To Make:

Fabric remnants in 1, 2 or 3 different matching fabric.
Thin quilt batting or ugly fabric that you don’t want to see.

Cut 4, 5 inch squares from fabric 1 (the back.)
Cut 4, 4 1/2 inch squares from batting or ugly fabric.
If you’d like for the front and back to be the same fabric, cut 8, 5 inch squares of the same fabric.
Cut 4, 2 3/4 x 5 inch rectangles the back fabric.
Cut 4, 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 inch rectangles of fabric 2.
Cut 4, 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 inch rectangles of fabric 3.

sew your own coasters

Sew the small squares of fabric 2 and 3 together first with a 1/4 inch seam allowance for all.
Sew the two squares to the 2 3/4 x 5 rectangles and press.
With wrong sides facing, leave a 2 inch opening, and sew the front and back pieces together around the outer edge.  Snip the corners.
Invert as you would to make a pillow and then insert the batting material.  This took some patience to smooth out the batting and not have wrinkles.
Fold the opened seam closed and top stitch at both a 1/4 inch and right on the edge.  I also added an x, but you could easily do circles or another free form design.

Annie
Frugal gifting – gotta love it!

21 Comments

  • Norm (the Prez)
    January 6, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    I know I know ha ha I know.

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  • Pinky Rines
    January 6, 2012 at 9:46 pm

    I know! Curtains from the cabins. Is there a prize for figuring it out?????

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  • Annie Mahle
    January 10, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Yup, your names will go into a hat and we’ll do a drawing. Going to announce it in the next newsletter. (Anyone who isn’t already signed up can sign up here: http://www.mainewindjammer.com, top of the home page.) Pinky, how’s things in your household? Missing you and that good husband of yours.
    xo,
    Annie

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  • Annie Mahle
    January 10, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Yup, your names will go into a hat and we’ll do a drawing. Going to announce it in the next newsletter. (Anyone who isn’t already signed up can sign up here: http://www.mainewindjammer.com, top of the home page.) Pinky, how’s things in your household? Missing you and that good husband of yours.
    xo,
    Annie

    Reply
  • […] contest begins this month with a post on Annie’s blog. Last week she wrote about an upcycled project she made as a Christmas gift using fabric previously […]

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  • […] contest begins this month with a post on Annie’s blog. Last week she wrote about an upcycled project she made as a Christmas gift using fabric previously […]

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  • Bruce Standley
    January 17, 2012 at 5:21 pm

    Cabin curtains? Hope all is well with you and the family. Happy New Year!

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  • Susan Land
    January 17, 2012 at 6:27 pm

    I think the fabric came from the curtains on the boat.

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  • Susan Land
    January 17, 2012 at 6:27 pm

    I think the fabric came from the curtains on the boat.

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  • Beverly Keeter
    January 17, 2012 at 7:56 pm

    It’s the curtains…..:)

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  • Beverly Keeter
    January 17, 2012 at 7:56 pm

    It’s the curtains…..:)

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  • Norm (the Prez)
    January 17, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    They are the cabin curtains

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  • Norm (the Prez)
    January 17, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    They are the cabin curtains

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  • Cindy Frederick
    January 17, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    Am I too late, to say curtains in the cabins. Miss those little windows that let in the sea air.

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  • Cindy Frederick
    January 17, 2012 at 9:51 pm

    Am I too late, to say curtains in the cabins. Miss those little windows that let in the sea air.

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  • Lois Mauro
    January 18, 2012 at 12:29 am

    I love contests. I hope I can get to answer the next one.

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  • Lois Mauro
    January 18, 2012 at 12:29 am

    I love contests. I hope I can get to answer the next one.

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  • Lorraine Valenta
    January 18, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    Can the fabric be from the dish towels?

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  • Lorraine Valenta
    January 18, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    Can the fabric be from the dish towels?

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  • […] Have You Seen Me?’ contest! Those of you who guessed ‘cabin curtains’ from last month’s photo were correct. With new curtains going into cabins last year, the ones coming down made a great […]

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