My Criss-Cross Coasters tutorial, as well as Criss-Cross Coasters Another Way (with the triangles like this), tutorials are the most viewed pages on my blog. Sometimes simple is best. And for sure, less is more.
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Showing posts with label criss cross coasters. Show all posts
Thursday, January 10, 2013
VALENTINE CRISS-CROSS COASTERS
My Criss-Cross Coasters tutorial, as well as Criss-Cross Coasters Another Way (with the triangles like this), tutorials are the most viewed pages on my blog. Sometimes simple is best. And for sure, less is more.
Monday, February 7, 2011
AND THE WINNER IS.....................................
Three gals emailed me with the correct answer: Boutique, by Chez Moi, for Moda. I numbered them in order received. 1. Carmela, 2. Tiffany, 3. Angela.
The random number generator is ready to play.
The winner is #1.
What? #1 never wins anything, yet I've seen it happen twice in the past week. Carmela, your prize will go out today. Thanks to everyone for playing along.
The random number generator is ready to play.
The winner is #1.
What? #1 never wins anything, yet I've seen it happen twice in the past week. Carmela, your prize will go out today. Thanks to everyone for playing along.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
CRISS CROSS COASTER TUTORIAL
As promised here's my tutorial for making criss-cross coasters. You will need one charm pack to make a set of 6 and have 6 left over to make whatever you choose.
Divide your charms into sets of 6 with good contrast in each set. It takes 6 charms to make one coaster and you want that contrast so your criss-cross shows.
Place two charms wrong sides together. Lay them on your work surface to form the base of your coaster. Note that the one facing up will end up being the back of your coaster, and the other one will barely be seen, if at all.
Fold the other 4 charms wrong sides together. These will be referred to as fc's -- folded charms.
Lay your first folded charm (fc) on the base, keeping the raw edges together and the fold will be at the center of the base.
Lay your 2nd fc on as shown. Always keep the folded edge to the center and the raw edges together at the outside.
Continue with the 3rd fc in the same manner.
Likewise lay the 4th fc on the stack.
Flip up the first fc to cover half of the 4th fc.
This is what your stack should look like. The base is there, but can't be seen.
Stitch through all layers all around the outside edge with a 1/4" seam, pivoting at the corners.
This is how it should look after sewing all layers together with that one seam.
Trim the corners to reduce bulk.
Stick your thumb in the center and....
Turn it right side out, and voila! You have it!
Here's a link to another version made from 4.5" squares and using batting in the bottom layer. There are 6 layers of fabric anyway, so I don't think the batting is needed, but it's nice to have options, isn't it? And if you find my directions clear as mud, these are pretty clear and pretty much the same thing. Just smaller and with batting.
There's another way to fold your charms to get another look with these. I'll post that soon.
Remember, I have a contest going. Can you recognize the fabric line my charm pack was from? It's a current line. I just bought it last Sat. If you know, drop me an email at nana.quilts@gmail.com with your guess, and I'll enter the correct answers into a random generator next Mon. to select a winner of a small but nice prize.
Divide your charms into sets of 6 with good contrast in each set. It takes 6 charms to make one coaster and you want that contrast so your criss-cross shows.
Place two charms wrong sides together. Lay them on your work surface to form the base of your coaster. Note that the one facing up will end up being the back of your coaster, and the other one will barely be seen, if at all.
Fold the other 4 charms wrong sides together. These will be referred to as fc's -- folded charms.
Lay your first folded charm (fc) on the base, keeping the raw edges together and the fold will be at the center of the base.
Lay your 2nd fc on as shown. Always keep the folded edge to the center and the raw edges together at the outside.
Continue with the 3rd fc in the same manner.
Likewise lay the 4th fc on the stack.
Flip up the first fc to cover half of the 4th fc.
This is what your stack should look like. The base is there, but can't be seen.
Stitch through all layers all around the outside edge with a 1/4" seam, pivoting at the corners.
This is how it should look after sewing all layers together with that one seam.
Trim the corners to reduce bulk.
Stick your thumb in the center and....
Turn it right side out, and voila! You have it!
Here's a link to another version made from 4.5" squares and using batting in the bottom layer. There are 6 layers of fabric anyway, so I don't think the batting is needed, but it's nice to have options, isn't it? And if you find my directions clear as mud, these are pretty clear and pretty much the same thing. Just smaller and with batting.
There's another way to fold your charms to get another look with these. I'll post that soon.
Remember, I have a contest going. Can you recognize the fabric line my charm pack was from? It's a current line. I just bought it last Sat. If you know, drop me an email at nana.quilts@gmail.com with your guess, and I'll enter the correct answers into a random generator next Mon. to select a winner of a small but nice prize.
Monday, January 31, 2011
CRISS-CROSS COASTERS
Phew! Just in the nick of time (6 hours left in January), I have an OPAM finish! I realized today that it was the last of the month, so I took out this project. I've been wanting to making these for a couple years, since I first saw them floating around on the net. I don't think it's a published pattern, but I will put a tutorial on my blog in a few days for how to make them, as well as a link to another variation. Hint, they are NOT made from 4-patches, and there is only ONE seam.
I used a charm pack to make these coasters. Can you guess which fabric line it's from? Following Angela's lead, I've decided to run a little blog contest. If you think you know the name of the fabric, please leave a comment (well you are always welcome to do that anyway) that you'll be emailing me with your guess (nana.quilts@gmail.com). Don't post it in your comment for all to se! I will place all correct guesses into a random generator on Monday. The winner winner will receive.......???????????? Well, I'm not sure what yet. It will be something nice, but not huge, LOL!
So come on and play with me, please.
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