Criss-Cross Coasters

I was looking through my collection of fabrics the other day and noticed an assortment of fat quarters and other fabric scraps.  I'm not really sure when or where I acquired the fat quarters but they are quite pretty and I needed something to do with them.

So in usual Kirsten form, I googled "what to make with fat quarters".  This lead me to a great post by Jenny B Harris over at Allsorts.  She had a really neat tutorial on how to make cute criss-cross coasters.  Her instructions are perfect so I won't go too crazy replicating them, but here are the steps briefly...

You will need:

• 3 fat quarters (different patterns)
• Heat Bond (Lite)

To make a set of four coasters, you will need to cut a number of 4.5" squares.  8 x fabric for the backs (white), 8 x fabric "A"(big circles) and 8 x fabric "B" (small circles). 

Use the Heat Bond to fuse two backing squares together - this gives you some extra stability.  You should now have four white "backs".

Fold all of your "A" and "B" fabric squares in half wrong sides together and iron them.  

Materials required for one coaster

Now its time to start layering.  Put one of the backing squares on the bottom, then begin stacking the criss cross pieces.  Make sure that you place the squares with the folded edges towards the centre (raw edges towards the outside). 

Steps 1 and 2

Step 3

Step 4

Pin your layers together and machine-sew all the way around the outside of the square.  Clip the corners.

Turn them inside out by pulling through the centre.  Use your favourite poking tool (I like a kebab skewer) to push out the corners so they're nice and crisp.

Iron the finished coasters and voila!