Friday, December 11, 2009

CD Coasters

Do you remember this apron from last year? It was made for a dear friend who loves "A Charlie Brown Christmas." I had some of the fabric left over, so when I found a tutorial for CD Coasters, I knew what to make!


And here is an excellent tutorial for the coasters: http://scrapdash.blogspot.com/2008/03/cd-coasters-tutorial.html

I made my patterns a little differently, though. I simply traced 3 circles with a CD. I made one larger for the outside, one slightly smaller for the batting and one exact for the back. And I made mine in this order: glued the batting on first, then sewed on the top (over the batting so the top of the coaster is padded--obviously, I used thin batting (low loft?). You could use felt.) and finally, a piece of felt on the back. Her way is much faster and easier, but I like the padding on top!
Here is the finished product:


I'll be sending them to her this week, with some homemade cookies. I even found a square Christmas gift box that these fit into perfectly!

3 comments:

Becky said...

Those are cute! Of course, now I've got the Charlie Brown Christmas music stuck in my head...

Mary said...

Very cute. I love it when frugal meets cute meets useful all in one package!

LaVonne said...

What cute fabric. You are a nice friend! Merry Christmas. :)