Add a touch of fun to your coffee table with these adorable ruffle coasters! This beginner friendly sewing tutorial is a great project to make for yourself or as a thoughtful gift and is a fun way to use up fabric scraps!
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Materials Needed:
- Circle template
- Fabric: Cotton, linen, or quilting cotton (two coordinating pieces for front and back and one piece for the ruffle strip)
- Fusible fleece or batting
- Thread: matching or contrasting thread
- Fabric pen
- Fabric scissors
- Pinking sheers (optional)
- Clips or pins
- Sewing machine
- Iron
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Let’s get making!!
1. Prepare Your Fabric
- Main coaster pieces: Cut two circles from your main fabric, approximately 5” - 6” in diameter. My template is 6” in diameter.
- Fusible fleece or batting: Cut one using your circle template.
- Ruffle strip: Cut a strip of fabric 36” long x 2” wide. You can make the strip up to 3” wide if you’d like a wider ruffle.
2. Prepare The Ruffle
- Fold the ruffle strip in half lengthways, right sides together. Clip or pin each of the shorter edges to hold them in place.
- With a 1/4” seam allowance, sew down the short edge of each side.
- Trim the seam allowance and turn the fabric right side out.
- Give the whole strip of fabric a really good iron.
- Set your sewing machine to the longest stitch length and the highest tension setting. Using these settings will cause the fabric to gather (which is exactly what we want!)
- Sew a straight line from one end to the other 1/8” from the raw edge. Do NOT backstitch.
- Gently pull on the bobbin thread to gather the fabric until it matches the circumference of the coaster.
3. Assemble The Coaster
- If using fusible fleece, iron it on to the wrong side of on coaster piece.
- Clip or pin the gathered ruffle around the edge of the coaster piece with the fleece or batting, aligning the raw edges.
- Baste stitch the ruffle to hold it in place.
- Place the second coaster piece on top, right sides together, sandwiching the ruffle in between.
- Clip or pin to hold it in place.
- Mark a gap of approximately 2” - this area will be left un-sewn for turning right sides out.
4. Sew The Coaster
- Sew around the coaster with a 1/4” seam allowance, starting and finishing at the marked space that will be used for turning the fabric right side out. Backstitch at the beginning and the end.
- Trim any excess fabric - preferably using pinking shears - if you don’t have pinking shears notch the curves for a smoother edge.
5. Turn & Finish
- Turn the coaster right side out through the opening.
- Fold in the opening seam. Pin to hold it in place.
- Give it a really good iron and make sure the ruffles sit evenly.
- Topstitch around the edge, closing the opening and securing the ruffles.
6. Enjoy!
Your ruffle coaster is complete! Make a set in different patterns for a beautiful handmade gift!
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