Fabric Patchwork Coasters

I've been making a lot of patchwork coasters or mug rugs of late. I have used Christmas type fabrics for most of them for gifts. However I have been asked what they are. The sizes are a bit random and shapes are a bit odd on some of them. All the patchwork was done by hand but they were made up on the machine with wadding and backing. I do find a fabric coaster excellent for gin and tonic when condensation appears on the glass, it stops drops falling on you.

And some fabrics that are not Christmas related

 

Paintings and Sewing

Cozytober - Forest

I painted on top of a gelli print for this

Doodlewash - Pirate

Spaceship

Cold

I've been making more coasters for gifts.

I hand stitched the strips but used a machine to stitch the backing on.

 

Watercolour Paintings and Patchwork Coaster

Not a Doodlewash prompt, I just got the urge to paint a hare.

The same applies with these penguins.

Now for the Doodlewash prompts

Day 22 - Outdoor Fun

Day 23 - Pathway

Day 26 - Surreal

I like a gin and tonic now and then but find that water collects under the glass on my stone coasters which drips on me when I drink so I thought I would make a fabric coaster out of scraps. I stitched the pieces together with little running stitches but used a machine for sewing the backing on.

It works very well with my G&T.

 

Coaster, Gelli Prints, Drawings, Flowers

I had my first attempt at foundation paper piecing, a coaster made from some leftover scraps.

I had read that everyone makes mistakes when they first try this but I thought I would be careful. They were right, I made mistakes.

Some gelli plate printing. I did do more than these two sheets but these were best of the bunch. I've been cutting up and collaging in a little book which I'll show at a later date.

Practicing drawing bugs with ink pens in a handmade sketchbook

We've a lot of these popping up in the garden at the moment, they must be spreading because I've not planted that many. It's nice to see a bit of colour in the garden.

Joining in with Paint Party Friday

Coasters

I was having a bit of a sort out the other day and came across these which I made in 2012. They are coasters, an experiment. I collaged papers to a spare bit of vinyl flooring I had and topped with acrylic wax. I put them away because cups were sticking to them so when you picked a cup up the coaster came too. Well I've tried them again and they don't seem so bad after all this time.

I used an old map for this one, I used to live in Durham.

I coloured the edge with a stamp pad.

Some of the vinyl flooring had a pattern with squares of the right size. I didn't go right to the edge with the decoupage for these six coasters, I used the flooring pattern as edging.

Shoes, Roses and Fluid [IF]

Brush pen drawings, my version of shoes from an historical costume book

I drew around a coaster for the shape below

The Illustration Friday challenge this week is 'fluid'.

Farrah the frog

Couldn't see the hole

Now she has found

She is stuck in the bowl