Confetti Coasters - great Christmas gift!

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11-01-2010, 02:07 PM

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These are coasters made from swatches of 16 different fabrics, fused temporarily, cut in little pieces, arranged on a piece of muslin, then fused as a group. With a little quilting on the collage, a little batting and fusible stablizer ... they're done. Then satin stitched around the edge. Made for a bright-color friend of mine.

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11-01-2010, 02:13 PM

dlspeed1

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Those are cool, like the bright colors very much, so neat also...:)

11-01-2010, 02:16 PM

greensleeves

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Very good idea, your satin stitching is great!

11-01-2010, 03:07 PM

hperttula123

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those are cute!

11-01-2010, 03:59 PM

redquilter

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Oh I love them. Great idea.

11-01-2010, 04:52 PM

meemersmom

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What a great idea. Is there a particular type of batting or stabilizer you used since these are coasters?

11-01-2010, 04:53 PM

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They are fantastic! I don't understand the term "fused temporarily" and then "fused as a group." Can you explain exactly what you did, please?

TIA
MJ

11-01-2010, 05:00 PM

champagnebubbles

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Love them

11-01-2010, 05:13 PM

Mariposa

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Great idea! Love the brights!

11-01-2010, 05:56 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by meemersmom

What a great idea. Is there a particular
type of batting or stabilizer you used since these are coasters?

I quilted the collage to warm and natural (just the batting on the bottom) and used double-fusible pellon "heavy weight" stablizer to fuse the puffy front to the back fabric. It's also called Inner Fuse and it's expensive