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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Cupcake Coaster Tutorial

To those of you visiting from Plum and June's Let's Get Aquainted Blog Hop, welcome!

I started Little Bunny Quilts a year ago to share my quilting progress and ideas. I've had a needle and thread in my hand since I was 6 or 7, started quilting in high school, and have gotten full force into sewing and quilting since the start of 2011.

Let's make some cupcake coasters!

You will need:
Batting Scraps
Focus fabric for front
Backing fabric
Binding Fabric (approximately 18-20 inches in length per coaster)


For each coaster cut:
One 4" square for your front
One 5" square for your back (precut squares make things very easy!)


Layer your front square, batting (I used batting scraps cut at 5 inches across and trimmed them once quilting was done), and your backing square together. Quilt as desired. (I quilted mine with straight lines approximately a quarter of an inch apart.) Trim off excess batting.



Sew on binding as desired. Ta da! Maybe even put some cupcakes on your cupcake coasters.


Here's another set that I whipped up in less than an hour for a gift:


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20 comments:

  1. MinaAugust 16, 2012 at 9:18 AM

    cute project and I love the tea cup quilt!

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  2. Quilt Doodle DesignsAugust 16, 2012 at 9:52 AM

    Adorable coasters!

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  3. CatherineAugust 16, 2012 at 10:55 AM

    I like your coasters - and your mosaic is very impressive:-) Nice to meet you through the hop.

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  4. Martha August 16, 2012 at 11:33 AM

    Hi Alison, nice to meet you. Great tutorial. I love the cupcake frabric.

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  5. audreyAugust 16, 2012 at 12:21 PM

    It's nice to meet you! The girl who taught me to quilt is also a full time chemistry PhD student, so it made me laugh to know there are more than one of you out there who also quilt to cope! :)

    I found some cupcake fabric a few months back, and the cupcakes had faces, and some of them looked really angry. It cracked me up, but I kept thinking, what would I use this for? And I didn't buy any. Now I'm kicking myself because, hello! I could have had angry cupcake coasters! Sadly, I don't remember the fabric line. But maybe I'll stumble across it again? Thanks for sharing!

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  6. Liz DandeliondDAugust 16, 2012 at 1:13 PM

    Hello - its nice to *meet* you on the blog hop.
    I am going through a making coasters phase at the moment.
    Great tute.
    Hope you will hop on over to my blog if you have time.
    Kind regards
    Liz
    xxxx

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  7. BethAugust 16, 2012 at 1:54 PM

    Great to learn more about you. The cupcake coasters are adorable.

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  8. CathyAugust 16, 2012 at 9:40 PM

    Lovely to meet you! Cute cupcake coasters!

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  9. Heidi StaplesAugust 16, 2012 at 11:53 PM

    So nice to meet you, Alison. You have some beautiful finishes in that mosaic. Sewing keeps me sane too, so I'm right there with you. :) Great little coasters there too!

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  10. Books_BoundAugust 17, 2012 at 12:54 AM

    I remember instantly following your blog when I saw that you were a PhD student too. :) Gotta do something to stay sane(ish) don't we?

    You have fantastic taste in both books and TV shows.

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  11. FosterAugust 18, 2012 at 9:31 PM

    I'm a few days late on the Plum and June blog hop but it is good to meet you. Those coasters are darling!

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  12. MyraAugust 19, 2012 at 12:20 PM

    Those coasters are adorable! What a great gift idea, and I love how they can be accomplished so quick! Thanks for the tutorial.

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  13. Janice @ Better off ThreadAugust 19, 2012 at 2:54 PM

    It was nice to meet you and those are really cute coasters! Your new blog header is really cute, too!

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  14. Kristy QPAugust 19, 2012 at 10:14 PM

    Lots of beautiful projects there! I'm amazed at how much you fit in while studing :)

    Sweet little coasters too. As for that teacup quilt... love!

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  15. Sarah LouAugust 20, 2012 at 10:06 AM

    Nice to meet you! It always amazes me how busy so many quilters are, how do you find the time? The coasters are very cute, and it's such a lovely idea for a gift too.

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  16. Chris Dodsley @made by ChrissieDAugust 20, 2012 at 12:34 PM

    Great gift idea and tutorial, I was already following your blog but it's good to find out more about you today :)

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  17. Chez RooAugust 23, 2012 at 1:03 AM

    Very cute! It's nice to get to know you - it makes total sense that quilting would be a great hobby for a grad students and stay at home mothers (those two jobs are not actually dissimilar), a great outlet for creativity and productivity.

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  18. Amira@littlemushroomcapAugust 23, 2012 at 9:20 PM

    These are super cute!! Just like the maker.. You are also a graduate student! We have two things in common! Just became your follower...

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  19. Cynthia@wabisabiquiltsSeptember 2, 2012 at 4:00 AM

    Catching up on the blog hop.... nice to know more about you... so impressive that you are quilting while going to graduate school - terrific! I can totally relate to the idea of quilting keeping one sane!

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  20. DebbieSeptember 14, 2012 at 1:39 PM

    Really cute coasters! I'm catching up on the hop too - nice to 'meet' you!

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