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Folded strips pattern for coasters

April 17, 2019 4 Comments

Hello friends!

Years ago I made this folded star and loved it. There are so many versions on Internet but some pastel stars caught my attention.

I wanted to duplicate the texture and the colors but using something different and here is what I have done.

This was my first version of a folded strips octagon, made with Kona cotton fabrics.

Folded strips coastersVery excited with the result, I thought to make a pattern for this technique and these are the next versions- hexagons.
The piece with wide strips was designed to illustrate the technique, I love the pieces with narrow strips much more.

Folded strips coasters

Isn’t great that all the strips come from the same fabric (Effervescence by Robert Kaufman)? That’s why I love gradation and rainbow fabrics. Buy 1 yard and you will have 4, 6 or even 8 colors!

What to do with the leftover strips?

Folded strips coasters

Then I thought to make a design with strips in an intermediary width – the narrowest strips (1”) remain my favorite strips to work with.

Folded strips coasters

It looks fabulous in polka dots, right?

Because the size of the designs is small (7” for most of the designs), I chose to finish these pieces as coasters.

That’s why there is a big free-of-folds piece in the center- to accommodate a mug.

In the last moment I added some more designs…

Folded strips coasters

Folded strips coasters

It is such a FUN project.

Imagine them in Christmas fabrics!

Folded strips coasters

If you want to make your own coasters, click on the image below.

 

Happy sewing!

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Filed Under: finished quilts, sewing

Comments

  1. Esperanza Díaz Gracia says

    April 24, 2019 at 7:49 pm

    Por favor cómo puedo conseguir el tutorial de tiras plegadas para posavasos, pues me gustaría hacerlo
    Muchas gracias de antemano.

    Reply
  2. Catherine Furevick says

    May 20, 2019 at 7:53 pm

    Great ideas.

    Reply
  3. Catherine Furevick says

    May 20, 2019 at 7:54 pm

    Great ideas

    Reply
  4. Margaret Roughton says

    October 27, 2019 at 8:52 am

    I have tried to purchase your patterns but have not been successful.
    Can you let me know what the problem is please.
    Margaret

    Reply

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