Coasters

Tutorial:  How to make hexagon coasters
(without any hand stitching)

Materials To Make Four Hexagon Coasters 

1 6 inch strip – width of fabric

1 6 inch strip of batting 22 inches long

Fabric for center—smaller hexagon
Fusible web (I use Heat N Bond lite)

Hexagon templates

1 5-inch (measured point to point diagonally)

1 4-inch (measured point to point diagonally)

Let's get started

Fold fabric in half the long way right sides together.  Trace four 5-inch hexagon using template.

Carefully cut an X in the center of the top piece of fabric—not in both pieces of fabric—just the top fabric.

Pin the fabric to the batting.

Sew on the inside of the marked line back stitching at start and end of each hexagon.

Cut out each sewn hexagon about 1/8^th inch away from stitching and clip corners.

Turn inside out through the X and press.

Now for the center:  Trace four 4-inch hexagons onto fusible web.

 

Cut a window as shown.  This makes the fabric less stiff and perhaps more absorbent.  It also gives you a better view of the (back side) of the patterned fabric for placement.

Press the fusible to the backside of the fabric selected for the top center.

 

Cut out on the marked lines.

Remove backing paper from the fusible, center on the base and fuse in place on the coaster center where the cut X is located.  It covers the cut X.

Stitch center edge by hand or machine with your choice of stitch.  You can use a plain stitch, zig zag or a fancy stitch.

This one is just a blanket stitch.

This one is feather stitched.