I spent all weekend making coasters. You know sometimes you find a pattern or get an idea and you just want to make a gazillion of them because they are so fun? This was a coaster making kind of weekend.
Linen, fabric scraps, machine applique and a little hand quilting. Everything I love!!
I found the pattern
here, but changed the flower and drew my own purple cone flower.
In my next post I'll show you the
other coasters I made. I couldn't stop at fabric, there had to be some out of yarn too! Here is a peek.......
Meanwhile here is a new product I found on
this blog. These are seasonings from
The Spice Hound.
So far I have tried the Tabil( a Tunisian blend) and Seasoning sea salt, and they were great. Tonight I'm going to make taco salad with the Fajita and Taco seasoning. Yummy.
When I received my order, they had included a small complimentary bag of Alaea Hawaiian sea salt. Here's what it looks like.
I sprinkled this on radishes, and then avocado slices. It's amazing!! I will definitely be ordering some of this, because the sample will be gone soon.
This weekend went by too quickly. In between sewing, I stayed on the couch and watched movies. There was a new mini series on television called
Treasure Island, which was very good, and then I watched
Man on Fire with Denzel Washington. I needed a drink after that one. I love Denzel, but there was too much violence and killing for me. I think I will stick to some
lighthearted comedy for a while. Enjoy your week :D
Very fun coasters! And love the salt - I'm crazy over different salts!
ReplyDeletePretty coasters! One of my favourite colour combinations is green and purple and it looks great on the linen.
ReplyDeleteHi Dear Lynne, I like your coasters so much. I think machine applique is so hard. I planned to learn machine applique on tihs summer holiday I think. Because when I saw your coasters I decided to learn machine applique as soon as possible..:))
ReplyDeleteAnd that is a very interesting salt that may be more healthy for me as I am a hypertansion patient. I never eat salt for my disease..
Warm spring wishes...
Those are so pretty! I can see why you'd want to make a whole bunch. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Lynne, first of all thank you so much for joining my blog!, I was kind of wondering if it was really worth it all and wondering whether it was reaching anybody out there! Now you have given me the courage to keep going.
ReplyDeleteI love the coasters, they are so pretty and i'm feeling the itch to get the sewing machine out. I know what you mean about getting hooked on something. I am having a bit of a granny square/crochet obesession at the moment. I love your blog, lots of lovely things to see. x
Love the machine applique coasters,so so cute, and of course we have to add crochet...I am a new follower... :) coasters are a quick and satisfying project and everyone likes receiving them for gifts...~~Debb
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adorable.
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