Coasters for Lindsay

Confession: Sometimes I am a bad friend. Lindsay, one of my fellow book club girls, had a birthday on November 6...and I completely missed it. I have an excuse (my cousin's house burned down that day), but still, I forgot to even text a measly "Happy Bday!" Lame.

I made a set of 4 coasters as a belated birthday gift for Lindsay this weekend. (I guess it's better late than never!) The execution of these was pretty straightforward. I first pieced together a bunch of scraps into this rectangle:

Then I traced and cut out circles, added some batting and backing material, sewed them right sides together, and then flipped them right sides out. I stitched about 1/8 in around the edges and randomly quilted straight lines on each coaster.

And I finally made use of the Warm Tater batting sample that I got in my Sewing Summit SWAG bag. My Sewing Summit roomie, Dana, and I had laughed at this product because the packaging had said something like, "For all of your microwaving needs!"

I don't know about you, but I don't usually put my quilts in the microwave.

Anyway, I figured that if the intention of the product was to provide heat-safe insulation, then it would be perfect for a set of coasters. I really didn't notice much difference between Warm Tater and regular batting. It did seem to be a little denser, which is nice, but I have also not used any of The Warm Company's batting before, so it may just be a difference in brands.

Technically, I haven't even given these coasters to Lindsay yet, so maybe I shouldn't be posting this yet. They are sitting in the front seat of my car all wrapped up right now. I am grabbing dinner with Lindsay and Lauren tonight and am banking on the fact that Lindsay is a teacher and probably doesn't have time to check my blog during the day. Guess we'll see if I am right on that theory!