Do you have a picture of these? I am having issues with the diagrams (yes, I know I will have to make one to understand) and am curious if you have a finished pic we could see?
-- Dannielle from NY
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Hey all,
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> My 12 year old niece is visiting and so I sat her down to teach her to sew.
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> She's turned out about 30 coasters using my scraps! She's having a ball.
> She's also helping me make her quilt and some pillows and pillowcases. >
> She's making little coaster gifts for Christmas for all her friends back home -
> we're tying them up with ribbon and the special ones get a box.
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> For those of you who don't know about the coasters, they make great quickie
> gifts and look TERRIFIC. Here are the instructions:
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> And here are the boxes they fit in:
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> You can make sets of 4 or 8 to fit in the boxes.
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> I really like this project because after I finish whatever I'm doing, I
> generally have scraps. I've taken to cutting the scraps up in various sizes
> squares and I always have a stack of 5 inch squares now. I also cut up
> leftover batting into 5 inch squares, so whenever I need a quick gift, I can
> simply put a few together!
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> If you use smaller squares, and put a small loop of ribbon in one corner, you
> make small padded Christmas ornaments! They look very pretty and are easy to
> make!
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> Merry
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> Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once
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