Here are the rest of the coasters that I made last week, but started in December. I have separated them into a couple of color groups. I'm not sure what I'll do with them yet, but perhaps I'll give them away to friends.

By the way, I got the fabric at Fiber Notion in Park Slope. They have lots of great, cute charm packs, along with all the other crafty goods you can buy there.

This is the front side of the set that I am keeping for myself. I love the colors.

 

And this is the back of my set.

 

Front: Blue/Yellow set.

 

Back: Blue/Yellow set.

 

Front: Brown set.

 

Back: Brown set.

 

Front: Red set.

 

Back: Red set.

This little present was severely overdue.

It's for my friend, Rose, who wanted to give her family some new place mats for christmas. Yes, I know. Christmas. Yikes! I've learned my lesson. I feel terrible and I'll never do this again. Sorry, Rose.

These place mats were a little more complicated than my own, but I think they are worth it. (Perhaps I'll need a new set for myself?) I did learn something new in the process of making them: how to sew binding on solely by machine. I had only ever attached binding on quilts by machine sewing one side and hand sewing the rest. This is so much quicker.

I also realized that I had been folding my mitered corners incorrectly, too. Thank god I figured it out. It's much neater when you do it right. 

Here's a little close up of my newly perfected corners:

Don't you just love the Alexander Henry 2D Zoo print? I do! Apparently, I can't get enough... here & here.

I added a little suprise to the package for Rose. She has asked me about these coasters I started awhile back and said she could use a few for her new place. I like them a lot. Not perfect, but the fabric is cute. I'll post the pictures of the rest of the coasters soon.