
Because we know sometimes our
tea towels are just too darn pretty to use we wanted to give you a couple of other options for things you could do with them! Here's our first project, lovely little coasters. Liz from our team made these for her gran recently and very well received they were to!

You will need...
A tea towel (We used the
teacups design, somewhat fitting we thought!)
Some fabric pieces for backing each coaster
wadding
pins
scissors
a sewing machine, although you can hand sew if you're patient and have some evenings that need filling!
Some cardboard to cut a template from.
So, to begin - make sure you're well hydrated, we suggest a nice cup of earl grey (but this shouldn't affect your final result!)
1. Cut yourself a cardboard template approximately 4.5" x 4.5"
2. Using your template as a guide cut 4 pieces from your fabric, 4 from your wadding fabric and 4 cups from the tea towel.

3. Lay your teacup front face up on a flat surface, lay backing fabric face down on top of coaster
front and lay a wadding piece on top of the backing.

4. Leaving a small gap (for turning the coaster through the right way) sew all around the edges.Once sewn, trim the corners but not too much!

5. Now turn the coaster right sides out. Stitch all the way around the edge, making
sure you catch the small space where you'd left it open so that it is sewn closed.
6. Now you can quilt the coaster as shown in the picture of the finished product, or you could freehand stitch around the tea cups for an extra effect.
Tah Dah! So there's some inspiration for something else to do with your tea towels, gets you out of the drying up for a bit longer! Now make some more for your friends!
**If you can't wait to get going on this project we're got a lovely little special offer for you. Enter code '
making' at checkout for free delivery on our
teacups tea towel until the end of November 14**