Easy-to-Sew Micro-Fiber Suede Coasters

By DIY Maven

I love micro-fiber suede. It cleans easily and it doesn’t fray, which is why it’s the perfect material for making coasters. This particular project is also a great way to play with the fancy finishing stitches on your sewing machine.

What you need:

I used a bit of leftover micro-fiber suede from a re-upholstery project, but if buying new, you’ll only need about 1/9th, or 4 inches, of a yard of fabric. (How many coasters you’ll get out of that amount depends on the width of the fabric. For comparison’s sake, a 32" x 4" section will be enough for four coasters.)

A glass to use as a template for measurement. The one I used was about 3 ½ inches in diameter.

A pencil.

Various sewing paraphernalia including thread, scissors and, of course, a sewing machine.

What you do:

First invert your glass and, using the pencil, trace a circle onto your fabric.

Cut out your circle. You’ll need two circles for each coaster.

Pin two circles together, WRONG sides together.

Select an appropriate finishing stitch on your sewing machine. I used a simple blanket stitch. Begin sewing your circles together, following the curve of your cut/circle. You might want to make a ‘practice’ coaster to play with your selected stitch, its width and your seam allowance.

When finished, trim the seam allowance close to the edge of your finishing stitch.

And you're done!

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August 28, 2007

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DIY Maven

August 30, 2007

Thanks 925! It's the contrasting thread that does it.

925studio

August 30, 2007

these look great! nice job!

Chrisjob

August 28, 2007

Oh, I see... pin the wrong sides together, with the right sides showing.

DIY Maven

August 28, 2007

Well...you're pinning the wrong sides together so your right sides show. If you wanted your coaster to have a 'wrong' side, you could make it have one, but I'm not sure why you would. Also, the suede has a bit of grip-tion, which keeps your coaster stay put, so that's another reason to have two suede-y sides. If you have fancy stitches on your machine, the machine probably came with an appropriate foot to sew some--if not all--of them. The high-end machines, like my Bernina, are BIG on special feet for special stitches. But, now that I think about it, I use the #1 foot that's in the pic for most of my fancy stitches. That includes simple zig-zag to foo-foo flower and leaf chains too.

Chrisjob

August 28, 2007

Why use the wrong sides? Because of the nature of microsuede?

You gots to get one of those special feet to do a "finishing stitch?"