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I have finally made the coasters I promised and they are on their way to Stephanie right now.  The pic is a little blurry and intentionally small so it doesn’t give the game away too much.  I may post more pics when she receives them although they will still be blurry (unfortunately, I could only use my camera phone which is usually awesome but cannot handle close-up things!).

A while ago, I promised I would make some quilted coasters like the one’s I made for my mother-in-law for Mother’s Day for Stephanie and so far, they have not been made. It was her birthday recently so I thought, ‘Great! I will send her some for that!’ but the day came and went and still no coasters. I blame this new blog. I have been tweaking and fixing. I also blame a recent trip to Ikea where we bought a new craft table because my other one was too small. I also bought new storage boxes for all my craft gubbins. I have only just started to organize said craft area and as such, no craftin’ as been happening while there is so much mess. The light is at the end of the tunnel, though. I am almost all tidied up in my little creative corner of my world and Stephanie will (goddammit) receive her long-awaited coasters, hopefully before she turns 31.

Last Sunday was Mother’s Day and I was planning on making both mums something but both efforts went badly wrong.   I am still working on my mums gift but this is the last minute replacement I made for Rich’s mum.

They are little quilted coasters from Joelle Hoverson’s Last minute Patchwork & Quilted Gifts.  The book is great and I was dying to start making stuff from it after seeing it in Martha Stewart Living magazine.  Sorry the photo is a little blurry, I had to snap in a hurry.  The material is some of my favourite in my stash and so I hope she liked them!

I ended up giving my mum my first sewing project since I got my new machine.  If nothing else, it has sentimental value.

Emily has now received the mini quilt I made for her friend so I can show it to you without ruining the surprise!!!

A bit closer…

And of course I have to sign it:

And I have an Etsy shop so if you would like one of these made just for you, mosey on over and have a gander.