... and some Felt Coasters

I was trying to come up with a clever / witty reason why I made these. But the truth is I saw this post by The Gold Jellybean and I just wanted to! I also read recently that you don't need a long drawn out intro into a post as sometimes people just want to see what you made and how you did it. Any thoughts on this? Anyway, here are my felt coasters:

Materials:

• Felt in various colours
• PVA Glue
• Rotary Cutter, Cutting Mat, Ruler

I chose extremely bright colours - obviously you could do this in any scheme - but my living room is actually a mixture of all of these colours (see my Ribbon Lamp) and I had recently bought this LACK side table from IKEA in bright glossy turquoise so they go well together!!

First, cut the felt into strips. I used a rotary cutter and ruler and my strips were 1cm wide. The width is how high the coasters are so you can vary this. The lengths can vary; the middle part only needs short strips and you need longer strips for the outer circles.

I ran a line of PVA glue along each strip as I went along and then began to coil them up. For my first attempt I did this quite freely without giving much thought to a pattern. I stopped when it was a decent size (mine is 9cm in diameter)

For my second one, I was more deliberate in what colours went where, where each piece should start and end, and how long each piece would need to be to give even layers.

But I like them both so its all good!

Here's a "function" shot. It makes me laugh as this is not how these coasters are going to be used.

This is more like it (if you have a normal size mug you only need one coaster but it didn't show in the photo once the mug was on it!!!!)

What do you think? What colours would you use for your house?

We are linking up to these parties!

30th October 2013: This post was featured here at Sugar Bee Crafts

6th November 2013: This post was featured here at Posed Perfection