I have taken a small break from quilting to try out my Christmas present to myself, RESIN. What fun. I played around with beads till I got a handle on things and now have coasters woohoo. I thought I would share how to make these with scraps from my quilts.
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I bought a mold for these lovely coasters, I know there are many resins out there but I got these and will try out more later. Mix for a ratio of 1:1 (or as your resin directs) stir WELL and pour into mold. I learnt through Youtube how to get rid of the bubbles, gentle heat gun or blow dryer. Its that easy.

The hard part is waiting for 24hrs till you can take them out.

Next you will need:

Good glue

toothpicks or brush

scissors

fabric

cork

I chose my favorite African print, I had about just enough left for this project so yay.

Glue around the outside edge (on the back of the coaster of course) and a small bit in the middle.

I found gluing the whole thing gave the fabric a funny look, but I might try other glues.

Position the fabric where you want and press down securely. roughly trim.

I wanted something on the back of the coaster to give it a better look than just glues fabric so I looked around my small craft area and found my cork paper, PERFECT. Glue the cork on as you did the fabric. Press fermly, I waited about 1/2 hr and then trimmed the fabric and cork. Its that easy.

You might notice in the back I have a bead. I try not to waist anything so from my little scraps of fabric and cork I made a few beads hahahaha. What fun, but time consuming.

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 So here is my next project. People have asked for the pattern for these quilts. It is a complicated method but once you have it down its so easy. I will be working on getting this published on my website (which I also have to finish haha). As I go through the trials and errors of publishing my first pattern I will be blogging about it. This should be fun and NOT AT ALL TAXING FOR A VOCABULARY/GRAMMAR incompetent quilter hahaha.

Wow HIIIIII!
It has been so long, with so much going on. I had to close the store in Botswana and move back to Oregon USA. I however still have stories untold and pictures to share, so stay tuned as I build my website again and get into the grove of things.