Patriotic Reversible Palette Coaster Sewing Tutorial

Patriotic Reversible Palette Coaster Sewing Tutorial

Celebrate Summer Sewing and stitch a set of Reversible Palette Coasters! This red, white, and blue sewing project is stitched with 5″ fabric squares, our FREE! Applique Printable, and our easy sewing tutorial, below! Our reversible drink coasters, or mug rugs, feature an envelope back and a front flat surface — an ideal “palette” for showcasing thread embellishment! The reverse side opens to wrap around the base of a stemmed-glass.

  What is a Palette Coaster? Team NZP named our Reversible Palette Coasters for the coaster’s front surface, which is an ideal area — or palette — to showcase a variety of fabrics or techniques. Stitch a set of Palette Coasters featuring Americana Appliques,  or choose thread embellishment – as we did here, or choose a beautiful fabric print, fun novelty fabric, or a leftover quilt block. Try a new technique when making your Palette Coasters! Prior to seaming your coasters together, decorate the front fabric “palette” with ribbons, trims, appliqué, machine embroidery, and/or nearly any embellishments you’d like – you’re the designer!

Reversible Palette Coaster Supply Listing

• Cotton Quilting Two Fat Quarters, or Assorted 5″ Fabric Squares
  
• Quilter’s Starch Savvy
• Pellon’s® ShirTailor Interfacing by the Yard
• Eze-View Pressing Cloth
  
• Patriotic GlaMore Metallic Rayon Thread Pack
• Schmetz Super Nonstick Needles, Size 100/16
• Schmetz Universal Needles, Size 90/14
• Clover’s Wonder Clips
• Clover’s Bordeaux Scissors
• Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner
• Rotary Cutter, mat, and ruler
• Straight Tailor’s Awl Stiletto
  
• Iron 
• Standard Sewing Thread

Reversible Palette Coaster Sewing Tutorial featuring Thread Embellishment

Approximate finished size: 4-1/2″ x 4-1/2″

  Preshrink  fabric by steaming and pressing, and steaming and pressing a second time, and then spray press and starch fabric with June Tailor’s Quilter’s Starch Savvy — press and starch, press and starch.

Thread Embellishment: Note: We’re making Palette Coasters from just two fat quarters.

• Cut one 16″ square front “palette” fabric.
• Cut two 16″ square ShirTailor Interfacing.

• Using a Eze-View Pressing Cloth, press one 16″ square ShirTailor Interfacing to the wrong side of 16″ square front “palette” fabric. Press the second 16″ square ShirTailor Interfacing to the previously pressed interfacing.

• Insert a new Schmetz Super Nonstick Needles, Size 100/16, and stitch a few random straight lines across the stabilized fabric with a spool of thread from Patriotic GlaMore Metallic Rayon Thread Pack.

• Continue stitching random straight lines across the stabilized fabric, changing thread colors as desired.

When changing threads, cut decorative threads at the spool, and pull thread from machine — at presser foot.

• Cut 5″ crosswise fabric strips from thread-embellished fabric.

• Subcut fabric strips into 5″ squares.

To Make One Reversible Palette Coaster:

• Cut three 5″ fabric squares from a coordinating fabric – for the reverse “envelope” side of the coaster.

• Press two coordinating 5″ fabric squares in half, creating 2-1/2″ x 5″ folded fabric rectangles.

• Layer thread-embellished square to one 5″ coordinating fabric square, with wrong sides together and thread-embellished square facing up. Position two 2-1/2″ x 5″ fold fabric rectangles over thread-embellished square – with folded edges meeting at middle, and raw edges aligning to outer edges.

• Wonder Clip edges.

• Insert a new Schmetz Universal Needles, Size 90/14 and thread sewing machine with standard sewing thread. Stitch just one side seam with 1/4″ seam allowance. Stitch seam twice, for durability!

• Stitch opposite side seam. Stitch seam twice, for durability!

• Use Nancy Zieman’s “Wrapped Corner” technique to “wrap” the seam toward project center – folding along previous stitching line. Stitch seam twice, for durability!

• Stitch the fourth seam with Nancy’s Wrapped Corner Technique. Stitch seam twice, for durability!
• Use Clover’s Bordeaux Scissors to clip away all four corners – to reduce bulk.

• Turn Reversible Palette Coaster right side out.
• Use Point 2 Point Turner to push out corners.

• Press.

Celebrate Summer Sewing and stitch a set of Reversible Palette Coasters! Our red, white, and blue reversible drink coasters, or mug rugs, feature a front flat surface — an ideal “palette” for showcasing thread embellishment! The reverse envelope back opens to wrap around the base of a stemmed-glass.

And/Or, embellish a set of Reversible Palette Coasters with Appliqués! Download Team NZP’s FREE! Americana Appliqué Printables PDF!

Visit Team NZP’s Halloween Appliqué Coaster Sewing Tutorial with FREE! Spooky Fun Halloween Appliqué Printable PDF.

Celebrate Summer Sewing Related Posts

Celebrate Summer Sewing and stitch our Folded Hot Pads! This red, white, and blue sewing project is stitched with four fat quarters and Pellon’s Insul-Fleece Batting. Make our Folded Hot Pad in 30 Minutes with our super-easy step-by step sewing instructions!

Patriotic Folded Hot Pad Supply Listing

• Four coordinating cotton quilting fabrics Fat Quarters. Note: Four Fat Quarters makes two Hot Pads!
• 1/4 yd. Pellon® Insul-Fleece Batting
• Quilter’s Starch Savvy
• Clover’s Wonder Clips
• Schmetz Size 90 Jeans/Denim Needle
• Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner
• Clover’s Bordeaux Scissors
• Rotary Cutter, mat, and ruler
• Iron 
• Standard Sewing Thread
• Optional: Walking Foot
• Optional: The Big Jig

Celebrate Summer Sewing and stitch our Patriotic Table Topper! This red, white, and blue table topper is created with 2-1/2″ Fabric Strips and Pellon’s convenient 2-1/2″ Precut Cotton Batting Strips! The sewing is fun and the finished table topper provides a festive table centerpiece.

Patriotic Table Topper Supply Listing

• Four Coordinating Fat Quarters: One for inner circle, one for under circle, and three for surrounding strips.
• Pellon’s 2-1/2″ Precut Cotton Batting Strips
• Clover’s Wonder Clips
• Clover’s 5-in-1 Sliding Gauge
• Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner
• Fabric Marking Pen
• Clover’s Bordeaux Scissors
• Rotary Cutter, mat, and ruler
• Iron & June Tailor’s Cut ‘n Press II
• Open Toe Presser Foot
• Optional: Edge Joining Presser Foot
• Standard Sewing Thread
• Schmetz Size 90 Jeans/Denim Needle

Celebrate Summer Sewing and stitch our patriotic Wrap-N-Zap Baked Potato Zapper & Veggie Steamer Bag! Sew this super-quick sewing project with Pellon’s Wrap-N-Zap Batting and two fun fat quarters!

Wrap-N-Zap Baked Potato Zapper and Veggie Steamer Bag Sewing Supply Listing

• Outer Fabric – 100% Cotton – One Fat Quarter
• Lining fabric – 100% Cotton – One Fat Quarter
• Pellon WZ-45 Wrap-N-Zap 1 package 100% Cotton Batting (45″ x 36″)
• 100% Cotton Sewing Thread

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