Chinese New Year is approaching, 14 Feb 2010…. same day as Valentine’s day, this year we have double celebrations!!! Woo Hoo!!! I am so excited as this is the most happening festival in a year.
This year, I made most of my Chinese New Year decorations. To start it off, I sewed a few simple coasters by using Chinese Silk. Criss-cross 4 pieces of folded rectangle silks and sew them into circular shape with bias binder. Insert fortune notes in them to become Wheel Of Fortune coasters…. just like the fortune cookies 🙂
Chinese Silk is colorful, soft and shiny like satin but it frays excessively. I would suggest to give extra seam allowance to accommodate the frays.
Remark: I made these coasters out of the inspiration from the Criss-Cross Coaster that I stumbled upon while browsing through the web.
Let see how I made these 4″ diameter Wheel of Fortune Coasters.
oh my gosh this is such a cute idea! my house is gonna be a weird asian/ geek cave. i was just looking at the safety throw pillows and thought “those would look great on a leather couch” and then i saw these. gonna make both when i have more money!
These are gorgeous! Thanks so much, I’ll be linking.
Thanks 🙂
Wow! I like it… it is so authentic and eye catching for CNY! Happy and prosperous CNY to you and family! 🙂
Gorgeous!!! I linked to your tutorial over at Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-wheel-of-fortune-coasters/2010/02/07/
–Anne