Lace Doily Coasters

We're Celebrating MOM right now, and it's so fitting, because today's project actually came about because of motherly love!

Earlier this morning my daughter was driving me nuts, bossing me around like crazy and playing the "climb all over mommy like she's my personal jungle gym, and then let my body go limp and see if she can catch me before I hit the floor" game, over and over again, and finally, I broke down, and literally went in to my room and hid under my blankets(totally not kidding). You'll notice that I did not lock her in the basement, or sell her to gypsies. That's where the motherly love comes in.

Anyway, while under the blankets, enjoying my moment, I was thinking about coasters (naturally) and how cute they would be with a little lace doily on them.....

So here you go! I was going to call them " 'under the blankets' coasters" but I thought it had a bit of a scandalous connotation, so I opted for a less-creative title:

They feel sort of fresh like summer, and line-dried linens to me!

And they were so very easy!

You'll need:

eight 5" squares of muslin, or white cotton

four-4" squares of batting

and four-13" lengths of lace

1: Press the edges of your squares under 1/2"
2: Lay your batting inside four of the sqaures:
3: Place the other four squares on top, pin, and stitch around the edges in two rows.
4: Starting in the middle, spiral your lace around and around, with the bottom of each row tucked under the tops of the row before it.

5: Stitch on in a spiral pattern, so there are no edges popping up.
Back view:

I know, my stitching is really uneven, sorry.

(note to self: do not attempt a tutorial while baby-sitting 6 children. Sometimes multi-tasking is not a good thing)

Wrap them up in a pretty ribbon, and give them to your mommy!

(or not, hehe!)

Then make her a cup of tea and her favorite goodies to go with them. :o)

The cheater's guide would tell you that if you use 4" felt squares instead of cotton, it would probably be just as cute, but without that terrible pressing, and matching of sides. In case you find that kind of thing tedious! :o)

See how Dana's Celebrating MOM today!