I thought you'd like to know that Colleen Babcock of The Magic Bean blog has a wonderful tutorial on her
The Magic Bean blog showing you how to make re-purposed no-sew felt coasters. Enjoy!
Repurposed No-Sew Felt Coasters Tutorial Here's what Colleen had to say about her tutorial:
Once upon a time, I was given some coasters. They were glass with photos in them and they were good. But then time passed and they got manky. I did nothing about it. They got even more manky. I still did nothing about it. But then I was sitting on the Tube (the "subway", to those not of a British bent) and saw a lady wearing an interesting jacket and it inspired me to make new coasters. No, the jacket was not made of beer mats - don't get cheeky. Please respect Colleen's Terms of use: You may make and sell as many items as you would like from this tutorial. Be sure to give Colleen Babcock credit for design on any tags and accompanying literature. Please do not copy or distribute this tutorial. You may not sell this tutorial.
Colleen's Bio - Colleen is a cloth doll designer and teacher. Originally from Canada, Colleen has a degree in Theatre Design & Production from York University in Toronto. Now living in London, England, Colleen enjoys putting her knowledge of historical costume into many of her designs. Colleen teaches cloth doll making both online and in person and has enjoyed recent trips to teach in North America and well as teaching in the UK. Colleen has contributed a doll to Patti Medaris Culea’s book Creative Cloth Doll Beading as well as Barbara Willis’ recently published book Cloth Doll Artistry. Colleen has also had dolls featured in Soft Dolls and Animals, Doll Crafter and Costuming, and Art Doll Quarterly magazines. Colleen has had dolls exhibited at the Knitting & Stitching Show in London and at the National Needlework Archive in Newbury, Berkshire. Colleen loves producing & selling doll patterns so that others can enjoy making their own cloth dolls.
Colleen’s particular interest is in making dolls that have a practical purpose as well as decorative one. Oh and she has an un-natural love of alfafa sprouts, loves Elmo, her husband and her parents and friends, but that goes without saying (Ok, well, maybe not the alfafa sprouts bit).
© Colleen Babcock 2008 - All Rights Reserved Colleen Babcock. Please visit Colleen's "
The Magic Bean Blog" at
http://www.themagicbean.typepad.com/ and her
The Magic Bean Etsy Shoppe at
http://www.etsy.com/shop/themagicbean. She also teaches classes online: Doll Street Dreamers -
Bamboo Oracle and Joggles -
Water Lily.
