Before my foster mother came to visit us, she had asked me to have sewing/quilting things for her to do.  She is not one who likes to sit idle, even if it’s just reading for a bit.  I had a pretty good list of projects ready for her and I could tell by the smile that reached her eyes that she was anxious to get to work!  One of my projects was making wine glass coasters.  I know they’re all the rage right now but is a great gift to keep around and gift them to wine drinking friends.  Although it seems that the most common wine glass coasters are the square ones, we were looking for something a bit different.

Then we came upon an image of round wine glass coasters and both of us loved the looks of them!  We found this pattern and tutorial from Pokey’s Ponderings.  Exactly what we were looking for and my foster mother had the best of time sorting through my fabric scrap bins to make a few dozen coasters.  I also liked the idea of using the back sides of them for coffee cup or drinking glasses coasters.

She enjoyed it so much, she spent two days making them!

She kept all of the colors of coasters except the red, white and blue ones – and I cabbaged onto them the minute I saw them.  As I am typing this, she is in my sewing room, making me one more for my collection, since I ended up with just 11 coasters instead of 12.

She didn’t quite get to everything on my list but she did make a dent in it!  Hopefully, she will go home with memories of having a fun time with our family as well as my sewing room!