When I was in Texas last month, my parents and I went shopping at HEB. While checking out, I found this DIY magazine and knew that I had to have it.

I read it while in Texas and then when I got home I forgot all about it, because I couldn’t find it. Well, today was packing day and **BAZINGA** there it was tucked in the outside cover of my suitcase.

So happy!

This article is why I bought the magazine in the first place.

I thought I was going to make some patterned pillow covers, and I might, but I started out with some fabric coasters because they are quicker to make than pillow covers and I was supposed to be packing.

I do not like packing – could you tell? 🙂

Anyway…I have yards and yards of cotton canvas fabric so that was my fabric choice for this little project. I had also purchased this stencil from Joann’s last week just knowing that inspiration would strike me somehow and I would use it.

I cut a 5×5 inch square from the cotton canvas and green frog taped the stencil onto the fabric at an angle. I put things at an angle because it makes me feel artsy. ha.

Next I mixed up 1 tablespoon of Miss Mustard Seed Milk Paint powder Typewriter with 2 tablespoons of water. I had this milk paint left over from this project.

After mixing the paint and letting it sit for 10 minutes or so, I used a round stenciling brush to apply the paint (A simple up and down tamping motion does the trick).

Remove the stencil and let the fabric dry while moving on to the 3 remaining squares repeating the same process.

The magazine instructs that after letting the paint dry for two hours you should then heat set it with an iron using a pressing cloth. This will be a shock to no one, but I didn’t wait two hours and I have no idea what a pressing cloth is. Goggle said that a pressing cloth was a cloth that allowed you to see what you were pressing and help prevent scorching.

Good to know.

I used a cotton dish towel that my Grandma had embroidered a cow on. It worked great.

But before pressing, I had to make my coasters. I cut out 4 more matching squares to be used as the backs of the coasters and also 4 pieces of interfacing to be placed between the cotton canvas to give the coasters a little strength.

Then after sewing up the fourth side, I ironed them to set the paint.

Something different and a little bit elegant.

What do you think?

Wendy

If you are also packing or trying to avoid something you don’t like to do….you can purchase the coasters here.  🙂