Woven Ribbon Coasters
Happy Fall! Today I have a fun fall craft for you using Gwen Studios ribbons. They have a great assortment of types, colors and sizes from which to choose at all the major craft chains. These woven ribbon coasters or mug mats are quick to make and you can choose the colors you like. I love designing with fall colors, so I chose a selection of those. They'll add bright color to your morning cup of coffee. Woven Ribbon Coasters For this coaster I used the burlap ribbon as a base and wove the colored grosgrain ribbon through the burlap ribbon. To create the base, I laid five 5" pieces of burlap ribbon next to each other. To hold these in place while weaving, I cut two strips of adhesive-backed felt and laid them across the ends of the burlap ribbons. Lengths of grosgrain ribbon were woven through the burlap base ribbons. Go around the coaster and lift and glue all the free ends of ribbon, front and back. Then you can remove the sticky...