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Home Sewing Patterns Fortune Cookie and Fan Coaster Sewing Pattern

Fortune Cookie and Fan Coaster Sewing Pattern

Difficulty

Beginner

Material

Cotton

Designer

Carolyn Letten

Techniques

Sewing with Felt

Pattern Guide

Download

Difficulty

Beginner

Material

Cotton

Designer

Carolyn Letten

Techniques

Sewing with Felt

Pattern Guide

Download

About this pattern

Show your sophisticated side by crafting these fabric fortune cookies by Carolyn Letten.

Impress your friends and add some fun by writing your own fortunes and seeing who gets what! The set also includes beautiful fan coasters – why not make this duo for Chinese New Year celebrations or at your next dinner party? We've used an array of colourful fabric prints for our decorations and brought out their detail by using striking black sewing thread.

Essentials

Fabric, cotton: assorted prints in shades yellow, red, purple, black, pink, white
Felt, assorted colours
Wadding
Washi tape
Glue stick, acid-free
Pinking shears

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Top sewing tip

To make a striking placemat, add heavier weight wadding, then sew four fans together in a circle.

Meet the designer

Owner of The Bobbin Bird, Carolyn Letten works from her Scarborough studio creating textile art inspired by the beautiful Yorkshire Coast & Moors. She also teaches free motion machine embroidery workshops and is a freelance designer for creative publi