How to make coasters
Let your coasters do the talking with some cheerful stitched-on slogans. A spot of simple embroidery is all you need for a party-table talking point. Chin chin!
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Set the mood for a party with these crafty coasters! These fun designs are a great way to accessorise your table for any celebration – whether it’s a birthday, a Christmas celebration or a New Year’s Eve party.
Read on for Rebecca Reid’s free tutorial for how to make your own embroidered party coasters.
Looking for more party projects? Check our our DIY New Year’s Eve party decorations, make your own DIY garden party decorations or sew some Happy Birthday bunting.
Measurements
The finished coaster measures 10cm (4in) in diameter.
Notes
Download our free Simply Sewing Templates from issue 11 to get the free embroidery patterns for this project
You Will Need
- Fabric: 20x20cm (8x8in)
- Bondaweb: 12x12cm (5x5in)
- Felt: 3mm acrylic, white 12x12cm (5x5in)
- Stranded cotton: charcoal grey
- Matching sewing thread
- Basic sewing kit
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How to make the coasters
Step 1
Trace one of the coaster templates from PDF download (link above). Place your fabric centrally right side (RS) up on top of it and trace over the words and the circular outline.
Step 2
Stitch over the words with backstitch, using four strands of grey thread.
Step 3
Press the Bondaweb, paper side up, centrally over the wrong side (WS) of the stitched circle.
Step 4
Peel off the paper backing then press it RS up on top of the felt.
Step 5
Cut out along the drawn circle outline through both layers of fabric and felt.
Step 6
Topstitch around the edge of your coaster 3mm (1⁄16in) from the edge to secure the felt to the fabric. You can easily do this by hand if you’re not confident sewing in a circle.
That’s it! Your coasters are ready to party.
Authors
Rebecca is founder of Amber Makes and has previously worked as Senior Technical Editor of Love Embroidery and Simply Sewing magazines. She works with sewing TV channels including Sewing Street, Yarn Lane and Sewing Quarter. She been stitching since she was a child and has worked on many craft magazines as well as running her own curtain-making business. She is known by her colleagues as a sewing oracle – you name it, she can sew it. She’s hugely knowledgeable about sewing techniques, fabrics and tools and is full of helpful advice for her fellow sewists, from the best place to buy curtain-making materials to which books and websites are handy for that sewing problem you’re stuck on.
