Sew a Felt Flower Coaster

These felt flower coasters are so easy to stitch. They’re a great way to showcase your favourite fabric prints and treasured scraps. And they make a lovely gift. They’re also an ideal quick sewing project to add to a parcel for a crafty friend. Read on to learn how to sew these simple wool felt and fabric creations.

Let’s get started!

You Will Need

• Two x 5 1/2″ (14cm) squares of wool felt. See this blog post for tips on working with Wool Felt
• 4″ (10cm) square of print fabric
• 4″ (10cm) square of paper-backed fusible heat bonding web like vliesofix
• 5 1/2″ (14cm) square of freezer paper
• embroidery floss and needle
• printout of the template

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Let’s Get Stitching

Download, save and then print out the template at 100%, with no page scaling or cropping. (However, to make coasters that are larger or smaller, feel free to reduce or enlarge the template when printing).

Trace the centre circle onto the paper side of the fusible heat bonding web. Roughly cut around the outside of the shape, leaving a 1/4″ allowance from the shape edge.

Trace the flower template onto the paper side of the freezer paper, making a mark (like the small arrow in the image below) to indicate the top of the template. Roughly cut around the outside, like you did with the heat bonding web.

Position the heat bonding web circle onto the wrong side of your chosen print fabric. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for the heat bonding web, to secure it to the fabric with a warm iron.

Cut out the template circle on the line, then peel off the backing paper. Set your fabric circle aside.

Position the freezer paper flower shape onto the felt and press carefully in place with a dry, warm iron. Note: use a press cloth or fabric scrap to cover the felt and paper, to avoid damaging the felt (especially if the felt is not 100% wool).

Cut out the felt flower on the template line. When you peel off the freezer paper, mark the top of the flower (where the arrow is) with a pin or clip.

Use the same method (re-using the same freezer paper flower) to cut out a second identical felt flower. This time cut as close as you can to the template edge. Be sure to use a pin or clip to mark the top petal on this second felt flower, as you remove the freezer paper.

TIP: Put the flower template aside to re-use when you’d like to sew another coaster, as freezer paper can be used many times over!

Centre the fabric circle on one of the felt flowers, so that the fabric is facing out. If your fabric is directional, make sure the pinned top petal is at the top. Following the manufacturer’s instructions iron the fabric circle in place with a warm, dry iron. Again, use a press cloth to protect your fabric and felt.

Thread your embroidery needle with three strands of embroidery floss to match your fabric print. Blanket stitch around the outside edge of the fabric circle. If you need a refresher on blanket stitch, please visit the Molly and Mama Stitch Library.

Secure your stitching well on the back of the flower as you change thread, or when you finish.

The finished flower front will look like this;

Pin the second felt flower behind the first (making sure the top petals match each other). Blanket stitch the raw edges together, sewing around the outside edge of each petal until you return to the starting point. Hide your knots and the end of your floss on the inside of the two felt layers, as you start, change threads and then finish. Your completed coaster is all ready for use.

I’ve made several of these now and I love choosing different fabric scraps and felt colours to match. They look so pretty!

I use these under my vases of flowers. So they’re practical as well as pretty.

You could also use them under your tea cups and mugs. What a lovely addition to your table setting. I have hand washed these before with great success too!

I really hope you enjoy sewing them. Please be sure to share if you do.

If you’d like to try your hand at other felt projects, I have some cute patterns in the Molly and Mama store. Some are made entirely of wool felt, but many incorporate felt into appliqué and more.

And there’s also some easy tutorials on the blog too, like these yummy felt donuts!

Happy felt sewing! Lauren x