Fabric Christmas Coasters {FREE Template Pattern}

These fabric Christmas coasters are a quick and beginner-friendly sewing project that adds a festive, handmade touch to your holiday table. They are perfect for using fabric scraps and can be made in a variety of Christmas prints and colors. In this tutorial, you will learn how to sew fabric Christmas coasters step by step, including cutting fabric, adding fusible fleece for structure, assembling the layers, and finishing with a clean topstitched edge.

How to Sew Fabric Christmas Coasters

These cute DIY fabric Christmas coasters are really quick and easy to make for beginners and are the perfect finishing touch to your holiday table. Imagine how impressed your guests will be when you say, “I made them myself.” Christmas coasters are great for using up some of your scrap fabric, and you can get several from a fat quarter. To make these Christmas fabric coasters, you will cut 2 pieces of fabric and sew them together. Turn it the right side out and topstitch. This tutorial will lead you through step by step. This really is a fast and easy project for beginners that is so rewarding.

Supplies

• Cotton fabric: Quilting cotton is ideal, but any natural and absorbent fabric can be used. Choose a light to medium-weight fabric as it is harder to get nice points on the tree if the fabric is too heavy. I used mainly green fabrics, but any Christmas print looks really nice.
• Fusible fleece or heavy interfacing: I like fusible fleece as it gives a nice padded feeling to your Christmas coasters. If you don’t have fleece or interfacing on hand, replace it with a thick piece of fabric.
• Optional – Felt to decorate and buttons or crystals to use as baubles.
• PATTERN – Download your pattern piece
• Sewing basics – sewing machine, pins, scissors

Fabric Christmas Coaster Pattern & Printing Guide

Download your pattern piece from this link. The PDF for the Christmas coasters will open in a new tab. When printing, make sure you check that the scale on your printer is set to 100%. If you are new to printing, read my full article on how to print PDF patterns.

DIY Christmas Coaster VIDEO

Here is a video showing you how to make homemade coasters for Christmas.

How to Make Fabric Christmas Coasters (Step by Step)

Here are the step-by-step instructions on how to sew Christmas tree coasters.

1. Cut the Fabric and Fleece

Cut 2 pieces from your cotton fabric. If your fabric has a larger print, try to position the pattern carefully. In my Santa Clause coaster, I chopped off his feet. I should have moved the pattern down a little for a better effect.

2. Trim the Fleece

Trim the paper pattern piece back to the dotted seam line and cut out one piece of fusible fleece. This will reduce the bulk in your seams and make it easier to get a nice shape.

3. Fuse Fleece to the Fabric

Fuse your fleece to the wrong side of the front of the fabric piece. Ensure it is centered as there is a gap around the outside to reduce bulk.

4. Add Decorations

Decorate with felt stars inside the seam allowance. Use your sewing machine or embroidery floss and a very small running stitch. If you are adding buttons or beads, add them to the top so they won’t interfere with your cup placement. If you don’t want to make your coasters washable, you can use a hot glue gun to decorate after you have finished sewing.

5. Stitch the Pieces Together

Put your fabric pieces with right sides together and stitch around with a 3/8 inch (1cm) seam allowance. Leave a 1.5-inch gap at the bottom.

6. Clip and Turn Right Way Out

Clip all the corners of the Christmas tree coaster pattern and turn it the right way out through the hole. Make sure all the corners are poked out well so your branches have a nice shape.

7. Press and Topstitch the Edges

Give your Christmas coaster a good press. A spray of water will help difficult fabrics set better. The fabric at the gap at the bottom should be pressed to the inside.

Topstitch around the edge of your Christmas tree coasters closing the gap. Alternatively, you could hand-stitch the gap closed with a slip stitch.

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Fabric Christmas Coasters In Conclusion

These fabric Christmas coasters are a simple and fun sewing project that’s perfect for beginners and a great way to use up fabric scraps. With just a few basic sewing steps, you can create festive handmade coasters that brighten up any holiday table. They also make thoughtful and practical handmade Christmas gifts for friends and family. You can make simple coasters using Christmas fabric. This DIY fabric coaster tutorial is for heart, square, and round coasters. It uses a similar method to this DIY Christmas coaster.

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