I made heart shaped coasters, but you could switch out the shape with whatever you like. You could give THESE away as Valentines! They’re fairly quick to complete and easy peasy.
Materials
embroidery floss
a needle
double-sided tape
4″ x 4″ cork coaster (I bought 12″ x 12″ tilesand cut them up. 9 per tile!)
heart shape to fit your tilenot shown:
ruler, pencil
1. Adhere your heart to your coaster with a small piece of tape. Mark the “corners” of the heart by placing a ruler across the tile diagonally and making small marks on the edges.
2. Working with a LONG piece of floss (leave the non-working tail connected to the rest of your floss), insert the needle at the bottom tip of the heart, from front to back.
3. Bring the floss back over and insert about 1/8″ from first spot. Continue bringing the floss to the front and stitching at evenly-spaced (as even as you can muster) intervals along the edge of your heart.
4. When you get to a corner, stitch in the spot, then come up along the adjacent edge and stitch into the same space.
5. Continue stitching along this side until you get to the next corner. Stitch into that space, bring the floss back over along the adjacent edge and stitch into the same spot. Continue stitching until you run out of floss. If you get back to the beginning, stitch into the first spot, then knot the ends together and weave them under the stitches on the back. You’re done!
If you run out of floss, follow steps 6-7:
6. Cut a long piece of floss from your non-working end and re-thread your needle with it. ON THE BACK of the coaster, bring the now working thread through the first two or so stitches, then start embroidering up the side, the same way you did the first half of the coaster.
7. When you get to your original thread, knot the ends together and weave them under the stitches on the back. Now, you’re done!
Like I said above, use them as coasters or little pieces of art! You could use this same method to embroider on cardstock to make a lovely Valentine’s Day card. I’m going to make some for my boys!
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This is such a great idea!
wow, this is too cool! what a great idea. I need to make some valentines day things, fo sho
These are so cute! Thanks for sharing!
Wow! This is so cool, thanks a lot !
Have a lovely day :)
This love signed coasters are very nice. Lovely.
That is so adorable! I will try some this weekend Thanks!
Kim
This is so sweet…and simple! Thanks for sharing!!
These are so cute, Lisa!
the best idea!!!! <3
That is such a fantastic idea! So simple, but it looks beautiful!
Oh wow, lovely! <3
I love it!
This is great! I’ll have to try it. Thanks.
This is fantastic! Fun idea :D
Bookmarking this for my girl! She will so want to do this!
What a fabulous idea! And I bet the cork hardly costs anything at the hardware store :)
I might need to go make a bazillion of these!
Cool project!
Love your coasters!!
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Wow what a great idea – am definitely going to have to try making one! We loved it so much, that we’ve featured it as part of our heart crafts round up (with a link back) :) x
http://buttonsandpaint.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/heart-crafts.html