NEW! Valentine Applique Coaster Sewing Tutorial & FREE! Applique Printable
Celebrate Valentine Sewing and stitch a set of Reversible Palette Coasters with our Whimsical Valentine Appliques! We stitched this easy sewing project with four fat quarters from the Sending Love Fat Quarter Bundle! Our reversible drink coasters, or mug rugs, feature an envelope back and a front flat surface — an ideal “palette” for showcasing seasonal appliques! The reverse side opens to wrap around the base of a stemmed-glass.
Valentine Palette Coasters Supply Listing
- Team NZP’s FREE! Lots of Love Valentine Applique Printable Patterns
- Four coordinating cotton quilting fabrics from the Sending Love Fat Quarter Bundle.
- Assorted fabric scraps – for appliques
- Quilter’s Starch Savvy
- Pellon’s® ShirTailor Interfacing by the Yard
- Eze-View Pressing Cloth
- Non-Stick Teflon Pressing Sheet
- Wonder-Under Paper Backed Fusible Web
- Clover’s 5-1/8″ and 6-3/4″ Bordeaux Ultimate Scissors
- Open Toe Applique Presser Foot
- Clover’s Straight Tailor’s Awl/Stiletto
- Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner
- Clover’s Wonder Clips
- Clover’s Rotary Cutter and Mat, & Ruler
- Schmetz Chrome Embroidery Needles, Size 75/11
- Optional: 1/4″ Quilting Presser Foot
- NEW! Mettler Silk Finish Cotton Thread Kit – Summer
- Iron
Preshrink fabrics by steaming and pressing, and steaming and pressing a second time, and then spray press and starch fabric with June Tailor’s Quilter’s Starch Savvy — press and starch, press and starch.
- For four 5″ squares for coaster “fronts”. Note: Team NZP selected the above fabrics for the front of our coasters.
- Cut eight 5″ squares ShirTailor Interfacing for coaster “fronts”.
- For each Palette Coaster, cut three 5″ squares for coaster “backs” and for the reverse “envelope” side of the coaster.
We selected four different Sending Love Fat Quarters – for the back of our coasters.
- Using a Eze-View Pressing Cloth, press 5″ square ShirTailor Interfacing to the wrong side of one 5″ front “palette” fabric. Press a second 5″ square ShirTailor Interfacing to the previously pressed interfacing.
Machine Appliqué
- With pencil, trace desired applique designs on paper side of Wonder-Under paper backed fusible web.
- Following manufacturer’s instructions, place rough side of Wonder-Under to wrong side of solid black cotton fabric. Press with dry iron. Allow to cool.
- Cut out appliqués. Gently peel off Wonder-Under paper backing.
- Position fusible appliqués to right side of palette coaster front fabrics.
Using a Non-Stick Teflon Pressing Sheet, press appliqués to palette coaster front fabric – using a dry iron.
- Optional: Layer multiple appliqué elements for multi-color designs.
- Attach an Open Toe Applique Presser Foot, insert a new Schmetz Chrome Embroidery Needles, Size 75/11, and set sewing machine for an appliqué stitch, blanket stitch, or medium zigzag stitch (3.5 mm width, 1.4 mm length).
- Stitch around outside edges of appliqués.
When stitching –or appliquéing– designs to fabric, stop with needle down on the outside of appliqué fabric when turning outside curves or corners; and stop with needle down on the inside of appliqué fabric when turning inside curves and corners! Always test stitches on a sample appliqué number– fused to a fabric scrap.
- Optional: Add stitching accents to your appliqué designs.
- Press two coordinating 5″ fabric squares in half, creating 2-1/2″ x 5″ folded fabric rectangles.
- Layer front appliqued square to one 5″ coordinating fabric square, with wrong sides together and appliqued square facing up. Position two 2-1/2″ x 5″ fold fabric rectangles over thread-embellished square – with folded edges meeting at middle, and raw edges aligning to outer edges.
- Wonder Clip edges.
- Optional: Insert a 1/4″ Quilting Presser Foot, and use Nancy Zieman’s Wrapped Corner Technique to stitch and “wrap” coaster seams toward center – folding along previous stitching lines. Stitch seams twice, for durability! Find Nancy Zieman’s Wrapped Corner Technique in our previous Blog Posting.
- Turn Reversible Palette Coaster right side out, using Point 2 Point Turner to push out corners.
- Press.
- Repeat steps above and complete additional coasters.
Our Reversible Palette Coasters are so fun to make, you’ll be stitching new coasters for every holiday! And, they make a great addition to a gift basket!
Valentine Palette Coasters Supply Listing
- Team NZP’s FREE! Lots of Love Valentine Applique Printable Patterns
- Four coordinating cotton quilting fabrics from the Sending Love Fat Quarter Bundle.
- Assorted fabric scraps – for appliques
- Quilter’s Starch Savvy
- Pellon’s® ShirTailor Interfacing by the Yard
- Eze-View Pressing Cloth
- Non-Stick Teflon Pressing Sheet
- Wonder-Under Paper Backed Fusible Web
- Clover’s 5-1/8″ and 6-3/4″ Bordeaux Ultimate Scissors
- Open Toe Applique Presser Foot
- Clover’s Straight Tailor’s Awl/Stiletto
- Clover’s Point 2 Point Turner
- Clover’s Wonder Clips
- Clover’s Rotary Cutter and Mat, & Ruler
- Schmetz Chrome Embroidery Needles, Size 75/11
- Optional: 1/4″ Quilting Presser Foot
- NEW! Mettler Silk Finish Cotton Thread Kit – Summer
- Iron
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Susan
The Valentine Day applique coasters are just adorable. They would make a nice gift.
Betty
I don’t have a fabulous machine, just my Grandma’s treadle. It will do for making these for our married Grandma couples.
Susan L.
I love these coasters! These are definitely on my to-do list!
BevM
I am inspired to make the table topper.
Shirl
I love the applique coasters, so cute and perfect for gift giving. Thanks.
Carol Benson
These valentines coasters are so adorably cute and would make a great gift! Thanks for the directions and the appliqués!
Beth Stewart-Martinez
I’m happy to see this site. The coasters are delightful. Can’t wait to start making them.