DIY Punch Needle Landscape Coasters

DIY Punch Needle Landscape Coasters

Have fun making these pretty punch needle landscape coasters. The bold colours and soft loops make each DIY landscape feel like a tiny piece of fiber art.

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Yield: punch needle coaster

Author: Debbie Chapman

Cost: $1

Equipment

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Instructions

Step 1: Find what you need

Gather your supplies and materials.

Step 2: Prepare the fabric

Cut a piece of monk's cloth about 2 inches bigger than your embroidery hoop.
Attach the cloth inside the hoop and ensure that the cloth is drum tight in the frame.
(As you work, keep adjusting it to maintain this tension.)
Use a washable fabric marker to draw your landscape design on the fabric.
Here we drew hills and fields with a sunset in the sky.

Step 3: Thread the punch needle

Place your first colour of yarn through the loop at the bottom of the needle threader.
Insert the needle threader into the punch needle so the loop or fold is at the bottom.
Pull the needle threader up through the punch needle until the yarn appears.
Use the needle threader to push the end of the yarn through the hole in the top of the punch needle. It should go from the inside to the outside, coming out the flat side.
Pull the yarn until there’s about 1 to 2 inches showing.

Step 4: Make your design

Push (or “punch”) the needle down through the fabric at the outline of one area.
Bring the needle back up and re-insert it next to your previous punch.
Repeat until you’ve gone around the border of one area.
Then fill in the inside of the section. We find it works well to continue going around, working towards the middle.
It's okay if the whole section doesn't look filled from this side. Where you're working will be the back of the coaster, so flip the hoop periodically to see what the right side will look like.
Once you're finished, cut off the yarn about 2 inches from the last punch.
Thread your punch needle with a second colour and fill in another section the same way.
Repeat with different colours and shades until your coaster design is complete.

Step 5: Finish off the coaster

Remove the fabric from the hoop and cut around the work, leaving about 1 inch extra around the yarn-punched area.
Thread a sewing needle with white thread or embroidery floss. Fold the fabric in towards the back center and gather it together with a simple running stitch. Finish by tying the two thread ends together in a double knot.
Trace the inside of the embroidery hoop onto the back of some adhesive felt.
Cut the felt circle and remove the backing. Place the felt on the back of the coaster, covering the folded fabric.
Your punch needle landscape coaster is complete!
Have fun creating different designs. You can make mountains, hills, fields, sunsets, and more!

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Notes

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