Festive felt coasters

Add a Christmas touch to your home with these embroidered and ScanNCut festive felt coasters. 

This project is perfect if you’re just starting your crafting journey, are looking for something quick to make (last minute Xmas pressie?!), or have pieces of felt leftover from other projects.  

Use a variety of felt colours for a mix-and-match look or limit yourself to a two-colour palette for a more modern feel. 

Download all the embroidery and ScanNCut cutting patterns for free using the blue button below, then watch our video, and you’re ready to go!  

If you want to expand your Christmas décor, check out the festive embroidery and cutting patterns on the Brother Artspira design app*. 

If you’d like to see what other free festive projects we have on the Brother Creative Blog, then click on the ‘Christmas’ tab at the end of this project, or click here instead.
 

Materials needed

• Felt in colours of your choice  
• Stabiliser 
• Embroidery thread 
• Bobbin thread 
• Appliqué paper (ScanNCut CM only) 
• Heat transfer vinyl or flock 

Equipment needed

• Brother embroidery machine 
• Brother ScanNCut – any CM or SDX model
• Fabric cutting mat (SDX models) or Standard tack mat with High tack adhesive sheets (CM or SDX models)  
• Auto blade (SDX models) or Deep cut blade (CM models)

Download the cutting and embroidery files here

How to

Step 1

Send the cutting files to your ScanNCut. Place the felt on your fabric mat or use a standard mat with a high tack adhesive support sheet attached. Perform a test cut. Cut the coasters.  

1. With your ScanNCut SDX: use the auto blade.
   
   
2. With your ScanNCut CM: cut two pieces of 1.5mm of felt and fuse them together with appliqué paper.
     
3. If you don’t have a ScanNCut and are only making embroidered coasters, skip to Step 2, and cut by hand once you’ve embroidered your designs. 
    

Step 2 – for the embroidered coasters

Download the embroidery patterns above and transfer them to your Brother embroidery machine. Resize if needed and embroider onto the pieces of felt.   

Tip: your pieces of felt may be smaller than your hoop. You can either embroider onto the felt BEFORE cutting your coaster pieces, or use the ‘floating’ method. Not sure which stabiliser to use or how to float? Check out our Know Your Stabilisers article here. 
 

Step 2 – for the ScanNCut coasters 

Download the cutting patterns above, transfer them to your ScanNCut, and resize them if needed.  

Place the vinyl or flock onto your cutting mat. You can also flip the design before cutting if you want.  

Cut, weed, and adhere to the coasters’ bases. 

Tip: if you’re using small pieces of leftover HTV or flock, use the background scanning function to ensure your cutting patterns are in the right place.