Add a handmade touch to your home or create a heartfelt gift with these love heart coasters! This beginner-friendly sewing project is a great way to use fabric scraps and practice quilting techniques. Plus I’m offering a free printable template to make cutting your pieces easy!
Click the link below for the free PDF download:
https://groovyooze.com/products/diy-love-heart-coaster
Materials Needed:
- Love heart template
- Fabric: Cotton, linen, or quilting cotton (two coordinating pieces for front and back)
- Batting: Cotton or polyester quilt batting
- Thread: matching or contrasting thread
- Fabric Pen
- Fabric Scissors
- Pinking Sheers (optional)
- Clips or Pins
- Sewing Machine (or hand sewing needle)
- Iron
- Something with a pointy end - I use and old makeup brush
- Hera marker (optional)
- Quilting guide bar (optional)
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Let’s get making!!
1. Print & Prepare The Template
- Make sure your printer settings are set to ‘100% SCALE’ or ‘ACTUAL SIZE’
- Print out the love heart template and cut it out.
2. (Optional) Quilting The Fabric
- Place the batting down first.
- Lay one piece of fabric on top of the batting, right side up. Clip or pin to hold this in place.
- Using a ruler and Hera marker or a fabric pen, mark your quilting lines onto the fabric. I will be quilting my fabric in diamond shapes so I have marked my fabric from corner to corner both sides. I will be using my quilting guide bar for the rest of my quilting lines, however, if you do not have a quilting guide bar you can mark all of your quilting lines to your fabric.
- Take the fabric over to the sewing machine and using a regular straight stitch, sew along the marked lines to quilt the fabric.
TIP: If using a fabric pen to mark your quilting lines, make sure its air or water erasable as this will be visible one the project is complete.
3. Assemble The Layers
- Place the batting is down first.
- One layer of fabric on top of that, right side up.
- The second layer of fabric on top of that, right side down, so the pretty sides of the fabric are facing each other.
- Clip or pin to hold in place.
- Place the heart template on the top layer of fabric and draw around it.
- Mark the fabric where the two stars are located - this is the area that will be left un-sewn for turning right side out.
4. Sew The Coaster
- Sew along the lines of the heart that you’ve just drawn, starting and finishing at the marked space that will be used for turning the fabric right side out.
- Using your fabric scissors - cut a straight line into the point at the top of the heart. Cut as close as you can without cutting into the stitches. Doing this will prevent the fabric from puckering when it is turned right side out.
- Cut around the rest of the heart shape using your pinking sheers. If you don’t have pinking sheers make sure you are notching the curves for a smoother shape when turned right side out.
- Cut straight across the point at the bottom of the heart. This removes excess bulk.
5. Turn & Iron
- Turn the heart right side out through the opening.
- Use your tool with a pointy end (I use the end of an old makeup brush) to gently push out the edges.
- Make sure the seam of the opening is folded inside of the coaster.
- Give the coaster a really good iron.
6. Topstitch
- Topstitch around the entire heart close to the edge, closing the opening in the process.
7. Enjoy!
Your love heart coaster is complete! Make a set in different colours and patterns for a beautiful handmade gift!
