What you'll find inside your kit:

Transferring your Stencil

Your first step is to transfer your coaster design from the stencil onto your latch-hooking canvas. To do this you'll need your canvas and a marker of some kind. We recommend using a sharpie or similar permanent marker, but a regular pen or drawing marker will work just fine.

Simply lay the canvas on top of your stencil and use the marker to trace the design behind it. The stencil matches our design with the smaller shapes roughly indicating where we will stitch each type of 'moss' in the following steps.

Feel free to get creative with the shape of your design, as your coaster doesn't have to be exactly like the stencil. You could make it a little larger or smaller depending on how you'd like to use it. Just remember to leave a 1/2 inch space between your coaster shape and the edge of the canvas.

Step-By-Step Guide

Below you'll find each of the steps to making your coaster, with recommendations on the order to stitch each element. If you're a newbie to crafting it will be worth following this step-by-step, so that you can get comfortable with the techniques and tools used in this kit.

If you want to create your own variations, you can stitch each section in whichever order you want. So don't feel constrained by our guidelines.

Step 1: Bobbles (using bobble yarn)

Step 2: Fuzzy Loops (using chenille yarn)

Step 3: Feather Yarn Grass (using medium green feather yarn)

Step 4: Feather Yarn Flowers (using blue & white feather yarn)

Between Step 4 and 5: Cut out your coaster and sew down the backing

Step 5: Mushrooms! (using pipe cleaners)

Step 6: Adding Pom Poms Flowers (using yellow milk yarn)

You can also use the image below to see the details of each element on your coaster.

Step-By-Step Video Guide

This video will give you a step-by-step overview of exactly how to finish your coaster! If you're already familiar with the techniques used for moss kits, this video will be the perfect guide to help you finish.

This video will show you the steps, but it is NOT a tutorial for the techniques. For detailed tutorials, please use the videos below. Each step will have a detailed tutorial attached so that you can fully understand the technique if this is your first time making a mossy creation. 

1. Weaving Bobbles

To start your coaster, you'll be stitching the orange bobbles at the top of your coaster.

To stitch your green Bobbles, you'll need your orange bobble yarn and your latch-hook tool. Follow the video tutorial below to learn the technique.

2. Weaving Fuzzy Loops

Now we're moving over to the looped sections just below your bobble yarn area. You'll be stitching Fuzzy Loops here using your green chenille yarn and your latch-hook tool. Watch the video below if you're creating fuzzy loops for the first time.

 

3. Weaving your Feather Yarn Grass

Now it's time to weave in the Feather Yarn 'Grass' on your mossy coaster. Work your way from the top of the coaster, using the medium green feather yarn inside your kit. 

Follow the below video tutorial to learn how to weave your grass section. Its a very simple technique, using your weaving needle you'll be stitching back and forth to cover the canvas section.

4. Weaving Your Feather Yarn Flowers

Once your middle section is done, its time to add some Embroidered Details using your feather yarn and milk yarn. Begin by embroidering on the flower shapes, first with your white feather yarn and then with your blue feather yarn. When you're happy with your flowers, you'll add a yellow centre using your milk yarn and weaving needle.

TIP: You can experiment with the placement and colour of your flowers! Its time to let those creative juices flow and make this coaster really your own.

Between Steps 4 & 5: Start Backing Your Coaster

Usually we will leave backing your coaster til the very end, however because of the 3D nature of our mushrooms, we want to start the backing process early for this design. Doing this will make attaching your mushrooms at the end much easier!

First you will trim away your excess canvas around your coaster, leaving at least 1-inch of space around the edge.

Next you will use your white thread and sewing needle inside your kit to sew down the canvas edging. To see a video of this process, scroll down to the 'backing your moss coaster' section of this guide.

5. Making and attaching your Mushrooms!

Now what you've been waiting for - its time to make your own mini Mushrooms and attach them to your coaster!

You'll be using red and white pipe cleaners to create your 3D mushrooms. You'll also need your hot glue gun for this step. You can also use fabric or craft glue, but hot glue is the easiest because of its quick dry time.

TIP: You can add your mushrooms in any position you would like! We've opted to have two 'tall' mushrooms sitting to the left side of the coaster, and our large 'regular' mushroom and smaller 'tall' mushroom nestled into the bobble part of our coaster. Feel free to get creative with your mushroom positioning.

Attaching Your Mushrooms: Remember to sew the backing of your coaster down BEFORE you attach you mushrooms. Otherwise it will be fiddly and difficult to sew the backing down after because the mushrooms won't allow you to sit your coaster upside down.

 

6. Adding Pom Pom Flowers

You're almost finished! You'll add your finishing touches by creating your Pom Poms and adding them to your coaster.

For this coaster we've made 3x small sized pom poms with approximately 15 loops around 2 fingers. We've then cut the pom poms but not fluffed them up with the needle, this gives a more 'stringy' look that fluffy.

Starting with your Pom Poms, you'll need your sage green and yellow milk yarn.

 

Backing your Coaster

Congratulations on finishing the main part of your coaster! Now you're onto the home stretch, its time to sew the back of your coaster.

There are 2x steps to finishing your coaster, which we show in the below tutorial. You've already trimmed and sewn down the canvas of your coaster, so you're halfway there.

Now you'll be adding the felt to the back of your coaster, either with glue or by sewing it. If you're using it as a decor piece or to hang on the wall, it may be better for you to leave it at it's current stage. It will be easier to hang on a wall hook if the back is free from felt.

 

Sewing your Backing

Our kit includes all of the supplies you need to sew the backing of your coaster.

To sew your fabric you'll want to trace the shape of your coaster so that you can cut out the felt fabric to match the shape. You can do this with a pencil or pen.

You will then need to pin your felt backing to your coaster so you can begin sewing the edges. You can do this by using sewing pins, bulldog clips or even tacking the back with a hot-glue gun. I find bulldog clips the easiest method of holding my coaster to the felt.

Using 3-strands of your cotton thread, begin stitching your canvas to your mossy coaster using a whip stitch. This just means that you will whip your thread around and around the edge of your coaster as you go around. Don't worry if your stitches don't look perfectly neat, they'll blend into the grass on your coaster and won't be visible when you're finished.

Gluing your Backing

If you have any fabric glue handy or a hot glue gun then you can also glue the backing of your coaster. We've included a glue stick for a standard craft hot glue gun, as well as a glue paddle if you have fabric glue.

To glue your fabric you'll simply place fabric glue across the middle of your felt square and place your coaster on top. Allow it to dry so that the coaster is secure - you may want to put a heavy book on top of your coaster to add pressure. Once it's dry you can take a sharp pair of scissors to cut around the coaster. 

You can then top up the glue on the edges, if any sections are lifting up.

Thank you!

I hope you've loved creating your very own moss coaster creation! All of these tutorials are personally written and filmed by me - Nakisah - the founder of Craft Club. I always love hearing from customers (whether you loved your experience, or there was something you'd like to give feedback on) so please come say hi at hello@craftclubco.com or send us a DM over on Instagram @craft.club.co.

I'm always working on ways to improve our kits so that they are as easy as possible for our incredible customers! So all feedback is welcome (but please be nice haha).

Nakisah x