How To Make Easy & Unique DIY Coasters With Burlap Fabric

If you’re looking for a creative and easy way to dress up your table this summer, why not try making DIY coasters with burlap fabric? This tutorial will teach you how to create unique, one-of-a-kind coasters, perfect for parties, special occasions, or just a fun craft project. They are also great for hostess gifts, showers, and housewarming gifts. One thing is for sure; your guests will love these easy-to-make drink coasters.

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Why Are Drink Coasters A Good Idea?

When you decorate your home with fine wood furniture or antiques, the last thing you want is to discover a water ring left from a cold beverage.

Most homeowners will have drink coasters handy to help protect their furniture from water rings and scratches.

Decorative drink coasters have become popular because you can use them to decorate the room and provide much-needed protection for your furniture.

How Can You Use DIY Drink Coasters

You can place drink coasters on coffee and side tables for easy access when serving beverages. In addition, they work great to protect your dining table and table clothes from damage.

DIY Drink coasters also make great gifts because you can customize the designs to match the home decor style or personality.

They make great hostess gifts, housewarming, and bridal gifts. I’ll list other DIY Coaster options at the end of this tutorial.

Budget-Friendly DIY Coasters

Making drink coasters is a fun and budget-friendly DIY project. The options are as unlimited as the material choices.

Today we are making easy coasters using inexpensive burlap fabric.

Step-by-Step – How To Make DIY Coasters with Burlap Fabric

First, this project requires burlap fabric that has been stiffened.

You may remember some previous burlap fabric crafts, such as the Tropical Round Placemats, Easy Burlap Napkin Rings, and DIY No Sew Flower Placemats.

This tutorial includes how to stiffen the burlap fabric for all these ideas. This tutorial is done with scraps left over from some of the above projects.

What You’ll Need

Each coaster only requires a small amount of burlap fabric, and I was able to use scrap pieces left over from previous projects.

If you purchase yardage, I recommend 1/4 to 1/3 yards, depending on how many coasters you plan to make.

• 1/4 – 1/3 yard cream or white burlap fabric that has been stiffened. (see this tutorial)
• 1/4 – 1/3 yard heavy felt fabric (color will depend on your design colors)
• Craft Paints – I used Raw Sienna, White, Red, Orange, Pink, Sage Green, and Burnt Umber.
• Elmers Glue
• Small Paint Brushes
• Sharpie Pen
• Sharp Scissors
• NeverWet for Fabric
• Optional Adhesive Cork Backing

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How To Make Coasters

First, make a template of your chosen design. Today’s design is a peach, and I used card stock to make the template. Now, let’s take a look at how to make coasters.

Step One: Trace Design

Begin by tracing the design onto the stiffened burlap fabric. Use sharp scissors to cut the design details.

Step Two: Paint The Coasters

Draw any areas for shading with a pen or Sharpie.

Using craft paints, paint the burlap to look like a peach. You can easily mix the colors as you go to achieve a natural-looking peach color.

Paint the peach with red, pink, orange, and yellow mixtures. Add burnt umber to shade and define the peach shape. The sage green and burnt umber are combined for the leaf and stem.

Step Three: Cut Felt Backing

Next, using the same template, trace and cut the design from the felt fabric.

Step Four: Add Glue To Felt Backing

Once the DIY Coaster is dry, apply the glue to the top of the felt peach.

Brush the glue evenly over the entire surface.

Step Five: Adhere The Burlap To The Felt

Once the felt is completely covered in glue, quickly attach the burlap peach. Carefully align the design so that no felt is revealed from the top.

Press the two pieces together firmly until dry. I used wax paper on both sides of the peach and added a heavy book.

Step Six: Waterproof Protection

I recommend sealing the finished DIY Coaster with a light coat of NeverWet Fabric Protection.

This will protect the coasters from excess water absorption.

Optional

Another option is to add an adhesive cork backing to the coasters for added protection.

Easy & Unique DIY Coasters

Don’t you just love these cute DIY Coasters?

They will be so fun for an upcoming Peach Supper Club Theme Table. Our monthly Supper Club Series is the 3rd Thursday of each month, so stay tuned.

More Design Ideas

Once you learn how to make coasters with burlap fabric, you can go crazy with your designs.

The sky’s the limit, and there are so many possibilities, from flower shapes to animals to more fruit designs.

Warning, making drink coasters is possibly addictive. I’m already thinking of new ideas.

Once I finished the peaches and realized how easy they were to make, I added a couple of flower coasters.

Another great coaster idea is to use a napkin decoupage. Check out this Napkin Decoupage Gift Idea.

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