Felt Coasters: A Photo Tutorial

Hey Everyone! 

It's Lizzy from the Facebook Inspiration Team.  I'm here today to share how to make some no-sew felt coasters using Lawn Fawn dies.  

Here's the how-to: 

Supplies: An assortment of  felt, a circle die, smaller dies to go inside the circle,  glossy accents,
scissors, and twine and a hole punch for creating a little package. 

Start by die cutting 8 circles (4 of one color and 4 of the other).
This will serve as both the base and top layer of the coasters. 

Next, die cut the flamingo from 4 circles (2 yellow and 2 gray).

It should look like this when you're done.
You'll be using the gray flamingo to go inside the yellow circle and
vice versa-- can't waste any precious felt! 

Now you could stop here and have some nice looking coasters as is, but I wanted to complicate my life and create a little scene ;)  So here are the instructions for creating a scene that pieces everything together for a flat look: 

Next, die cut 4 green "hills" from the long banner die that coordinates with the Good Fortune stamp set.  *As a side note, I tried cutting a hill by hand, but felt doesn't seem to be as forgiving as paper, so I improvised to find the closest thing to a hill die in my stash* 

Now, line up the "hill" to where it looks good (I overlapped the flamingo's feet a bit to ground him).
Then line up the circle die with the gray felt, use some low-tack tape to adhere the circle die
to the "hill," and die cut the green felt with the circle die. 

The flamingo's feet need to be cut out of the hill, so nest the flamingo die in the center,
tape to the green felt, and die cut. 

Now the last step to creating a flat look.  Nest the banner die so that it lines up
with the hill, tape to the gray felt, and die cut. 

This is what your felt ends up looking like.
Remember to keep the tiny triangle piece that goes between the flamingo's legs,
because you'll need it once it's time to assemble.
I also wanted to die cut some little hearts to surround the flamingo,
so that's what you're seeing above. 

I then took some time to die cut 12 little hearts out of pink felt to insert in the negative space of the circles.  After everything was die cut, it was time to assemble.  I found the easiest way to properly adhere all the top pieces to the bottom of the coaster was to flip it over, glue the back, and lay the back circle on: 

Ready to adhere the back piece now. 

To package it up, I just die cut another flamingo, punched a hole to string it onto the twine, and tied it up! 

So there you have it!  An easy way to make no-sew coasters!  

This is such a fun project and perfect as a little gift for the upcoming holidays.  The different coaster possibilities are really endless-- I personally can't wait to get my little hands on Lawn Fawn's new leaf dies so I can make fall-themed coasters.  

I'd love to see what you guys create!  Leave a link to your project in the comments below so we can see what you've made! 

-Lizzy