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American Flag Coasters
Things
Needed:
- Plastic canvas (I used mesh size 7)
- Needlepoint needle (I used size #16)
- Red, white, and blue yarn
- Scissors
1. This is made using a simple backstitch. A close up of the pattern is shown below.
2.
Begin the American flag coasters by cutting out a square from
the plastic canvas, 25 squares long on each side. Thread your
needle with the red yarn. It is best to keep the yarn a
length that is long, but still easy to work with. Begin by
threading the needle up through the canvas at one of the corner
squares, as shown. Pull the yarn through but leave a little
tail of yarn hanging from the back. This will eventually be
"grabbed" by the other yarn as you stitch so it will be anchored.
3.
Next, bring the needle around the corner and back underneath
the canvas. Bring the needle up through the next diagonal
hole, as shown.
4.
You finish the stitch by bringing the needle down through the
first hole in the corner again. This is called a backstitch,
and it makes a little diagonal line. Continue making these stitches, by
bringing the needle up through the third hole from the corner, and
repeating. Keep stitching until you have a red
diagonal line up to the opposite corner of the coaster. HINT: If you run out
of yarn, re thread your needle and begin again, always leaving a little
tail dangling from underneath the canvas. As you work, try to
make sure you anchor these "tails" by stitching them underneath your
new stitches.
5. When you reach the opposite corner, stitch around the corner and begin stitching another row of red, right next to the first.
6. Once you have a diagonal stripe two rows thick, skip two more diagonal rows (which will be for the white yarn) and begin another two rows of red. Continue this way until half of the coaster is done.
7. Now that the red stripes are done, do the same thing with the white yarn. Fill in all the empty rows with the white back stitch.
5. When you reach the opposite corner, stitch around the corner and begin stitching another row of red, right next to the first.
6. Once you have a diagonal stripe two rows thick, skip two more diagonal rows (which will be for the white yarn) and begin another two rows of red. Continue this way until half of the coaster is done.
7. Now that the red stripes are done, do the same thing with the white yarn. Fill in all the empty rows with the white back stitch.
8.
Continue with the American flag coasters by stitching the
white stars next. The stars are made using a simple
cross-stitch, which looks like an "X" in the canvas. Begin
the first star two rows from the middle red stripe. Space the
stars two diagonal squares apart. Refer to the pattern at the top of
the page if you need help. Look at the images below closely
to show how the cross-stitch is done.
Below
is what the canvas will look like when all the stars are stitched on,
which is a bit hard to see since the stars are white on white canvas:
9.
Finish up the American flag coasters craft by stitching on
the blue. Use the backstitch, as described above.
Skip over the stitched areas where the stars are.
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