Whether you're having a dinner party, or simply enjoying a glass of wine, make your own freestanding lace wine coasters - they fit onto a standard wine glass base like a slipper! You can even stitch this type of design in a variety of colors, allowing you to make your own wine markers for special events.
Supplies
Project Needs & Notes:
- Water-soluble stabilizer (such as Vilene or Sulky Ultra Solvy)
- Embroidery thread
- 75/11 sharp sewing needle
- Hot glue gun & hot glue sticks (or another glue that works for both fabric and paper)
- Embroidery thread
- Pressing cloth and iron
- Scissor
Designs featured in this tutorial include:
- EMP80865-1, Summer Petals Wine Glass Coaster (Lace)
Freestanding lace designs have been specially digitized for water-soluble stabilizer. After the stabilizer is removed, beautiful embroidery remains. When you download the design, you will find two files containing the pieces of the wine coaster.
There are a couple of different kinds of water-soluble stabilizer. One is clear and plastic, and that brand is Sulky Ultra Solvy. The other is soft and fibrous, called Vilene. Both work very well. Vilene is used in this demonstration. Use a size 11 or 75/11 sharp sewing needle. A sharp sewing needle has a smaller, finer point than an embroidery needle. That means it will make smaller holes in the stabilizer.
As the freestanding lace will be seen from both sides, wind a bobbin with the same thread that is being used in the top needle.
Hoop the stabilizer firmly. Make sure it is nice and taut with no wrinkles.
Attach the hoop to the machine and load file "a". Embroider the first piece using a matching bobbin.
After embroidering, trim away the excess stabilizer.
The stabilizer's packaging should give instructions for removing the excess. For Vilene, soak the embroidered lace for a few moments.
Allow the lace to air dry and then press it with a pressing cloth on top.
Repeat the steps above to embroider the second piece of the lace frame (file "b").
To assemble the wine coaster, lay the two lace pieces on top of each other with wrong sides together. The piece with the opening in the center will be the top piece (file "a").
If hand sewing the wine coaster together, use a sharp sewing needle, and thread matching the embroidery thread color. Hand sew a whip stitch (or other similar stitch) around the entire outside edge of the pieces to attach them together.
If gluing the wine coaster together, use a hot glue gun and glue sticks or fabric glue. Carefully place glue in between the two pieces along the entire outer edge, and hold until dry. Be very careful that the glue does not spread too far towards the center, or the wine glass may not fit.
After the wine coaster is assembled, simple slip the wine glass under the tabs on the top piece, and pull them up around it as needed. The smallest size fits a glass with a max base diameter of 68 mm. The largest size fits a glass with a max base diameter of 80 mm.
