Kits de montagnes russes

A punch needle coaster kit is the best first punch needle project there is, for one unglamorous reason: it is small enough to finish. A wall hanging takes a week of evenings and a lot of people stop halfway. A coaster takes an afternoon, and then it sits on your table getting used every day.

What is in the box?

Everything, including the tool. Printed cloth, yarn, a hoop to hold it drum-tight, the punch needle and threader, glue, a scraper, and a non-woven fabric backing. The backing is the part that makes it a coaster rather than a scrap of punched cloth — it goes on the underside so the finished piece sits flat on a table instead of curling at the edges.

Which design?

Sunflower, fruit and tufted designs, most with several patterns to choose from in one listing. The fruit sets run to twelve designs each. Choose on what you want on your table — the technique is identical across all of them.

Why coasters work as a first project

The pile hides small mistakes. On a flat embroidery a wobbly line stays visible forever; on a punched surface the loops stand up and close over it. Add that a coaster is finished in one sitting and gets used rather than stored, and it is a better introduction than any practice square.

One thing that ruins them

Do not wash the cloth before you punch it. The pattern is printed on and it comes off with water. Punch first.

Larger designs are in punch needle kits. Tools on their own are in punch needle tools.