Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 6 hours ago
Now that you've gathered your plastic canvas supplies, let's get our canvas ready for stitching.
✨️ The canvas needs to be 33 holes tall by 49 holes wide, or 5" tall by 7 3/8" wide.
✨️ We're working with Size 7 mesh. If you want to use Size 5 instead, cut the same number of holes for a larger mug rug - adjusting the pattern down is not recommended. To use Size 10 instead, add holes in multiples of 4 until it's closer to the given measurements.
💚 Option 1: Stitch your canvas first, then cut the shape out. If you choose this option, there is nothing to do to prepare your canvas other than making sure it's large enough for the mug rug. This is my preferred method with basic shapes.
💚 Option 2: Count out the holes and cut out the rectangle shape. This is the most common method.
💚 Option 3: If you don't want to count your holes, you can use a soft tape measure to measure out the correct size, mark the canvas and then cut the rectangle shape out, making sure to start and stop measuring outside the complete hole, not inside the bars.
✨️ In the next video, we'll start stitching the perimeter with green.
🩶 You can find all of these supplies in our Yarn Crafts & Coffee shop both online and in person in Melbourne, Florida, inside America's Antique Mall
🩶 Free Plastic Canvas Pattern can be found at YarnCraftsandCoffee.com
✨️ If you enjoy working in the alternating scotch stitch, you'll love the other patterns in my Scottie Shane series that are boxes built of the same 4 stitches, #orlycc_scottieshane
✨️ If you are a Watermelon fan, check out my other craft projects that fit the theme 🍉 #elkccycc_watermelon
⭐️ Must subscribe to my blog to view the charts. Blog subscribers have access to the Free File Library where they can download the PDFs of our patterns for free. This pattern is DNS, or do not share. You are not permitted to share my charts or the PDF, but you can share the link to the blog post so others can check it out 😊
#yarncraftsandcoffee #plasticcanvascoasters #needlepointcoasters
Now that you've gathered your plastic canvas supplies, let's get our canvas ready for stitching.
✨️ The canvas needs to be 33 holes tall by 49 holes wide, or 5" tall by 7 3/8" wide.
✨️ We're working with Size 7 mesh. If you want to use Size 5 instead, cut the same number of holes for a larger mug rug - adjusting the pattern down is not recommended. To use Size 10 instead, add holes in multiples of 4 until it's closer to the given measurements.
💚 Option 1: Stitch your canvas first, then cut the shape out. If you choose this option, there is nothing to do to prepare your canvas other than making sure it's large enough for the mug rug. This is my preferred method with basic shapes.
💚 Option 2: Count out the holes and cut out the rectangle shape. This is the most common method.
💚 Option 3: If you don't want to count your holes, you can use a soft tape measure to measure out the correct size, mark the canvas and then cut the rectangle shape out, making sure to start and stop measuring outside the complete hole, not inside the bars.
✨️ In the next video, we'll start stitching the perimeter with green.
🩶 You can find all of these supplies in our Yarn Crafts & Coffee shop both online and in person in Melbourne, Florida, inside America's Antique Mall
🩶 Free Plastic Canvas Pattern can be found at YarnCraftsandCoffee.com
✨️ If you enjoy working in the alternating scotch stitch, you'll love the other patterns in my Scottie Shane series that are boxes built of the same 4 stitches, #orlycc_scottieshane
✨️ If you are a Watermelon fan, check out my other craft projects that fit the theme 🍉 #elkccycc_watermelon
⭐️ Must subscribe to my blog to view the charts. Blog subscribers have access to the Free File Library where they can download the PDFs of our patterns for free. This pattern is DNS, or do not share. You are not permitted to share my charts or the PDF, but you can share the link to the blog post so others can check it out 😊
#yarncraftsandcoffee #plasticcanvascoasters #needlepointcoasters
