Ceramic Tlle Coasters

This is a perfect gift for someone special, near and dear or a cool idea for a formal gift. This ceramic tile designed coasters with fabric and jute is easy, simple and yet very appealing. Try it and share your opinion!

Ceramic tiles - 4" X 4" - Total 4

Fabric cloth - 8" x 8"

Mod Podge

Jute

Paint brush

As a first step and a note of caution I made sure to sand the sharp tile edges using 60 grit sand paper. This made the edges smooth and rounded. All the dust was collected to make sure its smooth.

In this step I cleaned the tiles neatly with plain water and let it sun dry for 30 minutes. Making sure both the sides are fully dried and there's no moisture left behind.

Then I cut each fabric 3.75" X 3.75" and made a small cut along the corners. See image 2 for this pattern. Note that the fabric is just placed on the tile and not glued yet.

Then, I added a generous amount of mod podge and spread it evenly on the tile upper side. The upper side it the shiny side of the tile.

Then gently and carefully I placed the fabric on the tile and smoothed out the surface evenly. Soon after, I added mod-podge on top of the fabric evenly and uniformly. Repeated the same steps on rest of the 3 tiles.

Then, I cut 8 jute strings of 16.25" each. Put them together and added additional mod-podge to help if stick around the circumference of the tiles. Refer images. Let it dry fully by letting it sit overnight. Repeated the same steps for the remaining 3 tiles.

Then I took a 12" x 12" cork sheet. Plached it on the tile and measured the side length to 3.8" x 3.8". Cut it as shown. Rounded the edges and finally peeled off the paper and stuck it uniformly on the back side of the tile.

Hurrah! Finally, all the tiles are completed with the nice designs. I wrapped them neatly as a gift!!!