Bring a cheerful pop of spring brightness and garden-fresh romance to your tabletop with this cute crochet tulip flip-top coaster pattern! Designed as a sweet and multi-functional piece of home decor, this free pattern crafts a sturdy circular green coaster base that acts as a miniature flower garden, bordered by flexible, wired tulip stems topped with vibrant tulip blooms, green calyxes, and textured leaves.
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Craft your whimsical tulip coaster using durable 4-ply cotton yarn or DK cotton yarn with a 2.5 mm to 3.0 mm crochet hook in leaf green, crisp white/cream, pastel pink, bright red, sunshine yellow, or lavender, paired with flexible floral wire. It is an ideal DIY craft project for fast scrap yarn busting and an absolute top-seller for Mother’s Day gifts, spring pop-up shops, craft market stalls, and aesthetic home displays. For sweet handmade gifts, pair it with a favorite mug or present it as an aesthetic trinket dish and desk organizer!
Materials & Tools
Yarn: 4-ply milk cotton yarn in:
Light Green / Pastel Green (for coaster base, leaves, and stem wrapping)
White (for lace edging)
Light Pink (for tulip flower heads)
Crochet Hooks:
3.5 mm hook (used with two strands held together for the sturdy coaster base)
3.0 mm hook (for the lace edging)
2.5 mm hook (for the tulip flowers and leaves)
Craft Wire: 0.5 mm flexible craft/floral wire
Notions & Accessories:
Polyester fiberfill stuffing
Tapestry / yarn needle
Scissors
Craft glue / fabric glue or hot glue gun
Stitch marker
Cosmetic blush powder and a soft makeup brush (optional, for shading flower petals)
Abbreviations (US Terms)
ch – chain
sl st – slip stitch
sc – single crochet
hdc – half double crochet
dc – double crochet
inc – increase (work 2 stitches into the same stitch)
MR – magic ring
st(s) – stitch(es)
Part 1: Coaster Base
Work holding two strands of light green yarn together using the 3.5 mm hook.
Round 1: Start with a magic ring. Ch 2 as turning chain (does not count as a double crochet here and throughout). Work 10 dc into the ring. Pull the ring tail tight. Sl st into the first dc to join. (10 sts)
Round 2: Ch 2. Work a dc increase into every stitch around (2 dc in each stitch). Sl st into the first dc to join. (20 sts)
Round 3: Ch 2. Work repeat 10 times around. Sl st into the first dc to join. (30 sts)
Round 4: Ch 2. Work repeat 10 times around. Sl st into the first dc to join. (40 sts)
Round 5: Ch 2. Work repeat 10 times around. Sl st into the first dc to join. (50 sts)
Finishing the base: Ch 1, cut the yarn, and pull through. Weave in the tail securely at the back.
Part 2: Scalloped Lace Edging
Switch to one single strand of white yarn and the 3.0 mm hook.
Insert hook into any stitch around the outer edge of Round 5.
Pull white yarn through and ch 1.
Work 1 sc into that same stitch, then ch 4.
In the next stitch, work 1 sc, then ch 4.
Repeat in every stitch around until you reach the beginning.
Sl st into the very first sc to join.
Ch 1, cut the yarn, and weave in the tail on the underside of the coaster.
