Crochet Apple Applique Step by step Pattern

Add a fresh, vibrant pop of color to your kitchen or workspace with this cute crochet apple coaster pattern! Designed as a sweet mix of functional home decor and quick scrap-busting charm, this free pattern crafts a flat, absorbent apple-shaped mug rug featuring a smooth circular fruit body, a neat brown stem, and a tiny green leaf accent. For sweet handmade gifts, stack and tie a bushel of four with rustic twine to create an aesthetic fruit mug rug gift set, back-to-school teacher gift, or housewarming present!

This beginner-friendly tutorial comes together in minutes by working a smooth circular foundation engineered to sit flat under mugs while absorbing condensation. Designed with minimal sewing, the stem and leaf are worked directly onto the top edge using quick color transitions, allowing you to mass-produce a whole bushel of coasters in a single afternoon.

This colorful and functional Apple Coaster is an excellent project for beginners. It introduces foundational techniques like the Magic Ring, double crochets, shaping with different stitch heights, and basic embroidery.

Materials Needed

• Yarn (Medium weight/Cotton preferred):

  • Yellow or Cream: For the apple flesh (center).

  • Red: For the apple skin (border).

  • Brown: For the stem and seeds.

  • Green: For the leaf.

• Crochet Hook: 3.0 mm or 3.5 mm (depending on your yarn tension).

• Yarn Needle: For assembly and embroidery.

• Scissors.

• Stitch Marker: To keep track of the start of rounds.

Crochet Abbreviations (US Terms)

• MR: Magic Ring

• Ch: Chain

• Sl st: Slip Stitch

• Sc: Single Crochet

• Hdc: Half Double Crochet

• Dc: Double Crochet

• Inc: Increase (2 stitches in the same hole)

Part 1: The Apple Flesh (Yellow/Cream)

We will work in joined rounds. Each round begins with a chain that counts as the first stitch.

Round 1: Start with a MR. Ch 2 (counts as 1st dc), work 11 dc into the ring. Sl st to the top of the ch-2 to join. (Total: 12 stitches)

Round 2: Ch 2, work 1 dc in the same stitch. Work 2 dc (increase) in every stitch around. Sl st to join. (Total: 24 stitches)

Round 3: Ch 2, work 1 dc inc in the next stitch. Repeat (1 dc, 1 dc inc) around. Sl st to join. (Total: 36 stitches)

Round 4: Ch 2, work 1 dc in the next stitch, then 1 dc inc in the third stitch. Repeat (2 dc, 1 dc inc) around. Sl st to join. (Total: 48 stitches)

Round 5 (Shaping the Apple):
To give the coaster a realistic apple shape rather than a perfect circle, we change the height of the stitches.