I did however, have fun putting it together and may make some more later on.
Thursday, July 28, 2011
To Craft at the last minute!
So it's Godboffin's Birthday on Monday next week. Time got completely away from me and I failed to make the fun bag I was going to do. So was in a panic at the beginning of this week, as I had no idea what to get her! I remember Karen showing me a few "Mug Rug's" she had made. So I went searching the internet for inspiration. I found it here.
I found some scrap pieces that were already sewn together and cut them up, and put them together as shown below. Now my 1st Mug Rug is a little longer than was advised in the instructions, but I think it adds character! :D
It took me just over 4 hours due to the ironing and cutting then sewing the decorative quilting and the binding. The instructions said the sew the binding on by machine, and I would have happily done that, had I not decided to try something different. And by different I mean sewing on all 4 side as separate pieces. Note to self - DON'T DO THAT AGAIN!!!
I did however, have fun putting it together and may make some more later on.
I did however, have fun putting it together and may make some more later on.
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Mug rugs don't have to be a specific size. The second one I received is about a quarter of the first one I received.
ReplyDeleteThe first couple of quilts I made I did the binding as four separate pieces, it is a valid technique. I used to find it came out neater than mitering the corners of continuous binding, but I'm getting more experienced at the mitered corners now.