Mug Rug insanity :-)

I've been making some mug rugs in the last few days to have on hand as little gifts. What a lot of fun these little gems are. They are meant to put on your desk or sewing table and will hold a mug and there is also room for a cookie or snack. This keeps your work surface clean and protected from spills. It can be thrown in the washer and dryer for quick clean up. You'll need several for your own desk :-).

What a lovely disaster I had in the sewing room working on these little mug rugs.



In the middle of the mess, I found my chocolate emergency kit LOL!

Some finished mug rug tops (they need binding yet):

If you would like to make mug rugs in class, I have all the materials ready to make as many as you like!

Pineapple paper pieced sample block

This is the 6" pineapple block that we will be using to learn paper piecing. This one is done in only two colours, but you can make fun designs using a different colour for each side or doing them totally scrappy!

The block looks totally different if you put it on point and three or five of these squares would make a lovely table runner:

Pinwheel table topper

Alice made this cute pinwheel runner from a kit:

A few of the kits available:

Student work completed

Some of my students have been busy finishing projects. Here is Alice's wonderful Square Dance quilt she made for her daughter. She used half yards of 8 prints instead of FQ's and this worked out to a nice single bed size with the borders. Aren't the colours awesome? Alice has just started quilting last fall and this is her second quilt she has finished including the quilting!

Alice and her finished quilt:

Backing:

Closeup of the backing:

Chris made a lovely tote bag for the Cancer Relay for Life in June. She quilted the cancer symbol ribbons in the front and back of the quilt!:

Mitered border table toppers

The mitered border class has been a lot of fun and some lovely table toppers have been produced. This is the sample I did with a spring striped fabric I had in my stash and a pink floral FQ:

At the second class, we figured out a brainstorm for using the cut offs of the mitered corner and leftover bits of strips to make mini toppers and coasters :-):

The mini table topper fits perfectly in the center of the large one:

Joyce and Maria both used this wonderful border print and matching center:

The bonus mini:

Cathy D's cool butterfly table topper and bonus mini in the center:


I apologize for the quality of these photos...it's snowing outside today and it's really bright in the sewing room. That's my excuse for being a lousy photographer!

Table runners

Here are some photos of the pinwheels table runners we've been working on. Maria's small table runner:

My small table runner:

My larger one:

Joyce's larger table runner:

Beginnings of a Christmas hexagon shaped table topper:


Update - The borders are now on the Christmas table topper :-)

Chris tried this table topper as well and used a tablecloth border print which was 60" wide. She used the dark green as the background and the floral print for all the pinwheels except the bottom center, which she cut from a sparkly gold fabric to look like a bow on the wreath. I will post an update once she has her borders on. Great job Chris!

More student work....

There were some miscellaneous photos on my camera of class projects, so I got them downloaded for you all to see what we have been up to lately. We learned about mitered borders this week. Chris brought a table runner that she had made and we added the mitered borders around it:

Laurie and Alice shared a lovely spring border print and put different coloured centers in. They turned out so different, but both are gorgeous. Alice added a blue center to hers:

Laurie put a lovely buttery yellow in hers (the yellow is washed out a bit by the light):
Megan came a couple of weeks ago and made a matching pillowcase to the quilt that I made for her new baby. Great job Megan!

Sisters, Judy and Elaine, came during the March break to make their selvage edge Handy Snippet catchers: