Mitered Corners

Yesterday, I received a comment on the nicely mitered corners of the mug rug… I appreciated the compliment but was glad she was not able to examine the corners more closely.  Then, I thought… not only are mug rugs fun to make and put leftover bits of fabric to good use… I can practice mitered corners making them!

I practiced 8 mitered corners last night!   *grin*

I’m gonna get good at this some day!

Quick Birthday Gift

My niece, who works for Urban Promise in Wilmington DE and was the recipient of my first quilt, has a birthday coming up this week.  In addition to a bit of loose pocket change as a donation to the ministry, I’m sending her a mug rug of her very own!   I know y’all are SO surprised!   *wink*

I’m telling you… these mug rugs are addictive!    I may need an intervention here...

A quick and easy project using all those scraps of fabric I’ve been saving for who knows what… well… now I know for WHAT I was saving them!

Mug Rugs (part 2)

This past weekend while browsing quilt blogs, I ran across a post by Ryan Walsh of I’m Just A Guy Who Quilts about how to make a mug rug.  Since I had been trying to figure out exactly what's the best size to make mug rugs… I finally found an answer!  

So, instead of doing stuff that needs to get done… I made another mug rug, this time appx 7”x10” using stuff in my scrap bins.

I machine stitched down the binding b/c I’m either too lazy to hand stitch something that will be used and tossed in the wash frequently, OR… I would feel guilty hand sewing a quick project when I have so much else that needed doing… including a friend coming over for lunch!  I called it “practicing stitching in the ditch!”

House Dragon shared that she uses a decorate stitch on her machine to sew down the binding...  and a light bulb went on!  So I had to try that too...

Speaking of LUNCH… I made the Chicken & Wild Rice Soup recipe from Crazy Vegas Mom’s blog. 

True comfort food and especially nice on a chilly winter’s day... and great to take to work for lunch during the week!