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put your coffee mug down on the table and make a ring –
use a mug rug! With room for a cookie or two and a range of
seasonal images to choose from, these make great gifts. This
is a good excuse to make more than one of these bright, beautiful
mats, which is a great project for a fairly new quilter to
tackle. You don’t need much fabric for the base, and
it is a great opportunity to use up scraps for the motifs.
The Before You Start section lists what you need, which is
mostly basic quilting materials and tools. Before you choose
what you are going to put on your mug rug there are eight
border and background sets to choose from, all with instructions
combining words with diagrams and some staged photographs.
At the back is a gallery showing all the mats with their chosen
borders (but you can mix and match), as well as instructions
on appliqué, embellishing with embroidery and paint
etc. Finally, there are two ideas for items to match your
new mug rugs: a runner and a place mat with patterns for both.
Finally, there are instructions on quilting, which are aimed
more at the improver who is a bit rusty than a total beginner,
but then this book does not purport to be for people who have
not done any quilting before. There is a pullout sheet of
all the patterns at the back, over 25 different images from
holiday favorites like a snowman or tree, Halloween pumpkin
or witch’s boot with web, through to animals such as
crab, owl, giraffe, porcupine and dragonfly. My own favorite
has to be the seahorses on their elegant runner, but whatever
you choose, this is a beautifully presented book of fun and
easy projects.
If you cannot find a good range of quilting materials locally
try www.searchpress.com
for a list of suppliers. Reviews
of other titles by this author
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To Make Quilted Mug Rugs
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and More
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