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A Sweet Little Gift for Someone You Love, Any Time of the Year! These charming little quilted hearts speaks eloquently of the sweetness of love. Make one for your sweetheart, or for anyone who is special to you. They will surely appreciate the thoughtful, heartfelt gift. Simple patchwork framed with ric rac makes these mug …
Join the Sew Much Moore Quilt Block Club Swap and connect with quilters worldwide in a creative, community-driven exchange
Join the Sew Much Moore Quilt Block Club Swap and connect with quilters worldwide in a creative, community-driven exchange
Join the Sew Much Moore Quilt Block Club Swap and connect with quilters worldwide in a creative, community-driven exchange
Join the Sew Much Moore Quilt Block Club Swap and connect with quilters worldwide in a creative, community-driven exchange
Join the Sew Much Moore Quilt Block Club Swap and connect with quilters worldwide in a creative, community-driven exchange
Great Ideas for Memory Quilts, Keepsake Quilts and for Recycling Men’s Shirts! Men’s shirts have a lot of usable fabric for creative quilters to work into quilts. Recycling is always a great idea, plus men’s shirts provide the ideal fabric for more masculine quilts. All-cotton shirts, besides being more comfortable to wear, are perfect for …
Make a special treat for your favorite teacher, using only your fabric scraps! Get the full, free tutorial for the apple mug rug on Craftsy.
Ha! I finished my last DIY holiday gifts! I always do kitty thingies for Ashley and Darrin, parents to SIX kitties. And, yes, sometimes it’s hard to find something new. But I lucked ou…
Our Summer Sun Mug rug pattern is the perfect project to practice improv quilt piecing! Improv piecing can seem overwhelming, but it's a great way to stretch your creative muscles!
Want to learn to Quilt As you Go? This Rainbow Sunset Mug Rug by Top US sewing blog Ameroonie Designs will teach you how! Click for the tutorial.
Our Summer Sun Mug rug pattern is the perfect project to practice improv quilt piecing! Improv piecing can seem overwhelming, but it's a great way to stretch your creative muscles!
This sweet quick hitter of a project is the perfect pick me up for beating the cold winter blues away. The applique details allow you to use up your smaller fabric leftovers. Mug rugs are the perfect small project for testing out new skills. Such as: Annie’s Creative Studio video classes walk you through each […]
Make these fun quilt as you go coasters out of your fabric scraps in an evening! A fun way to use up scraps and a great quilted gift idea!
See how to sew quilt binding: first, how to bind a quilt, and how to sew mitered corners. Make your quilt binding corners look beautiful - the easy way!
This is what I sent to my partner in the mug rug swap- A stack of presents with labels that spelled out her daughter's name- her daughter wa...
I will show you a mug rug tutorial that you can use to make all kinds of mug rugs for your friends and family. Let’s jump right into it!
I've had the chance to review the book Free Motion Quilting for Beginners (and those who think they can't), by Molly Hanson. I love that title! I'm a big proponent of quilting your own quilts, as you know, and I've read a lot of books about free motion quilting. I like how everyone presents the information in their own personal way....there is always more to learn! This book presents all the practical information you need to get started. More importantly, it gives you the confidence to jump in and give free motion quilting a try. There are 15 projects in the book that encourage you to start small and increase your comfort level with free motion quilting before you tackle something larger, like a quilt. What I love most about this book is Molly's tone of encouragement throughout the text and the projects. She is great at guiding you though the entire process! I've done a lot of free motion quilting and I love how relaxing it can be. I also know how easy it can be to get in a rut. I challenged myself to get out of my box, so to speak and try some new-to-me, designs. I gave this squared off stippling pattern a try and it went pretty well! I had to slow down and think about where I was going from time to time, but it was fun! I could see doing this all over a whole quilt. I also quilted a few swatches of different designs and I turned them into a set of coasters. Binding them was a little fiddly, but totally worth it! (I can say that now that they are done. Ha!) These are great because I not only used scraps of fabric, but scraps of batting as well. Hurray! I'm happy to count these as scrap project #94/101. If you would like the chance to win an e-book copy of Free Motion Quilting for Beginners, please leave me a comment in this post. In your comment, I'd love to hear what your favorite go-to FMQ pattern is. Or, if you are new to FMQ, I'd like to hear what pattern you would like to master. I will pick winner in a few days!
The quilt as you go technique (QAYG) simplifies quilting for beginners because it is an easy way to join quilted pieces by machine.
House quilts really appeal to us, maybe because "home is where the heart is." With dozens of FREE quilt patterns... which house will you cho...
Who can resist a crisp, juicy apple? These easy Quilted Apple Coasters are charming and easy to make plus they also make a great mug rug!
The quilt as you go method (QAYG) simplifies quilting for beginners because it's an easy way to quilt by machine. Ideal for beginners.
How to Make Cat Mug Rugs I have this cute summer kitten fabric that I wanted to use. I came across this idea to make these cute cat mug rugs but the
Perfect your hand quilting skills while you create a mug rug that is perfect for summer with our free big stitch hand quilted mug rug sewing pattern.
With Nordic style Christmas decor being all the rage in stores again this year, I'm making some of my own using the "pixelated" or "watercolor" technique. Here is a little tutorial on a Nordic Christmas mug rug, but the technique can be used for larger things, such as table runners or wall quilts. You only have to find a fair isle knitting chart or cross stitch embroidery chart with an image you like or make your own on a sheet of square graphed paper. I find that the minimum size for more or less interesting patterns is 7 by 7 squares, so my mug rug is 7.5'' squared. Here are some charts you can use. You'll need: 1.5'' squares of red and white fabrics - 49 in all, exact number of each color depends on your chosen pattern (mine required 21 red and 28 white) 10.5'' squared piece of adhesive interfacing with grid (more on that below) 7.5'' squared pieces of batting and backing binding Here we go: Prepare your squares Prepare your gridded interfacing - you can either use pre-printed one like Quilter's grid, or draw your own grid on the glue side of light-weight interfacing you (hopefully) have at hand, or stick a piece of interfacing to your cutting mat with pieces of tape so that the grid on the mat shows through. In the latter case you'll have to be careful moving your layout to your ironing place. The pre-printed Quilter's Grid is handy, but it has lines on the non-adhesive side, so to see them on the other side it has to be laid on something white. Looking at your chosen chart start laying out the squares row by row. If possible, do it on your ironing mat or right next to it. When you're ready carefully press the whole layout with hot iron until the squares adhere. In a perfect Universe the squares will touch side to side but not overlap. Now take it to the machine. Fold the first row over and stitch 1/4'' from the edge. Repeat with all the other rows. There are different ways to deal with the seam allowance. I prefer pressing them open and to do that we first have to rip them open. If your squares didn't overlap, the seam ripper will glide almost effortlessly cutting just the interfacing. However, if there are a couple of layers of fabric in the way, you'd better use scissors for the job. With the seams pressed open, it's time to stitch the columns. Here the seams can be pressed to one side, but I find that the extra time invested in ripping them and pressing open pays off - the result is a smoother surface and easier quilting. Here is the finished top. People are often taken aback by the drastic decrease in size from the original layout. As we go from 1.5'' to 1'' squares it means a decrease by 1/3 in both directions. I went for simple walking-foot quilting and binding of the same red as in the squares to stick to the Nordic minimalism. I'm planning a set of mug rugs with a central "teapot rug" and a wall quilt using this technique, stay tuned for updates ;))) Linking up to Tips and Tutorials Tuesday hosted by Ivonne at Quilting Jetgirl Linky Tuesday at Free motion by the River UPD: A set of four completed: UPD 2: Please go to this post to see the completed wall-hanging and cushion in the same technique. СохранитьСохранить
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Who wants ice cream?! This ice cream swirl cone quilted mug rug pattern celebrates all that is great about summer.
Looking for a quick Halloween quilting project? The Halloween Bats Mini Quilt has lots of options for creating spooky mini quilts, mug rugs, and other fun quilt-y projects.
Raid your scrap box and sew up some of these gorgeous but free mug rug patterns. Make a lovely mug rug in minutes and snack in style every day
Assemble a 6" coffee cup block.
How to make a fast and easy DIY Angled Strips mug rug using scraps of quilted fabrics from your stash.Tutorial with photos to help you with the steps.
Simple yet elegant patchwork project for beginners using Quilt As You Go (QAYG) technique. You will learn how to create a simple patchwork using QAYG method, quilt a grid, make rounded corners and add a monogram. This pattern requires basic sewing skills and a sewing machine.Finished size: 6 3/4" x 6 3/4" (17.1 x 17.1cm).You will need:(1) Fabric A 1 ¾” x 4 ⅛” (4.4 x 10.5cm), quilting cotton(1) Fabric B 5 ¼” x 2” (13.3 x 5.1cm), quilting cotton(1) Fabric C 2 ¾” x 5 ⅝” (7.0 x 14.3cm), quilting co
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I will show you a mug rug tutorial that you can use to make all kinds of mug rugs for your friends and family. Let’s jump right into it!
Block 91 Ladybug from my Ladybug Mug Rug Pattern As promised at the beginning of the month, I have made the two ladybug blocks from my Across the Pond 'ladybug' blog post and thought I would give you a flypast of them both. Handiwerx Paper Pieced Ladybug First up is a paper-pieced block by Handiwerx which became Block 96 of my Block-a-Day project. This pattern went together relatively easily. There were no spots to appliqué so I indulged in a little red polka dot fabric. Block 96 - Paperpieced Ladybug The only thing to watch for is that you match the head and shoulder seams when joining the head and body. The original pattern has embroidered legs but I was happy to leave them off – ‘less is more’ as they say. Sometimes though, it just has to be patchwork. That is where the second block, Block 98, comes into play. This block is by Apple Avenue Quilts. Apple Avenue Patchwork Ladybugs As you can see the original block holds four ladybugs in a 12” square but, as I am using only scraps for my Block-a-Day, I chose to make one quarter – in other words, one ladybug on a 6” block. Block 98 - Mummy Ladybug The patchwork went together quickly and easily and I have to say, I loved making it and I love the look of it. I used black linen scraps for the head, stripe and spots and a small dotty red for the body. Isn’t she a beauty? I think a bed quilt made up of this block mixed with a flower block would look so pretty - perfect for a little girl's bedroom or nursery. There you have it – two lovely blocks using two different methods. Both were a delight to make but, if I had to choose, the patchwork bug wins by a wingtip. Until next time ......
Want to learn to Quilt As you Go? This Rainbow Sunset Mug Rug by Top US sewing blog Ameroonie Designs will teach you how! Click for the tutorial.
