Since, I did projects for coffee individuals yesterday; I
decide I need one for teas drinkers, too.
Scrappy
Stack Mug Rug Tutorial
Finished Size: Approx. 10"x7"
Materials: 10 print strips
4.5"x1.25", 2 sashing strips 8"x1.75", 2 sashing strips
6.5"x1.75", 1 binding strip 2.5"x44", Backing fabric
12"x9", Batting 12"x9",
sewing machine and Coordinating thread
Directions:
Use a 1/4" seam allowance!
Take your 10 print strips and sew them together to create a
little patchwork rectangle! Press your seams.
Attach your 8" sashing strips on the long side of your
pieced rectangle. Press your seams open. Attach your remaining sashing strips
to the short ends of your rectangle. Press your seams open.
Make a little quilt sandwich with your backing fabric,
batting, and pieced top. Baste!
Quilt as desired using coordinating thread. Quilt with wavy
lines by using a walking foot, purposely wiggling. Stitch using green thread
every 1/2" or so, then went back and stitched with turquoise thread in
between my previous quilt lines!
Trim your backing and batting and square up your mug rug.
Create your double fold bias tape and bind away by machine stitching it to the
front and hand stitching it to the back.
Tea Time Mug Rug
Finished Size: Approximately. 8.25” x 7.25”
Materials: 7 quilting weight cotton prints
cut to 6.5” x 2” each for patchwork insert, 1 solid quilting weight cotton
(with embellishment if so desired) cut to 4” x 8.5” for side panel, 1 quilting
weight cotton print cut to 8.5” x 9.5” for back, 1 piece of fusible fleece cut
to 7.5” x 8.5”, Sewing machine, thread, 70/10 & 90/14 universal sewing
machine needles, tool for turning corners, scissors or rotary cutter, iron, etc.
Optional:
1
piece of eyelet (or other trim) that is 8.5” long (width is not important)
Notes:
* 1” = 2.54 cm
* A 70/10 universal sewing machine needle is used to assemble
the entire mug rug until the last step – the topstitching is completed using a
90/14 universal sewing machine needle.
* All seam allowances are ½”.
* Abbreviations: RS= right side, WS = wrong side, RST= right
sides together, WST= wrong sides together
Directions:
Center and fuse the fleece to the WS of the back piece of
fabric. Set aside.
Take your 7 cotton prints for the patchwork insert, and
determine what order you would like them in.
With your first and second fabric pieces for your patchwork
insert, and place them RST. Align the raw edges. Sew the 2 pieces together
along one of the 6.5” sides.
Continue sewing all of the 7 prints together to form one
patchwork insert piece as shown below.
Using scissors or pinking shears, trim all of the seam
allowances down to ¼”, and press all of the seams open.
Using a rotary cutter and ruler, trim the sides of your
patchwork insert if necessary to straighten them out.
Align the raw edges of one side of the patchwork insert with
one of the long sides of the side panel piece as shown in the photo below.
(Note: Your side panel piece will likely be the same length as the patchwork
insert piece, due to a cutting error on my part, the side panel piece was a bit
shorter, so simply centered it on the patchwork). Pin the 2 pieces together,
and sew.
Optional: Attach a piece of eyelet over the seam. Use tape
(rather than pins to temporarily affix the eyelet, then simply sewed over the
stitching created by the manufacturer to permanently attach the eyelet. Your
front of the mug rug is now complete.
Place your completed front piece on a flat surface with the RS
facing up. Place your backing piece (from step #1) on top of the front piece
RST. Align raw edges and pin together.
Along one side ( “side panel” side), use a water soluble
marker, or any other marking tool to mark a 3” opening to use for turning.
Sew the 2 pieces together around all 4 sides (except for the
opening), and clip the corners. You can pivot at the corners if you like, or if
you prefer to do my corners a bit differently to make them stronger. Take a
look:
Trim all of the seam allowances down to ¼” EXCEPT for the side
with the opening (To close an opening with ½” of fabric than ¼” of fabric
available to topstitch over).
Turn the mug rug right side out and press. Be sure to press
the fabric left from the opening inward.
(Switch to your 90/14
needle now!) Using the side of your presser foot as a guide, top stitch around
the entire mug rug. This will close your opening left for turning. Then, when
you are finished, go back and add another line of topstitching around 1/8”
beyond your first line of topstitching. Press the entire piece.
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