Teacher Mug Rug - Free Tutorial with Sulky Threads

 

Hi Friends! Today I'm sharing a free tutorial on the Sulky Blog. This Teacher Mug Rug is the perfect gift for your favorite teacher or customize the hand embroidered words for yourself or a friend.

                Teach Mug Rug Free Tutorial : Here on Sulky Blog

Teacher Mug Rug:  Finished size: 5.25" x 7"

Supplies:  clickable links below

Fabric

• Background: 1 Fat Quarter - Denim Pin Dot designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs
• Star: Scraps -  Prairie designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs
• Mug Rug Backing: 5 3/4” x 7 1/2” rectangle - Prairie designed by Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs

Sulky Thread

• 50 wt. Cotton #753-1001 *Piecing, quilting, and assembly
• 12 wt. Cotton Petites™ #1039 *Hand embroidery
• 12 wt. Cotton Petites™ #1292 *Hand embroidery
• 12 wt. Cotton Petites™ #1830 *Hand embroidery

Needles

• Organ® 80/12 Top Stitch (piecing, quilting & assembly)
• Tulip® Embroidery (hand embroidery)

Preferred transfer tool for Hand embroidering (choose one of the following)

• Sulky Stick’n Stitch™ Stabilizer
• Sulky Iron-On Transfer Pen
• Frixion® Pen

Other

• Sulky KK2000™ Temporary Spray Adhesive
• 5” x 8” rectangle of batting
• That Purple Thang turning tool

Teach Mug Rug Free Tutorial : Here on Sulky Blog

I hope you love creating this Teacher Mug Rug! It's a wonderful gift to share for the new school year!

Be sure to follow me on Instagram @ABitofScrapStuff and on my A Bit of Scrap Stuff Blog for more fabric fun!

Have a great day and happy quilting! 

Melanie 

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Dad and Grad Mug Rugs - Celebrate!

Hello! Today, I'm sharing a quick and useful gift for Dad, Grandpa, and/or Graduates on the AccuQuilt Blog (here)! I think it is tricky to quilt gifts for men and graduates so I love making a personalized mug rug / snack mat for that special person. You can even add a fun mug or snack or gift card to complete the perfect gift! I also love that you can make a Mug Rug in one afternoon - yay! 



Click here for the full tutorial on the AccuQuilt Blog (here)

Did you notice the two Mug Rugs are the same pattern - but different sizes? Guess how I did that? 

AccuQuilt GO! Mix & Match Qubes! I used both my 12" and 10" Mix & Match Qubes to create the size I needed! I love the flexibility of Qubes!!! This pattern will also work for 9", 8", and 6" Qubes depending on the size of Mug Rug/ Snack Mat you want! 

Let's get ready to start creating!

Supplies:

• AccuQuilt GO! or Big Cutting Machine
• AccuQuilt GO!  Mix & Match Qube 12" Block OR 10" Block
• AccuQuilt GO! Queen of Hearts Die
• AccuQuilt GO! 2" Classic Uppercase Alphabet OR AccuQuilt GO! Carefree 3" Numbers
• AccuQuilt GO! 2 1/2" Strip Cutter
• Fabric Scraps
• Fusible Adhesive *Fuse per manufacturer instructions to wrong side of fabric that will be used for letters and heart.

Click here for the full tutorial on the AccuQuilt Blog (here)

I'm so excited to have an handmade Father's Day gift to give my husband from the kids! I'm sure your Dad, Grandpa, Uncle, Brother, Son, or graduate would love to have a personalized Mug Rug/ Snack Mat as a gift! 

You can use this same Mug Rug pattern to make this gift for anyone!  Use their initials and it would be great for bride/groom, birthday gifts, or a just because gift!

If you want to learn more about AccuQuilt GO! Qubes - click here.  Choose the Qube size you are interested in and watch the video.

Click here for the full tutorial on the AccuQuilt Blog (here)

Be sure to follow me on Instagram @ABitofScrapStuff  and here on my A Bit of Scrap Stuff Blog for more fabric fun!

Have a great day and happy quilting! 

Melanie

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Lemon Slice Table Runner and Hot Pad with Pucker Up Friday Bundle Batch at Fort Worth Fabric Studio

Happy Friday!!! Is it summer yet??? This week's Friday Bundle Batch - Pucker Up at Fort Worth Fabric Studio will make you think it is summer! I just love this bright and cheery bundle! 

When I saw all the lovely yellows- I knew I wanted to sew something bright for my home! I remembered the fabulous Orange Slice Mug Rug that Lindsey made last year, which has been on my "must make" list...so I made one.  It was so fun to sew that I needed a matching a table runner so I adapted her pattern into a table runner. Are you ready to sew a  Pucker Up Lemon Slice Mug Rug and Table Runner?

Supplies: (click on links)

Pucker up Fat Quarter Bundle

Small Talk Black Newsprint Studio E - 0.5 yard

Insul-Bright for Mug Rug (so it can be a hot pad too)

Aurifil thread

Polka Dot Scissors- fun and cute

Batting from stash

Heat N Bond Lite from stash

Orange Slice Tutorial and Printable slice template- here. THANK YOU Lindsey!!!!

For Mug Rug:

Follow Lindsey's fabulous tutorial to make your Lemon Slice Version. I even quilted mine like hers!

Lemon Slice Table Runner

I loved this Orange/Lemon Slice pattern so much that I knew I needed a table runner based on this pattern. Here is a little tutorial so you can make your own.

Cutting:

- Cut (16) 4.5" squares from the yellow fabrics

- Cut and fuse with Heat N Bond 16 Lemon Slices (from Lindsey's Orange Slice Tutorial)

- Cut (2) 10" x 16.5" rectangles from the Swiss Dots Yellow fabric

Piecing and Finishing

1. Sew (16) 4.5" yellow squares together into a 4 x 4 patchwork square (16.5" x 16.5")

2. Follow Lindsey's Orange Slice tutorial to attach 1 Lemon/Orange to each Swiss Dot fabric (center lemon)

3. Sew (1) Lemon Slice to each opposite side of yellow patchwork squares.

To make my table runner backing. I just cut strips of my left over fabrics until it was the desired size. I love being able to use the full fat quarter bundle.

Quilt as desired. I stippled the patchwork and used my free motion foot to draw around the slices and spiral in the center (I free hand....so it's not perfect...but I still like it). 

Now it's time to bind your table runner with the fabulous Small Talk Black Newsprint Studio E  fabric! Doesn't this Lemon Slice Table Runner and Mug Rug make you think it's summertime?!?!?

A bit about the fun extras I used this week...

I wanted to show a close up of the best ever text fabric with sewing words...oh my...it is adorable! I definitely need order more as I LOVE it! Small Talk Black Newsprint Studio E 

I ordered myself a pair of these Polka Dot Scissors and they were great for cutting out the lemon wedges from the fabric that I fused with Heat N Bond. I don't like to use my fabric scissors for this task as I don't want to dull them...so these super cute $2.95 scissors were perfect! See how cute!

Thank you again to Fort Worth Fabric Studio for having me create a project with this fabulous Pucker Up Fat Quarter Bundle!!! Be sure to grab your bundle here. Tag your projects on social media with #sewingwithfwfabricstudio and @fwfabricstudio and me @mellierc

Have a great day !

Melanie