Determine what size you want your finished mug rug to be and then adjust your measurements accordingly.
What is a mug rug used for.
Then place your favorite mug of bigelow hot tea on your new fabric coaster.
A mug rug is a mini quilt which can be used to rest your coffee and that extra cookie you decided you needed.
Thanks again for all of your support.
I m julie and i love to quilt craft read garden hike and spend time with my family.
I usually don t use the foot with the guide for piecing and had to adapt a bit.
As mentioned before mug rugs make great gifts too.
And thank you to angie and her mom terri for sharing it with all of us.
What is a mug rug.
Apparently a blogger named amanda came up with the name and it stuck causing mug rugs to be created all over the world.
How to make a hexie mug rug.
Trim off any extra threads.
A simple mug rug pattern offers you the solution of avoiding water or liquid stains on your table surfaces.
To finish off the mug rug using a 1 4 inch seam sew all the way around making sure to sew over the gap that was used for turning.
Similar to a placemat the mug rug is simply a place for your coffee cup and muffin or afternoon snack to sit.
Press again with an iron if necessary.
Due to their size mug rugs use only small pieces of fabric.
Instead of sewing within a few mm of the pin i had to stop a good.
Where did the name come from.
Mug rugs are typically any size between a 4 x 7 and a 12 x 8.
They are known for being able to place your mug on with a tasty treat such as a croissant bagel or cookie.
A mug rug is a great way to use your scraps and a quilter always has scraps.
They re totally gift worthy too.
The mug rug plus some treats are tucked inside the mug.
They re a great way to polish up on your quilting and sewing skills and learn a new technique or two but they also a creative way to use up scraps and bonus.
A few of you may be wondering to yourself what is a mug rug to be honest when i first became active in the online sewing and quilting world i had no idea what people were talking about when they said mug rug.
Put simply a mug rug is a large coaster.
I used the foot with a guide for sewing the mug rug pieces together which makes it very tricky to sew right up to the pin as the pins get in the way of the guide or maybe it s the other way around the guide gets in the way of the pins.
Plus it s pretty to look at.
I hope you enjoy this little mug rug poem.