Hey Everyone, welcome back to Mug Rug Monday.
Last week was quite a week. I was on the road 5 out of 7 days which meant little time for writing blog posts. This week I am only away one evening so should be able to get out a few more posts.
Today’s mug rug I am creating with my Rectangles and Squares block just in a much smaller size than the original pattern.
The original Rectangles & Squares quilt
The original block is 12 inches square and these ones in this mug rug are 4 inches square – just a wee bit smaller. The final size of the mug rug is 8 inches square.
I pulled out my scrap bin from under the sewing table and dumped it on the table to look for 8 coordinating fabrics to make this mug rug.
Scraps on the table
I came up with a whole bunch of teal fabrics which I had used in my Monet’s Garden test piece. The fabrics need to have a variety of light, medium and dark value in order to create a design with the blocks.
Some teal fabrics
To begin I resized the block in EQ7 so I wouldn’t have to do the math in my head as to what size the pieces needed to be cut – at 0700 this morning I wasn’t in the mood to do math.
Then I cut all the pieces and sewed them together to create 4 – 4 inch blocks. The great thing about this block is there is only one seam to match in the whole block. Bonus!
The 4 inch block
After playing around with the blocks I chose this layout. There are several possibilities for layouts with this block. Even an on-point version which can be found in my Beginner’s Patchwork class at the Academy of Quilting.
Chosen layout
But I wish I had used this layout as the 4 little squares make a bigger impact in this layout than the one above.
Layout #2 – not used
After sandwiching the three layers I chose a variegated teal thread and did some free motion stippling. This is one of my favourite quilting motifs.
Mug rug quilted
I lucked out and already had a piece of binding cut and folded in the scrap bin which made it easy to create the binding for this piece.
Binding on and ready to use
Oh and speaking of binding remember last week I couldn’t find the green fabric I wanted for the binding on my Scattered Eggs mug rug – well I found it when I opened my workshop box for the Twisted Log Cabin class I taught in London at the end of last week. I knew I had seen it somewhere. Now to get rid of the pink binding and put the green one on.
If you liked this then why not check out my Rectangles & Squares pattern.
Happy Quilting!
