Hey Everyone, welcome back to Mug Rug Monday.

Today’s mug rug was actually the start of a Stitch Along Sunday piece from last year. I believe I started it in April 2014 – how appropriate that I finish it a year later. That was a great month for stitch along – I made two and we did the pieces based on words.

And it really is quite appropriate for this Easter Monday – eggs scattered about on the ground. Did you go on an egg hunt?

With the background and appliqué already done all I need to do is some stitching around the egg shapes and some quilting in the background. Easy peasy.

Some zigzag stitch around the eggs in a lovely variegated purple and pink thread. It’s King Tut – I haven’t used my King Tut threads for ages – I forgot how much I liked them.

The oval shapes outlined with a zigzag stitch

Zigzag stitch around the eggs

After stitching around the eggs I decided that was good and the piece didn’t need the background quilted. So I trimmed off the extra batting and backing then decided it needed some quilting. I used the Chaco liner to draw on my quilting lines to keep my on the straight and narrow.

Chalk lines drawn on the background to follow for the quilting

Quilting lines drawn on

Just some straight lines with another King Tut thread.

Quilting on the background done with a variegated thread

Background quilting done

The biggest challenge will be finding one of the background fabrics so I can make the binding. I know it is around here somewhere.

I didn’t find the background fabrics – I know I have more of them but just have no idea where they are. I used the lightest pink for the binding instead – it’s okay just not my first choice. Oh well.

This Scattered Eggs mug rug is 9 ½″ x 12 ½″ – a little larger than the others but it did start out life with a different purpose in mind.