Tea and Cakes Mug Rug

Hello, again, friends.

It's been six months now since I began blogging,

and I've really enjoyed meeting new bloggers

and readers from around the world!

I wish I could invite each of you to come over 

for a nice cup of tea.

{Blogging is nice, though, because you can make your own cup of tea...

or coffee...or whatever you enjoy, and sit down at your computer for a visit any time!}

One of my new-found friends is Amanda, The Patchsmith.

Amanda has been busy churning out mug rugs 

ever since we arranged our little swap.

{You can read about it here and here.}

And now, Amanda is busy designing patterns,

so you, too, can make sweet little mug rugs!

{Here's my version of the Scotties Mug Rug.}

One of her latest patterns is called Tea and Cakes.

I just had to make this one, being a big fan of tea.

 I chose some more of my Fig Tree Quilts fabrics...

little scraps from Dandelion Girl, left over from my Bird Song quilt.

Also, I had some bits from another Fig Tree line called Urban Indigo.

{See the print on the binding and the main body of the cup?}

I used fusible webbing for the appliques and fusible fleece for the batting.

My free tutorial for machine binding came in handy,

and in no time I was done with this little sweetie!

I loved this color scheme so much that I made a matching pincushion.

I used this fantastic free tutorial by Kim of My Go-Go Life.

{I'm making a bunch of these pincushions, so they will be

featured soon in their very own post.}

Come back soon, to share another teatime adventure!