Hello, friends!
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!
I enjoyed seeing our family and friends
and celebrating this most wonderful holiday
with all of the special foods and music!
{With a dining room table filled with gift wrap and cookies,
I took a self-imposed hiatus from my sewing machine,
but I hope to be back in business any minute.}
Remember when I was making my
I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!
I enjoyed seeing our family and friends
and celebrating this most wonderful holiday
with all of the special foods and music!
{With a dining room table filled with gift wrap and cookies,
I took a self-imposed hiatus from my sewing machine,
but I hope to be back in business any minute.}
Remember when I was making my
using Susan Branch illustrations and phrases,
from a fabric panel?
I've still got quite a stack of sweet sentiments left,
and I've used one of them to make
this charming little mug rug,
just right for tea time.
{I loved the colors from my Rainy Day pinnie, so I used that palette.}
Here you can read the lovely quote by Louisa May Alcott...
This was a simple patchwork design...
I just framed the quotation in lots of my favorite prints.
Many of them happen to be from the Bake Sale line...
since I've been having so much Quilty Fun lately!
I added lots and lots of straight-line quilting this time.
{Those lines are only about 1/4" or so apart.}
The quilting really shows up on the back side. Great texture, huh?
As usual, I have fusible fleece inside the layers.
It makes for a nice flat mug rug...
so my mug won't tip over.
The machine binding was done using my own free tutorial.
I wish I could invite each of you to join me
for a nice cup of tea...
But that's what blogs are for, right?
Come back often, and stay for a while!
I've made sew many wonderful friends through blogging and sewing,
and I wish each of you, near and far,
a very Happy New Year ahead,
filled with good health and good stitching!
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