Mug Rugs

   Today instead of sandwiching a larger quilt for quilting, I needed to do something more free so I pulled out some fabric for mug rugs.
    I had promised to make a mug rug for a friend of a friend with many cats.  I thought this large print fabric was perfect and it let me practice free-motion quilting. I did not focus on stitch length but following lines and drawing with the sewing machine.

I also pulled out some specially fall fabric and enjoyed free-motion quilting to enhance a couple of them. 

In all today I finished 4 mug rugs for gifts.

Another Child’s Quilt Finished

     I feel very good that I have accomplished a lot in the past few days.  Today I quilted and bound another child’s quilt for my church group.  If it looks familiar it is because this is the second duck quilt I have made.

  The quilting is different though.  I tried a meandering free-motion design that I hoped would look like water ripples. 

    I also sewed the rows together on the string hearts and added a narrow border.  Right now the top measures 40 by 46”.  I am thinking of adding a scrappy border of red, blue and purple squares to make it larger.  I’m not sure.   It can wait awhile so that I can get another top quilted. 

Using Scraps

      I finished a couple of small quilts today.  I sewed on the binding for my class sample for the Beginner 2 Block Quilt class.  It will make a nice comfort quilt for a child and it was ALL from my stash. 

I had a few 2 1/2" strips and some other scraps left over so I decided to use up as much as I could making more 12 1/2" blocks.  I used one 4 1/2" square from another fabric and finished 4 blocks.

They are a nice start for another child's quilt and the only bits of these fabrics left are very small pieces that will go in crumb blocks.

I also bound the quilt with the cheater fabric center. 

Two down but there are more tops waiting to be quilted.  I am determined to get more finished before I start a new project.