It all started when I picked up this fun fabric by Camelot Fabrics (quelle surprise!!). Not your
typical holiday fabric print – which I love.
And figured it would come in handy for some holiday projects.
In a panic on Friday night before the sew-in day with the
Montreal Modern Quilt Guild, I started grabbing fabric so that I would have a
project to work on the following day.
Along with the Ice Princess in Iron from the Winter Wonderland collection by Heather Rosas, I also grabbed some turquoise Kona Cotton,
left over from my Dresden Plate quilt and one single square of the Dear Stella Scallop print in Punch. I then threw in some gray Kona Cotton for
some backing options and a little batting.
I had a vague visual of what I wanted to create, but really nothing
concrete.
After a couple of hours of chatting with fellow guild
members and checking out all their gorgeous projects, I finally got down to
some cutting. And then some piecing. And before I knew it, I had this:
I finished off the hand binding Sunday night while catching
up on some shows. I had such a fun time,
I can’t seem to stop!
I've now got a pile of mug rugs just waiting to be quilted,
bound and packaged up!
This is an awesome project to let your imagination run and
enjoy some improve piecing. Often times,
I find it is these free form quilting projects that I enjoy the most! It’s also a perfect project to practice your
piecing, quilting and binding techniques!
Not to mention a great scrap buster.
So have at it! And be sure to
share your cute quilted mug rugs with me @shannonfraserdesigns on Instagram and #sfdquiltedmugrugs for us all
to see!!
xo
Shannon
Cute! I think you might have inspired me to make some coaster sets as hostess gifts for the holidays!
ReplyDeleteOh I love that idea! And would love to see your finished coasters, Izzy :)
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