Mug Rugs and The Black Friday day Accuquilt sale!

Hi Everyone!

I hope you have all had a great day. I was off work today. Yeah!!!!! I had some housework to catch up on and some errands to do.

But I did take a bit of time to sew a few mug rugs. I thought I would make 2 mug rugs as teacher gifts. I made Christmas mug rugs for these. I'm going to add a nice mug, some hot chocolate, chocolate, and maybe a few baked goods to the gift too. I think that will make a nice gift for their teachers.

I had purchased the GO! Holiday Medley die the other day. So, I decided to use the snowflake to add to my mug rugs. I love it!!! I think the GO! Cutter is definitely great to cut applique pieces. They just come out so perfectly cut. I just added fusible web to the fabric before I cut it, and it's ready to fuse right away. So simple. Sew, here are my two Christmas mug rugs.

Last year, I had bought a fat quarter of Christmas fabric that had the little snowman postage stamp images on it. I thought that these pictures would look great on the mug rug. So, I just cut them out and fused them on too. Sew, each mug rug is similar, but different.

Here's a closer look at each of them.

And since I just love my GO! Cutter,

I thought I would pass on the Black Friday Sale information that I received today.

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AccuQuilt’s Black Friday Sale – Lowest Prices Ever!

AccuQuilt is giving its blogger friends a sneak peek of their upcoming Black Friday sale! As you all know, Black Friday has become a great shopping tradition among Americans everywhere. However, a majority of consumers now prefer to shop online to escape the dangers of stampede and the hassles of long lines at stores. If you can’t find the items you want, it’s easy to hop from one store website to the next without being disappointed. Savvy online shoppers know how to get the most out of Black Friday sales by utilizing blogs, Facebook, Twitter, and other websites to get the inside track on tremendous sales.

AccuQuilt is offering the lowest prices ever on some of their most popular items plus special Daily Deals you don’t want to miss! AccuQuilt’s Black Friday sale begins on Wednesday, November 24th and ends on Cyber Monday, November 29th! Don’t miss out – visit accuquilt.com starting Wednesday to place your order!

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Well, that's all for today!

Hopefully I can get a few more projects done tomorrow.

Hugs

Ariane

Just a quick post!

Hi Everyone!!!

This is just a quick little post to share the block I received from Brenda.

This is the block she made for me for the Maple Leaf Bee.

I love it!!!

I know this is going to be a gorgeous quilt when I get all the blocks back.

Here it is.



Well, that's all folks.

I'm exhausted.

Can't......wait.....to.....hit....my.......pillow!

Yaaaawwwwwwwwwnnnnnnnn!

Goodnight!

Ariane

What to do with left over hst's? Part 2

In my last post about hst's, I made two potholders.

This time I decided to pull out a little bag of left over hst's to make a mug rug.

In the picture below are the hst's left over from making blocks for the first modern siggy swap.

I had just put them in a ziplock bag together. They were not ironed open.

So, I set out to iron them with the seams open. I prefer to have the seams open because it keep the seams straight.

Then I cut all the dog ears off.

I didn't trim them more than that, because they were so small already.

I tried a few different layouts.

I decided to use the second layout.

I started sewing all my pieces together.

I sewed them into four rows.

When I joined the rows together, I used pins to align them together.

Once it was all sewn, I picked my backing and batting out.

Then I quilted it very simply.

There are a lot of seams in this one.

So, the simpler quilting made it easier.

This mug rug finished at 5½ " x 10½"

The hst's finished at 1¼ inch square.

I still have some of these hst's left.

This is the second project I make with them too. 

Remember when I made these two potholders for a potholder pass swap!

So, don't get rid of those hst's. They can come in handy for a little project.

Hugs

Ariane

The great tissue box challenge!

 My sister Michele @ Michele Made Me is hosting

The Great Tissue Box Challenge!!!

She made these wonderful tiny little house ornaments to hang in the Christmas tree.

She used one tissue box to make a whole bunch of them.

Now she is challenging you to make some too.

I was visiting with her on the weekend and took some pictures of her little houses.

They are just gorgeous!!!

She has even posted a template to make the houses here.

You really should go check it out.

She is giving away a $30 gift certificate to the etsy shop of your choice.

That would be a great start to your Christmas shopping.

So, go check it out.

Hugs

Ariane