TSP's Autumn Equinox Mug rug Swap 2022

[Flobear]

I've got some written instructions for the one I'm experimenting with so remains to be seen how successful that will be 

[Iminei]

The one thing I can suggest is NOT to cut the exact sizes for your design from the fusi before you iron it to the fabric ...

Draw the shapes in the size you need including seam allowances on the fusi .... cut around these with 1/4" - 1/2" or so extra, Iron the fusi on to the fabric THEN cut the shapes out exactly

Im not explaining this very well as Ive been pole-axed by some evil lurgy overnight and have a head full of cotton wool.

If the problem is you havent got enough fabric to redo  .... Dont worry about it ... None of us know which fabric you were going to use ....

Translate the above into Mandarin, it will probably make more sense! 

[Kad]

I would love to join in this time, but we've got a funeral, a wedding, 2 birthdays, house guests and a week in Wales in the next 3 weeks so I very much doubt that I'd complete anything at all, let alone anything that I'd dare to show to the world 

[Iminei]

@Lachica  Am I understanding you cut our pieces without seam allowances ???

If so, just make it smaller!

[Flobear]

Well, @Kad , you could do what Renegade Sewist is doing and pledge to make one for yourself / a friend without the time constraints of joining in the swap. And if you do want to 'show it to the (TSP) world' so much the better 

[Lachica]

@Iminei thanks. Yes, I drew my design, cut it up, used the cut pieces to cut out interfacing. Ironed on to fabric, cut out & realised the tiny pieces are so tiny that 5mm seam allowances leave......practically nothing! Doh! I always include seam allowances on garments  With modification (adding in a couple of extra background pieces) I'm getting there & quite enjoying the process.

[Bjay]

@Lachica don't worry.  If it's anything like the one you made for Spring it will be wonderful.


I think I'm  going to do simple squares, just hope I can find the fabric bits I have somewhere.!

[Lachica]

Thanks @Bjay

[Renegade Sewist]

Oddly enough a "how to sew a quilt as you go mug rug " tutorial appeared on my phone today. How did they know? Must be stealing information from my tablet.

[Bjay]

Just spent an hour looking through  placcy bags full of bits I never throw away,

Really i should be rid of a lot .

I eventually found some ready cut squares left over from  a quilt made long ago and hopefully some fabric that will  blend with them.
Now to find time to make it 

[Lachica]

@Renegade Sewist it's creepy, isn't it?  Google home must have heard DH talking about a new car, now I keep getting ads for electric SUVs.

[Lachica]

Well the piecing is finished and it looks like my plan. I think maybe my special fabric wasn't the best choice though, a plain would perhaps have been better.

[Iminei]

Heres some Galleries showing previous Mug Rugs .....

2019

2020

2021

[Renegade Sewist]

Generic question for everyone. What do you usually use in the middle?  I'm assuming we want flat stable surfaces so our skinny mugs (I have them.) and ice tea glasses don't fall over. Probably need heat repellent for fine furniture as well as moisture resistant for most of them. Insulbrite? Fusible interfacing type, like the thicker stiffer stuff for craft applications? Wool felt?

I have no idea except that polyester batting would be way too puffy.

Help o sewing Goddesses. 

[Iminei]

Well I use a layer of stabiliser (as most of mine are embroidered by Elvistoo) and a layer of curtain interfacing from the Interior Design shop  in town. The reason I do this is it gives a certain weight to the MR ... which, as everyone knows,  = quality !!

If I used wadding I would use two layers to give the same weight/heft  but remember the three laters would be supremely joined together by all the embroidery.

For the appliqued MR's I made before I had Elvistoo I used a cotton wadding ... I cant remember how they felt as they were so long ago ... @StitchinTime @Sandra  ???

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