2 Binding Finshes

After yesterdays WIP post Flying Blind asked me how did I have a half bound mug rug, after all they are small projects! My only come back is that I'm too lazy to finish the binding as this is one of my least favourite quilting jobs...

So this is for you FB

Finished binding on both the Hungry Caterpillar quilt and the Union Jack Mugrug! And actually it took no time or trouble at all to get done!

Thanks for spurring me into action!

March Mug Rug Madness & A Blogging Giveaway #6

There's not alot more than blog reading going on in my house today, unfortunately I'm nursing a 5 yr old with a very high temperature...

But... good news! March Mug Rug Madness has started!! As a quilting beginner I'm very excited about this as Mug Rugs give me a chance to learn new quilting skills without committing to a big quilt project.

The first Mug Rug Tutorial can be found at a cuppa and a catch up blog, here is a sneak preview!

And for a chance to win the featured mug rug go to twomoreseconds blog.

There's also a great giveaway going on over at OCD: Obsessive Crafting Disorder - great blog name! This fabulous FQ bundle of Kate Spain Fandango is up for grabs so get over there and enter!

Do you fancy an Accuquilt Go Baby? There's a giveaway going on over at Sunshower Quilts, so hop on over there too!

Friday Finds on Flikr #3 - Mug Rug Madness!

Erin over at Two More Seconds is going to be hosting March Mug Rug Madness from 21-31 March, this is great news for me as a beginner because I can practice so many quilting tecniques without having to make a full size quilt. The 10 days will be full of tips, tutorials and giveaways!

I have posted her button on the right hand side of my blog if you'd like to link up.

In preparation for all this madness I've been looking at mug rugs on Flikr and here are some that caught my eye...

1. Mug Rug for quilthappie, 2. fini!, 3. Scrappy Mug Rug 3 Received, 4. Mug Rug Swap, 5. thanksgiving potholders/mug rugs, 6. My Star Mug Rug!!!, 7. Mug Rug Up Close, 8. Mug Rugs received from FlossieBlossoms, 9. Mid Mod Mug Rug, 10. Birdie Swirl Mug Rug , 11. Mug Rug Swap Round 2 for Emedoodle, 12. Mug Rug Swap - 1

Show n Tell Saturday

I have pin basted, quilted and bound my first complete project!

Friday is one of only two days in the week when both the boys are in school/preschool all day (9am-3pm), so I took the opportunity to completely ignore all the chores that needed doing around the house and started looking for a small project that could be completed in a day by a beginner.

I found a lovely tutorial for placemats and potholders and decided to make the smaller of the two.

Mine has come out slightly smaller again than the tutorial... so I'm calling it a Mug Rug!

I used 2.5" scraps of apple fabric I had left over from my Fruitilicious Baby quilt top made on Wednesday, and plain white just because that's what I had to hand.

I was a bit confused about binding as it was my first time but I found that the tutorial on Jaybird Quilts was really helpful.

Although my binding is messy and the stitch doesn't disappear in the ditch all the way around (My hand sewing is atrocious so I machined it) I'm really pleased to have completed a full project on my own.