Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style!

[Jane R.]

My oh, my that is beautiful quilting and hand embroidery (?) on the butterfly. What is flutter quilting--it looks like feathers?

[Maureen A.]

Love the mug rug you made for Nancy Wendy, beautiful quilting. I wish I could quilt like that. You will have to give me a lesson. Why is it called flutter quilting?

[Rita C.]

Beautiful mug rugs ladies - even the upside down one.

[Rita C.]

That's a hoot. On my ipad in the first picture its sitting on the branch and 2nd upside down. On my laptop the first is hanging from the branch and second is sitting on the branch. twit twooooooooo

On my computer--the first is up side down and the second is right side up but when I click on the upside down one it is right side up! :shock:

[Rita C.]

Well done ladies, but I too want to know what flutter quilting it--wait I can look at it and see--I want to know how it got that name.

[Norma H.]

Nice to see some new mug rugs. They are adorable

[wendy w.]

I learnt it from Jenny Lyons on thistutorial. Her work is amazing check this one

Her work is inspirational. Love it

Luckily my typing turns up the right way round :lol: Make sure you post your flutter quilting

[wendy w.]

Thank you.

[Nancy R.]

Thanks for the pointer, Wendy! I'll definitely be trying this one.

Nancy

[Hannelore N.]

I'd like you all to meet Angus and Morag. These two gorgeous Scottie dogs have come right down from a part of Scotland that I love. Maureen even used the Anderson Tartan on the back and for the bow of Angus. I also looove the thread that Maureen used for the grass at the bottom. Thank you sooo much, Maureen! My very own little piece of the Highlands!



I wish I had a name that had a special Tartan linked to it, but no such luck. Maybe I should go in search of a potential Scottish husband. Here is the Anderson one (very nice - could see myself wearing that):



This last picture is especially for Maureen. The glass you see (notice the dogs!!! Click on picture for larger image) is one of a set of 6 (5 have survived) that belonged to my late father. I can remember them being used when I was very little, so I guess they are from the 1950s (proper 'vintage', but not valuable). My older son told me very clearly some time ago that I better look after them because he wants to inherit them. I told him that I'd try, but that they would get used. I don't hide 'stuff' that I like.

[Hannelore N.]

Well, I did promise you some from Scotland AND from Ireland. So here is what has come to my house from the West: A drop-dead gorgeous 'Sentinal of the Sea' from Rita. One of these days I'll bore you all with the story why I love lighthouses, and know the difference between a 1st and a 2nd order Fresnel lens. Isn't this mug rug simply beautiful?!!



Rita used scraps for the backing. Can't remember if I mentioned it, or how often and where, but I adore most things scrappy. I have spent some time looking at the back, and I can honestly say that there is not a single fabric that I recognize - amazing! Just in case you want to see the back, here it is:

[Nancy R.]

What lovely mug rugs, Lorchen!

Nancy

[Lois B.]

Great work, Maureen and Rita. Beautiful. Loved your Dad's glass. Perfect combination with the Scotties.

[Lois B.]

Lorchen--maybe you don't recognize any of that fabric because it is boxer fabric--how about it Rita? Those are both great mug rugs. Rita--was that picture printed from a picture on to the fabric? Tell us what you did--I can't tell.

[wendy w.]

Ritzy :lol: :lol: :lol:

Great mug rugs you two. Shouldn't the Scotties be the other way round.