Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style!

[Constance G.]

Lotti, I hope your leg pain diminishes rapidly on your medication. Consider your mug rug a get well gift too!

Rita, is your middle initial "B" ...for blarney?! What a great story!

[Betty J.]

I always get the finest tip, because that's how I use them. However, if you were going to do a lot of fill work, you would want the broadest tips.

[Rita C.]

Yes I use the finest tips too. And even if you never actually draw a picture on fabric they are great just as BJ says for touching up details on a quilt.

[Betty J.]

So Rita, I thought I had my mug rug for you all planned out, but after that visit with the Leprechaun of yours I may have to change my idea... :lol: :lol:

[Rita C.]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Lotti D.]

am I being spoilt or what?
just got home from work and found two little packages in my mailbox...

in package one:
1. Captain Dick´s ´Beginner´s Field Guide to the Identification of Early Singers´
2. DVD of ´Restoring and Overhauling Treadles - Presentation by Captain Dick at Treadle on TOGA´

and....
drumroll please.........

in package nr. two
because a dear dear quilting sister remembered that i´m planning a blue quilt for myself - one nice day - when i´ve finished collecting all the blue fabrics i can find on this planet:

sorry - unlike what my ipad made of them, the colors are really beautifully blue - and the largest piece was died by rita herself - what treasures

and...

another back that anyone would be happy to show upfront, any time

and now ..... my darling, lucky irish fish:

and this mug rug even has specially marked places for the cup and the cake...

isn´t our dear rita wonderful?
i´m so chuffed - two fabulous mug rugs in two days - happy happy happy dance :lol: :lol: :lol:

[wendy w.]

Wow Lotti what a fabulous day. Your mug rug is so special, well done Rita and love the back

[Susan B.]

Beautiful mug rugs, Lotti and Rita!
Lotti, :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I hope Rita dyed the fabric instead of dieing it (killed it???) :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Sorry, couldn't resist. My children would say, aw Mom, you're such a teacher.

I would like to know you like the DVD on treadles. I need it bad, but only if it's easy to understand and shows how to work a shuttle bobbin.

[Nancy R.]

Wonderful mug rug, Rita! You are a true artist and Lotti is a worthy recipient!!

Nancy

[Renata L.]

Love the Shamrock Fish, Rita! and Lotti, aren't you lucky! Very pretty fabrics too!

[Rita C.]

So glad you like it Lotti. If I had known you were going to show the back I would have made it neater! :roll: Anyway, I hope you enjoy it for a long time to come.

Susan, I found these two links on youtube which both show how to wind a shuttle bobbin. Hope they help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4PhAT--SKM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zo1jJAJ84Q

[Norma H.]

It's so much fun to see these mug rugs. Well done, Rita. And your fabric is beautiful, too.
Lotti, take care of your knee when you do the happy dancing

I have spent the last two days dyeing fabrics. A friend asked me to make place mats for her mother, so I dyed for that. Besides my stash is getting short of my own hand dyed fabrics and they are what I prefer to work with now.

[Susan B.]

I found these two links on youtube which both show how to wind a shuttle bobbin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4PhAT--SKM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Zo1jJAJ84Q

Rita, these are exactly what I've needed. Thanks!

[Susan B.]

Rita, that's a great story! Are you into writing books now? You're so talented.


Beautiful mug rugs Connie and Rita. Congrats to the happy recipients!

[Constance G.]

Lotti, the mug rug sent to you by Rita is so awesome that I predict that it will NEVER be touched by a "cup" or a "cake"!
Am I right?