Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style!

[scottishquilter]

Great video Rita, just the way I remember my mum singing and doing the actions. I did it with my children as well and they thought it was magic that the birds disappeared and then came back :lol: :lol:

Marilyn, happy birthday for tomorrow. I hope you have a great day and don’t get as inebriated as Wendy did at Limbania’s :roll: :roll: :roll: :lol: :lol:

[idaho]

Rita....Thanks to Wendy...I also enlarged the avatar enough that I could identify your photo buddies !!
Could there be more to that story? In any case..great fun.!! Thanks for the good wishes....Another
year achieved. No adult :? bevies for me...making a peach pie,tho. YUM ! :mrgreen:

[Lorchen]

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, Marilyn!! May all your peach pies be yummy and your quilts be gorgeous!

[Reetzbobeetz]

Norma I think that's a wonderful thing to do with your old machine. And to make a video to show how to use it is so great too. Good luck with it.

[lotti]

Fabulous Video, Rita! Great that you managed to meet up. Read in Facebook that they visited Glendalough and various other places in the Wicklow mountains the other day and hoped they managed to also visit with you. Am so jealous of course, of them and of you!

Happy happy birthday Marilyn! All my very best wishes!

[djane]

Loved the video Rita and also your new avatar!

[Zarah]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Marilyn. Wish you many more to come.

Thanks all for your comments on my sewing machine going to Gambia. I remember the feeling from when I was 6 years old. I so much wanted a sewing machine and finally I was allowed to use the threadle machine, which made me totally happy. I hope to give the African women that same feeling of happiness and possibilities. It's a great machine that I have dearly loved.
Now, looking forward to the finished product (video).

I love to watch how other people do things and we are so fortunate to be able to share on the internet. Another great thing to appreciate.
Have a wonderful day, all.

[Zarah]

and now to the subject of this thread. I'm working on some ideas for my contribution on mug rugs.
To be continued....

[Lorchen]

This thread has a subject???............. 8) :P 8)

Just in case there really is a subject...... I will try and get my head around the intricacies of mug carpets in a couple of weeks. I seem to have a lot more ideas than time.

[lotti]

That seems to be a familiar problem, lorchen... But I'm confident that everyone will receive their 'carpet' eventually!
Luckily there is no specific time mentioned in eventually

[Lorchen]

I actually put everything on hold in order to sort out a project very close to my heart (thanks Rosemary for providing me with what I needed). Looks like something can get posted on Monday on my way to the station to catch the train to Scotland. I'll tell all eventually.

[twiglet]

Oooh intrigue. Have a good break Lorchen and let your hair down.

We all have more ideas than time. At least with these little rugs we can try a few out

[Reetzbobeetz]

I made these mug rugs for my parents for their birthdays and gave them to them today. I drew and coloured the birds using Pitt pens and then stitched around all the details - except the eyes! I used Ricky's fast finish method instead of a binding. He demo's it in the episode with Sally Ducto.

A couple of rare birds for a couple of rare birds!

[Sewdreamy]

Rita they are delightful. I love Pitt pens. I just got a whole new set.

[suehenyon]

Beautiful, Rita! Did you have to use any textile medium with the pens?