Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style!

[Reetzbobeetz]

I just received my first rug mug in the post today, yipee! It's so lovely Connie thank you so much. A friendship braid with my initial (so nobody else in the family can use it.) and it is so perfectly done. There is even a pretty little label on the back. And also a photo of Connie in her sewing room - what a great sewing room! Your's is so much tidier than mine.

[Reetzbobeetz]

Lottie and Rita both those mugrugs are great.
Lottie hope you get to feeling better soon.

[scottishquilter]

Oh Lottie, poor you. I hope the treatment works and the pain goes away soon but stay away from any saws just in case :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Lottie and Rita your mug rugs are terrific. Lovely work Connie.

[twiglet]

I love the mug rugs, well done Connie making them different.

Poor Lottie hope it clears up soon. So it was a lot more than the cramp. Did doc say rest , fat chance with you.

Great story Rita

[suehenyon]

Dang, Lotti, hope you feel better soon. At least feeling better with cortisone is fast acting. All the mug rugs are gorgeous. Isn't Connie's precision amazing?

[rehak]

Thanks for the story, Rita. So amusing!! Your kids must have been thrilled with their bedtime stories when growing up! I have to just read books to kids since I'm terrible at making up stories.

Connie, the mug rugs you made are wonderful! Lotti and Rita are very lucky!! I can't wait to see what you get in return since Lotti and Rita always make such beautiful stuff!

Lotti, I hope your knee feels better soon. I'm glad you went in to get it checked out!

Nancy

[twiglet]

No pressure then girls :lol:

[idaho]

Two in process ! Another one started today ! :lol:

[Renata]

How pretty the mug rugs, Connie! Glad you figured out what is going on with the pain, Lotti... I don't envy you going to Shenzhen while your trying to heal. Do take care!

[loise98]

Great rugs! Take care, Lotti!

[Reetzbobeetz]

Oh Lotti I am so sorry to hear you had a bad bad night. I hope the cortisone has kicked in and you are beginning to feel a little better. I would not like to be doing that journey next week in your condition, I hope you are much better by then.

[Zarah]

Those mug rugs are gorgeous. Connie did a great job.
Lotti, I hope you can rest and sleep tonight

[Zarah]

Great story Rita!

[Sewdreamy]

OH Lotti, so sorry about your knee. Sending good wishes and prayers your way. Love the mug rugs. I have to make mine soon. Haven't even started yet.

[gynconnie]

I use the Pitt's Pens a lot...they are great for covering a little blob of thread on the back of your quilt--it just disappears from sight, for slightly changing the color on an embroidery that stands out wrong, for coloring along the edges of a raw-edge applique if made from a printed fabric so you can't see the lighter colored edge, for adding window pane frames on your house, for coloring in the stones on your stone path for your landscape quilt (see http://blog.bjfabricartist.com/2013/...pathway-9.aspx), for darkening the beard on your St. Joseph applique, for adding highlights and low-lights to your appliques...in short, I don't know what I would do without them. I have found that once I heat set them, they are very permanent. But you want to try them out first on your fabric, because the colors are somewhat influenced by what the base fabric or thread color is.

Betty Jo, how do you decide which tips/nibs to get for use on fabric?