Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style!

[loise98]

Greetings from " the colonies". :roll: :roll: :roll: It was a gloriously blustery day. In spite of bright sunshine the mercury in the thermometer could not push its way above freezing. Sights along the way reminded me of the song "Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go. The horse knows the way…" I was certainly happy to be traveling to "Grandma's House" in a nice warm car rather than in the horse drawn carriages our Amish and Mennonite neighbors were using. We even saw 2 young brave souls using an open buggy. It must be love for the young ones to venture out on a day like this. Unmarried folk are not permitted to use closed buggies. Like Ritzy I am grateful for a truly unbelievably rich life. Not speaking money here but I am talking about real riches among which is the good fortune to be able to spend time learning and working on a craft/art I love and make many worldwide friends while doing so. I am grateful for all of you wonderful lounge lizards.

[idaho]

[Zarah]

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[Lorchen]

I honoured and celebrated Thanksgiving with a bowl of salad topped with several slices of Turkey breast, but added a glass of Southern Comfort as a treat.

Terrie, I'm soooo glad you are getting better!

[Lorchen]

I've been here every day....but I've been quiet. I'm not doing mug rugs because I have too many other projects that I'm working on, but I thoroughly enjoy the ones everyone has been showing here. This is a talented, creative bunch of people!! I decided that since the other profile picture was taken last Christmas, it was time for a more timely one. This one is from the second weekend in November.

[Lorchen]

Lovely picture, Carole! So, you are not a 'mug rugger' but a 'lounge lizard'!

[Lorchen]

I sure haven't been doing much lounging, so I don't know if I'm a lounge lizard or not, although I do hang out here a few minutes every day. I have three block of the month/mystery quilts that are in progress. I'm helping my daughter with drapes and curtains for the old row house she bought in D.C. (She needs some privacy and what was hanging in the house when she bought it was just disgusting.) I also have two finished tops layered and ready to free motion quilt. So "lounging" doesn't quite fit what I'm doing, but I do have to make time for TQS for at least a little time every day. :wink:

[twiglet]

Cheerful profile picture Carole As you know we're often off topic here so how about showing us some of your WIPs

[twiglet]

Once my daughter goes back home to D. C. I might have time to show more pictures of what I've been doing. One thing is that I am knitting a "waterfall front" cardigan sweater on small needles with thin yarn, and it is entirely cabled. A lot of my evening time is going to that. (It's for ME!)


The quilting projects are still in pieces, because they just involve a lot of blocks or parts of blocks that I don't know the final locations of yet, because that will come later. One that is nearing completion is from the newsgroup RCTQ, a quilting group. We have done lots of smaller pieces and now we're assembling blocks. This is step 8, which we were given a few weeks ago.

[twiglet]

Ooh they're both going to be scrumptious, no wonder you don't have time for mug rugs

[loise98]

CaroleD Thanks for the pictures. What fun. Now you know we are all going to want to see updates as you progress.

[loise98]

What interesting looking projects.

I'm not a knitter, but I fell in love with a pattern at the Harrogate Knitting & Stitching show last weekend and had to buy it. It also has cables in it. I am wondering whether to have a try at it myself of just try cadging my Mum into knitting it for me instead :wink:

[loise98]

I guess I am a lounge lizard too. Have really enjoyed all the pictures of the Mug Rugs. You are a great group of talented quilters. I have too many projects going, and not enough time to do all I want to do.

Margarita

[loise98]

We are happy for all the lounge lizards!

[fiquilts]

I'm with Carole, and also visit this forum every day but haven't participated in the mug rug exchange because of so many other things to finish up first. I have made mug rugs for a couple of close friends though, and they were thrilled. When I need a break from a big project, I pause and make a mug rug which is something I can actually finish in a reasonable length of time
Fi...Northern CA