FNSI

Last night was Friday Night Sew In. I was so thrilled to see that it was still going on. Thank you Wendy for hosting!  I used to join Heidi when she ran it. I always found it to be a great time and I usually got something done that I had been planning to do. Last night was no exception.... I am a quilt pattern designer and my love is applique. I've had a couple of designs for mug rugs sitting on my table for months. I finally got around to making them up into mug rugs. I love making mug rugs. Let me share with you what I worked on.

Here are some of the pieces I had cut out...

I'm making a cute birthday cake design on a mug rug...

I used a cream variegated thread to blanket stitch around my design.

To add a little something special to my birthday mug rug, I am adding a free floating banner. I cut out tiny little flags out of scrap fabrics then I stitch them in place using a small zig zag stitch. I'm using baker's twine for the 'rope' for the banner. I tuck each flag under the twine as I sew everything in place. 

It's the same technique that I use for my Camper Celebration pattern.

About an hour into FNSI... this little fellow showed up and thought I should be done sewing. It's really hard to resist this sweet little face. I told him that mama wanted to sew some more. So he decided to lay on his pillow and sulk.

Here's my finished Birthday Mug Rug... I haven't named it yet, but it'll be showing up on the website and Etsy store soon... I love how it turned out.

My mug rugs usually run horizontal, but I thought I'd switch it up with my Latte Love design.

I'm all ready to stich... everything is ironed in place. I love this fabric but I'm not too sure about the color choices for this design....

I decided to use a brown thread to define the design better.

~Latte Love Mug Rug~

I plan on making another one and switching up the background color...

I had a great time sewing with you all last night.  I would have loved to sew a little more but Belvedere wasn't happy by the time I finished my second mug rug. He is so used to curling up on  my lap to watch tv at night that he wasn't happy with me sewing last night. I look forward to sewing along next month! Check out the FNSI button above for more details! Now I'm off to see what everyone else worked on.

Happy Quilting and have a great weekend.

Cindy and Belvedere