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Wednesday, 17 April 2013

April Showers Mug Rug Hop

Hi Everyone - today is my day for the April Showers Mug Rug Hop.

Thank you to Madame Samm for this fun hop and thank you to our cheerleader Erin!

April to me means cups of tea with my best friends and starting to get ready for the warmer months (mmm wine and cheese). We don't usually get a lot of rain in April in Sydney, but this April has been all over the place! Beautiful sunshine one minute and thunderstorms the next. There may have even been some puddle jumping with my 2.5 year old the other day. I am not sure who had more fun...

Anyway onto the Mug Rugs! I tried some paper piecing for the first time in practice for making a bigger quilt for one of my tea loving friends. I came across this great free pattern at Piece by Number for some teacups and thought some Mug Rugs would be perfect for my practice runs of paper piecing. I decided to make 4 - one for me and each of my 3 best friends.

I am also a fairly forgetful person so I decided to personalise them with some embroidery on how they take their tea. So here they are!

For my Tea obsessed, everything is better in pink, make sure you have an extra litre of milk when I visit friend - a dainty floral number!

Mug Rug

For me, a frilly umbrella rug. This fabric was, let's say "borrowed" from my mothers sewing room many moons ago.

Mug Rug

For my shoe loving, likes very sweet tea friend I could not look past some gumboots!

Mug Rug

and finally my scrabble loving, would prefer a glass of wine friend but is slowly coming around to more cups of tea friend. She is also know to decant the odd bottle of wine in her awesome frog teapot.

Mug Rug

And all of them together with our favourite mugs.

Mug Rug

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have been enjoying the Mug Rug Hop - there is still a day to go! Oh and in roll those storm clouds *as she rushes to get the clothes off the line!  Here is today's schedule

Wednesday, April 17
Jen @ Quilter in the Closet
Marjorie @ Marjorie's Busy Corner
Elita @ A Pieceful Perspective
Green @ So Sew Green
Mara @ Greco Mara
Wendy @ Why Knot Kwilt?
Gmama Jane @ GrandMama's Stories
Debby @ Debby Kratovil Quilts
Britt-Inger @ Hill Valley Quilter
Connie @ Freemotion by the River
Beth @ Words and Stitches
Kathy @ iHeartSquishy





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54 comments:

  1. Wendy17 April 2013 at 14:24

    Wonderful job!! Each individual mat will surely bring you many smiles for a very long time :) Thank you so much for sharing!! Hope your laundry made it in without another soaking :)

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  2. Michelle17 April 2013 at 15:23

    Very lovely!

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  3. Rhonda17 April 2013 at 15:41

    WOW, you really got rolling! I love your personalized mug rugs. They are colorful and very clever!!

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  4. Unknown17 April 2013 at 15:47

    Very pretty and so very creative!

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  5. Sunshine Girl17 April 2013 at 17:06

    Oooh they are all fabulous - I love the frilly umbrella one. I too love to splash in the puddle and kick the leaves with my 8 year old much to the amusement of the other parents in the playground or the cars driving past! Thanks for sharing.

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  6. mammafairy17 April 2013 at 17:45

    Fabulous personal mug rugs! Clever you!

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  7. Britt-Inger17 April 2013 at 18:55

    Your mug rugs are sew awesome. Thanks for sharing

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  8. Vroomans' Quilts17 April 2013 at 19:05

    Excellent!! Great way to personalize rugs.

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  9. Lavonna ZWB17 April 2013 at 19:50

    So very sweet. Thank you for sharing them with us. :)

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  10. newsurfiegirl17 April 2013 at 20:35

    Beautiful Mug rugs! Your friends are very lucky. Thanks for sharing.

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  11. JoyceLM17 April 2013 at 21:02

    Sweet idea - thanks for sharing your wonderful mug rugs.

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  12. Jeanie17 April 2013 at 21:30

    These are so cute with the personalization of the drink preferences...very clever! Thanks for sharing!

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  13. Marjorie's Busy Corner17 April 2013 at 21:31

    Wonderful job!!! They are very cute

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  14. Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures17 April 2013 at 21:53

    Great designs on you mug rugs. Thanks for sharing!

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  15. Gwen17 April 2013 at 21:57

    Those mug rugs are so cute! What a great idea to personalize them for each of your friends--I'm sure they're going to love them!

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  16. Linda17 April 2013 at 23:06

    I love the idea of personalizing each mug rug!! How perfect!!! Great job! They're all so cute!

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  17. krislovesfabric17 April 2013 at 23:11

    Nice work with personalization a rug for each friend...love it :)

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  18. Leanne Parsons17 April 2013 at 23:26

    I love the personalized mug rugs. Can I be your friend too?!

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  19. Gill18 April 2013 at 00:05

    Great mug rugs - milk and no sugar for me please!!
    Thank you for sharing!

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  20. Pauline18 April 2013 at 00:07

    Great mug rugs with a personal touch! Super idea!
    Thanks for sharing!

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  21. apple blossom18 April 2013 at 00:07

    sew cute

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  22. Needled Mom18 April 2013 at 00:10

    Very cute idea!!! Good job.

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  23. Mara18 April 2013 at 00:11

    Ah so cute and special for all of your friends and a awesome way to remember how they take their tea.

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  24. Linda C18 April 2013 at 00:25

    Very clever! Your friends are going to love these. How sweet of you to personalize a special mug rug for them.

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  25. nissaMade18 April 2013 at 00:43

    ha.. Very cute! your friends will love them

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  26. Daryl @ Patchouli Moon Studio18 April 2013 at 01:01

    How cute and clever to embroider the way your friends drink their tea on the mug rugs.

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  27. Quilter Kathy18 April 2013 at 01:03

    So Fun! Love the stitchery addition that made me smile :)

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  28. Deb@asimplelifequilts18 April 2013 at 01:07

    Oh my... these are just so charming! Love them ALL... your friends are going to be thrilled!

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  29. Kathy H18 April 2013 at 01:23

    Cute mug rugs and I like how your friends are all included in them.

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  30. Joyce Carter18 April 2013 at 01:27

    These are sooo cute. Great job on the PP and the beautiful stitching. Your friends will love them. Thank you for sharing today.

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  31. Tammy18 April 2013 at 02:37

    Great job on the mug rugs. They are all wonderfull and very colorful. I love color....lots of it...Thank you for shareing with us on todays hop.

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  32. Carol Swift18 April 2013 at 03:31

    Those are just too cute...love the embroidery on them! Thanks for sharing!

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  33. ✄ Erin @ Sew at Home Mummy ✄18 April 2013 at 03:34

    I love these! Your stitching is great :) Thank you so much for participating in the hop with us - I hope you had fun!

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  34. Newbie Jen18 April 2013 at 04:04

    So clever! Mine would read: Gallon of creamer, cup of sugar, splash of coffee. Just kidding! Or am I??

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  35. Judy Cooper Textile Artist18 April 2013 at 04:08

    Very nice mug rug collection!

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  36. Marcy18 April 2013 at 04:11

    I love the identity you gave each mug rug. They are sew cute.

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  37. BizyStitches18 April 2013 at 05:08

    You were busy, nice mug rugs and this hop has been a lot of fun and I got a ton of ideas from all the photos. Thanks for sharing.

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  38. Sowing Stitches18 April 2013 at 07:00

    Kathy,
    :) Your tea cups are precious! I may have to borrow your idea to make a friendship cup or two! Love this idea!!! Thanks for sharing! Beulah

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  39. Cathi18 April 2013 at 08:01

    Your tea mug rugs are fabulous! How fun to have different mug rugs for each if your friends!

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  40. Just Quilt It18 April 2013 at 08:42

    Such cute coffee cups! Great job!

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  41. Lou18 April 2013 at 08:50

    Sweet mug rugs!!!! Love the embroidery personalization:)

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  42. Amy18 April 2013 at 09:14

    Such cute rugs! Love the embroidery for personalization. Now you'll never forget how your friends love tea. Great work!

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  43. Emily C18 April 2013 at 09:26

    Lovely mugs. Very pretty.

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  44. LJ18 April 2013 at 09:43

    What a cute, cute idea for your mug rugs! Now you just have to remember which mug rug goes with which friend! lol

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  45. Joanne18 April 2013 at 14:13

    I love these and your mugs are great also. Thanks for sharing your creations with us today.

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  46. Simone18 April 2013 at 14:17

    Aww - they are all perfectly lovely. Great idea for mug rugs. I like my tea black. Thanks for sharing your wonderful mug rugs.

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  47. eleni_s19 April 2013 at 01:23

    ohhh they are so funny and cute!!! that is such a nice idea to make one for each of your friends too, and personalise them!! very pretty!! well done, thanks for sharing!!

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  48. Gina Loomis19 April 2013 at 04:04

    Kathy, your tea cup mug rugs are so fun! I love that you added the embroidery detail! Thanks for participating and inspiring us!!

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  49. Patty 19 April 2013 at 04:24

    very fun tea cup mug rugs! thanks for sharing!

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  50. Catherine19 April 2013 at 06:03

    Oh my goodness, how lovely!

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  51. DeAnna 19 April 2013 at 06:23

    Very nice mug rugs! Fantastic job on the needlework! Thanks for sharing.

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  52. Karen O19 April 2013 at 12:19

    Cute idea to make the mug rugs fit your friends and how they drink their tea!

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  53. MoeWest19 April 2013 at 12:33

    I love your idea to make a mug rug for each friend! The last one made me LOL.

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  54. Mrs.Pickles20 April 2013 at 03:43

    wonderful work thanks for sharing!!

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