Friday, January 14, 2011

Playing With a Lot of Things

This picture has 3 ornaments I made Wed. The top 2 are knitted with an I-Cord which I had never made before. The left one has 6 stitches and the right one only has 4 stitches. They are worked on a #8 double pointed needles. It was interesting trying something new. The Bear is on plastic canvas and is for a swap I do every month. Actually they will all be used for that sooner or later.

This is what I played with today. More Mug Rugs but a little larger than most are made. I wanted the print fabric to be large enough to show a nice bit of it. It was given to me in a bag of odds and ends. I really love it and it is perfect for me. I picked the colors in the fabric to make the pieced part of it. I used my new walking foot to quilt it. I even used a seperate binding and mitered the cornors and hand stitched the binding on the back. I use a hint that I learned on another blog of using the hair clips to hold the binding in place. They worked great. If anyone knows whose idea it was to use the hair clips I would love to give them credit.


7 comments:

  1. Your Mug Rugs are so cute! I saw that hint somewhere, but now I can't remember either. I've never tried the hair clips before, but it looks easier then pinning all the way around.

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  2. Your mug rugs look great! I love those colors! :0)

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  3. Lovely Tudy! I too use the hair clips for binding, although they sell them in the quilt shops now - at a MUCH higher price, lol!

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  4. I had not heard the hair clips tip before. That is a great idea. I love mug rugs, I like that you are making them big.

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  5. Your mug rugs are nice. Good job on your ornaments. They don't look like it was your first time to make I-cords.

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  6. Cute mug rugs! I never pin or use hair clips when I tack down the binding. I just fold it over as I go along.

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