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Winter Time Mug Rug Embroidery Project

By Ramona Baird on October 03, 2018

PROJECT DETAILS

SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate

TIME REQUIRED

03:00

Description

It’s time to make some mug rugs for gifts — Let It Snow and stitch away!

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Materials

White cotton fabric to fit embroidery hoop (will be cut down to 6” x 6”)

12” x 12” snowflake fabric to coordinate with design

6” x 6” Pellon brand fleece

Embroidery thread as stated in the design sequence

Sewing thread to coordinate with snowflake fabric

Tearaway stabilizer

Designs used in this project

https://www.embroiderydesigns.com/productdetails/machine-embroidery-designs/stockdesign/1/06198

Final Product: What You Will Create

Step 1:

Gather the materials and read through the instructions before beginning. Print out a paper template of the design. Coordinate the embroidery thread colors with the snowflake fabric being used. Press the fabrics well with spray starch.

Step 2:

Cut out the paper template and center it on the white fabric. Hoop the white fabric with two layers of tearaway stabilizer. Load the design on the machine and align the needle to the center of the paper template. Stitch the design using the chosen thread colors, following the color sequence.

Step 3:

Remove the design from the hoop and remove the excess stabilizer. Align the template over the design. Using a 6” square ruler, center the ruler on the cross marks of the design/template and draw a 6” square around the ruler.

Step 4:

Cut the embroidered fabric around the drawn line. Place the 6” square of Pellon fleece behind the embroidery, matching cut edges. Baste the two layers together. Now working with the 12” square of snowflake fabric, first press under ¼” around all edges and then press under 1” around all edges.

Step 5:

Next will be to miter the corners. Place pins along each end where the corner comes together. Open up the corner and flip the fabric right side up. Bring the pins together and pin.

Step 6:

Place a pin where the 1” fold is. Stitch from the pin at the top fold to the folded corner. Before trimming and clipping the excess fabric away, fold the corner to the right side to make sure it is formed correctly.

Step 7:

Trim the seam to ¼” and clip the corner. Finger press the seam open and then flip the corner right side out. Repeat for the remaining three corners.

Step 8:

Insert the embroidered section inside the bordered snowflake fabric, pin the layers together. Edge stitch along the fold of the borders.

Step 9:

Congratulations on creating a mug rug that will be used all winter long. Stitch several and wrap them up for times when you need a simple gift to give to teachers, co-workers, sewing friends, shut-ins, and family members.

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Meet the Author: Ramona Baird

Ramona Baird has been in the embroidery industry for over 23 years. She and her husband owned a commercial and retail embroidery store in Arizona for many years. She is an experienced digitizer having been mentored by award-winners Pat Williams and Lindee Goodall. Ramona is a contributor to “Creative Machine Embroidery” magazine having 5 covers to her credit. Ramona has worked for Wilcom America and served many years as Education Director for the American Sewing Guild. With a degree in fashion design, she is able to design and execute patterns which Pat Williams says are “out of the box” in creativity and application. Ramona likes to challenge the boundaries of embroidery and bring new and exciting designs, ideas, and projects to EmbroideryDesigns.com. She wants embroiderers of all levels to increase their skills and enjoyment in using their embroidery machine for gift-making and personal pleasure.

Winter Time Mug Rug Embroidery Project

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