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Quilt Valentine Gnome Mug Rugs
PROJECT INSTRUCTIONS

Quilt Valentine Gnome Mug Rugs Embroidery Project

By   Pat Williams   on   January 18, 2024
  • SKILL LEVELSome Experience
  • TIME REQUIRED02:00
  • FINISHED SIZE6 x 8.5 inches
Description

Create charming Valentine Mug Rugs featuring playful gnomes, perfect for adding a festive touch to your coffee table. These mug rugs are quilted in the hoop, with the final binding completed on your sewing machine. Step-by-step instructions are included.

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Materials

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Materials
  • 6” x 10” or larger embroidery hoop
  • For each mug rug:
  • 2 10” x 8” of Mottled Light Blue quilting cotton
  • 1 10” x 8” rectangle of Battilizer® or low loft batting
  • 1 42” x 2 ¼” strip of quilting cotton for binding
  • 2.5-ounce stable cut away stabilizer to fir your hoop
  • Water Soluble Thread
  • Spray adhesive

    • Designs used in this project
    Final Product: What You Will Create

    Step 1:
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    Tautly hoop the cut away stabilizer and cut your front and back materials as well as Battilizer® into 10” x 8” rectangles.

    Step 2:
    Run the first color stop (CS) in a neutral thread as a placement line for your fabrics.

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    Step 3:
    Spray adhesive on the back side of your front fabric and position over the placement lines so that the fabric exceeds the placement lines by ½” on all sides.

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    Step 4:
    Follow the color chart through the next to last color stop to embroider the gnome/gnomes and lettering. Do not embroidery the water-soluble thread tack down CS yet.

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    Step 5:
    Remove the hoop from the machine. Do Not unhoop. Lie the hoop face down on a flat surface. Spray adhesive on one side of the Battilizer® and position it over the back of the hoop aligning it with the front fabric. Spray adhesive on the wrong side of the back fabric and position it right side up over the Battilizer®.

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    Step 6:
    Return the hoop to the machine and run the next color stop in water-soluble thread to tack down the back fabrics.

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    Step 7:
    Run the final CS in white to quilt the block.

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    Step 8:
    Lay the ¼” mark of a see-through ruler along the water-soluble tack down stitches and trim all edges of the mug rug to 1/4”.  

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    Step 9:
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    Bind as desired. If you don’t have a preferred method see our article Binding Small Embroidery Projects.
     

    Step 10:
    Congratulations your Gnome Valentine Mug Rug is complete! Make all three for your loved ones.
    For the love of embroidery…
    Pat Williams
    Meet the Author: Pat Williams
    Pat Williams
    Award winning Digitizer, Embroidery Educator, Author and a Consultant to the Industry, Pat Williams has 30 years of experience in the embroidery industry. Pat has won multiple awards for her digitizing expertise including the 2007 Impressions Awards Grand Championship, Best of Show as well as the 1st and 2nd Place Awards. Pat’s love of digitizing has afforded her the opportunity to write numerous articles for Impressions magazine in the United States and Images Magazine in Europe. In 2001 Pat was named “Embroidery Educator of the Year.” For many years Pat taught digitizing seminars at the ISS Shows in Long Beach, CA and for Compucon software. She now resides in Tucson, AZ.
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