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Celebrate Taco Night or Cinco De Mayo with this charming gnome-themed mug rug. Crafted entirely in the hoop, this piece features vibrant embroidery and quilting, with the binding finished on your sewing machine. It's a perfect accent for any festive occasion. Step-by-step instructions are included.
Print out the color chart from the page where your purchase the designs as some color stops represent steps to be taking in the assembly process rather than actual colors that are used in the project. For example: the 1st 3 color stops of these mug rugs can all be stitched in white thread.
The serape stripes on the fabric used to bind this mug rug run across the width of the fabric, therefore, to get the striped look on the binding the fabric had to be cut lengthwise on the fabric requiring 40” of fabric. Since I used this fabric on many Mexican type projects this is not an issue for me. You only need a 2 ½” by 40” strip to bind the mug rug so if you do not want to buy a yard and a quarter of fabric to bind the rug choose a serape fabric that has the stripes running vertically on the fabric.
Step 1:
Cut your fabrics per the materials list above and tautly hoop your stabilizer.
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Step 2:
Run the first color stop (CS) as a placement line for the fabric 7” x 7 ½” wall and 2 ½” x 7 ½” floor fabrics.
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Step 3:
Spray adhesive on the back of the wall fabric and position the fabric so that the bottom of the fabric is about ¼” below the placement line that is 1 ½” above the bottom of the placement lines. The sides and the top of the fabric will exceed the placement lines by at least 1/2”. The 7 ½” width of the wall fabric is placed horizontally across the mug rug.
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Step 4:
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Lay the floor fabric right side down aligning the bottom edge with the bottom edge of the wall fabric. No spray adhesive is used on the floor fabric yet. Run CS 2 to stitch the two fabrics together.
Step 5:
Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop. Spray adhesive on the stabilizer area below the fabrics seam. Smooth the floor fabric away from the wall and over the bottom placement line. The fabric should exceed the bottom placement line by at least ½”. Place tape where the wall and floor fold over right outside the stitching lines to keep the fabric from being lifted by the presser foot. Run the next CS to tack down both of the fabrics.
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Step 6:
Follow the color chart to embroider the Taco Night Gnome but do not stitch the last two color stops yet.
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Step 7:
Remove the hoop from the machine – do not unhoop-place the hoop face down on a flat surface. Spray adhesive on the Battilizer® and position it over the back of the hoop aligning it with your front fabric. Spray adhesive on your backing fabric and position it right side up over the Battilizer®.
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Step 8:
Return the hoop to the machine and run the next to last color stop in a neutral thread to tack down the fabrics and batting.
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Step 9:
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Run the last CS to quilt over both the wall and floor. Invisible thread is used for this CS so that the quilting can be done over both the wall and floor fabrics.
Step 10:
Remove the project from the hoop. Lay the ¼” mark of a see-through ruler along the tack down lines and trim all sides to a ¼” seam allowance.
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.
