Rosy Mug Rug

 

This is this final picture of the project I started in the previous post.

Click on this link to view the prior steps: http://quiltedtimeposts.blogspot.com/2013/02/outlining-roses-in-free-motion.html

Once I was finished outlining the roses with the free motion quilting, I trimmed the piece into a square—11 1/2” on each side.

Then I cut a 13 1/2” square of backing fabric and lightly adhered the quilted piece in the middle of it with basting spray, wrong sides together. I tried to center it as much as possible but purposely cut the backing square a little larger so that it could ultimately be trimmed equal and square.

Using a clear gridded ruler, I trimmed the backing so that it was 3/4” larger than the quilted roses on all sides. Then I folded the 3/4” margin of backing fabric in half toward the top of the mug rug. That done, I pressed and slightly trimmed the corners.

Finally, I folded the margin of the backing fabric up again toward the top of the mug rug, creating a binding. Some quilters are adept at sewing the binding down by machine, but since this is going to be a gift, I decided to hand stitch it. Afterwards, I did stitch in the ditch just inside the binding to give the piece a little more stability since the backing is not actually quilted to the rose panel.

Hopefully, my sister will like this.

Outlining Roses in Free Motion

Many years ago, a fabric store clerk looked at me funny when I bought this fabric with very large scale roses on it:

Each rose is 6 to 8 inches across. When she asked me what I was going to do with it, I simply said. “Art quilts.” I didn’t have anything specifically in mind, but I wasn’t going to let that stop me.
This afternoon, I cut off a 12 X 12” square. I also cut squares that were a little larger of bamboo batting and Pellon Décor Bond, which is a heavy duty stabilizer.

Then I layered them, with the batting in the middle. The Décor Bond is fusible, so I pressed it lightly to adhere it to the batting.

Then I proceeded to free motion quilt the petals of the roses.

Almost finished.

Stay tuned, and I will show you what I am going to do with this.

Clink here for the conclusion: http://quiltedtimeposts.blogspot.com/2013/02/rosy-mug-rug.html