My Christmas Projects

 So here is the Christmas present I made my friend, Kathy.

I'm happy to report she loved it!

And I loved it so much I think I will make one for myself! :o)

The fabric was purchased at The Cottage Rose

 

  

You know when you have those little strips left from

cutting your fabric to the correct size after

sewing them together?  I hate to toss them in the

trash, so I wanted to use them for something

fun that would go with the runner I was giving Kathy.

 So I took them and cut a 3" x 9-1/2" pc from it.

 

Then I matched it up to the remaining row to see where
I wanted it to fall.  Then I cut the other piece the same size

and sewed the rows together

After I was done sewing the rows together, I 

cut them to 5 x 9 inch rectangles

 Then I dug in my scraps to find a piece that would look 

good for the back.

 

And then put a scrap piece of batting in between

and quilted them.

  

 

Then trimmed it to size and put some binding on...Wa La!  

A nice little matching mug rug.

So normally I put the binding on by hand.but I wanted

to try a decorative stitch on my machine.

Not so sure about it, but it's

wearing on me.  :o)

 

 And  here is the back!

Not perfect, but she did love it,

which made me very happy.

  

 

And here is a baby quilt and matching pillow I did

for my cousin's little baby. She will be a year

old next month.  

Yep.

I'm a little behind.

:o)