Beginner's Guide To Quilting - UK (2020-04)

Carpet of flowers

For a real teatime treat, put your appliqué skills into

practice with this pretty mug rug. By Renate Bieber

F

usible webbing makes quick
work of any project where
appliqué is called for, as you
simply cut out and iron the shapes
you want onto your backing fabric.
In this pretty project the ironed-on
flowers are given extra interest
thanks to some free-motion quilting
(or freestyle embroidery) stitches.
You’ll need to use a free-motion or
darning foot on your sewing machine
to give you the freedom to move the
fabric around and create your
design. It’s worth practising on a
scrap of fabric to make sure you’re
happy before you begin!

CUTTING OUT THE FABRIC
s฀#UT฀XCM฀ÐXIN ฀WHITE฀
LINEN฀FOR฀THE฀FRONT
s฀#UT฀XCM฀XIN ฀WHITE฀LINEN฀
FOR฀THE฀BACK
s฀#UT฀TWO฀STRIPS฀OF฀GREEN฀PATTERNED฀
FABRIC฀XCM฀ XIN ฀FOR฀THE฀SIDE฀
BORDERS
s฀#UT฀TWO฀STRIPS฀OF฀GREEN฀PATTERNED฀
FABRIC฀XCM฀ X IN ฀FOR฀THE฀TOP฀
AND฀BOTTOM฀BORDERS
s฀#UT฀A฀XCM฀ X IN ฀STRIP฀OF฀
BLUE฀FABRIC฀FOR฀THE฀BINDING฀JOINING฀
CM฀ IN ฀STRIPS฀OF฀DIFFERENT฀FABRICS฀IF฀
DESIRED฀FOR฀A฀PATCHWORK฀FINISH
s฀#UT฀XCM฀XIN ฀OF฀WADDING

SEWING THE MATS
Step 1฀฀&USE฀THE฀WEBBING฀TO฀THE฀WRONG฀
SIDE฀OF฀THE฀BLUE฀AND฀GREEN฀FABRIC฀
SCRAPS฀#UT฀OUT฀A฀SELECTION฀OF฀LEAF฀
SHAPES฀AND฀CIRCLES฀FOR฀THE฀FLOWERS

Step 2฀฀!RRANGE฀THE฀SHAPES฀ON฀THE฀
WHITE฀LINEN฀AND฀IRON฀INTO฀PLACE฀9OU฀
CAN฀USE฀OUR฀PHOTO฀FOR฀GUIDANCE฀OR฀
MAKE฀YOUR฀OWN฀ARRANGEMENT

Step 3฀฀3EW฀THE฀SHORTER฀STRIPS฀OF฀GREEN฀
PATTERNED฀FABRIC฀ON฀TO฀THE฀SIDES฀OF฀THE฀
MUG฀RUG฀AND฀THEN฀STITCH฀THE฀LONGER฀

9/5฀7),,฀.%%$

Materials

TO฀MAKE฀TWO฀MUG฀RUGS   

Q BASIC฀QUILTING฀TOOLKIT฀SEE฀PAGE฀

Q฀฀CM฀IN    ฀WHITE฀LINEN฀

Q฀฀CM฀IN    ฀GREEN฀PATTERNED฀

FABRIC฀

Q฀฀CM฀IN    ฀BLUE฀FABRIC฀

Q฀฀CM฀IN    ฀FUSIBLE฀WEBBING

Q฀฀CM฀IN    ฀FUSIBLE฀WADDING฀

Q GREEN฀AND฀BLUE฀FABRIC฀SCRAPS฀FOR฀

THE฀FLOWERS฀AND฀LEAVES

Q MATCHING฀MACHINE฀EMBROIDERY฀

THREAD฀

Seam allowances

Q MM฀IN ฀FOR฀THE฀BINDING

Finished size

Q฀฀฀X฀CM฀XÐIN   

STRIPS฀TO฀THE฀TOP฀AND฀BOTTOM฀EDGES

TO฀MAKE฀THE฀BORDER

Step 4฀฀)RON฀THE฀WADDING฀ON฀TO฀THE฀

BACK฀OF฀THE฀APPLIQU£D฀FABRIC฀AND฀PIN฀

THE฀BACK฀FABRIC฀IN฀PLACE฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀OUT

Step 5฀฀4O฀PREPARE฀YOUR฀SEWING฀

MACHINE฀USE฀MACHINE฀EMBROIDERY฀

THREAD฀FOR฀THE฀TOP฀THREAD฀LOWER฀THE฀

FEED฀DOGS฀AND฀USE฀A฀FREE

MOTION฀OR฀

DARNING฀FOOT฀2OUGHLY฀STITCH฀OVER฀THE฀

LEAF฀CONTOURS฀FOR฀A฀CASUAL฀LOOK฀

ALLOWING฀YOUR฀STITCHES฀TO฀@DRAW฀NEW฀

LEAF฀SHAPES฀3EW฀ALONG฀THE฀STEMS฀TO฀

THE฀MIDDLE฀OF฀THE฀FLOWER฀CIRCLE฀AND฀

THEN฀STITCH฀THE฀PETALS฀SHAPES฀BEFORE฀

SEWING฀BACK฀DOWN฀TO฀THE฀BASE฀

Step 6฀฀4RIM฀THE฀MUG฀RUG฀TO฀XCM฀

ÐXIN    ฀USING฀A฀PATCHWORK฀RULER฀TO฀

MAKE฀SURE฀THE฀CORNERS฀ARE฀SQUARE฀

!TTACH฀THE฀BINDING฀TO฀THE฀MUG฀RUG

TO฀FINISH฀SEE฀PAGE฀฀FOR฀A฀STEP

BY

STEP฀GUIDE฀TO฀BINDING   

NEED A HAND?!

(^) All about appliqué, page 132
(^) Step by step: freehand quilting, p147
(^) Embroidery techniques, page 148
(^) Glossary, page 18
Adding Texture
Beginner’s Guide to Quilting 151
Lo ve To Sew: Mu g Ru gs
Smaller than a placemat, bigger than a
coaster, mug rugs are useful and decorative
m a t s o n w h i c h t o p o p yo u r c o f f e e a n d
perhaps a biscuit or two. And their size means
they’re perfect for trying out new sewing skills!
This project is one of a fun collection of 22
designs by Christa Rolf in Love t o S ew : M u g
Rugs (RRP £7.99). They’re all quick and easy
quilting projects, with clear instructions and lovely photographs. Look
out for even more sewing inspiration in the rest of the Love To Sew range
of titles, all published by Search Press, http://www.searchpress.com.