Mother's Day: Thank you! (Sunday Stash and giveaway winner)

Thank you! Thank you for making it a super special Mother's Day. Today I received this marvellous Waterfront Point - Michael Miller bundle for Mother's Day and what better present for a quilting Mum?!

I also received my giveaway prize from Kim at My Go-Go Life for the SEWJo Saturday Linky party: a lovely Dear Stella bundle and a packet of wonderful Aurifil thread. Thank you Kim!

A big thank you also to Pam from Threading My Way for featuring the DIY Triangle Pincushion tutorial and our blog yesterday!

Our own paying it forwards thank you giveaway winner is:

Cindy Dahlgren!!!

who wins a copy of the super trendy and packed full of good patterns magazine Love Patchwork & Quilting! Congratulations Cindy!

Linking up with Molli Sparkles Sunday Stash this week over at my bloggy friend Emily's Sewing by Moonlight. Don't miss her great giveaway! She is always so generous.

More Mug Rugs

Here are some more laminated Mug Rugs, this time made using Michael Miller's Khaki

Vintage Ironwork laminated fabric, with a more geometric trim.

The back is made using a linen mix fabric and it actually goes very well with the tone of the laminated fabric. the contrast in texture between the two kinds of material is also very interesting. 

The Power of the Mug Rug

Mug Rugs are everywhere! They come in all shapes and sizes, all colours and made with as many different techniques as you can think of. Thanks to their size, they're quick to make (not like some quilts!) and you can use a technique that on a bigger scale might look boring or too kitsch. And, let's admit it, small scales are soooo cute! Oh, I was forgetting, they're actually useful too!

And now Mug Rugs are starting to invade Italy! At the moment they are considered more as a sampler than what they are really for, but this is all rapidly changing. When we'll have solved the name problem that is. It's a bit long to call them "piccole tovagliette per tazza" (little tablecloths for mugs) and it's definitely not as catchy as MUG RUG, is it? Soon we will decide to adopt the English term and everybody will immediately know what you're talking about.

In the meantime I would like to give my own little contribution to the Mug Rug cause and this is it:

a Mug Rug made using laminated material (Michael Miller's laminated Pink Belle Rose) means no tea stains to remove, you just wipe it over. At the worst you get the crumbs from all those biscuits you're eating stuck in the trim, but a good shake will see to that! With the same fabric look at the different effects!

Here's a photo of the reverse side in case you're wondering. My colleague Emanuela kindly lent me her mug, it just looked so right! Thanks and... enjoy your tea (or coffee!).