No mug rugging for me this week - My DH, one of our daughters and I are going to a beach house for a few days break - without my sewing machine!!

Leaving our other daughter and son home alone for the first time - they are 18 (I have triplets!!) and good kids so I'm sure they'll be fine but deep down I can't help worrying a bit.

And, wouldn't you know it, it has started raining and is quite chilly here this morning - we are in the middle of autumn so I guess it's to be expected - I was just hoping the nice weather would hold out for another week. Ah well..........

I do have one mug rug that just needs the binding hand-sewn. and another that just needs a label so I will take them with me. I look forward to seeing what you've all been up to when I get back

Haven't been back in a long while. We do go north to Williams (Gateway to the Grand Canyon and home of the Grand Canyon Railway) so we call ourselves "Arizona Snowbirds." Williams is due west of Flagstaff and is very much like northern Idaho in scenery and weather. Love Idaho best, though. Where do I find Quilt of the Day?

Thanks !Jane....a northern girl...did you notice" santacarver " from Idaho Falls , Quilt of the Day on
the 25th? Once in a while someone steps in from here...I know there must be a few watching. Do
you come back when it heats up too much in Arizona?

Marilyn,
From a former Idahoan (Post Falls), love the mug rug with the tea pot and especially the potato backing! Everyone's mug rugs are so creative--great bunch of quilters in is group.

Maureen--what a lovely mug rug and Marilyn, it is just the perfect little rug! I really like the colors and the tea pot is so precious!

I sent Bob and email yesterday when I started getting an error message--he wrote back with apologies for the inconvenience but they were updating the system and that is what was causing us not to be able to use the Forum.

lotti wrote:
Lottie, I thought it was just me last night being stupid or my computer playing up. I am glad someone else had the error message as well, as it makes me feel better. I suppose it was just a hitch.

Enjoy your mug rugging today. I have volunteer’s information to get out and help get the tickets ready for the show and evening events. Can't wait to do some sewing.

Great mug rug! Congrats to both the maker and the recipient.

I couldn't get into the tqs forum last night either. Just error messages.

All back to normal today. Plan on a little mug rugging and watching some of the free SS videos before they disappear.

Wonderful mug rug Marilyn. The teapot is fantastic. Enjoy Maureen!

Renata wrote:

Sorry for the delay in telling you that it was indeed a mug rug I received from Marilyn. I couldn’t get into any forum last night as it just kept coming up with an error.

Thank you so much Marilyn, it is beautiful. Just what I like to do, sit down and have a nice cup of tea and a biscuit.

I love the way you have used the fabric from Idaho – The Mountain Blue Bird being the State Bird and for the back –Idaho Potatoes, very clever. Thanks again.

Renata wrote:
Well, it relates, after all. Is just before instead after.

Vicki, I've been called a lot of things... but THAT was too funny! What were you thinking?

It's the dratted predictive text that gets me.

Maureen you know the rules