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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 03 Jul 2014 11:59 #119354

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rehak wrote:

Beautiful and innovative, Charae!

Renata, can you post a close-up of the binding treatment? I can't quite see what was done and I'm intrigued. Thanks!!

Renata has described the binding treatment perfectly, but I had several false starts before I finally did it this way. I first made a traditional quilt sandwich, quilted it, then tried to use a thicker gold cording as a trim. It had the slightly bolder look I wanted and I could cover the edges just fine, but I could not end it without a very noticeable lump when I used fray check or tape to prevent raveling. Overlapping was also unsightly--much too bulky! I made several attempts to meet the ends exactly, but the feed dog movement and zig zag stitch opened a small gap when approached from either direction or side. So, I stopped trying to fight the "perfect cording". I remade it all, did an "envelope binding" so the raw edges of the quilt sandwich were covered, quilted it then zig zagged some decorative wire ribbon on top. Easy peasy, but I made things as hard as possible and had several challenges before getting there!

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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 03 Jul 2014 11:43 #119353

idaho OFFLINE Posts: 2531 Thank you received: 183	Very nice, ladies !! Slick finish !
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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 03 Jul 2014 11:21 #119352

loise98 OFFLINE Posts: 2932 Thank you received: 267	Beautiful. Just lovely!
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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 03 Jul 2014 10:23 #119349

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Nancy,
I'll let Charae explain it if I'm getting it wrong, but it looks like she put the backing on right-side to right, stitched around three quarters of the mug rug, turned it inside out, stitched the whole thing closed and then stitched a pretty, golden trim to the front of the mug rug. Very pretty and perfect for this delicate fabric and shape of the mug rug.

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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 03 Jul 2014 10:13 #119348

rehak OFFLINE Posts: 2783 Thank you received: 458	Beautiful and innovative, Charae! Renata, can you post a close-up of the binding treatment? I can't quite see what was done and I'm intrigued. Thanks!!
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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 03 Jul 2014 09:38 #119346

suehenyon OFFLINE Posts: 1796 Thank you received: 51	How innovative and pretty, Charae! Lucky Renata!
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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 03 Jul 2014 09:27 #119345

AndreeBergeron OFFLINE Posts: 722 Thank you received: 100	What a beauty! so original! Lucky Renata! Andrée
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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 03 Jul 2014 08:39 #119344

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Marilyn's mug rug to Andrée IS beautiful! Enjoy it, Andrée!

Speaking of beautiful, I received a BEAUTIFUL mug rug from Charae and have already used it a couple of times before posting, including this morning! I could not figured out the fabric line except for that I had seen it recently in a store as a bundle of FQs and loved it but did not buy it... it's "Scrumptious" by Moda... and what Charae did with these fabrics is truly SCRUMPTIOUS! The quilting is delicate and perfect for the fan and the backing fabric just belongs. Love the binding--I want to try that myself! Thank you Charae--I am so enjoying this!

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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 01 Jul 2014 12:34 #119227

PosyP OFFLINE Posts: 4106 Thank you received: 361	Beautiful, Marilyn.
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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 01 Jul 2014 08:07 #119210

idaho OFFLINE Posts: 2531 Thank you received: 183	Aw...Thanks ! Somewhere there's a quilt-y that goes with the orphan block ! And I didn't leave out the Idaho reference... spuds on the back !
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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 01 Jul 2014 06:54 #119208

rehak OFFLINE Posts: 2783 Thank you received: 458	Beautiful, Marilyn!! I love the colors!
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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 01 Jul 2014 02:43 #119207

scottishquilter OFFLINE Posts: 756 Thank you received: 14	What a terrific mug rug Marilyn. Lucky Andrée
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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 01 Jul 2014 01:41 #119205

Zarah OFFLINE Posts: 1526 Thank you received: 30	Lucky Andrée!
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Re: Mug Rug Exchange - Do it yourself style! 01 Jul 2014 00:34 #119204

twiglet OFFLINE Posts: 3849 Thank you received: 546	Wow Marilyn beautiful
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