Late Summer Mug Rug

Quilt-As-You-Go 'Late Summer' Mug Rug

It is officially the first day of Autumn today so I pulled out my Halloween and Thanksgiving mug rug pattern book with a view to making something season.

Halloween and Thanksgiving Mug Rug Pattern Book
(also available in paperback via Amazon)

But then the sun came out and the sky turned bright blue and it seemed too early to contemplate autumnal themes.  Thankfully, every one of my mug rug pattern books comes with a pattern that can be used all year round.  In my Halloween and Thanksgiving book it is the ‘Quilt-as-You-Go’ pattern.

Halloween Quilt-As-You-Go (QAYG) Mug Rug

This pattern is designed to use up spare charm squares (5” fabric squares) so I pulled a selection of some of my favourite summer fabrics.

Summery Charms Squares and Scraps 

I lay them out to decide which seven fabrics worked well together before cutting the pieces.

Cut and ready for stitching

Then it was a simple case of laying them onto batting and backing and stitching them together as detailed in the pattern.

Stitch the scraps together onto batting

And hey presto - in just over an hour I have a mug rug that spans two seasons – the Late Summer mug rug.

 Late Summer Mug Rug

Until next time.