Christmas Mug Rugs

Christmas will be here whether we are ready or not.  An hour or two spent in the sewing room may bring a little bit of calm to the season whilst also giving you the opportunity to create a lovely little gift out of little more than scraps.

A mug rug is the perfect handmade gift to give this season.  And I have twelve seasonal mug rugs that are just right for Christmas (and one or two are good all year round).

First up is my Mug Rug Alphabet.  This pattern is good for making a named mug rug or creating the perfect hostess gift. (This is an indispensable all-year-round patterns featured.)

Mug Rug Alphabet

Take a break from card writing with either design from my Christmas Delivery mug rug pattern - both designs are included in this $2.50 pattern:

Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a reindeer or two.  This pattern is one of ten from my Christmas Mug Rugs book - available in PDF format via Etsy or via Amazon.

When wrapping gifts how about popping this fun mug rug into the gift bag as an extra little touch (also from my Christmas Mug Rugs book and another all-year-round pattern):

Prepare for Hanukkah (beginning on Sunday 22nd December this year) or use up some of those festive charm squares with the time-saving Celebration Candles mug rug.  (This pattern will come in handy whenever a birthday or special day arises throughout the coming year.)

And don't forget the holly wreath for the hall table to match the wreath on the door.  This pattern is from my new book 'Christmas on the Side' which enables you to create many mug rugs using any 6" block.

The next two mug rug designs are also from the Christmas on the Side pattern book - the Penguin Stack sidebar with nine-patch block (one of six blocks included in the book):

And a baubles sidebar paired with a decorated Christmas Tree applique block (also included in the book):

This is just a taster of some of the mug rug patterns I have designed specifically for the Christmas season.  Unsure which to choose?  Then grab one of my two pattern books (Christmas Mug Rugs or Christmas On-the-Side) and you are sure to find a design to suit everybody.  

Christmas Mug Rugs pattern book
Available for immediate download from ETSY or in paperback via Amazon

Christmas-on-the-side pattern book
Available for immediate download from ETSY 

Until next time .....

Black Friday Sale at The Patchsmith's ETSY Store

Here's a first - a Patchsmith sale.  I thought it might be fun to join in the Black Friday and Thanksgiving celebrations by taking 20% off the price of my PDF mug rug pattern books available via ETSY.  

You could go all out for Christmas with my two Christmas mug rug pattern books:

Santa, reindeer and three wise kings!

Penguins, baubles and trees

Or you could indulge your hobby:

Sewing, knitting, photography or baking.They are all here.

Perhaps you want to make a fun and functional gift for an animal lover:

Saving money?  Then how about turning some of those unused 6" blocks you have into a 'thank you' gift for a hostess or teacher:

Hearts, birds and bees transform any 6" block.

Oooh how spooky - I nearly forgot the book that is perfect for Thanksgiving:

Turkeys and pilgrims, pumpkins and ghosts.

Or maybe, just maybe you want to grab yourself a reason to escape into your sewing room at this busy time of the year.  Head on over to my ETSY store for the Patchsmith's first ever Black Friday sale - but be quick - sale ends Sunday 30th November 2019.

Granny's Garden Blocks 37 and 39

Granny's Garden Block 37

We are on the home straight for the Granny's Garden Bedrunner.  This week saw the completion of Blocks 37 and 39 - the former being very simple applique and the latter being a bit more work but made easier by reducing the layer.

Let us look at Block 37 first.  This flower block is very similar to Block 5 except it has two more leaves.  Nothing difficult here.

Remember Block 5 - way back in week 2?

Block 39 is not overly difficult either but it is a bit more work.  If you repeat the method used for Block 9 -you can reduce the layers.

Granny's Garden Block 39

It is also a bit of a tight squeeze fitting in the flowers and leaves into the inner circle.  But you can always trim them just a little if it helps.

Next week I will be making the last of the fourteen blocks needed for my bedrunner - Block 41.  So until then ......