@endymion, you created a masterpiece! I can’t get over all that beautiful stitching!
@Abbeeroad, I love those mountains! There’s something about them that made me immediately think you were the creator of this. What a fun mug rug!
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Beautiful work in this gallery…love the tie dye and the mountains…
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Yay!! I’m so glad he likes it! I wish I could take credit for the awesome tie dye, but it is all Mr. road’s old Grateful Dead tie dye shirt collection. I chose the best focal piece for the back.
@endymion - wow! What a beautiful rug you made AIMR! Stunning stitching paired perfectly with that fabric.
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Whoa, I just read that to him & he was so tickled to hear it! He asks if your man is headed to any Dead & Co. summer shows. LOL, these guys!
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He is more into techno these days, lol. I think that’s the only reason I was allowed to cut up those old tees!
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I received a gorgeous mug rug from @AIMR today!
And look, it’s double-sided!
The design and the stitch work are both just stunning. All the black threadwork looks like it was drawn on; so cool! And just look at those incredibly tidy corners. Love, love, love!
I think it’s funny that both of us designed something with a large, heavily-stitched circle in the design.
Thanks so much, Linda! I’ve already started using it.
Edited to add: Love the colors and the fabric choices, too! Thanks again!
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It is AWESOME! I love the scribbly stitching, did you do free-motion embroidery or just move things around with regular machine sewing?
I tried free-motion for the first time for this swap, it’s cool.
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I love these sweet little houses.
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Incredible hand stitched work on these! I love the movement it gives to the pieces.
All of these are beautiful little pieces of functional art.
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Glad you like it! I was smiling when I got the one you made because I also thought it was funny that we both had circles! I was busting to tell you, but wanted to wait until you got it…ha ha I absolutely love circles and love finding new ways to make them.
This was really fun because I used a style that I am comfortable with…more free-style. To be honest, it was by pure “because I misjudged where to start the spiral stitching” that the center is over a leaf in the fabric! ha ha Looks like I did it on purpose, right? (Wrong! ha ha)
@magpie…I just used my regular sewing machine. I haven’t mastered much on my embroidery machine…I heard this type of stitching is called scribble drawing…just up my alley!
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Oh you do it on a regular machine. You drop the feeddogs & use a darning foot. And yes, it’s like scribbling a bit. To practice for stipple quilting I watched a video that suggested writing in cursive, I’m going to try stitching some words & see how it goes!
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I don’t even do that…I use a regular foot and my old machine has no way to drop the feed dogs…I don’t use a pattern either…I just start sewing…
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Guess what the postman just struggled to put through my letterbox…
This amazing beauty:
And a cute card and some candies
This is such an awesome my rug with beautiful poppies - good stalking @Annchen
Thank you
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Eeek! A poppy mug rug! This is so unique and gorgeous. 
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Yay! It looks like it survived being mailed without getting too squished.
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Yay!! Beautiful new additions to our gallery! I’m on the road today and tomorrow, but will get everything updated and post proper replies/appreciation on Monday! Thanks for being an awesome and understanding group this past week!
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Gorgeous poppies!
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Oh, wow! Amazing! Love the poppies.
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A felted mugrug is so smart! It will be absorbant & protective, not to mention pretty.
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