This mug rug was made for the Santa’s Sack swap. My partner said she could use a mug rug, and said she liked vintage things as well as colorful things.
One side was made according to this YouTube tutorial:
You make half-inch strips of fabric and then weave them together before stitching them with a decorative stitch. I learned that decorative stitches take LOTS of thread. And of course, mine turned out way wonkier than theirs!
The other side is just some interesting vintage-design fabric I picked up this summer in Maine. I machine-quilted it a bit (for example, along the ledger lines).
Super interesting design. I’ve never seen this technique before. I bet it’s super Mesmerising to look at up close which would be problematic when you’re trying to use it as intended.
That’s the secret of it; it looks like a fussy, intricate thing, but is actually easy and even fairly quick. The fancy stitching takes the longest, and even that part is just babysitting the sewing machine as it chugs along.
