Small Project

Around Christmas, I made my husband the Tannenbaum Mug Rug from Bonnie Hunter's Free Patterns section on her blog found at www.quiltville.com. He enjoyed using it so much when he was working on his languages "homework" and his free reading of Mark Twain that I felt he needed to put the Christmas trees aside and use something else. What motif to us? Well, Bonnie Hunter has a Cr

umb Hearts block on her free patterns too. I used the same procedure as the original Crumb Hearts block, but changed the size so that the finished mug rug would be the same as the Tannenbaum Mug Rug. So, I cut the pieced crumb sections to 4 1/2" X 2 1/2" and then stitched on the background triangles. Finally adding the borders (same size as the Tannenbaum Mug Rug), and then machine quilting and binding it. I love it! It is such a great early Valentine. I even wrote on the back when it was made, to whom it was given, for the reason it was given, and who made it. Just a short sentiment! Hope the pictures turn out great. My husband was thrilled to have it, and he said it really looked like a Valentine!