How To Make A Mug Rug Without Binding

The mug rug also makes a wonderful mother s day gift or diy wedding party favor.

How to make a mug rug without binding.

They are known for being able to place your mug on with a tasty treat such as a croissant bagel or cookie. After you ve adding binding to the bottom and the top of the long sides trim the excess binding so that it is flush with the mug rug. Choose some fun fabric and start working on those holiday gifts with this quilting tutorial. I want to make a bunch of them for a retreat and don t have a lot of time.

This gift is easy to make and is perfect for friends or family this holiday season. I like to baste the raw edges of my quilt mug rug by machine before adding the binding. For this project i decided to sew the binding onto the front of the mug rug and then hand stitch it down to the back. Machine stitch the fake binding down on all four sides being sure to catch the corners.

Start on one long side of the mug rug. This oval shaped placemat is the easiest one to make. I have found tons of simple free mug rug patterns but i can t find one that i don t need to put a binding on. If making the large mug rug you will need.

I use a ruler and a rotary cutter on a cutting mat to make sure i cut those ends off evenly. 1 8 5 inches by 12 5 inches piece of fabric for your backing mug rug frame if you are using your cricut maker to cut these just put your pieces of fabric on the mat the machine will do all the rest. Oh so charming quilted mug rugs. This easy binding mug rug is perfect by using a mix and match cotton fabric print.

15 3 inch by 3 inch squares of fabric. Make a cup of tea grab a heart cookie relax and enjoy that extra time saved. If you want to buy the irish mug rugs or are jus. Mug rugs are typically any size between a 4 x 7 and a 12 x 8.

Who knows you might even have time to make another mug rug in the time it would have taken to add real binding. A short yet detailed video by amélie scott designs for how to bind a mug rug or other small quilt project. In my mug rugs i did 5 squares of 3 different types of fabric. Treat it the same as you would any binding.

Press 1 4 under one long edge of the strip.