Tutorial Tuesday: Make a Mug Rug Set!

CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT 
Every week on Tuesday, we will post a tutorial for quick and easy project. The project could be a sewing, cooking or craft project. For two weeks, we encourage our followers to decide how to make the project their own and take a picture.  Email these pictures to feelgoodfalls@gmail.com and we will post them on our blog and Facebook.  As a team, we will decide which project was the best and that person will receive a 20% coupon off a customized Feelgood Falls project.  Maybe you have been eying a t-shirt quilt or a rag quilt or you need some Halloween costumes or special event clothes, this is your opportunity to get a great bargain! 
 

Tutorial Tuesday:   Make a Mug Rug Set! 

If you have an hour, you can make a set of mug rugs for yourself or for gifts.  These quick and easy coasters are a snap to make but look like you have slaved away for hours. 

You will need:
Fabric (5 - 5"x 5" squares)
Rotary Cutter
Ruler
Cutting Mat
Pins
Sewing Machine or Serger
Thread (doesn't need to match, it will never be seen)
Iron with board

Step one:
Cut out all fabrics to 5"x5". You will have four squares to each color. The dark blue fabric is fabric A, the white fabric is fabric B, the red and blue fabric is fabric C, the light blue fabric is fabric D, and the tan fabric is the bottom fabric.

Step two:
Your top fabrics now need to be made into triangles. Best way to do that is take a preheated iron and fold wrong sides together point to point and press.

Step three:
Arrange your triangles on the bottom fabric starting with fabric A. The bottom fabric needs to be right side up facing the upper fabrics. The corner of the right angle of the upper fabric needs to match one corner of our bottom square. Turning clockwise place fabric B halfway over the top of fabric A matching the corner of the right angle to a corner of the bottom square. Turning clockwise again place fabric C halfway over fabric B matching the corner of the right angle to a corner of the bottom square.

 

Step four:
With fabric D, overlap Fabric C but weave Fabric D under Fabric A like you would close a box. If you are using two contrasting colors, it should look like two hourglasses with the matching colors on opposing sides. Pin.

 
 

Step five:
Sew around the entire square with a 1/2" seam allowance. Make sure to catch all of the fabrics. We find it easier to sew from the bottom.

Step six:
Trim raw edges. 

Step seven:
Turn right side out.
 

Step eight:
Press flat. 
Congratulations, you now have a completed mug rug.

Contest Rules for Mug Rug
Contest begins Tuesday, July 23, 2013 to Tuesday, August, 7, 2013.  Pictures must be received by 11:59 pm MST Tuesday, August 7, 2013 and emailed to feelgoodfalls@gmail.com.  Pictures must be in jpeg format.  Please include your name, age category (under 18, 18-24, 24-40, 40-60, 60+),  address, phone and email address so that we can awarded your prize if you win.