Quiltmaker Count Down to Christmas

Welcome Blog Hoppers!!! 

Thanks for joining me on this "Count Down to Christmas"

with Quiltmaker.

Do you need a quick, easy gift for a friend?

I came up with something for you!

Here's what I started with

I pulled some scraps from my stash and decided to make something fast,

 festive and fun.

This is what the scraps turned into.

Mug Rugs!!!!

I was only going to make one....but I got carried away, which by the way

is easy to do when you're sewing, right??

The more the merrier!

Each Mug Rug is 6 1/2" square, so they're just the perfect size.

And since you know I love fusible applique,

I used my pattern "Santa Claus Lane" and shrunk the images

to size I needed to fit the background pieces.

To make the light bulb, you need

1 - 5 1/2" background square

12 - 1 7/8" squares for half-square-triangles (they finish 1 1/2")  --you will have one left over.

1- 3 1/2" square of red for the light bulb

 a scrap of green for light end

Steam-A-Seam fusible webbing

I did some real simple quilting on the border and in the light bulb.

I think you can give this to a friend with a fun mug and cute tag saying something like:

"You're an inspiration to me"  or

"Thanks for lighting up my life with your fun personality" 

Now for Rudolph, you need

1 - 5 1/2 background square

11 - 1 1/2" squares for borders, reds and greens

brown, tan, red and green scraps for your reindeer

one tiny red button

Steam-A-Seam fusible webbing

For the quilting, I stitched in the ditch and echoed around the reindeer.

Add a mug or a pack of your favorite hot chocolate (yummy!)

with a tag that reads:

"You're one in a million" or

"You're Deer to my heart, thanks for being a great friend"

Candy Cane is last on the list, so here's what you need:

1 - 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" background piece

4 - 3" squares for the crazy four-patch (you will have one 4 patch left over)

red, white and green scraps for the candy cane

one tiny red button

Steam-A-Seam fusible webbing

I used red thread and quilted around in the candy cane as you can see.  I also did

some stitch in the ditch on the crazy four patch blocks.

On the gift tag for this one you could put something like:

"Thanks for being such a sweet friend"

It was so much fun making these, I feel the need to make more.....we'll see.

Thanks for stopping by

Don't forget to check out the give away at Quiltmakers

Have a very Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays!!!