Sunny April Saturday

Happy Saturday! It's a beautiful, sunny day here in northwestern Montana and we're going to spend the day outside, but I thought I'd come and post some new pictures for you to look at before we headed out to play.

I've been working on some more mug rugs and finished an Easter tablerunner for a swap at My Quilting Buddies.First off though, I have to show you a picture that I found on my hubby's camera that he took out of our livingroom window about mid-January:....isn't she cute?

Trying Something New

Today I made my first Mug Rug! I've heard them called Snack Mat's too...but that always comes out as a tongue twister when I try to say it LOL.

Anyways...I can see why everyone says they are so addictive to make! They're about as close to instant gratification in quilting as you can get.I think I spent more time playing with my fabrics,trying to decide which ones to use than I did actually making the Mug Rugs. They are small, but still big enough to practice some free motion quilting. Leah Day comes to mind and I'm definitely going to use some of her patterns to practice on these cute and useful little projects. If you've never seen Leah's free motion quilting project....you gotta go check it out. The link is on the right hand side of my blog under "My Favorite Links"

Here are my mug rug shots...in progress and the finished products:

Virtual Cork Board

Awhile back I was surfing the net and came across a site called Pinterest. It's like a virtual cork board where you can "pin" pictures that you find on the net. You can make your own boards to sort your stuff and can even "re-pin" things from other peoples boards to your own. I love this site! I've been pinning alot of the cool things I've been finding on quilting blogs so I don't forget them. It's a great way to keep the things that inspire you when you're in cyberspace.
Here's the link to one of my boards if you'd like to see what it's like:
One of Tina's Pinterest Boards

I pinned a couple Mug Rug idea's on there tonight. We're doing a Mug Rug swap at My Quilting Buddies so had to find some inspiration and found this easy peasy one:

Piecing this directly on your batting/backing sandwich would make this one go together pretty slick! I think that Mug Rugs would be a great way to practice some free motion quilting or thread painting too.

Ok...I'm off to see what other cool inspiration I can find in cyberspace!

hugs,

Tina