regm

As members concentrate on this month's swap, don't forget to check the additions to Feb.'s listing. I received the swap from SMR just yesterday because she was sick. She did a very nice job on the mug rug with some exceptional add on's , so please check it out.

jaba

regm, I'm glad SMR is feeling better. The mug rug you received is beautiful and the little pillow is so cute. Is that a pin cushion?

regm

No, I don't believe it's a pin cushion, too large. But it is a lovely decoration.

jowortman

Received a lovely package from Jaba, my swap partner. It came in yesterday's mail but I was busy in the late afternoon/evening, and then had to watch the Downton finale a second time on our other PBS station. Can't believe it's over!

I was knocked off my feet when I tore into the envelope and found two mugrugs with luscious strawberries appliqued on a blue background--in my favorite shade of blue. Both of them are beautiful and flawless. Thank you so much Jan! Now I can snack with a friend, or my husband. She also included a green tea bag (so calming!) and some candies, which I ate today in a moment of sewing room stress, I dropped a needle while I was burying some thread ends, and could not find it. I had to vacuum the rug so the kitties would not find it with their paws. I am finishing up yours Jan, and I will let you know when I mail out your package.

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queenof2802

Argggg....I just got notification from the sewing machine repair shop. It's going to be two weeks before my machine will be fixed. He has to wait for approval from Brother, plus the "line" is already a week wait. I called my local fabric shop. She is going to let me borrow a machine for the weekend, but I can't pick it up until after 2 on Sat as she has classes during the week and Saturday morning. I guess I need to find a back up. I am already having sewing withdrawals lol. I do have cutting and pinning I could be doing. That should keep me going tonight and Thursday night.

jaba

Glad you like them Joanne, I seem to have an over abundance of them in the summer time.

Tracie sorry about your machine, maybe it's back up time Gives you an excuse anyway

lynnie

thoe strawberry mugrugs look delicious! nice work Jan.

klaws

Love the strawberries Jan. I just ate some of the Plant City strawberries today. The strawberry festival is going on until the 13th. Too bad you aren't here to enjoy. When will you be coming back down?

ctyankee

Jo -- your two strawberry mug rugs are adorable! I can almost smell the strawberries! Yum! And I love that blue background fabric! Is it more turquoise than blue? Kind of looks like it from here.

jowortman

When I was a little girl, we went to see my grandma in Missouri every other summer. It was a long drive from NJ. She had a strawberry patch in her big garden. I loved those berries. They used to send me out to pick them, and watch me from the window laughing because I ate more than I brought into the house. Daddy packed some new shoots up one summer and put them in the car, we planted them when we got home, so I had my own little patch in NJ after that as well. So that's a memory I can enjoy when I use your mugrugs! I don't know if I should try to plant them here, we have deer wandering through the yard and they do nibble my landscape plants in the summer.