Duh! I went "fabric" shopping at Goodwill. I bought a few pieces of regular fabric, plus a 5 skirts that had fabric I liked. One is just plain ole red and white strip.
Oh, and one bed skirt that was beige and olive green printed check. Yield, about 10 yards of 12" wide fabric that has no sunfading.
At any rate-------------I'm thinking my bits and pieces could be held together with my red adn white stipe----------that had no particular use until just now.
Cute mug rugs on the way!