I planned on working on a much bigger project today, which didn't happen
, but at least I finished these two small ones!
The first item came from a panel that I bought at my LQS with all sorts of fall designs on it; when I looked at this one, it just said "mug rug" to me, so that's what it became. It's about 8" x 11", perfect mug rug size. It also allowed me to practice some of my not-so-fabulous free-motion quilting, which was done with variegated thread.
At the same shop, I bought this little pattern to make jar openers. The concept is that you use squares from pre-printed panels, and layer the squares with batting, backing and some shelf-gripper stuff on the back. This one is a little bit large but it's my prototype; I hope to make some of these for holiday gifts.