Do you know what a 'mug rug' is?
11-10-2015, 05:46 AM
#31
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Originally Posted by Rennie
Put me in the group with having them bigger than a coaster. I usually make mine in the 6 X 9 range, which frustrates me a little because the in-the-hoop ones I have found for machine embroidery are all limited to 5X7, which I consider too small (especially since that is the frame size and the actual mug rug ends up smaller). 
Georgia in FL
11-10-2015, 07:33 AM
#34
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Have no use for them except as cat toys. I've never seen anyone of my acquaintances or even at work use a coaster. All my furniture has a finish I can wash.
It could be regional for all I know.
I never see anyone carrying those big tote bags, either. They will use the smaller grocery ones, but even the ones made as diaper bags aren't used. I do see Vera Bradley bags. I also see the big brand names like Gucci and knockoffs of the same. People seem to like the counterfeit stuff rather than good handmade quilted.
It could be regional for all I know.
I never see anyone carrying those big tote bags, either. They will use the smaller grocery ones, but even the ones made as diaper bags aren't used. I do see Vera Bradley bags. I also see the big brand names like Gucci and knockoffs of the same. People seem to like the counterfeit stuff rather than good handmade quilted.
11-10-2015, 08:58 AM
#36
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I sold mug rugs at a local craft show a few years ago when they were a brand new concept. I put a label on them that said, "What's a Mug Rug.....a coaster with attitude!" Love the birds. We offered something very similar at our Church bazaar a couple years back and didn't sell one. Funny how things sell in one part of the country and not the other.....I'm in PA.
11-10-2015, 10:50 AM
#37
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Chances are that if you are not a quilter or the family or friend of a quilter then you don't know what a mug rug is. I know when I have mentioned them in the past to different people they didn't know what I was talking about. By the way your mug rugs are just adorable. You did an awesome job on them.
11-10-2015, 11:28 AM
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My aunts spend a lot of time together. I sets of 4 for each of them. They can reverse if they want. When I sent them I packed some packets of honey and a variety of tea since they already had coffee and have only ever drank one kind. Both aunts were born in June but are 2 different signs. Attached a pocket for a packaged cookie wrapped in a pretty napkin. Also bought a fancy teaspoon for each one of them. They like that they're easy to clean. They do a lot of hand washing so the size makes it easy. So many things you can do with them.
11-10-2015, 01:29 PM
#39
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I make oodles of mug rugs as gifts. They are well recieved and it is not something I spend a lot of time making so I don't worry if people will use or like them. They are not something a person has to introduce into their interior design because they can just be put in a drawer when not in use. If you have an Embroidery machine, www.Sanfranciscostitchco has 2 years of monthly mug rugs. They are so beautiful and easy to make.
11-10-2015, 03:26 PM
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my avatar is a 3D mug rug. i have lots of fun designing, or inventing them. working on a fox now for my dsil who is a hunter. i always think of a mug rug as a coaster on steroids. my cat tiger was my model.
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