Oh lord yes:rolleyes: I have 6 mug rugs haunting my sleep.

Nope I hear you. I rather do a quilt then a stocking or pot holder.

Oh, I have difficulties with small projects too. Sometimes the smaller pieces are hard for me to handle and they get wonky. I don't worry about it. If it were a project for a show, I might be more concerned. But I don't do that.

I'll have to try the birthing method again.

Haven't done that in a while.

There is one that uses folded fabric that turns into a checkerboard or four patch looking deal. That one is quick as lightning and usually turns out okay if the batting isn't overdone.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sipzCAflJQ8

(How to make a potholder in five minutes.)

I was so just there, decided to make coasters and fabric boxes to put them in them for gifts, got everything cut and ready and thought I'd be done with them long before Thanksgiving, oh goodness, they took forever to get right. I ended up doing the self-binding on them and it worked out much better than struggling with separate binding. Corners will always be fiddly for me but I managed to make them all look presentable. Now my walking foot isn't working so I guess I can take a quilt break until I get another one. shucks

I'm right there with you! regular quilts are no problem, but mug rugs, potholders, and the worse--PURSES are just very hard for all the reasons given--so I try to avoid them if possible.

I love making small things, but they eat up time. The potholders mawluv sent the link for, I have made with squares, they are very nice potholders and make great gifts.

I tried glue basting for the 1st time this week. What a time saving experience. Worked like a charm on a pair of hubby's slacks and on a couple of tea towels I decided to make.

A simple solution is to make them round! They come out great and no fussing with corners at all.

I made eight Christmas mug rugs and though they weren't perfect in my opinion, I told myself it was good practice for FMQ and to improve my machine binding technique... The recipients were sent chocolate and a personal card with their mug rug... so hopefully they weren't too critical of my work. ;)