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Wow, here in Minnesota have never heard of using orange along with green for St. Patrick's Day.
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Originally Posted by ctyankee
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Monale -- The traditional colors of St. Patrick's Day are green, white & orange, the colors of the Irish flag. The green represents the Republic of Ireland, the orange represents Northern Ireland & the white represents peace. St. Patrick's Day fabrics here in this country may have celtic motifs or shamrocks or even leprechauns, or someone may choose to use just those 3 colors -- green, white & orange. (In this country, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick's Day!)
So, the other option for February is to make a mug rug in green & white. Or multiple greens & whites. February's swap will be partner's choice, which means the person making the mug rug has to adhere to her partner's choice. So if you decide on green & white, then that's what your partner will make for you. I'm thinking there are no fabrics available to you specifically for St. Patrick's Day, but you can still use green, white & orange, correct? Some people won't really mind either way. I hope you find this helpful, Monale. Thanks CTYankee for that update :thumbup: I wasn't aware of the "orange" either, but I do have that color in my stash!!! This will be a fun MR Ladies! :o |
Got my mug rug and goodies, thanks dotcomdtcm, just trying to figure out posting photos from my phone.
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Got my mug rug done and ready to go to post office tomorrow.
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Terriamn & KLTQuilts -- I was just giving Monale some insight on the Irish colors. If your partner wants a St. Patrick's Day mug rug, you can use green & white only. And sometimes people substitute gold for the orange, but the color of the flag is green/white/orange.
Last year I got a pair of lovely green/white/gold mug rugs that I keep on my hutch year 'round, & I love them dearly! Let me see if I can post a photo of them -- for inspiration! |
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Okay, I took a photo & downloaded it. They're the same size ... I don't know why my photo makes one look bigger!
[ATTACH=CONFIG]539887[/ATTACH] Each has a variety of fabrics with the right colors, some with St. Patrick's Day colors & some not. As I said, I do love these & keep them on my hutch all year long. Hope they provide inspiration! You can always go back to last year's February Mug Rug Swap for more inspiration! |
I see nothing wrong with using beautiful shades of green and a white accent.
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my mug rug from terriamn. Thank you so much
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Nelda, pretty mug rug and yummy hot cocoas.
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Just have a little left to do, the binding. Hope to be postal by the end of the week.
We had a dusting of snow yesterday and again this morning. Not enough to stay home though. The temperature is 36. I hate to be cold! |
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