Mug Rug Swap for May! "How does your garden grow?" is the theme!
 

Welcome to the May Mug Rug swap! this months theme is " How does your garden grow?"



What is a mug rug? A mug rug is an item you use to hold your cup of coffee or tea or soda and a small snack plate/napkin beside it. Its approximately 9x7 or larger so you can put that little plate on it and a mug.

1. You will be assigned a partner. This is not a secret pal swap. Each partner will contact the other partner for addresses. You are encouraged to talk to each other and find out little things about them so you can make a special gift just for them. This month we are doing a mug rug in the theme of How does your garden grow? You do not need your partners garden ideas to get started. This months is makers choice. If you grow vegetables then please sew a vegetable garden! if you prefer to garden with flowers then sew a garden full of flowers. Its your call! it doesn't get much easier than that! and if you don't garden? what type of gardens do you enjoy the most? sew that! tada! something for everyone and best part is surely you have something garden like in the the fabrics you have right at home. flowers? veggies? garden gloves and shovels and birds sitting on a fence! lol. look around bet you can come up with something pretty darned cute. what about the colors of your garden if you don't have flowers and prefer modern designs? why not do greens and oranges and yellows and whatever you think of to represent a colorful garden? no one gets left out here! lol.

2. You must quilt your mug rug in a fashion that you are most comfortable with. If you don't know how to paper piece maybe stick to regular piecing for this item. NOW for firm rules: IT MUST BE SEWN WITH 100 percent quilters cotton, with batting in between to protect furniture from possible destruction due to heat/cold. If you can not bind or don't want to learn how then it must be turned neatly and cleanly and stitched shut at all times. Be creative. Send something you would be proud to put out yourself. Be kind about what you receive. Any complaints MUST COME TO ME ONLY. Let me deal with anything please. The quilting board is a place we all come to enjoy ourselves, make friends, share ideas. Not everyone is a perfect quilter. BUT everyone tries. We all started somewhere so be considerate when posting. Please try to work out issues with your partner first, privately, before writing me.

3. You must send by May 22nd this time and send me notice that you have sent to your partner. Any delays must be shared with me prior to this date. I want everyone to receive a partners trade. This calling on angels is getting old around here. Be responsible. you sign up? you send. Period. two months of no sending and your out of the swap permanently. Period.

4. You are free to include tea/coffee and a small treat to go with your mug rug. If your feeling very generous you can send a bit more but nothing is obligated. fat quarters or other fabric related items are also perfect little add on's...any of the above are always loved. YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO THIS however so keep this in mind when sending and receiving. some send a lot some can not afford to do this. No one should be made to feel bad because you chose to send a bunch and they couldn't. Remember this is an optional side item and what you send is a gift. Period.

5. Any questions? contact me or ctyankee immediately and we will help you get started.

SIGN UP TODAY! You must send a CTYANKEE a private PM to letting her know: name, address, phone number for emergency use by her only, and if you have a preference of what you receive just send a hint and she will share it with your partner. Names will be given out by May 1st the latest. sign up today! You are required by the board to send things you sign up for. If you don't you risk not having the ability to swap again in other events so make sure you follow through with what you sign up for. Again per board rules anything about your partner or the item they swap to you that does not please you is NOT to be posted on the board but sent in private email to me or your partner to sort out. Its polite and its the right thing to do.

also! please take a picture before you send as your partner might not be able to post one! don't post until your sure your partner has received and you are sure they cant post their own picture. thanks!



Linda
Here today... why what a lucky bunch we are.

Ctyankee is raring at the bit to start taking your sign ups (running haven't told her I am posting yet!) so start bombarding her today with your happy to joins! lol. This is going to be such a fun swap seeing the literal and abstract concepts for a garden I am sure we will all be enchanted with the designs. Here in Wyoming another month for above ground planting I hear but you can start with some potatos and such I think. Jaba is the expert on that. I plant parsley and basil. whoop whoop! her garden is about the size of my yard which is half an acre! and I am meaning her veggie garden alone! so what will you plant? I guess I am an arm chair gardener lol. love watching your gardens from my armchair lol! SIGN UP TODAY AND GET THIS PARTY STARTED!

Ok count me in for May!

I'll track her down and sign up. hope my machine will cooperate with me.

I am in again!

Just a reminder -- please PM me with your full name, address & telephone number. When the info is received, I can sign you up. Thanks. This is going to be a great swap again this month! :)

looking forward to this one, here is the information

I LOVE the Theme! I've sent my info to Ctyankee...should be fun!!!

Just sent my info to Ctyankee,love the theme

Nine people have already signed up! :)

please don't post your information on this board! send it to ctyankee. anyone can look at our board and seeing all your information is a bit scary with the cruds on the internet these days. just a warning. plus it makes life easier for ctyankee to get all the names down. she might not see a posting so make sure you write her please! nine sign ups already? that is great! come on over and join in the fun. if you wonder what a mug rugs is just go back and check out Aprils swaps and the swaps for March. there are some truly adorable mug rugs that are created!

My wine barrels and still waiting for some plants. I stare at the seedlings in the kitchen hoping that we are at the end of the snow season but I have been told to wait safely for the end to be here.. Memorial day? ugh. forever. also planting flowers are out. I guess its like a magnet for deers .. a pretty spot! yum! I will enjoy my garden fabrics instead. FLowers? got those! garden grass?? got that too! strawberries and cherries? always got those! so how does your garden grow? Mine grows lovely huge Christmas trees. I have 20 of them :) and lawn. egad lots of that too. Share what your thinking of making.. I know we would love sneak peaks and fabric selections.. tease us! this is going to be such a cool swap. It would be a shame for you to miss it!

I'm in again.

Sending my info. Can't miss this one, we have gardens....sometimes too much garden :)

Almost anything garden related makes me happy...I adore flowers, but then ladybugs and worms in a garden are fun, and who doesn't love fruits and veggies??? Little birds butterflies...sigh...I have NO idea what to make! One of each? Ha ha ha!

I'm done. it doesn't take long to make one. less than an hour. not much sewing. glad i'm done and can enjoy this time I have now to do other projects. have fun everyone.

Still pondering joining up. It's just getting too nice outside.

Oh Dorothy, just do it, it took less than an hour from beginning to end.
and I had digging to do to find a floral through all the stuff. I'm done and ready
to ship right now. Just do it, you'll have some crappy weather and stay inside time.
When you see all the nice mug rugs coming in you'll be drooling and wanting one,
so just join up, only takes a minute. An hour or less to make one. Come join us. Please?!?!

I'm in again . . . can't seem to stay away from this happy group :D I've PM our fearless leader (ctyankee). Now all I have to do is make a decision as to what I want to do . . . I have an idea :rolleyes:

We have 16 sign-ups at this moment!

and we'll have 17 when I convince Dorothy that it will rain one day and she'll be inside to sew!!!

You beat me Lynnie, I had 2 customer quilts to quilt on the long arm today...they are done and she picked them up. Brought me another one to do by May 1...I can do if my back holds out.

yippee sign me in for MAY....

Just sent PM to ctyankee love May love spring.

I'm in for this one also!

Hope you two sent your sign up information. Ctyankee is a blessing to me on doing the sign up part of this swap. She works hard at giving everyone partners, keeping information straight and keeping everyone of you happy. I love doing the swap but often mix up people or forget people on sign ups so this is working perfectly for both of us. I hope. As long as she gets your information in PM she will make sure your partnered up for another fun month.

Lynnie you crack me up. You and Jaba are the FASTEST at making these mug rugs. WOWSA. done already? love it! It is not such a fast project for me it takes me about 3 hours start to finish. picking fabrics, cutting them sewing them and binding them. yup. you got me beat. but still 3 hours out of an entire month of 24 hour days is not a big time commitment and its so much fun. Who doesn't love seeing the mug rugs that come in? if your talented with the computer (ie not me) could you take a copy of all the photos for April and put them in one picture to post on this site so show what we have done? I think it helps so much to see everything together at once. Your ideas.. pop! lol mine sure do.

If you haven't signed up yet we would love to have you! please send a PM to Ctyankee as she is the one doing the sign ups and assigning partners. You need to send her your full name, address and PHONE number in case there is trouble with a partner not receiving. It will not be shared with anyone that you do not chose to share it with yourself. so again, no posting of information here on the board just in a private PM to Ctyankee. We have about a dozen already so jump on in! send it today!

OHohohohoh....... I would love to do this, but I will have to wait till later. The due date is my last day of school and I know that I will busy trying to get things done for the whole last week. So you all have fun.
The only other thing I could say, is "if" Elizabrat and ctyankee would allow me to do it with a swapper as long as that swapper is ok with after the "due" date. Just let me know.
Now that I am in my last 30 minutes today....which just as a proctor for Jr&Sr duel credit classes...I have only 19 days of school left before summer starts. Can't be this year has gone so fast.

Ok Lynnie- you convinced me. I will come play again this month! :)
PM sent and received. I will look at my fabrics this weekend.

But only because I got my garden in AND will need a distraction from snacking. I just spent the last six weeks losing 20.1 lbs, and now have to cycle back into "normal" life for the next few weeks before I can tackle my muffin top problem again.[ATTACH=CONFIG]517924[/ATTACH]

When is the last day to sign up for the mug rug? I have never made one.

WOW, Dorothy, what a great accomplishment!! congrats!! I have to loose about 40 b4 anyone notices, I have to loos 40 all together. You did great!!! So glad you joined us.

Robinlee, why can't you make it over the weekend. it only takes an hour to make on. don't put it off to the last minute, and you'll have it done in no time. Mine took about an hour to make and that's coz I couldn't find the fabric I needed.

Suzy, come join the fun. Go back and look at last months to see what they look like, or go to google or bing and type in mug rugs. there's a bunch of them there to get an idea. steel one of their ideas. Have fun, nothing fancy, but make it neat and cut all threads. Everyone wants something nice. so just double ck for the loose threads, and do what's best and easy for you. have fun and join in.

Dfelker...congratulations on the 20+ pounds; good job!!!
Come on Suzy0879, we can do this :thumbup:

Sewed mine this afternoon and still have the binding to do. I make a set of 2 for my partner but that is my choice, figure the other is for hubby or company . They will mail early. Still waiting on one for April.

dfelker, congrats on the weight loss. I'm sure you feel a lot better now. Enjoy it!

I'm wondering what I was thinking signing up for the next swap when I have a wedding May 30 to prepare for! My son's wedding, and I have MAJOR alterations to do on the bride's gown, as well as on my formal, too. I'd better get the mug rug done early and mail as soon as I get my partner. The things I do to myself...

Congrats, dfelker, on your weight loss! :)

Oh a wedding! what were you thinking is right! lol good thing your fast girl. You will do all and do it smoothly as always. Make sure to share pictures!!!

dfelker YOU GO GIRL! wowsa!!! Your doing great. Its not easy to lose weight at all. Once you are over say.. 21 it sticks. what is with that? I have a good 40 lbs to lose myself but I also have lots of water weight they just can only pull so much off. it is like gaining 3 or 4 lbs a week til your ready to explode with water. Not fun at all. I will one day get a new kidney and the water should come on down. I am ready for that! In the mean time I will watch your weight lose progress and route you on. Yahoo! for you.

Sign ups are going nicely. Make sure you get yours in today. Last day for sign ups is April 30th for those who are curious. We will be giving out names on the 1st. so hurry hurry hurry! sign up today!

defalker Way to go!!! congrats.

Congrats Dorothy!!!! Great job - you have inspired me to be more "mindful" of my weight challenge :) Determination is the key to anything we want to accomplish in life . . . even in participating in these fun mug rug exchanges!!! Looks like we're going to have a great May mug rug exchange :thumbup:

sewbizgirl, make your mug rug today, only takes an hour, then you'll
have it done in time to ship and you won't be late. We already know
the theme, flowers, garden, so make it now and you'll be done in no
time, and it won't interfere with th wedding. that's what I would do.
As soon as I hear the there, I finish mine up. go for it now.

Thanks Lynnie! You are a great cheerleader! I will try and do as you say and get a pretty mug rug together for *someone*....

I had dreams about the wedding last night, about not getting everything done! I feel so guilty for procrastinating on the wedding dress that I have GOT to get started on it. Wedding is almost a month away, and that time will blaze by.

Oh, you still have the wedding dress to make, didn't know that, so maybe not join in.
that's a big undertaking. Other than the dress, what else are you doing???? Isn't
the dress enough for one person to do?? but you're doing more???Just being nosy, sorry.