Hey Shar! That is a great idea to make a matching leaf bag to hold all the leaf mug rugs! The pattern blows up bigger quite well. Although you need to be careful to follow the shape evenly, because it is easier with a blown up version to have the leaf lobes come out unbalanced. I found this out when I made a hot pad. I did a hot pad with 2 layers of fleece and it came out very well after I ripped out and redid the wonky leaf lobe. ;)
You really spoil your coworkers and I bet they look forward to whatever you come up with for each season. You all must be a very friendly group at work. That is quite a wonderful thing to have!

Yes, I did see Patchgirl's topic about her Leaf Mug Rug with Stem. I was going to answer there when you asked her “Where can I get the pattern…?” but then I saw that you found this topic and therefore the pattern. I still hope she answers on her topic though. :?
The addition of a stem is nice. I had experimented with that too. But I ended up choosing to post the stemless version, probably because I was working from a real maple leaf and didn't feel I could make the stem thin enough. But, stemless or stemmed, they both are neat. For anyone who would like to see how Patchgirl added a stem, check this topic: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-153746-1.htm

Lara, I rethought the idea of making 21 maple leaf mug rugs. They are beautiful but very time consuming. Thank you for the well wishes. Yes we are very excited.

O.M.G......you could NOT have been a better job with your instructions, truly great.....thank you so much for shareing with us....can not wait to make now.....

Perfect Tutorial .... congratulations. Must try your technique

This is so pretty, and I was just looking for something to make my dad for his birthday September 26. I had just got him the perfect card today that had twigs, and little fall leaves around the words. Thank You.

This is amazing. I am going to make these for my mother in law! I think she will love these. Great tutorial! You make it look so easy!

thank you very much for sharing, I cannot wait to try this, it looks simple enough I think even I can accomplish it...

The PDF file is super duper great....wish we could do that with more of them.

Yup, Yup, Yup! You can thank Marcia and Kim for that. It was quite a nice surprise when Marcia contacted me and then she and Kim followed through and did it for us all! :thumbup:
Patrice J helped me a lot too in adding the one change back into the very beginning of the tutorial too, along with mention of where to find the downloads. You might say this is a community effort. Great people here on the QB!

Thanks for all the positive words and appreciation everyone!

Deborah, you should be able to download any word document, and save it as a pdf file. i have windows 7 and it has a program to change it over.