This week I feel like I'm back in my sewing mindset.
I drove to Corinth (about 70 miles away) to visit a quilt shop and attend a trunk show.
The guest speakers drove 5 hours to share their quilt bounty.
In the back of my mind I had an idea for some mug rugs for two sweet college girls.
They have decided on cream, gray, and pale pink for their first dorm room.
I used a free pattern with a few additions.
The girls are cat lovers and commented on my cat buttons when they visited me.
I embroidered each one's initial in the top corner because the mug rugs are so similar.
The backing shows off the straight line quilting.
In the photo below is my almost finished mini quilt top.
It is 24 inches square.
I'm thinking of adding buttons and embroidery to help tell my quilt heritage story.
When finished it will be in a quilt show at the Cotton Museum in Memphis.
Both of my new quilt guilds encourage members to wear a handmade name tag.
The ladies at the Corinth guild wore name tags with a section of tape measure instead of ribbon.
This tape measure was in mom's sewing stash.
I attached the appliqué with straight line quilting.
Then I decided the letters disappeared.
Sew, I outlined the letters with pearl cotton backstitching.
Kind of funky-looking, but I like it.
The wooden quilt block pin was mom's.
The cross is from Harbin, China.
My One Voice pin is a nod to my singing history.
There is a pin from a favorite children's book and children of the world to represent my students.
More pins make it even better!
The lace butterfly has been hanging around waiting to be used since a trip to Europe in 1982.
My sister-in-law gave me the pin from one of her quilt guilds in Georgia.
I think I'm ready.
Have a good week.
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