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Tutorial Tuesday: Cheating Zig Zag Mug Rug

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Jenna

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My friend and bee mate Cindy of Fluffy Sheep Quilting organised a Goodie Swap and I’ve been busy making my mug rugs, and I thought maybe you might like a tutorial for this:

It’s 10.5″ by 8.5″ finished. I got the idea for this from Crazy Mom’s zig zag quilt tutorial. For this mug rug’s front you’ll need:

A- 1} 2.5″ x 1.5″
B- 1} 2.5″ x 1.5″ and 1} 5″ x 1.5″
C- 1} 5″ x 1.5″ and 1} 7.5″ x 1.5″
D- 1} 7.5″ x 1.5″ and 1} 10″ x 1.5″
E- 1} 10″ x 1.5″ and 1} 7.5″ x 1.5″
F 1} 7.5″ x 1.5″ and 1} 7.5″ x 1.5″ and 1} 2.5″ x 1.5″
G- 1} 7.5″ x 1.5″ and 5″ x 1.5″
H- 1} 5″ x 1.5″ and 2.5″ x 1.5″
I- 1} 2.5″ x 1.5″
J- 1} 2.5″ x 1.5″

©, Copyright J C Excell, 2011

Now, you need to sew those longer strips together. They get arranged in the logical way -

The two small A and B get sewn together on the long sides
B and C’s 5″ strips get sewn together
C and D’s 7.5″ strips get sewn together
D and E’s 10″ strips get sewn together
E and F’s 7.5″ strips get sewn together
F and G’s 7.5″ strips get sewn together
F’s 2.5″ strip gets sewn to J’s 2.5″ strip
G and H’s 5″ strips get sewn together
H and I’s 2.5″ strips get sewn together

Now you need to cut your long strips into 2.5″ long blocks:

Then it’s just a matter of lining them all up and sewing them together. I sew 4 little blocks together, then start sewing them into bigger pieces. But you can do whatever you’re comfortable with.

And here it is, all finished with pretty yellow binding:

And here’s the back, complete with my new small quilt labels from Spoonflower. You can make your own too.

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