My April Showers Blog Hop Giveway Winners!

 

Time to pick the winners in my

 

April Showers Mug Rug

Blog Hop Giveaway!

 

I have to do a little math here.

 

1 fat quarter each for 2 winners.

 

157 comments on this main post

 

April Showers Raindrop Mug Rug

 

+

 

56 comments on my second mug rug post

 

Raindrops Keep Following

 

+

 

21 comments on my "extra" post for this hop ...

 

Jelly Roll Jewels - A New Quilt Begining Grows from April Showers

 

= equals =

 

234 comments

 

(Minus the last ones added by me ... ;)

 

Then ...

 

I used this handy dandy random number generator

It is available free here @  Random.org

 

And the winners are ...

 

#231

 

Patty said...

I am so glad your rug made it into the top 3. I LOVE it. Such a great shape. I would Love to make one.

and

 

#104

 

Dirt Road Quilter said...

I LOVE your mug rug AND your choice of song! I am laughing out loud! I WISH raindrops were falling on my head. We're in our 3rd year of drought and our cows need grass desperately. If your mug rug will promise us rain, I'll make a million of them! Very clever!

 

Emails going out to the winners.

Congrats!

 

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and left kind comments.

Each and every one is very much appreciated.

 

{{{{{{{{{big hugs}}}}}}}}}

 

 to

  Madame Samm @ Sew We Quilt   and to our lovely cheerleader,   Erin @ Sew at Home Mummy

 

 

for making this rain of mug rugs happen for us all to enjoy.

 

Blessings to all!

 

<3

 



Jelly Roll Jewels - A New Quilt Begining Grows from April Showers

A New Quilt Begins

:) I am having sew much fun today :)

 

In the April Showers Blog Hop

at

Sew We Quilt

 My April Showers Raindrop Mug Rug

 

was featured in the Top 3 of the Day.

 

This is a great honor. 

There are so many amazing mug rug creations today ...

Full Schedule Here

Even though we have been having real April Rain off and on since last night, I am having a lovely day reading comments, emails, visiting the other bloggers and sharing ideas ...

and more sewing!!

 

I decided to play some more with the

 

 

Hex n More  Jewel Shape

Click the above link for Jaybird Quilts Cutting Tutorial

 

I have had these two pretty jelly rolls in my stash for some time.

 

Jewel colors for a jewel shaped quilt.

 

By a reader's request ... 

Here is how I cut the small jewel center with the Hex n More ruler

 

From a 2.5 inch strip

1st cut 

 

2nd cut

 

3rd cut

 

I save all these small scraps!

The small triangle on the right is the same size

as the smallest triangle shape on the ruler

 

 

Two blocks done!

 

I will post a tutorial for this block soon.

 

Busy day in the Scrapatch today.

 

Thanks to all who have visited and left kind comments

I will be reading and responding to everyone soon.

 

All comments on this blog post

and the next two blog posts will be

entered in my

April Showers Fat Quarter Giveaway

Two winners will be drawn randomly.

Winners will be announced and emailed on April 19th.

Complete Details HERE

:-)

 



April Showers Raindrop Mug Rug

My Spring Showers Mug Rug

 

A Raindrop!

When I read about the

  Sew We Quilt

 

I knew right away that I wanted to make a shaped mug rug

and this raindrop image popped right into mind.

 

This mug rug pattern is my own design.

May you enjoy and want to make one of your own.

I you do, please send me and email and link back to my original design.

To make my raindrop mug rug, I used my
 



 

Hex N More 

from

Julie @ Jaybird Quilts

 

 The "jewel" shape from this ruler looks

just like a raindrop to me!

 

S0 this design shape was sew easy to make!

 

These are my fabrics.

The print is a fat quarter

(that was a freebie from my favorite LQS)

from

Simply Color by V and Co.

I love this fabric line!

Wish I had more.

The other fabrics are Kona solids, 10" squares and scraps from my stash.

Marti Mitchell Stripper Template

Edit:  I had an email question about the smaller ruler I used in these shaped mug rugs.  It is from the Stripper Templates @ Marti Mitchell
There are two other shapes in this packet and they are great for cutting from 2.5 inch strips and scraps and charms.
I have had these rulers for some time so I made use of them. 
You could cut the same size shapes from the Hex'n'More ruler.

To read how I cut the small jewel shape with the large ruler click  HERE

 

I cut one "jewel" Raindrop and 1" strips of the colors as needed.

I sewed in rounds like a log cabin block.

 

I trimmed and squared each round with the Hex N More ruler.

 



 

Round #1 trimmed and my strips laid out as planned for the rounds.

Katniss helps :)

Continued sewing rounds.

Squared after each round.

Pressed each strip outward as I sewed.

Katniss Approves.

The Hex N More was a useful tool.

 

Last round

 

Backing

I cut backing from the fat quarter using my straight ruler to cut as it needed to be larger than the template.

 

Sandwiched.

I used a light green variegated top thread.

Katniss helps me thread for the quilting.



Quilting is straight line. 

I outlined the center motif and then made a

sunburst type pattern rotating outward.

Machine stitched the double fold binding,

2.25 strips cut from the fat quarter. 



Hand-sewing the binding to the back



Done!

 

Thanks for visiting me today for the

Please visit all my blogging friends who are participating in this hop today:  

THURSDAY, APRIL 11th

Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures

Jill @ Apple Avenue Quilts

Cathy @ Cathy's Chatter

Quilter Kathy @ Kathy's Quilts

Marsha @ Quilter in Motion

Pat @ Life in the Scrapatch

Connie @ Shepody Mountain Crafter

Vickey @ Gingersnaps Quilts

Danielle @ A Geeky Crafty Life

Gwen @ Get More Done...Today

Rachel @ Sew Happily Ever After! Thanks to   Madame Samm @ Sew We Quilt   and to our lovely cheerleader,   Erin @ Sew at Home Mummy     for creating and hosting and organizing this lovely blog hop for spring! Giveaway Time! Fat Quarter Giveaway This is the main fabric in my mug rug.  I love this fabric line from Moda.  It is Simply Color by  V & Co. For a chance to win, please leave my quilty kitties and I one comment. We love comments! Two winners will be drawn and each will receive one FQ.   You do not need to be a follower to win. I will send these Fat Quarters anywhere in the world.   Winners will be chosen at random. Please be sure that I have a way to contact you by email to tell you that you have won and to get your mailing address. If you are a no reply blogger, I will pick another random winner. For a 2nd chance to win be a follower and leave me a second comment telling me you are. For a THIRD CHANCE TO WIN, read the NEXT POST, which is also an April Showers Mug Rug and leave one comment on that post. This giveaway will close at Midnight EDT on April 18th. Winners will be announced and emailed on April 19th. Best of luck!    I could not stop at just one. My post would have been too long to include all the pictures in one post ...    So for my second  April Showers Raindrop Mug Rug Tutorial   and another chance to win the FQ... Scroll down to read the next post or click HERE, too! I am really enjoying my new mug rugs Linking up with ... Thanks for visiting my Scrapatch! :-)

"Raindrops Keep Falling"

 

Can

 

anyone

 

stop

 

the

 

rain

 

 drops

 

from

 

falling

 

?

 

Or make just one mug rug?

 

Not me!

 

Sew I made another ...

 

I cut individual raindrops

and petals and little green leaves

Marti Mitchell Stripper Template

Edit:  I had an email question about the smaller ruler I used in these shaped mug rugs.  It is from the Stripper Templates @ Marti Mitchell
There are two other shapes in this packet and they are great for cutting from 2.5 inch strips and scraps and charms.
I have had these rulers for some time so I made use of them. 
You could cut the same size shapes from the Hex'n'More ruler.
 

Sew Spring!

 

 

 Hex

 

 

'n' More

 

Raindrop

 

 

This one shimmers!
The hex petals are Fairy Frost.

 

 

Bordered

 

 

 

Shaped.

 

Quilted.

I practiced my FMQ on this one.
Very fun and relaxing,

 

 

Bound

 

Front

 

Now I am working on a May Flower Project!

 

For an extra chance to win my

 

 April Showers Fat Quarter Giveaway

please leave one lovely comment on this post, too.

 

All comments will be combined together and two winners will be randomly drawn. Each winner will receive one FQ. For complete details read HERE.

 

Winners will be announced and emailed on April 19th. 

 

Don't forget to visit all the pretty mug rugs in the

 April Showers Blog Hop today:

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 11th

Kathy @ Kwilty Pleasures

Jill @ Apple Avenue Quilts

Cathy @ Cathy's Chatter

Quilter Kathy @ Kathy's Quilts

Marsha @ Quilter in Motion

Pat @ Life in the Scrapatch

Connie @ Shepody Mountain Crafter

Vickey @ Gingersnaps Quilts

Danielle @ A Geeky Crafty Life

Gwen @ Get More Done...Today

Rachel @ Sew Happily Ever After! Thanks to   Madame Samm @ Sew We Quilt   and to our lovely cheerleader,   Erin @ Sew at Home Mummy

 

Thanks for stopping by my scrapatch!

 

:-)