backing (about 6″ x 8″)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nYou can roughly cut your scraps to the right sizes, or just hold them up on\u00a0the back of the paper to make sure they will cover the area.\u00a0So, starting with the spool centre piece, cut out the paper pattern piece (doesn't have to be exact). Hold your spool centre scrap up behind the paper to make sure it will cover\u00a0the centre, labeled #1. It should be with the wrong side toward the paper back. Then take your next scrap, a\u00a0background piece, and lay it right side facing the centre piece.\u00a0You want to make sure it covers space #2 when it is stitched and folded out toward the side.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript><\/p>\nThis next photo here shows\u00a0pieces #1 and #2, right sides together, with the edges about 1\/4″\u00a0over the line, ready for stitching. Now take the paper pattern piece with the two fabric scraps in position and, using a short stitch length, stitch down the line from the right side of the paper. Start a few stitches back from the end of the line, as you will need\u00a0seam allowance at the top and bottom to stitch this unit to the next ones. Once stitched, press the background piece #2 away from the centre, and then repeat layering\u00a0piece #3 on the other side of the centre.<\/p>\n
<\/noscript>Your\u00a0middle unit is finished. Move on to either\u00a0the top or bottom section. Take a\u00a0scrap of whatever you're using for the spool ends (I used faux bois fabric for fun!) and make sure it will cover area #1. Take a scrap of the backing fabric and line it up to cover space #2 and #3, the corners. (Be sure it will cover the space once it's folded back – triangles can be tricky!) Stitch\u00a0the two angled lines from the printed side, then trim the seam allowance to 1\/4″ and press\u00a0each corner open.\u00a0With a scrap of your spool end fabric,\u00a0piece section #4, trim the seam allowance, and press open. Repeat for the second spool end.<\/p>\n <\/noscript>Now that\u00a0all three units are pieced and pressed,\u00a0trim each of them down to the dotted lines around the pattern piece. Then match the spool ends to the middle section. For precision, poke a pin through the spot where seams match. Stitch carefully along the line to join both spool sections to the middle.\u00a0Then peel the paper off each section carefully. A\u00a0shorter stitch length makes for\u00a0more perforations, so it should be pretty easy to remove the paper. If needed, use tweezers to pull out any stubborn corner bits.<\/p>\n <\/noscript>Press the whole spool block – your paper-piecing is done! Trim the unit to 3″x4″. Next,\u00a0cut two strips of the backing fabric 1″x3″ and stitch\u00a0to the top and bottom of the spool block. Press the strips away from the block. Cut one piece of the background fabric to 4″x5″ and stitch to the side of the completed spool unit. Press seam. Your mug rug top is finished! Trim to 5″x6.5″. Layer the mug rug top, scrap of batting, and the backing fabric and baste.<\/p>\n <\/noscript>Now you get to have fun quilting your little mug rug! I chose to stitch in the ditch around the spool ends and then free motion some “thread” around the spool, leading into a word.<\/p>\nTIP – use an erasable marker to draw out your word so you can follow the writing as you sew and then erase it afterward.<\/p>\n
Once you're finished, trim the excess batting and backing and bind.\u00a0If you're looking for a good tutorial on binding,\u00a0the last part of my Wonky Stars Mug Rug<\/a> post has one.<\/p>\nYour sweet mug rug is finished and ready to keep your sewing table clean and your mug happy!<\/p>\n
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