A Day in the Life of Me..... told through Mug Rugs!!!!

It's raining................................

Raining mug rugs that is!

I decided to create mug rugs for every part of a typical Saturday in honor of today's April Showers blog hop!

7 am: Barely awake, first task is a cup of tea and a quick peek at the weather for the day.  (My DH is a meteorologist so he drew me up an accurate weather map for a lovely spring day in NC.  Sorry Seattle about all the rain.)

9 am: Steal some time at my machine, fueled by jelly beans.

Noon-ish: Lunch with my teenager daughter.

4 pm: Afternoon snack on the back porch, enjoying the sunshine and imagining flowers in the garden

9 pm: Who doesn't love a great episode of Dr Who?  Just take your glass of wine with you as you duck behind the couch to miss the scary bits.  

11 pm: Time for sleep and counting sheep .......

These were a lot of fun to put together!

Now pour that cup of tea, put your umbrella by your side and go visit all the bloggers I am lucky enough to share today with

MONDAY, APRIL 8: Erin @ Sew at Home Mummy

Patty @ A Stitch in Time   <<<<< that's me!

Jenny @ Squawk That

Stacey @ The Tilted Quilt

Daryl @ Patchouli Moon Studio

Lisa @ In The Boon Docks

Julie @ Jolie Maxtin: the project girl

Beluah @ Sowing Stitches

Karen @ Bungalow Bay Quilts

DeAnna @ Georgia Girl Quilter

The April Showers blog hop full schedule can be found here.  Thanks to our first rate cheerleaders - Erin and Mdmn Samm - for another outstanding blog hop.




Happy Stitching!

Friday Night Success

I had so much fun on my first 'official' Friday night sew in.  In my pj's with a glass of wine nearby, I enjoyed 4 hours and made a nice dent in my present list.


First, my table runner.  I pieced this last weekend.  The gingerbread men are raw-edge applique and I traced a cookie cutter to get that gingerbread shape.

The next project was  a couple of mini quilts for friends.  

 I also made 2 other mini quilts that given their coffee theme best fit with the mug-rug craze.  These are also for friends.

And finally, the beginnings of a bag (Paris themed) and a iPhone case.

I plan to add the binding to everything today and finish up the last two items.  After that, I may tackle 4 more bags as teacher gifts.


This is on top of getting the Christmas cards in the mail, digging through the clutter to get my house in order and some errands.


Happy stitching!