In the spirit of finishing our UFOs, I pulled out one that I'd been putting off for a long time.
A mug rug.
The shame of it! Who couldn't finish a little mug rug? Seriously, how did I avoid finishing it for months?
Here's what happened. My sister and I had this idea that we could put together a craft show booth. My sister would sell jewelry, and I'd sell sewn items. So I started sewing together a mug rug out of my less-than-favorite fabrics to sell it. However, I ran into two problems:
1. It's not fun making something to sell, especially if you're anticipating that it will be one in a long line of things to sell. For me, it just takes the joy out of it.
2. It's not fun working with fabrics that you aren't in love with.
So I scrapped the idea of doing a craft show booth and my half-finished mug rug just...sat. It was all pieced and quilted, it just needed to be bound. It sat in my sewing area, bugging me. But when I heard about this project I figured it would be a good reason to finish it.
Today I finished putting the binding on my mug rug.
One UFO down, many to go...
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Ha-ha-ha! The first thing I put on my list was Mug Rugs as well, then I took them off because I was embarrassed to admit it. I'm going to put them back on now - thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI thought about the craft fair route and tried one in May. Looking back it was four days of "I will never do this again." I think you made a great decision. I never thought about rug mugs before, I need to make some with leftovers from other quilts.
ReplyDeletePeople tell me constantly I should sell things. Most then tell me the huge sums of money I could make (which will barely cover supplies...) It just takes the fun out of it.
ReplyDeleteBut I LOVE your mug rug!
Christine, I feel the same way about selling things I make. It is just not fun for me. Congrats on finishing something that your were not crazy about. I think the fabric is really very nice.
ReplyDeleteEmma
Using Pinterest is a great idea. I have played around with it a little bit, but haven't really learned how to use it effectively. By the way, your machine is beautiful. I love old singers. I use a Featherweight all the time, especially for FMQ.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jessim. Unless I can sell a quilt for no less than $1000, I'm not interested in selling. I am continually telling people, "NO, I don't take orders:)" I would rather work on what I want, not what they want.
ReplyDeleteLol! I feel kind of out of sync to not even know what a "mug rug" is! Coaster, right?!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on making things to sell. My feeling is, if I can stitch something together in 5 minutes, then yes, I could probably sell items in a booth at a market, but what can you stitch in 5 minutes?! NOTHING!
Enjoy what you make, that's the whole point.
Cheers,
Leah