Carolyn S. Vagts is a wife, mother, grandmother, quilt designer and the new editor of Quilter's World. She also has a successful quilt shop in Canterbury Village in Lake Orion, Mich. Carolyn has made a name for herself in the quilting world with her award-winning techniques of mixing tradition piecing with fusible-art appliqué. Carolyn's designs have been published regularly in several magazines, including Quilters World. She also lectures and teaches workshops to guilds.
The whole point of this book is it teaches you to create Mug Rugs.
You chose the background and you put together your mug rug how you
want it. The book takes you through everything you need to know
from the start. I think it's brilliant that the idea is you use the
information to create your own mug rug. Once you have followed the
steps through the book you will be able to create your own designs.
The photo gallery gives you an amazing array of designs you can
make from everything that is held with the book. There are
fantastic diagrams and pictures
throughout the book, as well as step-by-step instructions. If you
want to learn to make mug rugs then this book is an amazing
buy.
*Crochet Addict UK*
Don’t put your coffee mug down on the table and make a ring – use a
mug rug! With room for a cookie or two and a range of seasonal
images to choose from, these make great gifts. This is a good
excuse to make more than one of these bright, beautiful mats, which
is a great project for a fairly new quilter to tackle. You don’t
need much fabric for the base, and it is a great opportunity to use
up scraps for the motifs. The Before You Start section lists what
you need, which is mostly basic quilting materials and tools.
Before you choose what you are going to put on your mug rug there
are eight border and background sets to choose from, all with
instructions combining words with diagrams and some staged
photographs. At the back is a gallery showing all the mats with
their chosen borders (but you can mix and match), as well as
instructions on appliqué, embellishing with embroidery and paint
etc. Finally, there are two ideas for items to match your new mug
rugs: a runner and a place mat with patterns for both. Finally,
there are instructions on quilting, which are aimed more at the
improver who is a bit rusty than a total beginner, but then this
book does not purport to be for people who have not done any
quilting before. There is a pullout sheet of all the patterns at
the back, over 25 different images from holiday favorites like a
snowman or tree, Halloween pumpkin or witch’s boot with web,
through to animals such as crab, owl, giraffe, porcupine and
dragonfly. My own favorite has to be the seahorses on their elegant
runner, but whatever you choose, this is a beautifully presented
book of fun and easy projects.
*myshelf.com*
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