Tiny fabric strips mug rug tutorial

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Have you ever wanted to make a small quilt project? This little strip pieced mug rug is perfect for using up your scraps and practicing your quilting especially using a walking foot.

Mug rug tutorial tiny strips

Tiny fabric strips Mug Rug tutorial

7″ x 10″

Do you have lots of scraps? Sometimes teeny, tiny pieces? Make a tiny string mug rug with them! Here is a closeup view of a small mug rug that I made. Follow along and I’ll show you how to make it.

Mug rug tutorial made with tiny fabric strips closeup

A little mug rug is a perfect fast and easy project that makes a perfect gift for a friend or your child’s school teacher. Pair it with a coffee cup from the dollar store and you’ll always have a great gift on hand.
Mug rug tutorial made with tiny fabric strips with coffee cup

I had some 5 inch charm squares of batik and decided to cut them into 3/4 inch strips. I think 1 inch strips would have been easier if you are doing this for the first time..

I also had a fat quarter of this fun fabric with writing on it, I can’t remember who made it and I don’t have a selvage strip…..hmmm…..I wonder if I cut it off. I know my selvage bag is overflowing….might be time to work on a project with them.

Mug rug tutorial made with tiny fabric strips sewing them together

I cut the background strips at 6 1/2 inches for play room and just started sewing them together. I pressed each seam as I finished it.

Mug rug tutorial made with tiny fabric strips sewing them together to make fabric

Then I trimmed it up to a good mug rug size.  My finished piece is 7 x 10. I then added batting and a backing to it and did some straight line quilting to hold it all together. Look back at the closeup photo to see how close I quilted it.

Mug rug tutorial made with tiny fabric strips sewing them together to make fabric and then trim

This really makes me think of fall leaves and bonfires! Do you like working with small pieces like this?

Mug rug tutorial made with tiny fabric strips with coffee cup

I had a batik in my stash that matched pretty good for a binding. You can do double binding or single binding for this tiny string mug rug. If you do single binding just cut your strips 1 1/2″ wide, double binding should be 2 1/4″.

Mug rug tutorial made with tiny fabric strips closeup of quilting and binding

For quilting I just used a walking foot and quilted along the edge of the foot for my width.

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20 Comments

  1. Thrilled that Leanne (Devoted Quilter) shared this! I’m always looking for ways to use up my fabric “crumbs” and love cute mug rug designs. Like that it can also be quickie quilting practice.

  2. This is really cute. I've been in a bit of a crunch finishing up some things but am looking forward to some small projects … your mug rug is making me want to do some.

  3. Super finish, Connie! Looks like a fun project. The warm colours against the text print is perfect! Congrats! And hope you had a fun time at Chucky's!

  4. Oh my! Love the pop of colors in this cute little project! Definitely makes me think of bonfires and smores :*)

  5. That is a really modern mug rug, and I LOVE IT! It does look like a fire! Try to control yourself at Chucky Cheese…..after all, it IS your granddaughters birthday! LOL

  6. that's adorable Conne 🙂 can't believe they are 1/4" wow
    how wide do you cut your selvage strips to keep, I really don't need another bucket of stuff, just asking 😉

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