March 27, 2014

Pencil Mug Rug

This was just a little gift for Claire's teacher at the end of June. Her favourite colour is yellow and I had the perfect fabrics.




I was very happy with the bit of pink velveteen I used for the eraser. I paper-pieced the pencil and had lots of fun free-motion quilting her name!




I hand-stamped a little note from Claire on the back. I heard through the grapevine that she is still enjoying it on her desk at her new school.



I had so much fun making this little mug rug that I think it will be the year-end gift for the teacher every year!

Enjoy your afternoon tea & quilted crafts :o)

21 comments :

  1. As a former teacher I would have loved one of these.What a great job you did!
    I'm a new follower.

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  2. What a sweet gift, Lorraine; no wonder she loves it.

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  3. Интересная идея и замечательный подарок для учителя.
    Great job.

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  4. that is a great teacher gift - I bet it will be used for a very long time

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  5. Both my daughter and daughter-in-law are teachers and they would love this! What a cute idea. Will this be a pattern? Iwould love to make it:)

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  6. I love this little project Laurraine! What an awesome teacher gift!

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  7. очень нравится! здорово!

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  8. Gorgeous Laurraine, I love the tonal effect of the 'sides' of the pencil

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  9. Un modèle adorable comme d'habitude... j'adore aussi le paper piecing.

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  10. Just so cute! My Granddaughter is a English teacher. She would live one! Happy to see you posting. Flicsha

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  11. Love, love this mug rug Laurraine!

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  12. What a sweet gift - just beautiful!

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  13. This is THE CUTEST!! My mom is a teacher - she would just adore this. And, I've always had a thing for pencils. Love love love!!

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  14. I love it. What a great idea.

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  15. I'd love to see this as a pattern! Also maybe a tutorial on how you did the name? :) Lovely work!

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  16. This mug rug is so much fun! Great job.

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  17. I would love to purchase this pattern but I can't seem to get your shop link to work. As a former primary grade teacher, my favourite gifts were the homemade ones. I would love to be able to make these for my granchildren to give to their teachers. Please let me know how I can purchase this beautiful and creative pattern.

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    1. Hi Catherine,

      That’s strange. The link on the sidebar works for me. My shop can be found at www.patchworkpottery.com Thank you.

      Hugs & Happy Quilting,
      Laurraine

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