Les Petites Mug Rugs

How about a little French cafe in the kitchen? Or on the desk? I took my own advice and made these two mug rugs out of my twofer HST's left over from my Dresden Plate pillow. No idea what the heck I'm talking about? It's all here.

Since these are made entirely of French General's La Petite Ecole line, I thought I'd throw a little French on the 'mug' side with some embroidered backstitch. D is enjoying Late Immersion (grade 6) and my French vocab is slowly coming back as I fulfill the role of 'Mother Who Speaks French comme une petite enfant" while simultaneously acting as "Homework Support Staff".

I'm the kind of person to put leftover HST's into a little ziploc baggy, stuff them in a drawer in my sewing room and never do anything with them again.

Not this time.

No way.

I am going to use every last scrap of the La Petite Ecole charm pack that I paid a whole $7 for!

I only have 2 full charm squares and some angled scraps left over from cutting Tracey's Dresden Plate petals. Not to worry, though, I have a plan! I'm going to use the scraps to make a pair of boobs for Mrs. Moen, using a design similar to my Allium rug rug.

I'm not yet sure where these 2 mug rugs will end up - teacher gifts are a distinct possibility. I just need D to do some covert mug sniffing on the teacher's desk to figure out who drinks tea and who drinks coffee!

Tomorrow night is the VMQG meeting. This month Felicity issued a nametag challenge. I best get working on that!