Oval Mug Rug Pattern
Oval Mug Rug Mat If you haven’t heard, a mug mat is more than a coaster, but less than a place mat. The theory is, it can hold your cup of tea or coffee with room left for a little pastry or cookie to go with it. It calls out to the girlygirl in me. The ones I’ve noticed have been rectangular or square, but I decided to go a little different route and make mine oval. To make one, 1” wide strips of cotton fabric, each approximately 20” long. The number you’ll need depends on whether you’re just making the mat or a matching coffee cup sleeve. I ended up using 26 strips to make both, which yields a sewn piece about 12” by 20”. You don’t have to use 1” wide strips. You can use a different size, or even a variety of sizes. The only thing that matters is the your pattern pieces fit on the piece you wind up making from them. Sew the strips together side by side with a 1/4” seam. Press all the seams in one direction.
Cut out the front and back (and sleeve pieces, if you choose), angling the pattern if you’d like the stripes diagonal. Cut out one piece from cotton batting.
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Oval Mug Rug Pattern
Stitch around the pieces, close to the edge, so the strips don’t come apart. Layer the pieces with the top piece rightside down, the batting, then the bottom piece rightside up. Pin all pieces together.
To finish the edge, you’ll need about 30 inches of bias tape. Unfold one side of the tape. Line up the edge with the edge of the mat with the other fold up and to the inside. Fold the starting end to the inside 1/4” and the ending edge to the inside at an angle.
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Oval Mug Rug Pattern
Stitch all the way around the edge in the fold line. You may need to trim the seam by about 1/8”, due to the bulk from all of the seams, so the bias tape will fold over it properly.
Flip over. Fold the bias tape over the edge so it just covers the stitching line. Pin. A lot. Stitch around near the edge of the tape.
This free pattern supplied by: Nancy's Fabrics www.nancysfabrics.com (304)645.0010
Oval Mug Rug Pattern
This free pattern supplied by: Nancy's Fabrics www.nancysfabrics.com (304)645.0010