Hello! Today I have a great gift idea to share with you. Christmas is just around the corner, but these are great for anytime giving (to yourself, too!). And they are lightening fast to make, I promise! I bet you know someone that would love to have one of these sweet mugs with its matching Honeycomb Mug Home!

The fabrics pictured are from my daughter’s (Bonnie Christine) collections, designed for Art Gallery Fabrics.

Know what makes these little quilts so fast to make? There is no binding to sew on! Look closely and you’ll see that it certainly looks like traditional binding on the edges, but not so...watch my short video tutorial and I’ll show you how easy it’s done. You can make a set of 4 in an evening! Bonnie and I have a free, downloadable pattern here, if you’d like a printed hexagon template.

You can order the mugs online in Bonnie’s Society 6 shop. You’ll find many of her fabric pattern designs available there, printable on a variety of products. Here’s how to order:

Look at the available mug patterns, then look at her fabrics.
Choose two fabrics that coordinate (for front and back of your mug rug). Be sure to choose fabrics that are also available as a mug.
Place your mug order with Society 6, (usually ready to ship out in about 2 business days) and place your fabric order with A Stitch in Time (same day shipping).

As soon as your fabric arrives, whip out the mug rug. When your mug arrives, you’re ready!
You’ll love the quality of the mugs, too! They are dishwasher and microwave safe.

You will be able to make three mug rugs from two different 1/3 yard cuts. (Total of 2/3 yards.) Choose one for the top, and one for the backing and binding.

Additional Supplies:

Glue Stick (See my products page).
Spray Starch or Starch Alternative (I prefer Flatter).
1/3 yard medium weight cotton canvas for inside the mug rug. (optional)
Cotton batting
Coordinating thread
Marking Pen for fabric (See my products page)
General Quilting Supplies
Hexagon ruler (optional)

Enjoy making mug rugs! It's a great way to practice your machine quilting, too! If you like my video, please be sure to subscribe to my youtube channel and post pictures of your mug rugs on instagram tagging us @maxiemakes and @goinghometoroost! God bless!

Hello! Welcome to my little space! I hope you'll always feel at home while visiting with me. This is a new adventure for me, though the bones of it are deeply rooted in my life. This is a blog about being creative. We all have a primary element of creativity, God given by the Creator himself, in His image. For me, that means a lot of quilting and sewing, and a bit of other aspects of creativity as well...crafting, cooking, decorating, etc. I've been a sewist for most of my life, before marriage, throughout my children's lives, and now my grandchild. I became a quilter about 15 years ago and opened a quilt shop in 2005 in our little Appalachian town in North Carolina. So, come along with me for this ride and let's see where we go! I've taught sewing and quilting for years, not only in my shop, but at our local community college. I'm happiest when I'm sharing and observing as my students enjoy learning and building their skills. I hope to nurture creativity in you, any kind of creativity, but expect a lot of quilting and sewing! I welcome your questions and suggestions for posts, too!

I'll share video tutorials (several are coming soon!), unique patterns and sewing tutorials, tips and techniques! I'm especially excited about the videos I'll be sharing! So, today, I'd like to begin by sharing my sewing studio with you and how it came to be!

First of all, let me share with you (like any proud mama would) that one of my two daughters is a fabric designer! She is Bonnie Christine, and she designs for Art Gallery Fabrics. She's one of the driving forces behind me and much of my inspiration! She and I came together to design my studio, using one of her floral designs for the paintings.

This is me, painting the flowers on my slat board wall. Bonnie worked with her design on the computer to make it fit the corner of my board. Then she projected it onto the wall with a projector! It was almost like painting by numbers. I have to say that her computer image looked much better than my painting, but, in the end I had a rose!

Bonnie's painting is below. Her's looked much better than mine, but, in the end we had two roses!

And here is the finished room! Add Koala Cabinets, Baby Lock sewing machines, a few supplies and our studio was ready for filming (and sewing, he he he!). Look for upcoming videos from this very spot. Please stop by again soon!