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Sunday, July 14

A gift for Luna's teacher



Together with Luna I made this sweet mug rug for her teacher's birthday this Wednesday. Luna did the Hedgehog embroidery and has worked on and off on her project for a couple of months at least. I think she did a great job!



The cute pattern is from Sublime Stitching and most of the floss she used is from Sublime Stitching too.  I added the wonky star block and thought the handwriting fabric I used for the star was especially nice for a teacher's gift. And not just the star is wonky: the free motion 'leaves' around the hedgehog came out not quite as perfect as I had planned. ;)



The backing fabric is one I scored at the 'ugly' fabric swap at the Double Dutch Quilt meeting I attended recently.  Obviously it's not ugly at all but I know it's former owner did not know what to do with it and I'm glad I could put it to good use now.

Moving on to the winner of the Three Kitchen Fairies hexagon templates. The Random Generator has chosen Sue Vaughan as winner. Congratulations! I hope you will enjoy Paloma's hexagon templates as much as I do. Sue, I will pass your e-mail address on to Paloma and she will contact you for your address etc. Many thanks to all who entered and please consider buying a pack of hexagons in Paloma's shop.

I have a busy week ahead with an interesting commission that needs my full attention and traveling to London this Friday. Eeep!
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9 comments:

  1. MadameRenard14 July 2013 at 17:18

    Oh, by mere coincidence I'm embroidering a hedgehog today :)
    But Luna's one is the cutest!!!

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  2. Becky14 July 2013 at 17:48

    The mug rug is adorable! Luna did a fabulous job.

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  3. Craftcherry14 July 2013 at 17:55

    Such a fantastic gift! She did some beautiful work.

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  4. Unknown14 July 2013 at 18:18

    What a beautiful, thoughtful gift, no doubt it will be cherished forever! Chrissie x

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  5. Gertie Pye15 July 2013 at 00:21

    What a gorgeous gift Nicole! I had hoped to make mug rugs for my daughter's teachers & TAs but in the end I ran out of time making mug rugs for my sample swap. John Lewis to the rescue! Your & Luna's little hedgehog rug is just lovely x

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  6. Just Sew Sue15 July 2013 at 08:36

    Lucky teacher.

    I was teaching foundation piecing to a hen party yesterday and I was talking cross stitch to the bride and she reads your blog. So two avid readers from jersey. :) See you on Friday.

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  7. nicole follow the white bunny15 July 2013 at 19:35

    Thank you all for your lovely comments! :)

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  8. Unknown16 July 2013 at 17:58

    I have just caught up on the blogs I follow and have just noticed that I won your giveaway!! What a super surprise. Paloma has just emailed me also. Thank you so much x Love love that mug x Sue x

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  9. Margo Brooks17 July 2013 at 03:04

    How cute! What a great ide

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