Mug Rug Fun

I have a little mug rug fun to share with you today. It’s my day to participate in the No Ring November Mug Rug Blog Hop hosted by Carla of Creatin’ in the Sticks. My mug rug has nothing to do with the upcoming holidays, but it might come in handy nonetheless. 

One of the quickest ways to whip up a mug rug is to use small panels. I have these little cat panels with some catitude. Here are a few, to give you an idea: 

Mini cat panels, Snarky Cat fabric by Dan Dipaolo for Clothworks - piecefulthoughts.com
Mini cat panels, Snarky Cat fabric by Dan DiPaolo for Clothworks - piecefulthoughts.com
Mini cat panels, Snarky Cat fabric by Dan DiPaolo for Clothworks - piecefulthoughts.com

So I pulled a couple of my favorites for some mug rug fun – a reversible mug rug! 

With the holidays before us, there are days coming when everything is coming together well – your coffee was warm and delicious, and there were no spills or rings!! You clip along, getting errands done, first line line at check outs, grocery list checked off, gifts bought (maybe even wrapped). You feel like – 

Mug Rug Fun using Snarky Cat fabric by Dan DiPaolo for Clothworks - piecefulthoughts.com

Queen of Everything, right?! 

Mug Rug Fun - one side of my mug rug - piecefulthoughts.com

But there are those other mornings, when you can hardly put one foot in front of the other. You stumble out of bed, the coffee is too strong (Is that even possible), you spill it (ring and mess everywhere).For those days, you just flip this little mug rug over – 

Mug Rug Fun - my mug rug for the No Ring November Mug Rug hosted by Creatin' in the Sticks, using Snarky Cat fabric by Dan DiPaolo for Clothworks - piecefulthoughts.com

Nope. Not today. 

Mug Rug Fun - my mug rug for the No Ring November Mug Rug Blog Hop hosted by Creatin' in the Sticks - piecefulthoughts.com

The background fabric is a fun little bird feet print by AGF. Of course, I had to use a striped binding, fabric by Dear Stella. 

I don’t know what side you favor today, but either way, I hope you stop over and visit the other bloggers who are sharing their No Ring November mug rugs today. Here they are: 

You can find the full schedule by clicking here.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my mug rug fun today. Thanks for stopping by! 

Wendy

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52 thoughts on “Mug Rug Fun”

  1. inflorescencedesigns7f538ce9d0

    These are awesome! I think the “queen of everything” is my mornings and “nope not today” describes my evenings! I love how it is reversible. Thanks for sharing!

  2. OMG those are the purrfect mug rugs for your house!! But a good idea for us all to use with any small panel.

  3. Thank you, Wendy, for showing a fantastic way to use those small panels. I’ll bet we all have a few of those in our stash. Maybe not as cute as those kitties though. Thank you for joining the No Ring November Hop!

  4. These are so cute! I love your idea of using small panels and making the mug rug reversible. Aren’t you a clever, cool cat?!

  5. Oh Wendy, your mugrugs are singing my song, in this house. LOL!! They are absolutely adorable! I love your matching kitty stuffy too! Let cat hair rule the world I say! 🙂

  6. Brenda @ Songbird Designs

    These are adorable, Wendy!! My favorite is the one about shedding magical fibers of love and joy!! LOL That would be our dog, Chloe! The striped binding is great with this!

  7. That is adorable! And you are so right – there are some days like that!!! Have a blessed Thanksgiving and Christmas season.

  8. I love the reversibility!
    I don’t have cats any more, but if future archaeologists ever look at my earlier quilts, it’s possible they will think that they were put together by cats. I am sure a few hairs got in there somewhere.

  9. These are too cute! You can pull out the appropriate one for how your feeling for the day – I think the Queen of Everything will see lots of use!

  10. Oh my gosh, that is just the cutest fabric! I am definitely leaning towards a “Nope, not today” mug rug. LOL Thank you for sharing these adorable mug rugs!

  11. Love, love, LOVE this idea, Wendy. The only thing that would have improved on your post is . . . you know what . . . a Wilbs inclusion. A tail or tale is not complete without him. Plus that looks like a toy he might enjoy. {{Hugs}} I love the inspiration of a reversible mug rug! ~smile~ Roseanne

  12. Wendy! Being a kitty rescuer (5 resident, 3 to 17 yr olds) and lover, these are adorable! I had to immediately go to Etsy and find the fabric to make some similar for me, family and a few friends. If anyone is interested, it’s called “Snarky Cat Fabric Panel” by Clothworks. Thank you for inspiration!

  13. What a great use of panels and these panels are just wonderful. Such a great gift idea for the cat lovers in my life.

  14. Oh my goodness I laughed out loud! Those cat panels are just too cute, and I looooooove your idea of a reversible mood mat! We are exchanging gifts early next Thursday while everyone is at our house, but I might make some next month and mail them for Christmas. You did a really nice job on those. 🙂

  15. Hi Wendy. I finally have power long enough to try to catch up on blog reading! I love your reversible mug rug. Maybe we all need to make one so our families know what kind of day we are going to have 😉

  16. Do you recall the cat panel used in your mug rugs? Or perhaps where I. A purchase the panel. I’ve been searching without any luck. Thanks in advance.

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