I am planning a snuggly winter mug quilt in reds, greens,
and off white. I don’t usually do a seasonal
decoration in my house as I live with just me and my lovely pup Roxie, so I would
like something I can swap into my home easily to give a winter wonderland
feel.
I loved the look of these Andy Warhol- inspired quilts, and would like blocks with a variety of color
combos with the mug floating in the middle—so I added a strip of fabric to each
side of the pattern to create that look.
Fabrics
I am looking for fabrics that read as warm orangey reds, natural greens that lean away from blue tones, and off-white. Novelty or holiday is fine, but no licensed characters or anything that reads young. The colors can be any combination for the background/mug/saucer/handle, but I am looking for either off-white for the steam (or light grey for the steam if the background is off-white). I would like the background to be all the same fabric. Low volume is fine too! Prefer limited batik.
**** For the background/cup handle: if you chose a directional print for either of these, please make sure to cut & sew your pieces so all the pieces have the pattern in the same direction. I noted in the cuts below if the piece will be horizontal (hor.) or vertical (ver.) in the block. For square pieces, you may have to just fold the fabric back at the seam line before sewing & peek to check if the square is laying the right way to end up the right direction!
Here is my pull. (My camera always seems to photograph colors darker than they really are)
Cup Pieces
- A (top of cup) 6.5x2.5 (hor.)
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B (middle of cup) 6.5x4.5 (hor.)
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C (bottom of cup) 6.5x2.5 (hor.)
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D (saucer) 8.5x1.5 (hor.)
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E (handle)
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E1:
1.5x2.5 (2x) (hor.)
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E2: 1.5x3.5 (ver.)
Background
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Handle background
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F1: 1.5x2.5 (hor.)
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F2: 1.5x3.5 (ver.)
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F3: 1.5 square (2x)
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F4: 2.5 square
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Above cup
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F5: 5x5.5 (ver.)
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F6: 5.5x7 (hor.)
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Right of cup- F7: 9.5x2.5 (ver.)
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Left of cup- F8: 2.4x8.5 (ver.)
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Saucer - F9: 1.5 square (4x)
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Bottom edge of cup - F10: 1.5 square (2x)
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Below cup - F11: 2.5x13 (hor.)
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Steam background *see note
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2” square (3x)
Steam (off-white or light grey if background is off-white)
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G: 2” square (3x)
1.
Make the handle
a.
Middle of handle: Join E2: 1.5x3.5 (ver.) and F2: 1.5x3.5
(ver.)
b.
Top and bottom of handle:
i.
Layer the F3 pieces on the E1: 1.5x2.5 pieces to
the right of the rectangle
ii.
Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on
the wrong side of both F3: 1.5 squares, as shown, angling up in one, and down
in the other (mindful of directional fabrics)
c.
d.
Join the remaining pieces (F1: 1.5x2.5 (hor.)
& F4: 2.5 square as shown:
e.
a.
Join A (top of cup) 6.5x2.5 (hor.) to B (middle
of cup) 6.5x4.5 (hor.)
b.
Bottom of cup:
draw diagonal lines on both F10:
1.5 squares (mindful of directional fabrics) place them on the bottom two
corners of C (bottom of cup) 6.5x4.5 (hor.).
Sew on the diagonal lines and trim & press as shown below:
3.
Make the saucer
a.
Draw diagonal lines on two of the F9: 1.5 squares
(mindful of directional fabrics) place on two ends of D (saucer) 8.5x1.5 (hor.)
and sew, trim and press as shown:
b.
4. Assemble cup pieces, including Left of cup F8: 2.4x8.5 (ver.), the other two F9: 1.5 squares, and F7, right of cup 9.5x2.5 (ver.) (not pictured in image below)
5.
Make the steam
a. Make 6 half square triangle units**
d.
Square off the blocks with a 45 degree ruler to
1.5” squares.
e. Combine 5 units to make the steam. (One is extra). Then combine the steam with F5: 5x5.5 (ver.) and F6: 5.5x7 (hor.) as shown to make the Steam block.
NOTE: total size of block listed in image below will not be correct as ours is bigger!!
6.
7.
Join blocks.
a. Join steam block, cup block, and saucer block. Add F11: 2.5x13 (hor.). to base of block (not pictured, and previously added F7 not pictured still!)
8.
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