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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. 

 My block is from the “In From the Cold” quilt pattern by Kate Spain (free from Moda Fabrics). It's Block #3.  

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)

 Please avoid:  true reds and greens (ie, read as a primary red/secondary green).   For the off-white, please look for a light off-white, not too far into darker cream.  Example of what I would want to stay away from:

 

Cuts 

Cup Pieces

-          A (top of cup) 6.5x2.5 (hor.)

-          B (middle of cup) 6.5x4.5 (hor.)

-          C (bottom of cup) 6.5x4.5 (hor.)

-          D (saucer) 8.5x1.5 (hor.)

-          E (handle)

o   E1:  1.5x2.5 (2x) (hor.)

o   E2: 1.5x3.5 (ver.)

Background

-          Handle background

o   F1: 1.5x2.5 (hor.)

o   F2: 1.5x3.5 (ver.)

o   F3: 1.5 square (2x)

o   F4: 2.5 square

-          Above cup

o   F5: 5x5.5 (ver.)

o   F6: 5.5x7 (hor.)

-          Right of cup- F7: 9.5x2.5 (ver.)

-          Left of cup- F8: 2.4x8.5 (ver.)

-          Saucer - F9: 1.5 square (4x)

-          Bottom edge of cup - F10: 1.5 square (2x)

-          Below cup - F11: 2.5x13 (hor.)

-          Steam background *see note

o   2” square (3x)

Steam (off-white or light grey if background is off-white)

-          G: 2” square (3x)

 

 Making the Block

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.      

 2.       Make the cup

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**

       ** Note:  if background fabric is directional, then place F piece face up, (pattern all correctly oriented up/down) place steam face down on top, and draw diagonal lines on two of them bottom-left to top-right, and on one of them top-left to bottom right. This should result in the right number of squares that can be arranged all directionally correctly to form the steam pattern. 

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.      

Should be 12.5 x 16.5!