I’ve had a lot of fun playing around with this new quilt block and I just couldn’t resist making it up into this Heart and Home Mug Rug! It’s a sweet little block to stitch up and looks so cute as this little mini quilt or mug rug!
It has a little house block with a heart in the center! So fun for Valentine’s Day or any day! I added a bit of embroidery stitching to the heart so it will stand out a bit more.
It’s easy to put together!
9″ x 9″ Heart and Home Mug Rug or Mini Quilt
Click here for a low cost printable version of this quilt block plus my Love to Stitch quilt block!
Materials:
- Assorted fabrics with a contrast – you’ll need about 7″ x 7″ for the house and smaller amounts for the heart and roof. I used Little Dolly from Elea Lutz for Riley Blake.
- White Fabrics for outer section – about 7″ x 7″ (ish) – I used white on white hashtag fabrics from Riley Blake
- 10″ x 10″ piece of fusible fleece
- 10″ x 10″ backing fabric
- 2 1/2″ x 22″ for binding
- Red embroidery floss
- Marking Pen
Cut out of your fabrics:
- Heart Fabric – 2 pieces 3 3/4″ x 2 1/4″
- House Fabrics – 4 pieces 1 3/8″ x 1 3/8″, 2 pieces 2 1/4″ x 2 1/4″, 2 pieces 3 3/4″ x 1 1/2″, 1 piece 6″ x 1 3/4″
- Roof Piece – 3″ x 5 1/2″
- White fabrics for roof corner – 2 pieces 3″ x 3″
- White border pieces – 2 pieces 7 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ , 2 pieces 9″ x 1 1/4″
Piecing the Quilt Block
Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the 2 1/4″ x 2 1/4″ house fabric pieces. Place each one on the bottom section of a heart fabric piece, with the diagonal lines following where a heart would. Sew along the marked line.
Trim the corner off, leaving a 1/4″ seam allowance. Press the corner fabric away from the heart fabric.
Draw diagonal lines on the four 1 3/8″ squares of house fabric. Place the squares on one side of the top of the heart rectangle and sew them in place the way you did the lower section.
Repeat for the other top corner of the heart.
Repeat for the other side of the heart and sew the heart together, matching the top and bottom of the heart. Press the center seam open. Sew the 1 1/2″ x 3 3/4″ house fabric strips on either side of the heart. Press the side fabrics away from the heart. Sew the remaining section of house fabric to the top of the heart sections.
Trim the sides of the house section to 5 1/2″ with the center seam in the center of the block.
Sew the white 3″ squares to each side of the roof fabric the way you did with the top of the heart.
Sew the roof piece to the house section and press the seam away from the roof. The house and roof pieces should measure 7 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ before sewing on the white border pieces.
Sew the two 7 1/2″ x 2 1/4″ pieces on either side of the house block. Press away from the house. Sew the two 9″ x 1 1/4″ pieces at the top and bottom of the block. Press away from the center.
Finishing the Quilt Block
Iron the fusible fleece to the backing fabric. Place the quilt block on top of the fleece. Quilt as desired. I used 1/2″ lines as the quilting – I drew them on first with a disappearing ink marking pen.
Quilt around the seams of the house and sew along the lines to quilt everything together.
Add a bit of embroidery with a running stitch along the inside of the heart.
Trim the fleece and backing off. Bind as you’d like. I used a 1 1/4″ single fold binding. I pressed one edge under 1/4″ and sewed the raw edge to the front of the mini quilt. Then I sewed the binding to the back of the mini quilt by hand.
I love these little blocks so much I couldn’t resist making more! I’ve got a quilt in the works made up of sweet little houses with hearts on them coming your way soon!
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Lovely
Thank you. Sweet pattern.
I love this. Thank you for this free pattern. You are so kind.
Very cute!! Thank you!
This is so very adorable. Thank you very much for sharing this
I will make one today!!
What a cute post. Love your Rae Dunn and how you have styled it!
I would like to invite you to link up this post over at the Share The Love Valentine link party!
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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I have fond memories of my grandmother and my dad helping her with sunbonnet quilt blocks, then they did not have machines with fancy stitches, only zigzag to finish the edge.
I love all of these projects, but the mason jar quilt is so cute!!
So glad you stopped by to share on Friday Features this week!
Wishing you a great weekend!
What a lovely, clever and simple way to make a heart, just brilliant. thanks.
Your home rug mug project is so very cute! Love the fabric color and pattern combinations.
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This is so adorable! I love mug rugs! I really need to get in gear and make some soon. I had some before I moved, but somehow they got lost… or stolen. I’m not sure. They were amazing. Thank you so much for sharing this. The pattern is so cute!!
Bev,
Very cute job! This is something I might like to make someday. Thanks for sharing. I will save this project in bookmarks so to not lose. Have a blessed 2019!
Bev,
I’m visiting from Inspire Me Monday. This is such a cute idea. You did a nice job on it, too. I’m saving this link in bookmarks for a future project. Have a blessed 2019.
Such a cute mug rug design Bev. Thank you for sharing it at our Create, Bake, Grow & Gather party this week. I’m delighted to be featuring you project at tomorrow’s party and pinning too!
Happy New Year,
Kerryanne
I love this beautiful project. I would be afraid to use it. Too pretty to get coffee on it. Happy New Year, Kippi
Sew cute!
Adorable Home and Heart Mug Rug! Thanks for the nifty tutorial. I can hardly wait to see the quilt with the small houses. I’ve been planning to make a house quilt for well over 5 years and haven’t even cut out one house, YET. It’s imperative that I look at the posts for the other two featured quilts.
Susan in OK
Such a cute mug rug! I can’t wait to make some! Thank you for the tutorial, I’ve got it bookmarked!!! I can’t wait to see the finished quilt
Oh, that is so adorable. What a sweet idea and what a beautiful one. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Thursday Favorite Things.
Absolutely beautiful. I will be featuring this tonight at my Swing into Spring party that opens at 8pm EST. Please stop by and pick up an I’ve Been Featured button. Thanks. http://diybydesign.blogspot.com
It’s way too cute Bev. Thank you for sharing this tutorial at Create, Bake, Grow & Gather this week. I’m delighted to be featuring your heart home mug rug at tomorrow’s party and pinning too.
Hugs,
Kerryanne
I love your LOVEly projects!!❤️❤️❤️ What fusible fleece do you use for small projects such as these?
Thank you!
I usually use Heat N Bond fusible fleece, but you can also use batting scraps too!