OMG: February project

I joined Heidi's OMG challenge last month. I completed my stated goal. It didn't take long to determine my One Monthly Goal for February.

If you're a regular reader of my blog you know I have a collection of vintage textiles in addition to an enormous stash of quilting fabric and a somewhat huge stash of fashion fabric (which is turning vintage, considering that I rarely make garments these days).

Bandanas are one of the subcategories of my vintage stuff.  I haven't gone out of my way to acquire them but when I see them at a good price (.50 and under) I buy 'em.   Here is one of a number of websites with historical background about bandanas.

uncut yardage

quilt fabric w/ bandanna print

I turned to my bandana stash for the favors to give when the Magpies, my online quilting group, gather in Dallas next month for our biennial in-person meet-up. These will finish at 6 x 9 -- mug rug or small wallhanging.  I found a pattern for a pieced cowboy boot but that required too much fiddly piecing. I made a boot-shaped template for applique.  The magpie is adapted from a Pat Sloan pattern.  Each bandana yielded four boot shapes. I trimmed the centers to 9.5" to use for another project.

My February OMG is to complete the 17 mug rugs -- quilted, bound, labeled.  I made this sample for the blog post. I'll set up an assembly line to make the rest.

See what other OMG'ers have pledged at  Red Letter Quilts .

P.S. Here is the mug rug I made for the 2014 Piefest in Australia.

....and here are the scraps...