Sewing Mini Again

A couple of Christmases ago, I made what I thought was the perfect gift for my Sweden-loving friend, a Dala Horse Pillow, and as expected, she loved it. Fast forward to last week, when she admired the new mug rug I had on my desk at work, and asked if I had a collection of mug rugs. (I do.) She said she could use one and what she'd really love was one with another Dala Horse. I smiled, thinking to myself, "uh, that would be a mighty small Dala!"

But I went home and looked at the pattern by Stitched in Color, and realized I'd only have to downsize the pattern by 50% to get a 6 1/2" block. And you know? It went together flawlessly.

I found a perfect blue in my solid scrap bin, and got to try my hand at sketch stitching again, which adds some fun detailing. I thought something else was needed to finish it off, so I quilted it with a grid and added a fun blue dot backing and wide binding.

So that was a pleasant diversion. It was kind of fun to squeeze in  a little on-demand sewing.