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Block Ten Merry Merry Snow Days
Welcome to the final block of Merry Merry Snow Days! It should feel so good to have this quilt almost complete, and you’ll have time to get it quilted for the holiday season! We’re off to the races, and our llama is ready! He’s registered for the race and wearing his number proudly, His ski goggles are protecting those llama eyes from any brightness or flying snow. Goodness knows the snow will fly once he takes off. Let’s start by cutting and sewing the backgrounds together. Once you have that done, we can move onto the llama. Prepare the applique for the llama and assemble the pieces on top of…
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Block Nine Merry Merry Snow Days
Every block in my Merry Merry Snow Days quilt has a story, and block nine is no exception. This little snowgirl (You knew she was a girl when you saw her pink collar, right?) went out into the woods to pick out a Christmas tree for the cabin in block four! Thank goodness she found one already bundled and ready to go. All she had to do was put it on the sleigh. Now she can push it up to the cabin, and I’m sure someone will be there to help her inside with it. The tree will look so pretty in the window. Ok, let’s start block nine…
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Merry Merry Snow Days Block Seven
Welcome to block seven of Merry Merry Snow Days! Llamas ski free today and they are excited! They’ve already spent money renting skates, so a freebie is great. The line is sure to get long as the day goes on, but this little girl arrived early, and she’s first. We’re working from the bottom row up today, slightly different than your pattern says. We’re going to make the large sign first. You should already have the pieced stars made, so sew together your sign background and stars. Prepare the bottom sign applique and post, then place the signs over the pattern and trace the wording. Center the sign on the…
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Merry Merry Snow Days Block Six
Are you ready for Merry Merry Snow Days, Block Six? You don’t think I’d forget about your sweet tooth, do you?. I’ve got a sweet tooth that never quits, so get on board the sweet train with me! It’s filled with candy and marshmallows for your hot chocolate. Of course, Mr. llama is ready to deliver the treats. The background has two fabrics that need to be fussy cut. When you cut the red and green snow flower fabric make sure it’s straight or your applique will look tilted. Sew those fussy cut backgrounds together and let’s prep our applique. We’re using the 1/4″ bias again for the llama legs,…
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Merry Merry Snow Days Block Five
With block five we are officially half-way through our quilt! It’s time for sledding school! Those snowmen are really crowded on the sled, but the snow angel instructor is too sweet to make one of them get off. So here we go, are you ready? We’re starting with the strip of applique snow at the bottom of the block. This piece is easy because only the top of the snow requires applique prep. The other three sides are inserted into the seam allowance. Pin or glue baste the hill in place and then sew on the side background fabric. Now go ahead and applique the snow in place. I…
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Merry Merry snow days block three
Every time I design a quilt block, I try to keep the small parts to a minimum. Block three of Merry Merry Snow Days is no exception. I thought of you when I was drawing this block. My first idea was to have skates hanging from the garland. Then I thought about how many runners you’d have to embroider, and stars took their place. If you feel you can’t do stars, be sure and read my directions on page 3 of your pattern for the applique stitch. Stars are easy if you know how to applique points. The skates are easy because all the tiny parts are embroidered! We used…
