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Stocking Treats block four
I’m excited to bring you Sugar Plum Stocking Treats block number four! It’s the first place winner from the Moda/Bunny Hill design contest! A huge hug and thank you goes out to Shannon Cogswell for her entry! She took a simple stocking and turned it into something precious! Here’s her original entry: My challenge was to take her entry and make it work in my quilt… I think it fits in perfectly don’t you? I’ve tried to give you detailed instructions in the pattern for making this block. The best thing to do is to read the directions and then look at the actual fabric pictures below. Hopefully, it will…
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stocking treats block two
Block #2 Sugar Plum Stocking Treats! Wish on a star, and you just might find one in your Christmas stocking! And of course who wouldn’t love to find this sweet little owl standing next to that stocking? She’s wishing on a star, and wearing her Santa hat at the same time! Block Two Here’s the quilt showing the addition of block number two! …and here’s block two done in fabric… Do you have a favorite method of applique that you love? Regardless of the applique method you prefer, points can sometimes be a bit intimidating. I draw my star points with slightly wider tips so it will be easier to…
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Sugar Plum Stocking Treats
If you’re sitting around with not much to do this afternoon, hop on over to my website and click on the “free” pattern page! What is Sugar Plum Stocking Treats you ask? It’s one of those applique quilts that I occasionally design as a free pattern! But this time, instead of it being a block of the month, I’ve made it a block of the week! I’m letting you know about this pattern a month ahead of time so you can get prepared! Print out the information page and materials list. If you read about it now, you’ll have time to choose your fabrics, pick your layer cake and get ready to…
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Applique Basics
When Aurifil introduced their new 80wt. thread for applique, Kimberly (Fat Quarter Shop) and I, decided it was a great time to bring you some applique fun using this wonderful thread! Over the next few months The Jolly Jabber blog will be featuring posts on applique, every other Thursday, starting today! I designed 6 applique blocks for this series and The Fat Quarter Shop will have them for free! They’ll include one of the patterns with each of the applique blog posts! Each block can be framed, or you can simply add a border and use it as a mni quilt. They are great practice blocks to keep up your applique skills, and maybe along the way…
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Snow Pockets
When Christmas comes around I’m always looking for a new way to package up cash or gift cards. There aren’t too many ways to make $$ look cute, so Bunny Hill to the rescue! Snow pockets are simple to make and they’re perfect to hold cash or gift cards. You can hang them on a tree, use them at a place setting, hang from a chair or a garland. Whatever you dream up to put inside, little gifts are going to look special! You’ve never worked with wool before? Don’t worry, I’ve made it easy. Just follow my wool applique tutorial and use my free pattern! Wool Applique Simplified Snow…
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Weekend Projects
Do you have projects planned for this weekend? Seems like I’ve been waiting for a “free” weekend and now that it’s here I’m in heaven. I have so many projects I’ve wanted to get started on so I plan on sewing all weekend long. Speaking of sewing, it’s a great weekend to try a Scrappy Plate quilt block if you haven’t started yet. Once you make one, you’ll see how easy it is! Just go for it! I’ve been working on the applique for my Scrappy Plate quilt, taking pictures as I go along so I can hopefully give you some tips next month. I don’t know which part I…
