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Stocking Treats block eight
Block number eight is from Julie Zaloudek, the second place winner in our Bunny Hill/Moda design contest! Block Eight Julie’s design is the reason you have that tiny ric rac in your embellishment kit! When I saw how she had used it in her design I knew we had to duplicate it. She’s stitched around the ric rac with red embroidery floss for the cutest accent. Here’s her block added to our quilt… And here it is duplicated in our fabric, Sugar Plum Christmas… Julie’s original design had a fabric square behind the stocking. I LOVED the look it added and it would be darling for an individual project. She accented the…
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stocking treats block seven
Santa’s bringing us a Christmas angel with block seven! She’s so sweet and not hard to make. I’ll give you a few tips this week that will help. Block Seven Here she is in my Sugar Plum Christmas Fabric: And here’s our quilt with the addition of our little angel. Look how far we’ve come, three rows are complete! Perfect Circles Applique circles don’t have to be hard to make. All you need is the right tool! I use Perfect Circles by Karen Kay Buckley every time I need to make a circle, and I’m always pleased with the results. We’ve put together a tutorial for you on how to…
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stocking treats block six
Block six brings “Sadie Goose.” She’s my favorite block and one that signals we’re halfway through the stocking quilt! Don’t you love her? There’s something about a pink Christmas goose, wearing a Christmas scarf that always gets to me. Block Six Now’s the time to use those cute little flower buttons you have in your embellishment kit! They’re for Sadie’s stocking! You can set them on the stocking when you’ve finished, and take lots of pictures, but don’t sew them on until quilting is complete. Waiting to sew on embellishments is hard for me when I’m working on a quilt. I can’t wait to see the block complete with the…
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Stocking Treats Block Five
We’ve added some starlight to your stocking this week with Block Number Five! And it’s starting to look like a Christmas Quilt! The first two rows are complete with the addition of this block! Block Five I hope you’re having fun with these blocks. I’m seeing blocks on Instagram and they are so cute! Be sure and post any that you make using #sugarplumstockingtreats and #bunnyhilldesigns! $3.00 Sale! Be sure to check out the sale section of my website this week. I’m doing something fun that I haven’t tried before. I’ve associated everything in the sale section with the number 3! I’ve taken things left from our sale, and patterns…
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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 three
Block Three, Christmas Penguin! Block Three We have a simple block this week, so you should be able to finish quickly. The embroidery is easy and only requires a back stitch and satin stitch. The penguin’s eyes are small and can easily satin stitched without outlining first. The mouth is larger so outlining with a tiny back stitch will give it a little “padding” and hide the outside of your satin stitch. Don’t skip this outlining step if you want your stitches to look nice and even. Here’s how the quilt looks with block three added. Remember, there are still nine blocks to go. You just never know what…
