by Great Joy Studio | Jul 30, 2020 | Quilting & Fabric
Hello Everyone.
It’s time!
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To start the
SNOW-A-LONG,
featuring SNOW SWEET and PAINTERS PALETTE fabrics
from Riley Blake Designs.
I would like to remind all of you that this is only my second SAL so I welcome your comments, questions and constructive critiques.
Now, let’s have some fun in the snow!!
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Some of you may not have received your patterns yet due to a last minute edit however, you will be able to catch up quickly in this first week. When you get them, be sure to read through the entire instructions section before you begin.
This week we will be making your appliqué pieces and cutting your block background fabrics.
Begin by taping together the six Star Snowman pages. A light box or taping to a convenient window works very well for this. Match up the registration marks located on each page. You may choose to trim the edges of your six page snowman template first to eliminate gaps in the line art. As you can see in the pictures below, we did not.
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Take your assembled Star Snowman and all of the other appliqué template sheets and begin tracing onto your fusible web, paper side up. Start with the largest pieces first such as Star Snowman, his scarf and snow base. We like to tape down the pieces so they do not move during this process.
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Every shape that you see on the templates will be an individual ‘glue’ piece so we numbered them as well by block for easier organization and quick identification when fusing. The appliqué designs are already in mirror image. Once all are traced, rough cut them apart. You will have something that looks like these:
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Next: For all white and light colored appliqué fabrics you will want to add a second layer of fusible interfacing to mask the block background fabric you are fusing to. We did this with the Snowman and his base, snowflakes and bell.
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Rough cut a piece of interfacing a little larger than your fusible pieces. Once again start with the largest items first. As you can see in the next photo group, you will simply ‘sandwich’ your white or light colored fabric on bottom wrong side up on your pressing surface, interfacing piece glue side down and then fusible web piece on top, glue side down. Once in place press according to the manufacturers recommended instructions. Darker fabrics will not require this step. So, for all other appliqué pieces using the pattern cover art as your fabric/color guide, simply fuse cut web pieces, glue side to wrong side of fabrics.
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Here are the products we used. Pellon 805 Wonder-Under as our fusible web, Pellon 911FF Fusible Featherweight interfacing, and fine tip sharpies.
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Once each glue piece is fused to its corresponding fabric you can move on to cutting out each appliqué. The more accurate you trim, the better the result. Use sharp scissors but not your “fabric only” pair as you will be cutting through the fusible web product. Here are the loose pieces organized and laid out that you will have before the final fuse to each block. Do not fuse together until week 2 for a helpful tip.
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Next you will be cutting your block background fabrics, again starting with the Star Snowman. The sizes for each block are listed on your instruction sheets. Refer to the cover art for all of your fabric colors.
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Note: There is one red fabric inconsistency listed from the original RBD storyboard as compared to our pattern. No worries! Either red fabric will work.
An optional but important step for week 2 will be creating “doors” for accurate piece placement. This will require any standard tracing paper you can get at your local art or craft store. This was not included on our original supply list. It comes in a variety of sizes. We used Strathmore Tracing Paper Pad, 300 Series, 9″ x 12″, 50 sheets. This will be plenty for this project.
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We would love to see your progress photos on Facebook, Instagram and/or Pinterest so please let us know where in the comments.
Please tag us and follow on Instagram @jweckerfrisch and #snowalong whenever posting.
You can follow us on Facebook at Joy Studio News
And we’ve created a Sweet Snow A Long board on Pinterest.
Welcome everybody! See you next week!
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by Great Joy Studio | Jul 18, 2020 | Quilting & Fabric
J. Wecker Frisch
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Hello Everyone.
We have been hearing a lot of excitement surrounding the
Sweet Snow-A-Long!
And we are equally excited and thrilled to be bringing this classic fabric collection with our partners at Riley Blake Designs and FUN project to all of you!!
Please note the new “shooting for” date:
The Sweet Snow-A-Long originally scheduled to begin on July 23rd will now start on July 30th.
Patterns (P149)-Sweet Snow-A-Long) will be ready in the nick of time, for this highly anticipated event!
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Meanwhile, if you’re shopping!
The REVISED Fabric Requirements and Supplies List:
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Sweet Snow-A-Long Update
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The above items are available in Quilt Shops now.
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We are sorry for the delay and are grateful for your understanding and patience. We want to be sure that everyone is able to gain access to the fabric and pattern.
So, hang on just a bit longer please.
Thanks again for all of You who have been supporting the Snow Sweet fabric collection, it has been amazing!
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by Great Joy Studio | Jul 2, 2020 | Quilting & Fabric
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Announcing,
SWEET SNOW-A-LONG
July 23rd
made with
SNOW SWEET
fabrics from Riley Blake Designs!
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Follow us here at JOY STUDIO for each step over five weeks to make this delightful and delicious quilt top.
Patterns and fabric are shipping now so check with your favorite shop for arrival times. MANY shops have ordered this so patterns, kits and fabric should be widely available.
If your local is still closed check the on line shops. Search Snow Sweet fabric and Sweet Snow-A-Long.
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J. Wecker Frisch
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Anyone can make this. We know because WE DID!! Lol And as you know, we are still new at this. I hope you can join us to make this really fun snowy quilt and cool off your summer!!!
by Great Joy Studio | Apr 27, 2020 | Quilting & Fabric
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Hello to everyone at home. And sewing?
If you ever thought of making one of our large scale
She Who Sews
series for your studio, now would be a good time. Patterns are
half price
in the shop through May!
And we have fabric kits (limited supply) for
“Machine Maid”
as she originally appears on the pattern cover using our
Painters Palette,
and a few basics plus a Paris version using my
Couturiere Parisienne
fabrics from Riley Blake Designs. Both collections are available in shops now.
I am making her up in the later currently and for the first time ever actually and, I’m liking!!
Fabric background back story below.
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• Back story on the background text fabric is that the text was inspired by a little antique children’s book of prayers, in French! Sew sweet. Although I cannot interpret them, I was pleased to make this a part of the Couturiere Parisienne collection in lieu of my standard snippets of scripture. Parfait!
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I’m sure we all agree that we are still in such a strange time but keep creating is my plan. And praying. It helps, right?!
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Au revoir mon ami!
by Great Joy Studio | Feb 4, 2020 | Quilting & Fabric
Again welcome to the Hat Shop Sew-A-Long!
Picking up from last week,
Sewing the details.
As I shared in week two, if you want to add decorative stitching and other trims to enhance each block, you may want to do that before piecing all four blocks together for easier turning. Whether you already assembled your top row before placing the text or not, either way is OK. I still have only fused and stitched down the red hat pieces. We will be stitching the remaining eight applique blocks in their entirety before assembling each row.
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Pattern correction, derby wooden hat form applique should be extended to the hat brim, as if to appear going up into the hat. I marked the pattern with red dashed lines in the photo below. Also, the bottom of the rose needs to move up to be even with the hat band also indicated with red dashed lines. See third photo:
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This week, fusing row 2.
Lining up the vertical stripes.
If you have a pieced background the most important thing to check in starting row 2 is matching up your vertical stripes! So, before pinning or fusing, match your stripes using your traced block patterns described in week 2, Making an appliqué placement door. Most likely, your stripes will not match the patterns stripes exactly. Mine did not, but were close. As long as you keep the second and third row consistent with your blocks in the previous row, then placement should match up. See below that my blue stripes are slightly to the left of the traced sheet in all three rows/photos. Next we will be using our tracings and placement door, for each of the four blocks in row 2, repeating the same steps as we did in row 1.
Block 1, Row 1
Block 1, Row 2
Block 1, Row 3
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Applique fusing sequence.
The best way to determine what is fused first is by laying out all of your appliqué pieces on their corresponding blocks, carefully checking with your pattern cover and technical illustration. Much like the red hat described in week 2, the majority of the hats are fused in a similar order.
For example the derby:
vertical stand post,
stand base,
derby,
hat form,
band,
leaves,
and then the rose.
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Hat number 3
I chose to use Couturiere Parisenne from Riley Blake Designs, red bold text rather than attempting the red stripes on hat three with my limited sewing experience. Letting the fabric do the work for me while still offering a similar visual impact was a lot less intimidating for me, a novice.
Secondly, we used an interfacing in between the applique and the fusible web to help hide the background for all of the white hats. We used Pellon 911FFW1. As you can see, my stripes are still visible so you may want to choose something heavier for a total mask.
Appliqué Fabric Option
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Once everything is fused in row two, you can begin the decorative stitching. Take your time, have fun. This part is where you can really get creative! Again it’s always a good idea with fusibles to at least secure your appliqué with some stitching.
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We will plan to assemble all blocks after rows one, two and three are fused and sewn down.
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Please forgive me, we did not forget last Saturday’s giveaway, only postponed. We’ll keep you posted.
Stay tuned to Instagram and Facebook for additional news and hat shots.
