Welcome back to the SEWCIALITES SEW ALONG everyone. If you remember we worked on our first block for this sew along back in the fall and we are back with our second one today! For those of you here for the first time, WELCOME! For those of you following along each week over at the Jolly Jabber… I am really enjoying seeing everyone’s blocks and fabric choices… so much creativity and the blocks are so very different with the different fabrics. I love that! Click HERE for the official Sewcialites Landing Page for all of the info in case you want to know more! THE COURAGE BLOCK Today I wanted to share with you my second block in the SEW ALONG… it is called COURAGE… and a perfect word to describe a beautiful and strong block I think. Courage is definitely a word that…

Welcome back to our weekly Embroidery block to accompany our Stitchery Sampler Sew Along. If you would like info on previous blocks, our supplies or general start and embroidery info, scroll back to the previous embroidery posts. The easiest way to do that is to search the word “embroidery” in our search box. CLICK HERE to download our free embroidery sheet that you can transfer to the fabric of your choice. SASHING, BORDERS & FINISHING This week, Sophie and I wrapped up our Embroidery Samplers, and I have to say we have had so much fun stitching together for the past twelve weeks.  We have enjoyed our weekly time of drinking tea while trying out stitches, and some wonderful mother-daughter memories were made.  Not to mention, Sophie learned she really enjoys hand embroidery! Sophie finished up her sampler last week, and opted not to include…

We are a few days late on this Week #13 finishing up post… family life got a bit in the way! But better late than never, right? Welcome back to our final week where we talk about sashing, borders and finishing up our projects. Can’t believe we are done with our 12 blocks and I have seen SO MANY of you keeping up on Facebook and especially in our group. Way to go ladies and a few gentlemen as well! If you need background information on the quilt and how it all starts off, please click HERE or HERE. WEEK #13, SASHING & BORDER INFO & VIDEO You will find all the info I could think to share on the VIDEO for this week and I hope you will check it out for hints on sashing, sizing, borders and more. Here are a couple bullet points on…

I couldn’t quite stop after making the lavender sachets – I had all sorts of springtime wool projects on my mind!  While setting out our Easter decorations and changing out our springtime quilts, I thought what fun it might be to make a small wool mat to pair with a candle and a bouquet of fresh flowers on my kitchen table.  I started doodling a running bunny with some strawberries and the Springtime Wool Bunny Mat was born. We thought you might enjoy making a bunny mat for your spring décor too! If you purchased our SPRINGTIME WOOL GOODIES, all of the shapes are in the kit. If not, you can draw your own, look for free shapes online and/or use ours as inspiration! Click HERE for some of the wool goodies we have. MATERIALS NEEDED 9” x 17” Hand dyed Weeks Wool in…

Spring is in the air here in California!  The flowerbeds are bursting with colors, and my lavender plants are just beginning to bud.  As I was walking by the fragrant bushes in my front yard, the inspiration hit to make some new sachets using some of the new hand dyed Weeks Wool that just arrived. The sachets were so fun and fast to make and look so festive in a small tray on my dresser. I thought you might enjoy making them too! MATERIALS NEEDED Wool Felt in butter yellow and various springtime scraps in peach, light green, dark green, coral and taupe) Fat Quarter Black Crossweave or Chambray Soft Fuse or your favorite fusible product Thread/Floss to match the wool Ruler Trim THINGS WE HAVE AVAILABLE: Click HERE for some wool kits and HERE for some threads. Step 1: Trace your wool applique shapes…

Welcome back to our weekly Embroidery block to accompany our Stitchery Sampler Sew Along. If you would like info on previous blocks, our supplies or general start and embroidery info, scroll back to the previous embroidery posts. The easiest way to do that is to search the word “embroidery” in our search box. CLICK HERE to download our free embroidery sheet that you can transfer to the fabric of your choice. THE STITCH BLOCK I can not believe we are on our 12th Week of the Embroidery Stitchery Sampler!  Sophie and I have had such fun learning new stitches each week and are already planning our next projects. For Week 12, we chose to represent the Stitches block with the Feather Stitch.  Worked in a line with four stands of floss, this stitch is a series of stitches made in a similar way as the Fly…

As announced before, please remember that this block has a correction. It is listed on our website HERE and we also talk about it on this week’s video. Welcome back to week 12 and to Block #12 THE STITCH BLOCK info for our STITCHERY SAMPLER SEW ALONG. If you need background information, please click HERE or HERE. BLOCK #12 INFO & VIDEO This block is our STITCH block, and in this week’s video, I talk about the various different sizes and widths you can make your “stitch” based on what you might like. Given that we had the correction on this one, we thought it was a good opportunity to talk about how the block changes with one simple change. Also come see how we made this one extra scrappy and fun! CLICK HERE for the VIDEO. Happy Sewing! Follow us on Instagram HERE…