Cozy Christmas Sew Along - Week Seven - Block Seven!!

Good morning cute people! 

Today is week #7:)

We are half way through our 

Cozy Christmas blocks already!

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If you are just joining us 

and need to download 

the free pattern:)

CLICK HERE 

to get a set of 

Cozy Christmas 

Sew Simple Shapes

We are using the Cozy Christmas fabric collection!

Today we are making this cute little guy:)

#CozyGingerbreadmanBlock

One fabric...one shape!

We are using NUTMEG Solid by Riley Blake 

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 to download the cutting guide

and cut your interfacing and fabric.

You will need 

4 pieces of 2" long ric-rac 

for his frosting:)

I'm going to show you my 

easy peasy method of 

sewing the ric-rac on all in one step!

I traced my shape... and then drew a line

 3/4" up from the bottom of each leg...

and 1/2" in from each arm.

This is where I will place my ric-rac when sewing.

I sewed on my marked line just like normal...

and placed a piece directly under the line on the first arm and held it into place.

No need to pin...its better if you don't so it will lie flat.

As I got to that part...

I continued stitching on the line and across the trim at the same time.

I backstitched a few stitches over the trim just to secure it. 

I continued sewing...

inserting each piece of trim as I came to it like this....

Until I had completely stitched around 

the gingerbread man and all four pieces of trim:)

Easy Peasy!

I trimmed my 1/4" seam allowance...

And clipped all 5 "cleavage" areas.

I cut my interfacing for turning...

And turned each arm and leg one at a time...

carefully making sure that the trim flipped over to the front:)

This is how he looked after turning but before pressing.

I pressed each arm and leg and then the head separately before I pressed the whole shape at once.

I used my turning tool to get all of the edges as smooth as I could before pressing.

I traced my embroidery lines on before basting him to the background.

I placed hime 3/4" down from the top and 3/4" up from the bottom:)

I went through my jar and chose three

Cute Little Buttons

To go down the center.

Now he's all ready for appliqué...

embroidery and button sewing!

You can hand stitch the

 ric-rac down with white thread:)

I used 6 strands of my

Aurifloss 

for the embroidery and also

 to sew on each button:)

After trimming my block to 6 1/2" square...

I used the yellow and aqua

 little bells print for the inner border:)

And added my flying geese and

 half square triangles pieced border.

YaY! 

Take a photo of your cute little

 gingerbread man and post him on

 Instagram 

so that we can all see him:)

Sew you next week!

xx

Lori

CUTE TINS - New Quilty Storage!!

I'm sew excited to show you a new product

that I've designed to help 

make your quilty/crafty storage cute!

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to see them in action!

They're called 

Cute Tins 

by

Lori Holt of Bee in my Bonnet:)

There are six total....

each with a different design.

Inside the red tin comes a

 set of 12 notecards with 

cute envelopes to match!

They're perfect for gifts or

 writing a special note 

to a friend and sending

 it by snail mail:)

What a fun surprise!

There are so many ways 

that you can use them...

I LOVE cute storage:)

I know that I'll personally

 be using these a lot 

for gifts this holiday season.

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if you want a little bit 

of cute storage too!

To celebrate the release of my new tins...

My awesome publishers at 

Fat Quarter Shop

have matching 

Bee Happy Screen Savers 

for you to use on your 

phone and computer!

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to go to the 

Jolly Jabber Blog

 where you can 

download them for 

***FREE***

YaY!

(Thank you Kimberly...

you're the best:)

I hope you have sew much fun

 with my new Cute Tins!!

xx

Lori

Cozy Christmas Sew Along - Week Six - Block Six!!

Good morning cute people!

Today we are almost halfway through our 

Cozy Christmas Sew Along:)

But even though we are

 already halfway into this...

it's super easy if 

you are just starting now:)

First you will 

need the free pattern:

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to download it

Then you will need the 

Cozy Christmas 

Sew Simple Shapes

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to get a them:)

We are using 

Cozy Christmas fabric 

to make the quilt...

you can check with your

 favorite quilt shop 

to purchase the kit!

I took this screen shot 

on my iPhone to show you 

the right side bar of my blog roll.

You can see that I have 

each week of our sew along 

to click on and view

 so that you won't miss anything!

Each weeks tutorial 

will remain on my blog 

and I will keep adding 

each week as we go along.

Simply scroll down and 

click on the week 

that you would like to view.

Obviously you are 

on my blog right now...

and if you look to the right 

and cannot sew the right sidebar...

 that means you are 

using your cell phone

 and will need to scroll down

 and click on

"view web version"

Okay! 

With all of that being said...

Let's get started with block six!

#CozyStockingBlock

Here are my fabric choices

 for the appliqués:)

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to download the 

cutting guide 

for each shape...

And cut your fabric 

and interfacing.

Cut a 5" long piece of 

ric-rac for the stocking trim.

I'm using the mint and pink 

little bells print

 for the border on this block:)

Trace all of your shapes 

onto the interfacing.

Measure in 3/4" from the 

bottom of the stocking cuff 

and mark a line.

Top stitch the ric-rac 

into place on the line

 before you sew the 

interfacing and fabric together.

Stitch on your marked lines and

 trim an approximate

 1/4" seam allowance.

For the stocking piece...

 I left the top open for turning 

since the raw edge will be

 tucked underneath the cuff.

Cut an "X" in the interfacing on

 the other 3 pieces for turning:)

Clip the inside curve in the 

stocking seam allowance 

so that when you turn it 

right side out 

through the top opening...

it will lie flat after 

shaping and pressing...

Like this:)

Place your stocking 

onto the background 

by measuring 3/4" 

up from the bottom...

And 1 1/2" from the

 right side edge.

Now place the cuff by

 measuring 3/4" 

down from the top edge.

Place the heel and toe pieces 

over the stocking 

and pin into place for appliqué.

After applique...

embroider the hanging loop!

I used all 6 strands and 

a backstitch...and my 

Aurifloss 

 for matching the colors:) 

After embroidery...

sew the little bells inner border:)

Then sew and layout your flying geese and 

half square triangles to form 

the pieced star border!

I just love pieced 

scrappy borders...don't you?

And now your 

#CozyStockingBlock

is complete and ready 

to add to your quilt.

You can of course...

sew the two top rows together now 

or save that until we are finished

 with all of the blocks.

This is sew fun!

xx

Lori