JOY Table Runner Sew Along

We're hosting an Alphabet Soup sew along in early 2023, and as a warm up for it we're hosting the JOY Table Runner Sew Along in October 2022. 

 

Spruce up the holiday tablescape with a JOY table runner from the Alphabet Soup book. I will guide you through making this table runner in preparation for the upcoming holiday season & to get ready for the 2023 Alphabet Soup Sew Along! Sign up here to join us!

JOY Table Runner made by Julie Kentner 

with Nicholas fabric by J Weckler Frisch for Riley Blake Designs.

Alphabet Soup blocks and projects are made with the Hex N More & Super Sidekick rulers. 

 

The Alphabet Soup book is NOT required for the JOY table runner sew along. This is your opportunity to test drive the letter patterns before buying the book. JOY Sew Along Worksheets are provided to you in the sew along Welcome email along with deals & discounts from participating quilt shops exclusively for sew along participants! Sign up here to receive the sew along emails.

 

Cutting templates are not provided in the worksheets. You will need the rulers to make the table runner following the sew along worksheets & video tutorials.

 

The book will be required for the 2023 Alphabet Soup Sew Along.

JOY Table Runners by the San Diego Modern Quilt Guild 

Sign up here to receive the sew along emails. Emails will have the links to the video tutorials as they’re available, table runner directions, giveaways and prizes, and discounts to quilt shops exclusively for sew along participants.

Sew along schedule:

October 7: YouTube LIVE Q&A

Video 1, October 11: Letter J 

Video 2, October 14: Letter O

Video 3, October 18: Letter Y

Video 4, October 21: Sew runner & more LIVE on YouTube

JOY Table Runner Kits from Clothesline Creations

The links to the participating shops below will take you to their curated kits or the book to purchase to participate. We will continue to add shops to this list, so be sure to refresh your browser to see any new shops that many have been added to the list:

Australia

Fabric Pixie

Canada

Watergirl Quilt Co.

Purple KATZ Quilting

United States

Clothesline Creations

Coneflower Quilt Co

Material Girls Quilt Boutique

Threaded Lines Quilt Shop

Sew On & Sew North

Perfectly Pink Quilt Studio

Old Town Quilt Shop

Sew Special Quilts, Katy

**ATTENTION SHOPS** If you'd like us to add a link to your shop’s kits or book, please fill out this form.

JOY Table Runners by the San Diego Modern Quilt Guild 

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Sign up here to receive the sew along emails for access to the table runner directions, exclusive quilt shop discount codes, & giveaways. We're looking forward to sewing with you soon!

© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

Sweet Tooth featuring Tiny Beasts by Tula Pink

Have you been looking for quilt patterns to put your Tiny Beasts fabric to work? 

We love the rich jewel tones of Tiny Beasts in the Sweet Tooth quilt! 

Sweet Tooth is a twin size quilt that features 12 unique quilt blocks, each made twice, and with creative fabric placement your quilt will appear to have 24 different quilt blocks. Bonus directions are included in the pattern to make a Queen size quilt top.

Sweet Tooth is made with the Hex N More and Super Sidekick rulers and no pesky Y seams!

The rulers come with full color instructions, including cutting and piecing diagrams, just like all Jaybird Quilts books & patterns. All of the pieces are rotary cut from strips.  

Here’s a video tutorial on how to use the Hex N More ruler:

Here’s a video tutorial on how to use the Super Sidekick ruler:

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Feature Fabrics 

You can purchase these precut design rolls to acquire all of the strips used in this quilt, & have plenty of extra strips on hand to make coordinating projects to go with your Sweet Tooth quilt: 

Tiny Beasts Design Roll: FB4DRTP.BEAST 

Tula’s True Colors Design Roll: FB4DRTP.TULATRUE

Background Fabrics

Main Background Fabric, 4 3/8 Yards: Diva, CSFSESS.DIVAX 

Accent Background Fabric, 1 1/4 Yards: Hexy Rainbow - Starling, PWTP151.STARLING

 Block 1 Fabrics

Looking to find which fabrics are in each quilt block & the fabrics needed to make your own Tiny Beasts Sweet Tooth quilt? Sign up here to get the full details.

 
© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

Toes in the Sand: Block 4

Welcome back to the Toes in the Sand Block of the Month sew along! 
Did you want to receive this info in your email once a month? We'll email on the first Tuesday of each month with the names of the fabrics used in the blocks for that month, and if you're making the Queen size quilt, how many of each block to make for your quilt top. Sign up to receive the emails here.

The fabrics above correspond to the block fabrics at the top of page 12 in the pattern book. You'll need a fat eighth of each fabric for the Twin size quilt. 

If you're making a Queen size quilt, make 2 of the purple blocks and 3 of the lime green blocks for the queen quilt top.  To make the blocks for a Queen quilt top, you may want a half yard of the Lucy - Pineapple, then you'll need fat quarters of the rest of each fabric.

Julie will sew 1 block a month live in the Jaybird Quilts Sew Alongs Facebook group on the first Tuesday of each month in 2022. The live videos will be saved so group members can watch replays of it. The live videos will not be made public to view on other platforms, they will be exclusive to the Facebook group.

If you have an original version of the pattern book released in 2012 (top image), you can receive a PDF of the pattern updates that are a part of the 10th Anniversary edition (bottom image) here.

Thanks for sewing along with us this year!

© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/

Quilt for Baby & Beyond Sew Along

The upcoming sew along that I'm hosting is going to be for Quilts for Baby & Beyond! I’m excited to celebrate the one year anniversary since the release of the book & Baby William’s first birthday. My pregnancy with William was our motivation for finishing up the book and getting it out into the world when we did last year.

What I set out to do with this book is make it a solid primer for quilters who are new to working with my rulers or patterns. It’s a good refresher for practiced and long-time quilters, too. So, I’m looking forward to sharing some good, foundational tips and techniques in this sew along.

This is a "choose your own adventure" sew along. I'll be making 6 projects throughout the sew along and you can make any of them that you like.

Here's a visual list of the projects that we'll be making and the order that we'll be making them in: 

Big or Small Triangles Pillow

Adult or Baby Cuddles Quilt

Rookie of the Year Quilt

Watch Me Grow Quilt

Color Wheel Quilt

Tummy Time All Star Quilt

All of the patterns in the book are made with the Super Sidekick ruler. All of the Kona Cotton Solid used in the quilts in the book are listed inside the book.

Sign up here to receive the sew along emails in your inbox each week. Emails will have the links to the video tutorial of the week, weekly giveaways and prizes, and discounts to quilt shops exclusively for sew along participants.

The sew along schedule is:

March 31: Instagram Live Q&A

Week 1, April 7: Quilts for Baby & Beyond Book Overview

Week 2, April 14: Super Sidekick Ruler Overview

Week 3, April 21: Triangles Pillow - Big OR Small

Week 4, April 28: Cuddles Quilt - Adult or Baby

Week 5, May 5: Rookie of the Year Quilt

Week 6, May 12: Watch Me Grow Quilt

Week 7, May 19: Color Wheel Quilt

Week 8, May 26: Tummy Time All Star Quilt

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The links to the participating shops below will take you to their curated quilt kits or the book to purchase to participate. We will continue to add shops to this list, so be sure to refresh your browser to see any new shops that many have been added to the list:

International

Australia

Fabric Pixie - book, ruler, quilt kits, & participating shop discount when you sign up

Canada

Quilting By Design - book & participating shop discount when you sign up

Purple KATZ Quilting - book, notion, kits & more

Watergirl Quilt - book & ruler

Craft de Ville - book, ruler, & participating shop discount when you sign up

USA

Online Only

Pink Door Fabrics - book, ruler & a variety of custom quilt kits

Fabric Sanity - book

Coneflower Quilt Co - book, ruler, quilt kits, & participating shop discount when you sign up

Fringe Hour Studio - book

Harbor Cloth Shop - book, ruler, & Kona Cotton Solid quilt kits

Arizona

Hummingbird Lane Fabrics - Tummy Time quilt kit

California

Cherry Berry Quilts - book

Michigan

Calliope Quilts - custom quilt kit, book & ruler

North Dakota

Sew On & Sew North - custom quilt kit, book, ruler,  & participating shop discount when you sign up

Texas

Threaded Lines - custom curated quilt kits

Leo9 Textiles - Kona Cotton Solid quilt kits

Washington

Bigfoot Quilts - book, ruler, & participating shop discount when you sign up

Twice the Fun Custom Quilt Kit

Watch me Grow Custom Quilt Kit

Zig Zag Pillow Custom Kit

Cuddles Custom Quilt Kit

Cuddles Custom Quilt Kit

Zig Zag Pillow Custom Kit

Big Triangles Custom Pillow Kit

Cuddles Custom Quilt Kit

Gradient Custom Quilt Kit

Infinity Stones Custom Quilt Kit

Rookie of the Year Custom Quilt Kit

Small Triangles Custom Pillow Kit

Tummy Time All Star Custom Quilt Kit

Twice the Fun Custom Quilt Kit

Twinkle Twinkle Custom Quilt Kit

Watch me Grow Custom Quilt Kit

Zig Zag Pillow Custom Kit

**ATTENTION SHOPS** If you'd like us to add a link to your shop’s quilt kits or book, please fill out this form.

Sign up here to receive the sew along emails in your inbox each week for access to the exclusive quilt shop discount codes & giveaways. We're looking forward to sewing with you soon!

© Blog post written by Julie Herman
For more information visit http://www.jaybirdquilts.com/