Monday, March 7, 2022

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
Coneflower Quilt Co - book, ruler, quilt kits, & participating shop discount when you sign up
Harbor Cloth Shop - book, ruler, & Kona Cotton Solid quilt kits

Arizona
Hummingbird Lane Fabrics - Tummy Time quilt kit

California

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/

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Toes in the Sand: Block 3


Welcome back to the Toes in the Sand Block of the Month sew along! 


It's OK if you don't have your fabrics yet. There's no rush to sew right away. We're making this information available early on each month so that you'll have it handy once you're all set to cut and sew.



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 11 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 each block for the queen quilt top.  To make the blocks for a Queen quilt top you'll need fat quarters 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/