hi everybody it's jenny from the missouri star quilt company and i've got a sweet project for you
today take a look at this quilt behind me isn't this sweet these little hearts that come together
to form this and it's all quilt as you go now i've done several of these quilt as you go projects and
they just make great take along projects and they just make quick and easy projects you can do them
by sewing them on the machine you can also do them by hand to make the jewel heart quilt you're going
to need 17 fat quarters and we have used hope and bloom by catherine linius for riley blake you're
also going to need a two and a half inch jewel template a quilt as you go template you're going
to need some batting and we have this pre-cut two and a half inch jewel batting shapes some
other things that will be helpful are needles and i love the john james size nine and if you're like
me you might need a needle threader some thread a glue pen some pins and a good pair of scissors
so you're going to need to have some fat quarters for this
and the reason we chose fat quarters was because of the shape of our template
these are daisy and grace templates and she does such a great job with these templates and when you
get them they'll look like this and you're going to want to peel the paper off right here like this
and then you'll be able to see through them so that you can position your fabric
anywhere you'd like it to be so i'm also going to peel the paper off of here now one of the things
that missouri star that we like to do when we come out and share one of nicola's templates with you
is we like to create the batting for the project because a lot of the time is taken up in the
cutting of the batting and so that just makes it go a lot faster for you and so much easier
so we have these templates and you could obviously you can cut the batting out yourself you can cut
it out of your scraps but this just makes it easier it's this jewel batting it ends up looking
like this and you're you're going to use that when you make these because it just gives them a little
bit of oomph so on the quilt behind me the reason it's the size it is and it makes a great lap quilt
but this is one packet of batting that's how much it takes to make this now if you want
to make it bigger it's totally up to you but i wanted to show how much to make with one packet
so we're going to start with fat quarters and that's because it's way less waste with
fat quarter now if you want to use a layer cake you'll need two of each color because
you can only get one of these out of a layer cake so let's come over here and take our fat
quarter and i'm just going to press it so that it lays nice and flat when i cut it
and then i'll show you how these all work and how these all go together
all right so what we're going to do now let me move some of these out of the way i have
lots of little things to show you here is i'm going to fold this in half so i'm going to get two
when i cut and the first thing you're going to do is you're going to cut your outside edge like this
i would line my long edge up with the strange of the fabric the less
cutting we have to do the better and so we're going to cut all around this
like this this over here around here and then i'm going to cut this little bottom piece right here
and then i have enough cut here for the backs of two hearts so they're going to go like this
then what we're going to do is we're going to leave this on top of this
we're going to pop a piece of our batting in here and then we're going to take our
small template and with the small template you will cut out your smaller jewel shapes
now you wouldn't think that this jewel shape is going to make a heart and so i love those those
are like one of those little surprise things that happens so just like here i've cut out this little
jewel shape of the butterfly and the butterfly is going to lay exactly on top of this batting
and then we're going to lift this up and make sure that this is centered right on here i think got
mine scooted just a bit and then what we're going to do is we are going to fold this in so that it
meets the fabric and then fold it in one more time so that it lays over the top of the fabric
and then you can hand sew them or you can machine sew them now i want you to look at some of these
these are ones and they kept the fabric inside and outside the same
so this is a fun time to frame up your heart or you can leave it the same so you don't ever lose
you don't ever have that line in the middle that separates the two pieces so see this is zigzagged
and they've zigzagged all the way around it this is a great place to use your decorative stitches
any little stitches i even have a little stitch on one of my machines that is a little heart
so that would be sweet to do on the edge as well the backing is just one solid piece of fabric
the front is it has the little insert inside and i have one over here that i did by hand to me this
is one of those projects i love to have a project to take and go and this is a project that i felt
like lended itself well to taking and going you know maybe sometimes we're waiting for somebody to
get out of treatment or we're in treatment we have extra time we want to do something needle thread a
little scissor and a couple of these pieces and you've got something to do while you're waiting
and and if you're like me you're not going stir crazy so i think this makes a great little project
so i have a couple started here and i want to show you because it's easy to see how we're going to
hand sew them it's easy to see how you can machine stitch these down
but if you're going to hand sew it it's it's good to have a few little helping things
help you along the way so i have one side done here and i'm going to do the other side for you so
again we're going to use this as our guide we're going to lay it right on top of our back piece
just like this make sure it's right on there there we go
all the sides perfectly to the edges then we're going to lay in our batting like this
and then we're going to put our little butterflies on top and this all fits in the center center
of the template it's just a great way to line everything up and then what i'm going to do is i'm
going to grab some pins and i'm using these pins because you can iron over them and they don't melt
and so i'm going to put one of these pins right in the back right here just like this all the
way through all the layers then i can lift my template off and then i'm ready to go so
we're going to start by just folding one time this little point on the bottom and then we're
going to take this to our ironing board because this is really where it's the easiest to do
and so what i like to do is i like to fold this little end under one time right here
and then i'm going to start by folding this and i'm going to use my iron
to kind of go around and you're just going to fold it until it meets the fabric like this and
then we're going to turn it and you're going to fold it till it meets the fabric again like this
and one more time over here you're going to do this all the way around
and this really is the easiest way now if you are out and about and doing this
you can actually finger press it when i do this and take it out and about i actually get them
all ready to hand sew so i have a little baggie of things that are already folded pinned and
ready to go so i'm going to take this and come around here like this now what i like to do and
this is kind of overkill because we are going to pin it but i like to put a little bit of glue
and i like to do it just on this edge right here so that when i am putting my fabric on there
it's going to just lay down and stick on there like this and i can stick my pin in it and it
really won't go anywhere and so i'm going to hold it up here i'm going to touch it with the iron
and now i have just folded that over the edge and touched it with the iron and i'm going to
grab one of these pins and i'm going to put it in this side now if i were just going to sew this
together i wouldn't even need the pin because i've kind of attacked it down with the glue
and so we wouldn't even need that so again over here i'm just going to do that and let me get my
little glue and this is a great place right here on this point because the points can be a little
bit intimidating and so i'm just going to come up here on this side right here and this glue
will dry clear so you don't have to worry about it even though it looks blue it'll dry clear
all right so then what i'm going to do is this is folded up once i'm going to fold it up twice
and there's several ways you can do this point i like my point to cross over and touch on the other
side and so i'm just going to come and iron this to this point i'm going to stick a pin in here
just like this all right now we're up here at the top and i'm going to come here and fold down
and again my glue is on there if your glue dries before you
get to it don't be afraid to add a little more
and so this is going to be pinned as well
and then right here i'm going to pin this side
and i'm going to put a pin in there
and then i will press that down just like that
and then i'm going to fold my top down now there's lots of ways you can do this you can you know most
of the time i tend to go all the way around it but this time it seemed right to fold my top down and
and just you know kind of cap it off it makes perfect little 45s when you do that and i'm going
to put a pin in here and now because these pins have these silicone heads i can literally just
take this and give it a nice steam and a nice press to make everything lay down nice and flat
and then if i were going to take these to sew i would just put it in my baggie just like this
and then i'd have my needle and thread so let me pull a chair up here so i can show you how i
sew these together i like to use little john james needle and i use a nine
the larger the number the smaller the needle this is a great needle for me
since you know my eyes aren't so great anymore i love this needle threader and you can use you know
obviously you can do whatever you want the needle threader only really works with oval eye needles
that's really important because people get this and they're like it's not working for me
but what you're going to do is you're going to put your needle right here in this little slot
i'm going to lay my thread across here and i'm going to push that lever and it actually pushes
the thread through the eye and so this saves me loads of time threading because otherwise i
can't i mean we've all been threaded needles for a long time but i can no longer see the hole i know
there's one there i just can't see it anymore so now what we're going to do is we're going to get
this ready to go and we're ready to stitch down our heart you can actually start anywhere on here
and i like to unfold it a little bit and pull my needle up through that fold stick it through
the folded fabric like this and then my knot will hide on the inside like that i'm going to fold it
back down and then i'm just going to go ahead and sew up this side so wherever your thread comes out
that's where you go that's where you go back in so we're going to make sure that this just slides
through there so right here my thread is coming out i'm going back in i'm sliding it between the
two fabrics and i'm going to take another stitch it's just like binding a quilt this is the state
same stitch we use for binding you're going to go in right there and come out
in the fold and so it's really kind of a hidden stitch as long as you keep it right on the edge
of that fold and you want fabric to match now this fabric is called salmon and so it's a great
color for this fat quarter pack let me grab that thread off of there you know it's just
a great little color for this fat quarter pack to do to use with it it blends perfectly and when you
are doing something like this you always want to have thread that blends with what you're sewing
on not what you're sewing to so you're going to want to match your binding you're going to
want to match your little back square of this one and we are just going to sail across this
so this just goes so nicely and quickly
now i am also aware that
that there are cancer many different types of cancers and many different colors that
represent them this we're doing this for breast cancer awareness but whatever cancer you have i
mean this would be an easy quilt to make in whatever you know whatever color you
wanted so you can honor your loved ones or you know if you have a a friend or
yourself or whatever you want to do with this you know if it's whatever i mean it's
just it's just such an awful thing that it's affected us so intensely closely as it has but
i mean for me this is a way to work through some of that
some of that grief and some of that waiting time
all right i'm up here at the top i'm just going to
catch this little one do an extra stitch where these come together
and then we're going to go back down this side i'm going to take my pins out as i come to them
all right so now i'm down here to the bottom and i'm just going to sew right down the edge of this
to the little tip right here
and then what i'm going to do is i'm going to grab my other piece that i'm finished
and it's right here and you want to look at how they go together because as careful as we are
sometimes you know the pieces might fit better on one side than the other
so just take a look at how they fit and i feel like this side actually might be a little bit
better side and so what i'm going to do is i'm going to lay these right sides together like this
and then i'm just going to bring my thread right through here it's right here on this end right
here and i'm just going to bring it right up inside that fold right there and just pull it
through and then i can start down the side of these sewing these together and so these are
going to be the same type of stitch i'm just sewing it from the back so i'm just going to
use a ladder stitch on these and i'm just going to go in here and then come up the other side
and then i'll come across and come up this side
and you want to keep these fairly close because these are what's going to hold
your hearts together and so don't make these too far apart so we're going across and over
you're just going to go right up this back seam like this
alrighty so here we are at the end we're going to do a nice little knotting stitch here
and i'm just going to come around here and
put my thread just make a little knot
when i get a loop out there i'm just going to go through that loop a couple of times
cinch it up and then you can actually slide your thread back in through here
so there's no tension right at the knot and then you can just clip it back here
and it will stay hidden so then you get this cute little heart right here let's press it
take our pins out
and it just it just looks darling i mean they're just as cute as they can be
and then when you put them together you're going to have one row like this where it all they're
all right side up hearts like this and then the next row they're going to go upside down like this
and so you'll put them together as many wide as you'd like
and so you'll have one row where they're up one row where they're down
just go ahead and make it as big as you want it know that this is one packet of batting you
know probably get a lot more out of your fat quarter than that but this makes one packet
great lap size quilt great take along project it is just this fabric is just really sweet little
fabric it's very encouraging it has words on it which to me words have power and so
these words on this fabric say words like strength hope support encourage and courage and please know
that missouri star loves you and supports you no matter what you're going through and we hope
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