It is Day Seven of the 2020 It's A Garden Party Row Along and it's MY DAY!!! I have been looking forward to sharing my block pattern with you! The size is 12" x 18". It is a great size if you just want to make a smaller wall hanging instead of a big quilt. You decide.
Before I get down to sharing my pattern with you, here is a list of the rest of today's featured designers along with a link to each of their sites. I will add the pattern pictures as soon as they become available on each designer's site.
Be sure to visit with each designer, download the free pattern, enter the giveaways and, please, leave a kind comment!
Here we go!
My pattern is called "GARDEN HARVEST"
You can click on the picture for the link to download my pattern for free while the Row Along event is going on. I will also have a link at the end of this blog. Don't forget to enter the giveaway at the end of my blog!!
Instead of designing a growing garden, I decided to showcase what we get from our gardens at the end of the growing season! With this pattern you can easily change any of the applique shapes around, add more, etc. so that you can make this block truly your own Garden Harvest. The pattern has step by step instructions along with lots of illustrations including illustrations of my applique stitching.
I started with a great sky fabric and grass fabric, both from Northcott Fabrics. The wagon and fence fabrics were from Northcott as well. I have to say a big THANK YOU to Northcott for providing me with these great fabrics!
Following the instructions, you will make your grass fabric a bit curvy to give your block a more natural look. Very easy!
Next comes the fence, sunflowers and wagon! You could have your wagon placed to the left or right!! You can easily curve your stems without cutting curved stems!!
Next, let's add some pumpkins and a crow!
And, finally, all the fruits and veggies you want!
Once you have placed all of your applique shapes, you would press everything to permanently adhere it to the back fabrics! Pretty easy so far!!
Next is the applique stitching. The stitches used will depend on two things. First, what stitches your sewing machine has and, second, what stitches you like to use! Pretty simple!! I used several different stitches in this project. The applique stitch (varies on different machines) is basically like a blanket stitch but with two or three straight stitches in between each "bite". So some of you may ask, what the heck is a "bite"! That is when the stitch will go left (or right) into the applique fabric. You will see some close ups below to give you a better idea. The pattern has quite a few pictures of the different stitches. I also used the triple stitch for the detail inside of the pumpkins to show how the pumpkin curves.
For the grass, I used one of my machines decorative stitches! I love to use decorative stitching so I don't have to be perfect straight like I would with straight top stitching!! The fence has the applique stitching.
Here is a close up of the pumpkin stitching so you can see where the triple stitch is. The outside stitching is the blanket stitch.
When it comes to smaller pieces, a simple straight stitch is best so I finished off the smaller pieces and the sunflower stems with straight stitching. Here is a close up of the sunflower stems straight stitching.
I hope all of you enjoy my Garden Harvest pattern! You can click HERE for the link to my free pattern. The pattern will remain a free download until the end of the Row Along event! Enjoy!
Now for the giveaway!!
I am fortunate enough to get to give away an Anita Goodesign machine embroidery design set every year for our annual Row Along and this one is a fantastic prize!! It is Anita Goodesign's biggest design set -- a Premium Plus with a retail value of $250.00!! WOW!! I have been stitching Anita Goodesign machine embroidery designs for many years and they are the leader in machine embroidery designs. Every set has multiple sizes of all the designs, right down to a 5x7 hoop!! With any Premium Plus design set, there are loads and loads of designs and projects. This year it is "The Perfect Sewing Room"
This giveaway requires the winner to own an embroidery machine with a 5x7 hoop size or larger.
There’s more!
In addition to the prize draw, Electric Quilt is offering each and every Garden Party hopper a 20% discount on any of their products except for EQ Academy during the row along. The coupon code is: GARDENPARTY20. If you’ve been wishing for this software, now is the time while you get this great discount!
Good luck everyone!!
For all of the rules, regulations and list of sponsors, please click on this link to go to the SeamsToBeSew webpage. Winners will be paying for shipping of any product that requires it. There is more information at the SeamsToBeSew link for you to read.
Thank you again for following along with the Row Along event this year and I hope you are enjoying visiting with designers all around the world, downloading the free patterns and crossing your fingers to be a giveaway winner!!
If you are new to machine embroidery, be sure to stop over at my YouTube Channel for some tutorials. I'll be adding more in the next few months so be sure to subscribed and click on the bell so you will receive notifications of new video tutorials.
See you Thursday for the next list of featured designers!
loreen
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