Christmas In July Blog Hop, Free Tutorial AND a Give-Away

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Welcome to the “Christmas In July” Blog Hop. I am offering a FREE tutorial on paper piecing AND a Give-Away at the end of this post.

Thank you to Carol Swift from Just Let Me Quilt for hosting this blog hop. She has worked countless hours to organize this hop. Thank you, Carol!

I am offering a FREE TUTORIAL on 3 tasks…1) How to paper piece a simple block using my Snowman block from my Sew Yourself A Merry Little Christmas book, 2) How to paper piece a combination block, and 3) How to assemble the Gift Sack pattern in my book.

Paper piecing is simply a “sew by number” technique. You work from a paper pattern, sewing right through the paper and fabric to create the image. It is my FAVORITE way to add an image to a project.

So first, let’s take a look at sewing the simple block. I am including a download of every step in the paper piecing process to complete this Snowman. Click  Workshop-Step-by-Step.pptx (697 downloads ) to download the free tutorial.

Also included in the tutorial are 2) How to paper piece a combination block,  Polar Bear block.

AND a tutorial on 3) How to assemble the Gift Sack pattern. All of these patterns are found in my Sew Yourself A Merry Little Christmas book. Available on Made By Marney on Etsy.  Also available on Amazon.

One lucky visitor will win a FREE Sew Yourself A Merry Little Christmas book. To enter the raffle, leave a comment on this post. Make sure your email is included in the comment. Due to the extremely high cost of postage overseas, I am only able to mail this book to a customer from the US. If someone wins from a foreign country, I will download this Christmas pattern to them, instead of the book: Must Be Santa Table Runner/Pillow pattern. Winner will be announced Saturday, July 28.

Please visit all of the wonderful designers and quilters participating in this blog hop:

July 23

 

Creatin’ in the Sticks

MooseStashQuilting

Lily Patch Quilts

Adventurous Applique and Quilting

Melva Loves Scraps

Sew Many Yarns

Cynthia’s Creating Ark

 

July 24

 

Wont-To-Be-Quilter

Words & Stitches

Home Sewn By Us

Desert Sky Quilting

Thimblemouse and Spouse

Seams To Be Sew

Clever Chameleon Quilting

 

July 25

 

Quilt Doodle Designs

Kwilty Pleasures

Creative Blonde

Just Because Quilts

Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Quilter in Motion

Made By Marney

 

July 26

 

Quarter Inch Crafter

Marjorie’s Busy Corner

Tu-Na Quilts, Travels, and Eats

Ms P Designs USA

Selina Quilts

Beaquilter

Mountain Quiltworks

 

July 27

 

Life in the Scrapatch

Quilt n Party

Days Filled With Joy

Quilt Fabrication

All Thingz Sewn

Just Let MeQuilt

Linking with:

Stitch All The Things

Clever Chameleon

Free Motion By The River

Sew Fresh Quilts

Nina Marie Sayre

Elm Street Quilts

Busy Hands Quilts

Confessions Of A Fabric Addict

 

 

 

 

61 thoughts on “Christmas In July Blog Hop, Free Tutorial AND a Give-Away”

  2. Very cool!! I like this book alot. Have a great day! angielovesgary2 atgmail dotcom

  6. Thanks so much for taking part in this Blog Hop! Your patterns are adorable, and I love paper-piecing! 🙂 Thanks for the chance to win, too!!! wvoaks at comcast dot net

  8. Thank you for the downloads! I finished my first paper piecing project last month and fell in love with the process! You are so right – it is like color-by-number! Thank you for sharing your cute patterns in such a well written tutorial!

  12. Your patterns are so cute – yet “cute” doesn’t do them justice. I hope you will be at Road in Jan. as I’d love to see them up close. I would love to win! Thanks.

  17. Hi Marney! That bag is just adorable. Thank you for sharing the tutorial for paper piecing – I will be sure to watch it. And thank you for the opportunity to win the book!! Happy Wednesday! ~smile~ Roseanne

  18. Love that polar bear and his “who me?” look! I can’t wait to get him started…well, after we finish moving and I set up my studio!
    deb(dot)rick(at)live(dot)com

  21. Your patterns are just adorable and thanks to your tutorials for paper piecing I think I can finally conquer paper piecing. Thanks for the giveaway.

  22. My book came a couple days ago and I can’t wait to find a minute to create one (or ten) of those cute projects. Your patterns are the cutest! Thanks for sharing a tutorial on paper piecing since it scares so many people to even think of doing it. I love to paper piece, but it’s always nice to get new ideas and refresh my old brain on how to do it. Thanks for hopping with us and making our morning a little brighter with those sweet characters!

  23. oh my goodness, your bags and runner are so adorable. thanks for sharing today. i love to paper piece and would love to give your blocks a try.

  25. I love your patterns & choice of colors! The colors are so refreshing.
    I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the pillow!
    And Snowmen are my favorite Christmas decorating theme.
    Your work is LOVELY!!!

    cathyv_realestate@yahoo.com

    Thanks for sharing!!!

  30. I’m downloading your tutorial right now. I have to say…those are just the cutest and will make great gifts for my quilt club girls!

  31. Too stinkin’ cute! And just the motivation I need to try my hand at paper piecing! Thanks so much for the tutorial and the giveaway 🙂

  33. I am not a paper piecer . Looking forward to using your generous gift of this tutorial, not to mention a chance at your book . The polar bear is adorable.

  34. Marney, I have never done paper piecing, so winning your book would definitely be a pleasurable treat! Thanks for sharing the tutorial! I hope to give this a try soon!

  35. THX for the downloads of your wonderful projects. They all look amazing! I love to paper piece and these look like such fun especially that little elf on your book. qltcrzy2 at gmail.com

  40. Cutest designs ever! I love paper piecing and how crisp it makes the designs look. All of your projects are adorable. Thank you so much for the tutorial and patterns. Hope I’m the lucky winner. I’m off to Amazon to buy your book!

  42. These sweet little patterns are so cute, I have never done paper piecing and would love to try this. Such a wonderful book of inspiration. Thank you for the information and opportunity to win and learn something new!
    Smiles, Susie

  44. I do like that polar bear, although all your critters are so cute! And I like the idea of the bags – great for gift giving and keeping afterward. haileybarb at gmail dot com

  47. Thank you for the tutorials on the cute stuff. Your patterns are adorable. Thanks for sharing.

  49. I looked at the tutorials and they are wonderful. Although paper piecing is not my favorite – YET, I certainly learned some tricks as I read through the tutorials. I also loved the humor. The patterns are fantastic. Someone is going to be thrilled to win your book or pattern. I’d be lucky to have it in my home. Thanks for sharing very generously.

  50. I love your whimsical style and these Christmas patterns are fabulous. I would love to make some holiday items from these patterns.

  52. Paper piecing is fun. I’m especially fond of your reindeer with the lights hanging from his antlers – cute as can be.

  58. Your Polar Bear block is just the cutest thing. Even cuter than your Santa block and that’s saying something!

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