Heat & Bond Lite (the printable sheets of fusible adhesive I use for all my quilts)
For permanent lines (lines to stitch and placement markings for solid black applique pieces) I use a fine-tip black Sharpie
For erasable lines I use either tailor’s chalk (for dark and medium fabrics) or pencil (for light fabrics). A white artist’s eraser will erase both chalk and pencil.
It’s the 15th! That means it’s New Pattern Day in the Funny Faces Quilt Block of the Month Club!
Meet Troy the tree frog! I love this guy!
There’s already a frog pattern at Shiny Happy World, but he’s more of a pond frog with a long, sticky tongue. Troy has awesome sticky tree frog toes. 🙂
Here’s how to make him. . .
See how easy that is?
That’s a LONG video, so I’ve broken it up with a couple of time references here. . .
Building the background block – start at the beginning
Cutting and Marking the Applique Pieces – start at 4:37
Layering the Applique Pieces – start at 14:37
Outlining the Applique – start at 18:35
If you want just a very quick look at me layering the pieces together with no explanation, here’s a video for that.
Let’s Make a Quilt – free workshop teaching applique with fusible adhesive and Quilt As You Go
Troy the Tree Frog’s pattern isn’t exclusive to the club anymore – you can get it here.
If you want to join the Funny Faces Quilt Block of the Month Club to get immediate access to the new monthly patterns, you can use this link to join.
Special note – this is the first Funny Faces pattern to include an SVG file for use with cutting machines! That’s going to be standard in all patterns from now on.
The Mama and Baby Polar Bear were a VERY close second, so we’ll probably see a pattern for them soon as well. 🙂
Want to see how to assemble Mo?
I had the chance to try out some of my new fabric palettes with my Mo Muskox sample blocks! I talk about them all in more detail at the end of the video, but here are some still photos and handy links.
As soon as I have three blocks in each new colorway combination I’ll be sharing those so you’ll have a better feel for how entire quilts made with these bundles will look. 🙂
And now one extra special bonus! For those who don’t quilt, you can still get a muskox! Mo is now available as a printed panel, perfect for making pillows and other projects.
These are out of stock right now – but there are more on order and should be here soon. 🙂 There’s more info here.
It’s the 15th! That means it’s New Pattern Day in the Funny Faces Quilt Block of the Month Club!
Meet Sanford! He’s just a little bit grumpy.
He’s even grumpy at a party! Here he is wearing a party hat from the Fancy Doodads pattern. 🙂
There’s already a squirrel block in the Woodland Critters quilt pattern – but I’ve never been entirely happy with it. He just doesn’t have a ton of personality. 🙁
But this guy! This guy definitely has personality. 🙂
My birthday is in April, so I added a party hat to Ginny Giraffe to celebrate. 🙂
She gets a teeny tiny party hat because I didn’t want to cover up her ossicones. 🙂
Download your wallpaper below. There are options both with and without the April calendar, in case you want to keep that cute giraffe up during other months of the year. 🙂
(If you want to make the giraffe, you can get the pattern here. The instructions to make the Polaroid version of any block are here. And the party hat is included in the Fancy Doodads pattern.)
The lion is the most popular block in the Safari quilt pattern – and now he’s available as a stand-alone pattern. Use him on pillows, tote bags, placemats, and more. Or make a whole quilt with just lion blocks!
Happy January! It’s a new month, a new year, and a new decade! Woo hoo!
Of course we’ll continue to have a new wallpaper every month here at Shiny Happy World! Download yours below. There are options both with and without the January calendar, in case you want to keep seeing that koala face during other months of the year. 🙂 (You can get the koala applique pattern here.)
