Stitch-Alongs

Welcome to the Stitch-Alongs! These are free work-along projects that we hope you’ll enjoy. We’ve broken each project down into doable sections that you can complete week-by-week or fit them in however suits your schedule.

Week 1 – Summer Stitch Along

Join us for our free Summer Stitch-Along to make a fantastic bookwrap. It’s week one, time to choose the book you’ll be making your wrap cover for, take some measurements and make a pattern.

Week 2 – Summer Stitch Along – Five Colours

Join us for our free Summer Stitch-Along to make a fantastic bookwrap. It’s week two and it’s time to establish a colour scheme for your project. See how we’ve started to find a collection of colours that work and follow our steps to do the same with your own inspirational source.

Week 2 – Summer Stitch Along – Five Colours, Part 2

Join us for our free Summer Stitch-Along to make a fantastic bookwrap. It’s week two and Linda shows you her starting point and colour choices for her bookwrap.

Week 3 – Summer Stitch Along – Four Fabrics

Join us for our free Summer Stitch-Along to make a fantastic bookwrap. Let’s get started with sorting some fabrics for the bookwrap. We’ve intended this project to be a scrap buster and we hope you’ll be able to source everything you need from your stash.

Week 4 – Summer Stitch Along – Paper Piecing

Choose a shape and work it three ways! This week on the Stitch-Along we’ll be using English Paper Piecing, Applique and Print. Today, it’s time for the English Paper Piecing, so grab your thimble and let’s begin!

Week 5 – Summer Stitch Along – Bonded Applique

Week 6 – Summer Stitch Along – Printing

Summer Stitch Along – Appliqué (Laura’s version)

See how Laura’s approached the appliqué stage of her bookwrap for the Stitch-Along.

Week 7 – Summer Stitch Along – Stitching

This week let’s do some stitching – we challenge you to quilt or embroider your bookwrap with two stitches of your choice.

Summer Stitch Along – Printing (Laura’s version)

Laura’s moved on to the printing stage of the project. In this post see how she’s made her print block and blended her printing with the appliqué.

Summer Stitch Along – Stitching (Laura’s version)

Laura’s starting hand quilting her book wrap, take a look at the threads she’s chosen and how the stitching is looking so far.

Week 8-Summer Stitch Along – Embellishment

Quilt the pieced area of your bookwrap using embellishments with either tufts or beads!

Week 9 – Summer Stitch Along – Finishing

It’s the final week of the Summer Stitch Along. It’s time to finish off the bookwrap, bind the edges and get it fitted onto your book!

Summer Stitch Along – Laura’s bookwrap

See how Laura’s finished bookwrap for the Summer Stitch Along turned out!