Announcing Jingle Block of the Month

Hello friends! I’m glad to hear that you all like the Jingle BOM so far. Here are a few more details. Above you can see my starting point. This quilt will finish at about 76” x 76”. It will have 8 appliqué blocks and 8 pieced blocks. I’m hoping to get the blocks up 2 at a time with the goal of having everything to you by October. That way we can all finish our quilts in time to enjoy them at Christmas. For those of you who don’t want a Christmas quilt, don’t worry, this quilt will be fine if you use a different color scheme.

First off, the center block, Miss Kringle is available here:

patternspot.com/patterns/quilt-patterns/2958-miss-kringle-pdf

As far as fabric goes…I kinda hate to say this…but I cannot give super exact amounts on all the fabrics because…mine isn’t done yet either. BUT, never fear, I can give you a starting point. Here are my first 3 fabrics…

The green and red prints are from the Nancy’s Holiday Favorites collection by Nancy Halvorsen for Benartex. You can find them here:

www.fatquartershop.com/Nancys-Holiday-Favorites-Nancy-Halvorsen-Benartex-Fabrics.asp?sid=63451215155846345&Store_id=499

The cream/yellow dot is an old Lakehouse one I had in my stash that is no longer available…I think any solid that coordinates with your green and red will be just fine.

For starting, I think the best thing to do would be to find a good print for the border and large inner triangles. You don’t want anything too big and busy here. From there I would think about a small scale coordinating print for the setting triangles and a background solid or small dot.

Here are some generous fabric recommendations:

green print (inner triangles, outer border): 3 3/4 yds.

red print (setting triangles): 2 3/4 yds.

background (appliqué block backgrounds): 2 1/2 yds

This should give you some of these fabric that can be used in many different parts of the blocks. Here is a download with these numbers:

Download Jingle Starting Point

For those of you finishing up Mimi’s Bloomers, the final block will be available next week, the finishing directions will be up soon after that.

Comments

[Jane]

Is it possible for you to tell me who makes the fabric in your actual border that you posted for Miss Kringle.? I am so taken with that fabric, I would love to find it.

[erinrussek]

Its a Nancy Halvorsen Christmas fabric from last year by Benartex...dont know the exact name

[Polly]

Clicked on the link for Patternspot, but couldn't add it to my cart. Can you help? So looking forward to this BOM0

[Carrie P.]

the center is just beautiful.

[ChrisColavizza]

Erin,

I can't thank you enough for doing this for all of us - I'm down under and was wondering what I would do whilst I take care of my mum for a while in the states and I'm in love with Miss Kringle and Jingle Belle - thank you sososo much!

[Joan]

I went to Patternspot and put the Jingle All the Way pattern in my cart, but I can't check out and pay for it. Any idea why?

[Mary E. Hulick]

I would like to order the new center pattern for the Miss Kringle but i can't seem to find a mailing order page and the address for sending a check for it.

mary E. Hulick

mhulick@hotmail.com

[Eme]

Hi Erin, my name´s Eme, I have my Miss Kringle pattern!!. I´m ready to start...Thank you for your beatiful patterns....

Hugs from Spain.

(Sorry...my english is so bad...)

[Kathy]

I like Ms.Kringle very much and I've just downloaded the center panel; now I've got to go search my stash for fabric. Thanks for such a nice pattern. Kathy

[actiu]

me encanta!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Rebecca Grace]

Erin, have you posted any recommendations as far as fabrics for the applique blocks themselves? I don't have many solids or tone-on-tone fabrics in my stash (okay, I have NONE. I'm a print-hoarder!). I notice that you seem to use several shades of red, green, etc in your beautiful appliqe and that gives so much depth. I'm going to have to purchase fabrics for the applique pieces. It looks like the color palette will be shades of red, shades of green, and a yellow/gold. Can you give me an idea of how many shades of each color I should get and the quantity of each fabric? It's always dangerous to walk into the quilt shop with just "I need lots of red and green fabrics" in my head! Thanks.