Lella Boutique + Chenille-It Sew Along 2023
Have you ever given a quilt the “Chenille-It” treatment? I’m talking about adding texture / softness to a quilt-top by stitching special “blooming bias” strips on top – framing and filling shapes of a design. After the quilt is quilted / washed, the strips fray and fluff up like you see in the picture. Fun, right? I’ve never used Chenille-It, but I fell in love with Nannette’s version of my ‘Tis the Season panel on display at quilt market. I had a bit of an epiphany on the plane ride home and wondered if a Chenille-It Sew Along could be a thing. After taking a little survey on Instagram, it became clear there was a lot of interest. So it’s official! Nannette and I are teaming up for a Lella Boutique + Chenille-It Sew Along in July 2023!
Stitch Along
In this sew along, Nannette and I will teach you how to stitch the Chenille-It Blooming Bias in its different applications using the ‘Tis the Season quilt panel. Come learn tips and tricks to filling in letters, outlining shapes, quilting it, and even binding it.
The Schedule
The ‘Tis the Season panels are expected to arrive in May with the rest of the Christmas Eve collection. We thought it would be best to schedule the sew along in July to give everybody plenty of time to get their kits. Though this is not set in stone, here’s what we’re imagining the schedule to resemble for July 2023 (beginning 07.10.22):
- WEEK 1: Stitching the white Blooming Bias onto the letters / stars
- WEEK 2: Stitching the other Blooming Bias colors to outline the floral elements
- WEEK 3: Quilting – either free motion quilt it yourself (I’ll probably do my own) or send it to the long arm. (You may want to get one scheduled in advance.) For long arm quilting, we suggest a more open pantograph that is not too dense – or even better – custom quilting that quilts around the designs.
- WEEK 4: How to finish it with Chenille-It in place of binding.
Kit Info
It will be up to you to find a kit… We want to make sure there are enough supplies to meet the demand for everyone who wants to participate. To reserve a kit now, you have a few options. For one, you can reach out to your favorite local / online shop and request a reservation. (I’ve shared the materials list below, but they can also access this list through their Moda reps). It’s important to talk to shops NOW so they can get their orders into Moda before the Dec 6th order cutoff for the Christmas Eve collection. Nannette at Chenille-It also has some preorder options available. Visit the Chenille-It shop here for a full or partial kit.
Materials Needed:
- (1) ‘Tis the Season panel from the Christmas Eve collection by Lella Boutique for Moda Fabrics.
- 4 yards backing fabric (we used SKU #5181 14, but you can pick your favorite print)
- 1 roll + 8 yards “White” 3/8″ Blooming Bias
- 1 roll “Chocolate” 3/8″ Blooming Bias
- 15 yards “Sage” 3/8″ Blooming Bias
- 3 yards “Red” 3/8″ 3 yards” Blooming Bias
- 1 roll “Fern” 3/8″ Blooming Bias
- 1 yard “Pale Pink” 5/8″ Blooming Bias
- 1 roll “White” 5/8″ Blooming Bias (for “Jolly” letters and binding)
Any questions about this sew along? Let me know in the comments below!
20 Comments
Peggy L
December 6, 2022 at 3:20 amI can’t wait! 🦋
Mary Irwin
December 6, 2022 at 6:47 amLooking forward to it, so excited
Tammy Klos
December 6, 2022 at 9:21 amLOVE your custom quilting so much… wondering… I am nervous about quilting this myself. Feels kinda big to manuever under my machine. If send to a long-armer… you mentioned a larger quilting design, do you have 🙂 a sample of one of these beautiful quilts with an open quilting pattern? I just wonder how the quilting would effect the look of the chenille. Thank you 😉
Kimberly Pace
December 6, 2022 at 11:02 amLooks like fun!
Gladys prez-almiroty
December 13, 2022 at 9:03 amWill there be kits available? There are no local stores for me and it would be a life saver!
Arnell Galley
December 7, 2022 at 7:29 amI’d love to get on your Pre-order list – how do I do that?
lellaboutique
December 9, 2022 at 8:15 pmYou can preorder through Nannette at Chenille-It now. Be sure to visit her link:
https://www.fauxchenille.com/collections/chenille-it-quilt-kits/products/tis-the-season-panel-quilt-presale?variant=40114072027202
Babette Thomas
December 7, 2022 at 12:14 pmHow do we sign up for the sew along?
lellaboutique
December 9, 2022 at 8:14 pmYou don’t need to do anything special to sign up for the sew along. I’ll be sharing the info on the blog and shop newsletter so if you are subscribed to either one of those, I’ll be sharing the info through those. Hope that helps!
Susan
December 7, 2022 at 12:53 pmOh my gosh. I just finished your (my) “Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas” panel last night. I used both yarn and “Chenille It”. I couldn’t find all the colors in the Chenille so I added the white yarn. I was really nervous. I’m not very good at free motion quilting and it was the first time I used the couching method for the yarn. I threw it in the wash and hoped for the best. I was so surprised and delighted how it came out. I wasn’t sure I wanted to give it away so I told my Hubby I’ll just have to do another one 🙂
Barbara
December 10, 2022 at 12:26 pmDo you think this can be done with a domestic sewing machine? It’s really beautiful.
Pamela Cunningham
December 14, 2022 at 7:00 amWill this be a video tutorial?
Susan
December 14, 2022 at 8:09 pmis this an online virtual class
Shannon Bennett
December 14, 2022 at 10:58 pmWill the class be recorded if you can’t be online that day/time for the class? Thanks!
Bonnie Blake
December 20, 2022 at 9:59 amThis looks really fun, but I can’t find the panel?? Is there a link somewhere??
Penny Schilz
June 7, 2023 at 9:19 pmWhat week in July will this start?
Christine Chipman
July 7, 2023 at 1:09 pmIs this a current class that is happening? And if so how do I sign up for it. I work for a shop in denver and ordered everything from our moda rep. to complete this project. But some directions would really help! Thank you.
lellaboutique
July 9, 2023 at 9:32 pmSo each week Nannette at Chenille-It made a video tutorial so yes- it is sort of like a class. I haven’t ever done this before either so I’m learning as we go along. Should be really fun! XO
Christine Chipman
July 11, 2023 at 10:45 amPerfect! And do you know where we find those video tutorials?
Melisa Kennedy
August 21, 2023 at 1:07 pmI missed the blog on chenille Christmas blog in July. Any way I can see that now?