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Are you feeling Jolly? It’s almost July again, and you know what that means. It’s time for us to stitch together and celebrate Jolly July. We are baking up a special treat with Santa this year with a new mystery pattern! The all-new Santa’s Bake Shop Mystery Pattern Series invites you to dream up your wish list and stitch all month. Start with us on Friday, July 7 to enjoy this 4-part series as a mystery! After July 28, the full cross stitch will be revealed.

Santa’s Bake Shop Mystery Pattern Series

Santa’s Bake Shop ...

Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? It’s Christmastime and we’re stitching! Beginning Tuesday, September 13, we’ll release a FREE Christmastime quilt and cross stitch pattern each week for five weeks. Kimberly will guide you in sewing this quilt, so if you’re new to quilting (or want some company while you sew), this is a great place to start!

Each Tuesday from September 13 – October 11, we will release a video tutorial on the Fat Quarter Shop YouTube Channel with a FREE quilt block pattern and cross stitch pattern. Join Kimberly as she guides you through cutting ...

It’s time for Christmas with FQS Jolly July!

Jolly July lasts throughout the whole month. We are sew ready for Christmas to come early this year, and Santa has brought us a nice little mystery cross stitch for all! The all-new Letters to Santa Mystery Pattern Series is an invitation to dream up your wish list and stitch all month long. Start with us on July 1 to enjoy this 5-part series as a mystery! After July 31, the full cross stitch will be revealed.

Letters to Santa Mystery Pattern Series

Get your cookies and milk ready! It’s ...

My favorite month of the summer has rolled back around… Jolly July! This year I’m once again partnering with two of my favorites stitchers, Priscilla and Chelsea of The Real Housewives of Cross Stitch! Priscilla and Chelsea have designed a gorgeous holiday pattern, And to All a Good Night, as well as four new Tiered Tray Tidbits and five new Dapper Doodads. This December I will “sleigh” the holiday game with all the decorations and fun gifts I’ve made. Cross stitch for the win!

Priscilla and Chelsea have some wonderful tips and ideas for finishing ornaments and holiday ...

This is week 5 of Jolly July with the final release of Mistletoe Lane! I hope you’ve had another eventful week of stitching too. I have had such a fun and productive month! I’m sad that Jolly July has come to an end but I have so much progress to show for it!

Week 5 of Mistletoe Lane brought me a cute little tree!

For Jolly July this year, I worked on several new projects. Each day I worked on either a new project or a continuation of one I’ve previously started. Some stitchers focus on one ...

This is week 4 of Jolly July with the fourth release of Mistletoe Lane and the latest progress on my new WIP’s! I hope you’ve had another eventful week of stitching too. I have had such a fun and productive month! We still have another Mistletoe Lane release to stitch, so I will be back with the final update Wednesday, August 5!

Week 4 of Mistletoe Lane was a gift! I had a lot of fun stitching these little gifts. Stitching gifts beats wrapping them! If you’d like to join, you still can! Sign up to receive ...

This is week 3 of Jolly July with the third release of Mistletoe Lane and some progress on my new WIP’s! I hope you’ve had another eventful week of stitching too, but it’s not too late to join if you are just tuning in. You can find inspo and potential projects on our Jolly July Page to get you started.

Week 3 of Mistletoe Lane was a busy one! I think this house is so cute and I took this week to get started on it. If you’d like to join, you still can! Sign up ...

It is week 2 of Jolly July with the second release of Mistletoe Lane and some progress on my new WIP’s! I hope you’ve had an fun week of stitching too, but it’s not too late to join if you are just tuning in. You can find inspo and potential projects on our Jolly July Page to get you started.

Week 2 of Mistletoe Lane is complete! If you’d like to join, you still can! Sign up to receive the patterns today.

I invited some stitchy friends to stitch along with us and they’re sharing ...

Kimberly stitched up a storm last July for the Jolly July Ornament Extravaganza with Priscilla and Chelsea of Stitching with the Housewives. While we are in the middle of Jolly July 2020, let us look back on last year’s Jolly July for stitchy inspiration. She made sets of ornaments that really add some stitchy goodness to her tree!

Kimberly stitched her ornaments on Graceful Gray 14 Count Aida by Wichelt Imports with the following Classic Colorworks colors.

• Classic Colorworks Gingerbread
• Classic Colorworks Bamboo
• Classic Colorworks Pink Posey
• Classic Colorworks Four Leaf Clover
• Classic Colorworks Cherry Tomato
• Classic Colorworks Jolly ...

We are kicking off Week 1 of Jolly July with the first release of Mistletoe Lane and some progress on my new WIP’s! I hope you’ve had an eventful week of stitching too, but it’s not too late to join if you are just tuning in. You can find inspo and potential projects on our Jolly July Page to get you started.

Week 1 of Mistletoe Lane was a merry time! If you’d like to join, you still can! Sign up to receive the patterns today.

I invited some stitchy friends to stitch along with us ...

July is going to be extra special this year, we may even venture to say it will be a jolly ole time!  Join us for our annual Jolly July Stitch Along as we spend the whole month stitching up festive designs with Kimberly Jolly and Priscilla and Chelsea of Stitching with the Housewives to stitch up holiday patterns all month! You can join in by stitching a new holiday pattern every day, a new pattern each week, or spend your July stitching up one big piece with Kimberly.

This year Kimberly is stitching up our new mystery pattern, Mistletoe Lane ...