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At Home with Misty: Fam Jam | Gather the fam in their favorite jams! Join Misty and special guest Jen Belnap of The Smitten Chicken as they make the fun Fam Jams quilt. One simple... | By Quilting Deals - Missouri Star Quilt Co | Hey, everyone. Today, I'm joined by the incredibly talented Jen Belmap and she is sharing her Fam Jams pattern with us. So, let's get started. Jen, thank you so much for being here today. I really appreciate it. Will you tell everyone a little bit about yourself and where they can find you if they want to see what you're up to? Sure. My name is Jen Belnap. Um my business is The Smitten Chicken and you can find me on Instagram at The Smitten Chicken or my Etsy shop if you want any of my super fun patterns. One of them being Fam Jam. Yes, it's so cute. When Jen and I met at Garden of Quilts years ago and so we we've stayed in touch through Instagram and when we get to see each other at Quilting Things and she reached to me and when I saw this pattern I was like this is perfect it's so fun for Christmas in July and it's just absolutely quick and easy and we all love a fat quarter project so do you want to tell everyone kind of the inspiration behind this and then we can get started oh you bet so I have been making matching pajamas for Christmas for my family for years before it was a thing and we were always usually I'm even sewing Christmas trying to finish. I can relate to that. And one day I was just thinking you know I really want a fun Christmas quilt and I thought what if we did Fam Jams in a quilt so our jammies could match our quilt I love it I love it because one more thing to add to the Christmas to-do list right well yes that is so fun so let's talk a little bit about what we use to make this one and then maybe you can show your first one that you you made originally as well you bet so to make this you're going to need one fat quarter bundle and we use this beautiful starberry by Moda you're also going to need 3 and quarter yards of your background fabric. For your binding, you need five eights of a yard. We use this cute little star print and for your backing, you need five yards. We also brought an extra directional fat quarter as well. This is not part of this line but we wanted to be able to show you how to make directional cuts if you need to do that. So, let's go ahead and get started. You want to teach everyone how to do this? You bet. Alright. I will sew and I'll let you get to it so we can move this out of the way. So I first of all want to show you how to cut these directional because you don't want the band of your pants to be headed in a different direction from the pant legs. So we're using this cute text print to show you how to cut this directionally first. So this one's non-directional and this one is directional and you can tell because you can see the way that the words are going and we want everybody facing the same direction. Yes. But also if that doesn't matter to you, you are the boss of your own quilt and you can decide what you want to do. That's right. No quilt police here. No quilt police but in case you want your letters to face the right direction, I'm going to show you how to do that. I love that. Alright, so first of all, let me square this up for y'all. Oh, that's a nice blade. Those are our new Missouri Star Rotary Cutters. Love it. They're pretty great. Alright. So, each pant leg, you're going to cut at five and 12 and a half inches. So, I'm going to go over five. I use the mat to cut or you can use your ruler here 12345 so I always measure it measure it twice and then we only have to cut once exactly so I'm at five inches here I'll cut the first pant leg and I'm going to cut my next 112345 inches Make sure we're lined up here nice and square. So, these are my pant legs. So, we're going to move our band fabric over for a minute. I like to cut em both at the same time to try to save a little bit of time. Yup. I'm always short on time. I have a large family and try to quilt on the in betweens. So, anything that's faster or can speed me up, I'm always looking for a nice little shortcut. So, I'm going to straighten out this edge here first and then we're going to cut this at 12 and a half. So, one, two, three, four, five, six, 7, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12, and a half and I always count backwards to make sure that I have got everybody measured correctly. So, half, one, two, three, four, five, six, 7, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12. We're good. You got it. Alright, 12 and a half. And here's our cute little pant leg. Perfect. So, let me show you how to cut our band. So, we want the bands to be going the same direction as our pants. So, I'm going to turn this this direction and our band measures at two and a half by nine and a half. Just going to straighten this out here. And then two and a/ 2 12 and a half let's count backwards make sure we have this it's always better to be safe right especially because I'm usually sewing late at night so I cannot afford to make mistakes alright so that's two 1/ 2 I'm finished with this I have a bunch of extra to make another really cute holiday little project of course Alright and then we want this one to be nine and a half. So let's line this up here. We'll go one, two, three, four, five, six, 7, eight, nine, and a half. Let's count backwards here. One, two, three, four, five, six, 7, eight, nine, and my half is there because I was using my ruler to count that. Perfect trim alright so now I have the band of the pants and my two pant legs and everyone is headed the right direction same way is perfect thank you for sharing that tip so then I also have this one that is non directional so that means it doesn't matter which way I turn this fat quarter everything is going to line up this is a non-directional print we love this because I don't have to work as hard. So, same thing, I can cut my pajama pant legs first and remember, we're going to cut at five. I'm just lining up my salvage over here. So, let's straighten this cut out And then we're going to do the same five. One, two, three, four, five. Count backwards. One, two, three, four, five. And again because we need two pant legs. One, two, three, four, five. One, two, three, four, five. Alright, now we're going to trim them to the twelve and a half so that they're the right size for our pants. I love that you separate them like this. I am just a little bit more careless than you, I guess, just the right way. I just stack em all up. Oh, I feel like they always slide or maybe it's probably just me and maybe I'm a little brutal with my ruler. I I don't know. Like I said, I I am I learned from Jenny. Well, I learned from my grandma but I I became more adept from following Jenny and she's always just like just make it work. So, I I I like to watch other people do it. So, it It's good. Y'all make a lot more quilts than I do. So, here I've got 12 and a half, half, one, two, three, four, five, six, 7, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12. Perfect. Two more pant legs. Yay. Alright. So, we also have a variation because how cute our pajama pants with little cuffs. I know. I love that you did that. There's a few just kind of interspersed in the quilt and I think it's a really fun detail. I just think it adds a little bit of variety and some of those are really fun. So, to cut those, I have my cuff piece which is cut here at one and a half by five and then, my pajama pant leg is at five and eleven and a half. So, it's just a little tiny bit of a detail. So, we're going to sew those together. Alright. That's my job. That's you. Tag, you're it. Perfect. And some of these cuffs are super great to like use up some of the scraps just because they're tiny little pieces that they can make. That's true. Big impact on your quilt. Alright and then I'll press that back. There we go. There's our cute little cuff. Awesome. So now I have my little pants ready to go. It's so cute. So now we're going to talk about the background. So I cut and sew these out straight. But to get them on this super cute angle I have to cut my background. And we're going to do that by cutting on the bias. Now the tricky thing about bias is that the fabric does tend to stretch. Gives you a little bit of stretch. Yup and you can end up getting a little bit of a wonky block if I'm like tugging it as I am sewing. So, before you cut out your fabric, your background fabric, you may want to starch it and that gives it just a little bit more stability and then when I'm sewing on the bias, it's less likely to stretch. So, I have my background piece here. This is three and 16 inches and then the other background piece I'll be using is three by 8 inches. So, these are both starched ready to go. I'm going to take my first one and we're going to cut it on the diagonal. So, I'm going to cut from this point all the way to this point. Okay. So, I'll get my handy ruler here. I think this is such a fun little trick that you did. So great. Alright, so I'm going to line up point to point here and then I'm just going to run my rotary cutter along the diagonal. So now I have two pieces ready to go and then we'll do the same with my three by eight piece. We're going to cut from this point to this point to create that diagonal as well. So, you need to be really careful because now, this cut edge is the bias and I really don't want to tug on that because that will destroy your blocks. That makes them different sizes and we want everybody to fit and sew together well at the end. Perfect. So, let's take this pajama pant piece first and we're going to take the side that we just cut and I'm going to line it up on the inside of my pant legs. So, we're going to be making the right leg first. Okay. And the one trick, well, we have tricks but one that you need to do is make sure that you offset this background piece. Okay. So, here I'll flip it over so y'all can see a little better. So, I want this background. So, this is the bias side. I'm going to take my pant leg right sides together and I want to extend that half an inch below it. Okay. So, I'm going to measure this. Make sure we are at half an inch. So, because I am sewing on the bias, I actually like to pin at this point. Perfect. I have some pins right here. Awesome. So, I I also will pin down that little seam sometimes so it stays down. Just a few pins to help even this out and make sure keep me from pulling on it while I am sewing. The other trick that I do is I like to sew with the bias at the bottom. Okay. Facing the feed dogs because it does evenly feed that bias a little bit better instead of with the bias on top and then you kind of want to tug it. That is a good hand that to you. That's right. Stitch that up. Get that little guy under there. Pull this over here so I can get these pins out as I go. There we go. Awesome. Quick press. Okay. Do you press it like back towards the pant leg since you have a light background or you press out? I don't think it matters. Okay. I didn't know if you had a preference. I'm going to try and press to the dark side. There we go. Oh, that looks so cute. Alright, there's that. So this is the inside of our pant leg then I'm going to sew the background to the other side so again I'm taking that bias edge lining it up this time I don't have to overlap or have any oh okay extra hanging over so I just line up the top and I'm going to flip it over can I use those pins again of course because this way I'm stitching it so the biased cut is on the feed dogs to help feed that through that's a great tip I just don't want you to be afraid of bias it's all going to turn out great absolutely and honestly there's some instances where it can really be your friend because if you have a a seam that's a little too wide or something just a little off which happens to all of us that bias is the only way that you can make things match you know in the long run you that little bit of stretch can be your friend but you just don't want to tug too much alright once you get that one a stitch too of course There we go. Oops, I pushed the wrong button. I just did the thread cut. We don't want to go over those pins. Alright, I'll get him in the end. Alright. And then press this. Absolutely. Alright. I love that you did this I just think it's so clever to get that little angle so cute awesome alright so now we need to create this bottom piece that's this little section right here it's what we'll be sewing on next so I'm going to take my smaller this is the three by eight piece and again we're going to match up that bias cut edge okay so I want to line those up right sides together and this is another one where we're going to be overlapping just a little bit so I'm going to flip this over so we can pin it and get it ready so we can sow against the bias but then this one, I'm only overlapping a quarter of an inch. So, I'm going to grab my ruler and make sure See, I've gotta tug this over just a little bit. So, we do have that quarter of an inch hanging out right there. Okay, perfect. Alright, can I steal those pins? Yes, I keep keep taking those from you. Just pinning this to help it a little bit. Now, you leave all these pieces just like this. Well, we're going to trim em all. Okay. Yes, for now. For now. Okay. So, don't be worried. This block looks really scary but I promise it will look good later. Okay. No. So, I can see through this background right here. I'm going to start here with my quarter inch as I'm stitching and I'm going to sew along this bottom of the pant leg all the way out. Okay. So, this will be hanging over. A little bit of this is hanging over. But that's the way you want it. That's the way you want it. Perfect. Okay. All Alrighty here. So let me Okay. There's that. Pick up my pins. Alright and I can give it another press. Okay. That's laying so nice. I think we did pretty good with that bias. Hey, that looks awesome. That's great. Alright. So, now, we're going to trim down this block and this is a little bit tricky but I'm going to walk you through it so you'll have no problems. So, you want to start with the inside of the pant leg and we're going to use this as my straight edge, okay? And then, I want to trim this so I have a quarter of an inch right here. So, I'm going to lay my ruler on and make sure I have that quarter inch right up against that then when I'm sewing my blocks together everybody matches yeah so I create that quarter inch right there kind of using that as my guide but then it's straight because I've already lined this side up okay alright so I'm going to line this up I've got my quarter inch here and then this side is straight and I've got my ruler all lined up so I can trim off this side okay Seeing that weird piece is now totally gone. Now gone. Now I'm going to flip my block and now this side is perfectly straight because I just trimmed it. So now this is the side we line up on and then we're going to do the same thing I want that quarter inch right here down at the bottom. Just on the bottom side of that cuff. Okay. So then when I sew it together I've got that seam allowance already built in for me. So let me just line this up. Make sure everybody look straight. And whoop, nope, I'm going to move it. It's good to double check though because sometimes you see something that you know you need to adjust. Well, I tend to bump my ruler too. It's all set and then let's bump it. And let's trim. So I am cutting a lot of that off but we want to create that perfect quarter inch down here. That makes sense. And then the last cut we're going to do. So now I'm using that straight that we trimmed first. And this bottom is now straight. So I'm going to line everybody up. And then I want to trim this block at 7 inches. Okay. So, I have one, two, This is a 6 inch. 6 inch. You just need an extra inch. So I just have the extra inch over here and then we're going to trim this off. So see a lot of this that was hanging over. Mm hmm. It's just to get the right angle on our pants. All a lot of fun geometry. And trim alright so now I have one half of my pajama pants assembled don't worry we're still going to work on the top and we'll trim this part later but I'm going to move on and assemble the left side of my pajama pants same construction I'll start with the background on the inside outside and then the bottom and then we'll have two together alright so we'll go ahead and take care of that so it's basically the same you're just mirroring it right so that it goes yes the other angle and then we will meet you back here when that one's done Alright so now I've completed both sides of my pajama pants and we are now going to stitch them together. Don't worry about these little pieces coming off. We actually need them to sew them together and then we'll trim it off and make it all look nice. So right sides together. And then I'm going to stitch along this line and just follow it all the way out. You're going to and see even these top pieces don't totally match. That is fine. You want to make sure this bottom corner matches and then we'll stitch that quarter inch all the way up. Okay, perfect. Tag, you're it. Alright. I love it. Just make sure I'm all straight. Okay. So, this seam you actually want to press open because. Okay. It just does create a lot of bulk up at the top. So, if you press it open, that alleviates some of that. Alright, I will try my best. I never press my seam open. I don't either but in this case, it's worth it. I think it helps. Okay, perfect. So, we're just going to split that. And press it open all the way to the top. Make sure it lays flat. There we go. And that looks great. Perfect. Oh I love it. So when we're trimming you I mean obviously we're going to trim off these little pieces. But you really need to make sure that your pants are matching right here. And you've gotta have about a half an inch. So there might be a little bit of fanagling just to try to get this to match because then we've gotta trim it to the right size. So. Okay. Make sure we do have that half inch at the bottom. We want your pants to come together. Yes. You don't want just two legs floating around. Does that make sense? So, as I'm going to trim this, I want it to be 12 inches, okay? So, I want to make sure I have at least half an inch up here Let's make sure we line this all up great. Hold on. Make sure it's straight on the mat. We gotta get it straight on the mat so that we're all nice and trimmed. Alright so then we need to make sure that we have 12 inch blocks so this is not coming in at 12 so let me straighten this out here there we go so I you have to have at least half an inch but you may have a little bit more than half an inch just as long as we're getting that 12 inch block that is the most important minimum half inch if you have 3/ 4 of an inch it's fine that's great yeah so then we need to make sure we're at 12 inches so tall. It's how our pajama pants want to be. So, I have six here with my ruler. 7, eight, nine, ten, 11, 12. Perfect. Now, I'm going to be trimming off these funny tops here. All those little overhangs. Yes. Okay. So now our bottom of our pajama pants are done. So cute. So now we want to do the waist band. So I have my waistband piece cut here with the two background pieces. I'm going to sew it right sides together on either side of that waistband. Okay. Let's do it Misty. Alright. We've got this. Alright so our waistband is measuring at nine and a half inches and then both of those background squares are two and a half inch squares. Okay so two and a half inches tall on all of it. All of it. Okay perfect effect. Then you're going to press that. Alright. There we go. Cute. Alright. So, now, I'm going to attach the waistband to the the pants. So, right sides together. I'm going to put them together. So, the one thing you want to do is make sure that your pajama pants are matching up with your waistband. So, you really want to make sure that those two connect with each other. If you need to put a little pin in there just to make sure. Probably a good idea. Sense. So you don't want your waistband hanging off. Alright, right sides together. Making sure those match right there. Stick a pin in it and then we can sew the waistband onto our pants. Alright. There we go. Let's do it. Get real close and then take that out so it doesn't shift on me. They're cute. I know I love it. Okay. There we go. Quick press. Quick press. Make sure I matched up. Oh, it turned out great. Yay. Okay. So cute. How fun is that? Look. Look how cute they are. I love it. So here's the variation with our cuffs on it and then we made another one without cuffs. I love it. So you can alternate it through your quilt. Decide how many of each you want to do. I think I did five with cuffs in mine. And they're just kind of interspersed in there. Wherever you want to be. This is so cute. I love that you could use this almost as like a memory quilt too. Oh. With all those PJ that you've made over the years that the kids eventually outgrow you can then put them into this quilt it's so cute Jen no you totally could and last Christmas when I made the OG Fam Jams we had matching PJs with the quilts so my quilt matched everybody's PJs magical that's so good so then do we want to talk about how you did this layout just really quick and then I'm doing five pajama pants five pajama pants and then you're going to use your sashing with corner stones. You can use scraps. You can use some of the leftovers from your fat quarter bundle as you're doing that and you're sashing each of your rows as you assemble the quilt together. Oh, it's so cute. I just love this. Thank you so much for being willing to come and share it. Oh, let's show your original that has the matching PJs if you don't mind. So, this is the first one that Jen made. So, I just think this is so cute. Thank you so much for being well willing to share your pattern with all of us. Hope you guys enjoyed the Fam Jam's Quilt and be sure to follow along with what Jen is up to at the Smitten Chicken. She's got all kinds of fun things to share. So, we hope you enjoy this tutorial and we'll see you next time. Hey, everyone. Thank you so much for watching at home. We're so excited to be almost a million Quilters Strong here at Missouri Star and so if you haven't already joined our family, be sure to subscribe and hit that notification bell so you can be notified of all of our future tutorials and we'll you soon.

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At Home with Misty: Triple Pinwheel Quilt Tutorial | Pinwheels, pinwheels, everywhere! Misty uses Kona Cotton solids to create a Triple Pinwheel quilt that is bursting with color and movement. You can... | By Quilting Deals - Missouri Star Quilt Co | Hey, everyone. It's Misty and this week, we're going to be making this awesome triple Pinwheel Quilt. Every once in a while, I design a quilt that really surprises me and this is one of those. I'm calling it Triple Pinwheel. It is so easy and there's no waste which is just the absolute best. So, to make this, you're going to need six different colors. I have used Windsor, Astral, and Breeze to give me this blue gradient and then, primrose, coral, and red on the red side. You're going to need three eights of a yard of each of those and then of your background, you need two and five eights yards and that's going to give you everything for the front. You're also going to need a squaring tool and of course your ruler and rotary cutter so let's dive right in. So this quilt is super simple. The first thing you're going to do is you are going to open up each of your colors and you're going to cut them into one and a half inch strips by the width of fabric. So I have one of each of those here laid out and we're just going to make a bunch of strip sets. So you're going to sew those long strips of cut a little bit off of this one just one after the other in the same order every single time so I wanted it to kind of go dark to light where the lightest is in the middle and so that's what you're looking for once you have that strip set ready to go just going to press this so it's nice and clean make sure it's going to lay nice and flat for us and then we can subcut this into our rectangles and that's going to be step number one and so this should measure six and a half inches and it does and I want to cut. Actually, I need to flip this around because I'm right handed. So, six and a half and then, I need to come over three and a half inches and that's going to be the size of our rectangles. Just make sure I have this all straight on here. And then you can just cut your whole strip set. So, there's one two, and you'll just make your way all the way down And for each one of our blocks we're going to need four of these. There we go. Alright. So now up next you're going to take some three and a half inch background squares and let me grab a pencil here. Because we are going to mark a couple of lines. First we're going to mark a line diagonal. Corner to corner. On both of these. And then we're going to measure over a half inch from that line that we drew and draw another line. There we go. So now I have those prepped and ready. So we are going to grab our little rectangle unit that we made and we're going to start by laying this so that our corner to corner is going to intersect the middle of our set. So we're going to sew right on that side and then come back and sew on the opposite line directly on the lines that we march. So I'm going to move my needle over to the middle because that just makes it a little bit easier to sew on those drawn lines. Okay. So, once we sew on that first line, we can go ahead and sew on that second line that's a half inch away. Again, right on that line. Okay. So, once we have stitched on both of those, we can take our ruler and we're going to cut right in the middle of those two stitch lines. There's my rotary cutter so that we have a quarter-inch seam allowance left on both sides. There we go and we can just set this one aside for now and we're going to press this back before adding our other side. So, I'm just going to go ahead and finger press this so I can show you what you want to watch for. So, when you're placing your other square on you want to make sure that the first line that goes point to point is matching up with the corner and the extra line is always towards that outside edge and so that's what we're looking for here and so now we can go ahead and stitch on both of these lines again so let's go ahead and do that Just make sure it stays lined up before we get going. Here's our first line and then come back and do the second. Alright. Perfect. So let's go ahead and trim this apart as well. And now, I can press this open and I'm also going to press open these two little half-square triangles that I have left. So, let's take this to the pressing mat. Again, just by rolling this back There's our little flying geese unit and now we can press these I actually need need my seam to go the other way. So, press to the dark side Just that one and because we are trimming these off of the opposite sides, you're going to have one blue and one red and that is correct. That's what you're looking for. Alright, so now that I have all of these pressed, this is actually the block that we're going to be turning it into. So, this part I can just set aside for now and I need to use these to make this little secondary flying geese unit. So, we are going to square each of these to 2 inches. So, I have my block lock and what I did is I kind of used where the medium blue and the light blue match up to be the top of where I can cut. If I did that every time, then I could still get my two inches and it made all of these match up really nicely. So, I'm just going to line this up here with that intersection and trim this off and then we can rotate this around Again, looking for that two-inch mark. Keeping it in line both directions and trim. And trim. So, there's that one ready to go and so we need to do the same thing with our red So, I'm going to line that up and we're just going to eliminate that lightest shade and trim and we can spin and slide this down to two inches square. Alright and so now, we're going to put these together just like so and make this secondary little flying geese unit. So, we'll just put those right sides together and sew down this side. So, let's bring this over to the machine I need to readjust my needle because I had it in the middle. I want to make sure I'm back to my quarter-inch mark. So, be sure to keep that in mind. Okay. Now, I can go ahead and press this open as well. Just want it to lay nice and flat. There we go. There is our little flying geese unit and so this should measure two by 3 1/ 2 and so we are going to pair this with a 3 1/ 2 by five-inch rectangle and so I like to have one of my blocks that I am watching all the time. So, I'm just going to sew this to this side with my flying geese pointed in towards that background rectangle and we can stitch this down with our quarter-inch seam. Okay. Now, we'll give this a press. Alright so then once that is pressed we can just match this up with our large flying geese unit again we want to make sure the point is going in towards the middle of the block so we can just put those right sides together and sew down this long side we're going to make four units in this exact same way for quadrants to assemble into our block and take a few stitches. Make sure this is all lining up. Beautiful. Alright. Give it one last press here. Just make sure that is all laying nicely and we don't have any tucks hiding in there. Alright. So, here are our units. They come together so fast and like I said, we are just going to pair four of these up. So, I have two that I've sewn together here and so we are looking for this to pinwheel So, let me red to the center. I had to look at it a couple times. Sometimes, the angles can be challenging but we're we want the red to go to the middle. So, we're just going to sew the four of these together like a four patch and that is your block. It's as simple as that and let's talk a little bit about that surprise that I mentioned. So, when I made this, I anticipated this secondary pinwheel. What I didn't know is that it would be the perfect size that came from that cut that we made off of our, you know, flying geese unit so that was no waste I thought I would have to make extras so I loved that and then I also loved once you put the blocks together you get this kind of background pinwheel that takes shape as well which is why I called it triple pinwheel so for this size I put one234 by five down and I quilted it with stars and stripes it ends up 48 by 60 which is just perfect for a lap or a picnic quilt but you could obviously make this bigger if you wanted I just love this quilt I think it came together so fun. I can't wait to see you make it and I'll see you next time on At Home. Hey, everyone. Thank you so much for watching at home. 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