THREE LITTLE SNOWMAN

I’m so excited to be back sharing a new project with ya’ll! The Three Little Snowman is a great
little pillow or can even be finished as a runner to decorate during the holidays and through the
winter months, so gather your supplies and join me in making this fun project.

SUPPLIES:
· Frosty Forest Embroidery Collection ESC Design CD, Item #ESC-Q8
· Isacord Threads: 0015 White, 0020 Black, 1200 Sunset Orange, 1220 Apricot, 1321 Dark
Orange, 1904 Cardinal, 2220 Tropicana, 4610 Deep Aqua, 4952 Mystic Blue,
5730 Apple Green, 5740 Mint from the Frosty Forest Thread Kit 80060
· Groz-Beckert Embroidery Needles, Item# GB750802C
· OESD Tear Away Embroidery Stabilizer – Ultra Clean and Tear
· 505 Spray Adhesive, Item #ORMD-13A
· Lite Steam A Seam 2 fusible
· Frosty Forest fabric by Cherry Guidry and coordinating solids by Benartex
· 12"x22" Soft Touch Poly-Fil Pillow Form
· Batting – 28” x 18”
· Quilting Thread: Superior Threads Bottom Line 624 White, 633 Light Turquoise

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FABRIC YARDAGE PLACEMENT CUT

Light Turquoise solid 1 (1) 10” x WOF cut into:
/3 yd background
(4800-04) (3) 10” x 10½” – background a
White Snowflakes background and (1) 4” x WOF cut into:
¼ yd
(1865-09) appliqués (3) 4” x 10½” – background b
Snowman Swirl (2) 2½” x WOF cut into:
Turquoise ¼ yd borders (2) 2½” x 8½” – B3
(4772-84) (2) 2½” x 23½” – B4
(4) 1” x WOF cut into:
(2) 1 x 7½” – B1
Frosty Snowflake Green 1
/8 yd borders (2) 1” x 19½” – B2
(4777-44)
(2) 1 x 12½” – B5
(2) 1” x 24½” – B6
Jubilee Geo Green (2) 13½” x WOF cut into:
¾ yd pillow back
(4775-44 (2) 13½” x 30½”
White solid
½ yd quilting liners (1) 28” x 18”
(4800-09)

1. Starch the light turquoise and white snowflake fabric.

2. Follow the fabric chart to cut all fabrics.
3. Sew a light turquoise 10” x 10½” to a white snowflake 4” x 10½” along the 10½” edge;
press seam open. Make a total of (3) pieced background blocks.
4. Adhere Tear Away Stabilizer with 505 Spray Adhesive to the wrong side of the pieced
background blocks.

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5. Prepare the appliqué shapes.

a. By hand: reverse and trace the snowman appliqué shapes from the CD onto the
paper side of the Lite Steam a Seam 2 fusible. Fuse onto the wrong side of the
white snowflake fabric and cut on the traced line.
b. Silhouette Cameo: starch the white snowflake fabric and press dry, using enough
starch to make stiff as paper. Cut a 5” x 5½” for SVG 80060-10 and (2) 4” x 5”
for SVGs 80060-09 and 80060-11 from the white snowflake; fuse Lite Steam a
Seam to the wrong side of the white fabric and cut appliqué shapes with the
Cameo.

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 6. Arrange the embroidery designs as follows:

Block One: (1) 80060-11

(1) 80060-24
(2) 80060-25

Block Two: (1) 80060-10

(1) 80060-24
(1) 80060-25 4

Block Three: (1) 80060-19

(1) 80060-24
(2) 80060-25

Block One Block Two Block Three

7. Hoop the pieced and stabilized background by aligning the 2¼” placement line on the
seam of the pieced background.

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 8. Embroider blocks 1-3.
9. Remove the stabilizer and trim the embroidered blocks to measure 6½” x 7½” with the
white snowflake measuring 1” wide and the light turquoise 6½”.

10. Sew the three blocks together.

11. Sew the (2) 1 x 7½” – B1 green snowflake strips to the left and right edges of the sewn
blocks; press to the green.
12. Sew the (2) 1 x 19½” – B2 green snowflake strips to the top and bottom edges.
13. Add the (2) 2½” x 8½” – B3 turquoise snowman strips to the left and right and the (2)
2½” x 23½” – B4 to the top and bottom; press to the green.
14. Finish the pillow top by sewing the (2) 1 x 12½” – B5 green strips to the left and right
sides and the (2) 1” x 24½” – B6 green strips to the top and bottom sides; press to the
green.

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15. Quilt the pillow top: place the 28” x 18” white quilting liner, layer with the batting, and
top with the sewn pillow top. Baste and quilt as desired; trim the excess batting.

16. Pillow Back: fold the (2) 13½” x 30½” jubilee geo green backing rectangles in half,
wrong sides together, aligning the 13½” edges, and press. Place the quilted pillow top
right side up and top with the backing pieces, matching the raw edges and overlapping
the folds near the center of the pillow. Pin in place and sew along the perimeter with a ¼”
seam allowance.

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17. Turn right side out and press. Stitch in the ditch on the first seam, between the outer
green snowflake border and the turquoise snowman print.
18. Insert the pillow form and enjoy!

Next time we’ll work on four easy tea towels, perfect as Christmas gifts.

See you soon,

Cherry

Frosty Forest Three Little Snowman© 2015 Cherry Guidry