Hello friends! Welcome to Berry Week at Thermoweb!   My name is Jennifer Long, Bee Sew Inspired, fabric designer with Riley Blake Designs and doll and quilt pattern designer.  I am so happy to be here today to share with you a fun and happy fabric project!

Fabric Dipped Strawberries

What you need:

Download the Dipped Strawberry Pattern Template:  Use the code “DIPPEDSTRAWBERRYPDF” in the Download Code section of the Bee Sew Inspired Shop.

Using the templates cut out the strawberry shape and cut out the chocolate dip shape making sure to cut out two each for a back and front. Fuse the chocolate dip shape to the strawberry.

Lay strawberry shapes right sides together and stitch using a 1/4” seam allowance. Trim seam allowances and clip curves.

Turn right side out smoothing out the rounded edges and stuff firmly leaving the top 3/4” of the strawberry shape without stuffing. Using a hand sewing needle make long stitches to be able to gather your strawberry shape. Gather as tightly as you can. Make a few small stitches and knot your thread.

Using the leaf templates cut out two layers of leaves from the felt. Pin in place at the center of the leaves at the top of the strawberry.

With two or three strands of embroidery floss, back stitch a circle about 1” in diameter making sure you go through both layers of the leaves and through the strawberry. Insert a length of floss to make a loop at the top if you wish to hang your strawberry.

Fuse the Heat-N-Bond to the wrong side of your decorative fabrics BEFORE cutting the shape. This will help keep the fabric stable while cutting out all those curved edges.

Fuse the white of the shirt to the jacket part of the groom’s strawberry. Use a sating stitch over the shirt and jacket part for a nice clean finish. Cut out the bow tie and fuse it to the shirt. You may also wish to hand embroider the bow tie.

Fuse the tuxedo top to the strawberry shape, remember to create a back to your strawberry. Use a satin stitch where you want to create a nice clean finish, on the front AND the back of your groom’s strawberry. Lay strawberry pieces with right sides together and stitch along the curved edges using a 1/4” seam allowance. Clip curves.

Turn right side out smoothing out the rounded edges and stuff firmly leaving the top 3/4” of the strawberry shape without stuffing. Using a hand sewing needle make long stitches to be able to gather your strawberry shape.

Gather as tightly as you can. Make a few small stitches and knot your thread.

With two or three strands of embroidery floss, back stitch a circle about 1” in diameter making sure you go through both layers of the leaves and through the strawberry. Insert a length of floss to make a loop at the top if you wish to hang your strawberry.

Using a small dab of Fabric Fuse, add sequins for the buttons on your strawberry grooms shirt.

Use the same steps to create a Strawberry Bride!

Hi Friends! I am so happy you are here. My name is Jennifer Long, and I am a Riley Blake Designs Fabric Designer, Quilt & Doll Pattern Writer, Machine Embroidery Digitizer, and online educator. I am also the founder of the Sew A Story Pattern Club and the Modern Rag Doll Membership. I am married and a mom to (4) pre-teens / teens and live on a little hobby farm in rural Prairie Canada. I grew up training to be a professional ballet dancer, and later studied Early Childhood Education. I taught ballet and ran my own dance studio all the while sewing and designing costumes for myself and many of my colleagues and students. I am passionate about all things FABRIC, imagination and design and am so blessed I can share this passion with others. This journey has inspired me to make a positive difference by designing dolls and quilt patterns and fabric for others to be EMPOWERED to sew themselves! I have designed dolls and quilts for individuals, organizations, companies, designers, authors of children’s books, and international companies for mass production. What I LOVE the most about creativity is finding INSPIRATION everywhere and, in turn, INSPIRING others to do the same! Thank you for joining me on this creative journey.