Skip Navigation Website Accessibility
 


Squash Squad Kit by Sue Spargo

Squash Squad Kit 
Finished size: approximately 23" x 23"
does NOT include pattern

Celebrate the coming fall season by stitching a bright pumpkin patch with a modern twist! Enjoy a cuppa as you create nine blocks of varying squash, pumpkins, and gourds! Experiment with background stitching, layering and embroidery utilizing interesting fibers to achieve textural depth and dimension. Learn fun, new techniques using a few of the creative tools and notions Sue utilizes in her work! Finish off your Squash Squad patch with a lush leaf and berry vine covered border accented with embroidery.

Kit includes: hand dyed textural wools for background and border, bright hand dyed wools for appliqué and layering, rick rack, cotton fabrics for textural layering, backing, and binding.
Please note: Pattern, Stitch Instructions, Batting, Applique and Embellishment Threads are not included: see "Requirements" and "Optional Additions" below.

Requirements:

Squash Squad Pattern - for quilt construction
Creative Stitching Book - for embroidery stitch instruction

Optional Additions:

Efina Cotton Thread#: EF07, 11, 30

Ellana Wool Thread Pack Includes #: EN07, 10, 13, 14, 27, 32, 37, 46, 47, 48, 50, 59, 62

Embellishment Thread Pack Includes:
#8 EZM: 12, 22, 31, 36, 75, 78, 82, 89, 90, 96, 109
#5 EZM: 108
#3 EZM: 30
Razzle: RZM07
#8 Elegance Silk Pearl: Neon Green
#5 Grandeur Silk Pearl: Peach Flesh
Painter's GIMP: Grandma Moses
Metallic Braid #4: Pomelo
Painter's Thread #3: Grandma Moses
Silk Lame Braid: Wasabi
Soie Perle #229, 299
3.5mm Silk Ribbon: Golden Aspen
Serenity: Cantaloupe
Petite Very Velvet: Lite Green
Very Velvet: Butter
Squash Squad Aqua + Orange Bead Mix
Squash Squad Button/Bead Pack

Supply List:

Needles:
#24 Chenille: TULIP Gold Eye  Clover
#18 Chenille: TULIP  Gold Eye  Clover
#3 Milliners: TULIP  Gold Eye
#1 Milliners: TULIP  Gold Eye  Bullion Knot
#15 Milliners: Gold Eye

#9 Short Darner  Bohin Milliners Needles 3/9
#11 Short Darner  #11 Straw
#24 Tapestry
#20 Tapestry

3/8" Wool Punch + 3/4" Wool Punch + 6 x 6 Cutting Board or Small Circle Template

Quilter's Dream Wool Batting - Craft

Flatter

Mini Strip Stick

Freezer Paper + Heavy Duty Freezer Paper

Perfect Circles

Fabric Folding Pen

Spoke Easy

Loop Easy

Drizzle Pad


Embroidery Needle Threader