Quilting Backdrops™ are designed to serve as background quilting and are primarily intended for a build-your-own, Quilt-As-You-Go (QAYG) project, very similar to our In-the-Hoop (ITH) projects. Let your creativity soar and create your own layouts for quilts, wall hangings, bags, and more!
Unlike our End-to-End Quilting™ designs, each QAYG block is an ITH quilting block, featuring machine steps for your batting, fabric, and quilting. Just like all of our ITH wall hangings, runners, and placemats, these blocks are digitized to eliminate bulky batting in the seams.
Quilting Backdrops are available in the following embroidery machine formats: ART,
DST, EXP, JEF, HUS, PES, VIP, VP3 & XXX. Please note, PCS and SEW formats are NOT included.
**We do NOT offer longarm quilting formats nor patterns for hand quilting**
Each set within the Quilting Backdrops series consists of 38 sizes of ITH, QAYG files: square blocks, coordinating 2-inch sashing, and rectangles in 3-, 4-, and 6-inch widths. Quilting Backdrops designs are carefully crafted to enable you to create layouts with blocks that fit together perfectly. With the wide variety of sizes offered, it's easy to pick a size for any project. The scale of the quilting motif pattern is the same throughout all sizes.
Please refer to the accompanying charts/images to see all the file sizes included. The design files are named
according to the FINISHED SIZE of the block, not necessarily the hoop in which it fits. For
example, 4x4 and 8x8 hoops are not a full 4" or 8"—they measure 100mm (3.93") and 200mm (7.87"),
respectively, and therefore are too small for true 4" and 8" squares.
** 4x4 block requires a 5x7 hoop **
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8x8 block requires a 9.5 x 9.5 hoop **
** 6x6 block requires a true 6x10 hoop (160x260mm) **
The size
chart indicates the finished block size, actual file size, and required hoop size. Click the "View Size and Stitch Count"
button to see a thumbnail image of every block included.
Creating your own project is fun and easy!
A basic step-by-step photo tutorial is included in your download.
Please refer to the Quilting Backdrops Basics blog post (which includes a tutorial for a beginner project), our YouTube Playlist, and our FAQs for additional information.
BONUS: We have also included "Quilting Only" files. These do not contain the placement and tack down lines for batting and fabric. You can use these files in a variety of ways, including all-over quilting for small projects, background quilting for other ITH projects such as mug rugs, coasters, mini quilts, notebook covers, and more! In addition to these files, there are 9 sizes of "Hoop Fillers" that fill universal hoops with the quilting pattern.
Check out this playlist of videos on our YouTube Channel full of tips and tricks.
SKU | DBJJQB36 |
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Hoop Size | 4x4, 5x7, 6x10, 8x8, 7x12, 8x12, 9.5 x 14, 10.5 x 16 |
Instant download! You will receive a single zip file that will include all *available* sizes. Formats available are: ART, DST, EXP, JEF, HUS, PCS, PES, SEW, VIP, VP3 & XXX. (Please note that PCS and SEW formats will only include 4x4 files when available for the design)Ā
These are digital machine embroidery designsā¦NOT a finished product. You must own an embroidery machine & know how to unzip your files and transfer files to your machine.
If you have any questions, please visit our FAQĀ and TERMS OF USE pages where you may find your answer. If you still need assistance, please CONTACT US and our support staff will assist you.
Our designs are manually digitized and test stitched before release. For best results we recommend stitching our designs unaltered on projects hooped with stabilizer appropriate for the material being used. We cannot guarantee results when our designs have been modified in software or non-traditional hooping methods are used. We highly recommend doing a test stitch on an altered design before putting it on a valuable blank.That being said, we are often asked for a recommendation for embroidery editing software for customizing purposes:
Designs by JuJu recommends the user friendly Embrilliance embroidery editing software to type out fonts in BX format, combine/merge designs, personalize and customize projects and more!Ā Check out their programs Essentials, Enthusiast,Ā StitchArtistĀ , and ThumbnailerĀ to learn more about their other useful, fun and easy features!
Where hoopĀ sizesĀ are mentioned, we are referring to standard hoop sizes:
4x4 (100mm x 100mm)
5x7 (130mm x 180mm)
6x10 (160mm x 260mm)
8x8 (200mm x 200mm)
7x12 (180mm x 300mm)
8x12 (200mm x 300mm)
9.5x14 (240mm x 360mm)
10.5x16 (272mmx408mm)
It is your responsibility to understand your hoop capabilities.Ā Please note that "in the hoop" and "applique" designs can NOT be used with a repositionable / multi positional hoop.Ā
NO REFUNDS per our policies.
Due to the numerous types of embroidery machines and software programs available, we are unable to offer technical support for machine or software questions. Please refer to your machine manufacturer's manual or software's help feature if you have questions.