Our first embroidery project of the event is today, but you can still sew along if you do not have an embroidery machine. Fussy cut motifs or hand embroidered designs will work just as well. This project is made to fit a large 3-cup (or 24 oz), wide mouth Mason Jar.
Remember the four flying geese left over from our quilt along blocks? Here’s where we use them. If you are not doing the quilt along, I’ll give you the instruction on how to make four for the project.
First, find a small embroidery about 3-1/2-inches square from your available motifs, and stitch it out. My Farmer’s Market round motif came from Juju’s Designs.
When you have it stitched, using square ruler, cut the background to 4-1/2-inches square.
Next, make four flying geese using the No Waste Flying Geese method (or use the leftovers from the quilt along). Cut one large 5-3/4-inch scrappy square and four 3-3/8-inch background squares. Place the flying geese on either side of the main motif pointing toward the center.
Sew together. Place two 3-inch pieces of 1/4-inch elastic on one end.
Layer with a piece of batting and backing (4-1/2-inches x 12-1/2-inches), placing backing right sides together with the right side of pieced top. Stitch around the edge, leaving an opening for turning.
Turn right side out, and topstitch about 1/8-inch in from the edge, enclosing the opening. Stitch in the ditch of the flying geese if desired.
Determine where to place two buttons to align with the elastic loops. Sew the buttons onto the wrapper.
The wrapper goes around the Mason jar, with the elastic loops going over the buttons. The elastic helps keep the wrapper snug on the jar.
These would make wonderful additions to your jar gifts from your canning endeavors, or the mixes we’ll do later in the month. This one would be fun for a gift of marinara sauce or canned tomatoes.
But you don’t need to be a canning cook to have some fun with these. Make a holiday greeting and put one around one of the large jar candles. Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian readers today!
Don’t use candles? Put the wrapper on a large empty mason jar and add a battery operated ‘candle’.
Have fun!!
Sulky Threads will award a prize package of these luscious fall color threads along with a set of Autumn embroidery designs, perfect for making more Jar Wraps. I am delighted to be a Sulky Threads affiliate, see their fabulous new products at What’s New at Sulky! So visit Sulky and leave a comment on this post – what new product would you most like to have?
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From My Carolina Home 
Love this craft idea! I’d love to have that Sulky Filane 12 weight acrylic thread kit for my decorative serger projects.
Such a cute idea! I can all ready see it on the felt mat we are making. I liked the Holiday Cheer Hand Embroidery Kit at Sulky. I have a lot of Sulky spools for hand embroidery and really prefer it for the hand work I have done.
This is a great project, Carole! I love anything mason jar! LOL I’d be interested in trying the new fusible Perfect Applique stabilizer.
The fall botanical hand embroidery kit is my favorite new product.
The Land and Sea 50wt thread is a beautiful collection of colors!
I shared this blog/giveaway the 45 members at guild today!
Awesome, thank you!
I have some old tea towels that started life as a Flour Sack “back in the day”. This would be the perfect project to save them. Thanks for always having these “light bulb” ideas!
What a cute way to upgrade the look of a mason jar or candle jar. I like the Land & Sea 50 Wt. Cotton Thread Assortment for Quilting – 12-pack at the Sulky site.
Aren’t these cute?! I love the idea to make the wraps for a jar candle if you don’t have any Mason jars. These will make great gifts, too! On the Sulky site, I’m interested in the 12 Wt. Cotton Petites thread for cross-stitching. That would be fun to try using!
Too cute! I don’t have a lot of capability on my little embroidery machine, but something will work. Love the Sulky site, their thread always seems to work the best.
These are very cute, Carol, and would be a wonderful way to present a gift to someone.
Those are super adorable! I have several fall/ kitchy items I’ve purchases from Designs by JuJu. Fun, I want to make these! Wouldn’t they be great for Christmas gifts also?
As for products from Sulky. Oh my goodness, I watch Ellen March quite often and love everything! I’ve just recently purchased the Witch is In/ the Witch is out thread pallette and had so much fun with it! I did not use the Filane thread and looking forward to the spool I got in the pallette. Another thing I would like to try is the Fall Botanicals stitch outs and their Sewing Supply Roll up that can be found at their blog.
These mason jar ideas are so cute!!
I love to do counted cross stitch …I’m going to make these as Xmas gifts …filled with various goodies for neighbors & cousins !
The sulky threads “fall botanicals embroidery kit” caught my eye ! Their thread is just so beautiful
Those are really cute and would decorate a gift so beautifully. The “what’s new” link is not working, but Sulky.com has some really cute free projects. I downloaded a couple of them.
Love these jar wraps! Fall Botanicals Machine Embroidery Palette is calling my name…all things fall for me right now!
I have some of the Sulky Cotton Petites #12 weight and love them. Would surely enjoy more of them. Love the Mason Jar wrap idea. I’m going to check out my machine embroidery designs.
Such an original idea!!! We all love mason jars! I like the candle idea, too!
What fun covers!
Happy Monday! I really like this:MagnaFingers Pick Up Tool for Needles and Pins. Looks fun.
Carla from Arizona
I don’t have an embroidery machine. However I may stamp something and hand embroider over it.
I like the thread clover and the sew clean cloth and brush on the sulky website.
Cute project, looking forward to more.
I love your sweet jar covers. I would love to invest in the new Quilting Sunshine and Daydreams Palette – 50 Wt. Cotton Thread – 12-pack…love the color palate there.
The Rayon variegated threads look lovely
To keep in the spirit of mason jars, I think the “Sewing is my Jam” Sticker is my #1, Quilting Queen Tumbler is my #2, and in the embroidery thread world, # 3 is Holiday Cheer Machine Embroidery Thread Palette. I LOVE your use of machine embroidery and jar wraps!
I have an embroidery machine i cant use because i became legally blind 2 years ago and i can’t see the thread changes. I an sighted in one eye so i do wool applique now by hand
I would love to try the Fall Botanicals hand-embroidery kit. I’m still trying to perfect my machine embroidery skills as I’m never getting a flat finished project…always wavy. Anyway….I love your sweet jar covers…I’m thinking what neat canned soft drink covers they would make as well…I hate holding a slick, wet can of soda. lol…thank you once again for you Autumn Jubilee posts…I look forward to them every year! Blessings from WV…..(kathy in WV)
Yes, they would. The size will also fit a French Press coffee pot.
I am loving on the 12 wt Petites hand embroidery thread -The Christmas Sampler is so pretty! Thank you ! Love todays project – I will look for an embroidery hand design to do!
Love those beautiful Sulky thread packs. I may have to order that Sewing is My Jam embroidered badge. It would be cute to stitch up and add to a sweatshirt. Today’s project is so nice and I love adding the buttons to hold it on the jar. I really appreciate all of your creativity.
As a hand appliqué quilter I love 50 wt threads – always looking for greens and reds (common for leaves and flowers)
The Fall Botanicals Machine Embroidery Palette is gorgeous! I’d love that collection. I’ve never hand embroidered with this kind of thread so it would be interesting to try their hand embroidery kit too!
I like the thread bundles–so pretty and useful!
Sulky is the best! I’d love their Quilting Rainbows and Unicorns Assortment…all the pretty colors in one package!
Oh the Egg Hunt Filaine Petites are fantastic. Can just see a table runner with eggs and rabbits appliqued with those. Very pretty.
Love this post today. I make all kinds of canned goods and this would be perfect wrap for them. Thank you for sharing this one, Can’t wait to get started making them to go on the Christmas gift jars.
I like the 30 wt. cotton blendables in the earth tones. I have used the blendables and love them.
Crossroads by Amy Barickman Fall is my favorite. I live Sulky Threads. Thanks to them for the giveaway!
I don’t embroider anymore, but the Thread Picker could be useful in my quilting.
Sulky also has a complete line of quilting cottons!
What a wonderful Christmas Idea to make some marinara sauce and wrap a label around the gifted jar! Thanks for the cute idea! I would also love to try the Perfect Applique fusible web for my other Christmas stitching.. I love to do prepared edge hand applique and I think the fusible would be a great tool to make that easier with fewer pins.
I would like have Sulky Filaine Petites 12 Wt. Acrylic Thread . I started with you for Autumn Jubilee from the start and look forward to it every year. again thanks for all you do.
I like your wrappers. I think they could be made a bit smaller for a soda can wrapper or a pint mason jar. What possibilities. At Sulky their new fusible applique web looked interesting. Aslo any of their backings are a good addition to any stash.
What a fun project! Looks like it is fast to finish too. I’d like to try the water soluable stabilizer, and the Rainbow threads.
I really like the Sew Cute zipper pulls!
I like those wraps. It would be fun to make a few.
I really like Sulky’s Earth Magick by Carolyn Manning – 12 wt. Cotton Petites Thread Assortment.
Cute idea. Can work with any size jar by making adjustments.
Really a cute idea. I like just about everything Sulky has and have ordered from them before. My favorite right now is their 50 wt. Fall collection.
I could smell fall and baked apples by reading your blog. Fat quarter shop is one of my faves—the mystery fat quarter bonanza is intriguing to increase my creative juices.
Oh those Fall colors! I would love to own the 50 wt Fall color collection – what a treat that would be!
I would try the Cotton Petites Primrose Cross Stitch Sampler. I’ve never tried Sulky thread for cross-stitching.
I would like to try the Quilting Neutrals & Nutshells Palette – 50 Wt. Cotton Thread – 12-pack
My choice is the new Water Magick cotton petites. Great instructions and suggestions for today’s project, Carole!
Connie W.
The “Sewing is My Jam” embroidery patch caught my eye from the Sulky site! I have not visited recently and am amazed by the variety of notions and projects offered.
The Land & Sea 50 Wt. Cotton Thread would be great for a landscape art quilt!
Quilting Blooms & Breezes thread kit looks wonderful! Love the Quilting Bee placemat set, too! I added it to my cart and would love to make it when I have the chance. Thank you.
These would be cute wrapped around a glass of pumpkin spice iced coffee!