You will be happy to know that Jinny had five fabric collections in the pipeline that RJR Fabrics will be releasing over time. Look for them in your local quilt shop and fabric stores online. Those collections are it, however; Jinny is hanging up her fabric designing toolkit!

Jinny is no longer traveling to teach for guilds, shops and seminars. She has three trips lined up for 2022 with Craftours – Ireland, Greece and Uzbekistan. She is very excited to be on the road again, seeing marvelous sights and teaching quilters in these exciting locations. You can learn more at Travel with Jinny or by contacting Craftours. As we’ve learned over the past couple of years, planning beyond that is a bit challenging!

You’ll be happy to know that Jinny plans to continue to support the website as an informational resource for the foreseeable future. The shopping portion of the site will disappear, but all the reference information and free content will remain. Jinny hopes to keep in touch through occasional blog posts and newsletters.

At JINNY BEYER STUDIO, except for the smallest pieces, we generally tear fabric into the yardage you request. Yes, there are often threads on the edges, but we have a good reason for doing this.

So, why do we tear our fabric? It’s the best way to ensure that you get the fabric that is on-grain. Patches that are cut from on-grain fabric have the least stretch, are the easiest to sew and will keep their shapes best.

After the fabric is woven, it goes through several processes including printing, finishing, winding onto a huge roll and then being wound onto the bolts shipped to fabric stores.

All that processing and winding can pull a fabric off-grain. At JINNY BEYER STUDIO, all our fabrics are manufactured by the same company but some bolts are almost perfectly on grain and a few are off by inches.

The pictures below show an example. The first picture is of the edge of the fabric as it came off the bolt, cut by the manufacturer. The second picture shows the true crosswise grain of that same bolt of fabric. It’s off by inches!

Fabric tears along a crosswise thread, showing you the true crosswise grain line of the fabric. We start every bolt with a tear strip to determine the crosswise grain. If you order a yard, we measure one yard (plus a little to make up for any raggedy edges that you can’t use) from that bottom edge and tear. That way you will have one full yard of on-grain yardage to use. You can straighten the grain by gently tugging the yardage diagonally until the torn edges and the selvage edges are squared.

Use the torn edge as a guide for placing your templates and you’ll know you are maximizing the stability of your fabric patches.

If you plan to rotary cut strips from your yardage, remove the selvages as usual and align the torn edges of the fabric. Slice a fraction of an inch off to clean up the edge and you’re ready to go. Your fabric patches will have greater stability and less stretch than if they were cut without regard for the grain line.

Some quilters pre-wash everything to avoid potential issues with shrinkage or loose dye; others prefer to work with unwashed fabric and choose not to pre-wash. Staff at JINNY BEYER STUDIO fall into both camps. Jinny’s fabrics are first-quality cottons created specifically for quilters, so we suggest that you follow your preferred approach with Jinny Beyer fabric.

The manufacturer’s care instructions are as follows:

• Pre-washing all new fabrics (yard goods or precut patches) before using them in a quilt ensures that there will be no uneven shrinkage and no transfer of colors when the quilt is laundered.
• Unfold all fabric before putting into the washing machine.
• Wash light-colored fabrics in lukewarm water with a phosphate free detergent.
• Soak dark-colored fabrics individually in cold water for at least half an hour to set the dyes and then machine wash in cold water with a phosphate-free detergent.
• Tumble fabrics almost dry, then remove from dryer and press with an iron. To avoid wrinkling, do not put more than six yards of fabric in dryer at one time.

Pre-cut samples or kit pieces should not be machine washed and dried. Being careful not to over-handle, separate these pieces into piles of same-colored patches, and preshrink them by soaking in cold water. If color bleeds, repeat until water runs clear. Place patches on toweling or white paper towels to dry. Some of our Palette Collection kits include 150 different fabric swatches. If you choose to wash them according to the manufacturer’s suggestions, you must take extra care to ensure that the fabrics stay in the original order provided in the kit.

For satisfactory results, please follow the above instructions before using these fabrics. Quilts made with both light and dark colored fabrics should only be washed in cold water.

All our patterns are copyright-protected with copyrights owned either by Jinny Beyer or by RJR Fabrics. Jinny personally asks you to respect her intellectual property and her rights as a designer. If the following information isn’t clear or if you have additional questions, please contact Customer Service.

Patterns that you purchase are for personal use only. They cannot be copied or distributed (for free or for profit). Patchwork templates or foundation patterns included in a pattern may be copied as necessary to create your personal quilt.

We are often asked whether a quilting guild can copy a pattern for use in a class or in the production of a raffle quilt. The answer remains the same: a purchased pattern is protected by copyright laws and cannot be copied or distributed in any way. If multiple copies are required, they must each be purchased. Patterns that are free downloads may be freely copied and distributed.

If you choose to show a quilt made from a Jinny Beyer pattern or adapted from one of her designs, you must credit Jinny Beyer as the designer.

We work hard to ensure that our patterns have been appropriately tested and are clearly written. However, errors can and do slip by us. We assume no liability for any errors. Corrections to patterns are posted herewhen available.

If the pattern is a free download, we will post a corrected version on our website as we become aware of the error.

Jinny makes many of her patterns available as free downloadable PDFs.  To view and print the patterns, you need to have the free Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed, you can get it at http://get.adobe.com/reader/.

Corrections to patterns that we no longer offer will be listed here.

The original pattern included an incorrect cutting layout for Fabrics 1, 4, 7 and 10 on page 7. The correct layout is provided below. The fabric yardage indicated in the pattern is sufficient to cut the required number of patches when they are layed out as shown in the revised layout. Colorplay Pattern – Revised Cutting Layout

In addition, the Block B image in Step 4 and the quilt images have been refined to better reflect how the fabric points come together in the center of the block. Colorplay Revised Images

The following correction should be made to some earlier versions of the pattern:

• Diagram 5: The label “B” on the leftmost block in the fourth row down should be an upside-down “B”. The block image is accurate; it is the label on the block which should be rotated.

Early versions of the pattern should be corrected as follows:

• On page 1 of the Consolidated Cutting Instructions (available with the purchased version of the pattern only), there is an error for Fabric 1 – Alternate Block.  The cutting instructions for All Methods should read(24) 1½” x 6½”, not 16½”.
• Block 1: Step 2 on page 1 should read Foundations, not Both Methods. If you are making the blocks using templates only, follow the instructions and illustrations on the following page in the section labeled Templates.
• The Block 1 foundations are mislabeled on early versions of the pattern so the completed foundations don’t match the pattern illustrations. Foundation 1-2 has a slight angle on the short side.
• Block 9: In Step 3, the first small triangles are labeled 9-C; they should be 9-E. The instructions for that step should also refer to 9-E. (Corrected in downloadable version 09/10/2013.)
• Block 12: The steps “Making the Block” are Step 3. The text references to 12-A should be to 12-C. The illustrations are correct.

Some earlier versions of the Summer Lily Diamond Table Runner Colorway Guide should be corrected as follows:

• The instructions for Unit C should read:
  • Unit C: Make 2 using 10? strips. (Only two units are required.)