Happy turkey day!
I hope you spend your day with those you love,
with a side of sewing thrown it!
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
Happy Thanksgiving 2023
Tiny Tree Demo is Here!
I’ve had several recent requests for a demo on my trees blocks, so here is a quick one!
I hope this short video helps with assembling the tops of my Tiny, Little & Mini Trees!
Just Keep Sewing Trees…
Susan
Christmas Morning Will Be Here Soon!
My new Christmas Morning quilt will be in the newest Quiltmania, issue 158!
It’s time to start making trees & building houses just in time for Christmas.
I’ve used the lovely Christmas Eve collection by Lella Boutique for Moda.
If you want to get a jump start on your supplies they’re here for you:
- 4 3/4 Yds. Non-directional Background fabric(s)
- 1 3/4 Yds. Green fabric(s) for trees, doors & 9-Patch centers
- 1/2 Yd. Black fabric for roofs, Tiny Dresden plates & tree trunks
- 1/4 Yd. Grey fabric for tiny houses
- 1 Yd. Red fabric for mini houses, buildings & 9-Patches
- 1/2 Yd. Sashing fabric
- 5/8 Yd. Binding fabric
- 4 1/4 Yds. Backing fabric
- 75″ x 81″ Batting
- Mary Ellen’s Best Press™ in single finger pump bottle
- Suzn Quilts’ Tiny Tree Template Set #286 – highly recommended
- Suzn Quilts’ Little Tree Template Set #386 – highly recommended
- Suzn Quilts’ Mini Tree Template Set #486 – highly recommended
- Suzn Quilts’ Tiny Dresden Plate Template #216 – highly recommended
- Perfect Piecing Seam guide by Perkins Dry Goods – highly recommended
- Dritz Mighty Steam Iron – highly recommended
- That Purple Thang
- Freezer Paper
- Roxanne™ or other fabric glue
- Apliquick Bars – highly recommended
- 1″ Circle paper cutter – recommended
- Sulky® 733-1005 Black 30 wt. thread for Tiny Dresden plates
If you’re a quick quilter like I am, you’ll have plenty of time to make this quilt for this Christmas morning & for many more to come!
If your local quilt shop doesn’t sell the Quiltmania family of magazines, maybe it’s time to subscribe to them like I do.
You can also find 1 or all of their publications by clicking on their website here.
My Tiny, Little & Mini Tree Template Sets can be found by clicking here.
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
Just a few more days ’til the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show in Madison, Wisconsin Sep. 7-9
We’re vending at the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show
in Madison, Wisconsin September 7-9!
I’m busy packing…
Come say “hi” & see my quilts up close!
Come on out to see us!
Just Keep sewing…
Susan
Great Wisconsin Quilt Show in Madison Wisconsin Sep. 7-9
I’ll be vending at the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show in Madison Wisconsin September 7-9!
Come out to see the beautiful quilts & to shop!!!
This is a new show for me.
I’ve heard nothing but good things about it for years so I’m really excited to be a vendor.
Come say “hi” & see my quilts up close!
Come on out & see us!
Just Keep sewing…
Susan
More New Patterns, Christmas!
Christmas is my very favorite season to sew for.
The beautiful reds & greens of the season are my go-to colors year round so it makes perfect sense that I could sew for Christmas year-round too!
When I saw Renee Nanneman’s Retro Ho Ho collection I knew instantly that it was “me!”
I already had a sampler quilt designed that fit this collection perfectly!
Once I had images of the whole collection more ideas kept coming to mind… I could hardly stop sewing to get my quilts into pattern form for you!
Santa’s Tree Lot is the first quilt.
It uses my new favorite templates… TREES, of many sizes!
But tree templates, as you know, aren’t just for trees & here’s another really fun example of what else you can make with my tree templates!
The Santa hats in two sizes are made with my Mini & Tiny Tree Template Sets, but that’s not all… Their beards are made with my Mini & Tiny Dresden plate templates! This makes your cutting so fast & accurate.
It’s a really quick 57.5 in. x 66.5 in. lap or wall size quilt.
You can find the patterns & templates here on my website
& fabric kits can also be found on Renee’s Need’l Love website by clicking here.
How fun will Christmas photos & decorating be with this cute quilt for many Christmases to come?
Next up is Candy Cane Forest.
It’s another fast-to-cut & fast-to-sew quilt with my tree templates.
It uses my Mini & Tiny Tree Template Sets.
Another fun fact is that it’s fat quarter friendly.
At 69.5 in. x 72.5 in. it’s also a nice lap or wall quilt.
You can find fabric kits on Renee’s Need’l Love website by clicking here.
I think you can see why I was so taken with Retro Ho Ho… I’ll be back with my Retro Ho Ho quilts soon!
Just Keep Sewing (for Christmas)…
Susan
New Patterns Have Arrived!
Lots of new patterns are now on my website here & are ready for purchase & my VERY busy month & a half of travel are now complete so I can catch my breath here for a bit!
It’s been fun designing with Renee Nanneman’s newest lines of fabric.
Her new Gingerlily is a beautiful spring garden of prints. I couldn’t resist making a couple of quilts with the line.
Cutting is made so quick, easy & accurate with my templates. It has become my favorite part of the quilting process these days I think! Try out my templates & you’ll see what I mean! You can see them all by clicking here.
Twinkling Dresdens is my first design.
The blocks are made with my Tiny & Mini Dresden petals with sashing between the quarter plate blocks.
No center circle appliqué (darn it! No Apliquick Bar use this time…) but it does make the blocks so quick to make.
Twinkling Dresdens is a generous lap (or play according to Emma) size quilt but you could adapt it to a bed size quilt easily enough.
I think Emma was saying, “gma, let’s read already!”
My next quilt with Gingerlily is Dazzling Diamonds.
Do you see trees???
I used my Tiny & Mini Tree Template Sets to make the diamonds.
It’s another quickly cut quilt because of my templates. It also sews together quickly.
Both Twinkling Dresdens & Dazzling Diamonds can be found my website by clicking here.
If you’d like to order a fabric kit, Renee has them on her Need’l Love website here.
I’ll be back with more new patterns soon!
Until then,
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival 2023
We can’t wait to see you in KC next week! Come out to see the beautiful quilt show, take some classes & take home some inspiration!
I have a lot of new patterns & also 2 new sizes of tree templates to inspire you.
Christmas Night (Day & Morning) can be sewn all at once or if you prefer, just 1 step at a time with the convenient 15 step instructions. You can find the patterns & templates on my website by clicking here. https://sewingwithsusan.com/
Come see every version of my favorite new Christmas design in person in booth #603/702 & see how easily you can make your own!
All 3 sizes of my tree templates are included in this beautiful quilt.
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
Bunny In The Carrots for Spring
Spring is finally here (or at least that’s what the calendar says) so how about a little spring quilt to make this weekend to celebrate?
Do you see my Tiny Tree template set in the carrots?
I told you I’d be making lots of patterns for you to use my 3 sizes of tree template sets!
This quilt at just 11 1/2″ square is super quick to make.
You’ll want to make another for a friend.
I used wool for the bunny, but I’m seeing cute floral prints & multi-colors for more fun bunnies in the future.
You can find this little cutie on my website now.
Happy Spring!
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
1 More Day to Complete your -12 Days of Christmas 2022 Quilt- for a Free Pattern
You have just one more day to complete your 12 Days of Christmas 2022 quilt to win a free Suzn Quilts pattern of your choice.
Even if you haven’t started, you have time to complete your quilt tomorrow (January 15).
They’re so quick & easy!
Lots of pretty finished quilts are being posted.
Please show us yours on my Sewing With Susan FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SewingWithSusan
Just keep sewing…
Susan
