Tag: Christmas

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Another 12 Days of Christmas Sew-Along Coming December 26!

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For those of you who’ve been asking if I’m going to host another

12 Days of Christmas sew-along this year,

the answer is yes!

Oh Holy Night

Get ready for a relaxing & fun 12 days of sewing

to make this cute little Oh Holy Night quilt.

It measures 16” x 24”.

I have a few kits just like my quilt available while supply lasts.

You can make it from your favorite Christmas scraps, but if you need to shop,

1/3 yd. “red” for letters & binding & a regular or fat 1/4 yd. for the rest of the fabrics.

Linen was used for the embroidery background.

I used a variety of Moda, Tilda, Riley Blake & Marcus fabrics.

Additional supplies you’ll want:

– my Mini Tree Template Set #486

– my Tiny Dresden Template #216

As always, I’ll have paper templates included in the sew-along.

– Perle Cotton, I used Valdani #8113, 12 wt. but embroidery floss will work too

– Fusible Web, 6″ is plenty

optional embellishments that I used:

Tim Holtz Christmas Noel Adornments #TH94445

also Tim Holtz Christmas Word Plaques #TH94352

& Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium 2oz TDA73031

There’s sure to be give-aways!

More info to come.

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

Christmas Sewing, My Life, Quilt Kit, Trees, Trees

Christmas Memories with Kits!

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Have you seen my new Christmas Memories quilt

made with the beautiful

Creating Memories (Winter) fabric collection

by Tilda?

It’s so cute, & you’re going to be sad if you don’t hurry & buy a kit now, while they last!

The cute fabrics & coordinating adorable buttons make sewing up this little quilt memorable.

Click here to get the kit along with the Christmas Memories pattern, or just the pattern either in paper of PDF, your choice.

A sure fun way to sew up a cute Christmas quilt.

Click here to find them on my website.

& they’re featherweight sewing friendly!

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

12 Days of Christmas 2023, My Dresden Home Revealed

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All of my previous 12 Days of Christmas quilt-alongs have been mysteries,

so this year I decided to switch it up.

If you prefer to be surprised delete this post! Lol

But who can resist this cuteness?

I made & completed the quilt with the help of my quilter, Tamara Lynn,

& I have it here for you to see with the help of my protege Emma!

With a cute house, a few trees & some signature Tiny Dresden plates (just 1 1/2!) this little 17″ x 26″ quilt will be fun to make for you or a friend.

Won’t it look cute on your front door welcoming guests all year!

I’m envisioning some embelishments here & there,

but I want you to make your Dresden Home your own.

I’m really looking forward to seeing all the variations you come up with

so let’s all go to my Facebook group, Sewing With Susan

& show our progress there, shall we?

Between now & December 26th, when the true 12 Days of Christmas & my quilt-along starts, you can make fabric choices & collect the supplies you’ll need including the plastic templates that I’ve used in case you want to get those as well.

Paper templates will be provided but the plastic templates are more fun & accurate to use.

If you want to use the fabrics I’ve used,

they’re Renee Nanneman’s Tradewinds collection by Andover fabrics.

Unfortunately Renee’s web store has just closed until the new year so that she & her hubby can get away for a few days, but if you have your heart set on them perhaps you can find them at your local quilt shop or another online shop.

Fabrics & Supplies

You’ll need 1/4 yd. of each fabric, fat or regular, except the brown you’ll need 1/3 yd.

-Grey fabric for background & transom

-Cream fabric for house & “HOME” background

-Cream fabric for “2024” background

-Red fabric for roof & chimney

-3 Red fabrics for Tiny Dresden plate (yes you could use 1 but that’s no fun!)

-Green fabric for trees (not Tradewinds, but also one of Renee’s greens)

-Floral fabric for “lawn”

-Blue fabric for “2024”

-Brown fabric for letters, door, tree trunks & binding.

You’ll also need:

-1/3 yd. fusible web

-Freezer paper

-Threads to either match or coordinate with appliqué fabrics.

Optional:

-Tiny Dresden plate template #216

-Tiny Tree Template Set #286

Let’s prepare for some fun!

There are sure to be some give-aways too!

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

New quilt pattern

Day #1, 5 New Patterns in 5 Days

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First of all I can’t believe I did not post, not once, in the month of October!  It’s no wonder though, because if you take another look at the title of this post, I’ve been designing, sewing, photographing, writing, and polishing 5 new patterns.  On top of my business tasks just listed I’m also a mom with three school kids at home, our oldest attending college as a freshman.  So, laundry, food shopping, cooking, cleaning and errand running, etc. I pretty much am never doing nothing.  Still, I’m a bit surprised at myself for not noticing this big lull in my blogging.  I certainly hope to not repeat said bad blog etiquette. 

Without further ado, here is the first of 5 new patterns,         

#168, 3 Little Words

I first started making these cute little things when I was having holiday open houses.  I crafted and sewed seasonal and holiday decorations for months and then sent out invitations to all I knew who loved my “stuff”.  I would practially kill myself   empty the first floor of my house of all it’s decoration and fill it with the holiday crafts I’d been making.  Lighted pinecone baskets, applique towels, sweatshirt jackets, wreaths, framed and quilted  items such as these, homemade chocolates and much more.  Then for one day, from 7 a.m. ’til 3 p.m. I would open my home to shoppers.  What work that was, but I loved every aspect of it.  The idea hunting, the shopping and then the creating.  Once I started vending at market, which falls the last weekend of October, I really didn’t have enough time to do all the work in time to sell before Christmas.  So, now this little idea of mine from several years ago blossomed into a pattern to send to market this year! 

You can buy it here on my website.

Hope you like it!

Until next time,

Susan