I hope you’ll join us next week in Madison, WI!
We will debuting lots of new patterns, notions & fun stuff in booth 524-613.
We hope to see you there!
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
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
Are you a fan of QUILTmania like I am?
The newest issue, November – December 2020
is now on sale
& I have a quilt pattern within its pages.
Lollipop Tree is a cute little quilt that you can treat yourself or a friend to this Christmas season & for many Christmas seasons to come! Actually you could probably make one for you & a friend if you set your mind to it.
Of course it has Tiny Dresden plates!
The paper template is included in the magazine, but if you’re like me & prefer to cut around plastic templates & don’t have one yet, you can find them on my website here.
Their magazines are always loaded with lots of quilts, exhibits & other quilt stuff to drool over! Look what’s included in this issue:
In your November-December 2020 issue:
Your quilts and patchwork projects with patterns and explanations:
I know you’ll love all the other projects included in the issue too, so look for it now on newsstands or order it directly today.
& find them on social media here:
If you are not yet a friend, it would be great if you would join:
https://www.facebook.com/quiltmaniainc/
https://www.instagram.com/quiltmaniainc/
https://pinterest.com/quiltmaniainc/
Are you sewing for Christmas now?
What are you sewing?
Share your quilting projects on my FB group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SewingWithSusan
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
Well, now that Thanksgiving is over,
are you thinking about your Christmas decorating?
If you’re like me, you love to decorate with quilts.
If you would like to make some Christmas
quilts that you can finish between now & Christmas
take a look as some small-ish quilt patterns here:
These first Christmas patterns each use my Tiny Dresden plate template.
My Mini Dresden Template
makes these stockings:
Quick & easy, Quilt-as-you-go???
This is probably my best-selling pattern ever!
Have you made at least one???
You could make one for you
& each of your friends between now & Christmas!
Or, the lap quilt version which was my best-selling pattern
until I designed the table runner version.
Or use my 2 templates & my unique Quilt-as-you-go technique & make:
Or maybe a tree skirt or two with adorable gingerbread boys & girls?
Maybe a sampler pattern?
A bit more detailed,
but so much fun to create that I made each of them twice!
If you can’t find these at your local quilt shop,
they can all be found on my website.
Better get started on your Christmas sewing now if you haven’t already!
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
Quilting my way through life! 