Our winner of the $30 coupon to ByAnnie.com is Cathy Cavagnaro.
Cathy, please email me at Suznquilts@aol.com so I can send you the coupon code to shop!
Thanks to all of you who commented either here on my blog or Suzn Quilts Patterns FB page.
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan & little helper, Emma
Jut 1 day left in the blog hop drawing.
It’s not too late to download my free Baby Hearts pattern.
Use it as a reminder to get your annual screening.
Download the pattern for free by clicking the download button below & if you feel it in your heart to donate, see the details below.
The #SewPink Initiative was created by ByAnnie.com LLC to raise awareness for breast cancer throughout the year. Our efforts culminate in an annual blog hop during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month to promote self-care, awareness, early detection, and support for those affected by breast cancer.
To learn more and see the calendar of events visit: https://www.ByAnnie.com/SewPINK
To find screenings available near you:
In addition to participating in the #SewPINK Initiative, Fat Quarter Shop invites you to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation with the goal of raising $10,000.
To find the Fat Quarter Shop fundraiser visit: https://fundraise.nbcf.org/FatQuarterShop
To learn more about the Breast Cancer Research Foundation visit: https://www.bcrf.org/
You can still enter for a chance to win a $30 coupon to ByAnnie.com by leaving a comment on my original post by clicking here by October 31, 2021.
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan & little helper, Emma
It’s my day to once again help spread awareness for breast cancer screening.
I hope every woman is aware of how important monthly self exams and especially annual mammograms are each year once you reach 40, or before if like me, you have a family history of breast cancer.
I can attest that mammograms are no fun!
I’ve been getting them regularly for nearly half my life.
Diagnostic MRIs & ultrasounds that some years for me are every 6 months instead of 12, aren’t fun either, but it beats the alternative. I also know that if they find something in their testing they’re probably catching it early & it will hopefully be easily treatable.
Early detection is so important.
There are so many reasons to try to stay healthy &
our precious new grand baby, Emma, is a good reason for me!
I’d like to offer this new little quilt pattern to make for yourself or a friend.
It measures approx. 6″ x 6″ & fits nicely on the 6 x 6 Scroll Stand by Ackfeld.
Use it as a reminder to get your annual screening.
Download the pattern for free by clicking the download button below & if you feel it in your heart to donate, see the details below.
The #SewPink Initiative was created by ByAnnie.com LLC to raise awareness for breast cancer throughout the year. Our efforts culminate in an annual blog hop during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month to promote self-care, awareness, early detection, and support for those affected by breast cancer.
To learn more and see the calendar of events visit: https://www.ByAnnie.com/SewPINK
To find screenings available near you:
In addition to participating in the #SewPINK Initiative, Fat Quarter Shop invites you to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation with the goal of raising $10,000.
To find the Fat Quarter Shop fundraiser visit: https://fundraise.nbcf.org/FatQuarterShop
To learn more about the Breast Cancer Research Foundation visit: https://www.bcrf.org/
✂ Oct. 1 (Fri):Fat Quarter Shop – The Jolly Jabber
✂ Oct. 2 (Sat):Sallie Tomato
✂ Oct. 4 (Mon): Hugs ‘N Kisses
✂ Oct. 6 (Wed): Sewfinity
✂ Oct. 11 (Mon):Beyond the Reef
✂ Oct. 13 (Wed): Great Heron Thread Co.
✂ Oct. 15 (Fri): Love You Sew
✂ Oct. 15 (Fri): Emmaline Bags
✂ Oct. 16 (Sat): Meadow Mist Designs
✂ Oct. 18 (Mon): OklaRoots
✂ Oct. 20 (Wed): Suzn Quilts Today, my day!
✂ Oct. 20 (Wed): Teresa Coates
✂ Oct. 22 (Fri): Knot and Thread Design
✂ Oct. 23 (Sat): Shannon’s Studio
✂ Oct. 25 (Mon): The Littlest Thistle
✂ Oct. 27 (Thur): Mister Domestic
✂ Oct. 27 (Wed): Sookie Sews
And now for a give-away!
To enter for a chance to win a $30 coupon to ByAnnie.com
leave a comment here by October 31, 2021.
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan & little helper, Emma
The second UFO that’s been on my list for almost a year…
Robin’s Wreaths,
a 5-part quilt designed by my good friend,
Robin Koehler of Nestlings By Robin.
It was featured in
AQ Magazine 2018-2019.
I had the 6 blocks complete pretty much on schedule
with the release of each of the magazines.
The tiny leaf templates were all cut out
& fused to the leaf fabric.
That’s where I stalled out when I got too busy with market prep this time last spring…
So this is where I began.
Trimming seam allowances & gluing.
Starting with the smallest of leaves,
then the little bit larger, small leaves.
It’s my own fault!
I thought it would be so cute made miniature.
I actually made the templates from the printed
size templates in the magazine instead of enlarging them 200%.
Next, to glue the tiny leaves to the 6 finished blocks.
An issue which came with making a smaller version of this quilt is the fact that I had to improvise parts of the design that were just too small to incorporate into this scale.
Some I turned bias strips into stitched vines & some I left off completely.
The blocks are still very full of applique!
Next, borders!
This was a great opportunity to use my new Cricut BrightPad.
Love this!
I’ve been using a very old & crude (but much loved)
version of a light box that my then college boyfriend
(now husband of 31 years)
made for me to use in my design classes.
Lots of little hearts were next.
Thanks goodness for my Apliquick tools!
These things are a life saver!
It took me all day,
but the borders were soon made
& ready for stitching;
applique by machine then embroidery by hand.
It was nice having some hand work to do while watching TV.
With top complete, it was time to contemplate how to quilt it.
I decided on a grid to complement the block background
so as not to overpower the tiny applique.
These blocks are only 5″ finished.
It doesn’t take much to fill them.
Then binding!
And voila!
It now resides in a place of honor in our kitchen.
LOVE it!
Love that I could finish it in this crazy quarantine period.
What are you working on?
Please share your projects & progress on my Sewing With Susan FB group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/SewingWithSusan/
Please stay home & stay safe!
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
I’ve been having lots of fun playing with tiny heart blocks.
By tiny, I mean like 1″ tiny hearts!
Trust me when I say,
Mary Ellen’s Best Press is one of my best friends!
It doesn’t make the fabric stiff, it just gives it more body.
I just spray & press each fabric with Best Press before cutting
& I have no issues working with the tiny pieces.
I had so much fun that I didn’t stop with one…
Both quilts fit onto the Ackfeld 12″ stand.
Eventually I’ll make sleeves,
but I couldn’t resist using some cool (new to me)
vintage clips to hang them instead of a sleeve.
Please forgive me.
If you’d like to make them for yourself or a friend,
I put them on my website today.
Just 1 Tiny Dresden plate
(so easy!!!)
& just $10 + shipping.
You can also find the 12″ stands on my “Notions” page.
Happy early Valentine’s Day!
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
My next new pattern is “With All My Heart”.
I may have forgotten to tell you that all of my new patterns use my Tiny Dresden Template and one of them also uses my Mini Dresden Template.
With All My Heart uses some of those Tiny Dresden plates that I made in January with the New Hope jelly roll.
I love the collection.
Just my colors and so many ideas came to mind as I was sewing with it.
This sewing was happening shortly before Valentine’s Day, so of course I was seeing hearts everywhere.
No surprise that I would design a heart block just the right size to accommodate a Tiny Dresden plate, right?
Too big & the Tiny Dresden would cover the whole heart & too small the heart would overpower the Tiny Dresden.
This one would do!
This is one quilt that I didn’t have totally designed in my computer before I started to sew.
Early I decided the center block would need to be different than those surrounding it.
So embroidery with no. 8 perle cotton is my “different” of choice.
And quickly made.
Then to decide what else the quilt needed…
It needed more, but smaller hearts to surround the bigger heart center.
This was my design wall.
Since my sewing room has very little wall (lots of windows & doorways) I typically use the floor to lay things out on, but I chose my hanging quilt this day.
Once decided, I set to cutting more squares & hst’s. for the little heart blocks.
Soon it was time to lay out the blocks & start sewing them together.
It was cold that day! Notice my winter boots?
I love these pics & remembering the progress of the quilt!
I hope you do too.
Meet With All My Heart.
If you hadn’t guessed,
it’s available on my website today!
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
Quilting my way through life! 