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
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
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
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
I hope you’ve been enjoying the fun things other quilters have been posting to help encourage everyone to get their annual Mammogram.
There are lots of creative minds out there & we all hope that getting that pesky mammogram will help catch possible breast cancer early, because it’s typically very treatable if it’s caught early.
NO EXCUSES! JUST DO IT!
I have a “love-ly” little quilt, Alpine Love, that I designed & am sharing with you here for free.
I hope you’ll like it & offer a donation to
Think of it as a little incentive to get your mammogram done &
maybe make one for a friend that needs that encouragement.
We all know someone that could use some extra love!
Click the link below to download the Alpine Love PDF pattern.
The cute little 6″ Scroll Stands can be found on my website by clicking here.
Visit other sew-lebraties to see what they’re sharing on the blog hop.
Oct. 1: ByAnnie.com Kick Off
Oct. 3: Emmaline Bags
Oct. 4: Hugs‘N Kisses
Oct. 5: Clover & Violet
Oct. 6: Fat Quarter Shop – The Jolly Jabber
Oct. 7: Sewfinity
Oct. 10: Teresa Coates of Shannon Fabrics
Oct. 11: Beyond the Reef
Oct. 12: Sallie Tomato
Oct. 13: Suzn Quilts That’s me, today!
Oct. 17: Snuggles Quilts
Oct. 20: Pat Sloan
Oct. 21: Knot and Thread Design
Oct. 23: Sookie Sews
Oct. 24: Mister Domestic
Oct. 26: A Bright Corner
Oct. 27: Sew Cute and Quirky
Oct. 31: ByAnnie.com Wrap Up
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
Breast cancer affects 1 in 8 women, and unfortunately, many of us know someone or have ourselves been affected by this disease. The good news is we can do something about it because breast cancer is detectable with monthly breast self-exams and mammograms.
To find screenings available near you:
In addition to participating in #SewPINK, Fat Quarter Shop invites you to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation with the goal of raising $20,000. To find the Fat Quarter Shop fundraiser, visit: https://fundraise.nbcf.org/team/fqs
ByAnnie.com will match every dollar raised on the #SewPINK fundraising page.
Just Keep Sewing & Screening Too!
Susan
I have 2 new patterns & 2 new sizes of tree template sets!
You’re going to love them.
The cutting is so quick & accurate with my brand new templates
& they’re super quick to sew too!
Woodland Forest is a generous lap quilt that finishes 56 1/2″ x 74 1/2″.
Woodland Runner is a nice size table runner or door or wall quilt that finishes 14″ x 54 1/2″.
My new Mini Tree Template Set makes the largest, 6″ x 9″ finished blocks.
How cute are these Mini Trees made with Renee Nanneman of Need’l Love’s fabrics?
And my Little Tree Template Set makes the middle size trees which finish at 4 1/2″ x 6″.
They are the perfect size to play nicely with my Tiny Dresden Plates!
The Little Tree Quilt is made with more of Renee’s fabrics.
And you’re already familiar with my popular Tiny Tree Template Set, the smallest trees, which finish at 3″ x 4 1/2″.
All of these can now be found on my website by clicking here.
Woodland Forest will make a great Christmas pic backdrop!
Emma & I had some fun before dropping it off at my quilter, Tamara’s shop.
This was Emma’s very first trip to a quilt shop!
She enjoyed herself immensely!
She had to check out everything!
Then we had more fun after we picked it up!
The extra wide red binding really sets off the trees.
Instructions for the extra wide binding are included in this pattern.
You have plenty of time to sew these up to enjoy for this Christmas & for many Christmases to come!
Check them out on my website by clicking here.
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
It’s October & that means it’s breast cancer awareness month!
I’m once again joining the team at By Annie’s to help spread the awareness for the need to get your annual mammogram!
Here are some others that would also like to encourage you to get it done.
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/
https://www.byannie.com/sewpink#Calendar
Just Keep Sewing & Screening
Susan
My Galaxy quilt,
made with Jen Kingwell’s Winkipop fabrics by Moda is featured in Quiltmania’s Simply Moderne #28, coming to a quilt shop or newsstand near you!
I love their family of beautiful magazines & feel honored each & every time Carol Veillon chooses to feature one or more of my quilts in their pages.
The reason I love their magazines so much is not only are the quilts beautiful, but the quilt content is awesome!
I can spend hours with each edition, over & over again!
They feature quilters and their homes & also visit quilt shows around the world that I cannot visit in person.
For example, Galaxy will be hanging in Quiltmania’s booth at
20 – 23 Apr 2022
PARC DES EXPOSITIONS, Nantes, France (wish I were going there with it!).
I look forward to seeing lots of pics from the show in an upcoming Quiltmainia publication.
If you would like to have their magazines come to your door,
you can order a subscription, paper and/or digital,
for one or all three publications on their website by clicking here.
Start collecting your fabric now to make my pretty Galaxy quilt.
I used 3 jelly rolls of Winkipop, but you can use 3 coordinating jelly rolls or the equivalent yardage. And if you don’t already have my Tiny Dresden Template, you can find that on my website by clicking here.
This is another version that I made with yardage from my stash.
Both were expertly quilted by Tamara.
Stay tuned, Simply Moderne #28 should be out soon.
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
Welcome to Day 4!
Thanks to all of you who are sewing along with us,
especially those of you who are sharing your block pics with us!
I love seeing the blocks in your fabrics & also the spins you put on them.
Today we will make this cute but simple flower block.
I prefer to use a bias tape maker any time I’m making stems on a quilt.
For this block I recommend the Clover 3/8″ Fusible Bias Tape Maker.
Note: The stem fabric doesn’t need to be cut on the bias for this block.
If you have a similar but different size bias tape maker it may work. You can also fuse a piece of fabric if you’re not comfortable using a bias tape maker.
Remember, this should be fun!
Click the download button below for the PDF instructions for the Flower Block.
I used my 1″ & 2″ circle paper cutters to cut the freezer paper templates for the flower.
Well, in all honestly, I just pulled them from my cute antique tins already cut.
It’s no coincidence that the flower uses these 2 sizes of circles. I’m basically lazy!!!
When you get your blocks made please share them with us on my Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SewingWithSusan
I’ll be back tomorrow with the Day 5 block.
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
Are you ready to sew your way to the Epiphany with me?
The first block we’re going to make is one of my Tiny Trees.
You can easily sew this in an hour or less.
You’ll need 4 fabrics for the tree.
I’m going old time Christmas scrappy.
If you already own my Tiny Tree Template Set #286
just use the instructions on the template sheet.
If you’d like to purchase the template set
you can find them on my website by clicking here.
The block should measure 3 1/2″ x 5″.
For the star you’ll need to download the PDF at the bottom of this post.
Be sure to appliqué the star at least 1/4″ below the top of the block to be sure it doesn’t get sewn into the seam allowance.
Click the link at the bottom of this post to bring up the PDF.
Be sure the 1″ square prints out exactly 1″ for the templates to be the proper size.
I hope you enjoy making the tiny tree as much as I did!
When you get your tiny tree made please share them with us on my Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SewingWithSusan
I’ll be back tomorrow with the Day 2 block.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Just Keep Sewing…
Susan
Quilting my way through life! 