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!

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

My Life

Christmas Memories

December 5, 2025December 5, 2025 suznquilts

♥️ One of my favorite quilts ♥️

My beautiful & super easy Christmas Memories patterns & kits are on my website with more on order. Here is that link: https://sewingwithsusan.com/collections/whats-new/products/christmas-memories-fabric-button-kit-pre-order

The adorable little quilt is made with a Tilda Christmas charm pack, trunk fabric & binding fabric.

It’s quick & easy & the adorable button packs make it so sweet. Don’t you agree?

Kit contents; charm pack, trunk & binding fabrics & 2 Tilda button packs.

You’ll have fun staging your little quilt too.

Emma couldn’t resist!

Order yours today while they’re still available!

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show is Next Week!

August 26, 2025August 26, 2025 suznquilts

Lori & I will be in booth #613 next week at the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show in Madison, WI.

Come see my new Skinny Mini Tree Templates

& lots of new patterns too!

I’ll have demos so you can see just how easy it is to make perfect little circles for your Dresden plates!

Having the right tools makes all the difference in the world & we’ll have them all with us for your shopping pleasure.

I hope you’ll come visit us & see the nice show, take in some classes & lectures & get your quilts appraised too by my friend & AQS certified appraiser, Robin Koehler or other appraisal staff. You’ll need an appointment for appraisals.

Thursday-Saturday, September 4-6, 2025.

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

Hope To See You At KCRQF 2025 -This Week!

June 8, 2025 suznquilts

Welcome to KCRQF!

The Kansas City Regional Quilt Festival will be celebrating its 10 years of inspiration in our 2025 festival to be held June 11 -14, 2025, at the Overland Park Convention Center in the Kansas City marketplace.

Overland Park Convention Center

6000 College Boulevard
Overland Park, Kansas 66211

The Festival attracts award-winning quilters and educators from across the nation and highlights special exhibits honoring the art of quilting.

The Details

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Classes Only – 8am – 7pm

Thursday, June 12, 2025

9am – 5pm

Friday, June 13, 2025

9am – 5pm — My Demo in the demo area of lobby 3 pm —

Saturday, June 14, 2025

9am – 4pm

Tickets

Discounted admission tickets can be purchased by clicking here.

Questions? Click here to go to the website.

You’ll find Lori & me in our usual spot,

booth 603-702.

Come say “Hi” & see all of my new patterns

a brand new tree template Set; Skinny Mini!

You’ll find a sneak peek here on my website.

Can’t wait to see you!

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

Join me at The O’Sewpersonal Stitchfest 2025

January 16, 2025 suznquilts

Join us Thursday, February 27 & Friday, February 28

Optional Classes on Saturday, March 1

At the Marriot West, 660 Maryville Center Dr., St. Louis MO

Two Days of Stitching Fun! Get ready to thread the needle of excitement and creativity with us! Immerse yourself in hands-on sewing, embroidery, and quilting workshops! Learn from nationally known expert educators who will transform your skills stitch by stitch! Don’t miss out—come join the fun and create your next masterpiece! Grab your tickets now and let’s sew some memories together!

You will have a total of eight sessions over the two days!
We will supply the machines and all materials!
Hands on classes and lectures!
Lunch is included both days!
We’ve got a bustling vendor mall lined up, brimming with the latest and greatest products for you to discover. Enjoy additional demos and take advantage of the shopping spree! Best of all, access to the Vendor Mall is absolutely FREE for all class attendees. Come ready to shop and be inspired!
Lunch is included both days
Craving more in-depth instruction? Dive deeper with us! On March 1, we’re hosting a full day of comprehensive classes. It’s your chance to dedicate more time to the topics you’re passionate about or eager to explore further. Come ready to immerse yourself and elevate your skills!

Our Stitch Fest 2025 Expert Educators:

Amy Bradley Designs – Embroidery Designer, Fabric Designer
Donelle McAdams – Westalee Ruler Educator
Karen Montgomery – Pattern Designer, Rulers, Fabric Designer
Pam Mahshie – Serger Expert
Shannon Cuddle Experts
Handi Quilter Educators
OESD Embroidery Educators
Creative Grid Ruler Experts
Suzn Quilts – Dresden Expert

You can find more info & also sign up by clicking here.

I’ll be giving Dresden plate demos & also showing you all of my tips & tricks for perfect plates!

I’ll have lots of quilts with not only Dresden plates of all shapes & sizes, but also my 3 sizes of tree template sets.

Come out & join the fun!

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

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

Christmas Memories with Kits!

November 17, 2024 suznquilts

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

A Giveaway!, A Quilt Along

12 Days of Christmas 2023; Day 12

January 6, 2024 suznquilts

Does your Dresden Home need some decorating?

I chose these embellishments to complete our Dreden Home.

First, a wreath for the Dresden plate center.

Next, a house number.

And finally, a door knob or sorts, of course!

I knew right away that the “13” would be the perfect house number for me!

The package comes with tiny brads to use to attach the plaquettes.

Attaching it was easy by first poking holes in the fabric then using the enclosed tiny brads.

They’re a bit hard to see, but this is the back of the quilt with them applied.

And Emma loved them all but was very intrigued with the door knob. lol

I actually painted it so it would contrast with the door fabric. It also attaches with the little pre-attached brad.

Lastly I glued the wreath over the center of the Dresden plate center, yes glued! I was skeptical too but this stuff is awesome! I’ve used it several times now & am thinking of other ways to add ~~junk~~ “cool stuff” to my quilts now!

I contemplated gluing the wreath on the door… I would have needed to paint it too though so

we decided it looked good here on the Dresden plate.

It was fun playing with the bits & bobs that morning.

I just noticed it was still dark outside.

Emma & I are good early morning workers thankfully!

We’re pretty happy with our results.

Now I need to decide where to hang it & get the appropriate sleeve or hanger for it.

You can now find these embelishing items on my website by clicking here.

I hope you will be encouraged to finish

& hang your Dresden Home for 2024 very soon.

Show us your progress on my Sewing With Susan FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SewingWithSusan

My give-away today is this set of embellishments to the first to complete their Dresden Home quilt (if you want them that is).

I can’t wait to see how everyone else will decorate their Dresden Homes.

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

A Giveaway!, A Quilt Along

12 Days of Christmas 2023; Day 11

January 5, 2024January 4, 2024 suznquilts

It’s time to quilt your Dresden Home!

The quilting shows really well in the photo above.

I love how Tamara quilted this quilt, but I especially love how she quilted the roof. The only thing I wish she’d done differently is I wish she’s used contrasting thread at least on the roof because you can’t really see how awesome it is except in this photo.

The swirls on the house show really well in the photo below. So do Emma’s pretty nails, lol.

And the cross hatch quilting on the HOME block & also the 2024 block looks pretty awesome too I think.

For those of you than don’t know me, the actual “quilting” of the quilt is my least favorite part.

Tamara, my machine quilter, is so good to fit me into her schedule when possible because she knows I have deadlines &&& my quilting is pretty dead too! Now that I see how she filled the spaces, I might be able to do a decent job of filling them & I hope that you will be inspired too.

I hope you will be encouraged to finish

& hang your Dresden Home for 2024 very soon.

Show us your progress on my Sewing With Susan FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SewingWithSusan

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

A Giveaway!, A Quilt Along

12 Days of Christmas 2023; Day 10

January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 suznquilts

It’s fun contemplating such a small quilt, not overwhelming with so many decisions.

I guess my thought that your thought of rotary blades to be a redundant give-away wasn’t necessarily so, thankfully!

It’s funny to see so many comments reminding me that we’re kind of all reluctant to change blades because it’s not so apparent when to do it, unless we run over a pin or something else that was hiding on our cutting mat.

That’s an obvious reminder & one that ususally makes me say bad words… lol

Our winner of the 45mm 2 pack of rotary blades is Kayla Gunter.

No need to email me your snail mail address. I hope to see you & Brooks later this month!

On this 10th Day of Christmas, we’ll be finishing the top.

But don’t quit after today.

I purposely factored in time for quilting, binding & labeling your quilt so it would be COMPLETE in these 12 Days of Christmas.

Just Keep Sewing, OK?

Perhaps even add some embelishing?

Emma & I have some cute ideas,

at least we think so anyway

& hope you will be encouraged to finish

& hang your Dresden Home for 2024 very soon.

We’re also having another nice give-away!

See below.

Click below to download the Day 10 assembly instructions.

dresdenhomeday10assembly Download

Show us your progress on my Sewing With Susan FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SewingWithSusan

Be the first to post your finished top on Sewing With Susan & win this second fat 1/4 bundle, 16 pieces (4 yds. total), of Trinkets by Kathy Hall for Andover Fabrics.

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan