Welcome to Day 12, Epiphany!

I hope you’re sewing & for some reason just now showing because I can see all the downloads & Day 1 has been downloaded 833 times!

Where are your show & tells?

Please show your work even if it’s not daily on these 12 Days…

I hope I’m inspiring you to SEW!

This 12th Day of Christmas it’s time to bind

& embellish your Oh Holy Night quilt.

Since Emma is in school all day, every day we don’t get to sew much together.

She was here for the day one day after Christmas & was excited to help me attach the Tim Holtz trinkets!

Emma taped the snowflakes in place.

In just the right spots…

I then sewed them onto the quilt with my machine.

I guess I forgot or couldn’t get a pic of her in her sewing goggles, lol.

They hang on my light so when she sits on my lap when we sew she has eye protection.

The back is petty too.

We next glued the pieces without holes onto the quilt.

She then wanted to model the quilt for you all.

She likes the embellishments.

We used this whole package. They’re on my website here.

and the “We Wish You a Merry Christmas” banner.

They’re on my website here.

And she can’t be ornery without smiling…

& yes, it’s a live tree & yes, it’s tinsel! I love them!

I hope you have fun finishing your quilt too!

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

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

12 Days of Christmas 2025, Oh Holy Night, Day 11

January 5, 2026January 5, 2026 suznquilts

Welcome to Day 11!

It’s been fun seeing the finished tops you’re all showing!

Seeing your use of different fabrics is my favorite part!

Guess what today is?

Quilt it day!

I have to say that the actual “quilting” of a quilt is my least favorite part.

I’m a “quilt by checkbook” kind of quilter!

Since I didn’t have enough time to send this one out, I quilted it myself, & I didn’t hate it!

I’ll show you how I did it.

I started by basting it with basting spray.

It was easy since it’s so small.

The lines were “drawn” with a hera marker, using my 6″ x 24″ ruler to align the first line only.

Notice the 60 degree line on the ruler, aligned with the bottom of the quilt.

Then I used a hera marker to draw the line that I wanted to quilt. I have a few on my website that you can find by clicking here.

It really just makes a dent in the quilt sandwich, it leaves no permanent line to erase.

I sewed that line, then slipped the guide into the back of the foot & used it to create the spacing between the quilting lines.

Again, no markings to erase!

I sewed a line of quilting in both directions through the middle of the quilt first, to help stabilize it, then I filled in the rest of the quilting in both directions.

Easy & fast too.

It probably took me 20 minutes to quilt the entire quilt!

Next, I trimmed it up & put on the binding,

but the binding is actually your work for tomorrow, the 12th Day of Christmas…

This could also be easily free-motion quilted. You decide!

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

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

12 Days of Christmas 2025, Day 10

January 4, 2026January 3, 2026 suznquilts

Welcome to Day 10!

I hope you’re enjoying these 12 Days of Christmas!

It’s time to put this cutie all together!

As per yesterday’s instructions, you should have

trimmed the appliqué block to 6″ x 12 1/2″.

It should fit perfectly below the top of the quilt.

Now to assemble the rest of the quilt.

Again, no templates on this PDF today, so no worries on print scale.

Day 10 More asssembly & outer border Download

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

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

12 Days of Christmas 2025, Oh Holy Night, Day 7

January 1, 2026December 31, 2025 suznquilts

Happy New Year!

& Welcome to Day 7!

In case you want to sew before you go to bed tonight…

We’re half-way through these 12 Days of Christmas already!

It feels good to slow down with a bit of sewing each day, doesn’t it?

Do you know what today is, besides January 1st?

It’s perfect little circle day!

I LOVE making fabric circles.

But, only because I’ve found the perfect tools is it so easy.

Apliquick Bars are my favorite tool because they help me make perfectly round circles.

My happy place…

I use a tiny blind hem stitch with thread to match the circle fabric for nearly invisible stitches.

SUPPLIES FOR TODAY:

-Freezer Paper

–Apliquick Bars– Highly recommended

–Glue Pen for circle seam allowances

–1 1/2″ Circle paper cutter – recommended only if you’ll make lots more later

– Roxanne™ or other fabric glue to glue circles to plates & plates to blocks

-Thread(s) to match Dresden fabrics

I typically make 1″ circles for my Tiny Dresden plate centers, but I decided to use a bit bigger circle this time to make the Tiny Dresden plate look more like an “O”.

You’ll want to be sure to print the instructions at “actual size” or 100% depending on your printer setting.

Day 7 Center Circle for Tiny Dresden plate Download

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

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

12 Days of Christmas 2025, Oh Holy Night, Day 6

December 31, 2025December 30, 2025 suznquilts

Welcome to Day 6!

It’s one of my favorite days…

Tiny Dresden plate day!

Just one plate!

Notice it doesn’t even have a circle on it?

Tomorrow holds so much excitement and joy!

The reason I love to make Tiny Dresden plates is because my plates always turn out round & flat.

Want to know why???

Because I’ve had lots of practice, of course, but also because I’ve found the right tools.

#1, finding an accurate SCANT 1/4″ on my sewing machine, and being consistent with it!

I’m fortunate that I can use the open toe foot #20 on my Bernina sewing machine, click my needle position once to the right & use the edge of my presser foot as my guide. I also have to make sure to use the edge of my foot as the guide at all times, not just some of the time! lol

When teaching my Tiny Dresden plate workshops I always have at least one sewist who when after we get the machine all set up, forgets to watch the fabric go through their machine. It’s definitely an eyes-on-the-fabric-at-all-times sport.

#2, I spray all of my fabrics with Mary Ellen’s Best Press BEFORE I do any cutting. The petals are bias edges & the Best Press helps keep them from stretching as they slide through the machine over & over until the plate is finally stitched into place on the block.

#3, Apliquick Bars If I’d not had the pleasure of having Rosa, creator of the Apliquick Bars show me how to use her awesome tools, I probably would not have fallen head over heels into little Dresden plate land at all.

Perfect circles are key!

Tools make all the difference.

This is why I have the tools that I love & use on my website for you.

You can see with the links the tools that I stock for you.

SUPPLIES:

-Suzn Quilts’ Tiny Dresden Plate Template #216 – highly recommended

-Mary Ellen’s Best Press™ in single finger pump bottle

–Perfect Piecing Seam guide by Perkins Dry Goods – highly recommended

–Dritz Mighty Steam Iron – highly recommended

–That Purple Thang point turner

SUPPLIES FOR TOMORROW:

-Freezer Paper

–Apliquick Bars– Highly recommended

–Glue Pen for circle seam allowances

–1 1/2″ Circle paper cutter – recommended only if you’ll make lots more later

– Roxanne™ or other fabric glue to glue circles to plates & plates to blocks

-Thread(s) to match Dresden fabrics

If you don’t have my awesome Tiny Dresden Plastic Template #216,

you’ll want to be sure to print the instructions at “actual size” or 100% depending on your printer setting.

Day 6 Tiny Dresden plate Download

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

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

12 Days of Christmas 2025, Oh Holy Night, Day 2

December 27, 2025January 7, 2026 suznquilts

Welcome to Day 2!

Thanks to those who’ve shown us your finished Mini Tree blocks.

I love to see them.

For those asking, yes, I still have kits!

https://sewingwithsusan.com/collections/whats-new/products/oh-holy-night-fabric-kit-limited-supply

I know it’s hard changing gears of going, going, going for Christmas to slowing down & relaxing.

I hope making my Oh Holy Night quilt helps.

None of the steps are hard or take much time, honest.

Today we’re going to do a little bit of embroidery.

Get your light box or makeshift lightbox & trace the words onto your fabric ( I chose a linen).

I stitched a stem stitch, but you could also use a back stitch.

I used Valdani #8113 black 12 wt. thread, but you could also use embroidery floss.

Be sure to print the file at 100% or “actual size”.

Oh Holy Night Day 2 embroidery Download

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

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

12 Days of Christmas 2025, Oh Holy Night, Day 1

December 26, 2025 suznquilts

Welcome to Day 1!

I hope you had a beautiful Christmas Day.

As the 3 Wise Men begin their journey, these 12 Days of Christmas,

I hope that you will join me in making my latest little quilt,

Oh Holy Night.

It’s going to be a fun post-Christmas project with just a tiny bit of sewing each day.

Day 1 you’ll just need to make 1 Mini Tree!

5 seams, that’s all!

So, pull out your Mini Tree Template Set,

or use the template provided with the instructions in the PDF below.

Download then print this 2 page PDF.

Be sure to print it either “actual size” or 100% for accuracy of the template.

Oh Holy Night Day 1 Mini Tree Download

Note that if you’ve not made one of my trees before, I have a very short video here: https://suznquilts.blog/2023/12/27/12-days-of-christmas-2023-day-2/

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

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

Another 12 Days Sew-Along Coming Soon!

December 21, 2025 suznquilts

I thought I’d show you another color option for Oh Holy Night, in case you need some inspiration to start selecting your fabrics.

I used Moda’s Collection For A Cause, Unity, by Howard Marcus.

Proceeds from this collection will be donated to Feeding America to help provide meals to those in need.

Isn’t it beautiful?

Here are some Dresden plates that I made with it.

The perfect circles are credited to Apliquick Bars, my favorite quilting tool!

You can purchase them on my website by clicking here.

I’ve found the perfect little box to keep them safe along with the glue I love, some paper templates, threads that I frequently use for the applique & my much loved & used Mary Ellen’s Best press in travel size.

You can find the handy box on my website by clicking here.

It will be going on retreats with me! The lid snaps tight & it’s compact too.

I hope you’ll be joining me for the sew-along in just a few days.

You can find the kits on my website by clicking here.

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

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

December 18, 2025 suznquilts

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

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.