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12 Days of Christmas 2023; Day 5

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Are YOU working as hard on your Dresden Home as Emma has been to show it to you?

Thanks to those of you showing your 12 Days progress & also for those that commented on yesterday’s post for the 1/2 yd. bundle of blacks & creams.

Rita Herzberger is the winner of that bundle!

Rita, I hope you’re enjoying your trip!

Please email your snail mail info so I can send you the bundle – SuznQuilts@aol.com.

On this 5th Day of Christmas, we’re going to make my favorite, a Tiny Dresden!

This is another pic where Tamara’s quilting really shows up.

As I mentioned in the fabric list,

you could make this TD with 1 red fabric,

but that’s no fun!

3 is fun!

Tip for making FLAT Dresdens – make sure you’re sewing a scant 1/4″ seam THE ENTIRE length of the seam. When your seam allowance isn’t consistent, you’ll either have a “bowl” (because the center of your plate’s seams are too big) or a “mountain” (because the center of your plate’s seams are too small). If your plate isn’t flat, turn it over & examine the seams.

Another tip – spray & iron your fabrics with Mary Ellen’s Best Press. These are all bias edges & they’re being put through your machine over & over so it’s easy to distort them.

Have fun!

Click below to download the instructions to make a Tiny Dresden plate.

dresdenhomeday5tdinstDownload

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

Comment here whether you like adding as many fabrics as you can to a quilt, like I do, or if you prefer a minimal pallet.

I’ll be drawing for a prize! 

The prize today is more fabric!

16 fat 1/4s of Trinkets by Kathy Hall for Andover Fabrics.

That’s 4 yards of fabric!

Comment here before I post Day 6 homework tomorrow & you will be entered in a drawing to win this fabric for your next quilt.

Just Keep Sewing,

Susan

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12 Days of Christmas 2023; Day 4

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This is the perfect time of year for just a little bit of sewing each day, don’t you agree?

Are YOU sewing with us?

I see a lot of you downloading the instructions, so show us your 12 Days progress! 

Emma & I are both excited about this quilt!

Every day I’m checking things off that list from the past two months & a bit of sewing is the perfect distraction from those tasks!

For me this year it’s writing these blog post instructions, not sewing since I sewed my Dresden Home quilt a few weeks ago so you could have a chance to choose fabrics ahead of time.

How’s that going? Brenda… lol

On this 4th Day of Christmas, we’re going to raise the roof & complete the house.

I like the way Tamara’s quilting really shows up on this pic.

Click below to download the instructions for the roof, chimney & house assembly.

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

Sometimes I like sewing within a certain fabric collection;

I’m forced to use fewer fabrics = fewer decisions!

Other times I find that to be too limiting…

For this Dreden Home quilt for instance there was no green for the trees so I had to go outside the Tradewinds Collection by Renee Nanneman for them.

As a rule of thumb, the more fabrics I can add to a quilt, the happier I am!!! Take the Dresden “O” for instance. I’ve used 3, yes 3 reds!!!

Why, you ask???

Why not???

Typically I’m in need for more background fabrics for my quilts. I like to use more than one ususally, like I did for this quilt. That’s the most common reason to add fabrics to a collection.

Comment here whether you like choosing fabrics for a quilt or if you find that to be a daunting task!

I’ll be drawing for a prize! 

The prize today is some of my treasured cream & black fabrics.

There is 1/2 yd. each, 3 yds. total!

Comment here before I post Day 5 homework tomorrow & you will be entered in a drawing to win this yardage for your next quilt.

Just Keep Sewing,

Susan

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12 Days of Christmas 2023; Day 3

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I hope you have the 2 Tiny Tree blocks made becuase there’s some housework to do today.

On this 3rd Day of Christmas, we’re going to sew together the main body of the house with the 2 trees you’ve already made.

Be sure to use the cream HOUSE fabric for these pieces.

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

– Be sure to post your progress –

for a chance to win prizes!

Just Keep Sewing,

Susan

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12 Days of Christmas 2023; Day 2

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Did you get your first Tiny Tree made?

If you’ve not made one of my trees yet, they’re ridiculosly easy!

This short video shows just how easy it is to make the tops of all 3 sizes of my trees; Tiny, Little & Mini.

You can find all 3 sizes of templates here on my website.

Just add trunks & they’re done.

Day 2 you’ll just need to make 1 more Tiny Tree!

If you made yesterday’s tree there’s no need to print the PDF below again.

12days2023tinytreeDownload

Notice the background fabric in this tree block is again the HOUSE fabric. This tree will sit to the right or left of the door too and not as part of the “2024” block.

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

Rhonda was first to show us her trees yesterday (yes, she made 2!) & won a free pattern of her choice!

Rhonda has chosen my A Merry Christmas to You pattern & so will receive it very soon.

– Now post your 2 Tiny Tree blocks –

for a chance to win a Suzn Quilts/Sewing With Susan pattern of your choice for free, either printed or PDF!

This time there will be a random drawing…

Just keep sewing,

Susan

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12 Days of Christmas 2023; Day 1

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I hope your Christmas was beautiful.

We had a very nice day with lots of cheer! 

David gifted me this beautiful, somewhat rare Tan Featherweight Sewing Machine!

I’m so excited to plug it in & sew, but I have lots to do before I can do that!

If you’re like me, you’re exhausted & need a nap,

& maybe not ready for a new start, but…

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

I hope that you will join me (& Emma) in making my latest little quilt,

Dresden Home.

It’s the perfect post-Christmas project with just a tiny bit of sewing each day.

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

So, pull out your Tiny Tree Template Set,

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

12days2023tinytreeDownload

Notice the background fabric in this tree block is the HOUSE fabric. This tree will sit to the right or left of the door not as part of the “2024” block.

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

The first to post their 2023 Day 1, Tiny Tree block there will win a Suzn Quilts/Sewing With Susan pattern of their choice for free, either printed or PDF!

Just keep sewing,

Susan

My Life

More New Patterns, Christmas!

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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

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New Patterns Have Arrived!

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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

A Quilt Along

1 More Day to Complete your -12 Days of Christmas 2022 Quilt- for a Free Pattern

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You have just one more day to complete your 12 Days of Christmas 2022 quilt to win a free Suzn Quilts pattern of your choice.

Even if you haven’t started, you have time to complete your quilt tomorrow (January 15).

They’re so quick & easy!

Lots of pretty finished quilts are being posted.

Please show us yours on my Sewing With Susan FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SewingWithSusan

Just keep sewing…

Susan

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12 Days of Christmas 2022 Complete

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Over the weekend the Christmas decor came down & the new little quilt went up!

I’m loving the new tree trunks & branches that I decided to make for these trees & you will too.

They’re so quick & easy!

From this:

to this:

in so little time.

You still have time to quilt, bind & label your quilt & post it on my FB group to win a free Suzn Quilts pattern of your choice!

Go see the pretty finished quilts that are being posted & please show us your finished quilt on my Sewing With Susan FB page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/SewingWithSusan

You’ll have until my birthday, January 15, to finish & post pics.

Just keep sewing…

Susan