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 #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.
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.
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
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.
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.
My new patterns are all now on my website! I have 8 new patterns! With a variety of sizes & styles, you’re sure to fall in love with at least one (I hope!).
With a quick click you can see them all just by clicking here.
3 of my new quilts are made with Veranda fabric collection by Renee Nanneman of Need’l Love. It’s such a beautiful fabric collection, very classic.
Veranda Chains is the first. It uses my Tiny Dresden template #216 in simple square-in-a-square blocks.
Another Veranda fabric quilt is Power Of Love. It uses my Tiny Dresden #216, Mini Dresden #186 & also my Tiny Tree Template Set #286.
I think this would make a lovely wedding or anniversary gift, don’t you?
My third quilt using Veranda is Plumfield Petals. It uses my Tiny Dresden #216 & Tiny Tree #286 templates.
Reminiscent of an antique quilt, it’s made simple with my templates.
My next new pattern is A Few Of My Favorite Things. It also uses my Tiny Dresden #216 & Tiny Tree #286 templates.
If it looks familiar, that’s because I featured it here on my blog as my 3rd annual “12 Days of Christmas” sew along.
You may remember my new Candy Corn Sampler pattern released late in season last fall. If you’d like some encouragement in sewing this quilt, I spent the month of October doing just that. You can follow by clicking here.
It’s made with Renee’s fabrics also. It uses my Tiny Dresden #216, Mini Dresden #186 & Tiny Tree #286 templates.
Also using more of Renee’s fabrics… BOO WHO! It uses my Tiny Dresden template #216.
Fusible web appliqué makes it a quick little Halloween quilt.
My Halloween table runner is one of my favorites…
The candy corn block border strips were so fun to make! They’re made using my Tiny Tree template set #286 & the “O” is made with my Tiny Dresden template #216 if you didn’t already know.
And last, but not least, is my Fall Colors quilt. It uses A combination of Renee’s fabrics with my Tiny Tree template #286.
I hope you’ll be joining the fun & making some little Dresdens & trees with me this summer. Paper templates are included in each pattern, but the plastic templates make your cutting so much quicker & accurate.
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
Pour l Amour du Fil Show
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.
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.
Are you like me & have a hard time thinking of Christmas in July, even October???
With Thanksgiving over, the house decorated & the Christmas season underway, I want to sew with all the beautiful red, green & Christmas fabrics around me!
There are still plenty of days to sew before Christmas. And if you don’t finish it before this Christmas, there are plenty more days before Christmas 2022, 2023…
If you need some inspiration, I dare you to click this link to reveal some awesome Suzn Quilts Christmas patterns!
I did a “Christmas” search on my website to see what would happen.
There are 3 pages, 53 items!!!
I knew I loved to sew for Christmas, but I had no idea I had that many Christmas patterns. Some are quick & easy like my quilt-as-you-go Christmas Pines table runner & placemats
& Gnomes At Home December.
Many are now available in PDF so you can purchase them today & start sewing today too!
Some may take a bit more time (lol) like my Christmas Greetings sampler.
I hope you’ll go & be inspired to sew.
Know that when you place an order I ship same day, or the next if it’s late.
Quilting my way through life! 