All of my previous 12 Days of Christmas quilt-alongs have been mysteries,

so this year I decided to switch it up.

If you prefer to be surprised delete this post! Lol

But who can resist this cuteness?

I made & completed the quilt with the help of my quilter, Tamara Lynn,

& I have it here for you to see with the help of my protege Emma!

With a cute house, a few trees & some signature Tiny Dresden plates (just 1 1/2!) this little 17″ x 26″ quilt will be fun to make for you or a friend.

Won’t it look cute on your front door welcoming guests all year!

I’m envisioning some embelishments here & there,

but I want you to make your Dresden Home your own.

I’m really looking forward to seeing all the variations you come up with

so let’s all go to my Facebook group, Sewing With Susan

& show our progress there, shall we?

Between now & December 26th, when the true 12 Days of Christmas & my quilt-along starts, you can make fabric choices & collect the supplies you’ll need including the plastic templates that I’ve used in case you want to get those as well.

Paper templates will be provided but the plastic templates are more fun & accurate to use.

If you want to use the fabrics I’ve used,

they’re Renee Nanneman’s Tradewinds collection by Andover fabrics.

Unfortunately Renee’s web store has just closed until the new year so that she & her hubby can get away for a few days, but if you have your heart set on them perhaps you can find them at your local quilt shop or another online shop.

Fabrics & Supplies

You’ll need 1/4 yd. of each fabric, fat or regular, except the brown you’ll need 1/3 yd.

-Grey fabric for background & transom

-Cream fabric for house & “HOME” background

-Cream fabric for “2024” background

-Red fabric for roof & chimney

-3 Red fabrics for Tiny Dresden plate (yes you could use 1 but that’s no fun!)

-Green fabric for trees (not Tradewinds, but also one of Renee’s greens)

-Floral fabric for “lawn”

-Blue fabric for “2024”

-Brown fabric for letters, door, tree trunks & binding.

You’ll also need:

-1/3 yd. fusible web

-Freezer paper

-Threads to either match or coordinate with appliqué fabrics.

Optional:

-Tiny Dresden plate template #216

-Tiny Tree Template Set #286

Let’s prepare for some fun!

There are sure to be some give-aways too!

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

Happy Thanksgiving 2023

November 23, 2023 suznquilts

Happy turkey day!

I hope you spend your day with those you love,

with a side of sewing thrown it!

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

Christmas Morning Will Be Here Soon!

November 9, 2023 suznquilts

My new Christmas Morning quilt will be in the newest Quiltmania, issue 158!

It’s time to start making trees & building houses just in time for Christmas.

I’ve used the lovely Christmas Eve collection by Lella Boutique for Moda.

If you want to get a jump start on your supplies they’re here for you:

4 3/4 Yds. Non-directional Background fabric(s)
1 3/4 Yds. Green fabric(s) for trees, doors & 9-Patch centers
1/2 Yd. Black fabric for roofs, Tiny Dresden plates & tree trunks
1/4 Yd. Grey fabric for tiny houses
1 Yd. Red fabric for mini houses, buildings & 9-Patches
1/2 Yd. Sashing fabric
5/8 Yd. Binding fabric
4 1/4 Yds. Backing fabric
75″ x 81″ Batting
Mary Ellen’s Best Press™ in single finger pump bottle
Suzn Quilts’ Tiny Tree Template Set #286 – highly recommended
Suzn Quilts’ Little Tree Template Set #386 – highly recommended
Suzn Quilts’ Mini Tree Template Set #486 – highly recommended
Suzn Quilts’ Tiny Dresden Plate Template #216 – highly recommended
Perfect Piecing Seam guide by Perkins Dry Goods – highly recommended
Dritz Mighty Steam Iron – highly recommended
That Purple Thang
Freezer Paper
Roxanne™ or other fabric glue
Apliquick Bars – highly recommended
1″ Circle paper cutter – recommended
Sulky® 733-1005 Black 30 wt. thread for Tiny Dresden plates

If you’re a quick quilter like I am, you’ll have plenty of time to make this quilt for this Christmas morning & for many more to come!

If your local quilt shop doesn’t sell the Quiltmania family of magazines, maybe it’s time to subscribe to them like I do.

You can also find 1 or all of their publications by clicking on their website here.

My Tiny, Little & Mini Tree Template Sets can be found by clicking here.

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

My Life

More New Patterns, Christmas!

July 22, 2023 suznquilts

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

My Life

New Patterns Have Arrived!

July 15, 2023July 15, 2023 suznquilts

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 her e.

If you’d like to order a fabric kit, Renee has them on her Need’l Love website he re.

I’ll be back with more new patterns soon!

Until then,

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

new quilt patterns

Bunny In The Carrots for Spring

March 24, 2023 suznquilts

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.

Just click here.

Happy Spring!

Just Keep Sewing…

Susan

Blog tour with give-aways, Charitable Giving, free pattern

My Day For #SewPINK 2022

October 13, 2022October 11, 2022 suznquilts

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.

alpinelovecpdf-1 Download

The cute little 6″ Scroll Stands can be found on my website by clicking here.

Blog Hop 2022 Schedule

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

My Life

Trees, Trees & More Trees!

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 suznquilts

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

My Life

#SewPINK 2022

October 10, 2022 suznquilts

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.

BLOG HOP 2022 SCHEDULE

October 1, 2022

#SewPINK Initiative Kickoff – ByAnnie.com

October 3, 2022

Emmaline Bags Inc.

October 4, 2022

Hugs ‘n Kisses – Helen Stubbings

October 5, 2022

Clover & Violet

October 6, 2022

Fat Quarter Shop

October 7, 2022

Sewfinity

October 10, 2022

Teresa Coates of Shannon Fabrics

October 11, 2022

Beyond the Reef

October 12, 2022

Sallie Tomato

October 13, 2022

Suzn Quilts

October 17, 2022

Snuggles Quilts

October 20, 2022

Pat Sloan

October 21, 2022

Knot and Thread Design

October 23, 2022

Sookie Sews

October 24, 2022

Mister Domestic

October 26, 2022

A Bright Corner

October 27, 2022

Sew Cute And Quirky

October 31, 2022

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/