250th Anniversary Pattern Bundle - Limited Time Offer!

 You may have caught a few hints from me lately… and today's the day I finally spill it. 🎉

The Patriotic Quilt Pattern Bundle is LIVE.

And oh, this one is good.

We're celebrating the 250th anniversary of this country, and I thought—what better way to mark it than with a bundle full of patterns you'll actually want to make? Not the "oh that's lovely, I'll get to it eventually" kind. The "I'm clearing my weekend for this" kind.

See the bundle here!

I am included in this bundle together with some incredibly talented designers, and I am not exaggerating when I say: this is a really great mix.

19 patterns. Quilts, runners, smaller projects, scrappy options. Something for every skill level and every kind of quilter.

And the best part? You probably already have everything you need sitting in your stash right now.

Red? Yep. Blue? Obviously. White? Oh, you've got white. 😄

👉 Check it out!

Now let's talk numbers—because this is where it gets fun.

If you tracked down each of these patterns individually, you'd be spending well over $150. With this bundle, you get all 19 for one price. That's more fabric money for… well, more fabric. 🙌

You can finally dig into that patriotic stash you've been saving. Try a new designer's style. Knock out a gift or two. And skip the whole "but what should I make next?" spiral entirely.

Just pick one and go.

See the patterns here

Fair warning though—this bundle is only here for a few days.

When it's gone, it's gone. All the patterns go back to their individual shops, the deal disappears, and there's no "I'll grab it later." (We both know how that story ends. 😅)

So don't sit on this one.

Go take a peek, find the pattern that's already calling your name, and grab the whole bundle while it's right here waiting for you.

Don't Miss out!

This is one of those purchases you'll feel really good about. Trust me—I helped pick every single one of these patterns, and I wouldn't steer my quilting people wrong.

P.S. The Patriotic Quilt Pattern Bundle is only available May 21–25.

The last day to grab it is May 25—after that, it’s gone for good. No extensions, no reopening. If you want all 19 patterns at this price, now’s the time.

May Sewing

 May is slipping by fast, and I haven't done a whole lot of quilting this month, but I have hemmed a few bridesmaids' dresses and worked on a lovely prom dress!  It seems like since I retired from the quilt shop my schedule hasn't been as consistent and I haven't spent as much time as I would like making quilts!  That said, I did manage to get the borders on this one.

I wasn't sure I liked it for a while, but it's really starting to grow on me!  I have picked out some fabrics to use for the backing, so need to sew them together and I'll be ready for quilting.  It's been a while since I did any free-motion quilting, so I hope I haven't lost my muscle memory! 

I've been doing quite a bit of compute work, revamping some of my patterns.  I've written quite a few that I only sold through the quilt shop, so have been making new covers for them to spruce them up and get them in my Etsy shop as well as on QuiltWoman.com.  This one is All Wrapped Up - an easy panel quilt pattern.  I really think it's cute using the Holly Jolly Pattern by Northcott!  

Do you have plans for the upcoming Memorial Day weekend?  If quilting is on your agenda, make sure you check out my blog on Thursday for a special announcement - it'll be perfect for those patriotic projects you want to make!  

I hope you are being more productive than I am!  

Good as New

 One of the interesting projects that I take on from time to time is repairing quilts, sometimes they are old quilts that need some love to give them a few extra years and sometimes they are new quilts that have had something happen to.  This month I had two newer quilts that needed repair work!

Quilt number one was this gorgeous Kaffe Fasset quilt that had been quilted with a large tuck in the border.  The quilt owner took out the quilting in the area, sewed a seam to take in the tuck and brought it to me to hand sew the area in the seam that was still open and re-quilt it.  If you look closely at this picture you can see the pins and hand basting.

This was a pretty straightforward process, it was nice that the quilting was a fan motif, so was fairly forgiving if I got off the lines a little! I think she'll be happy with the repairs.

The second quilt was a bit more involved.  A puppy had chewed off the corner of this quilt - the nice thing is that this is a quilt I made and I still had fabric left for the repair!  This is my Lover's Kiss quilt that I donated to the Fire department for an auction.  I had sewn a label on the back with my information, so she was able to contact me to do the repair (another good reason to add a label to all your quilts!)  I had already repaired a different corner that was barely chewed off, but this one was a bit more extensive.  I started by trimming off the corner on a diagonal.  I measured the amount needed and cut a 4 1/2 square for the repair, then cut that in half diagonally to make the triangle needed.

Then I sewed the triangle to the back of the quilt, sewing through all the layers.  I detached about an inch or so of the binding to get it out of the way, but will need to go further back in order to sew the new section of binding on.

I did the same with the top fabric, taking care to match the seam so the repair is not too obvious.  I then used a triangle of fusible batting and pressed it between the two layers.  I really love the fusible batting for these kind of repairs as it keeps the batting perfectly in place, making the rest of the repair so much easier.

After binding I added a touch of quilting - as you can see the finished repair is hardly noticeable!  Look closely and you can see the tiny corner I replaced right behind it. I'm  definitely hanging on to the rest of the scraps from this quilt as this is the second repair I've made in the six months she's had it!  Hopefully her puppy will be out of the chewing stage soon and I won't need to fix it again, but I'll be prepared if I do!

I have finished two more blocks in my Alice's Wonderland Sampler, and hope to finish the template section this week!  On to English Paper Piecing - lots of handwork in my future, it looks like!