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Hello! And welcome to the Sugar Plum Quilt sew along! I'm so glad you are here! I have had fun hand piecing these blocks. And I have learned so much about hand piecing. There are many accomplished hand piecing quilters that I have been studying by reading books, watching YouTube videos, and Instagram videos. Hand piecing is the purest form of quilting and I'm so glad I allowed myself the opportunity to grow in this direction. I hope you find the same joy.  Schedule: February 10 - Week 1 - Gathering supplies. February 17 - Week 2 - Cutting February...

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HO HO HO!!! Sunny Day Supply teamed up with Poppie Cotton and Elea Lutz for a holly jolly Christmas project. My pattern for Christmas Candy Cone Garland first appeared in a Mollie Makes Christmas edition. So if you are up for another fast and fun Christmas project this year, why not try some Candy Cones! String them as a garland, use them as ornaments, or add them to a package as a festive gift topper! Here is the template for the CANDY CONE And here is the BLOG post link for the instructions!  Have fun and be sure to tag...

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HO-HO-HO!!! It's our very favorite time of the year! And this year is even better because we are combining our two favorite Sew Alongs! The Sunny Stocking Sew Along and the Norah Quilt Sew Along  You can choose to make one or both. I will post links to templates and tutorials in this blog post. You can also search past Norah and Stocking blog posts by typing Norah in the search bar for the Norah posts, and Stocking in the search bar for the Stocking posts.   All of our tutorials and templates are free for you to use. However,...

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Oh goodness! I can't believe this is the last week of our Sew Along. We have had the best time sewing along with all of you, but best of all it has been wonderful getting to know each of you better and connecting with you every week. We are going to miss this weekly visit. There are several "Meet Up" dates scheduled, where we will get back together to go over sashing, borders, and quilting. Here is the schedule:  Meet Up #1 - October 16, 2023 - sashing Meet Up #2 - November 20, 2023 - borders Meet Up #3...

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Wowza! It's week 11!!! One more week to go! But if you are still stitching, please continue to post your blocks and use the hashtag. We will have "Meet Up" dates to chat about finishing the quilt. Look for a blog post on those dates to come.  This week we leave the Y-seams behind and say hello to the curves! Perhaps that's out of the frying pan and into the fire!  Our patchwork block is Lattice Fan and our applique block is Strawberries. Lattice Fan - Lots of curves in this block! And to make it even more exciting we...

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