I am so excited to work on my new book with Palmer Printing! I have decided to self publish my first book, An owner’s manual for the Leaves Galore Templates. The book is coming together slowly, but I am very excited to say that all the quilts for the book are finished and off for [...]
Today I had a play date with some great friends! Kathleen, Kathy, Sue and I got together for a half day of creativity, paint, coffee and FUN! Thanks to Sue Bleiweiss for these great photos! Sue is the creator of the Sketchbook Project, and has just published a book on the [...]
One of my favorite parts of my job is teaching. I love the moment when my methods click, and quilters can see themselves saving loads of time by using Leaves Galore to cut their applique! This “AH-HA” moment usually occurs in a lecture for a quilt guild, and I hear it happen in the room. [...]
I started a new quilt last month at my guild’s Run Away Weekend! I have always loved these wild prints by Keiffe Fasset and others, but I really didn’t know how I would use them. I bought the prints at the Franklin Mill Store in Franklin MA. The magic carpet quilt idea was one [...]
Come see the inchie quilt exhibit at the Thimble Pleasures Quilt Show this weekend, March 24 and 25: Saturday and Sunday, 10 to 4 at Blackstone Valley Tech High School in Upton, MA. I will be vending at the show and will have a few quilts in the display of member’s work. Hope to see [...]
Here is some eye candy for you!! This is one of my guild’s raffle quilts that will be given away next month. The photos, interpreted in fabric, are all Massachusetts landmarks. There were so many great landmarks to choose from, we ended up with two quilts that will be raffled at our guild’s show in [...]
I like to think that all of my patterns can be made with hand applique as well as using my templates for fusible applique. I am working on a method to cut both the fabrics and the foundations for hand applique using the Leaves Galore Templates. Meanwhile, if you want to complete any of my [...]
All of you are winners today, because I fixed my shipping cost issues on the site!! My shopping program could not tell the difference between templates and patterns to calculate shipping. Because of this, the shipping rate was calculated much too high for shipping patterns. Thank you for your patience while I found a solution. [...]
Santa landed on our Quilt Shop and dropped off presents for the following Blog Hoppers: Kathy Harris – Christmas Ribbons Mary Collier – Eve’s Garden Becky Greene – Hope’s Diamond Leah Baird – Melissa’s Quilt Desiree – Promise Ring Diane Wild – Hot and Cold Flow Thank you all for stopping in on the blog [...]
Successful Quilt Market and Festival in Houston
Quilt Market and Festival was an exciting time for Sue Pelland Designs! We met some wonderful new and old friends, both wholesale and retail customers. This photo is of Cyn Wilde, a teacher at Quilter’s Cottage in Richmond Texas. Cyn made our Christmas Ribbons pattern and such a lovely job! Christmas Ribbons was beautifully [...]