Miraculous Sewing and NTT

Hey friends!  Welcome to Needle and Thread Thursday.  As the post title suggests, it's a miracle with an 8 month old puppy, but I've been able to get LOTS of sewing done this week and actually finished a quilt top!  Most of it was over the weekend when I'm not the only one at home and therefore not the only one responsible for puppy duties, but I'll take what I can get.

This is a brand new design (one of the ones I worked on last fall before the holidays), and I really love how it turned out.  The stars have a fun, mid-century modern feel that I really like.  I already have the plan for the backing, so I'm hoping for a timely finish for my first quilt in several months.

I also visited the lovely ladies of the Sherwood Park Quilt Guild in Canada last week- virtually of course!   I presented my trunk show, "Show Your Back Side: Quilts From Perfectly Pieced Quilt Backs" and it was lots of fun.  I just love that I can present anywhere in the world with the magic of Zoom!  If your guild is looking for fun and unique programming, please send me an email and we'll chat!  I would love to visit you- either virtually OR in person!  

In other big news, the cover for my upcoming book is finalized, and I'm so excited to share it with you!

You might notice that the cover has the numbers removed from the Twelve Days blocks, and that is for a couple of reasons.  First, the book gives the option for making the quilt without the numbers if you prefer, so I wanted to show that.  And secondly, in this digital world, a book's cover has to look crisp and vibrant not only in real-size, but in thumbnail-size as well, since this is how many people see book titles on phones as they shop.  When the quilt is shrunk down to that size, taking the numbers out allows the block designs to stand out better.  

It makes me so happy to see that the designers followed my request to "lean into the Christmas" theme of the song and quilt, even though the blocks themselves aren't all red and green.  The book will be released late this spring, with plenty of time to start a Block of the Month Quilt Along for Christmas in July!

Okay, y'all!  Let's get down to business with this week's party!  But first, a few highlights from our first party of 2026 last week!

Linda at kokaquilts linked up a recap post of all of her 2025 quilts, and this one is just so lovely.

These sweet butterflies are from Melisa at Pinker n Punkin Quilting and Stitching-

And finally, Yvonne at Sew Yummy shared this vibrant quilt-

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