Sharon Holland Designs Blog
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In this blog you will find tips on quilting, sewing, quilt design, textiles, pattern design, free projects and much more.
Sharon Holland Designs Blog
2M ago
There’s a new (old) pattern in my Shop! Saguaro was first published to my shop almost 10 years ago and only came in one size. I’ve always loved this beginner-friendly, scrappy quilt pattern and thought it was high time to update the instructions and republish a pattern with multiple project sizes.
Shop the Pattern
Here’s a look back at the original Saguaro cover quilt made with Art Gallery Fabrics Artisan collection by Pat Bravo. Today, you have six project sizes to choose from but with still all the wonderful scrappiness that lets you play with a lot of different prints and colors.
I made ..read more
Sharon Holland Designs Blog
5M ago
The Sharon Holland Quilt & Sample Sale will run now through December 17th so hurry if you’ve had your eye on a quilt! There’s still quilts available, ranging in size from crib to full/queen.
I’ve also been adding more Needle Birds and now through the end of the sale am offering a special deal for Needle Birds—keep reading.
Shop the Sale
Now’s your chance to purchase a quilt made by Sharon Holland or an antique quilt from her personal collection. Give as a gift or keep all to yourself, these quilts will bring years of joy. See Sample Sale for all listings.
Special Offer
Every Needle Bird ..read more
Sharon Holland Designs Blog
5M ago
It’s time for a pop-up Quilt and Sample sale! Beginning at 12 pm Central time on December 3rd, 2023, my website will go live with a Sample Sale shop page of projects you’ve seen posted about on this blog, hand sewn creations by me, and antique quilts from my personal collection. Listings are one-of-a-kind so shop early for best selection.
Kismet Rambler Table Runner
I’ve added many new items since the first-ever Quilt and Sample Sale last spring—including recently blogged about quilts and sewing projects!
Chicago Geese - Moody Blues Twin Quilt
Quilt and Sample Sale!
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Sharon Holland Designs Blog
6M ago
It’s all over but the Grand Finale Giveaway!
Thank you for joining us for 14 days of inspiring sewing projects during the 2023 Gifting Handmade - Maker’s Showcase. In this post, I’ll be recapping the projects I posted to Instagram on Days 8 through 14 and providing social links for the maker, project links, and other insights and information about the project and the fabrics used. Plus, in this recap post, there’s all the details about Grand Finale giveaway you absolutely don’t want to miss, so keep reading!
Thank you to our Sponsors
In the spirit of giving, I’ve teamed up with sponsors to be ..read more
Sharon Holland Designs Blog
6M ago
It’s been an inspirational first week of Gifting Handmade projects! If you’ve been following along each day on Instagram you’ve already seen images and learned the details of the projects posted so far. This blog post will give even more details about the maker and their gifting idea, project links, and fabric selection.
Plus, it’s on this blog post is where you enter into this weeks giveaway prizes—keep reading to the end!
The Sponsors
In the spirit of giving, I’ve teamed up with sponsors to be able to offer you a chance to win some fabulous, generous, exciting prizes! Last week, in the intr ..read more
Sharon Holland Designs Blog
6M ago
It’s my second year for the Gifting Handmade - Maker’s Showcase event! Starting November 1, 2023 and running for 14 days straight, I’ll be host to 12 talented creatives that’ll inspire you to sew handmade gifts for friends and family. All the projects being made will be made from fabrics I designed for Art Gallery Fabrics but of pattern of their choosing or in some cases, patterns they’ve designed. See last year’s Gifting Handmade 2022 blog posts for Week 1 and Week 2 projects.
This year you’ll see many of the same Maker’s as last year but with all new projects. You’ll be inspired and motiva ..read more
Sharon Holland Designs Blog
7M ago
Last week Art Gallery Fabrics published the Juniper Look Book, a virtual catalog of inspiring sewing projects, featuring my new Juniper fabric line. Talented makers from around the globe contribute beautifully made items to show off the prints and substrates from the collection.
I also love to contribute and photograph my own projects and this blog post is for sharing about my new free projects, my Juniper version of my Chicago Geese quilt, items made from patterns from my shop, and projects I made using free patterns from other online makers.
When I designed the Juniper collection, I envis ..read more
Sharon Holland Designs Blog
7M ago
My new Juniper collection is now shipping to your favorite quilt stores and online fabric shops!
Experience the rustic charm of wintertide with Juniper by Sharon Holland. This exquisite collection perfectly encapsulates the natural beauty of piney greens, cinnamon spice, and cozy charcoal and white hues. Cherish the season’s simple pleasures and savor the serene allure of winter.
Along with 16 quilting cottons, Juniper has offers two flannel prints. Art Gallery Fabrics flannel is thick, soft, and wonderful to stitch as a quilt backing, garments, and everything else you’d normally sew with ..read more
Sharon Holland Designs Blog
8M ago
Fall’s just around the corner and time to start thinking about the weather getting cooler and sewing projects for the home and maybe even sewing for gifts! I always get energized in the fall and am continually inspired by the colors of the season—how about you?
The newest pattern in my shop is called Chicago Geese and this fun, intermediate pattern comes in 6 sizes ranging from crib to king! Even though the pattern is new on my site, it’s not exactly new. I had made the original version for Quilts and More Spring 2019 issue, using prints from my Signature collection for Art Gallery Fabrics ..read more
Sharon Holland Designs Blog
10M ago
It’s been 2 months since my last blog post for good reason because as you may remember from my last post, we moved to a new state and into our forever house we had built! My husband retired and we moved back to Iowa to be near family the beginning of May. Since May, we’ve been unpacking boxes, moving furniture around, watering to try to grow grass, and customizing the closets for our various needs. The closets are finally done, thanks to my husband’s handiwork, salvaged wood that was part of my parents house that used to be on the property, some IKEA bookcases, and some creative thinking.
Th ..read more