Suzy Williams, Author at Suzy Quilts

Suzy Williams

Suzy Williams, founder of Suzy Quilts, is rooted in a deep love for the heritage and tradition of quilting and a desire to craft unique, contemporary textiles. With a BFA in visual communications, Suzy uses her graphic design background to transform conventional sewing into a fresh, personal interpretation of minimal, modern design. Suzy is a BERNINA Expert Ambassador, Craftsy Instructor, member of the Modern Quilt Guild and has been published in multiple books and magazines. She has worked in collaboration with large corporations such as Toyota and Crate & Kids as well as Birch Fabrics, Windham Fabrics, Hoffman Fabrics, Art Gallery Fabrics and Cloud9 Fabrics. Currently Suzy lives in Chicago, IL with her husband, John and two young children, Desi and Joanna.

How do we bring joy into our gift giving this holiday season? The answer is letting go of perfectionism and setting realistic expectations.

A Guide to Embracing Imperfection in Gift Giving

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12 Days of Giveaways 2023 on Instagram!

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me… a sewing machine under the tree!

What better way to kick off December than with the return of our annual 12 Days of Giveaways? I don’t think there could be anything better.

Check out our top 10 DIY holiday gift tutorials - 2023 edition! These are all free tutorials and some you can make in a day! suzyquilts.com

Issue 11: Woven Together

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Beautiful Christmas Quilt Patterns

Make a beautiful Christmas quilt using any Suzy Quilts pattern! Lots of our quilt patterns can be transformed into blue and white winter wonderlands or festive red and green throws for your living room. This post will show you lots of examples so you can get inspired to make your own quilt for the holidays.

Star Crossed Sew Along: Quilting and Binding techniques and designs

Star Crossed: Quilting & Binding

How much does quilting affect the finished look of a quilt? That's like asking a baker, how much does bake time affects a cake? Is 12 minutes the same as 25 minutes? I already mixed the right stuff together. Can I get a break here?

Get a free PDF quilt pattern! The Duval Star quilt pattern (previously named Reverse Star) uses fat quarters!

FREE Duval Star Quilt Pattern

In this blog post, you'll get a FREE quilt pattern PDF that you can download at your convenience. Previously named Reverse Star, I've lovingly renamed this design Duval Star, to celebrate the release of my debut fabric collection, Duval!

This pattern is beginner-friendly and an excellent skill builder, since you'll practice making flying geese a whopping 224 times.

Star Crossed 2.0 Sew Along (The Highlights)

Hey friends, welcome back to round two in our abbreviated Star Crossed sew along. Last week we covered the ins and outs of making the original Star Crossed quilt in this post. This week we are talking about Star Crossed 2.0 — the pointier, slightly more advanced version of this pattern.

Star Crossed Sew Along (The Highlights)

Hello, hello and welcome to an abbreviated Star Crossed sew along! In this first post I'll cover the making of this quilt from start to finish. Next week I'll do the same thing with the Star Crossed 2.0 variation of this design, and in the third and final week, I'll answer any questions you post in the comments here and on social media and then give you lots of quilting options for finishing your quilt tops.