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 I got these adorable Coca Cola Canvas Bag Panels in recently. 

Here is the video:

If the video does not play for you here then you can watch it directly on my YouTube Channel by following this link: Coca Cola Canvas Tote Bag Video Tutorial ...

 Do you enjoy quilting with others from the comfort of your own sewing room? If so, then please consider joining my Mystery Five-0 private Facebook group. We have another FREE mini mystery coming up in January 2026.

Join the group: Mystery Five-0 Alamosa Quilt Company Private Facebook Group There are three group questions you must answer plus group rules that you must agree to before I will let you into the group - no exceptions. This is the only mechanism I have to try to get spammers, scammers, creeps and bots out of the group.

Below are images of the three ...

 I'm starting to do more videos as those seem more popular than in-person classes in my area. The most recent one I did is how to make a basic cloth napkin. If you have been sewing for a while then this is really beneath your level, but there are lots of folks just starting out with sewing for which this just right.

It's a fairly short instructional video at just over 10 minutes long. That right there tells you how simple this project is.

If the video above doesn't play for you here then you can click ...

 Glinda (my Bernina Q24 long arm machine) and I quilted 6 customer quilts last week!

First we did this beauty for Diana B.

Next there were three from Terri M. The first two shown below are from the same kit. The kit was for the first quilt but she had enough fabric leftover from the kit to make a second, coordinating quilt. These will go on twin beds in the same room and she wanted the quilting to be the same pattern with the same thread.

And then we quilted up a couple of baby quilts for Kristy D.

 Are you familiar with Mystery Five-0? If not, you can read more about it here: Mystery Five-0 with Alamosa Quilt Company

We have launched our next mystery quilt called Island Hopping. Kits and tickets went on sale yesterday.

There are two ways you can sign up to participate with us: 

(1) Buy an Island Hopping Kit. Our kits are carefully curated following the very detailed instructions provided to shops by Mystery Five-0. I've seen the pattern. I'm in the process of making my shop sample. And I've picked fabrics for my kits that will make beautiful quilts ...

 I did a quick project for my 20-something son. I just received this adorable Axolotl fabric in the shop and thought he might like it. He did! A lot!

I made him a set a new pillowcases for his bed.

He requested that I use different fabrics for the cuff so that they coordinate but don't match. Mission accomplished and they are already on his bed in use!

In case you don't know, an axolotl is a real creature from the salamander family. However, they are also featured in the popular video game Minecraft. This is why there ...

 My shop is a participating retailer for the Mystery Five-0 program.

I have a private Facebook group that you need to join in order to participate in the FREE mini mysteries.

Join my Alamosa Quilt Company Mystery Five-0 Private Facebook Group

Be sure to answer all three group questions and agree to the group rules so that I can let you into the group!

Our next free mini mystery is this Saturday, September 20, 2025. The clues start dropping into to the group at 9am Mountain Time and continue through 1pm Mountain Time. If you are busy on Saturday, the ...

 This is one of my favorite jelly roll patterns ever! It looks good with any jelly roll and it uses almost every bit of every strip of your jelly roll.

No coupon code is required. It's just plain old FREE.

 Getting new fabrics into the shop means new shop samples. I have lost all of my sample sewists, so I'm now sewing everything myself. This is another reason why I haven't had time to share things with you. I'm finding it a challenge to sew everything myself and do all the other marketing, buying, managing employees and such that is part of running a business.

This first one is called the Sunkissed Quilt. It's 56" by 72". The pattern is one of my favorite Villa Rosa Designs patterns that calls for a panel called Foxfire. In ...

 I've been so busy actually quilting things for folks that I haven't had time to share with you how it's going. The short answer is, "It's going great!" I'm still building my long arm quilting business and getting the word out to folks that I'm doing long arm quilting now, but I'm happy with how it's going so far. I'm not swamped with quilts to do for customers, but I am getting a few each week. So it's manageable!

The first quilt I have to share was made by Sherrie ...

 My new free pattern is called Charming Churn Dash. I wrote this pattern a few years ago when I had an active scrap group at my shop. 

The pattern is free for the rest of July. You will need to use the coupon code HAR7N16CKW6R at checkout. Here is the direct link to the Charming Churn Dash PDF Pattern. The coupon code expires at 6pm MDT on Thursday, July 31, 2025. 

For the past few years I have been including a free pattern in my weekly shop newsletter. If you would like to subscribe to my newsletter you can sign ...

 I am slowly going through my older tutorials and turning them into downloadable PDF patterns. I am listing them for "sale" on my website although so far the price for them is $0.00 - FREE.

I picked my Wonder Clip Pin Cushion Tutorial for this month. If you want to go to the tutorial then click the link in the previous sentence. The tutorial is not written in a form that is downloadable. 

If you would like a download PDF of the pattern then click this link, Wonder Clip Pin Cushion PDF Pattern. 

If you would like a copy ...

 If you are looking for some great deals on quilting fabric and such, you can check out what I've got in the clearance section.

Alamosa Quilt Company BlowOut Event

Fabrics are $5.99 per yard. I've got panels at 50% off and books, patterns and such are 25% off.

I made a short video of the fabrics included in the event. It's a Facebook live video so I can't embed the video here. If you click the link below it will take you to the video on my shop's Facebook page. 

Alamosa Quilt Company Facebook ...

 I recently purchased a BERNINA Q24 long arm with Q-matic (computer program) for my shop. My favorite local long arm quilter recently moved away. I knew I would need to find another way to get my shop samples quilted and so would all of her other customers. So I decided to go into the long arm quilting business myself.

The machine arrived about two weeks ago. I've been watching the video class I purchased from BERNINA as well as reading through the workbooks I received trying to learn as much as I can as fast as I can. I ...

 I've got another fun, easy and fast project for you. I'm calling it the Circle Wallet because it's made from two circles of fabric and some snaps.

 I had a chance to film and edit the second "class" in my binding series. In this video I show how to sew the binding on a project completely by machine. First sewing the binding to the front of the quilt and then stitching in the ditch along the edge of the binding on the front to catch the binding on the back side of the project.

As I mentioned in the video, this is just ONE way to attach binding completely by machine. There are several other methods and in time I plan to film them all.

If you ...

 Did you sew along with my shop or one of the other Mystery Five-0 retailers on March 29th to make a Star Bright quilt? If yes or no, keep reading!

Below is the version of Star Bright that I made.

 My next free pattern is available! It's called Strip and Flip Jelly Roll Quilt and it's a digital download.

The following link will take you directly to the pattern: Strip and Flip Quilt Pattern

When you check out you will need to add the coupon code FreePatternStrip&Flip2025 to get it for free. The code will work from now through April 10, 2025 at 6pm US Mountain Time.

This is a great pattern for that random jelly roll you purchased without a plan. One jelly roll will make the whole thing, including binding. Or you'll need 27 ...

 My newest FREE pattern is the Burrito PillowCase PDF pattern. This one is just plain free, as in the price $0.00 - no coupon code required.

I also filmed myself making one. You don't need a copy of the pattern as I give you all of the information you need in the video, but if you are someone who likes to have a printed pattern you can get a copy for free. The fabric requirements also listed in the video description on YouTube.