Guest Blog Post by Sandi Colwell of Quilt Cabana Patterns!!

Hi Everyone!

I am so honored and excited today to be Lynn’s guest blogger for Puppy Girl Designs! I’m looking forward to sharing a few things about myself and getting to know you all as well. I’m Sandi Colwell from East Bridgewater, MA and in addition to being a wife and mom of three daughters, I am an author, quilting instructor, pattern designer, and long-armer! My company is Quilt Cabana Patterns and I run it out of my home studio.

I didn’t begin quilting until after I was married and had kids. My grandmother gifted all of the graduates in the family with a sewing machine and I promptly stuck it (unopened) in the back of my closet where it lived for 15 years! Once I became a stay at home mom, I started watching The Carol Duvall Show and Simply Quilts. My interest in crafts started to pique and I asked my mother if she could teach me to sew. She told me to bring the girls to her house and she would teach me to make a child’s apron! I was so excited to learn how to use that machine!! I made the apron and went on to make many dresses, skirts, and ponchos for my daughters. I was hooked but I really wanted to learn how to quilt. I went to a quilt shop and with the help of a sales associate, I purchased everything I needed to teach myself to quilt! Once I had the hang of it, guess what? My mom asked me to teach her to quilt! And I did and we’ve been quilting together now for many years.

Since that time, I’ve gone on to have many designs published in national quilt magazines, have a book published with Leisure Arts, began long-arming, started a podcast, and now I teach workshops out of my home. It’s been the greatest pleasure to serve others by teaching them how to quilt. Today I’m particularly excited to launch my new eBook, Fabric Sketch Collage. This eBook walks you through how to turn your treasured photos into unique fabric collages! It’s an easy and fun process that is both relaxing and produces beautiful, fast results. You won’t believe how fun it is! Now through December 2^nd, anyone who purchases the eBook will also receive a free pattern download for a mug rug. You can purchase the eBook and see all of my patterns in my Etsy Store.

I would love for you to visit my website and blog for more fun and updates! The links are listed below!

Website: https://quiltcabanapatterns.com/index.html

Blog: http://quiltcabanapatterns.com/blog/

Podcast: https://quiltcabanacorner.podbean.com/

Etsy Store: https://www.etsy.com/shop/Quiltcabanapatterns

Email: colwellsg@comcast.net

In 2020, I’ll be working on adding workshops for guilds.