Friends, a quick check-in to let you know that EVERYTHING “me” is on sale on Fat Quarter Shop’s website.

Click HERE to stock up!

Meanwhile, I am counting how many Christmas quilts I have over on Instagram!

CLICK HERE to follow me there if you haven’t already.

Today, we are up to Quilt #12, and there are MANY more, haha! How many Christmas quilts does a girl need?

Have a blessed 2nd Advent Sunday!

Hello my friends! Happy December to you. It’s hard to believe the year is almost over, and we are now in the Christmas Advent season. I hope you have had a good one. My daughter has 2 Christmases (including this year’s) left before she heads to college. I am trying to seize EVERY moment I can enjoying the season with, in spite of her busy schedule!

Today I am EXCITED to announce the next sampler BLOOMING SCRAPPY QAL with my latest book Scrap Quilting with Wendy Sheppard! My very sweet friend Pat Sloan will be sewing along. You may have heard back in October Kimberly Jolly of Fat Quarter will be as well. She will be offering a different version of the sampler project. So be sure to watch her video in Jan 2026.

You will have the option to add the pieced outer border should you choose to!

WHEN: Jan 21, 2026

HOW THIS WORKS: We will be making the blocks from the different projects in my book to make a sampler quilt.

MATERIALS: My Scrap Quilting Book + Scraps – use scraps or 4y background + 1 FQ bundle!

BUY MY BOOK HERE

FULL SCHEDULE HERE: Click DOWNLOAD button below this image to download the schedule.

I hope you will join me in making this fun spring quilt!

NOTE: If you are making the kitty blocks, depending on the version of the book you have, there might be a correction! PLEASE CHECK!

Hello friends, today is the day! We are kicking off our Hear Ye Hear Ye QAL!

Click here to purchase pattern PDF (20% off at the moment in my Etsy shop).

Click here to purchase printed pattern and look for patriotic fabrics.

Assignment: Stripe Section and Border stars

There are lots of stars, and these star blocks can be a bit of a challenge in getting all the points to match up. I have written about accurate piecing here a long time ago, but this my go-to trick.

Here is the schedule – please note that schedule is suggested because…. life happens! However, if you somewhat keep with the pace of the schedule, you WILL get your quilt top completed!

Thank you for sewing along this quilt with me! I hope you will have lovely rest of your Thanksgiving week. See you again for Check-in #3!

Hello friends, today is the day! We are kicking off our Hear Ye Hear Ye QAL!

Click here to purchase pattern PDF (20% off at the moment in my Etsy shop).

Click here to purchase printed pattern and look for patriotic fabrics.

Assignment: Make the top bell section and study through pattern so that things make sense to you.

Here is the schedule – please note that schedule is suggested because…. life happens! However, if you somewhat keep with the pace of the schedule, you WILL get your quilt top completed!

ALSO – please note that on page 7 step 1, there is a mis-labeling of the diagram. The text as well as the cutting are correct.

And here is my first section done!

See you next month for our next assignment! Have a great day, my friends!

Hello Friends, I hope you have been well, and that you have had a good start to your week.

Before I get on with today’s agenda, if you haven’t followed me on Instagram or Facebook, here are the links. I find that I can connect with quilting friends better there. Plus you will be able to interact with other quilts to make friends of your own.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ivory_spring/ – daily posting, spotty during the weekends

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wendysheppardquilts/ – 2-4 posts every week

Well, I finished my Sparklers quilt top last week. You can still make the Sparklers quilt at your own pace. Click HERE for pattern.

A finish means an impending new start — here is the schedule for Hear Ye, Hear Ye QAL. This QAL will run from October 2025 through May 2026. The schedule is pretty light and low demand. However, as with all my QALs, the schedule is ONLY suggested. You may sew at your own pace and finish your quilt earlier/later than scheduled.

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE PATTERN PDF – PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A DIGITAL PATTERN, AND YOU NEED TO HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DOWNLOAD/PRINT!

PRINTED PATTERN IS AVAILABLE AT FAT QUARTER SHOP: https://www.fatquartershop.com/hear-ye-quilt-pattern-wendy-sheppard

Here is the schedule & breakdown diagram:

I hope you will join me in making Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Don’t worry if you can’t… I will have MORE RBW QAL in the coming months! Thank you for stopping by! I hope you have a lovely rest of your week.

Hello friends, I hope you have been well! Happy Monday to you all! Can you believe it’s Today is our last check-in for Silver Lining QAL. I hope you have enjoyed making the blocks. I love making house blocks.

• Silver Lining is an easy enough project to make in the summer as summer is busy for many.
• It is my attempt to design a house quilt that has a fun little twist with the clouds. You can totally make the entire quilt with just the house blocks without the cloud blocks.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

You will need (1) Layer Cake + Background + Cloud Fabric.

I am using Riley Blake’s Floral Charm fabrics: https://shrsl.com/4wwjp

KIT INFO HERE (check out the BEAUTIFUL backing fabric): https://shrsl.com/4wjwg

Or, you may choose the Layer Cake of your choice here: 

https://shrsl.com/4v7ky

Pattern PDF here: 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1739594099/silver-lining-layer-cake-friendly-house

Today we are finishing up our quilt! This is my quilt top.

I will share photos once this quilt is quilted and bound! Thank you so much for sewing along with me. Have a great week!

Hello friends, I hope you have been well! Happy Monday to you all! Today is check-in #4 for Silver Lining QAL. I hope you have enjoyed making the blocks. I love making house blocks.

• Silver Lining is an easy enough project to make in the summer as summer is busy for many.
• It is my attempt to design a house quilt that has a fun little twist with the clouds. You can totally make the entire quilt with just the house blocks without the cloud blocks.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

You will need (1) Layer Cake + Background + Cloud Fabric.

I am using Riley Blake’s Floral Charm fabrics: https://shrsl.com/4wwjp

KIT INFO HERE (check out the BEAUTIFUL backing fabric): https://shrsl.com/4wjwg

Or, you may choose the Layer Cake of your choice here: 

https://shrsl.com/4v7ky

Pattern PDF here: 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1739594099/silver-lining-layer-cake-friendly-house

PATTERN PDFS ARE CURRENTLY BUY 2 AND GET 20% IN MY ETSY STORE.

Today we are making the cloud blocks! My tip in handling small pieces is dry iron without steam, and finger press as much as possible until the very end. You may decide one cloud block is enough and replace the rest with more house blocks. That’s TOTALY fine!

Anyway, here are my cloud blocks.

Thanks for sewing along! I will see you at the next check in- on 6/30. Have a lovely rest of your week! We are just about there!

Hello friends, I hope you have been well! Happy Monday to you all! Today is check-in #3 for Silver Lining QAL. I hope you have enjoyed making the blocks. I love making house blocks.

• Silver Lining is an easy enough project to make in the summer as summer is busy for many.
• It is my attempt to design a house quilt that has a fun little twist with the clouds. You can totally make the entire quilt with just the house blocks without the cloud blocks.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

You will need (1) Layer Cake + Background + Cloud Fabric.

I am using Riley Blake’s Floral Charm fabrics: https://shrsl.com/4wwjp

KIT INFO HERE (check out the BEAUTIFUL backing fabric): https://shrsl.com/4wjwg

Or, you may choose the Layer Cake of your choice here: 

https://shrsl.com/4v7ky

Pattern PDF here: 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1739594099/silver-lining-layer-cake-friendly-house

PATTERN PDFS ARE CURRENTLY BUY 2 AND GET 20% IN MY ETSY STORE.

Today we are making more house blocks to reach the total number of 25 house blocks. I have 3 or so left, and all the pieces are cut and ready on my sewing table.

Thanks for sewing along! I will see you at the next check in- on 6/23. Have a lovely rest of your week!

Hello friends, I hope you have been well! Today is check-in #2 for Silver Lining QAL. I hope you have enjoyed making the blocks. I love making house blocks.

• Silver Lining is an easy enough project to make in the summer as summer is busy for many.
• It is my attempt to design a house quilt that has a fun little twist with the clouds. You can totally make the entire quilt with just the house blocks without the cloud blocks.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

You will need (1) Layer Cake + Background + Cloud Fabric.

KIT INFO HERE (check out the BEAUTIFUL backing fabric): https://shrsl.com/4wjwg

Or, you may choose the Layer Cake of your choice here: 

https://shrsl.com/4v7ky

Pattern PDF here: 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1739594099/silver-lining-layer-cake-friendly-house

Today we are making more house blocks to reach the total number of 25 house blocks. So far I have 11, I believe – so 14 more to go for me. :)

Thanks for sewing along! I will see you at the next check in- on 6/16. Have a lovely rest of your week!

Hello friends, I hope you have been well! Today is check-in #1 for Silver Lining QAL. I hope you have your fabrics all picked out, and ready to go. If not, just shop from your stash! :)

• Silver Lining is an easy enough project to make in the summer as summer is busy for many.
• It is my attempt to design a house quilt that has a fun little twist with the clouds. You can totally make the entire quilt with just the house blocks without the cloud blocks.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

You will need (1) Layer Cake + Background + Cloud Fabric.

KIT INFO HERE (check out the BEAUTIFUL backing fabric): https://shrsl.com/4wjwg

Or, you may choose the Layer Cake of your choice here: https://shrsl.com/4v7ky

25% off Pattern PDF here: 

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1739594099/silver-lining-layer-cake-friendly-house

Today, we are making test blocks — house and cloud blocks! This is my second time making this pattern so, I just skipped the testing part, and went straight to the house blocks. I wanted to make the cloud blocks all at once. Here are my blocks for today.

A thought for you: If you just want easy sewing and don’t want to mess with the small pieces in the cloud block, you can totally substitute the cloud blocks with more house blocks. There should be enough squares from your Layer Cake for you to do that. Here is how your quilt would look. I actually quite like it as well!

Thanks for sewing along! I will see you at the next check in- on 6/11. Have a lovely rest of your week!