Granny Sassy Designs

11/12/2026

🧵 Quilt Festival opened in Houston today! 🧵

If you're there, have the best time, and please take lots of pictures for the rest of us!

If you're home like me, you can still shop. My shop is open 24/7, so you can browse in your pajamas with a cup of coffee. No crowds, no sore feet, and no lugging bags back to the hotel. 😉

📦 FREE shipping anywhere in the US!

👉 Just search "Granny Sassy Designs" on Google, or tap the link in my page's About section. Want it the easy way? Comment SHOP and I'll message it to you!

Who's going this year, and who's staying home with me? Tell me in the comments! 👇

11/12/2026

🧵🛳️ Only 5 seats left on our Quiltworx Coastal Cruise!

Carin and I would love to have you aboard Holland America's Noordam this spring as we sail round trip from Seattle through the Great Bear Rainforest, April 25 – May 2, 2027.

We'll be teaching the brand-new Arcadia pattern (kits are 20% off, in any available colorway or your own custom colors). Or bring any quilt or sewing project you like!

✂️ Classes 3 times a day on non-port days
✂️ One-on-one help anytime you want it
✂️ The sewing room opens as early and stays open as late as you ask, even on port days
✂️ Sewing machine rental just $50

We'll stop in Ketchikan, Prince Rupert, Nanaimo and Victoria, with scenic cruising through the Inside Passage. Watch for bears, eagles and whales right from the sewing room window!

Staterooms start at $2,099 per person. Bringing a non-quilting spouse or friend? They save $425. A $350 deposit holds your seat, and final payment is due Jan. 1, 2027.

To grab one of the last 5 seats, call or email Kati at Bright Wishes Travel:
📞 216-469-8886
📧 [email protected]
🌐 brightwishestravel.com

Please share with your quilting friends and guild! 💙

11/11/2026

Continuing my color research today and found sealife that reminds me of the Anemone and Butterfly Garden Patterns. I love this research. What pattern or colorway do you think of with any of these? We love custom colorways...so just order the kit and tell me what to do for yours.

We ship free within the US too!

11/09/2026

https://youtu.be/p9kvIY5RzNY?si=dipSeM57FnEYu0WB

Shawn took this video. I just watched.

Turtle continues to snack, even though he's being watched from all ...

11/08/2026

Well I'm off doing color research. This is something I must do a few times per year to keep sharp. Yesterday my dive computer battery was dead so we stole the batteries out of one of my strobes. The pictures were interesting, but not well lit. I guess I will need to do more research.

The first photo is the common Flamingo Tongue. I see them on every dive, but they still fascinate me. The last 3 pics are of this tiny fish hiding in the coral. I have no idea what he might be, but he was cute.

Is there a pattern you'd like colored like these beauties underwater? I'm thinking about the Sunken Treasure fabrics designed by Michael Davison

11/07/2026

Just a reminder about our free zooms …. These are ongoing, not just through October as stated. Same join info as below.

On our last FREE Zoom Sew-in we all couldn't agree to two specific days for September and October so we all agreed that having it Monday through Friday would work for everyone!

That means you can join for FREE any day that works for you. It's Monday through Friday 2-4pm PT during September and October. I can guarantee I can't be there every day but will join as often as I can. We have Certified Instructors that join and quilters from beginners to experts. Lot of tips and tricks are shared and plenty of non-quilting chatter to keep you entertained while you work on whatever you choose to be making.

In September I plan to start my Terracotta quilt that is being made in the Northcott Stonehenge fabrics, shown below.

In October I hope to be making an Arcadia as I'm told the sample papers will be to me by then. I just have no idea what colorway I'll be making. I must get it finished by January or they won't send me the patterns! I must prove I know how to make it before they let me sell it. They are serious about these TOMs. However, while I'll be making it in October, I won't share much about it as that should come to you in a class to be sure you get the best instruction possible. If you want to learn in person get on one of our cruises in 2027 or you can sign up for Zoom classes from Spumoni Garden Quilts by Carin. Maybe Carin will post her info for her Zoom in comments.

Here is the sign in for all the FREE sessions in September and October.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82233476870?pwd=GjRZaeQi1fjaA5zVMCemQH11H2bqYA.1

Meeting ID: 822 3347 6870
Passcode: 864257

Are you excited to get started with us? We still have the Monday and Thursday sessions going through August. See my posts at the top of my page for the log-in information.

11/04/2026

Here is an exclusive Arcadia design I just finished. I used an assortment of Tim Holtz fabrics. I'll be making this one after I finish my 2nd one I'm doing in Tula. Don't let the applique deter you...it can also be done as embroidery. The Fabric Confetti embroidery patterns are working out beautifully. Or, do it the Judy way, which is just as gorgeous. Sometimes I can't decide which way to go and I always avoided applique before. Judy gave me a new obsession. I love their patterns with applique now. Do you?

This one ships FREE within the US when the patterns are received in January. Always comes with our kit guarantee!

https://www.grannysassydesigns.com/Arcadia-Queen-Quilt-Kit-by-Quiltworx-99x99-in-Assorted-Tim-Holtz-Collections-Exclusive-design-by-Lucy-McKieShipping-late-January-2027-_p_4736.html

11/03/2026

Can you tell that we love Moda here? I was looking at our shelves of fabric for some inspiration to design and all I could see was Moda! Here are three new designs yes all in different collections from Moda. Arcadia wall in Moda's Breathtaking Blues, Eternal Autumn in Moda's Wellspring, and The Pineapple in Moda's True to Hue. These are listed on our website and I will link them below.

Arcadia
https://www.grannysassydesigns.com/Arcadia-Wall-Quilt-Kit-by-Quiltworx-80x80-in-Modas-Breathtaking-Blues-shipping-late-January-2027-colorway-by-Madi-Linn_p_4734.html
Eternal Autumn
https://www.grannysassydesigns.com/Eternal-Autumn-in-Modas-Wellspring-Quilt-Kit-by-Quiltworx-99x99-Exclusively-Designed-By-Madi-Linn-_p_4733.html
The Pineapple
https://www.grannysassydesigns.com/Quilt-kit-for-The-Pineapple-by-Judy-Niemeyer-Quiltworx-using-Modas-True-to-Hue-Designed-by-Madi-Linn_p_4732.html

11/01/2026

I took a break from quilting embroidery on my Arcadia to make this darling wall hanging. Lindy Haley showed hers she made and I couldn’t resist.