Island Hopping Pattern of your Choice :: Free for 48 hours only

 

We’re celebrating the success of the Island Hopping Mega-Mystery with a special thank-you gift—just for YOU!

For the next 48 hours, choose one Island Hopping pattern—Vacation or Adventure—absolutely FREE!

These throw quilts shine with just five fabrics, making them perfect for stash play or a coordinated bundle you already love. We still have a few of our carefully curated kits left if you would like one.

Note that the kit comes with a different code to get one of the patterns for FREE. So you can get one pattern for FREE now, then once you have your kit you can use the included code to get the other one for FREE.

Use coupon code: 4Y17NPVZZ7QS at checkout. Code expires at midnight Mountain Time USA on December 28, 2025.

NOTE: you must use the coupon code. There are simply too many of you for me to be able to refund you the price of the pattern if you forget to use the code.

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Regular price: $5.99 – FREE for a limited time!

Fun and Simple Bag Project with Video Tutorial

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

While I was making the shop sample I filmed my process since I opted to use different directions than what is printed directly on the panel. There is nothing wrong with their directions, I just wanted to make it using only a straight stitch and having no raw edges any where on the finished bag.

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

At the time of writing this I have quite a few of these bag panels:

Coca Cola Canvas Tote Bag Panel

I also have just ONE left of the same type of panel with a different motif:

Mr Bones Canvas Tote Bag Panel

To make these I used my Hot Ruler. If you don't have one of those they are pretty handy!

Hot Ruler

There is a similar product called the Hot Hemmer. I have them both, but used the Hemmer Ruler for this particular project. 

Hot Hemmer

The video tutorial is about 45 minutes long but if you aren't filming it and explaining what you are doing then you can make it a bit faster. So it's not a big investment in time or money.

Another FREE quilt along is coming in January

 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 free mini mystery projects we've done in 2025.

Each of the above finish at 21" by 21" and if you join the Facebook group you can still get the clues for all three of them. You can also get the full pattern for each, but those aren't free. What's the difference? The free clues in the group are just that, clues. There are 6 clues for each project. The pattern is written like a true pattern. It's the same information, just presented differently. The clues only give cutting information for each clue, not the project as a whole like in the pattern. The clues for the previous mini mysteries are all in the Files section of the Facebook group.

If you'd like copies of the patterns, the links are below:

Star Bright Pattern

Starlight Pattern

Starry Night Pattern

There will be three more FREE mini mysteries in 2026. The first one is in mid January. Be sure to join the group now so that you don't miss out!

Join the group: Mystery Five-0 Alamosa Quilt Company Private Facebook Group

Fast and Easy Project with Full Video Tutorial

 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 the following link which will take you to the video on my YouTube channel: Basic Cloth Napkin Tutorial

You don't need anything fancy for this project - just fabric, an iron and a sewing machine with thread to match/coordinate with the fabric you are using.

Off the Long Arm

 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.

The above quilt is a current kit I have for sale in my shop. If you would like a kit for yourself click the link: Timberland Trails Row Quilt Kit

This fun pinwheel quilt is for a grandchild whose name is Dottie. She used only polka dot fabrics for the pinwheels which I thought was super fun!

Island Hopping M50 Mystery Quilt

 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. Each fabric labeled so that there is no guess work on your part. 

OR

(2) Buy a $50 Island Hopping Ticket. This is essentially a gift certificate for yourself from Alamosa Quilt Company that you can spend on products or services from Alamosa Quilt Company. You can use it towards an Island Hopping Kit if you decide later that you do want a kit. But you don't have to spend it that way. You can spend it however you want - buy products (fabric, books, notions, batting, ...) or services (machine servicing or long arm quilting). The only thing you can't buy with it is another $50 ticket for a future M50 mystery quilt.

We made up six different kits for Island Hopping so far. If necessary, we will make more. And if you have special request for a kit style, we are happy to try to make that happen for you. I've already had a request for a "kid fabric" kit.

Links to purchase an Island Hopping kit or a $50 Island Hopping Ticket can be found by following this link: Mystery Five-0 with Alamosa Quilt Company

We also have a private Facebook group in which we share our progress, get help if you need it, and we have already done three FREE mini mystery projects with more FREE mini mystery projects already planned for 2026. Join today so you don't miss out!

Alamosa Quilt Company M50 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!

Axolotl Pillowcases

 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 is an Axolotl Fabric.

If you have someone who would love something made with Axolotl fabric then you can grab yourself some here: Axolotl Fabric

Want to join me for a FREE Quilt Along?

 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 clues will remain in the files section of the group as long as the group is active. We've already done two previous free mini mysteries and you can get the clues for those too if you join the group.

Below was the first free mini mystery project, Star Bright.

And this was the second free mini mystery project, Starlight.

The next one is called Starry Night. It will finish at 21" by 21" just like the other two. If you want to see what it looks like, join the group! You don't have to participate in any of the sew alongs. You can just watch from the sidelines. 

We are wrapping up our first Quarterly Mystery with Mystery Five-0 right now. It is called Aloha. Here is my Aloha quilt.

The quarterly mysteries are not free. You must purchase either a kit for the mystery project or a $50 ticket that is really a gift certificate for yourself to which ever participating retailer you sign up with. You can spend it on a kit or anything else you want. The quarterly mystery clues are sent via email so you don't have to be local to participate.

You can view the Aloha kits I have left in stock here: All things Aloha from Alamosa Quilt Company 

All the quarterly mystery quilts are lap/throw size. The Aloha quilt is 56" by 72". Mystery Five-0 has committed to insuring that each quarterly mystery quilt will meet the size requirements for Quilts of Valor so if you like making QOV quilts, these patterns will always work for that program. And each quarterly mystery quilt will always include two different ways to layout your units. If you participate in the mystery, then you get both layouts automatically. If you purchase a kit after the fact then you must choose which layout you want included in your kit. If you want them both then you'll need to purchase them both. 

These are the two layouts for Aloha:

You can also just get a copy of the pattern. Each quarter we will being doing a new mystery quilt and kits/tickets for the next one go on sale October 1, 2025. If you would like to read more about Mystery Five-0 click the following link: Mystery Five-0 Information

Jiffy Jelly Roll Quilt :: A New Free Pattern

 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.

You can get your free copy of the pattern here: Jiffy Jelly Roll Quilt Pattern 

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

Shop Samples

 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 this kit you get to choose the order in which you add the borders. Whichever fabric you choose for the first border is also your binding fabric.

My husband and I took a drive in the mountains recently and I took this quilt with us hoping for a photo opportunity. My husband is a really good sport and super supportive of my quilting and the shop so he is holding it for me while I took pictures.

This next one is super easy. It's just a panel! No piecing required. The fabric collection is called Dragon Friends. The backing I used is the Blue Geometric print from the Dragon Friends collection. The binding fabric is the Purple Geometric print from the Dragon Friends collection. The panel is 36" by the width of fabric. So this finished at about 36" by 43" - a great size for a quick and easy baby quilt.

The Dragon Friends collection features a second panel and it has a border print. I'm planning a second kit for this collection that features the other panel and the border print. As soon as I get time to sew it up!

This last one features the new Anna Marie Horner fabric collection called Jumpstart. The pattern is another Villa Rosa Designs pattern called Ebb Tide.

The Ebb Tide pattern doesn't have the outer border, but I wanted to add an outer border to this one to show off more of the fabrics in the collection. Our kit includes the outer border and the additional instructions required since the outer border is not part of the Ebb Tide pattern. The kit makes a 57" by 71" finished size quilt and includes the exact fabrics shown here plus the pattern and the binding fabric. The collection includes two wide backs and I used one of them for the back of this quilt. Below I flipped the corner back so you can see the backing fabric I used.

The links included previously in this post take you to the fabric collection or quilt kits I am showing on my website. If you would like to check out my shop website, here is the direct link to the home page.

Alamosa Quilt Company

If you have a local quilt shop in your area I encourage you to please check with them first to see if they might carry anything I'm showing you that you might want. But if you don't have a local quilt shop in your area or your local shop doesn't carry what I'm sharing, I'd love to help you get what you want/need!

Off the Long Arm

 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 L. She is a part-time local resident.

Sherrie chose this fun modern style pattern. It is one of the designs that comes with my Bernina Q24 Q-matic program. I call this one "bubbles" because it's real name is just some letters and numbers.

Another quilt from Sherrie L.

For this one Sherrie chose a floral pattern. It's not quite a poinsettia, but it's close enough.

This quilt was brought to me to quilt by Vicki B. It was made by a relative who has since passed away.

I picked an allover floral design to coordinate with the embroidery blocks. This quilt was huge! And Vicki doesn't sew so I finished the binding for her too. The quilt was a challenge to long arm because the workmanship was not the best. None of the sides were straight. Some of the blocks were larger than others. Puckers were just pieced right in to the seams. Yet, it still turned out really nice!

This last one was made by Duchess R. I've quilted several things for Duchess. She likes geometric quilting designs and bold thread colors.

She picked this lime green thread and a design called Cottontop. It's one of the designs that came with my machine.