It’s a new year, and that means that it is time for a NEW Quilt-A-Long! The 2025 Sew With Me series is a beginner-friendly sampler quilt video series. Each month I will teach you how to make another beautiful quilt block for our sampler quilt. At the end of our sew-a-long I’ll show you how to put them all together and finish your quilt! Join me back here on the 2nd Thursday of each month, as I teach you how to make this adorable quilt!

Throughout this series, I hope to teach you some new skills, tips, and tricks, and at the end of the series, we will have a fun selection of blocks to sew together into a sampler quilt! I have a special layout for this year’s sew-a-long, and I hope you love it as much as I do!
The blocks will release on the 2nd Thursday of each month. Each block will have a video tutorial and free PDF download. I will be adding the PDF downloads to this blog post as they are released, so make sure to come back here each month to get the new download!
In today’s video, we will be covering supplies as well as sewing the outer border, pieced backing, and sashing strips. I love getting the borders done first, it assures that I can cut my borders from the width of the fabric, and then I can use any leftover fabric for my quilt blocks as well. Plus, it’s nice to have it all done when we are ready to assemble our quilt!
This year we will be doing a special Bow Top Border and super cute pieced backing. If you don’t want to do the pieced backing, you can skip the Bow block and do your backing the normal way. But it’s really cute, and the perfect place to add a label to your quilt too!

YouTube Video Tutorials:
- Introduction + Borders and Sashing
- SWM Block 1 Video Tutorial
- SWM Block 2 Video Tutorial
- SWM Block 3 Video Tutorial
- SWM Block 4 Video Tutorial
- SWM Block 5 Video Tutorial
- SWM Block 6 Video Tutorial
- SWM Block 7 Video Tutorial (releasing 7/10)
- SWM Block 8 Video Tutorial (releasing 8/14)
- SWM Block 9 Video Tutorial (releasing 9/11)
- SWM Block 10 Video Tutorial (releasing 10/9)
- SWM Block 11 Video Tutorial(releasing 11/13)
- SWM Block 12 Video Tutorial (releasing 12/11)
- 2025 SWM Finishing Video Tutorial (releasing 12/18)
Download the Quilty Patterns Below:
- 2025 SWM Borders, Sashing & Pieced Backing
- 2025 SWM Block 1
- 2025 SWM Block 2
- 2025 SWM Block 3
- 2025 SWM Block 4
- 2025 SWM Block 5
- 2025 SWM Block 6
- 2025 SWM Block 7 (releasing 7/10)
- 2025 SWM Block 8 (releasing 8/14)
- 2025 SWM Block 9 (releasing 9/11)
- 2025 SWM Block 10 (releasing 10/9)
- 2025 SWM Block 11 (releasing 11/13)
- 2025 SWM Block 12 (releasing 12/11)
- 2025 SWM Finishing (releasing 12/18)
Quilt-a-long Details
- Finished Block Size: 12″ x 12″
- Finished Quilt Size: 50″ x 63″
- Videos release on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 10am MST
- Free PDF downloads are included for each block (The full pattern will be available in my shop once all blocks are released. Final Pattern will include patterns for all 12 quilt blocks, special borders, sashing, + finishing options and bonus ideas!)
- I suggest prepping your fabric with starch or Mary Ellen’s Best Press prior to cutting your pieces.
Fabric Requirements (FQ=18″ x 21″, feel free to use any colors you like!)
- Background: 3 yards
- Pink: (4) FQs
- Red: (5) FQs
- Green: (5) FQs
- Outer Border: 1-1/4 yard
- Dark Brown Sashing: 1/4 yard
- Light Brown Sashing: 1/2 yard
- Binding (Red): 1/2 yard
- Backing/Batting: 4-1/4 yards
Supplies:
- Juki TL2000 Qi
- Laurastar Lift Xtra (Titan) use code: Erica23 for 10% off!
- Self Healing Mat or Kimberly’s Cutting Mat
- DIY Pressing/Ironing Mat
- Olfa 45mm Splash Rotary Cutter
- 1/4″ Diagonal Seam Tape
- Creative Grids Ruler
- Aurifil 50wt Thread 2021
- Frixion Erasable Pens
- Pink Flower Magnetic Pin Bowl
- Scissors
- Alphabitties
- Modern American Vintage Tailor’s Clapper
- Stella Go Lamp
- Little House Pins
- Mary Ellen’s Best Press (They also have other scents!)
- Felt Right Tile Wall Coupon Code: ERICA10
- Sta-Flo Liquid Starch
- Warm N White 100% Cotton Batting
- Mary Ellen’s Best Press
2025 Stitch With Me

We’re doing a cute cross stitch to go along with our Sew With Me series this year too! I’m going to do a SAL format, so we will be releasing the blocks in the same order as the quilty version. Today, I am releasing the Border section, and next week we’ll start off with block #1. The stitchy blocks will release on the 2nd Thursday of the month as well!
Supplies:
- Charles Craft 14-Count Aida in Antique White
- Classic Colorworks floss 1 skein each of: Caroling, Pink Posey, Four Leaf Clover, Grasshopper, Pebble Beach, and Cocoa Bean (DMC Conversion chart is included in the pattern)
Download the Stitchy Patterns Below:
- 2025 CSWM Borders
- 2025 CSWM Block 1
- 2025 CSWM Block 2
- 2025 CSWM Block 3
- 2025 CSWM Block 4
- 2025 CSWM Block 5
- 2025 CSWM Block 6
- 2025 CSWM Block 7 (releasing 7/10)
- 2025 CSWM Block 8 (releasing 8/14)
- 2025 CSWM Block 9 (releasing 9/11)
- 2025 CSWM Block 10 (releasing 10/9)
- 2025 SWM Block 11 (releasing 11/13)
- 2025 CSWM Block 12 (releasing 12/11)
- 2025 CSWM Finishing (releasing 12/18)
Love your quilts and cross stitch projects.