A whole town of folk art houses, worked in wool: cottages and casitas, log cabins and mud houses, gathered around a central tree-of-life and town square, with trees, flowers, and birds tucked in between. Homegrown is one of Sue Spargo's most playful quilts, where the personality comes from layered fabric and dense hand embroidery rather than complicated piecing.

The quilt is built from twenty-eight blocks, each its own little home or scene, so a big, detailed quilt comes together one block at a time. Homes can be pieced or layered to suit how you like to work, and as with any town, expect the unexpected: mystery stitched details turn up scattered across the quilt. It finishes at 45-1/2 inches square.

Along with the quilt, the book includes three bonus projects that carry the theme onto smaller makes: the Sunnyside Manor Pincushion, the Peep Party Zip Bag, and the Home Sweet Home Spool Sac.

What the Book Includes

This listing is for the printed pattern book only, not a kit and not a finished quilt.

• 169 full-color pages, softcover
• Step-by-step instructions with full-size block templates and a stitch key
• Patterns for the Homegrown quilt (twenty-eight blocks, finishes 45-1/2 inches square) plus three bonus projects: the Sunnyside Manor Pincushion, the Peep Party Zip Bag, and the Home Sweet Home Spool Sac
• Techniques: piecing, wool appliqué, layering, and hand embroidery in a wide range of fibers
• Embroidery stitch instructions are referenced from Sue's Creative Stitching (sold separately), not reprinted in this book
• Fabric, wool, thread, batting, and backing are not included

What You'll Need

Homegrown mixes pieced and layered houses with wool appliqué, then layers on embroidery in a wide range of threads and fibers for the texture and detail. Plan for hand-dyed wool and cotton plus a varied thread collection; the book lists the full materials for each block.

Like all of Sue Spargo's designs, this book names the decorative stitches it uses and cites the page number in her Creative Stitching reference instead of teaching the stitches here. Creative Stitching (sold separately) is the stitch dictionary behind her entire line, so it is the companion to keep beside this project.

Perfect For

• Stitchers who love hand appliqué and embroidery and want a charming, detailed town quilt
• Wool appliqué fans who enjoy lots of small, characterful blocks to make one at a time
• Makers who like to mix piecing, appliqué, and embroidery in one project
• Anyone who wants matching smaller makes from the bonus pincushion, zip bag, and spool sac

Why You'll Love This Book

Homegrown is built to be enjoyed slowly. Twenty-eight individual blocks mean the quilt breaks into small, finishable pieces, each a different house or scene with its own details, so the work stays fresh and the town fills in block by block.

The freedom is part of the fun. You can piece or layer each home, choose your own fabrics and threads, and let Sue's mystery stitched extras surprise you along the way. The three bonus projects, the Sunnyside Manor Pincushion, Peep Party Zip Bag, and Home Sweet Home Spool Sac, are an easy way to sample the techniques or make a coordinating gift.

Product Details

• Brand: Sue Spargo Folk Art Quilts
• Item #: ISBN 978-0-9993902-3-8
• Author: Sue Spargo
• Category: Quilt Pattern Book
• Skill Level: Advanced beginner and up (approachable techniques; a large, detailed project)
• Technique: Piecing, wool appliqué, layering, and hand embroidery
• Patterns Included: Homegrown Quilt (twenty-eight blocks), plus bonus Sunnyside Manor Pincushion, Peep Party Zip Bag, and Home Sweet Home Spool Sac
• Finished Quilt Size: 45-1/2 in x 45-1/2 in
• Pages: 169, full color
• Format: Softcover
• Book Size: 8.5 in x 11 in
• Made in the United States