Stewardship & Stitches

Quilt Patterns & Handmade Quilts
on the Alabama Gulf Coast

Stewardship & Stitches is my quilt studio on the Alabama Gulf Coast: patterns to make yourself, and quilts made to order. It is also where I keep the work of Project Linus of Alabama Gulf Coast, the chapter I coordinate as a volunteer.

The studio has a website of its own now. Explore beginner-friendly PDF quilt and crochet patterns, custom quilts, and ways to support handmade blanket donations in Mobile and Baldwin counties.

Visit stewardshipandstitches.com
Illustrated stack of patchwork quilts beside a basket of yarn and wildflowers

The studio

Beginner Quilt Patterns & Made-to-Order Quilts

Download a pattern and make it yourself, or choose the fabrics with me and let me make it for you. Either way it starts with the same designs: bright, simple piecing that a first-time quilter can finish and a long-time quilter can enjoy.

Digital quilt patterns from Stewardship and Stitches

Digital Quilt & Crochet Patterns

Quilt and crochet patterns as PDF downloads, written step by step for beginners, with an AccuQuilt cutting option where it helps. Wild Flowers, Wild Daydreams and the Wild Tulips crochet throw so far, with more on the way.

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Made-to-order quilts from Stewardship and Stitches

Quilts made to order

The same quilts, made by me in fabrics chosen with you. Five sizes from baby to queen, machine pieced and quilted, with the binding stitched down by hand. Custom designs begin with a short consultation.

See the made-to-order quilts

Baby size Wild Flowers quilt hanging on the side of a wooden crib
Lap size Wild Flowers quilt folded over the arm of a sofa
Wild Flowers twin quilt spread over a wooden bed
Wild Flowers quilt made to order in custom fabrics
The printed Wild Tulips crochet pattern on a cutting mat beside yarn

Project Linus of Alabama Gulf Coast

Project Linus: Handmade Blankets for Children

Project Linus gives new, handmade blankets to children who are seriously ill, traumatized, or otherwise in need, through hospitals, shelters and the agencies that care for them. A blanket is a hug you can keep. Our chapter serves Mobile and Baldwin counties, and I coordinate it, and make blankets for it, as a volunteer.

  • Make a blanketQuilted, knitted, crocheted or no-sew fleece, in any size from preemie to teen. The guidelines cover sizes and materials.

    Blanket guidelines

  • Give finished blankets or suppliesFabric, yarn, batting and finished blankets can be dropped at a designated location or picked up by arrangement.

    Drop-off locations

  • Give fundsMonetary gifts go through Project Linus headquarters. Name the chapter on the form, Project Linus of Alabama Gulf Coast, so the gift reaches us.

    How to give

A monthly Make a Blanket Day is in the works. Details, and the chapter’s Facebook group, are on the chapter page.
Two folded patchwork quilts tagged for Project Linus
Crocheted blankets in mint, blue and pink, each with a Project Linus tag
A box of folded handmade baby blankets in pastel yarn
Melanie beside a car packed with bagged handmade blankets for delivery

Patterns, quilts, chapter news and the studio journal all live at the studio’s own site. Questions about blankets, supplies or a pick-up can go straight to stewardshipandstitches@gmail.com.

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