Maker Minute: Meet Sydney Nordgren!

Hi there! I’m Sydney Nordgren of Stuff Sydney Sews Quilt Co. I’m a lifelong quilter living just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah with my husband and three cute kids. I love to design cheerful modern quilt and bag patterns. When I’m not holed up in my sewing room, you can find me digging in my garden or out on the pickleball court.

I’m a firm believer that having a creative outlet is essential to a well-rounded happy life and that taking time for your creative pursuits doesn’t have to wait for “someday” when you have more time. I’m all about creating in the small pockets of time in the in-between moments. I love turned edge appliqué for this very reason. 

It’s such a great on-the-go project and my CUTTERPILLAR GLOW ELITE MINI LIGHT BOARD has been an absolute game changer when it comes to appliqué. I love how easy it makes it for me to get my appliqué pieces perfectly aligned. I also love how slim and portable it is.I took my appliqué projects on all of our family trips this summer and my Mini Glow was the perfect travel companion!

You can grab your own Cutterpillar Glow Mini and  save 15% on it and everything else on the Cutterpillar site with my code STUFFSYDNEYSEWS.

If you’re appliqué curious, I have a YouTube tutorial showing my favorite technique that you can watch HERE. You can also try out my Simple Strawberry Block for free HERE. You might also love my Petal Dash Mini Pattern.

I mostly hang out over on Instagram and would love to connect with you there!

Happy creating, friends!