Braided Kaleidoscope
In recent weeks, I’ve been dubbed Teasing McTeaser by a good friend of mine.
You see, I keep dropping hints in my blog and on Talk To Me Tuesday (TTMT for short) that I have would have something super awesome to share soon.
Finally, today, NOW, I get to share one of those awesome things! Yes, I said one…there will be more surprises in the weeks (and months!) to come!
Braided Kaleidoscope
I designed a brand new 12″ paper pieced block for Fat Quarterly, a fantastic Ezine for quilters!
Issue 8 – Paper, is where you will find Braided Kaleidoscope (pg 29 & 30). Paper Piecing, English Paper Piecing and Freezer Paper all make an appearance and all the projects are just fantastic!
Subscribers can access their issue today, and it will be available for sale to non-subscribers on Monday. You can see the full (and very talented!) list of contributors right here.
If you do make Braided Kaleidoscope, be sure to add it to the Fat Quarterly flickr (you know I love flickr!!) and please, please add it to the Sewhooked flickr, too. I’d love to feature your picture right here on Sewhooked!
Last, but definitely NOT least, I have super-duper-awesome news about STITCHED! All workshops will now be available for a full year. That’s right, six more months of workshop awesomeness, giveaways and access to fabulous STITCHED instructors, including yours truly! If you’ve been hesitant to sign up for STITCHED, don’t be, because it’s a fantastically fun site full of wonderful workshops and community!
Have a very, very happy Friday!
Workshops are open!
I’m still looking for designers!
Thoughts on Thursday
Ah, Thursday, my “day off.”
So far I’ve fed my guys and gotten them out the door, I’ve packed two lunches, dropped one kid off at school, made two loaves of banana bread for a school project and washed two loads of laundry.
I might also have answered a dozen or so emails. And worked on some graphics. And a pattern. And possibly done some recycling.
It’s 10:30 now, so I might take a break. It’s my day off, really!
Did you guess who the young creature was in yesterday’s Wordless Wednesday? If you guessed me, you guessed right!
If you watched TTMT this week, you saw the InuYasha quilt in progress on my design wall, my second 12 for 2012 project. There were three sections that I was planning to stencil.
Yesterday, I decided one of them really needed to be embroidered.
Thank you Project of Doom for my current mad embroidery skills!
This is, to my knowledge, the only time the two main characters ever kiss in the series. I know for darn sure it’s my fangirl’s favorite scene!
InuYasha and Kagome, the embroidered kiss.
Inspiration from the series, and a favorite moment for a girl that loves InuKag!
As of this post there are only THREE AVAILABLE DATES for the Paper Pieced Pattern-A-Day Garden Party Blog Hop in April! It’s going to be a fantastic month full of paper pieced pattern goodness!
If you were thinking of signing up as a designer, please do! I will also be taking up to five names in reserve just in case we have anyone drop out.
Workshops are open!
I’m still looking for designers!
Wordless Wednesday
TTMT #146 – Fangirling
Note: The Diana & Laura website doesn’t exist anymore. Sorry! The quilt pattern I’m using is Shoji Screen.
- Register for STITCHED!
- John Green’s Blog
- The Vlogbrothers on YouTube
- TTMT Livejournal Community
- The Linus Connection
- Paper Pieced Pattern-A-Day Blog Hop Call for designers…we still have space available!!
Workshops are open!
I’m still looking for designers!
Awesome.
Packing Up For Linus
This is the photo post I promised earlier this week during Talk To Me Tuesday.
We’ve had two sewing days in the last month where Linus volunteers get together to stitch quilt tops. Usually, these tops are pre-cut and ready to sew together. Sometimes it’s a pre-printed panel that just needs borders or a donation of pre-made blocks. These sewing days are always a lot of fun and we get tons accomplished.
After piecing the quilt tops, they go off to our fabulous long-arm quilters who do a beautiful job quilting them for us.
Scrappy Brick Quilt, a favorite pattern for work days
This was my first new crochet project for 2012. These were all yarns that were donated to Linus in December. I brought home a tangled snarl of yarns and turned them into this. It’s all double stranded, DC, and super simple, but I really like how squishy and soft it is!
Box Stitch baby blanket, crocheted by me, end of December, beginning of January.
Pieced during the December work day, blocks donated by Kristel. Kristel, I hope you’ll forgive me for the willy-nilly layout!
Pieced at the January sewing day. This top and the following were pieced out of a huge assorted stack of funky 5 1/2″ pre-cuts fabrics. I just grabbed and stitched! The string pieced blocks were in the stack, too.
A panel that needed borders. Almost instant gratification!
This was a panel that was cleverly puzzle-pieced together by Osie. She did the cutting, I did the stitching.
Wonky Stars quilt, top donated by Kristel. Quilted by Marge.
Afghan donated by ladyoflosttimes
Afghan donated by Terry M.
Afghan donated by Terry M.
The Linus Connection meets tomorrow to collect and distribut blankets to children in need throughout Central Texas, I hope to see you there!
Paper Pieced Pattern-A-Day Blog Hop Call for designers - We’ve had some great people sign up so far, but there is still space available! If you think you might like to design a block for April, please check out the post and fill out the form. We’re going to have a blast sharing Garden Party patterns for the entire month of April!
Workshops are open!
2 of 12…in progress!
Now that Papa Bear is complete, I’ve turned my Thursday attention to February’s UFO (2/12), my daughter’s InuYasha quilt.
I’ve started sorting and cutting, have figured out what fabric will go where and have started adding the interfacing to the back of the tees so they can be pieced in.
I’ve decided to have this one professionally quilted once I’m done, which relieves a lot of pressure for me. My daughter will be 17 on her birthday and this is the first bed size I’ve made for her. She’s very much looking forward to it!
One day at a time!
Paper Pieced Pattern-A-Day Blog Hop Call for designers - We’ve had some great people sign up so far, but there is still space available! If you think you might like to design a block for April, please check out the post and fill out the form. We’re going to have a blast sharing Garden Party patterns for the entire month of April!
Workshops are open!
TTMT #145 – beep, beep, beep
In which I finish Papa Bear!
- All Dolled Up
- Register for STITCHED!
- Fandom In Stitches
- TTMT Livejournal Community
- The Linus Connection
- 2011 Linus Video
- Paper Pieced Pattern-A-Day Blog Hop Call for designers…we still have space available!!
Workshops are open!
Call for Designers: Paper Pieced Pattern-A-Day Blog Hop!
To celebrate my birthday in April, I will be hosting my first ever Blog Hop: Paper Pieced Pattern-A-Day, right here on Sewhooked! Our first theme is Garden Party. The Blog Hop will feature free paper pieced patterns by 30 designers, and you are invited to participate! Participants will post your pattern on your own blog on your assigned day and I will publicize your block here on Sewhooked and around the web on other sites where I’m active.
Details:
- Theme: Garden Party
- Patterns are to be paper (foundation) pieced
- Finished blocks should be 10″ (10 1/2″ unfinished)
- Patterns are to be free to download and print. PDF files work great for this. You can print document and image files to a PDF with free software like Primo PDF or Cute PDF
- Email a photo (at least 500 pixels wide) and the name of your block to sewhooked@gmail.com at least three days before your assigned date so I can publicize your design
- Blog post should be available by 8 am (CST) on your assigned date
- Blog post needs to include a sample block or project from your pattern
- All designers retain rights to his/her own patterns, pictures, etc.
- Optional: giveaway or some other prize for your readers
- Have fun!
Please note: if you do not have your own blog, but you are a pattern designer that would like to participate, please include that in your information and we will make arrangements to post your pattern here on Sewhooked. Designers wishing to participate, please fill out the following form:
- Cheryl Parks, pattern to be posted on Sewhooked
- Jennifer Rodriguez, All Things Belle
- Aalia Zaman, pattern to be posted on Sewhooked
- Schenley Pilgram
- Megan Dye, Monkey Beans
- Lilja Björk, liljabs
- Jill Majers, Apple Avenue Quilts
- available
- Kari Ramsay, Fresh Cut Quilts
- Cindy Staub, Quilt Doodle Designs
- Michele Foster, Quilting Gallery
- Alma Stoller
- GourmetQuilter
- Carol Steffensen, Chickadee Chatter
- available
- Gaya
- Jessica, Plum Patchwork
- John Kubiniec, Big Rig Quilting
- Cherry Guidry, Cherry Blossom Quilting Studio
- Vanessa Wilson, Crafty Gemini
- artisania
- Amy Friend, During Quiet Time
- Cat Magraith, pattern to be posted on Sewhooked
- Benita Skinner, Victoriana Quilt Designs
- Charise Randell, Charise Creates
- Jen Boucher, A Quilting Jewel
- Kd Brown, KD Quilts
- Jennifer Ofenstein, Sewhooked (it’s my birthday!)
- Candace, Double Nickel Quilts
- ButterflyAngels Quilts
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Any questions? Ask in comments or contact me via email. I think this is going to be great fun and I hope you join in!
Workshops are open!
The Linus Connection – A Year of Blankets
This is The Linus Connection, my favorite charitable cause since I first volunteered in 2002.
Enjoy!
Add your Sewhooked-related photos to my flickr group and you might be featured in a future post!
Workshops are open!
