Author Archives: Jennifer Ofenstein

About Jennifer Ofenstein

Owner of sewhooked.com and fandominstitches.com. #quiltforgood advocate. Quilt designer, instructor, Talk to Me Tuesday founder & contributor, cat mom, and craft enabler.

Almost as Good as Being There!

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Did you miss Quilt Con in February?

Where you there and are now suffering a terrible case of post-con blues?

Don’t despair!

Whether you’re in Austin, Albuquerque or Adelaide, you can enjoy awesome QuiltCon lectures for free courtesy of one of my absolutely favorite resources for all things creative … Craftsy!

This awesome FREE series includes topics on everything from free-motion quilting to fabric design.

How cool is that? No, really, I mean it…how cool is that?!

Did I mention it’s free?! FREE!

That’s right, you have zero, nothing, NADA to lose! Go, enjoy!

***click me, I’m free!***

See the photos I took @ QuiltCon! This piece was one of my favorites at the show. 🙂

Were you at QuiltCon?

Five of my quilts were in the Babylock booth and I will give a free prize to every person that took a picture of one of them…just leave a link to your photo in comments and make sure to include your contact info!

Not sure which quilts were mine? How about a little hide and seek in my Craftsy shop! All five of the featured projects can be found there!

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Featured Pattern:

Featured Pattern: A Little Haunted, $8 on Craftsy

TTMT #204 – Pre-Treat Enthusiasm

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My Sherwood Forest Faire photos!

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Featured Pattern: Texas Twofer: Set 2 (Paper Pieced) just $2 on Craftsy!

We need a winner!

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Fantastically HUGE thanks to everyone that stopped by during the Beat The Winter Blues Blog Hop hosted by Quilting Gallery!

There was an amazing response to my post, including 174 comments sharing your favorite hot drinks… So much fun!!

The winner of the Sewhooked Prize is…

Carolyn, I have emailed you and just need your mailing address to get your prize on the way! Big congrats to you!!

Prize pack includes an autographed copy of Quilt Sampler, some fun winter and Christmas fabrics and a free copy of my very own pattern, In A Castle!

Mug o’ Love! a 5″ pattern to paper piece; click here to get it via Craftsy!

Did you make the Mug O’ Love? Post a photo to my flickr group and I’ll share it here on Sewhooked!

Did you know that Google Reader is going away? Not to worry! You can still follow Sewhooked via the email link on the right side menu or via an RSS reader such as Bloglovin!

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Featured Pattern: Two Little Hooters, $8 on Craftsy

TTMT #203 – Well Rounded

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The Linus Connection
Fandom In Stitches
TTMT Livejournal Community
Skip Stitch
Blog Hop w/ giveaway & free pattern – enter to win the prize pack via this post!

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Featured Pattern: Two Little Hooters, $8 on Craftsy

Beat The Winter Blues – Blog Hop Party & Giveaway!

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Welcome, welcome to Sewhooked!

I’m thrilled to participate once again in a fun event hosted by Michele from The Quilting Gallery!

This time around, it’s Beat the Winter Blues, a Quilter’s Blog Hop Party with…wait for it… GIVEAWAYS!

Before I get to the giveaway, and because I love to share, here’s a free pattern designed just for this Blog Hop, inspired by my favorite way to beat the winter blues…a lovely hot drink!

Mug o’ Love!

a 5″ pattern to paper piece

click here to get it via Craftsy!

Like mug rugs? This cuppa is perfect for that!

Layout created in EQ7.

Now, how would you like to win this great big ole prize pack?

To enter to win this fun prize, just leave a comment and share your favorite hot drink! Have a recipe? Leave a link!

Prize pack includes an autographed copy of Quilt Sampler, some fun winter and Christmas fabrics and a free copy of my very own pattern, In A Castle!

Winner to be announced Saturday, March 16.

Only comments with contact information included will be eligible to win.

Be sure to click here for more awesome blogs and fun giveaways!

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Featured Pattern: Two Little Hooters, $8 on Craftsy

TTMT #202 – All About Linus

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Bees!, my first public offering on Spoonflower.

The Linus Connection

Fabulous Fandom Mashup Entries!

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Featured Pattern: Two Little Hooters, $8 on Craftsy

Bees!

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Bees!, my first public offering on Spoonflower, arrived in the mail today. Isn’t it fun!?

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Featured: All Dolled Up (paper pieced set) $8 on Craftsy

TTMT #201 – The Craft Came Back

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My QuiltCon pictures
Craftsy
Spoonflower
Swirly Girls
Bookmark
The Fault in Our Stars Pay it Forward/Pass-Around (must be a member of TTMT to read this post)

And now…the winners of the magazine drawing (chosen via random.org). I replied to your original comments if you were a winner. Please be sure to share your mailing address via this email address in order to claim your prize!

Comment #13 – Carol Moler
Comment #15 – Sandy A in St. Louis
Comment #5 – Pam
Comment #23 – ruthiequilts
Comment #2 – Lauren aka Giddy99

Thanks for playing along! I have more fun giveaways coming up soon, so be sure to check back!

Don’t miss the Snowy Show & Tell contest going on over at Quilting Gallery! Yours truly is a guest judge this week and I’m very much looking forward to seeing all the fabulous quilts!

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Featured: All Dolled Up (paper pieced set) $8 on Craftsy

Today, I went to QuiltCon…

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Tiny Bits of Silk

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I received a few bits of silk scraps in a bag of yummy fabric oddments. I almost, almost swept the silk bits into the bin because they were so teeny tiny.

Then I thought of a friend that loves silk and has been having a bit of a rough time lately. What to do with those tiny scraps?

How about a bookmark?

Made using a heavy-weight double sided fusible inside and stitched the pieces on wherever they would fit. Each seam was finger pressed and then I used decorative stitches on my sewing machine to embellish.

Miracle of miracles, I had a matching Sulky thread that was just perfect for what I wanted to accomplish.

Some stitching detail. This kind of project is always so zen for me!

I know this little bookmark won’t solve any of my friend’s problems, but I hope she knows that I’m thinking of her and at the very least this will give her a smile.