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.

TTMT #150 – Confessions of an Overachiever

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Bear Paw (1/12) – Completed and gifted!

InuYasha Quilt (2/12) – in progress

New York Beauty (7/12 – July) – in progress

I mentioned in today’s video that I tried several layouts before deciding on one. Here’s what I did!

This is my July 12 for 2012, pushed up in the rotation because I thought it would make the ideal gift for a new baby in the family. This is the quilt top, pieced with borders. It’ll have a happy back (shown in the video) and scrappy binding made from the leftover batiks.

This is the layout I had originally planned on, but I decided I wanted something different.

I liked this one a little more…

…but finally decided one this one!

Now, to get this guy quilted and bound so it can go off to it’s new home!

Don’t miss my newest Sewhooked Shop pattern, Ready To Play, shown in today’s video!

Reminder: Use coupon code QUILTMYPHONE in the Sewhooked Shop to receive the Floating Mariner instant download PDF pattern for half price as an instant PDF download with PayPal payment – completely secure shopping through E-junkie. This price is only good right here on Sewhooked during the month of February.

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One Little Turtle

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Executive decision! You need a free pattern today.

Specifically, a free turtle pattern!

>>> One Little Turtle <<<

5″ paper pieced

(5 1/2″ unfinished)

I love turtles. There is just something about the way they look and move. They have always seemed serious and dignified to me.

I have a turtle niece named Frankie (above, sister to the famous Lily), and I myself have a small collection that includes hand-carved turtles, glass turtles, crochet ones, fabric ones and even some turtle jewelry. There’s even a possibility (a big one!) that I have a fair amount of turtle fabric in my stash!

One Little Turtle is an updated version of my original Turtle Pattern, still available on the Free Quilt Pattern page.

I hope you enjoy him!

This is a turtle I made several years ago from of a vintage toy pattern. He’s made entirely out of scrap fabrics. I call him Turkle!

How about a fun layout using One Little Turtle that I whipped up using EQ7 . Isn’t it fun?

Or, how about a table runner?

If turtles aren’t your thing, I had a pattern debut today on Fandom In Stitches…a 1967 Impala, inspired by the t.v. show Supernatural!

Don’t miss my newest Sewhooked Shop pattern, Ready To Play!

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I hope you’re having a great weekend!

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Ready To Play!

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Nick, Dean, Alex

Just to clear the air, this is not the big secret. That’s coming soon…but not today!

Since I first shared All Dolled Up back in January, Ready to Play! has been on my mind.

If I was going to make little girl dresses, obviously I needed some boy clothes, too!

Meet Nick, Dean and Alex, named, slyly, after three of my favorite people. They know who they are. 😉

Here’s how it works?

There are three paper pieced patterns in two sizes each:

3 – 6″x6″ (6 1/2″ x 6 1/2″ unfinished) patterns
3 – 9″x9″ (9 1/2″ x 9 1/2″ unfinished) patterns

Like Julia, Catherine and Amber from All Dolled Up, the patterns from Ready To Play! not only come in two sizes (6″ x 6″ and 6″ x 9″) but the tops and bottoms are interchangeable. That makes 18 total outfit variations all in one pattern set!

This super fun, super simple pattern set is available right now as an instant download PDF right now through The Sewhooked Shop, powered by e-junkie, for safe and secure PayPal payments.

Ready To Play Pattern Set

$6.50 PDF Instant Download

See all the patterns in the Sewhooked Shop

This pattern is also available on Craftsy!

Now I have the urge to shout, “But wait! There’s more!”

Not only can you swap Ready To Play! patterns with each other, you can also swap them with All Dolled Up for even more pattern combinations…how fun is that?!

I’ve had a blast creating these tiny outfits, and I hope you enjoy them, too!

Selling my patterns is what enables me to keep Sewhooked and Fandom In Stitches running, as well as allowing me to be a full-time crafter/quilter, something I’d very much like to continue doing. Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and support of my work!

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It’s awfully quiet in here…

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You might have noticed in yesterday’s Talk To Me Tuesday that I didn’t actually show anything that I’m working on.

Ehem.

There’s a mighty fine reason for that. I’ve been working on something I can’t show off just yet. In fact, I will need the all-clear from someone else before I share it.

Is that vague enough for you?

This photo is a teeny tiny sneak peek.

That’s it…I really can’t say anything else!

Back to hand stitching a hanging sleeve.

Oh, oh, could that be a clue?!

You can now get all my for-pay patterns via instant PDF download through Craftsy! They charge nothing, nada, zero for independent designers like me to post and sell their patterns. Having had an online store for almost two years now, let me tell you, free is not usually the way it works! It’s been hugely helpful for the teeny tiny Sewhooked budget, and if it continues to go well, there is a possibility that I will start selling my patterns exclusively through Craftsy.

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TTMT #149 – Paid Forward and a Short Tutorial

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Mini Crochet Tutorial for Project Linus Sidways Shell begins at 6:39.

Happy Stitching!

Workshops open through January 2013!

Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.

♥ Jennifer O

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To My Readers, With Love

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p.s. TTMT is on it’s way. 😉

You Spoil Me With Your Photographic Goodness

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I can hardly believe it’s been almost two months since I shared photos from the Sewhooked Flickr Group.

Shame on me for not sharing the AWESOME Sewhooked projects!

I can’t thank you all enough for continuing to take the share photos. You keep me inspired to design more, more, more!

Below you’ll find pictures of projects made from patterns or tutorials I created for The Sewhooked Shop, Free Quilt Patterns, Crafts and Fandom In Stitches. They are all wonderful…and welcome!

From The Sewhooked Shop
Fanciful Fairies

by harrypotter5freak

Two Little Hooters

by liljabs

Free Sewhooked Patterns
Sweet Sue Tops The Tree

by Jazzy Claw Raven

by Marjon Savelsberg

by harrypotter5freak

Maple Leaf

(scroll down a little for the pattern)

by Suziecurls

Crafts: Stencils
Talk To Me Tuesday

by aalia7

Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Symbol

(scroll down for the pattern)

by emedoodle

Doctor Who: Dalek

by sewtobed

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Removing the Paper

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Recently, I’ve been asked several times how I remove paper from my blocks. Back in January 2008, I made a video to show just that. This was pre-TTMT, which seems like an age ago.

This is the way I do it…if you have a different technique, I’d love to hear about it.

Enjoy this blast from my video past!

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Floating Away

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Floating Mariner and Floating Mariner 2, product images courtesy of Quilt My Phone

I’m thrilled to be able to share with you that a Sewhooked original, Floating Mariner, is part of the new Contemporary Collection at Quilt My Phone!

Quilt My Phone, created by Cathleen Savage, offers awesome cases for phones, laptops and tablets, all with gorgeous quilts on the outside!

See all the Floating Mariner products right here!

To celebrate this fun and awesome happening, I’ve done a couple of things…

First, I’ve created new layouts and color schemes to inspire you, as well as updating the Floating Mariner pattern.

Not into blue & lavender? Try a different color!

The Floating Mariner table runner is made with four Floating Mariner blocks plus 4 extra 3″ units used as corner stones.

Try mixing Floating Mariner with a traditional block and see what happens!

This one makes me think of fireworks! Red, White & Blue Floating Mariner made with 16 blocks plus 4 3″ units as cornerstones.

I think this is my favorite of all the layouts I played with. Alternate Floating Mariner colorings combined.

This one is totally different, putting Floating Mariner on point and leaving out the small corner pieces. Fun!

These layouts were created using Electric Quilt 7.

Floating Mariner is my original design.

Sharing new ideas and colors isn’t the only way I want to celebrate! Now until February 29, you can get Floating Mariner for half price.

Use coupon code QUILTMYPHONE in the Sewhooked Shop to receive the Floating Mariner instant download PDF pattern for half price as an instant PDF download with PayPal payment – completely secure shopping through E-junkie. This price is only good right here on Sewhooked!

Yeah, you heard me…half price! That’s $3 for a 15″ block pattern that can be used individually or as part of a larger project!

Shop Sewhooked and help keep the free patterns free!

Add your Sewhooked-related photos to my flickr group and you might be featured in a future post!

Happy Stitching!

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