In which I talk about embroidery, The Project of Doom, needing a new bag and Fandom In Stitches.
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TTMT #109 – Crafts and Rambles
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Something Quilty This Way Comes
Something very exciting has been brewing in my mind the last couple of months. Plans are in action! Things are happening! Designers have been contacted! A domain is bought!
What, wait? A domain?
Yes, yes, yes!
Fandom In Stitches is coming.
Fandom In Stitches will be fandom quilters one-stop-site for quilt patterns from a variety of fandoms. Many of the Sewhooked Guest Designers have already signed on to share their awesome fandom quilt patterns. Instead of searching by designer, you’ll be searching by genre or fandom, to make it simple and easy to find what you’re looking for!
How much is this going to cost? Nothing, nada, zilch. Fandom patterns have been and will remain free. All Fandom In Stitches Designers, including myself, donate their patterns free of charge for the love of fandom. Please see copyright information on Fandom In Stitches for details.
Fandom In Stitches – Multi-fandom Quilt Patterns for Fans by Fans
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Cinco de DMC!
When I started this whole embroidery gig about a week and a half ago, I had about a dozen colors of DMC left over from my friendship bracelet days when my kids were younger. After stitching four blocks, I have significantly less than that.
As of today, thanks to the generosity of one ultra-fabulous and equally as generous Queen Shirley, I now have a HUGE and extraordinarily well-organized collection of DMC.
Project of Doom book titles, here I come!
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Embroidery, continued.
The embroidery adventure has continued with Blue Bird Quilts Retro BOM block 3 and 4. 5 is not available yet, so I’m thinking hard about how to tackled my Project of Doom blocks. I want to make sure that I know exactly what I want on those blocks before I make a single stitch! In case you missed it, Week 16 was posted yesterday. I still can’t believe we’re halfway through our BOW!
Hand Embroidery Block 1
Hand Embroidery Block 2
I’m off to “bee” with my friends. Have a very happy Thursday!
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PoD Week 16
This is your weekly reminder that The Project of Doom, A Harry Potter Block of the Week Mystery Quilt, is taking place over on Harry Potter Paper Piecing (hp_paperpiecing on Livejournal).
The Week 16 pattern is now online! You haven’t started yet? No worry, all the patterns up to this point are still available and you can jump in at any time!
Want how other quilters are interpreting the PoD patterns? You can see related photo posts here.
- Previous Patterns:
- Week One
- Week Two
- Week Three
- Week Four
- Week Five
- Week Six
- Week Seven
- Week Eight
- Week Nine
- Week Ten
- Week Eleven
- Week Twelve
- Extra Credit
- Week Thirteen
- Week Fourteen
- Week Fifteen
Links go straight to posts including block samples. If you do not wish to see photos of the blocks, click this link for previous posts.
If you participate, and you’re part of the hp_paperpiecing community (it’s easy, you just need a Livejournal account), you’ll be eligible for awesome prizes every month! There are details on the site…so GO!
Classic Film, a pattern from the Sewhooked Shop
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TTMT #108 – May Yay!
In which I talk about embroidery, crafting for good and give you a gift!
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Hand Embroidery Adventure, block 2
A week ago today, I took my first steps toward learning hand embroidery. My stitches still aren’t perfect, but I can feel the process becoming smoother. Block 2 of the Bluebird Quilts BOM (above) is complete and block 3 just a few more details away from being complete. I’m enjoying the learning process and am looking forward to embellishing a special PROJECT very soon!
Yesterday, I visited The Stitching Studio here in Austin for their open house event at the new location. It looks to be a great facility for learning, with a large, open and bright classroom area with large design walls and great tables for sewing.
In their Thread-Bare thrift store area, I lucked into what I think is a real find, a whole set of darning threads, most of which is silk. I actually bought the little bag of thready goodness because I love wooden spools. When I opened up the bag at home, I realized I might have a little treasure! After poking around online, it seems that darning thread, especially silk, was used to repair silk hose. Anyone have a clue as to what the age of these particular spools might be?
TTMT is tomorrow and the Project of Doom is back in action this week…see you all soon!
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Find that fabric! – ETA FOUND!
I’ve been promising a new Sewhooked Shop pattern for several weeks now.
What’s holding me up?
This little bit of fabric!
I need about 1/6 of a yard, let’s say 1/4 yard to cover all the bases. All the online shops I’ve found that still have this lovely, out-of-print, Bonnie Blue fabric, sell 1/2 yard cuts per minimum. I’m totally okay with that and would happily buy a 1/2 yard cut.
Then I hit a stumbling block. Priority Shipping is the only option on every site I’ve visited that still has the fabric I need. That drives the total price to well more than what a 1-yard cut would be in a quilt shop. I know a little about shipping prices and online quilt store shopping, being that my day job involves maintaining a quilt store website, and I much prefer actual shipping cost, which is what Honey Bee charges.
SO, why am I rambling on about this? Well, this is where you come in! If you, by some small miracle, have 1/4 yard of this lovely Bonnie Blue fabric in your stash that you would be willing to swap, I will give you one of the following in exchange – either an equivalent amount of rare Harry Potter fabric, a free copy one of my for sale patterns (hardcopy or PDF) version, OR 5 free 1.5″ pin back buttons with the image of your choice.
First come, first serve! I’ll post an update here as soon as I have what I need.
And…thanks in advance!
ETA: Thank you to my fabulous friend Amber who has solved the fabric shortage! YAY, I can finish my new design in just a couple of days!
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Birthdays and Blocks
Well, that embroidery business seems to be working out pretty well! I have finished Block one of the Bluebird Quilts BOM and have moved on to Block 2. There are five in all, so I have a feeling, being a girl that likes order and organization, I might have to do them all…
In other news, it’s my birthday! I’ve already received oodles of birthday wishes and a fantabulous birthday gift from friend Kerry that I just have to share here because I know you all will truly appreciate it’s awesomeness!
Awesome seam ripper of awesome doubles as a backup wand! It’s handmade by a local craftsman.
Thanks, Kerry, it’s too fun for words!
A small correction from yesterday’s post… ALL the free patterns posted yesterday now have numbers. In my excitement to get them online, I uploaded the wrong copy of the patterns. Oops!
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Bother, Bother, Bother
For those of you that don’t follow my quilting adventures over on Harry Potter Paper Piecing, I could not resist sharing our “week off” patterns.
Members voted to have one week off of the Project of Doom, our HP block of the week. That doesn’t mean, of course, that my brain turns off or I stop drafting new patterns!
Update: All of my Project of Doom patterns plus many more can now be found on Fandom in Stitches!
Here for your entertainment are some of my favorites as depicted by the brilliant Neil Nicieregaas’ Potter Puppet Pals.
Each pattern is 5″ (5.5″ unfinished).
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I have long been entertained by (read: giggled at) the work of Neil Cicierega, creator of the Potter Puppet Pals. I think part of what I love the most, aside from the humor and general cuteness is the fact that his mom made the puppets for him.
Looking for The Project of Doom? Week 15 is right this way! There are links to all previous weeks in each post.
The Project of Doom resumes next week on Harry Potter Paper Piecing.
Find more Harry Potter inspired patterns both here on Sewhooked & on Fandom in Stitches!
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