Author Archives: Jennifer Ofenstein

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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 #745 – BFF Retreat 2023, #thriftcrawl Haul

In which I share the amazing #thriftcrawl haul from almost a week with the world’s best BFF, Jewells68!

Y’all, it was so great to have her here, and I’m sure you can tell how happy it makes me. I was so excited, I even forgot to mention how completely awesome the new downstairs ceiling looks!

We hit Savers, Goodwill (two regular stores & the Outlet), Habitat Restore, Texas Thrift, Austin Creative Reuse, and the Austin Antique Mall. We also had a great time at Ikea!

As always, I miss her already. ♥

Jewells’ video from last week:

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Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

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TTMT #744 – Alpine Twins

This week I share my finished Alpine Raggedy Ann & Andy rescue! I spent about 12 hours on these guys and am absolutely delighted with the result. Since these came from my husband’s childhood home, these will go to my sister-in-law for her grandkids.

I used my grandmother’s 1990s McCall’s Crafts Raggedy Ann & Andy pattern for the apron and bloomers.

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Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥

Free Pattern Friday – Runic Alphabet!

Welcome back to a long overdue Free Pattern Friday!

My Ko-Fi supporters have been so generous in recent months, that you have paid for a year of sewhooked.com! If that’s not worth a new free pattern, I don’t know what is!

This week, I share my Runic Alphabet, designed way back in 2010. This pattern was available in my pattern shop for 9 years, retired in 2019. Now it’s yours for free for personal & non-profit use!

I will also be sharing this pattern over on Fandom in Stitches. What Fandoms can you think of that include runes? The Lord of the Rings immediately comes to mind, but there must be many, many more! Leave your thoughts in the comments and I’ll make sure to include that in my Fandom in Stitches post!

Runic Alphabet

The Elder Futhark

5″ blocks (5 1/2″ finished)
now a free pattern for personal & non-profit use
© Jennifer Ofenstein
sewhooked.com

Find more Free Pattern Friday Posts!

Need help with paper piecing? I’ve got you!

You’ll find more free quilt patterns in my Quilt Pattern Archive.

Looking for my fandom content? You’ll find it on Fandom in Stitches!

The pattern includes a table of contents, and a link to my (free!) tutorial on resizing patterns, and a sample image with each pattern. See the full list below.

Included patterns are:

  • Algiz
  • Ansuz
  • Berkano
  • Dagaz
  • Ehwaz
  • Eihwaz
  • Fehu
  • Gebo
  • Hagalaz
  • Inguz
  • Isa
  • Jera
  • Kaunaz
  • Laguz
  • Mannaz
  • Nauthiz
  • Othila
  • Pertho
  • Raido
  • Sowelo
  • Thurisaz
  • Tiwaz
  • Uruz
  • Wunjo

If you would like to support my free content like videos, patterns, and more, you can also find me on Ko-fi!

Thank you for stopping by. I’m really enjoying the opportunity to share free patterns again. If you make this or any of my other patterns, let me know! Drop me an email or tag me on Instagram @sewhookedjen.

I hope to see you for my next Talk to Me Tuesday vlog! If you haven’t joined me for TTMT, be sure to stop by to say hello to yours truly and catch up on what I’ve been working on. Want to join the TTMT community? Find out how here!

♥ Jennifer O

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TTMT #743 – Far West Weekend


Second time’s a charm! There was an issue with my first upload of this video so I’m trying again.

I’m exhausted and my hair is wet, but I’m here! Today I share a quick post-weekend trip video with fun goodies from Jeanie and a surprise find from my husband’s childhood home in Alpine, TX.

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Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥

TTMT #742 – Small Finishes & Some Fabric

In which I share some small finishes and some fabric! My mail came after I initially recorded, so there’s a little time traveling, too.

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Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥

TTMT #741 – Buckets of Fun!

In which I share a finished quilt top and talk a surprising amount about buckets! Oh, and there are zippy bags. 😀

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Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥

TTMT #740 – Several Finishes

In which I share three small-ish finishes. These were super fun, super fast projects, which was just what I needed this past week!

Iliad had surgery last week to remove a bladder stone. It’s been almost a week now and he’s doing much better. He has one more week of cone-wearing. The hardest part for both he and Ramses has been the separation. As soon as the sutures are out, they can be together again!

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Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥

TTMT #739 – Friends & A Quilt Top

In which I share a little about my very quick visit with Jewells, some new fabric for pjs, a tiny iron, and a pieced quilt top!

Jewells’ video:

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Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥

TTMT #738 – PJs & Tee

In which I share two pair of finished pjs and a couple of Cricut projects!

Update! I’m with my BFF, Jewells68! Here is her video from this week:

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Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥

TTMT #737 – Enjoying the Process

In which I share progress on my yet-to-be-named applique quilt made from heirloom orphan blocks, etc, PJ pants progress, a few little gifties, and a How We’re Doing update.

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Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥