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.

Pumpkins & Projects (TTMT #851 – Sewing Show and Tell)

Hello, friends! I have a lot of little things done this week, some upgrades, some playing around with clothing, and some machine embroidery! I also share about a surprise trip coming up later this week.

OESD Freestanding Lace Pumpkin Patch

Embroidery Library Miniature Halloween Lace Pack

Thrifted button short video

Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!

Birds & other Critters on my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

If you enjoy my free content, please consider buying me a Ko-Fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Join us on TTMT!

Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.

♥ Jennifer O

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 – Space Swears

Hello, my friends!

Several years after completing a “Space Swears” quilt as a gift, I thought it was high time to share the individual word patterns.

Each Space Swear is a fictional expletive used in Science Fiction. Currently, I have words for Battlestar Galactica, Farscape, and Red Dwarf. I’m open to other suggestions if you have a favorite Sci-Fi swear!

These patterns were designed & tested by me, Jennifer Ofenstein, @sewhookedjen, and have also been shared over on Fandom in Stitches. They are free for your personal use. Please do not reproduce or distribute these patterns or sell items made from these patterns. Your understanding is very much appreciated.

If you make this, or anything else from my patterns, I’d love to hear about it! You can tag me on IG, Bluesky, YouTube – @sewhookedjen!

FRACK (1978) 10″ x 40″ paper pieced 

FRAK (2004) 10″ x 32.5″ paper pieced

(Battlestar Galactica)

Note: Both patterns are part of the same file. Read the instructions to choose the pattern pieces for the version you choose to make.

FRELL

(Farscape)

10″ x 30″ paper pieced

SMEG

(Red Dwarf)

10″ x 30″ paper pieced

Find more of my Free Fandom Patterns Here!

If you enjoy my free content, please consider buying me a Ko-Fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

♥ Jennifer O

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

New, Faded, & Thrifted (TTMT #850 Sewing Show and Tell)

It’s variety week with a new finished Jensen shirt for the hubs, some handwork, a thrift haul, and checking in on an old project!

Have ideas for my next project or pattern suggestions for lady shirts? Let me know in comments!

Wardrobe by Me Jensen shirt

Fabric used – Moda Bella Harbor (9900-20)

Stitcher’s Revolution #34 Floral Farm Friends Embroidery Transfers

Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!

Birds & other Critters on my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

If you enjoy my free content, please consider buying me a Ko-Fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Join us on TTMT!

Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.

♥ Jennifer O

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

Playing Chicken (TTMT #849 Sewing Show & Tell)

This week finds me with one finished, useful project and one nostalgic, entirely for fun project!

Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!

Birds & other Critters on my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

If you enjoy my free content, please consider buying me a Ko-Fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Join us on TTMT!

Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.

♥ Jennifer O

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

A Gift of Time (TTMT #848 Sewing Show and Tell)

As promised, this week I share Jewells’ finished 2018 TTMT Log Cabin Swap Quilt! It was such a joy to get to finish this project for my BFF and I’m delighted to get to share. I also talk about a To Go bag/toolkit I made for sewing supplies.

My TTMT 2018 Swap Quilt Finish

Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!

Birds & other Critters on my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

If you enjoy my free content, please consider buying me a Ko-Fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Join us on TTMT!

Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.

♥ Jennifer O

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

A Tale of Two Shirts (TTMT #847 Sewing Show and Tell)

I spent a lot of time sewing last week, and it’s really helping with All The Things.

Completely by coincidence, or accident maybe, both of my finished projects this week are white shirts, just very different white shirts! Next week, I promise to have some quilty show & tell!

In this video:

Jensen shirt pattern

Folkwear French Cheesemaker’s Smock + Sizing Adjustments

Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!

Check out my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

If you enjoy my free content, please consider buying me a Ko-Fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Join us on TTMT!

Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.

♥ Jennifer O

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

Well, Shirt (TTMT #846 Quilting & Sewing Show and Tell)

Life continues to life and we are doing our best to hang in there. Thank you to everyone who left kind words on last week’s video. I genuinely appreciate your thoughtfulness.

This week, I’m poorly lit and my audio is a bit weird as I acclimate to my new filming location. Even so, I’m here to chat about making another men’s shirt, finishing a small wall quilt, and playing with my new Janome MC 6650.

In this video:

Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!

Check out my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

If you enjoy my free content, please consider buying me a Ko-Fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Join us on TTMT!

Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.

♥ Jennifer O

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

Upside Down & Inside Out (TTMT #845 Life Changes & Sewing Room Reconfiguration)

This was a hard one for me. Trigger warning for discussion of cancer and death. Feel free to skip this one if you need to.

I spent the last couple of weeks tearing my sewing room apart and reconfiguring it. I explain why in the video.

It’s a long one.

Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!

Check out my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

If you enjoy my free content, please consider buying me a Ko-Fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Join us on TTMT!

Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.

♥ Jennifer O

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

T-Shirt Quilt Rescue FINISH! (TTMT #844 Quilting Show and Tell)

Hello, friends!

I wasn’t up for recording a video this week, but I finished the t-shirt quilt rescue last week, and I REALLY wanted to share. I hope you don’t mind this short and sweet format.

Look for a Gilmore Girls Quilt Along coming August 20, 2025, also on Fandom in Stitches!

Check out my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

If you enjoy my free content, please consider buying me a Ko-Fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Join us on TTMT!

Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.

♥ Jennifer O

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