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Blog Hop Party & And Free Fall Goodies

Welcome to Sewhooked and my post for the Blog Hop Party with Give-Aways hosted by The Quilting Gallery!

This is one of my favorite events to participate in! Not only do I get to visit loads of gorgeous and inspiring quilting blogs, but I get to give away free stuff, one of my all-time favorite things to do!

Make sure to read all the way to the end for a free project,

a fun giveaway, a special discount and mustaches!

This year, I’ve worked up this fun seasonal placemat to share with you. It’s EASY peasy.

To create it, you need the following:

1 pumpkin, pieced at 10 1/2″ or 10″ finished (copy the free, 5″ pumpkin pattern below & enlarge at 200%)
2 maple leaves, pieced at 5 1/2″ or 5″ finished (free 5″ pattern link below!)
2 – 5 1/2″ squares of background fabric
2 – 2 1/2″ x 20 1/2″ strips of background fabric (stitch top and bottom)
Piece as shown above to create a 20″ x 14″ placemat. Embellish & quilt as desired.

FREE – 3″, 5″ and 6″ Maple Leaf Paper Pieced Pattern (get it on Craftsy!)

FREE – 3″, 5″ and 6″ Pumpkin Paper Pieced Pattern (get it on Craftsy!)

Feeling ambitious? Add some nine-patches or other 5″ blocks of your choice! This layout also includes a 1″ strip of background fabric between the pumpkin.

For my Blog Hop visitors, I offer this special giveaway:

Just comment below with your favorite technique. Paper piecing? Embroidery? Hand quilting? I wanna know!

On Wednesday, November 27, I’ll announce one winner who receive everything seen here. Can’t wait? Click the link for each pattern in my Craftsy store.

Not only do I share my free and for sale patterns via Craftsy, but I also sell one-of-a-kind handmade items and magazines where I’ve had patterns published in my Etsy shop . Just for you, my Blog Hop visitors, between now and November 26, receive 20% off your total purchase of $8 or more with coupon code QUILTING, only on Etsy!

Proceeds from my online business help off-set my daughter’s college expenses and every single purchase is greatly, greatly appreciated!

For those new around here, I’m donating $1 to Movember for every Mustachio! pattern set sold during November!

Thanks for hopping, I hope you’ll stop by again soon!

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Learn to Paper Piece Sweet Skating Sue, just $3 on Craftsy

Name That Mustache – Mustachio!

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Welcome to the final Name That Mustache post!

It’s been a month of fabulous and funny mustache names!

Thank you to every single person that submitted a name. Whether your submission was chosen or not, I loved reading them all and sincerely appreciate your ideas!

Today, I have our Week 4 WINNERS to announce!

Each winner receives a free pdf copy of the mustache pattern he or she named, a free fat quarter and his or her name included in the new version of the pattern!

If you were chosen as a winner, please email sewhooked@gmail.com with your mailing address so you can receive your prizes.

In the case that a name was suggested more than once, the first commenter to suggest that name wins the prize.

Mustache #10 – “Reginald” – submitted by Gwen

Mustache #11 – “Clarke” – submitted by Michelle Thompson

Mustache #12 – “Gus” – submitted by Gwen (two in one week, way to go, Gwen!)

Get the entire Mustachio! set from my Craftsy shop!

Once I hear from today’s winners, Mustachio! will be updated with the winning names. If you purchase Mustachio! from Craftsy prior to the name update, you will receive a notification from Craftsy that the pattern has been updated.

Just want one mustache? For the first time ever, all twelve mustaches will be available for the first time ever! The first nine are already on Craftsy! The last three will be up as soon as I hear from the winners.

But hey, why not buy the whole shebang and help a good cause? During the month of November, I will donate $1 to Movember for the sale of each Mustachio! pattern set!

Don’t forget to vote for your favorite quilts during the Blogger’s Quilt Festival! You’ll find my entries under Wall Hangings and Bed Quilts.

Stay tuned for a Crafts of Halloweens Past flickr roundup and winner! Another big thanks for all of your recent participation! See you tomorrow for Talk To Me Tuesday!

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Featured Pattern: Turkey Talk, just $8 on Craftsy!

Name That Mustache, Week 4!

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Welcome to the final week of Name That Mustache!

Thanks for stopping back by and for ALL the wonderful mustache names! Week three was just as fun as weeks one and two and I found it even harder to choose because all the names were just SO GOOD!

Before we move on the final three mustaches, I have our Week 3 WINNERS to announce!

Each winner receives a free pdf copy of the mustache pattern he or she named, a free fat quarter and his or her name included in the new version of the pattern!

If you were chosen as a winner, please email sewhooked@gmail.com with your mailing address so you can receive your prizes.

In the case that a name was suggested more than once, the first commenter to suggest that name wins the prize.

Mustache #7 – “Pierre” submitted by Roubaix

Mustache #8 – “Pops” submitted by Sandy A.

Mustache #9 – “Albert” submitted by Kelly

Congratulations and THANK YOU for the wonderful names!

And now, on to Week 4 of Name That Mustache!!

Name That Mustache is a weekly challenge for my readers throughout the month of October.

The rules are simple:

Share a name idea for one or more mustaches in each week’s post, making sure to include the mustache number.
Comments must be made on Sewhooked during that week’s post. For example Week 4 Mustache names must be commented on this post.
At the end of each week, I’ll pick my favorites and that will be the name of that mustache pattern!
Please do not use copyrighted names. If you’re not sure, just let me know.
The winners will receive a fat quarter, a free PDF copy of the mustache pattern he or she named AND I will include the winner as the namer on that pattern!

In November, Mustachio! will be updated and all of these fun mustaches will be available individually…for the first time ever! To celebrate and help a good cause, during the month of November, I will donate $1 to Movember for the sale of each Mustachio! pattern!

Enough talk, let’s get started…ready, set…GO!

Name these three mustaches in the comments for a chance to win:

Need a little lip hair in your life? Get the entire Mustachio! set from my Craftsy shop!

Mustache Names so far:

Wyatt
Victor
Watson
Walter
Rollie
Beauregard
Pierre
Pops
Albert

Check out my entries for the Blogger’s Quilt Festival:

A huge thanks to everyone that has already shared mustache names! If you didn’t win this time, try again, I’d love to hear what you come up with!

It’s almost Halloween, my favorite time of year! Be sure to check out Crafts of Halloweens Past for some fun free tutorials and patterns!

Coming soon…wait for it… mustache companions!

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Featured Pattern: Two Little Hooters

Blogger’s Quilt Festival: Doctor Who Quilt Revisited

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Doctor Who Bed Quilt, 2013

Welcome to my second post for Amy’s Creative Side’s twice-annual Blogger’s Quilt Festival, this time in the Bed Quilt category.

Did you miss my first post? It’s right here!

Yeah, that’s right, I’m posting twice…Bloggers can enter two categories this year and my 2013 has been very quilty!

Also? Be sure to read to the end for a fun giveaway!

There are a couple of themes going on my BQF posts. 1) Fandom! Fandom! Fandom! and 2) Quilts made for people I love.

If you read my previous post, then you know I made an Agatha Christie wall hanging for my best friend’s birthday. This post is all about the Doctor Who quilt I made earlier this year for my daughter’s first dorm room.

To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Doctor Who, my other quilting site, Fandom In Stitches, hosted a Doctor Who Stitch Along. Myself, along with an number of other talented designers, presented 12 free hand embroidered designs depicting the first 11 Doctors plus the TARDIS.

For my own project, I created a unique layout that would ultimately make a quilt large enough for my daughter to use while living away from home.

She’s a freshman this fall, and it was especially important to me to create a quilt that was meaningful to her.

The eleven Doctors and the TARDIS are surrounded by faux mitered blocks with an army of paper pieced Daleks marching around the border. (Free Dalek pattern).

The Doctors are hand embroidered using DMC on Moda Marble Dots.

The entire quilt was free-motion quilted by me on my Baby Lock Quest Plus.

Above, you can see the quilt on her first-ever dorm bed! I made the quilt at the foot of the bed, too. It’s also something she loves…InuYasha!

She texted this photo to me, and I still tear up a bit when I think of her wrapped in quilts I made. 🙂

See the InuYasha quilt here!

And, because I know it’s likely to come up, you can get the free TARDIS pattern by me (see the throw pillow?) on Fandom In Stitches! 😉

My daughter’s favorite Doctor? This handsome guy here! She wanted swirly quilting, so that’s what she got!

Watch the video where I talk about this quilt!

We also invited our community to share their own designs, like this 50 Years block designed by Jessica used for the label on my daughter’s quilt.

See more pictures of this Doctor Who Quilt.

Get free Doctor Who patterns from Fandom In Stitches.

As an added bonus today, comment on this post with the name of your favorite book for a chance to win one of two prizes! I’ll be giving away a free copy of Quiltmaker’s Quilts from 100 Blocks and a copy of of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, Vol 7. to TWO random commenters at the end of the festival!

Quilts From 100 Blocks includes my pattern Corn Maze and Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, Vol. 7 includes my pattern Make Lemonade. Want these magazines now? Get them in my Etsy shop!

There’s always lots going on around Sewhooked! In October, join me Name That Mustache and Crafts of Halloweens Past!

Don’t forget to check out the Blogger’s Quilt Festival for more fabulous quilts!

I hope to see you around!

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Featured Pattern: Faux Mitered Marvel, $8 on Craftsy

Blogger’s Quilt Festival: The Body In The Library Wall Hanging

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The Body in the Library, a 17″ x 25″ wall hanging

Welcome to my first post for Amy’s Creative Side’s twice-annual Blogger’s Quilt Festival! First post? Yes, that’s right! I will be entering two quilts this year!

Be sure to read to the end for a fun giveaway!

The timing of this particular festival could not be better as my Wall Hanging entry, The Body in the Library, was just finished earlier this month!

For weeks I’d been wracking my brain for an idea for the perfect birthday gift for Jewells, my best friend of almost 20 years.

While thinking about things I know for sure she enjoys, Agatha Christie came to mind.

On a whim, I began Googling.

Then I found this:

Immediately, I knew it was The One. This was what I was looking for and it HAD to be a quilt; in fact, it had to be THE birthday quilt!

Don’t the graphics just shout QUILT!?

Within moments of finding this image, I’d fired up EQ7 and begun drafting.

In approximately two days, I designed, paper pieced, hand embroidered, pieced, free motion quilted, bound & labeled this little gem.

The shelves of the quilt are entirely paper pieced. These three shelves contain more than 36 pattern pieces. Not pieces of fabric, but actual pattern pieces!

Watch the video where I talk about this quilt!

I straight-line quilted around the books and free-motion quilted the shelves, border and background, all on my Baby Lock Quest Plus.

“Agatha Christie” is hand embroidered using DMC in a font called Alpaca 54. “by” was drawn by me.

The back of the quilt shows the quilting much better than the front!

You can also see the tabs I created for hanging. To make them, I fold a 3″ square in half on the diagonal and stitch them onto the corners when attaching the binding. Simply place a dowel rod in the pockets and it’s ready to hang! The best way I’ve found to do this is by using two 3M Command wire hooks placed approximately 6″ apart. The label is a larger square created the same way as the pockets at the top.

The Body in the Library is a Miss Marple mystery story. According to Freaky Trigger, this particular cover is the 1942 Australian Collins Crime Club edition.

Quilts From 100 Blocks includes my pattern Corn Maze and Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, Vol. 7 includes my pattern Make Lemonade. Want these magazines now? Get them in my Etsy shop!

There’s always lots going on around Sewhooked! In October, join me Name That Mustache and Crafts of Halloweens Past!

Don’t forget to check out the Blogger’s Quilt Festival for more fabulous quilts!

I hope to see you around!

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Featured pattern: Jack Leaves The Light On, $6 on Craftsy

Name That Mustache, Week 3!

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Welcome to our third week of Name That Mustache!

Thanks for stopping back by and for ALL the wonderful mustache names! I have had more fun reading your comments on these posts than I have had in a long time. You are all creative and awesome!

Before we move on to this week’s mustaches, I have our Week 2 WINNERS to announce!

Each winner receives a free pdf copy of the mustache pattern he or she named, a free fat quarter and his or her name included in the new version of the pattern!

If you were chosen as a winner, please email sewhooked@gmail.com with your mailing address so you can receive your prizes.

In the case that a name was suggested more than once, the first commenter to suggest that name wins the prize.

Mustache #4 – “Walter” submitted by Judy

Mustache #5 – “Rollie” submitted by Susie Q.

Mustache #6 – “Beauregard” submitted by Roubaix

Congratulations and THANK YOU for the fantastic names!

And now, on to Week 3 of Name That Mustache!!

Name That Mustache is a weekly challenge for my readers throughout the month of October.

The rules are simple:

Share a name idea for one or more mustaches in each week’s post, making sure to include the mustache number.
Comments must be made on Sewhooked during that week’s post. For example Week 2: Mustache names must be commented on this post.
At the end of each week, I’ll pick my favorites and that will be the name of that mustache pattern!
Please do not use copyrighted names. If you’re not sure, just let me know.
The winners will receive a fat quarter, a free PDF copy of the mustache pattern he or she named AND I will include the winner as the namer on that pattern!

In November, Mustachio! will be updated and all of these fun mustaches will be available individually…for the first time ever! To celebrate and help a good cause, during the month of November, I will donate $1 to Movember for the sale of each Mustachio! pattern!

Enough talk, let’s get started…ready, set…GO!

Name these three mustaches in the comments for a chance to win:

Want to plan ahead! Here is the rest of Mustachio! so you can think up fabulous mustache names for the weeks to come!

Mustachio! on Craftsy!

Mustache Names so far:

Wyatt
Victor
Watson
Walter
Rollie
Beauregard

A huge thanks to everyone that has already shared mustache names! If you didn’t win this time, try again, I’d love to hear what you come up with!

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Featured Pattern: A Little Haunted, $8 on Craftsy

Name That Mustache, Week 2!

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Welcome to week two of Name That Mustache!

Before we move on to this week’s mustaches, I have our Week 1 WINNERS to announce! Each winner receives a free pdf copy of the mustache pattern he or she named, a free fat quarter and his or her name included in the new version of the pattern! If you were chosen as a winner, please email sewhooked@gmail.com with your mailing address so you can receive your prizes.

The names chosen for each mustache were simplified slightly so they would all fit a similar theme, but I think you’ll find the spirit of each name remains intact. I hope this gives you inspiration for this week’s mustaches!

name that mustache 01 name that mustache 02 name that mustache 03

Mustache #1 – “Wyatt” submitted by Michelle Thompson

Mustache #2 – “Victor” submitted by Beth T.

Mustache #3 – “Watson” submitted by Francesca

And now, on to Week 2 of Name That Mustache!!

Name That Mustache is a weekly challenge for my readers throughout the month of October.

The rules are simple:

Share a name idea for one or more mustaches in each week’s post, making sure to include the mustache number.
Comments must be made on Sewhooked during that week’s post. For example Week 2: Mustache names must be commented on this post.
At the end of each week, I’ll pick my favorites and that will be the name of that mustache pattern!
Please do not use copyrighted names. If you’re not sure, just let me know.
The winners will receive a fat quarter, a free PDF copy of the mustache pattern he or she named AND I will include the winner as the namer on that pattern!

Enough talk, let’s get started…ready, set…GO!

Name these three mustaches in the comments for a chance to win:

Want to plan ahead! Here is the rest of Mustachio! so you can think up fabulous mustache names for the weeks to come!

Mustachio! on Craftsy!

A huge thanks to everyone that has already shared mustache names! If you didn’t win this time, try again, I’d love to hear what you come up with!

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Jack Leaves The Light On, $6 on Craftsy

Name That Mustache, Week 1!

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During the Great Sewhooked Revamp of 2013, many of my patterns have undergone updates and all around improvements.

Mustachio! is no exception.

A pattern set including 12 paper pieced mustaches, Mustachio! is one of my more ridiculous designs created for my own amusement.

Hey, if you can’t make stuff that entertains you, then what’s the point, right?!

During the revamp process, I decided these mustaches REALLY need names. I love to name the things I make and am not entirely sure how these guys ended up with monikers Mustache 1, Mustache 2, etc. Boo, that’s no fun!

In an effort to make them more interesting and fun, I came up with some tentative names but quickly realized I could really use some help!

That’s where you come in to help me NAME THAT MUSTACHE!

Name That Mustache is a weekly challenge for my readers throughout the month of October.

The rules are simple:

Share a name idea for one or more mustaches in each week’s post, making sure to include the mustache number.
Comments must be made on Sewhooked during that week’s post. For example Week 1: Mustache #2 names must be commented on this post.
At the end of each week, I’ll pick my favorites and that will be the name of that mustache pattern!
The winners will receive a fat quarter, a free PDF copy of the mustache pattern he or she named AND I will include the winner as the namer on that pattern!

Enough talk, let’s get started…ready, set…GO!

Name these three mustaches in the comments for a chance to win:

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name that mustache 02

name that mustache 03

Want to plan ahead! Here is the rest of Mustachio! so you can think up fabulous mustache names for the weeks to come!

Mustachio! on Craftsy!

Do you design paper pieced, embroidery, applique or other quilt patterns? Love John Green books? Join us for the #tfios Design Challenge, happening now on Fandom In Stitches!

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Featured Pattern: Fortune Teller, $2 on Craftsy
part of the Busy Bodies pattern set!

Comment to Win Faux Mitered Marvel!

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Faux Mitered Marvel, $8 on Craftsy

As you read this, I’m with my family driving my daughter to her first year at college.

*gulps*

To celebrate this next big step in our lives, I’m giving away one free copy of my new pattern, Faux Mitered Marvel to one commenter. This pattern was created for my darling daughter and she has given me permission to share it with the world!

That’s it, just comment and you could win! Please be sure I can contact you via your comment. I have to be able to get in touch with you for you to receive your prize!

Faux Mitered Marvel, is a full-color six page pattern complete with fabric chart and instructions, just $8 on Craftsy. The best part is you could feature ANYTHING in the 8″ and 5″ squares.

In other news, I’m phasing out selling hard copy patterns and clearing out my Etsy shop! Get 40% off your total purchase with coupon code 40PERCENT now until August 31. Not looking for patterns? I have some other great, ready-to-use items as well!

Have a great weekend, and don’t forget to comment! Winner to be announced Tuesday, August 27!

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Marie Bostwick Blog Hop Winners…At Last!

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After a brief delay, we have winners for the Marie Bostwick Between Heaven and Texas Blog Hop!
Marie Bostwick Blog Tour - Between Heaven and Texas

New book from the Publisher:

Autographed book:

Door hanger & signature block:

Congrats to all three of our winners! I have contacted each of you individually, but if you have not received my message, please email sewhooked@gmail.com.

Thanks to everyone that played! The comments were just wonderful and I really enjoyed reading all your stories about living in and visiting Texas!

See the original post and read all the great comments! There’s a free pattern, too…don’t miss it!

Other fun stuff to do: