Welcome neighbor, I hope you enjoy today’s Halloween show & tell!
What We Do in the Shadows on Fandom in Stitches (these can also be found on sewhooked.com under Fandom Patterns)
Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!
Birds & other Critters on my second YouTube Channel: Backyard Jen!
Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.
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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.
(Farscape)
10″ x 30″ paper pieced
(Red Dwarf)
10″ x 30″ paper pieced
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As promised, this is the finale of the EPIC bookcase quilt I’ve been working on for my husband. As a bonus, I shared photos of every Project of Doom/Bookcase Quilt that my hands have touched.
I talk about this project in more detail in this video
And I talk more about quilting here
Everything you need to know to get started paper piecing, including my free tutorials.
NEW on my website, a page dedicated to my Bookcase Quilt patterns, helpful information, a gallery of my bookcase quilts, and more!
More info about this quilt:
The Project of Doom and many other bookcase quilt blocks are all on Fandom in Stitches. Look for “Bookcase Quilts” in the purple menu. Indiana Jones blocks by Holly Urbain and Lantern block by Wendi Riggens. All other blocks were designed by me. Additional books-only filler blocks will be coming soon, free for personal use, via Fandom in Stitches and Sewhooked.
I designed the overall quilt and all of my quilt block patterns using EQ8.
I designed all the book titles and many of the embroidery items myself using Embrilliance Stitch Artist 1.
If you need help hooping for machine embroidered titles, I have a video tutorial showing how I hooped my blocks.
Other designs in this quilt:
Urban Threads Anatomical Skull (quilt version edited by me)
Urban Threads Cthulhu Crest
Anita Goodesign Grecian Garden (mine is an older disc copy, but this has all the same designs)
Anita Goodesign Egyptian
Bookcase Fabric Moda Grunge Black 204, Background Fabric Moda Grunge Fig 379
If you’re looking for anything else I didn’t specifically list, let me know and I’ll point you in the right direction.
Machines used in this project:
(Sharing because I’ve been asked. You can use any machine of your choice to make your own version.)
JUKI TL2010-Q for all piecing
Brother PE-7700 (my previous, and first, embroidery machine)
Brother PR1X (my current embroidery machine)
Grace Q’Nique 15R Quilt Machine for free-motion & ruler quilting (mounted on a Gracie King Frame)
FUNDRAISER for Miss P– help Jewells’ daughter with her semester in Japan!
Check out my second YouTube Channel: Backyard Jen!
Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.
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Dear friends, the epic amount of quilting on the Bookcase Quilt is DONE! I was able to really focus and quilted a couple of hours almost every day last week. In all, it took me nearly 30 HOURS to finish the quilting. I have some threads to bury, a small repair to complete, and then I’ll move on to binding and labeling. With any luck, I’ll have a finished quilt reveal next week!
As a bonus, I share a recent upcycled shirt project that I haven’t had a chance to discuss yet. The photo I used to show how it originally looked came from Poshmark.
I used my Grace Q’Nique 15R for free-motion & ruler quilting.
I talk all about the finished quilt top here:
FUNDRAISER for Miss P– help Jewells’ daughter with her semester in Japan!
Check out my new YouTube Channel: Backyard Jen!
Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥
Hello, friends! I was sick last week so this is a pretty short video. There were lots of crafty thoughts during the week, and I’d love your opinion on an idea I’ve had.
I forgot to mention that I did manage to paint and hang the birdfeeder I showed last week. There’s a quick photo in the intro.
FUNDRAISER for Miss P– help Jewells’ daughter with her semester in Japan!
Check out my new YouTube Channel: Backyard Jen!
Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥
Friends! Quilting has commenced on the Bookcase Quilt! I talk about how I got started on that, some thrifted goodies, plus a thrifted blouse makeover.
Be sure to stick around for the Cat Cameo, it’s a good one!
FUNDRAISER for Miss P– help Jewells’ daughter with her semester in Japan!
Check out my new YouTube Channel: Backyard Jen!
Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥
Hello, my friends, and welcome back to Free Pattern Friday!
I shared on Tuesday that the multi-fandom/history bookcase quilt top I’ve been working on for my husband is at last complete!
Today, I share new blocks made just for this quilt. These 6 simple paper pieced bookcase blocks are perfect for any bookcase quilt project. If you’re looking to make your own Fandom bookcase quilt, you can find a whole load of patterns on Fandom in Stitches. Look for “Bookcase Quilts” in the purple menu for a wide variety of options.
The following patterns are designed by me, Jennifer Ofenstein, and are free for your personal use. Links go to Google Docs that you can save or print. ♥
designed & tested by Jennifer Ofenstein
@sewhookedjen
10″ paper pieced
free for personal use only
designed & tested by Jennifer Ofenstein
@sewhookedjen
10″ paper pieced
free for personal use only
designed & tested by Jennifer Ofenstein
@sewhookedjen
10″ paper pieced
free for personal use only
designed & tested by Jennifer Ofenstein
@sewhookedjen
10″ paper pieced
free for personal use only
designed & tested by Jennifer Ofenstein
@sewhookedjen
10″ paper pieced
free for personal use only
designed & tested by Jennifer Ofenstein
@sewhookedjen
10″ paper pieced
free for personal use only
I forgot to take a photo of this block before adding machine embroidery, but I did make it, and it is in the final quilt. This image is an approximation created using EQ8.
Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.
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Y’all! The bookcase quilt top for my husband is DONE!
Some info about this quilt:
The Project of Doom and many other bookcase quilt blocks are all on Fandom in Stitches. Look for “Bookcase Quilts” in the purple menu. Indiana Jones blocks by Holly Urbain and Lantern block by Wendi Riggens. All other blocks were designed by me. Additional books-only filler blocks will be coming soon, free for personal use, via Fandom in Stitches and Sewhooked.
I designed the overall quilt and all of my quilt block patterns using EQ8.
I designed all the book titles and many of the embroidery items myself using Embrilliance Stitch Artist 1.
If you need help hooping for machine embroidered titles, I have a video tutorial showing how I hooped my blocks.
Other designs in this quilt:
Urban Threads Anatomical Skull (quilt version edited by me)
Urban Threads Cthulhu Crest
Anita Goodesign Grecian Garden (mine is an older disc copy, but this has all the same designs)
Anita Goodesign Egyptian
Bookcase Fabric Moda Grunge Black 204, Background Fabric Moda Grunge Fig 379
If you’re looking for anything else I didn’t specifically list, let me know and I’ll point you in the right direction.
Machines used in this project so far:
JUKI TL2010-Q for all piecing
Brother PE-7700 (my previous, and first, embroidery machine)
Brother PR1X (my current embroidery machine)
FUNDRAISER for Miss P– help Jewells’ daughter with her semester in Japan!
My new YouTube channel: Backyard Jen!
Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥
This week I’m talking about my super fun birthday gift from Jewells, some very happy progress on the bookcase quilt for my husband, and last week’s thrift haul.
FUNDRAISER for Miss P– help Jewells’ daughter with her semester in Japan!
My new YouTube channel: Backyard Jen!
Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥
The epic amount of machine embroidery continues on the bookcase quilt blocks for my hubs (aka my # permanentboyfriend). I had 10 glorious minutes last week when I thought I was done with blocks before realizing I was not! I explain why in the video. Ah, well, sometimes stumbling blocks breed creativity and that certainly worked in this case!
Urban Threads Anatomical Skull (basis for my “Bob the Skull”)
Past me talking about the 2024 TTMT Swap
I use Embrilliance Stitch Artist 1 for machine embroidery design and EQ8 for quilt design.
Hooping 10″ bookcase blocks Tutorial
FUNDRAISER for Miss P– help Jewells’ daughter with her semester in Japan!
My new YouTube channel: Backyard Jen!
Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥
Sewhooked 