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There and Back Again

We have traveled There and Back Again and this journey, at least is complete!

The quilt top above is my version of the There and Back Again (TABABOM) project designed by myself, Lilja Björk, Schenley Pilgram and Michelle Thompson and presented through Fandom In Stitches.

I used all Stonehenge Fabrics from Northcott to create my TABABOM quilt top. I already have quilting plans so that my own TABABOM journey will be truly complete!

I can’t tell you what an honor it was to get to work with these three talented ladies. When I first approached them about the project, it t was just an idea. A Hobbit Block of the Month. They all enthusiastically joined in and we all worked out how many blocks, what blocks, who would design each and agreed on a layout. Without them, this project would not be what it is!

The Final Block, The Lonely Mountain

If you are a Tolkien fan, or just love beautiful quilts, check out our final TABABOM post. It includes block 13, The Lonely Mountain, designed by yours truly as well as photos of each of the quilts created by the designers.

All patterns for TABABOM can be found on Fandom In Stitches.

You’re wondering how we can possibly top this? Lilja is organizing a year-long Lord of the Rings Block of the Month with multiple designers, faces old and new to FiS, to continue the journey. Not All Who Wander Are Lost will be presented through Fandom In Stitches starting January 2013. How exciting is that?!
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Fandom Friday

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Cabbage Patch Kids!

As most of you know, Fandom In Stitches is my other home here on the Interweb.

It’s fun place to visit, with loads of completely free Fandom patterns by a variety of dedicated volunteer designers, myself included.

Here’s what’s new from me over the last couple of months on FiS. Click on the pattern name for the printable pattern file:

Cabbage Patch Kids
TARDIS (blogged)
Dalek (ditto above!)
221b (blogged)
Bowler Hat (blogged)
Secret World: Dragon (blogged)
Secret World: Templars (ditto above!)
Secret World: Illuminati (ditto above!)
Harry Potter Title Fonts (complete update – blogged)
Shuriken (blogged)

221b

Bowler Hats: Watson (L), Fudge (R)

Secret World: Dragon, Templars, Illuminati

Updated Harry Potter Title Fonts

Shuriken

Cabbage Patch Quilt Mock Up

Smaug, designed by Michelle Thompson
There and Back Again Month 10
my version in Northcott’s Stonehenge

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My family and I are off to Anime Overload tomorrow. I’ll be taking lots of photos and will share my costumed duo next week!

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Fandom Friends

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This is Payden.

He’s 5, loves Blue’s Clues and will be having his second liver transplant soon.

Fandom In Stitches is helping his grandmother, Karen, create a quilt for him.

You can help.

Read all about it here.

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A Narrow Bridge of Stone Without a Parapet

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It’s There and Back Again (TABABOM) new pattern day over on Fandom In Stitches, my website dedicated to free fandom patterns designed by fans, for fans!

This is month 5 of TABABOM, and my first appearance as a designer in this year-long project.

My pattern for this month is The Bridge To Rivendell, inspired by a combination of the bridge described in The Hobbit and the Rivendell bridges shown in the movie version of The Lord of the Rings.

I have worked with designers Michelle Thompson, Lilja Björk Sigurdórsdóttir and Schenley Pilgram to create a block of the month that will journey with Bilbo on his adventure There and Back Again.

I wanted to really try something new with this project and am piecing all of my blocks using Northcott’s Stonehenge fabrics in order to create a stone mural-esque quilt. My thought was that I wanted my quilt to look like a piece of art created by Tolkien’s dwarves.

My blocks so far
Block title and Designers:
(L-R) 1. Gandalf (Schenley), 2. The Cloaks at Bilbo’s House (Michelle), 3. The Road (Lilja),
4. Sting (Michelle), 5. The Bridge to Rivendell (Jennifer)

If you are a fan of any variety, I encourage you to follow Fandom In Stitches. In addition to our current block of the month, we post free patterns regulary, have occasional challenges and giveaways. It’s such a fun site to be part of because, after all, we are all fans of something!

Add your Sewhooked-related photos (that includes my patterns posted to Fandom In Stitches!) to my flickr group and you might be featured in a future post! FiS also has a flickr group, packed with lots of great photos!

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You mean my secret identity?

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As many of you that have followed my blog for any length of time are probably aware, I’m a big ole fangirl. I love Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Trek and all kinds of other awesomely geeky stuff.

It brings me joy. So I quilt it!

My other reality is called Fandom In Stitches.

I talk about FiS all the time on Talk to Me Tuesday, mainly because it’s just so much fun!

Currently, we’re running a block of the month themed around The Hobbit called There and Back Again. I’m working with three other uber-talented designers, Michelle Thompson, Lilja Björk Sigurdórsdóttir and Schenley Pilgram to bring free Hobbit-themed patterns to our readers once a month for a year, culminating in a quilt layout that will create a 37″ x 37″ quilt.

Aside from our current BOM, we also post all kinds of other fandomy goodness! I thought it would be fun to do a little update on some of my contributions to Fandom In Stitches so you can see what I get up to in my “other” job!

The Potter Puppet Pals patterns live on Fandom In Stitches’ Harry Potter Page!

Fandom in Stitches is a huge amount of fun for me, not only because of the obvious appeal of doing anything related to fandom and fun, but because I get to work with almost 20 other talented designers, all sharing their talent for free.

One of the things we all share in is the Request page. This gives the designers the opportunity to see what kind of patterns our readers are looking for.

Many of us use this as inspiration for new patterns!

Scooby’s Tag, blogged on Fandom In Stitches

Free Pattern direct link

I also enjoy writing for FiS, and while it’s a challenge to keep up with, it’s well worth the effort when we, the designers, see projects being made from our patterns.

More of my recent FiS patterns:

Original Apple Logo

Modern Apple Logo

Portal Guy

(EQ version on the left, pieced by me on the right)

Aperture Science Logo

(EQ version on the left, pieced by me on the right)

Vampire Fangs

(EQ version on the left, pieced by Cat Magraith on the right)

Probably the most fun for me is getting to stretch myself creatively doing what I love best and in a way that is both fun and recognizable to other quilters. Fandom In Stitches, and it’s inspiration, Harry Potter Paper Piecing, have been responsible for turning many non-quilters into serious quilters!

See all our patterns!

Fandom In Stitches Pattern Pages:

I hope you’ll visit FiS and see all the wonderful patterns created by talented designers all over the world!

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PoD Layouts and An Announcement

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The Project of Doom, A Harry Potter Block of the Week Mystery Quilt, has now concluded, but this is not the end for Harry Potter Paper Piecing!

The final post for The Project of Doom is now online and includes suggested layout instructions for the 30 blocks participants have created.

Join the Project of Doom Community on Livejournal to talk PoD, share photos, questions and stories!

Click on the banner for details.

Previous Patterns:

Are you wondering what on earth we’ll do after The Project of Doom? I made a HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT this morning on my fandom quilting website, Fandom In Stitches….click the banner below for details!

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Two Little Hooters, a new pattern from The Sewhooked Shop

How Wednesday Greeted Me

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I woke up this morning to an inbox full of messages and posts on my Twitter and Facebook about a certain quilt showing up on Craft this morning. When I clicked the link, my eyes were filled with the image above.

Woah.

And you know what? There’s even a link to the Project of Doom!

You all know that if I love anything, it’s paper piecing and fandom. Despite having completed my quilt in 2007, I still love quilting Harry and I still love my fandom friends.

Thanks, Craft, for sharing my labor of love and thank you, thank you to everyone that was excited enough about it to get in touch with me first thing this morning!

Remember, all Harry Potter free quilt patterns on Sewhooked, as well as other fandom patterns, both mine and the Sewhooked Guest Designers‘, are moving to Fandom In Stitches. I’m two designers away from having the Harry Potter page complete, where you’ll find all HP patterns organized by categories in my favorite easy to browse thumbnail format.

Fandom patterns will continue to be available on Sewhooked for a limited time and then those pages will automatically re-direct to FiS.

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Oh, Portal!

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Aperture Science, a paper pieced quilt block. L – EQ7 version, R-my pieced block

For a brief period in April and May, my thirteen year old became my personal assistant. He was helpful with laundry, with taking out the trash, yardwork…you name it!

While he is genuinely a good kid, like most people that have jobs, he did it for the money. You see, Portal 2
was on the horizon, and as I was eagerly informed, it was a Must Have Game.

He worked hard, earned his money, and now owns (and has beaten) Portal II.

When I started Fandom In Stitches, the first comment he made to me was how amazingly cool it would be to have Portal quilt blocks. Spoken like a true fan with a quilty mom! He helped me choose a few that I could work on, the first being Aperture Science.

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’ve transitioned from designing my patterns exclusively in Photoshop to using a combination of EQ7 and Photoshop. The advantage of this is being able to have sample images before I ever piece a block. It gives me a really good idea where a block is going and if I’m getting just what I want out of it.

Above, you can see the EQ version that I mocked up after drafting my pattern on the left and my actual pieced block on the right. Pretty cool, huh?

He loves the new block and has requested an Aperture Science pillowcase…perfect for dragging to sleep-overs with his video game loving friends!

For this pattern and more awesome free fandom patterns, visit Fandom In Stitches!

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Something Quilty This Way Comes

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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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