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Free Pattern Friday: Sherlock Holmes’ Persian Slipper Bookcase Block

Hello, my friends, and welcome back to Free Pattern Friday!

As mentioned in recent videos, I’m working on a bookcase quilt for my husband. I have already designed several new blocks that I’ll share here and on Fandom in Stitches as they are ready.

We both love Sherlock Holmes, so adding our favorite fictional detective to his quilt was a no-brainer!

Next up is Sherlock Holmes’ Persian Slipper. This is inspired by one of our favorite quotes from the short stories:

“But with me there is a limit, and when I find a man who keeps his cigars in the coal-scuttle, his tobacco in the toe end of a Persian slipper, and his unanswered correspondence transfixed by a jack-knife into the very centre of his wooden mantelpiece, then I begin to give myself virtuous airs.”

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,

The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual

I hope you enjoy this pattern. I look forward to bringing you more new bookcase blocks as I design them!

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. ♥

Sherlock Holmes’ Persian Slipper Bookcase Block

designed by Jennifer Ofenstein

10″ paper pieced

free for personal use only

(machine embroidery not included)

Need some summer reading?

Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain!

You can access all the stories for free at Project Gutenberg.

Find my Fandom patterns HERE

More Sherlock Holmes on Fandom in Stitches!

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♥ Jennifer O

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

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Free Pattern … THURSDAY? L’amour sous la Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower)

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Hello, my friends, and welcome back to Free Pattern Friday on a Thursday for a bonus freebie for the Opening Games of the Olympics beginning tomorrow in Paris, France!

To celebrate, I’ve decided to bring an old favorite out of retirement: L’amour sous la Tour Eiffel!

*Eiffel Tower inspired design by Jennifer Ofenstein*

Originally inspired by my eldest child’s international travels, L’amour sous la Tour Eiffel, is a 5″ x 10″ (finished) pattern to paper piece and is easy to incorporate into all kinds of projects!

The following pattern is designed by me, Jennifer Ofenstein, and is free for your personal use. Links go to Google Docs that you can save or print. ♥

L’amour sous la tour Eiffel

(Eiffel Tower)

designed by Jennifer ofenstein

5″ x 10″ paper pieced (5 1/2″ x 10 1/2″ with seam allowance)

free for your personal use ♥

Years ago, I was asked for a sample rainbow quilt inspired by L’amour sous la Tour Eiffel! How fun is that? This simple version includes multiple colors of the Eiffel Tower with 2″ sashing and cornerstones.

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Need another size? I can help!

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Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches, where you can also quilt along with us!

♥ Jennifer O

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: Sherlock Holmes’ Deerstalker Bookcase Block

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Hello, my friends, and welcome back to Free Pattern Friday!

As mentioned in a recent video, I’m working on a bookcase quilt for my husband. I have already designed several new blocks that I’ll share here and on Fandom in Stitches as they are ready.

We both love Sherlock Holmes, so adding our favorite fictional detective to his quilt was a no-brainer!

Based on my 2011 Deerstalker pattern, today is Sherlock Holmes’ Deerstalker Bookcase Block. I hope you enjoy this pattern. I look forward to bringing you more new bookcase blocks as I design them!

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. ♥

Sherlock Holmes’ Deerstalker Bookcase Block

designed by Jennifer Ofenstein

10″ paper pieced

free for personal use only

(machine embroidery not included)

Deerstalker (2011)

5″ paper pieced

Need some summer reading?

Sherlock Holmes is in the public domain!

You can access all the stories for free at Project Gutenberg.

Find my Fandom patterns HERE

More Sherlock Holmes on Fandom in Stitches!

Follow me on Instagram for lots of photos of cats & quilts!
Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches, where you can also quilt along with us!

♥ Jennifer O

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: I hear there’s a football game?

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Hello, my friends, and welcome back to Free Pattern Friday!

I’ll be completely honest with you and let you know that I’ve never really been a sports fan. My youngest kid was a marching band guy and I went to a LOT of games, enough to learn that what I did while there was watch the musicians and the crowd!

That said, a lot of people I care about LOVE sports, so for those of you who fall into that category, I have a round-up of some of my football-inspired patterns from over the years!

Whoever you are rooting for, I hope it’s a good game!

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. ♥

Go Team, 10″ paper pieced

Go, Team! is 10″ paper pieced (10 1/2″ with seam allowance), and can be made in whatever team colors that best suit your purpose. My version was made in school colors for my eldest child. 🙂

Simple Football

5″ paper pieced

Football With Laces

5″ paper pieced

Follow me on Instagram for lots of photos of cats & quilts!
Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches, where you can also quilt along with us!

♥ Jennifer O

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. ♥

Happy 10th YouTube Anniversary, Paper Piecing Art!

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Posted to YouTube on January 31, 2014, Paper Piecing Art is sitting at 92k views today; it’s the video I still get the most comments on!

I was originally contracted to record this as a multi-part online class. When the rights to the video reverted to me, I put the whole thing on YouTube. I have no regrets!

It makes my heart especially happy to hear from brand new quilters who used my workshop to learn to paper piece because of something they saw on sewhooked.com or fandominstitches.com. ❤️

Did you learn to paper piece from my workshop? I’d love to hear from you!

It has genuinely been my great honor to introduce so many people to the love of foundation paper piecing.

Want to learn? The young lady in the video is happy to teach you!

Print Waiting for Rain, the free pattern used in the video above.

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♥ Jennifer O

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 – Spread the Love!

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Some of my favorite things to play with over the years have been hearts, love, and general happiness!

With Valentine’s Day coming up, it seemed like a good time to share some old favorites. I’d love to see what you can do with these in modern fabrics. If you make any of these, please do share!

All patterns were designed by me and are free for your personal & non-profit use.

Need paper piecing help? I’ve got you!

First, we have some complete quilt patterns:

Big Heart Quilt, 44″ x 49″, tradionally pieced

cross my heart title — Cross My Hearts, Blocks – 6” & 12” paper pieced, Quilt As Shown in pattern 58” x 58”

full_1155_12956_CrossMyHeartspaperpieced_2 — Cross My Hearts as a blocks – 6” & 12” paper pieced, Quilt As Shown in pattern 58” x 58”

mug-o-love-free-pattern — Mug O’ Love, 5″paper pieced

woven-heart-free-pattern — Woven Heart, 6″ paper pieced

yellow ribbon heart — Heart With A Cause, 6″ paper pieced

log cabin heart — Log Cabin Heart, 5″ paper pieced

cupid's arrow 2 — Cupid’s Arrow (a heart pattern), 3″, 5″, or 8″ paper pieced

braided heart by me — Braided Heart, 5″ paper pieced

less than three by me — Less Than Three, 5″ paper pieced

scrappy heart by me — Scrappy Heart, 5″ paper pieced

scrappy heart 2 by me (1) — Scrappy Heart 2, 5″ paper pieced

Fun Fact! Scrappy Heart 2 resulted from a Photoshop design tutorial I shared on YouTube 14 years ago! If you’re interested, you can find Part 1 and Part 2 on my YouTube channel. I currently design in EQ8, but the principals are the same.

Hearts Go Round title — Hearts Go Round, 10″ paper pieced

Just need a hug? How about a virtual hug?

hugs title — Virtual Hugs, 6″ or 12″ paper pieced

And, in case you’re not feeling the Valentine’s love, a Broken Heart for anyone who needs a little therapeutic sewing. ♥

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

If you enjoy my free content, you can buy me a Ko-Fi.
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Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches, where you can also quilt along with us!

♥ Jennifer O

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 – Holiday House Revisit

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Welcome back to Free Pattern Friday!

As a thank you to my wonderful Ko-Fi supporters, I wanted to share some extra free content in December.

Holiday House was first shared as part of a blog hop back in 2011. I updated the pattern in 2017, adding a 10″ version for your piecing pleasure. I’m sharing it again here today because I have lots of new quilting friends here on Sewhooked and I wanted to make sure you knew about this sweet block.

Holiday House

5″ or 10″ paper pieced (5 1/2″ or 10 1/2″ unfinished)
a free pattern for personal & non-profit use© Jennifer Ofenstein
sewhooked.com

Wouldn’t this make a great swap quilt?!

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

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

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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.

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 – Holly Jolly with Bonus Santa!

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Welcome back to Free Pattern Friday!

As a thank you to my wonderful Ko-Fi supporters, I wanted to share some extra free content in December.

Today’s share is one of my most popular paper pieced sets ever, Holly Jolly.

I originally designed this set for a book I was contracted to create way back in 2008. Sadly, that book was canceled and, despite many tries, I was never able to sell it to another publisher. That was the impetus to my turning Sewhooked into a pattern company. I published my patterns independently both online and in print for sale through quilt stores until 2019.

Bonus Santa was added a few years before I stopped selling pattern because he was just too cute not to share!

This pattern and many more have been retired an unavailable since 2019. Now, this sweet little set is yours to make for free!

Holly Jolly includes:

Lil’ St. Nick, Lil’ Mrs. Claus, Wonky Lil’ Christmas Tree, Santa’s Helper, Wee Lil’ Penguin, and bonus pattern, Santa with his Bag.

Holly Jolly with Bonus Santa!
Each are 5″ paper pieced (5 1/2″ unfinished)
a free pattern for personal & non-profit use
© Jennifer Ofenstein
sewhooked.com

Holly Jolly, made into a small quilt for a friend.

Holly Jolly teams up with another one of my patterns, Classic Film

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

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

Looking for more fandom content? You’ll find it on 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 – Topsy-Turvy Trees

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Welcome back to Free Pattern Friday!

As a thank you to my wonderful Ko-Fi supporters, I wanted to share some extra free content in December.

Topsy-Turvy trees was originally designed in 2012 for my online pattern shop. This pattern was retired in 2019 and it’s now free for your personal use!

Below you will see the version of this quilt that I made. I loved working with all the different greens!

Topsy-Turvy Trees
36 1/2″ x 44 1/2″
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 more fandom content? You’ll find it on 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 – What We Do In The Shadows

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Welcome back to Free Pattern Friday!

Big thanks to my Ko-Fi supporters for your support of this free content. ♥

This is week 3 of sharing new patterns inspired by the What We Do in the Shadows FX TV show!

Reminder: this is a mature-themed show and is not for kiddos!

Below you’ll find my final three What We Do In The Shadows inspired patterns to paper piece, as well as the optional finishing instructions I’m using for my own quilt. I do have several other ideas for this fandom and I hope to get back to it soon. As a reminder, these patterns are free for your personal and non-profit use.

Find these patterns and more by myself and other

wonderful designers over on Fandom in Stitches!