In which I announce the winner of the Batiks On Black quilt block drawing!
Congratulations to you know who!
vlog – TTMT – Batiks On Black, Baby!
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Category Archives: paper piecing
New Challenge at Harry Potter Paper Piecing
This one is not to be missed…the biggest challenge ever at Harry Potter Paper Piecing with an unbelievably awesome prize! Click on the above image for full details.
Batiks On Black Deadline!
This is it! The deadline for Batiks On Black is next week!
Blocks have been coming in and they are all gorgeous! For a small sampling, check out the BoB Flickr Group.
If you’re participating and haven’t yet sent your blocks in, please get them in the mail and email me the number you’re entering so your name can be included in the drawing!
Click here for more details!
Have a sewhooked little Christmas
A little Christmas Cheer from the sewhooked flickr group!
by sewtobed on flickr
by ramblequeen on flickr
by Jennifer T.
by liljabs on flickr
Lots more great quilts in the flickr Christmas quilts group!
More Christmas cheer from sewhooked:
If you make a Sew Awesome Craft or any pattern, craft or recipe from sewhooked, I’d love to see a photo. Email me or add it to the sewhooked flickr group.
vlog: TTMT – Hats, Blocks & Sue
In which I share lots of hats, Christmas Cottage Swap blocks, a few ornaments and an update on Operation Save Sue!
- Batiks On Black – Deadline Extended!
- Candy Corn Crochet Hat
- CD Canister Yarn Ball Cozy
- Operation Save Sue
- All About Paper Piecing
If you make a Sew Awesome Craft or any pattern, craft or recipe from sewhooked, I’d love to see a photo. Email me or add it to the sewhooked flickr group.
vlog – TTMT: CinnaYum
In which I talk about swaps, gum, paper piecing classes, Batiks on Black and crocheting for The Linus Connection!
Honey Bee Quilt Store
The Linus Connection
Twilight Crafts
Quilting: Sweet Honey Bee
Dianne Ferguson, owner of Honey Bee Quilt Store with her Harry Potter blocks
Since the summer of this year, I have had the great pleasure of being the Paper Piecing instructor for Honey Bee Quilt Store in Austin, Texas.
What I didn’t expect was that not would Honey Bee embrace me and my paper piecing classes (which several of the employees have taken!), but both the store owner (Dianne, shown above) and Kerry (who I will get a photo of with her blocks!) would both work on Harry Potter quilts using both my patterns and Guest Designer patterns from sewhooked! Every time one of them shows me their quilty progress, I get more excited about their future quilts. They’re both using gorgeous fabrics for their blocks and their stacks get a little taller each time I visit.
Tomorrow, I’m teaching Intro to Paper Piecing at Honey Bee to a full house!
Stop by the shop on December 6, 2009 at 1:00 pm for Open House to meet next session’s instructors, get a peek at the classes and sign up early before they fill up. I’ll be there along with other instructors for questions and just to hang out and meet potential students!
My intro technique class and a new class, Paper Piecing + Curves (New York Beauty block) will be offered in the Spring. Many of the wonderful kits and projects offered at Honey Bee include paper piecing, so if you haven’t learned yet and are anywhere near the Austin area, join me for a fun technique class in the spring.
Intro to Paper Piecing, February 20, 2009
Paper Piecing + Curves (New York Beauty Block) – Date TBA
For those of you that didn’t catch it earlier in the week, one of sewhooked’s own Guest Designers, Cat Magraith, was featured on the Honey Bee Blog after her visit here to the U.S. and some seriously quilty shopping at Honey Bee!
A Holly Jolly Memory
“Holly Jolly Christmas”
12″x13″ – 2008
Do you remember this little beauty?
It was a gift that I made for our friends Eric & Dominae. One of my favorite quilty sites, The Quilting Gallery, is having a contest called Holiday Traditions. There’s a small category and I decided that “Holly Jolly” would be the perfect quilt to enter.
The contest is open to small and large quilts and to any winter holiday and there are loads of fantastic prizes. Go see and enter your own holiday quilt!
If you make a Sew Awesome Craft or any pattern, craft or recipe from sewhooked, I’d love to see a photo. Email me or add it to the sewhooked flickr group.
vlog: TTMT – Wear Pink!
In which I wear pink and chat about Halloween costumes, swaps and birthdays!
Shae’s Etsy
Laci’s Etsy (which she does with her mom!)
Breast Cancer Awareness:
Crafts, Etc. (I Love This Yarn)
If you make a Sew Awesome Craft or any pattern, craft or recipe from sewhooked, I’d love to see a photo. Email me or add it to the sewhooked flickr group.
Batiks On Black 6″ Paper Pieced Block Drawing
I can only ponder an idea for so long before jumping on it and making it a reality. Maybe that’s why I have don’t ever get quite enough sleep!
Introducing The Batiks On Black 6″ Paper Pieced Block Drawing!
How to participate:
Make a 6″ (6 1/2″ unfinished) paper pieced block, any design, made with batiks on a black background. Send that block to me via snail mail. It will go into a pot and on the December 15 January 19 Talk To Me Tuesday, a name will be drawn from all entries. That person wins ALL the blocks sent to me between now and December 15 the week of January 12, 2010 (deadline extended!).
What patterns?:
Blocks must be paper pieced in order to participate. You can use any pattern you’d like, but here’s where I sweeten the deal. If you use a sewhooked pattern, you will receive 2 entries instead of 1. Nice, eh? If you use a sewhooked pattern AND post it to the sewhooked Batiks on Black flickr group, you will receive 3 entries. Even nicer!
Size:
Blocks need to be 6″ (6 1/2″ unfinished). You can use a smaller pattern (most sewhooked patterns are 5″) and add sashing, or you can size it up, as long as you follow the Batik on Black theme.
The Paper On the Back of This Block:
Ordinarily, I’d say leave the paper on your blocks. However, since this is a drawing and there could possibly be loads of blocks, I think it would be much nicer to the winner to remove the paper. SO, either use sashing to lock in the possibly bias paper pieced seams and then square it to 6 1/2″ OR make a 6 1/2″ paper pieced block and then staystitch the block 1/8″ from the outside edge and then remove the paper before sending.
Ready to Send?
When you’re ready to send, email batiksonblack@sewhooked.org and I will send you my mailing address. What? You didn’t think I was going to post it here, did you? 😉 When you send your block, be sure to include your name, mailing adddress, email address and user/screen name (optional). Only your first name or screen name and location will be posted if you win!
Why should you trust me?
Well, I’ve been organizing swaps and challenges for several years. I spent almost two years as the Swap and Challenge Elf at HarryPotterCrafts Yahoo! Group, have organized challenges for the Livejournal communities: hp_paperpiecing, paperpieced, and both challenges and swaps for twilight_crafts. I also have hosted a monthly drawing on hp_paperpiecing for the last two years, giving away fabric from my own stash each month for participation. I promise I won’t keep your squares, no matter how tempted I might be!
Link to this post!
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Batiks On Black 6″ Paper Pieced Drawing!
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The more blocks, the bigger the pot, the bigger the pot, the bigger the quilt the winner will be able to make!
Now, have fun sewing!
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