Hello, friends. We had a family emergency this morning so no video from me today. I did finish my sewing room and will share that next week.
Take care!
❤️ Jennifer
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Closing Reflections
It’s been two years today since I closed my pattern shop and stopped teaching and I have had no regrets.
(If you are reading this on Facebook, the entire post is at the link.)
See the closing announcement here.
I spent about fifteen years designing, teaching, and selling: to stores, quilt guilds, magazines, & digitally. I wrote a book that was bought by a publisher and then canceled. Trunk shows, events, & classes were all part of my life. The decision to “retire” was the culmination of many things, not the least of which was my mental & physical health and the overwhelming feeling that *I* was the product. I have the utmost respect for designers who can hustle day after day, year after year. In the end, I realized I’d grown in a different direction and it was time to move on. I still love designing, I will always love quilting, and I still share my retired patterns in exchange for a small donation to a local-to-the-quilter non-profit (monetary, material, or time). (Email me with your receipt or proof of volunteering – sewhooked@gmail.com. One pattern per donation.)
My free patterns continue to be available here on sewhooked.com & fandominstitches.com.
It’s on my list for 2022 to put together a list of retired patterns. I meant to do that in 2020, but here we are.
Make what you love and if all possible, love what you do.
All the best for a safe & happy New Year.
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links but I have no control over “sponsored posts” which are the price I pay for a less expensive website. Thank you for your understanding & support. ♥
❗❗❗SCAM ALERT – STOLEN QUILT PHOTOS❗❗❗
The quilt photo thieves are back. In late 2018, online sellers began to pop up claiming to sell fandom and other quilts.
They are back. The image captured here comes up when you search for “harry potter bookcase quilt.”
These quilt photos are STOLEN from Fandom in Stitches Designers or community members. The quilt listed as a “selvage bookshelf quilt” is my own Project of Doom, designed and made by me. No doubt there are other fandoms and creators whose work has been stolen.
The first time this happened, we spent many hours sending emails and requesting these fake products be taken down. Almost none of them were. The Better Business Business Bureau got involved and those businesses were shut down.
https://apnews.com/article/43b21aab7ee14693bc4564de5906c90e
Three years ago when this happened, I personally received angry messages from people who had spent money on what they thought were Harry Potter Bookcase quilts. They received NOTHING and thought that I was the one selling these quilts.
It saddens me that this has happened again. These companies are not in the U.S. and getting the websites taken down is almost impossible. What is NOT impossible is getting their ads blocked and alerting innocent people who think they are getting a bargain.
Please know that neither I nor Fandom in Stitches or its designers sell fandom quilts or quilt-related projects. We do not sell fandom patterns. We don’t sell photos of our work to use for reproduction. Our patterns are fan art created out of the love for our fandoms. All patterns shared on andominstitches.com are free for personal & non-profit use only.
If you see ads online for Fandom quilts or quilts you KNOW were made by a creator, please report them if at all possible.
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links but I have no control over “sponsored posts” which are the price I pay for a less expensive website. Thank you for your understanding & support. ♥
Previously For Sale Patterns
Hello, friends! I stopped selling quilt patterns as of December 31, 2019, though I do continue to have requests for my previously for sale patterns. If you find yourself in need of one of my currently retired patterns, I will offer you the pattern in return for a small donation to a food bank, non-profit, or other similar charity in your area.
Email your receipt and I’ll be happy to send the pattern. Please, only one pattern per receipt.
Please note that my free patterns are still availble: Free Patterns, Free Fandom Patterns, Free Harry Potter Patterns.
TTMT #554 – Hindsight
In which I have a surprise, talk about some charitable projects, and share my 2019 finishes!
I’d also like to clarify that I am not retiring from the internet or from TTMT OR from Fandom in Stitches. I’ve had lots of questions about that since announcing the closing of the Sewhooked shop. The shop is closed, but I’m not going anywhere! Sewhooked.com will continue to exist, but instead of pursuing quilting as a business, I am now doing it just for charity and for fun! This doesn’t mean there will never be a new design from me, there just won’t be any new ones for sale. If you have any questions, please do ask!
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- Pink Heart Funds
- More information about Oz Comfort Quilts.
- Oz Comfort Quilts Facebook Group.
- Find my free patterns here on Sewhooked.
- The Linus Connection, the local blanket making charity I volunteer for.
- Quilt along with us on Fandom in Stitches.
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links. Thank you for your support. ♥
TTMT #553 – Ready for Something New
Thank you for accompanying me down the many roads I have traveled. Here’s to a GREAT 2020! ♥
- Find my free patterns here on Sewhooked.
- The Linus Connection, the local blanket making charity I volunteer for.
- Quilt along with us on Fandom in Stitches.
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links. Thank you for your support. ♥
Last Call
This is the last call for those of you who would like to purchase from the Sewhooked Pattern shop.
I will be permanently closing my shop TODAY, December 31, 2019, at approximately NOON Central Standard time.
I’d like to share a huge thank you to everyone who has supported my efforts and independent design over the last decade and a half.
As a reminder, my free patterns will continue to be available, but I will no longer be selling patterns and my current For Sale patterns will no longer be available. Sewhooked will continue to be my crafty home, but will no longer be a business. For more information, please see last week’s Talk to Me Tuesday.
See you later today in my video. Love and best wishes for a Happy New Year! ♥
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Closing Time
Dear friends, in case you missed my last video, this was my big announcement: I will be closing up the Sewhooked Pattern shop, hosted on Etsy, on December 31st.
I’ve had a blast designing and selling over the years. I registered Sewhooked as a business back in 2006 and I’ve been working at it ever since. I’ve sold patterns to magazines, & websites, but most of all, I’ve sold them independently through a changing landscape of internet sales and to a variety of quilt stores.
A lot has changed, both personally and in the quilting world, since I first started in this business as an independent designer. What has become increasingly clear to me is that it’s time for me to move on to other adventures. I’m not leaving quilting or crafting, but I am closing up shop and will no longer be actively designing and I will no longer be selling patterns. There are lots of reasons, some of which I talk about on last week’s Talk to Me Tuesday.
Some important points: I’m not “leaving” or going away. Sewhooked.com will continue to exist and will still be a quilt and craft blog, but it will no longer be a business.
My free patterns, including all of those on Fandom In Stitches, will continue to be available. I will still run fandominstitches.com, but will be looking for more help to keep the website up-to-date and the Facebook communities blossoming.
2020 will be a year for contemplating what’s next and how to best be the person I choose to be.
Now through noon on December 31, 2019 is your last chance to purchase the patterns listed in my shop.
Thanks for the love and support all the years! 💜
My Quilty Facebook ♥ Sewhooked on FB
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TTMT #552 – Shifting Gears
It’s the end of an era for me. Thank you for being along for the ride! ♥
- My patterns shop on Etsy
- Find my free patterns here on Sewhooked.
- The Linus Connection, the local blanket making charity I volunteer for.
- Quilt along with us on Fandom in Stitches.
My Quilty Facebook ♥ Sewhooked on FB
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links. Thank you for your support. ♥
TTMT #551 – This One is Complicated
TRIGGER WARNING FOR DISCUSSION ABOUT STALKING & HARRASSMENT.
If you’d like to skip that part of the video, stop at the black screen at 3:47 and skip to the next black screen at 6:58.
If you are being harassed, stalked, or threatened, please call your local law enforcement or a crisis center.
Please know that we are taking this, very, very seriously. We really appreciate all of your love and support.
Stay safe, my friends.
The beginning and the end of this video are a regular TTMT. I will not allow the negative actions of a single person to stop me from living my life.
I’d especially like to apologize to Jeanie, who sent me an amazing care package, which I talk about at the beginning of this video. I considered making a non-TTMT video this week, but the fact of the matter is that THIS IS MY LIFE. Talk to Me Tuesday is my family and I want to talk to you all about things both good and bad. I’m smiling in thumbnail because THAT IS WHO I AM. ♥
EVERY quilt pattern in the Sewhooked Shop is 25% off between now and December 21, 2019. No coupon needed, the discount has already been applied.
- My patterns shop on Etsy
- Find my free patterns here on Sewhooked.
- The Linus Connection, the local blanket making charity I volunteer for.
- Quilt along with us on Fandom in Stitches.
My Quilty Facebook ♥ Sewhooked on FB
Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links. Thank you for your support. ♥
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