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Made By Tiny Fingers

Some of my favorite, and most abundant ornaments are those made by kids. We have ornaments made by my kids, by kids I watched after school (something I did almost the entire time my kids were in elementary), some made by children of our friends and even a few made by my sister when she was a kid.

This felt star was part of a fundraising event my daughter’s Girl Scout troop took part in many years ago. Volunteer moms made the stars (myself included!) and the girls stitched the buttons on.

This pipe cleaner snowflake was the craft project from my daughter’s first grade class’ winter party. Remember that comment a few posts ago about my having been a room mom for many years? This was a project I came up with. The kids followed directions beautifully!

I have several stuffed Christmas balls on my tree that were made by my sister when she was around 12 or so. They’re all hand stitched and stuffed with a different fabric on each side.

This little guy is a mouse made by my daughter when she was probably 4 or 5 years old. He’s felt and marker with a couple of popsicle sticks glued to the back for support.

I saved this one for last. My son had an absolutely wonderful kinder teacher, Mrs. K. She had a variety of these wall hanging designs based on what holiday the children celebrated. She helped the little ones make this very special gift for their parents. The wreath is made of his wee 5 year old hand prints. The holly berries are thumbprints.

We learned just last year that Mrs. K had passed away when we received a Christmas card from her daughter with a very sweet note in it. Prior to that, we had sent, and received, a card from this most exceptional of ladies every year.

The shortbread recipe! This is from Farm Journal's Best-Ever Cookies, 1980. I've never had a bad recipe from this book and highly recommend it...If you can get your hands on it!

Have a yummy recipe! This is my favorite Shortbread recipe and is from Farm Journal’s Best-Ever Cookies, 1980. I’ve never had a bad recipe from this book and highly recommend it.

Stop back by every day between now and Christmas as I share crafts and ornaments that are special to me and my family.

Do you have special quilted items just for Christmas? Tell me in comments, I’d love to hear!

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Pre-registration for Paper Piecing Vintage is half-price during December!

Join the Paper Piecing Vintage Facebook Group and piece with friends!

Bid for a Treasure!

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In a continuing effort to help my kiddo with her college expenses, I’m selling some of my treasures.

One super special treasure is this vintage fan quilt. It’s hand pieced and hand quilted and estimated to have been made in the 1930s. It fell into my hands by chance and I’ve had it on display in my home ever since.

Because I could not decide on an asking price, it’s up for auction on ebay. The minimum bid is the absolute lowest I can take for it.

Bidding ends in just over 2 hours and I would love, love, love this to go to a good home with someone that would appreciate it!

It does have some age damage. If you’re interested, make sure you have a good look at all the photos in the listing before bidding.

Reminder! Pre-registration for Paper Piecing Vintage is now live!

Don’t forget to shop with small businesses and independent artists for the holiday season: Use coupon SHOPSMALL now through Dec. 15 in my Etsy Shop for 15% off your total purchase. Etsy is the only place you can find handmade items by yours truly! 😉

Happy Sunday, everyone!

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Featured Pattern: Tree Trimming, $8 on Craftsy!

Crafting The Holidays

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It’s officially the day after Thanksgiving here in the U.S.!

The leftovers are in the fridge and the countdown to gift giving for many people has begun.

Black Friday? Nah, I don’t do that. I advocate a Handmade Holiday season!

Want to shop handmade? Etsy is a great place to start. There are loads of talented crafters, makers and artisans selling their wares.

You can even find a few goodies made by yours truly. I’ve got quilted items I made myself, magazines my patterns have been featured in and I’m regularly adding scrap bags of fabric from my own stash that are perfect for paper piecing (for a limited time, of course…even Tribbles stop breeding eventually!).

Here are a couple of the goodies currently in my Etsy shop:

Sweet Skating Sue is just $19.99 and comes ready to hang.
OR you can make her yourself for free.
Never paper pieced? This $3 tutorial includes complete instructions and the pattern to make Sweet Skating Sue yourself!

Fairy Tale Femmes + In A Castle, $99.95
This sweet quilt is 30″ x 37″ and come ready to display or snuggle. Includes a sleeve for hanging.
OR You can buy the Fairy Tale Femmes and In A Castle patterns and make your own!

Find more ready-to-gift items right here in my Etsy shop!

Still have plans for making lots of gifts but aren’t sure where to start? Check out all the awesome projects and patterns here on Sewhooked and my fandom website, Fandom in Stitches!

Free Quilt Patterns

Tutorials and More (this page is undergoing an update, so it’s a little crazy over there!

Yarn (mostly crochet) patterns

By popular demand, all of my Harry Potter patterns are now back on Sewhooked! The people have spoken and I listen. 😉

For more fandomy goodness, including even more Harry Potter, be sure to visit Fandom In Stitches. You’ll find designs by myself that are not here on Sewhooked and lots of awesomesauce stuff from many other talents designers.

Many of my Sewhooked patterns and a few of my tutorials are now available on Craftsy for easy access! One of my goals for 2014 is to get ALL of my patterns and tutorials, both free and for sale added to Craftsy so you will always have an easy way to find them!

Go straight to the Sewhooked goodies on Craftsy!

Want to learn something new and WOW your friends and family with your awesome craft-ability? All Craftsy classes are on sale for $19.99 or less. Woo-hoo! Remember, the super cool thing about Craftsy classes is that once you buy a class (and remember, some of them are FREE), it’s yours forever. Watch any time, day or night, as many times as you like. Cool, huh?!

Do you sell your handmade goodies? Share a link to your shop in comments and I’ll put together and epic post next week to share with all my readers!

Paper Piecing Vintage: Sign-ups start December 3!

Make this one for yourself or as a gift and have it done by the end of 2014!

Coming January to Fandom In Stitches!

Only two more days! Remember, I’m donating $1 to Movember for every Mustachio! pattern set sold during November! You’ve got until Saturday to buy your copy and help with a great cause!

That’s it for me for today! I have a full day of spending time with my family and enjoying the heck out of having my daughter home from college to look forward to. 😀

Happy crafting,

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Featured Pattern: Tree Trimming, $8 on Craftsy!

TTMT #237 – Secret Projects

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Ariel’s Blanket (spiffy, updated crochet block pattern)
Check out Fandom In Stitches tomorrow for a LOVEly announcement!
There is lots of new stuff in my ETSY Shop (Use coupon TALKTOMETUESDAY for 10% off your total purchase through Dec. 31!)
Come back Thursday for the Blog Hop Party with Give-Aways!
Do you Instagram?
101 Easy Scrap Crochet Projects

Join me later this week for the Blog Hop Party with Give-Aways hosted by The Quilting Gallery!

REMINDER! I’ll donate $1 to Movember for every Mustachio! pattern set sold during November!

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Learn to Paper Piece Sweet Skating Sue, just $3 on Craftsy

Contessa’s Canoe, a revisit

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Contessa’s Canoe, free on Craftsy

Back in August 2010, I shared a pattern named Contessa’s Canoe.

This pattern was designed for, surprise surprise, Contessa, who had a drawing from an old magazine. There was no designer or pattern, just this black and white drawing.

When I originally shared this pattern, it was uncolored and had no seam allowance.

See the original post

See the 7″ uncolored pattern

Seriously, I know, I never do that!
contessas canoe pieced by shae
Earlier this weekend, Fav Quilts shared the original Contessa’s Canoe (above, pieced by Shae) on Pinterest.

And then this happened: I woke up this morning to several messages letting me know the pattern link in the original post was broken.

Oops!

You see, this pattern existed before my blog and website were one in the same . I’ve spent oodles of time updating Sewhooked to try to ensure that all my pages are up to date, but with almost a thousand posts, occasionally one pops up that has a broken link or two.

I am sorry about that!

As I was correcting the links and contacting those people looking for the pattern, I decided it was time for an update.

Contessa's Canoe - 2013 Update

When inspiration hits, I like to go with it, so I opened EQ7 and got to work! One of the best parts of designing in a software intended for quilts is being able to simply and quickly see what the blocks will look like in a variety of colors and fabrics.

Aren’t these just lovely?!

Get the new 6″ version of Contessa’s Canoe right here on Sewhooked

…or download it from Craftsy! Both are free!

And of course, while I was at it I had to create some EQ7 quilt mock-ups!

It seems I almost always have a quilt done in all blues. Favorite color? Why yes, it is!

Wouldn’t this make a beautiful baby blanket if made with 12″ blocks?

Tis the season, in red & green! I love how lacy and floaty this looks.

Reminder! During November 2013, I will donate $1 from EVERY sale of the Mustachio! pattern set to Movember!

Don’t forget about the free classes I told you about last time on Craftsy. They are STILL free today!

If you make Contessa’s Canoe (or any other pattern, tutorial, etc. from Sewhooked!), please share it with the Sewhooked flickr group for a chance to see your project right here!

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Learn to Paper Piece Sweet Skating Sue, just $3 on Craftsy

Remember Movember!

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Mustachio! (12 mustaches to paper piece) on Craftsy

Woo-hoo, you know you need some facial hair!

This is a gentle reminder that this month, November 2013, I will donate $1 from EVERY sale of the Mustachio! pattern set to Movember!

What this heck is Movember, you ask? This is from the official website:

As an official global charity, Movember’s vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health. During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches on men’s faces around the world. Through the power of the Mo, vital funds and awareness are raised to combat prostate and testicular cancer and mental health challenges.

It’s easy…just click on the image above or the link at the end of this sentence and go straight to the Mustachio pattern on Craftsy!

December 1, I’ll donate to Movember. You’ll have your mustaches and will have helped a good cause, too!

Don’t forget about the free classes I told you about last time on Craftsy. They are STILL free today!

Have a fantabulous, quilty weekend!

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Learn to Paper Piece Sweet Skating Sue, just $3 on Craftsy

Oh, lookie, free classes!

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Please allow me to shout a bit about Craftsy here!

There are two Craftsy classes that are FREE, today, right now that you guys have got to know about!

Like I said, these are FREE. All you need is a Craftsy account (also free!). Once you’ve got an account (and you can sign up using Facebook or by setting up a new account…sooooo easy!), just click on the links below and then “enroll” and the class is yours to watch anytime you want!

Seriously, how cool is that?!

The first (FREE!) class is Piece, Patch, Quilt: Basic Quiltmaking Skills. If you are a beginner and have been dying to learn to quilt but don’t have time and/or money to invest in a class, this is the perfect class for you. You learn simply everything you need to make your first quilt from beginning to end. That’s right. Prep, rotary cutting, piecing, the quilt sandwich, tying or piecing all the way to binding. For FREE. Seriously, why not? Even if you’ve done some quilting already, there’s always something to learn! Need I mention FREE again?!

The second class will teach you how to take Professional Family Portraits. How perfect a class is this for this time of year? ou will learn to wow everyone with professional quality pictures. I’ve already enrolled and plan to take full advantage of what this class has to offer. For years now, I’ve taken our family portraits myself with my camera’s timer and a tripod. I’m hoping to learn some new tips that will help make our pictures even more awesome! I’m especially excited because the instructor is Kirk Tuck, a commercial photographer based in Austin, Texas, which is where I live, too!

Go, sign up! Even if you don’t use them today, you never know when you might like to give them a whirl. If you’ve been thinking about trying an online class, trying a free class is definitely a good way to start. 🙂

Today is the LAST day to vote for your favorite quilts during the Blogger’s Quilt Festival! You’ll find my entries under Wall Hangings and Bed Quilts.

Anyway, that’s enough for me today! I just couldn’t let you miss these AWESOME FREE classes.

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Featured Pattern: Turkey Talk, just $8 on Craftsy!

Jack Leaves The Light On

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Jack Leaves The Light On, $6 on Craftsy

How about a fun new Halloween-themed table runner pattern? This set is SUPER easy to piece and crazy versatile!

Just need the blocks? Use them for whatever you like!

Want a quick table runner? Piece the three blocks, add borders as shown in the pattern and you’re good to go!

I shared a Jack-O-Lantern block in my video yesterday and mentioned that the pattern was coming soon.

How’s this for soon?!

I originally designed this fun piece for a magazine. They passed on the pattern and it’s been collecting dust in my sewing room ever since.

Tis the season for Trick-or-Treat and what better way to decorate than a fun table runner?

Pattern includes two, full-color 8″ block patterns and instructions to create the table runner shown above.

Want a wall hanging instead? Simply piece the blocks vertically! The same instructions will apply to the wall hanging shown on the left as the original table runner. Slightly more fabric will be needed for the example on the right.

How about a longer table runner? Just add more blocks! I love a little versatility!

Don’t miss Name That Mustache every Monday in October!

See you tomorrow for another Halloween craft blast from the past! Woo, that’s some serious rhyming!

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Featured Pattern: Wizard with Snake, $2 on Craftsy

part of the Friendly Familiars Set!

TTMT #231 Pig Tails & Bloopers

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In this video:

Halloween Crafts Retrospective
The Linus Connection

Do you design paper pieced, embroidery, applique or other quilt patterns? Love John Green books? Join us for the #tfios Design Challenge, happening now on Fandom In Stitches!

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Featured Pattern: Wizard with Snake, $2 on Craftsy

part of the Friendly Familiars Set!

Some Real Things

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In an effort to 1) clean out my overflowing sample bins and 2) help my kiddo pay for her college expenses, I’m doing something I rarely do.

I’m selling stuff I made.

Patterns? Sure, I sell those all the time, and nothing gives me more pleasure than being able to share those with you.

There’s something just a little different about selling projects that I worked on with my hot little hands. Everything I work on evokes memories and feels like a little piece of me.

My kiddo is worth it and I have far more samples than I will ever, ever need. Most of these things are one of a kind and the grand majority of them were for The Book That Wasn’t. It feels good to share them with you and move on to new things!

These are the first few goodies I’ve got up for offer:

Tooth Fairy Door Hanger

Dollar included…because why not?! I came up with this idea after the Tooth Fairy was constantly misplacing the pillow each of my kiddos used to put their lost teeth in.