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TTMT #73 – Tell and Show
Sewhooked for A Little Haunted and Tree Trimming
Hardcopies, buttons and Hats on Etsy
Pants!
Texas Brick Pattern
Happy Crafting!
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What A Hooty Little Haunting!
Now, that’s what I call fun!
The owls are fussy cut from the What A Hoot line of fabric. ❤ ❤ ❤ I’m probably give the little guy floating in the door a little branch when I quilt it. Flying with your wings down is just too exhausting!
I used the alternative piece and instructions included with A Little Haunted. Pieced in ~ 3 hours. So. Much. Fun!
A Little Haunted, original version
Happy Crafting!
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TTMT #70 – A Little Haunted and other Obsessions
Hard copy patterns are now available in the sewhooked shop AND in my etsy shop. Whichever floats your boat, you can get them there!
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.
Happy crafting!
IRL Patterns
Tree Trimming
finished size 14 1/2” x 21 1/2”
Tree Trimming is my newest project pattern, hot off the presses earlier this week (and I do mean hot…our a/c has been out for over two weeks!).
With just 1/2 a yard background fabric and scraps of greens, reds, blues, yellows, pinks and purples or a charm pack or even fat eighths in the colors of your choice, you can put together this sweet wall hanging that combines tradition with whimsy.
Perfect flying geese are easy peasy with pre-cutting instructions and paper piecing. The tree itself can be evocative of winter, Christmas, or any other time of year depending on your fabric choices. How about a version all in batiks? Primary colors? So many options!
Tree Trimming is now available in the Sewhooked Shop for just $8 as an instant PDF download with PayPal payment – completely secure shopping through E-junkie!
I will be teaching a class using Tree Trimming in November at the Honey Bee Quilt Store in Austin, Texas. Click here to register online.
Want to learn to paper piece? Check out my free paper piecing resources and text tutorial or take my Introduction To Paper Piecing class at Honey Bee Quilt Store!
Add your Sewhooked-related photos to my flickr group and you might be featured in a future post!
Free Pattern: Simple Kites
One of my most rewarding past times is volunteering for The Linus Connection, so when a friend asked me to design a simple paper pieced kite that would be easy to incorporate into quilts for Linus, I eagerly accepted.
Of course, I couldn’t create just one pattern! Having more adds variety. When I was done, I had the Four Patch Kite and it’s reverse and the Simple Kite and it’s reverse. Each block prints at 6″ x 8″, so it’s easy to make a nice large block by adding sashing, or, keep it as is and sprinkle a kite here and there through your quilt!
Please do take print these patterns and use them for your own non-profit group, or make a sweet summer quilt for a child that you love!
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Happy stitching!
Floating Mariner
The Floating Mariner, by Jennifer Ofenstein (hey, that’s me!)
It’s always fun for a quilt designer to play with a traditional block. I really enjoy stars and Mariner’s Compass is an all-time favorite for it’s striking geometric design.
A number of students in a class I taught earlier this year urged me to add a Mariner’s Compass to my class rotation. I loved the idea and decided that if I was going to include a Mariner’s Compass, I had to go all the way and create my own version to share with my students!
When I started drafting my pattern, I was unsure what direction I wanted to take with such a traditional block. After some trial and error, the Floating Mariner emerged. I love how the smaller stars echo the center motif. Taken singly, the block is a stunning 16″ wall-hanging. Combined with more Floating Mariners, a stunning quilt layout emerges.
Detail of Floating Mariner, with echo quilting…my favorite!
Use it as a single block for a wall hanging, or make multiple blocks for a breathtaking quilt!
The Floating Mariner is now available in the Sewhooked Shop for just $6 as an instant PDF download with PayPal payment – completely secure shopping through E-junkie!
4 blocks x 4 blocks, using The Floating Mariner
approximately 62″ x 62″
The PDF download includes paper pieced patterns and piecing instructions for the Floating Mariner block. The block is simple enough for an advanced beginner to tackle, but rewarding for quilters of all skill levels!
Now available through the Sewhooked Shop as an instant PDF download with PayPal payment (completely secure shopping through E-junkie!).
$6 – PDF Instant Download 
Want to learn to paper piece? Check out my free paper piecing resources and text tutorial!
Shop Sewhooked and help keep the free patterns free!
Add your Sewhooked-related photos to my flickr group and you might be featured in a future post!
Happy crafting!
5 Minutes of Paper Piecing
On July 10, 2010, shaebay5 posted a video that was 5 minutes of real time cross-stitch. Her idea was inspired by the crafty Penny Nickels who said:
I think I’m going to start another Tumblr blog and all it’s going to be is 5 minute videos of me or other people weaving, knitting, spinning, embroidering, sewing… whatever. If you can’t sit through 5 minutes of mind-numbingly boring ass handwork, then you don’t get to whine about how much it costs. Because we have to do this shit for hours and hours and hours and hours. Not even like 6 hours, more like 50 to 100+ hours. And really, it’s just as boring for me as it is for the viewer. It really is.
Granted, my video is not handwork, but paper piecing is still a very tedious process. I love it, and I love the results, but it takes time. Lots of time. Over the years, I’ve been asked for quotes on how much I’d sell this or that quilt for. To date, not one person has taken me up on the amount quoted. Craftiness takes a lot of time. Skill is worth paying and getting paid for.
Post your own 5 Minutes of Video and show everyone some real time action of you crafting!
Happy crafting!
The Elder Futhark
Despite sounding like someone’s grandpa, Elder Futhark is actually a runic alphabet.
Runes are fascinating and you have to admit, they just look cool! My own interest in runes lies in the fantastic. Runes constantly pop up in my favorite fantasy stories, and honestly, I just couldn’t resist taking advantage of the graphic nature of runes to create quilt patterns with them! That said…
I’ve created a complete set of runic letters using the Elder Futhark alphabet, which are now available in the Sewhooked Shop as an instant PDF download with PayPal payment (completely secure shopping through E-junkie!).
$12 – PDF Instant Download
What do you get?
24 – 5″ finished (5 1/2″ unfinished) paper pieced patterns, all ranging from beginner to intermediate skill level. None of the blocks is particularly taxing, but some are a little more involved.
Each block has been tested by me and edited to be the simplest, cleanest piecing I could possibly make it.
Now the obvious question is what will I use my rune blocks for? Hmm…. A quilt border? A quilt center? An awesome tablerunner or wall hanging? Just the beginning of a Norse quilt of Doom? Who knows?!
To learn more about runes, check out Oswald The Runemaker.
Want to learn to paper piece? Check out my free paper piecing resources and text tutorial!
Shop Sewhooked and help keep the free patterns free!
Add your Sewhooked-related photos to my flickr group and you might be featured in a future post!
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