Category Archives: etsy

TTMT #228 – Weird Lighting

The Winner of the Hogwarts Sue Challenge is TweLoQ! She wins the Sunbonnet Sue Magical Friends set of her choice! Every set is listed in this post. Yay!

Stuff on Etsy:

ALL Sewhooked printed patterns are 1/2 price on ETSY (no coupon needed) and will be gone after September 30.
Saturday Morning Monster Movie
Tooth Fairy Door Hanger
Quilts from Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks
Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, Summer 2013

All of Sunbonnet Sue’s Magical Friends can now be found on Craftsy!

Have you made any of my patterns? I’d love to see them! Share a link or better yet, add them to the Sewhooked flickr group!

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Featured Pattern: Broomstick Witch, just $2 on Craftsy!

Adios Printed Patterns!

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A Little Haunted, $8 on Craftsy

While supplies last, hard copies just $4 on Etsy!

After several years of selling my patterns through a variety of sources, I’ve made the decision to phase out hard copy (printed) patterns.

The simple truth is that they just don’t sell very well. Most of my customers are internet-based and when you guys are ready for a pattern you want it right now and PDF patterns are the best way to do that.

I still have some hard copy stock left and I’ve decided instead of letting them collect dust, I’m going to take the month of September to clear them out!

ALL Sewhooked printed patterns are 1/2 price on ETSY, no coupon needed, and will be gone after September 30.

As of October 1, all Sewhooked my patterns will be available exclusively as PDFs! Want PDFs now? The best place to shop Sewhooked is on Craftsy!

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Join me for my next class: You Can Stencil A T-Shirt!

Friday, September 6, 9 am – 12 pm
$30 per person, pay online or RSVP to pay at the door.
You will receive handout upon registration.
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Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, Vol. 7 Blog Tour!

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Welcome to Sewhooked and thanks for stopping by for the Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks Blog Tour! I’m thrilled to get to share my newest Quiltmaker offering… Lemons Into Lemonade!

Be sure and stick around to the end…I have TWO fantastic giveaways!

Lemons into Lemonade was inspired by one of my favorite warm weather drinks. Mmm…lemonade!

You can make it too… block #623 on page 33 of Vol. 7!

I design most of my quilt patterns in EQ7, but I still tend to start with a doodle!

EQ7 rendering of Lemons into Lemonade.

You’ll also find this fun table runner, Make Lemonade, on page 10!

Here’s a fun close up…hand embroidered and free motion quilted. 🙂

Now…let’s GIVE STUFF AWAY!!

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that as part of this very special day, I’m giving away a FREE Craftsy class!

One lucky winner will win Mastering Foundation Paper Piecing with Carol Doak!

It’s super easy … just click here and you are registered to win! The winner will have Carol’s Craftsy class added right to their account! Classes never expire and you can access them anytime.

Important stuff: Must have a Craftsy account to enter (it’s free!). One entry per person. Having trouble seeing the entry page? Try using Firefox.

There’s always something to learn over on Craftsy…be sure to check out all the great patterns (here are mine!) and don’t miss the fun quilting classes!

In addition to giving away an awesome free Craftsy class, one lucky commenter will win a FREE copy of Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, Vol. 7. All you have to do is tell me what your favorite warm weather drink is in comments and you’re entered to win!

Winners to be announced Tuesday, May 7!

Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, Vol. 7 will be available at your local quilt shops and bookstores and I will be selling a limited amount of signed copies in my etsy shop, so be sure to check back for that!

Love fun blog events? Here are some more:

We’re collecting blocks for a great cause…you can help, too!

Click for full Blog Tour details! Visit Sewhooked May 9 for my post! Wanna win a book? I know you do!

Doctor Who? Stitching? Free patterns? What’s not to love?! Only on Fandom In Stitches!

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Featured pattern: Mustachio! (12 mustaches to paper piece), $8 on Craftsy

TTMT #189 – Saying Howdy

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Howdy, friends, it’s Tuesday…betcha thought I forgot, huh? Not a chance!

Thanks to everyone that came out to Honey Bee on Sunday! This is me with the lovely and super-supportive Sue! She has taken two of my classes and is one of the sweetest ladies I’ve ever met!

By popular demand, Texas Twofers are now available as a printed collection. Find it in my Etsy shop! Visit Craftsy for individual pattern sets.

I’ve had many, many, MANY requests to split up my pattern collections for individual sale.

No single pattern has been more requested than Wee Lil’ Penguin. You can now find him for sale as a stand-alone pattern on Craftsy for just $2! Wee Lil’ Penguin is part of Holly Jolly, one of my Sunbonnet Sue’s Magical Friends series.

You can see all my Sunbonnet Sue inspired patterns here.

Last, but definitely not least, use coupon code BUYHANDMADE now through December 18 in my Etsy shop for 20% off your total purchase!

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Featured Pattern – Wee Lil’ Penguin, now a stand-alone pattern for just $2 on Craftsy!

Even Sweeter Sue

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I’ve been what you might call a little busy here lately, and I’m feeling the stress of Too Much To Do. While I love being busy, it can be too much sometimes, even for me.

Enter flickr.

When I saw Midge’s Sweet Sue quilt top over in the Sewhooked flickr grouop, it was a rush of pure happiness! I love that she made the block into a quilt top and used such fun fabrics to do it.

That’s what this post is for today, just to say thank you to everyone that has made projects from my patterns. You give me joy and inspiration and the drive to keep designing.

Sweet Sue Tops The Tree – a free 12″ paper pieced pattern

For best results, print with scaling set to “none.”

Original Sweet Sue Post

See more wonderful Sweet Sue blocks

Through November 1 you can get Holly Jolly as an instant PDF download pattern for half price using coupon code CELEBRATE or get 10% of your total Sewhooked instant download purchase instead with coupon code QUILTOBER!

And…spiffy and new as of today, use code HAPPYHALLOWEEN for free shipping to anywhere in the United States on any item from my etsy shop.

Why all the coupons? Because I love you all and quilting is always, always more fun together!

Add your Sewhooked-related photos to my flickr group and you might be featured in a future post.

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TTMT #119 – 110° in the Shade

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Sewhooked: Jumping In With Both Feet

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Grandma’s House Quilted Potholder Set

It’s been a while since I talked about my business. I post a lot of crafts and patterns and, of course I talk about Harry Potter (no, no…really!?).

Sewhooked is not just the name of my site and business. It’s become a community of crafty people that are near and dear to me. As you probably already know, I design and sell quilt patterns. What you may not know is that I also sell hand crafted items, including custom-made buttons and hard-copies of my patterns on Etsy. All of my available patterns are ready for instant purchase and PDF download in my shop here on Sewhooked. For quilt shop owners, my patterns are also available for wholesale purchase. Email me for details.

After a year of working on Sewhooked part time, I’ve decided the time has come to try my hand at running my business full-time. Up until now, I’ve worked on Sewhooked whenever I have time, squeezing in minutes here and there between other things.

At the end of the summer, all that will change. I’m leaving my part-time job at the quilt store where I work and am going to take a session off from teaching to build my inventory and focus on my business. There have been some changes in my life recently which make me feel the time is right to work hard, to work longer and to make Sewhooked everything I want it to be.

What can you look forward to? Well, more patterns, for sure! Creating patterns is my first love, and there are lots of ideas rolling around in my brain, just waiting for their chance to make an appearance. I’m tentatively planning a Block of the Month quilt for my shop next year, which I would love to be guided by those that would like to participate. More on that once the Project of Doom has wrapped up.

There will also be new hand-crafts available through Etsy. After a brief hiatus, Custom 1.5″ Buttons are back, including optional graphic design services. Soon, I’ll be adding grab bags of fabric from my crazy-huge scrap stash, as well as limited edition cards featuring photos of some of my quilts.

Photos in this post include some of the items currently available for sale through Etsy. PDF Downloads are here.

Bright Crayon Reversible Bib

Rock & Roll Baby Bib

Tree Trimming, Hard Copy Version

Custom Made 1.5″ buttons

What kind of quilt patterns are you looking for? What handcrafts would you be interested in seeing on Etsy (keeping in mind that I do not sell items made from my Harry Potter and other fandom patterns out of respect to the authors/creators)?

I’d love to hear from you!

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TTMT #73 – Tell and Show

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Sewhooked for A Little Haunted and Tree Trimming
Hardcopies, buttons and Hats on Etsy
Pants!
Texas Brick Pattern

Happy Crafting!

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Handmade for the Holidays

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A lot of my friends make and sell beautiful handmade items. Support handmade and order now for holiday delivery!

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ShaeWow, Shae’s etsy shop, is full of unique (and sometimes naughty!) cross-stitch and fun buttons.

Check out Shae’s mom’s awesome shop, Sea Gypsy Jewelry for lovely hand crafted, sea-inspired jewelry.

Laci and Mom Merritt’s etsy shop, Orange Blossom Boutique for beautiful hand-beaded jewelry.

thatwitchyplace is the talented MK’s online shop. She makes beautiful and unique stitched and machine embroidered items.

Phoenix Fire Designs, a friend of a friend, makes all kinds of gorgeous goodies.

hewtab has a t-shirt shop with her awesome original designs!

My shop*, which is currently stocked with buttons and paper pieced patterns and a couple of other random things.

*There is someone else out there selling as SewHooked. Remember, if my name is not attached to it, you are not buying it from me!

I will continue to add to this list as I receive more updates from my crafty friends.

Happy shopping!

paper piecing: Quilt For Your Inner Genius

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5″ Pi pattern only on etsy

Living in a house full of incredibly smart people, it was only a matter of time until their interests started bleeding into my crafting. There have been cross-overs before with all sorts of fandom paraphanelia, from Star Trek to X-Men.

Now, it’s math.

I mean really, who doesn’t need a paper pieced Pi?

Alright, alright, it was my 11 year old son’s idea! Happy now?

And for the curious…

From Wikipedia:

Pi or π is a mathematical constant whose value is the ratio of any circle‘s circumference to its diameter in Euclidean space; this is the same value as the ratio of a circle’s area to the square of its radius. The symbol π was first proposed by the Welsh mathematician William Jones in 1706. It is approximately equal to 3.14159 in the usual decimal notation…

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.