Category Archives: talk to me tuesday

Playing Chicken (TTMT #849 Sewing Show & Tell)

This week finds me with one finished, useful project and one nostalgic, entirely for fun project!

Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!

Birds & other Critters on my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

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♥ Jennifer O

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A Gift of Time (TTMT #848 Sewing Show and Tell)

As promised, this week I share Jewells’ finished 2018 TTMT Log Cabin Swap Quilt! It was such a joy to get to finish this project for my BFF and I’m delighted to get to share. I also talk about a To Go bag/toolkit I made for sewing supplies.

My TTMT 2018 Swap Quilt Finish

Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!

Birds & other Critters on my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

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♥ Jennifer O

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A Tale of Two Shirts (TTMT #847 Sewing Show and Tell)

I spent a lot of time sewing last week, and it’s really helping with All The Things.

Completely by coincidence, or accident maybe, both of my finished projects this week are white shirts, just very different white shirts! Next week, I promise to have some quilty show & tell!

In this video:

Jensen shirt pattern

Folkwear French Cheesemaker’s Smock + Sizing Adjustments

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♥ Jennifer O

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Well, Shirt (TTMT #846 Quilting & Sewing Show and Tell)

Life continues to life and we are doing our best to hang in there. Thank you to everyone who left kind words on last week’s video. I genuinely appreciate your thoughtfulness.

This week, I’m poorly lit and my audio is a bit weird as I acclimate to my new filming location. Even so, I’m here to chat about making another men’s shirt, finishing a small wall quilt, and playing with my new Janome MC 6650.

In this video:

Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!

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♥ Jennifer O

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Upside Down & Inside Out (TTMT #845 Life Changes & Sewing Room Reconfiguration)

This was a hard one for me. Trigger warning for discussion of cancer and death. Feel free to skip this one if you need to.

I spent the last couple of weeks tearing my sewing room apart and reconfiguring it. I explain why in the video.

It’s a long one.

Gilmore Girls Quilt Along on Fandom in Stitches!

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♥ Jennifer O

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T-Shirt Quilt Rescue FINISH! (TTMT #844 Quilting Show and Tell)

Hello, friends!

I wasn’t up for recording a video this week, but I finished the t-shirt quilt rescue last week, and I REALLY wanted to share. I hope you don’t mind this short and sweet format.

Look for a Gilmore Girls Quilt Along coming August 20, 2025, also on Fandom in Stitches!

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♥ Jennifer O

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Sashiko Finish (TTMT #843 Quilting Show and Tell) + Free Pattern!

Welcome back for another week of show & tell!

This week, I share a finished quilt that will be a gift for a friend. It features OESD’s machine embroidery set Sashiko Reflections.

I also share two donated charity quilt tops that have now been finished and will be shared with Project Linus in Albuquerque!

Watch to the end for a special guest star!

FRELL (Farscape)
designed & tested by Jennifer Ofenstein
@sewhookedjen
10″ x 30″ paper pieced

Also available on Fandom in Stitches

Look for a Gilmore Girls Quilt Along coming August 20, 2025, also on Fandom in Stitches!

Check out my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

If you enjoy my free content, please consider buying me a Ko-Fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

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♥ Jennifer O

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Shirts & Log Cabins (TTMT #842 Quilting & Sewing Show and Tell)

Friends! Progress has been made on the t-shirt quilt repair, and I made a shirt! A whole one that fits who it is supposed to fit and everything! Up this week, LOTS of quilting to finish a birthday gift and a couple of charity quilts that will go back to Jewells.

My jeans crotch repair tutorial!
Shirt Pattern I used (Wardrobe by Me Tropical Shirt)
Wardrobe By Me Tropical Shirt tutorial

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♥ Jennifer O

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New to Me! (TTMT #841 – Quilting & Sewing Show and Tell with bonus Thrift Haul)

Happy Tuesday, friends! This week, I chat with you about progress on the t-shirt quilt repair, repairing my favorite jeans, a new to me project for my BFF, @nmjewells, and my recent thrift haul from Austin Creative Reuse!

TTMT 2018 Swap Quilt Finish
HTVRONT Heat Press used for pressing stabilizer on the t-shirt quilt (affiliate link)

Vintage Linen Haul prices video:

FUNDRAISER for Miss P– help Jewells’ daughter with her semester in Japan!

Check out my second YouTube Channel: ⁨Backyard Jen⁩!

If you enjoy my free content, please consider buying me a Ko-Fi. Your support is greatly appreciated.

Join us on TTMT!

Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.

♥ Jennifer O

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