Category Archives: video tutorials

Paper Piecing: Drawing a Patchy Heart

patchy heartPatchy Heart Pattern

One of the most constant requests I’ve had over the years is for a video tutorial showing how I design paper pieced patterns.

Putting together a pattern is a step by step process, but designing is not. It’s artistic and intuitive.  Even so, there are some basic techniques that stay the same every time you start a new pattern.

The absolute best advice I can give you is practice, practice, practice!

This is how I do it. In the next two videos, I’ll walk you through, step-by-step, my own process. Both videos are real time.

Part 1 of 2

Part 2 of 2

If you make 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!

about the vlog: Talk To Me Tuesday

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Things have been a’changing around the sewhooked blog.  You may have noticed several vlog posts, where yours truly does a little crafty chatting.

Yesterday, in the Talk To Me Tuesday post, I invited you to talk to me via video.  I’m thrilled to say that there have been video responses and that is wonderful! If you’d like to participate in Talk To Me Tuesday, jump right in!  Grab the icon above to post on your own blog and link back to this post to let others know all about TTMT!

You can also go straight to my YouTube Channel, subscribe and you’ll never miss a vlog and you’ll know just when it’s time to chat!

Talk To Me Tuesday playlist on YouTube – all the videos I’ve earmarked so far as being TTMT.

Join our Livejournal group – TTMT.

Video: threadly tip

I received an awesome goody bag from a friend recently that contained (among other things) tiny lint rollers.  I tossed them in my sewing basket and went about my business.

That is, until I had some serious seam-rippage to take care of and got totally frustrated at the million and one wee bits of thread!

This short video is just a quick tip, a time saver for quickly conquering all that itty bitty post-rippage thread!

As always, if you make any pattern or craft from sewhooked,  I’d love to see a photo. Email me or add it to the Friends of sewhooked flickr group.

Happy crafting

Video Tutorial: Freezer Paper Stencils

I love t-shirts. I love them in a BIG way. I love to reconstruct, redo and, most of all, stencil my t-shirts!

Some time ago, I was asked by some friends for a stenciling tutorial. What I ended up posting was a video tutorial covering how to make a basic freezer paper stencil. The shirt shown was for my partner in a Twilight swap I participated in on craftster.

I hope you enjoy the video and give stenciling a try if you haven’t already!

Find my free patterns on Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches.

♥ Jennifer O

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