The thieving site is DOWN!
Thank you, thank you to everyone that stepped up to support indie designers and put your foot down against the violation of selling free patterns without permission!
Thank you for not being afraid to speak up and take action. If we don’t say something to protect ourselves and our crafty friends, who will?
THUMBS UP to each and every person that stepped up to help!
Thank you to every single person that has helped spread the word about the pattern theft that has taken place against Fandom In Stitches and many of my designer friends.
I have taken as many measures as I can to rectify the situation and can now only wait and see what happens. Your support of myself and the online crafty community is much appreciated!
On a more positive note, I mailed off a super secret project this over the weekend. I wonder what it could be?!
And now, a quote from my favorite headmaster:
We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided. Lord Voldemort’s gift for spreading discord and enmity is very great. We can fight it only by showing an equally strong bond of friendship and trust. Differences of habit and language are nothing at all if our aims are identical and our hearts are open.
~Albus Dumbledore
And, as a happy aside, have you seen Aalia’s wonderful Doctor Who-inspired Prayer Leaf tutorial?
Until tomorrow, my dear friends!
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Featured Pattern: 6″ fleur-de-lis to paper piece, just $2 on Craftsy!
Los Angeles Needleworks is selling PATTERNS AVAILABLE FOR FREE taken from all over the internet, including those from Fandom In Stitches and more.
Please, PLEASE support your indie designers and free patterns online and DO NOT purchase anything from them. We would very much appreciate it you could spread the word and help stop this theft.
Happy All Things Love Day!
I hope you have have a day full of love, laughter, friendship, crafts & quilts!
Lots of love, my friends!
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Featured Pattern: 6″ fleur-de-lis to paper piece, just $2 on Craftsy!
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Featured Pattern: 6″ fleur-de-lis to paper piece, just $2 on Craftsy!
An email I received earlier in the week prompted me to pull out a pattern I had not yet posted to share with the paper piecing masses.
There’s something classic and lovely about a fleur-de-lis.
I love the simplicity of this block and how easily it could be combined with other patterns for a personalized project. Imagine it paired with hearts, or the Eiffel Tower….
6″ fleur-de-lis to paper piece, just $2 on Craftsy!
I love this version, which includes 2 – 6″ fleur-de-lis with 2 6″ squares to create a 12″ block.
How about a simple wall hanging or quilt made using only purples?
Here’s another layout with purple. Why purple? I don’t know, it seemed the thing to do!
Same layout, different color!
Get the fleur-de-lis pattern, only $2 on Craftsy!
In the coming months, I will slowly be moving all my non-fandom patterns to my Craftsy shop and discontinuing my e-junkie store.
Craftsy‘s ability for members to save patterns to reprint at their leisure, as well as the feature that allows designers to update patterns and for members that have purchased or saved that pattern to be automatically notified of the update makes Craftsy ideal for sharing patterns online. If you don’t have a Craftsy membership already, I highly recommend it! Did I mention membership is free?!
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Featured Pattern: Cross My Hearts (paper pieced), just $2 on Craftsy!
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Featured Pattern: Cross My Hearts (paper pieced), just $2 on Craftsy!
First finish from my 2013 To Do list!
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Featured Pattern Texas Twofer: Set 3 (Paper Pieced) just $2 on Craftsy!
While working on my 2013 To Do list, I unearthed yet MORE projects.
Seriously, I stopped counting at 19. Believe it or not, I still have more, but for the sake of my sanity, I thought it best to STOP counting while I still feel optimistic about getting things done!
This is the list I’ve created for my own reference and your amusement. It includes projects from my last Talk to Me Tuesday as well as some other long-forgotten projects that still need finishing.
My goal is to finish as many of these projects in 2013 as possible. Let’s get to it!
2011 Five @ The Hive block of the month. To be gifted.
TO DO: Need to add top & bottom border, quilt and bind. Have border, backing and binding fabric.
Harry Potter Alphabet Quilt.
TO DO: To be quilted & bound. Have back/binding fabric.
Hand applique wreath.
TO DO: Needs to be bound with green fabric (shown).
Harry Potter swap block quilt.
TO DO: Needs a border, back and binding. To be quilted & bound.
Vintage quilt top.
TO DO – To be quilted, possibly by hand. Needs a back & binding. I’m thinking muslin for the back.
Vintage churn dash & reproduction fabric snowball quilt top.
TO DO -Needs borders, back and to be quilted & bound.
Green/Purple 10 minute block quilt.
TO DO – Needs borders and to be quilted and bound. To be saved for a baby gift.
There and Back Again signature blocks
TO DO – To be pieced into a top. Will need fabric for sashing and possible center piece.
Misc half square triangles.
TO DO – To be pieced into a quilt top. Have taupe fabric for solid blocks to include in piecing.
There and Back Again (TABABOM).
TO DO – Needs a back and to be quilted, bound.
Project of Doom Signature Quilt
TO DO – Finish the hand embroidery in the border, needs a back and to be quilted & bound. Will read “The Project of Doom 2011 Participants”
Embroidered block quilt top.
TO DO – Needs a border, back and to be quilted, bound. To be saved for a baby gift.
TO DO – Needs a back and to be quilted, bound
Orphan block collection, many more than shown in last week’s TTMT!
TO DO – Make into a quilt (or several!) for The Linus Connection.
Flannel quilt top (I have NO idea when I pieced this, most of these fabrics have been gone from my stash for years!)
TO DO – Needs a back and to be quilted, bound, to be donated to The Linus Connection.
Monkey fabric from Jewells
NEW PROJECT – Make into a quilt for The Linus Connection.
Australia fabric from Cat
NEW PROJECT – Pick a pattern and make top, hopefully king size!
Fabric collection from Kristel, won from one of her TTMT drawings.
NEW PROJECT – I would like to make this into a new bag for myself! Fancy that!
Well, that’s it. At least it’s all I can bring myself to post. I have a serious To Do list for this year, but it has not escaped my noticed that many of these are quilts that need to be quilted. So that’s the goal for this year. Get as many of these completely done as possible. Can I do it while taking care of my family, running Sewhooked and Fandom in Stitches, continuing to create new patterns AND having a job? Heh, who knows, but I sure as heck am going to try!!
Do you have a To Do List? I’d love to see it!!
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