Piecing of Doom

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Guess what I finished the embroidery on last night and will be PIECING today?! That’s right, my Project of Doom blocks will be a quilt top by the end of the day! Many of the participants in my Harry Potter Block of the Week opted to add different elements to their quilt after it was in bookcase format. I am undecided on that. Since I designed it, it’s already about as personalized as it’s going to get for me. There is one thing I might try…but first thing’s first, rows of books!

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Fabric Friday – Planning for a Project

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I will readily admit to you that it is rare for me to purchase fabric for a whole project. Typically, I dive into my stash of scraps, pulling bits and pieces from here and there until I have just the right mix of fabrics. The hunt is part of what I love best, and that joy is increased by the generosity of my friends, who pass on their bits and pieces to me.

Even so, from time to time, I do things in reverse.

The gorgeous selection of Stonehenge you see here is one of those times. I have an upcoming project that will be done completely from this fantastically stone-textured fabric for no other reason than I think it will capture exactly what I want to say with my project.

What project might that be? Well, you’ll just have to wait and see!

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The Project of Doom – End of Days Challenge

TTMT #129 – Invasion of the Ugly Quilt

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My Memories Giveaway – The Winner!

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Well, how much fun has it been getting to chat with you all about the album themes you like from My Memories, all the while knowing that you might win some awesome software?

I don’t know about you, but I thought it was pretty darn fun! If you enjoyed it, let me know, because we have the opportunity to do this again in the future. Fun, huh?

And now, my super-secret, high-tech, new-fangled way of choosing winners.

Or not, but this is the best, most fair way I’ve found to do this!

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Without further ado, the winner of the My Memories Free Software Giveaway here on Sewhooked is Adrith! You can see at a glance my super-futurist method of choosing a winner. 😉

Adrith wins a free download of the My Memories Software Suite! Woo!

Did I mention that I love giving away free stuff??

If you remember, in order to be entered to win, all you had to do was leave a comment on my original My Memories post about one of the album template themes from the My Memories website that you liked.

Adrith chose A Touch of Fall.

A Touch Of Fall Album Theme

You all chose fantastically fun themes, here are some of my favorites from your choices:

Awesomeness, chosen by Sunni

Beautiful Blue chosen by charminggoats

Twilight Fanpire chosen by Sally

If you didn’t win, you can still get $10 off your purchase of My Memories Software with coupon code STMMMS23344. The software is $39.97 USD, making ten bucks off a huge savings!

A huge congratulations to Adrith, and thank you to everyone else that played along. This was a lot of fun for me, I do love giving away freebies!

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TTMT #128 – Froggy Returns

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My Memories Giveaway – winner announced tomorrow
Stars for the The Linus Connection
Flickr Group – Linus Block Drive -for Stars for Linus
Talk To Me Tuesday Community
Harry Potter Paper Piecing
Fandom In Stitches
There and Back Again BOM
Rock Creek Quilts
The Linus Connection
Linus Blog
Quilting Gallery Christmas Quilt-Along

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Free Patterns: All About Sewing, Revisited

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These three sewing-themed blocks were some of my first-ever paper pieced blocks to draft. I had just started designing my own patterns and really wanted to make something that said “sewing.” I had seen similar blocks, of course. Jars and spools are pretty classic when it comes to quilting, but having just learned to draft, I wanted to draw my own versions.

The original patterns are six or seven years old and have gotten their first revamp in a long, long time. Compare the original version of the Sewing Machine with the new version, and you can really see how much cleaner and easier to read my patterns have become over the years. It’s cool to me to have this documented evidence of my own evolution.

As time goes by, I plan to update as many of my older patterns as possible. Who knows, maybe even some of those patterns that have been locked away in the Sewhooked Vault will see the light of day again!

I hope you enjoy these patterns for what they are: classic, simple, and representative of the craft we love!

Free Patterns:

5″ Classic Sewing Machine

5″ Classic Spool

5″ Classic Jar

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♥ Jennifer O

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When Dorothy Met Linus

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We had some really great Show & Tell at The Linus Connection meeting today, which you can see in this post on the Linus blog. It’s entirely possible you might recognize the writing style. 😉

Since I take the pictures at Show & Tell, I rarely actually Show. Today, I donated the Wizard of Oz quilt I’ve been working on and really wanted to share it with the group before it headed off to it’s final destination; one of the facilities getting blankets in the hands of children affected by the Central Texas fires.

The fabrics were donated to Linus as sales samples, then the tumbler blocks were cut out at the last meeting on an AccuQuilt.

I stitched the top, added an emerald city sparkly border, quilted it on the Linus long-arm (I’m still a novice, but it sure is fun!) and bound it.

You can see the colors better in this one.

Using up some leftovers. Linus Sideways Shell baby blanket.

Also a Linus Sideways Shell. I’m sort of embarrassed to admit that I started this in June. When I ran out of yarn, it sat until I bought two skeins yesterday morning and finished it last night.

Stars For Linus continue to come in! Keep them coming and we’ll have a quilt to show here soon!

You still have time to comment and be entered to win a free copy of Polaroid My Memories Suite! Can’t wait for the drawing? Copy and paste STMMMS23344 to get $10 off the My Memories Software Suite!

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I hope you’re all having a lovely, craft-filled weekend!

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