Indulging the #tfios Fangirl

It’s been a super stressful and sad week around here.

Yesterday, we lost a beloved family member, my own wonderful Aunt Colleen. Tomorrow, one of my kiddos is having surgery (routine wisdom teeth extraction, but still). I’ve just generally been feeling pushed and pulled in every direction.

Several weeks ago, I bought tickets to see The Fault in Our Stars (#tfios, if you’re a fan) for my 19 year old daughter and myself. The move is tonight, a day before the general release and we have decided that in spite of everything going on, we’re going to take those couple of hours to enjoy one of our favorite stories by one of our favorite authors.

Preparation includes the “Okay” bracelets you see at the top of the post (pony beads, alphabet beads and stretchy cording) as well as my TFiOS backpack from DFTBA stuffed with packets of travel tissues. I already anticipate tears, but now I expect even more. I’m a champion cryer, and I might breaking a record or two tonight.

It’s not all sadness around there, though the stress has been quite abundant. OK!Magazine featured my #tfios Okay? Okay. embroidery and my phone went a bit crazy with tweets! You can get the free embroidery pattern here.

It’ll be a few days until my next post. Take care of each other and take a moment for yourself today.

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Holmes Has A Look

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Holmes Has A Look
a free pattern to hand embroider
7″ finished using backstitch and stem stitch

One of the best parts of running a fandom website is getting to indulge in the things I love best! I’m a huge fan of Jeremy Brett in the 1980s version of Sherlock Holmes.

This summer, Fandom In Stitches is hosting The Summer of Stitching and encouraging our quilting community to contribute designs in a variety of themes.

First up is Sherlock Holmes, which is what inspired today’s design. The first installment for The Summer of Stitching is June 11, 2014 on Fandom In Stitches, so be sure to stop by!

While I’m not eligible for the prize (it doesn’t make much sense to give it to myself!), I couldn’t resist participating and hope to design at least one new pattern for each theme over the next few months.

Find more of my Free Fandom Patterns (including more Sherlock Holmes!) right here on Sewhooked!

…and even more quilty fandomy goodnes on Fandom In Stitches!

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TTMT #263 – June Sneaks In & May Flickr Goodness!

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Join us on Fandom In Stitches for The Summer of Stitching!

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I forgot to mention in today’s video that I also have the May Paper Piecing Vintage Giveaway to, well, give away!

We had some great photos in the flickr group this month. Thanks for those and congrats to our winner!

May 2014 Flickr Prize

The May winner is Terry Minckler! Terry wins a bundle of fabric and two Sewhooked-themed pin back buttons.

by Terry Minckler

Thank you to everyone that shared their wonderful photos and remember to keep them coming for a chance to win the June prize (coming soon!). For your chance to win, just share your Paper Piecing Vintage photos with the Sewhooked flickr group. Winner to be announced the first Monday of each month…or Tuesday, if I forget! 😉

See the rest of this month’s AWESOME photos below:

by Debra Visser

by Cynthia Prater

by scotty4me30

by Dawn Gregory

by MsMoommist

by Alexe Toups

by TweLoQ

More awesome flickr photos!

by Joy

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Featured Pattern: Poppies From The Past, now only $7 on Craftsy!

Paper Piecing Vintage: June

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Hello June! It’s the first of the month and that brings us the latest Paper Piecing Vintage pattern!

This month’s pattern is a sweet take on a quilting classic. I call mine Sweet Basket.

As with all the blocks from PPV, Sweet Basket is entirely paper pieced and both 6″ and 12″ patterns are included.

Sweet Basket, by Jennifer Ofenstein (sewhooked.com)

Already registered? Download your updated BOM file now!

Like many of the PPV blocks, the pieces for Sweet Basket are easy to pre-cut with a little measuring before you start.

Save some time by following these bonus directions for the 12″ block:

Precut 6 – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ colored fabric for the basket handle.
Cut 5 of those 2 1/2″ squares in half on the diagonal, creating 10 triangles.
Leave one 2 1/2″ square whole (that’s the tippy top!)
Cut 5 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″ background color triangles. Cut in half on the diagonal, creating 10 triangles, also for the basket handle.
Pin large background pieces of fabric to paper until the entire block is pieced.
Have fun!

I have already received many wonderful 6″ signature block for the Paper Piecing Vintage Signature Quilt! If you have not yet shared your block I will be accepting Signature Blocks until December 31, 2014. See your pattern for details and check out our Facebook Group for photos of blocks received so far!

Haven’t signed up for Paper Piecing Vintage yet? Registration for the entire year is just $12. That’s 12 patterns in two sizes (plus the occasional bonus!), entirely paper pieced for one awesome price! All patterns for the year to date are included when you download. Upcoming patterns will be added for you to download the first of each month in 2014.

Sign up for Paper Piecing Vintage now!

May 2014 Flickr Prize

Join the Paper Piecing Vintage Facebook Group for exclusive content and to sew with friends!

Share your Paper Piecing Vintage photos with the Sewhooked flickr group for a chance to win fun prizes all year long. The May prize includes the bundle of fabric and two Sewhooked-themed pin back buttons above! Winner to be announced Monday, June 2, 2014. It could be you!

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Featured Pattern: Poppies From The Past, now only $7 on Craftsy!

The Summer of Stitching

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Over on Fandom In Stitches, we have shared an open invitation for our summer event, The Summer of Stitching!

This event is an opportunity for new and experienced Designers alike to share in our fandom love by creating patterns to share with the Fandom In Stitches quilting community. We will be sharing 12 themes over the course of the summer and invite you to design a quilt block around that theme.

The first week’s theme? Sherlock Holmes! I’m already working on my pattern, which is based on one of my favorite all-time versions as portrayed by Jeremy Brett.

You can read more about how to participate and the fun prize participants will be eligible to win right here!

I do hope you’ll join us!

May 2014 Flickr Prize

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Featured Pattern – Aces High, now just $7 on Craftsy!

TTMT # 262 – Lots on the Way & a Blast from the Past!

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In this video:

Paper Piecing Vintage
Free Fandom Patterns on Sewhooked
The Fault in Our Stars – Okay? Okay. free hand embroidery pattern
Fandom In Stitches – stop by tomorrow for the summer event announcement!
Purl Bee Bonnet pattern
TTMT Livejournal Community

Four Doctors meet their hand embroidered counterparts from the Doctor Who Stitch Along!

Peter Davison, The Fifth Doctor & Colin Baker, The Sixth Doctor

Sylvester McCoy, The Seventh Doctor & Paul McGann, The Eighth Doctor

Sometimes I receive emails from the Fandom In Stitches community that leave me utterly speechless. These fantastic images are courtesy of Claudia D. Claudia made the Doctor Who Stitch Along quilt for her daughter Allison. The layout is my own Faux Mitered Marvel.

Allison attended Comic Palooza in Houston, Texas over the weekend. She took her Doctor Who Stitch Along quilt with her and this is what happened! Claudia shared these awesome photos with us and has given her permission to share them with all of you. Thank you Claudia!

Blocks shown were designed by Jordan Frederick (The Eighth Doctor), Kristel Carnahan (The Fifth & Seventh Doctors) and me (The Sixth Doctor). All patterns can be found on the Doctor Who page on Fandom in Stitches.

May 2014 Flickr Prize

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Featured Pattern – Aces High, now just $7 on Craftsy!

Okay, fandom? Okay.

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TFiOS Okay? Okay. a free fandom pattern by Jennifer Ofenstein

Also on the Fiction & Literature page on Fandom In Stitches

I get a lot of emails from readers of both Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches and one of the comments I receive more than any other is “why aren’t your fandom patterns on Sewhooked?”

Well, isn’t that a good question?

Back in 2012, I split Sewhooked in two when I established Fandom in Stitches. My collection of fandom patterns designed by myself and my friends had grown so huge that it was actually crashing my website. After a lot of rearranging, I eventually decided that those fandom patterns needed a home of their own.

Everything that was Harry Potter Paper Piecing, the Twilight Block of the Month (designed by Cat Magraith), and a slew of other fandom-themed patterns by both myself and my designer friends were the beginning of Fandom in Stitches.

When I split Sewhooked, I moved all those fandom patterns to make Sewhooked friendlier and easier to navigate. The unanticipated side effect is that you, my beloved and loyal readers, often don’t realize that I design for more than one website, so when I share a pattern like The Fault In Our Stars: Okay? Okay. (above), you may never see it.

10″ TARDIS

also on the Doctor Who page on Fandom In Stitches

So, by popular request, I have compiled my collection of fandom-themed patterns designed by me and put them together on their own page here on Sewhooked!

Each and every one is absolutely free for your personal & non-profit use.

Harry Potter Patterns on Sewhooked

Find more Harry Potter on Fandom In Stitches

Find my free fandom patterns and many more by other excellent designers on fandominstitches.com. All patterns are absolutely free. All we ask in return is that you use them for personal & non-profit use only. We wouldn’t say no to sharing your photos either!

I love to share free patterns and continue to do so by your generous support of my Craftsy shop. Thank you so much for shopping Sewhooked and supporting Indie Designers. 😀

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Featured pattern: Runic Alphabet, now just $9 on Craftsy!

TTMT #261 – The Magic of Community Effort

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May 2014 Flickr Prize

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Featured pattern: Runic Alphabet, now just $9 on Craftsy!

TTMT #260 – Wishes & Mail!

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In this video:

Project of Doom
As You Wish
My Etsy (for magazines where I’ve been published)
TTMT Livejournal Community
Deranged Delightz
The Linus Connection

May 2014 Flickr Prize

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Featured pattern: Runic Alphabet, now just $9 on Craftsy!

Happy Caturday!

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Rose says hello!

She loves looking at herself, which makes taking a kitty selfie the obvious thing to do! She and I have been busy bonding and I am loving having a kitty that likes to be picked up and snuggled. Merlin and Marie, our other two kitties are sweeties, but being picked up is not part of their contracts. 😉

Yesterday, I drove up to the University of North Texas to help my daughter move home for the summer. It was a whirlwind day with more traffic than I could have even fathomed. It took me just about three hours to drive there, and five to drive back. Egads, was I tired last night, but so very very glad to have my girl home!

This little guy above is a gift I purchased from a friend’s Etsy shop, Deranged Delightz. He’s a Moshi Mushroom, custom made for my daughter in her two favorite colors as a coming home surprise. She loved him and he will now live with her other favorite stufties!

The very same friend gifted me with a gorgeous pair of socks and a sweet turtle bag for my birthday! I’ve already worn the perfectly fitting, gorgeous socks and the bag carried my snacks for my road trip yesterday.

And the socks? THEY HAVE OWLS ON THEM!

This is the current state of the Make-A-Wish Project of Doom. I really wanted it to be basted before the weekend, but it just didn’t happen. Fortunately, it doesn’t need to be in the mail for another couple of weeks, so I have time to get it basted, quilted and bound. Time’s ticking, but I’ll get it done! That backing fabric? Jelly beans! As my friend Amber said, Bertie Bott’s for everyone!

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May 2014 Flickr Prize

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