The happiest of anniversaries to my favorite guy in the world!
Today I share an update on my permanent boyfriend, hand embroidery, machine applique, and other embroidery machine fun!
Thank you once again to my Ko-Fi supporters. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. Both Sewhooked & Fandom in Stitches are currently being funded by your generous gifts!
Whew, I apologize for my very tired appearance! I haven’t been sleeping well the last few nights. The upside is that I’ve been getting a lot of things done leading up to my break next week! 🙂
I recently spent a whole lot of time cleaning up the hard drive on my computer. During this adventure in bytes, I found tons of unfinished patterns, sketches, doodles, and whatnot, all of which I’d never shared.
At some point it the distant past, I sat and doodled a slew of cupcakes with personality for hand embroidery. Why? Not a clue, but when I rediscovered these designs, it occurred to me that nothing could be more perfect for my birthday post!
I hope you enjoy these personality-filled cupcakes to hand embroider. Happy birthday to me!
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Are you quilting along with Paper Piecing Vintage? Share a Signature Block for the PPV Signature Quilt! This special project is a for a commemorative signature quilt that I will keep after Paper Piecing Vintage has concluded. Find this block on page 21 of Paper Piecing Vintage. If you’re only making a few blocks, you can also find the Signature Block Pattern right here.
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Stop by Sewhooked on the second and fourth Mondays of every month through June for the Paper Piecing Vintage Quilt Along (PPV2017)!
SewArt Digitizing Software (30 Day free trial) – This is not a promotional post. I’ve been playing with this software and enjoying it very much. If you have other digitizing software you like, I’d love to hear about it.
Free Pattern Day is the first of every month during 2016!
Next Free Pattern day is Thursday, September 1, 2016.
Entering to win the 201 6 monthly prize is easy, just share your photos with the Sewhooked flickr group, making sure your photos are set to share. You’ll have one chance to win for each photo you share!
I drew Curly Swirly Butterfly a couple of weeks back when I was sick and didn’t feel like doing much but doodle. In this case, my doodle turned into something so fun, that I even made it available as a t-shirt and bought myself one, too!
This fun pattern can be backstitched, stem stitched, or finished using your favorite embroidery stitch.
GREAT BIG THANKS to Robin & Rainey for stitching this sweet design up for me. (Click the links to check them out on Instagram!)
Our March drawing is for a fun set of fabric from the fabulous Vanda, all the way from South Africa!
The prize includes 20 cotton fabric pieces ranging in size from 5.5″ x 8″ to 10″ x 11″.
Over the last month, we’ve stitched, pieced, cooked and prepared Halloween costumes! We’ve revisited old favorite crafts and discovered new ones. I hope that at least one of my Halloween projects caught your fancy and gave you something fun to work on during the month.
If you’d like to revisit our month of Halloween, simply scroll back through Sewhooked starting with this post or click the banner above for a summary of each day and links to all the Halloween goodness.
Thank you, thank you for sticking with me until the end!
I have one last Halloween-themed craft for you today. It’s a little something to keep your hands busy while you enjoy watching Halloween movies and hand out candy to trick-or-treaters.
Are you making projects from 31 Days of Halloween? Share your photos with my flickr group! There will be a fun surprise next Tuesday for one lucky participant!
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