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A Happy Mother’s Day

Yesterday was an exceedingly special day for me!

A Huge, HUGE thank you goes out to Honey Bee Quilt Store for hosting my first-ever Trunk Show. A very special thank you goes out to my friends that came by to help out and cheer me on, as well as the multitude of visitors that so kindly came by to share part of their day with me!

I can’t say enough good things about all the people I was lucky enough to get to visit with. In the photo above, you see me with blog reader Sarah (wearing an awesome Doctor Who tee!!), who came all the way from Houston! We had a lovely visit and it was wonderful to get to meet her face to face. Thanks for coming, Sarah!

If you came yesterday, THANK YOU. I was nervous and excited and it was a wonderful, wonderful day. Everyone I met was so kind about my work and it was lovely to get to share with so many new faces.

As a special thank you to my readers, helpers and yesterday’s visitors and for all the moms out there on this Mother’s Day, I offer you this sweet pair of free patterns.

Pecking Chick and Sitting Hen

both are 5″ paper pieced

Here they are together, with Sitting Hen increased to a 10″ block!

Both mother and baby can be found on my Free Pattern page or by clicking the links above.

Have a lovely day and thank you all for the gifts you have given me by being part of my life!

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Garden Party Round Up

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2025 UPDATE – Many designers who participated in this event have since taken down their patterns or even their blogs. Links to available patterns are below.

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The designs below were created by the following designers:

Soma, Whims & Fancies: Music Notes pattern no longer available
Jennifer, All Things Belle: Summer Sweetness pattern no longer available
Aalia, Joy of Stitches: Garden Gate
Schenley, Margare t Violet
Megan, Monkey Beans: Garden Party
Lilja, liljabs: Bluebird
Jill, Apple Avenue Quilts: Bloom website no longer available
Dolores, A Labour of Love: Pimm’s Garden Party
Kari, Fresh Cut Quilts: Let Them Eat Cake! website no longer available
Cindy, Quilt Doodle Designs: Spring Time Blooms
Amy, During Quiet Time: Pick Violets pattern no longer available
Cat Magraith: Garden Party
Susan-Claire, GourmetQuilter: Garden Party Munchies pattern no longer available
Cyrille, Bubblestitch Quilts: Yummy Cupcake
Missy, GraceParfait Creations: Birdhouse
Gaya, borsedigaya: Posh 20s Lady website no longer available
Jessica, Plum Patchwork: Garden Topiary website no longer available
Diane, From Blank Pages: Potted Roses pattern no longer available
Cherry, Cherry Blossom Quilting Studio: George website no longer available
Vanessa, Crafty Gemini: Mod Mushrooms
Sonja, Artisania: Vintage Mason Jar Lanterns
Michele, Quilting Gallery: Patio Umbrella original website no longer available
Alma Stoller: Colorful Pinwheel pattern no longer available
Benita, Victoriana Quilt Designs: Croquet, Anyone? pattern no longer available
Charise, Charise Creates: Hello Spring Tulip
Jen, A Quilting Jewel: Garden Party Block
Denise, Garden Cart
Jennifer, Sewhooked: Perennial Pleasures + EQ7 Giveaway!
Candace, Double Nickel Quilts: Butterfly
Amy Gay, ButterflyAngels Quilts, Lazy Daisy

All patterns are 10″ finished.

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Cherry, Cherry Blossom Quilting Studio: George (no longer available)

This is your last chance to enter to win Marie Bostwick’s new Cobblestone Quilt novel, The Ties that Bind! I’m giving away two copies of her novel, plus free patterns to each winner as part of the Ties That Bind Blog Hop Tour. Winners to be chosen on May 2.

I am giving away a copy of EQ7, so check out my Garden Party post from April 28! Winner announced on May 7, 2012!

Coming to Sewhooked on May 3, 2012!

♥ Jennifer O

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Huzzah!

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The Free Quilt Pattern page is finally, finally updated!

It took me all day to make it behave and do just what I wanted, including adding spiffy navigation on the page itself. Please take a few minutes to check it out…I’d love to hear your feedback!

The Free Quilt Pattern page now includes:

Free Patterns by myself and Guest Designers
Difficulty Ratings
Bigger Pictures
A menu at the top of the page
“Top of Page” links between each section
Blog links for individual blocks (in progress!)
Links to my free patterns on other sites
Images and Patterns automatically open in a new page

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Have a wonderful afternoon!

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I ❤ That!

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Nine Hearts

I’ve said it before… I’m a sucker for hearts!

On this lovely February Friday, I bring to you an updated collection of my paper pieced heart patterns, including 1.5″ sets for my Valentine tutorial, one newly un-retired pattern, an “I love you” (or two!) and one newbie thrown in!

New – 1.5″ heart sets, created especially for Make A Mini-Valentine!

Each sheet in this set has 12 – 1.5″ patterns for making the card in the Make A Mini-Valentine tutorial.

Includes Scrappy Heart and A Simple Heart. Click for the set.

Log Cabin Heart (5″) New!

Less Than Three (5″) Updated!

Scrappy Heart 2 (5″) Updated!

Braided Heart (5″)

A Simple Heart (5″)

Scrappy Heart (5″) Updated!

Heart with a Cause (6″)

The Linus Connection Heart (5″)

Broken Heart (5″) Updated!

multi heart quilt layout

A fun layout created in EQ7 using several of the blocks shown in this post.

ASL “I love you” (6″)

Look for changes to be coming soon to the Free Pattern page! As I update old favorite patterns and continue to add new ones, I’m working to make the page easier for you to navigate and easier for me to update. Included on the free pattern page, you will also find great free patterns that other designers have allowed me to share with you as well as my free patterns available on other websites!

If you like my free patterns, please consider supporting my site by visiting my Craftsy Pattern Shop where you will find block patterns, project patterns and pattern sets, all designed by me!

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Call for Designers: Paper Pieced Pattern-A-Day Blog Hop!

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To celebrate my birthday in April, I will be hosting my first ever Blog Hop: Paper Pieced Pattern-A-Day, right here on Sewhooked!

Our first theme is Garden Party.

The Blog Hop will feature free paper pieced patterns by 30 designers, and you are invited to participate! Participants will post your pattern on your own blog on your assigned day and I will publicize your block here on Sewhooked and around the web on other sites where I’m active.

Details:

Theme: Garden Party
Patterns are to be paper (foundation) pieced
Finished blocks should be 10″ (10 1/2″ unfinished)
Patterns are to be free to download and print. PDF files work great for this. You can print document and image files to a PDF with free software like Primo PDF or Cute PDF
Email a photo (at least 500 pixels wide) and the name of your block to sewhooked@gmail.com at least three days before your assigned date so I can publicize your design
Blog post should be available by 8 am (CST) on your assigned date
Blog post needs to include a sample block or project from your pattern
All designers retain rights to his/her own patterns, pictures, etc.
Optional: giveaway or some other prize for your readers
Have fun!

All dates are now filled, thank you to everyone that signed up!

Soma, Whims & Fancies: Music Notes
Jennifer, All Things Belle: Summer Sweetness
Aalia, Joy of Stitches: Garden Gate
Schenley: Margaret’s Violet
Megan Dye, Monkey Beans: Garden Party
Lilja Björk, liljabs: Bluebird
Jill Majers, Apple Avenue Quilts: Bloom
Dolores Attard, A Labour of Love: Pimm’s Garden Party
Kari Ramsay, Fresh Cut Quilts: Let Them Eat Cake!
Cindy Staub, Quilt Doodle Designs: Spring Time Blooms
Amy Friend, During Quiet Time: Pick Violets
Cat Magraith: Garden Party
GourmetQuilter: Garden Party Munchies
Cyrille Zellweger, Bubblestitch Quilts: Yummy Cupcake
Missy, GraceParfait Creations: Birdhouse
Gaya, Posh 20s Lady
Jessica, Plum Patchwork: Heart Topiary
Diane, From Blank Pages: Potted Roses
Cherry Guidry, Cherry Blossom Quilting Studio: George
Vanessa Wilson, Crafty Gemini: Mod Mushrooms
Sonja, Artisania: Vintage Mason Jar Lanterns
Michele Foster, Quilting Gallery: Patio Umbrella
Alma Stoller: Colorful Pinwheel
Benita Skinner, Victoriana Quilt Designs: Croquet, Anyone?
Charise Randell, Charise Creates: Hello Spring Tulip
Jen Boucher, A Quilting Jewel
Denise Johanneson, pattern to be posted on Sewhooked
Jennifer Ofenstein, Sewhooked (it’s my birthday!)
Candace, Double Nickel Quilts
ButterflyAngels Quilts

Back-up/bonus participants:

Carol Steffensen, Chickadee Chatter
Regina Grewe (border block)

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Any questions? Ask in comments or contact me via email. I think this is going to be great fun and I hope you join in!

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You mean my secret identity?

Feeling Harvesty!

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Feeling Harvesty quilt layout created in EQ7

Some days, I just want to try something new.

That, my friends, is what free patterns are great for!

The “something new” in this case, is pattern presentation.

Generally, my free patterns are individual blocks presented as a 5″ pattern. 5″ patterns are easy to fit onto one page and they are easy to enlarge or shrink, if that’s your fancy. I’ve been designing 5″ patterns since the very beginning of my paper piecing adventure.

Most of my patterns are also in color because I like working with colored patterns and it’s simple enough for you to print in black and white if that doesn’t work for you.

So here’s the new part…

I have two free patterns for you today, one brand new, one an updated version of an older one. Both are presented in black in white, using texture instead of color to represent fabrics. In addition to that, each document includes 3″, 5″ and 6″ versions for creating different sized blocks.

Hey, that’s fun!

I can’t promise I’ll do this to all of my patterns, or that I’ll even do it again, but it was a fun little experiment for me and I’d love your feedback on pattern size, color and what you like best.

As ever, my free patterns are for your personal or non-profit use. Please enjoy!

3″, 5″ and 6″ Maple Leaf Paper Pieced Pattern

3″, 5″ and 6″ Pumpkin Paper Pieced Pattern (updated)

Original Pumpkin Block and pattern

The same blocks as a wall hanging.

Layout created in EQ7.

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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!

Learn more about The Project of Doom

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The Project of Doom – End of Days Challenge

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

Lots more on the free pattern page!

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