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Garden Party Blog Hop – Day 28: It’s My Birthday!

Welcome to Day 28 of Sewhooked’s Paper Pieced Pattern-A-Day Garden Party Blog Hop! Hey, ho, it’s my birthday! This is a post full of PARTY and PRESENTS for both you and me, so make sure you read all the way to the end! It’s been quite a birthday month for me, what with the amazing-ness of the Garden Party, being part of the Ties That Bind Blog Tour (giveaways and coupons, oh my!) and Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks and the 100 Blocks Blog Tour both on the way! TODAY, my original quilt The Project of Doom, is on display at the Pflugerville Area Quilt Show hosted by Hennig House Quilts! If you are in the Austin area, please stop by for this super fun outdoor, non-juried show! Quiltmaker’s 100 Blocks, Vol 5 will be available for sale on May 8. Please support your local quilt shops and go pick up a copy! You can find me on pages 22 and 31! If you will be in the Austin area on May 12, please stop by Honey Bee Quilt Store to see me! More information on that right here. And now…what you came for…Garden Party! My block, Perennial Pleasures, is a reminder to myself to take a few minutes to sit and do nothing, something a dear friend of mine has reminded me on occasion that it is OK to do! We’ve broken out the wine, the table is decorated and the sky is lovely and blue, how relaxing! For those non-wine lovers out there, I’ve included alternate pattern pieces for a sweet butterfly.

Garden Party Blog Hop - Day 28: It's My Birthday

Download the free pattern for Perennial Pleasures

10″ paper pieced, all pieces include seam allowance

Directions for both layouts (wine and butterfly) are included in the free pattern.

Perennial Pleasures with Wine; pattern pages 2-5

Perennial Pleasures with Butterfly, pattern pages 4 – 7

I cannot thank you all enough for making this April one I will never, ever forget! Because of this, I have something to give back to you…

Each and every person that makes a block from my Garden Party pattern, Perennial Pleasures (wine or butterfly), and posts it to the Garden Party flickr group will be entered to win a copy of Electric Quilt 7, courtesy of The Electric Quilt Company.

Yes, you heard that right.

I’m giving away A FREE COPY Of EQ7, the design software that I myself use!

The winner of the drawing will be announced on Monday, May 7 and will be chosen via random drawing using random.org.

Don’t forget, you’ll get one entry for the last Sewhooked prize pack (below) for each Garden Party Blog Hop block you make and share with our Flickr Group. Winner to be chosen in a random drawing on May 1 and the winning photo will be featured right here on Sewhooked! All winners are chosen with via random.org. Week 4 Prize Pack: Fruit and Flowers Fat Quarters plus The Angler 2! Previous Blog Hop Posts:

Soma, Whims & Fancies: Music Notes
Jennifer, All Things Belle: Summer Sweetness
Aalia, Joy of Stitches: Garden Gate
Schenley, Margaret’s Violet
Megan, Monkey Beans: Garden Party
Lilja, liljabs: Bluebird
Jill, Apple Avenue Quilts: Bloom
Dolores, A Labour of Love: Pimm’s Garden Party
Kari, Fresh Cut Quilts: Let Them Eat Cake!
Cindy, Quilt Doodle Designs: Spring Time Blooms
Amy, During Quiet Time: Pick Violets
Cat Magraith: Garden Party
Susan-Claire, GourmetQuilter: Garden Party Munchies
Cyrille, Bubblestitch Quilts: Yummy Cupcake
Missy, GraceParfait Creations: Birdhouse
Gaya, borsedigaya: Posh 20s Lady
Jessica, Plum Patchwork: Garden Topiary
Diane, From Blank Pages: Potted Roses
Cherry, Cherry Blossom Quilting Studio: George
Vanessa, Crafty Gemini: Mod Mushrooms
Sonja, Artisania: Vintage Mason Jar Lanterns
Michele, Quilting Gallery: Patio Umbrella
Alma Stoller: Colorful Pinwheel
Benita, Victoriana Quilt Designs: Croquet, Anyone?
Charise, Charise Creates: Hello Spring Tulip
Jen, A Quilting Jewel: Garden Party Block
Denise, Garden Cart

Whew, what a month! Please come back tomorrow for another free Garden Party pattern!

♥ Jennifer O

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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