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Free Pattern Friday – What We Do In The Shadows

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This is week 2 of sharing new patterns inspired by the What We Do in the Shadows FX TV show!

Reminder: this is a mature-themed show and is not for kiddos!

Below you’ll find my next three What We Do In The Shadows inspired patterns to paper piece, free for your personal and non-profit use. Come back next week for week 3, including the three final patterns plus optional quilt-finishing instructions.

Find these patterns and more by myself and other

wonderful designers over on Fandom in Stitches!

You’re Dead
5″x 15″ paper pieced
a free pattern for personal & non-profit use
© Jennifer Ofenstein
sewhooked.com

BAT!
5″ x 15″ paper pieced
a free pattern for personal & non-profit use
© Jennifer Ofenstein
sewhooked.com

Vampire Coffin
5″ x 15″ paper pieced (one coffin, make 3 for a 15″ block)
a free pattern for personal & non-profit use
© Jennifer Ofenstein
sewhooked.com

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Thank you for stopping by. I’m really enjoying the opportunity to share free patterns again. If you make this or any of my other patterns, let me know: drop me an email or tag me on Instagram @sewhookedjen.

I hope to see you for my next Talk to Me Tuesday vlog! If you haven’t joined me for TTMT, be sure to stop by to say hello to yours truly and catch up on what I’ve been working on. Want to join the TTMT community? Find out how here!

♥ Jennifer O.

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Free Pattern Friday – What We Do In The Shadows

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Easy DIY Halloween Cauldron

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Free Pattern Friday – Runic Alphabet!

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Free Pattern Friday: Quirky QWERTY Alphabet!

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As you all know, I retired from selling my patterns in 2019. A lot of patterns were retired with me. I didn’t want to just dump them into the world just in case I wanted to do something with them someday.

Well, after lots of deliberation, I’m pleased to present one of my all-time most popular previously for-sale patterns, Quirky QWERTY Alphabet, a set of 56 easy-to-piece paper pieced patterns for a very special Free Pattern Friday!

I first shared this chunky funky alphabet back in 2015. Since then, I’ve seen these letters used in many wonderful, beautiful quilts, including several at 2020 QuiltCon here in Austin, Texas!

All I ask in return is that you use this pattern set for good. Create a positive message or a one-of-a-kind item for someone with an unusual name. Please don’t make items to sell for profit but DEFINITELY make items to make the world a better place!

Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

Quirky QWERTY Alphabet
56 – 6″ blocks (6 1/2″ finished)
now a free pattern for personal & non-profit use
© Jennifer Ofenstein
sewhooked.com

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The pattern includes a table of contents, a character chart for easy reference, and a link to my (free!) tutorial on resizing patterns, the full alphabet (A-Z), numbers (0-9), and lots of great keyboard characters to make emoticons, web addresses and more. See the full list below.

Included patterns are:

A-Z
0-9
Period .
Question ?
Exclamation !
Comma ,
Semi-colon ;
Colon :
Quotation Mark “
Plus +
Minus –
Slash /
Angle Bracket <
Percent %
Equal =
Asterisk *
Pound (Hash Tag) #
Parentheses (
Underscore _
Dollar (U.S.) $
At @
Ampersand &

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Free Pattern Friday: Bicycle (comes out of retirement!)

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Well, friends, with the spring weather and lots of people outside, I thought it was a good time to bring my Bicycle pattern out of retirement!

Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

This formerly-for-sale pattern is 6″ or 10″, both sizes are paper pieced. It’s been made many times over the years, and it’s always been one of my favorites. It’s now free for you to make and I genuinely hope you enjoy it!

Bicycle
6″ or 10″ paper pieced
now a free pattern for personal & non-profit use
© Jennifer Ofenstein
sewhooked.com

Find more Free Pattern Friday Posts!

Need help with paper piecing? I’ve got you!

You’ll find more free quilt patterns in my Quilt Pattern Archive.

Looking for my fandom content? You’ll find it on Fandom in Stitches!

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Free Pattern Friday: Fairy 2023, or, Evolution of a Fairy

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I could have called this Evolution of a Fairy.

Let me explain.

I designed my first foundation paper pieced pattern back in 2005. During that first year or two, I attempted a fairy pattern. She was a little complicated, but I didn’t know what I didn’t know, and complicated has never really stopped me anyway.

Well, as you can see, she doesn’t look great. What is even happening with that arm? 😐

While I don’t remember making the block, my much more experienced eye can see all the design mistakes as well as where my seam ripper and I spent some quality time together. I still rip seams, but I’m much better at it now. Practice, after all, makes perfect.

Fast forward a few years later, and I had another go.

She’s definitely better, but she’s still not quite right. A couple of friends tested her for me, and I was reasonably happy with this pattern, at least enough to share on an earlier version of this website.

Fast forward to 2015, and I redrafted her yet again. I was working on the reboot of The Project of Doom at the time, running my pattern company, I had a kid at home, was volunteering with the high school, and honestly, I have no idea what else. With everything else going on, I think I just forgot about her.

See my retired patterns here.

Until last week. While I was organizing some files, there she was. Just waiting for some finishing touches.

I’m pleased to present Fairy, 2023. Much like me, she had no idea where she’d be today!

You can see the bones of the original design in this pattern, but she’s more, well, airborne. More defined. And definitely more 2023.

I hope you like her!

Fairy 2023
10″ paper pieced
a free pattern for personal & non-profit use
© Jennifer Ofenstein
sewhooked.com

Find more Free Pattern Friday Posts!

You’ll find more free quilt patterns in my Quilt Pattern Archive.

Looking for my fandom content? You’ll find it on Fandom in Stitches!

If you would like to support my free content like videos, patterns, and more, you can also find me on Ko-fi!

I hope to see you for my next Talk to Me Tuesday vlog! If you haven’t joined me for TTMT, be sure to stop by to say hello to yours truly and to catch up on what I’ve been working on. Want to join the TTMT community? Find out how here!

Where did my retired patterns go? Read all about that here.

Posts on this blog may contain affiliate links to help cover the cost of my website. I thank you for your generous support. ♥

Free Pattern Friday – Virtual Hugs!

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Surprise, it’s a Free Pattern Friday!

As a person who loves to give and receive hugs, I have found the current social distancing a little trying.

Without being to give out REAL HUGS, I’ve decided to share with you, my online friends, Virtual Hugs!

Make the size you want and give yourself a Virtual Hug from me to you. Share them with your friends and family, too. We could all use a few more hugs right now! ♥

Print or Save Virtual Hugs (Google Drive)

The pattern includes both 6″ & 12″ (finished)

Massive thanks go out to my dear friend and long time pattern tester Amber for getting this super simple pattern tested and for always, always being a fantastic proof-reader!

hugs by amber

Amber’s 6″ Virtual Hugs!

hugs by amber 12in

Amber’s 12″ Virtual Hugs!

Want another size? I can help with that!

Join us for a free sew along and safe socializing over in the Sewhooked Facebook Group! Patterns and other details are available when you join us!

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Facebook Group Sew Along

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Hello, dear friends!

In this crazy time when many of us find our usual activities canceled and ourselves restricted to our homes, I thought a fun, free entirely-online social activity might help us all continue to feel active and connected.

I’m hosting a very informal quilt along over on the Sewhooked Facebook Group.

There are three projects to choose from but there is no schedule and there are no assignments. You pick your project from the three below and we’ll all of sewing along together while sharing our photos and discussion in the Sewhooked Facebook Group.

Participants can choose from the following projects:

Frosted Firs

(pattern available for free when you join the Sewhooked Facebook Group)

Happy Hour 1 & Happy Hour 2

(pattern available for free when you join the Sewhooked Facebook Group)

Clover All Over

Find the free pattern in on the Sewhooked Free Pattern page.

Also available via the Sewhooked Facebook Group.

I hope to see you there and that sewing with us will bring you some cheer in this strange, strange time.

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Free Printable Paper Piecing Tutorial

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Hello, my friends! Many years ago, I wrote a full-length tutorial that has been available for sale in my various online shops. Since I’ve retired from selling, but not from my love of paper piecing, today, I offer it to you for free.

Learn to Paper Piece with Sweet Skating Sue is now available as a FREE printable PDF download. The step-by-step tutorial includes 23 pages of paper piecing goodness perfect for beginners. You get photos and easy-to-understand instructions for paper piecing Sweet Skating Sue. The pattern is also included in the tutorial, so you get everything you need to get started on your paper-piecing adventure! Once you learn the basics using Sweet Skating Sue, you can tackle any project that includes paper piecing. There are thousands of patterns out there, making the possibilities of creating a special quilt project just for you absolutely endless. Prefer a video approach? Paper Piecing Art: Beginner and Beyond, is a full-length class I created for a subscription-based platform back in 2012. Both the class and the pattern are absolutely free.