NOTICE TO DESIGNERS USING A GOOGLE ACCOUNT TO HOST YOUR PATTERN FILES

Hello, Designers!

Google recently sent out the announcement below. The short version is, if you are using a Google account to host your pattern files, please make sure you've logged into that account in the last two years so your account will not be deleted. Deleted accounts = deleted pattern files = broken links.

If you need your pattern links updated to a new account or for any other reason, we've set up a pattern link update form here.  

If you need Fandom in Stitches to host your file, you can use the link above or you can email patterns  admin@fandominstitches.com. Once again, this is ONLY for patterns already posted to fandominstitches.com

FOR DESIGNERS: 

Pattern link update form

Google Inactive Account Announcement:

(read more on their support page)

Every day Google works hard to keep you and your private information safe and secure by preventing unauthorized access to your Google Account with our built-in security protections. And keeping you safe means having strong privacy practices across our products that minimize how long we store your personal files and any data associated with them. We want to protect your private information and prevent any unauthorized access to your account even if you’re no longer using our services. Therefore, we are updating the inactivity period for a Google Account to two years across all our products and services. This change starts rolling out today and will apply to any Google Account that’s been inactive, meaning it has not been signed into or used within a two-year period. An inactive account and any content in it will be eligible for deletion from December 1, 2023. What this means for you: These changes do not impact you unless you have been inactive in your Google Account for two years or have not used your account to sign in to any Google service for over two years. While the changes go into effect today, the earliest we would enforce any account deletion would be December 2023. If your account is considered inactive, we will send several reminder emails to both you and your recovery emails (if any have been provided) before we take any action or delete any account content. These reminder emails will go out at least 8 months before any action is taken on your account. After a Google Account is deleted, the Gmail address for the deleted account cannot be used again when creating a new Google Account. How to keep your account active? The simplest way to keep a Google Account active is to sign in to the account at least once every two years. If you have signed in to your Google Account recently in the past two years, your account is considered active and will not be deleted. Other ways to keep your account active include: Reading or sending an email Using Google Drive Watching a YouTube video Sharing a photo Downloading an app Using Google Search Using Sign in with Google to sign in to a third-party app or service

 

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Shop Small & Support FiS Designers!

As a special thank you to our Fandom In Stitches Designers and all the free patterns they share with our quilting community over the year, we'd like to invite you to visit their online shops.

When you support our Designers, you support Fandom In Stitches and all the free patterns we offer here for your stitching enjoyment!

Schenley's Patterns on Craftsy

Visit Schenley's pattern shop for paper piecing patterns of a bunch of adorable animals such as bunnies, red pandas, Pennsylvania wildlife, and a teddy bear. Also look for her pizza pattern in case your Ninja Turtles are hungry!

Sarah Baily / Sew What Sherlock's Shop

Sarah sells a few quirky paper piecing patterns and she has several free patterns as well. Paid patterns include a llama, arrows, geek glasses and the inimitable grouchy kitty.

Katie Olson's Etsy Shop

Katie's Etsy shop has assorted quilts and other crafty items such as handy tote bags and felted goodies.

Jennifer Ofenstein's Pattern Shop and Sewhooked on Etsy

Jennifer's Craftsy Pattern Shop includes single blocks patterns, sets, wall hangings, full quilt projects, a block of the month (now complete!) with techniques ranging from paper piecing & traditional piecing to embroidery. Visit her Etsy shop for one of a kind samples and signed magazines where her work has been published.

Francesca Celeste's Etsy Shop

Francesca sells sweet and useful goodies like handmade lanyards and patchwork throw pillows. Be sure to check back as she adds more to her shop!

Médea Gádor's Patterns on Craftsy

Visit Médea Gádor's Pattern shop for some truly unique paper pieced projects!

Allison Brewer's Patterns on Craftsy

Visit Allison's Pattern Shop for lovely buildings, music and more!

Are you a Fandom In Stitches Designer? Email Jennifer (ofenjen@fandominstitches.com) with your shop information and we'll include you in this list!

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Fandom In Stitches and it's designers do not hold copyright on any of the fandom titles represented on this site. Respective Designers reserve copyright on patterns only and request that out of respect for the fandoms we love, that you use them for personal and non-profit reasons only. The Designers at Fandom In Stitches receive no payment for any of the patterns posted and expressly forbid resale.

Tuesday Photos

It's a new month and there's a new Design Challenge celebrating one of our favorite authors, John Green, and his AMAZING book, The Fault in Our Stars. We're inviting you to create awesome fandom-themed patterns to share right here on Fandom In Stitches!

Is there a prize? OF COURSE THERE IS!!

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Love Fandom In Stitches? Nominate us for the 2013 Craftsy Blogger Awards!

A short PSA for Designers:

We currently have over 40 contributing Designers, over half of which are actively designing, which makes it impossible to keep track of each designer individually. We love to post your fabulous patterns, but out of respect for you and your work, we won't do it unless you ask us to.

If you have shared patterns with Fandom In Stitches in the past or are new to FiS and and have fandom patterns you would like to share with our community, please email Jennifer: ofenjen@fandominstitches.com. Please include: Pattern name, flickr link or attach picture, pattern link or attach PDF pattern, finished size & difficulty level out of 5.

PLEASE NOTE patterns are only accepted VIA FLICKR during Challenges. All other patterns should be submitted via email. 

Need more? Everything about Designing for Fandom In Stitches is here!

A short PSA for Visitors:

Our Designers are all volunteers, so patterns are drafted when and if a designer is interested or has the time. We're all fans, too, but each of us is not a fan of everything. The diversity of Designers is what creates the awesome variety that we've assembled here on FiS, so please be respectful when making a request and understand that just because you ask for something doesn't mean it's going to happen immediately. We do our best, but again, we are all volunteers.

New On Fandom In Stitches!

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Each month, Fandom In Stitches gives away a flickr prize for general participation. How do you win one of our fabulous prizes? It's easy! Share photos of your blocks and other projects you have made using Fandom In Stitches patterns with our flickr group! You receive one entry for each project! Only photos posted to flickr are eligible to win.

This month's prize has been donated by the Fandom In Stitches Fairy Godmother. 

FiS button donated by Jennifer.

All winners are chosen via Random.org and notified via flickr message. 

Prizes not claimed after 30 days will go back into the FiS prize box!

Fabulous Flickr Photos

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Don't quilt alone! Join us for quilty discussions and fandomy goodness on the Fandom In Stitches Facebook Group!

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Fandom In Stitches and it's designers do not hold copyright on any of the fandom titles represented on this site. Respective Designers reserve copyright on patterns only and request that out of respect for the fandoms we love, that you use them for personal and non-profit reasons only. The Designers at Fandom In Stitches receive no payment for any of the patterns posted and expressly forbid resale.

Fraud in the Fandom

It has come to our attention that there is a person or persons taking Fandom In Stitches patterns and redrawing* them almost line for line, posting them online and then claiming the patterns as original designs with no credit to FiS or the original designer(s), their websites or blogs.

Besides this being incredibly uncool, it is also fraudulent behavior.

Almost all FiS patterns are Copyright or Creative Commons, per each Designer's policy.

Fandom In Stitches wholeheartedly supports independent fandom designers, and we would, in fact, not exist without them. Our Designers spend hours, days and sometimes weeks tweaking and perfecting their designs before sharing them with the FiS community, all for free.

Fandom In Stitches only posts patterns with Designer permission and we do not now, nor will we ever post patterns based on an existing designed without the express permission of the original designer.

Designers, if your work has been reposted without permission, then I have already contacted you. If you suspect that your work has been fraudulently copied and reposted, please contact FiS Admin as soon as possible.

Thank you to those diligent Fandom In Stitches readers that let us know of this unfortunate happening. We have no intention of acknowledging the person or persons responsible here on FiS. We have no desire to create more of a stir, but we do want our fans to be aware of the situation.

For more about Fandom In Stitches' Designers and to visit their blogs and websites, visit the Designer page.

If you have concerns about the content of this post, please contact us.

*This post was edited on May 17, 2012 to clarify the meaning of "redrafting." previously used in place of "redrawing."

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FiS Wants YOU!

Have you drafted your own embroidery pattern of the Millennium Falcon?

Have created your own cross-stitched TARDIS?

Do you have your own version of Hogwarts...that's applique?

Did you create your own pixel grid layout for an awesome Mario Bros. quilt?

Fandom In Stitches is looking for talent, YOUR talent!

However you design your patterns, and whether you consider yourself a "real" designer or not, please consider sharing your patterns with us.

Fandom In Stitches' goal is to be the best, most inclusive repository of free fandom patterns. To do that, we need your help!

Think you might be interested? Read more about How To Be A Fandom In Stitches Designer!

Questions? Email Jennifer!

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Month 6 - March 7, 2012

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Hey There, Designer

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What You Need to Know to Submit A Pattern

Submission Information and Form

Want to Learn to Design? Get started here!

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What You Need to Know to Submit A Pattern

Thank you for considering sharing your awesome patterns with Fandom in Stitches! We are an entirely volunteer quilting community and bringing fun, free fandom patterns to the world is a group effort!

Please note: Fandom In Stitches is a fan-run website and is funded by Jennifer Ofenstein of Sewhooked. All FiS Designers are volunteers and there is no compensation for posted patterns. Designers keep all rights to their patterns and only agree to allow Fandom In Stitches to share. We reserve the right to refuse any pattern that is inappropriate  for our website and designers may ask us to remove patterns at any time.

Patterns are provided by designers free for non-profit and personal use only. Patterns are not to be sold anywhere at any time. Fandom in Stitches reserves the right to remove patterns after they have been published if necessary. Reasons include, but are not limited to: selling unlicensed merchandise, broken links, non-communication from designers, and pattern errors that are not corrected. Designers also retain the right to ask that their patterns to be removed. ?

Use for manufacture to make items to sell using Fandom in Stitches patterns and duplication to sell patterns is strictly prohibited. All patterns are created by fans for fans and are free for personal & non-profit use only. Read more here.

Here's what you need to know before you submit your work:

• Patterns must be fandom-related: movies, music, books, etc. If it doesn't fit in a fandom, it is not for this website. 
• Patterns must be your own original work.
• Patterns may not in any way incorporate existing patterns, replicate, or alter another designer's work without the express written permission of that designer. 
• Collaborations are welcome.
• Patterns can be drafted using drawing or quilting software or hand-drawn, as long as they are clean and easy to understand (see suggested resources below).
• Please search Fandom in Stitches and do a Google search to make sure your pattern idea hasn't already been designed by someone else. Similar subjects are okay, but if you feel your pattern is very close to someone else's work, please contact that designer before submitting your own design to Fandom in Stitches.
• If you reference a piece of fan art, please have permission from the original artist to use their work and provide a link to them for our post. This is as a courtesy to our fellow fan-artists.
• Patterns technique and style are designer's choice. Any style is acceptable as long as it can be used for a quilt and made by hand or basic sewing machine. Examples would be traditional piecing, applique, embroidery, paper piecing, cross-stitch, etc.
• All FiS patterns are PG-13 or less. This makes our website accessible even when "safe search" is turned on.
• For legal reasons, we don't share or distribute fandom-themed machine embroidery files.
• For legal reasons, we are unable to share patterns from designers who sell unlicensed fandom-themed patterns or products. For more about this, please read our post, Not For Sale.
• Read about Copyright in the U.S.
• Read about Creative Commons

Are you looking to share a Quilt Along? Learn more about that here.

We reserve the right to refuse any pattern that does not comply with the above guidelines.

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Submission Information and Form

To share your fandom themed pattern with fandominstitches.com: ===> Fill Out This Submission Form <=== (Secure Google Form) ALL PATTERNS MUST INCLUDE: your name - Please include any contact information you might wish to share on your actual pattern. We also recommend including "free for personal & non-profit use only" somewhere on your pattern. If you prefer to not share your contact information, please at least share a name or username and we will forward any messages received through Fandom In Stitches regarding your pattern(s). Pattern Title style used (paper pieced, embroidery, etc.). size of finished item in inches skill level out of 5 (example 2/5 - see the top of any of our pattern pages for more information on how patterns are rated) photo/scan of design Submissions need to be accompanied by a quality sample image of the actual quilt or quilt block (photograph or scan, at least 1000 pixels wide).  We will download your block photo and host it on our website. In the past, we asked that you host your own image, but we've had a lot of issues with photo hosting websites changing formats. Photos can also be emailed. PDF Pattern  All patterns should be tested for errors before being submitted. You can test the pattern yourself, have someone else try it out for you, or better yet, have more than one person test. If you need help finding a pattern tester, please contact us to be invited to the Fandom in Stitches Designer & Pattern Tester Group on Facebook. We have lots of members who are happy to help! PDF patterns should be one file. Please merge if necessary. We no longer support folders for a single pattern. If you already have a blog or website where you post your patterns, we can link directly to your pattern there. This works out great for everyone: Quilters have easy access to your patterns in the context of Fandom categories and you get traffic to your site. We recommend using Google Drive for hosting.  Please set your document to "share" so we can link to it from FiS. Google Drive is useful as patterns can be updated without changing the original file link. Click here to learn how to manage files in Google Drive. If you prefer, FiS can upload patterns to our Drive account.  Tag us! @fandominstitches on Instagram & #fandominstitches everywhere! Pattern submissions are not accepted via social media. Thank you.

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Want to Learn to Design? Get started here!

Helpful Software (both free & paid) and Tutorials:

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• Quilt Assistant - Free Quilt Design Software (please read the user agreement carefully, this software is for free patterns only). 
• Tutorials from Quilt Assistant
• Facebook Group for using Quilt Assistant hosted by Fandom in Stitches designers Angela & Daphne
• Alida's How To using Quilt Assistant (written by our very own TweLoQ)
• Tutorial with video from Sew What Sherlock on converting traditional blocks to paper piecing with QA
• Jennifer's review of Quilt Assistant.
• Electric Quilt - for-purchase quilt design software, used by a number of our designers.
• EQ on YouTube
• EQ Forums
• Inkscape - An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Excellent for designing embroidery designs.
• Inkscape Tutorials
• GIMP - GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. Great for editing.
• GIMP Tutorials
• LibreOffice - Open Source office software includes Writer, the word processor, Calc, the spreadsheet application, Impress, the presentation engine, Draw, drawing and flowcharting application, Base, database and database frontend, and Math for editing mathematics.
• Thoughts and suggestions on designing with graphics software: Drawing A Patchy Heart from Sewhooked.

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Do you have links, tutorials, or other resources that you think would be helpful to share here? Email admin@fandominstitches.com!

I've Got My Eye On You

Eye of Sauron by liljabs

We're making great progress with the Sci-Fi/Fantasy page and there are many more great patterns to come! So far, we have Chronicles of Narnia, Doctor Who, The Hunger Games and Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit. Patterns are coming soon for Star Wars, Star Trek and Pirates!

We also have lots of new confirmed Designers! While the Designer page is still in progress, you can get a sneak peak of the talent that will be gracing Fandom In Stitches!

What Sci-Fi/Fantasy patterns would YOU like to see next?

Designers

Event Designers have the following badges:

                        

Designers, get your Fandom In Stitches blog badges here!
If you are missing an event badge, need your information updated, or are a designer and would like to be included here, please contact ofenjen@fandominstitches.com. To be added, please include the following information: Name, Location, Photo of yourself or your work (I am happy to use a quilt or quilt block photo), A brief description of your work. Link to your blog, website, or social media.


Designers & Pattern Testers, contact us to join our Design & Test Facebook Group!

Jennifer Ofenstein Fandom in Stitches Owner/Editor Austin, Texas, USA Sewhooked YouTube Instagram Twitter Facebook.

Jennifer is the owner and editor for Fandom In Stitches. She has been creating fandom quilt patterns since 2005. She is a designer, crafter, webmistress, and paper piecing instructor. She is best known for introducing Harry Potter Paper Piecing quilts to the world and for her other creations shared via Sewhooked, as well being part of the weekly craft vlog community, Talk To Me Tuesday. She's also an avid charity quilter intent on using her skills to #quiltforgood. Jennifer hosted the original Project of Doom (2011), There and Back Again (2012) and The Doctor Who Stitch Along (2013), As You Wish: A Princess Bride Quilt & Stitch Along (2014) and The Project of Doom QAL (2015), I Want to Believe (2016),the Goblin King (2017); The Star Trek Row Along, A Rankin/Bass Inspired Quilt Along, and will be hosting 2021 A Year Of Doom. Jennifer's work has been published in Fat Quarterly, multiple issues of Quiltmaker Magazine and has been featured in various websites, magazines and books. Jennifer is the award-winning designer of The Project of Doom: A Harry Potter Block of the Week Bookcase Quilt.

Lilja Björk Sigurdórsdóttir (liljabs) Reykjavík, Iceland Website

Lilja has been designing paper pieced patterns since early 2010. She is currently a stay at home aunt and spends most of her free time crafting and designing quilt blocks. Lilja was the host & a designer for Not All Who Wander Are Lost, a Lord of the Rings Block of the Month here on Fandom In Stitches.

Michelle Thompson (misha29) Sydney, Australia Blog

Mom of two children. I work part time as a book keeper. I have been quilting for 14 years - I started when my daughter was born with a Sunbonnet Sue crib quilt but I have been sewing since I was 8 (well that's when I got my first sewing machine). I have been designing my own patterns for a while now - maybe 5 years or more and have been paper piecing since quilt number 2.

Alida (TweLoQ) Derwood, MD, USA blog pattern blog

Computer Science researcher from 9 am to 5 pm...  Paper piecing obsessed person from 7 am to 8:59 am and from 5:01 pm to 11 pm :) I put my hands on a sewing machine for the first time in December 2012 and since then I never stopped! I started designing my patterns after few months because, as a computer scientist, I had to use all those amazing software to create paper piecing patterns! My favorite patterns to design are Alice in Wonderland, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and many other Disney characters. In March 2014, TweLoQ joined the Fandom in Stitches staff as one of our Staff Writers.

Vanda Chittenden Amanzimtoti, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa Blog

It's funny, I never like sewing. Until 1 day 3 years ago, my Late Aunt introduced me to quilting and I was hooked. I mostly did traditional quilts for awhile, then I started trying out paper piecing patterns when I stumbled on Fandom in Stitches 2 years ago. It was so addicting, I just can't stop sewing. Then this year, for the geek in me, I decided I need to take things further and start designing my own patterns, as I really wanted to make some Geek related quilts. I hope you like my patterns that I am sharing with you. Vanda joined the Fandom in Stitches staff as a Staff Writer March 2015.

Catherine Magraith (hardhatcat) South Australia Etsy

Mum of two young boys, I’m also a Civil/Traffic Engineer in the office and a knitting/sewing crafty person at home.  Although I have been sewing general items since I was about 8, I got interested in quilting with Jennifer Ofenstein’s Harry Potter quilt blocks.  That meant I also had to learn to PP.  Thanks to Jennifer and her great online tutorials I learned to do both and it wasn’t long and I was starting to design my own. I’ve designed for a few fandoms including Harry Potter, but have done a lot of work on Twilight themed quilt blocks and have participated in a few Twilight themed charity fundraiser quilts. I’m also known for my love of chickens (I have pet chickens) and have designed several chicken themed blocks over the years.

Schenley Pilgram (schenleyp) Etsy

Schenley has been paper-piecing and designing original patterns since late 2009.  She currently works as a TSS with kids on the autism spectrum, but spends most of her remaining time sewing, taking pictures, keeping up with friends on facebook, and spoiling two house rabbits.

Jennifer Rowles Playful Piecing Texas, USA Facebook

My very first attempt at quilting was as broke 19 yr old. Hand sewn top that never got quilted is still in my sewing room. My first experience paper piecing came in 2010. I found Jennifer’s original (Ya Know before POD!) Harry Potter patterns. Determined to make one of my Potter Fanatics in the house a Harry Potter quilt, I started paper piecing without a clue to what I was doing. I have been hooked on paper piecing ever since. I  enjoy hand embroidery, machine embroidery, and traditional quilting, But PP is my first love! I started designing in 2013, when I couldn’t locate just the right character for my littlest Star Wars fan in the house. I have truly enjoyed seeing my patterns come to life and sharing them with you. I hope you loved them as much as I do.

Kim K Evansville, In, USA Blog

Hi y'all! I design works based off of the fandoms I adore. Some of the things you'll see from me are HP, LOTR, Pixar, Disney, Hunger Games, Superheroes, Doctor Who, and many, many more. I'm a bit of a geek (punny, right?) and I can't wait to share more geeky patterns with you guys!

Aalia Zaman (aalia7) Texas, USA Blog

I was introduced to paperpiecing through Jennifer's Project of Doom and was instantly addicted. I've been sewing and embroidering since I was a girl, and am just now beginning to design paperpieced patterns. This happens as life permits...I am a homeschooling mum of two amazing little girls. Oh, and fandoms? HP and ST:TNG. And I'm still an X-Phile. :)

Susanne Klemm Quilt It Out

I am in love with fabric and sewing. I like to quilt, sew bags and pouches. I share my crafty live on my blog. Best wishes Susanne aka Suleon

Liza Smith Denver, CO, USA Blog Etsy Facebook

I've always been a crafty person.  After learning to make handmade cards to save money one holiday season I was hooked.  Soon I was learning new crafts such as crochet, acrylic painting, and photography.  In the winter of 2011 I began to be drawn into sewing after seeing clothing reconstruction videos online.  After growing up wearing handmade clothes that my mother made out of necessity I knew my mother had the skills to teach me.  Digging her old machine out of storage she taught me the basics and set me free, and I haven't looked back since.  Quilting came as an afterthought when I saw a quilt kit on clearance in my local craft store.  I now do more of it than any other craft.  I'm still learning quilting basics, and designing basics, and loving every minute!

Kristen Nelson Blog

I have been sewing since age 10. I started with cross stitch and worked my way up to other things. My introduction to paper piece quilting was the Twilight block of the month on the twilight crafts web site. From there I found sewhooked and now FIS. I started designing my own patterns in 2011 after I had surgery and couldn't sew. I love designing blocks, but I'm very fast at sewing them.

Regina Grewe Textile Landscapes

Regina Grewe lives in Germany and is well known for her nature oriented patterns. She started quilting in 1999 and developed a lively interest in its technical aspects. Soon she became a teacher for piecing and appliqué in Germany and Europe. Along the way she developed her personal style on paper piecing techniques and patterns. She also has an international website where she provides free patterns and tips.

Elizabeth Mosher, aka "Doodle" Painted Post, NY, USA Blog

My mother was a wonderful seamstress and she taught me how to sew early on. She taught me the basics of paper-piecing, but I was an impatient little kid and quickly got frustrated and bored... It wasn't until after I had gotten married that I picked up quilting again, but this time I found paper-piecing to be delightful! Stumbling across Fandom in Stitches opened my eyes to the possibilities that paper-piecing afforded and I couldn't resist designing some of my own patterns. My husband and our young son are very patient with me as my fabric stash threatens to escape the sewing room and take over the house!

A.E. Clark (AC Quilts) Tales of a Caffeine Junkie

My grandmother taught me to stitch by hand when I was 5. The first thing I made was a comforter for my American Girl Doll’s bed. Since then, there’s been no turning back. I machine stitch clothes, and knit and crochet anything you can name (even making my own fandom patterns). My first quilt was just a bunch of squares of fabric leftover from various projects. My first foray into paper-piecing was after I saw a picture of the PoD on tumblr and thought “I can make that” – a thought I often have when I see things online. Since then, FiS has become a bit of a drug that balances the insanity of my non-crafting life where I’m pursuing a Ph.D. in Analytical Chemistry. Crafting keeps me sane. Thanks for promoting my sanity.

Kaylee Ovel New Hampton, Iowa, USA

A major geek who knows her Sontarans from her Ferengi. First started crafting around four when her lovely mother taught her how to crochet. Worked at a local quilting shop threw out high school learning all types of skills. Recently graduated from University of Northern Iowa with a major in studio arts. Learned of FIS threw the wonderful TABABOM.

Jenna Johnson Bristol, Virginia, USA itsgeekcraft.blogspot.com

I'm a 26 year old who doesn't really know what she wants to do when she grows up, but I really love crafting: crochet, quilting, embroidering, costuming, paper crafts and more. (Although knitting seems to be beyond my reach.)

Helen Welsh (StitchyDragon) Scotland Blog

I’m Helen Welsh aka StitchyDragon & I live in the Highlands of Scotland. I’ve been sewing in one form or another since I was tiny & the saying “my heart is fed with needle & thread” could have been written about me! In addition to quilting, cross stitch, & more general sewing, I enjoy crochet, knitting, & card making. A couple of years ago I finally found a use for computers & the internet – exploring the wide world of online crafting! I have “met” new friends & learned many new skills & techniques including paper piecing.

Clare Hertfordshire UK BeeKnee Hoonies  Twitter FB Pinterest

I love to sew and crochet. I'm generally a fabricaholic and a craftypants :)  Started paper piecing in Jan 2013 and fell madly in love with it! Im new to designing so please be gentle with me :)  I love to chat so pop by and say hellooo on twitter or my facebook page :)

Lynne Schwarz

I’m a new empty-nester, wife and Greater Columbia Quilt Guild member who has only recently started quilting when I came across the Fandom Website and fell in love with paper piecing. My family and I are life-long Disney fans but love anything Science Fiction or book related. I have just started my hand at designing and would love to start a blog but I'm like a monkey with two sticks at the computer at this time! Let me learn a bit more and then watch out!! Any questions, comments or requests, please email me at: schwarzthomas@hotmail.com

Katie Olson Tacoma, WA, USA Facebook

I am a elementary music teacher who enjoys quilting to relax, I got hooked on fandom in stitches thanks to the muppets patterns and decided to try a sock monkey pattern to go with some fabric I had been given. That was successful, so my aunt recruited me to draft some Dr. Seuss patterns for her, and I have found it a lot of fun. I have been quilting for over half my life. I love miniature and intricately pieced blocks, and have completed a Dear Jane quilt and am working on a Nearly Insane one on and off now in between any number of other projects.

Elizabeth (Such a Sew and Sew) Blog

I’m a mom to two beautiful kids and have a wonderful husband. I’m a mostly part-time but sometimes full-time book keeper and in every spare moment, I love to sew. My mom taught me when I was about 8. I started with pillowcases and shorts and then moved on to Cabbage Patch Kids clothes and then actual people clothes. I have always loved the “fabric arts.” I took a break from it, though, from my early twenties to my late twenties and at that time found that I love piecing quilts. In the last few years, I’ve learned how to machine quilt and wish I could piece and quilt all the time. I also love embroidery and appliqué. When I’m not at my machine, I like to cook and garden.

Tanesha (CraftyGardenMom) Maryland, USA CraftyGarden Mom Blog CraftyGarden Mom PodCast

I am a Mom to 2 young girls and in my "rare and spare" time I love working on my hobbies of quilting, knitting, and gardening - not necessarily in that order. I am also a proud book nerd, and have the best f/t career as a book buyer where I can read to my heart's desire and get a paycheck to do it. I've been making stuff since I was very young, and quilting for over 20 yrs. I have a wicked case of Crafter's ADD and you'll often find me happily wandering the craft store aisles picking up yarn, fabric, scrapbooking supplies, or jewelry making supplies that will either sit on my shelves for months unused, or in a mad flurry of creativity, be used up in a weekend. One day I bumped my head hard in one of those craft store aisles and decided to start a blog calling myself the Crafty Garden Mom, a nickname my daughter gave me one day while we were gardening right after crafting together. A few months later I bumped my head again (have to stop DOING that!) and started recording a podcast about crafting, books, and motherhood (Crafty Garden Mom in iTunes).

Amber Lowery Illinois, USA Facebook

Amber is a bit of a quirky crafter.  Fairly new to embroidery, she began designing her own patterns in late 2013 after some encouragement and enabling. Known better for her prolific crochet works and her pattern testing abilities (as well as Secret Keeper  AND Princess duties), Amber strives to learn new stuff every day. (Good thing she works in a library.) Designing blocks for the As You Wish 2014 was her first (but hopefully not her last) designing adventure with Fandom In Stitches.

Gretchen Kohlhaas Illinois, USA

I have been sewing since I was a little kid in Clothing I in 4-H, but I have been quilting since I was 16 or 17 - a long time. I sewed a Log Cabin Quilt In A Day quilt top that I entered into my 4-H Show Days - and the lady didn't believe I had made it - how funny is that! Now, I did not quilt it - my aunt quilted it on her then-brand new long arm machine, but I don't think the judge could even wrap her head around a 17 year old making a quilt back then.  Since then I have moved from strip piecing, to intricate and HST's, through traditional, to hand sewing hexies, to following modern bloggers, to finding the PoD in 2015. I was instantly hooked on PP and when I couldn't find the patterns I wanted, I decided to figure out QA and make my own! I can't hardly sew without that satisfying popping sound that only needle through paper can make. 😉 Thanks for letting me share my patterns with you guys!

Karen Mcguigan Darwin, Australia blog

I live in tropical Darwin, Australia, with almost no need for quilts or blankets, but here I am anyway still working on lots of them! As well as working full time in an entirely unrelated field, I am a self-taught knitter, sewer, quilter and occasional blogger who enjoys trying new things crafty and creative and seeing what happens.  Discovering Fandom in Stitches in 2015, my inner, nerdy fandomness was released and I found myself obsessively stitching up lots of fandom patterns. All that time spent creating from others' pattern inevitably evolved into dabbling in both embroidery and paper-pieced pattern designing.

The Strange Are Quilting Michigan, USA

I am a mother to two wonderful children, married and work full-time as a scientist. On top of designing geeky quilt patterns, I knit, crochet, afghan crochet, write fan fiction, design cross-stitch designs and sew in my free time.

Jeanie Payment Jeanie's Dreams Ripley, TN

I have been quilting for over 20 years, but it hasn,t been until the last few years when I started challaging myself.I am self taught, and pretty much stuck with simple patterns that I drew out on draft paper. I have no idea how many quilts I have made over the years. I let quilting go for several years. Went back to school and started a new career. I started back quilting small projects, researching online groups. After seeing such amazing work from everyone I was inspired to challange my style. I have grown leaps and bounds this time and have no intention of stopping. On every quilt you do try at least one new thing. There are so many options, you just might surprise yourself.

Holly Urbain

I work selling land surveying equipment & software and train users on the gear throughout the Midwest of USA. I grew up in a western Chicago suburb and currently live in Wisconsin with my two cats. My mom taught me to sew as a child. I must always be creating something using fabric, stained and fused glass, clay, wood, watercolor paint or glass fired enamels. I love gardening and sports. I am addicted to paper piece pattern making. I found the FIS site when making quilts for my nieces and nephews in early 2017. They are all still UFO. I pieced a compete full size POD of Harry potter designs and pieced a bunch of the FIS Star Wars designs. Began PP designing with more Star Wars and Marvel comic designs to fill up their quilts and got hooked. I like to test for other talented designers to remind me of good design techniques but really prefer making the designs! I am very happy and humbled to be a part of this group and get joy when I see one of my designs come together. I love Christmas and all things Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. I am proud to have participated in the Rankin Bass quilt along 2019.

lollyquilts.blogspot.com @somecallmelolly on IG/ TikTok

Mom of 4, Nana of 1 Laura works as an F-15 Engineer and found paper piecing/ fandom quilting in 2013.  As a total Harry Potter nerd - the Project of Doom set the stage for other multi-fandom variations of the same quilt and led to designing in 2015.  To date, Laura has designed patterns for the Jurassic Park QAL (2020) and Year of Doom QAL (2021) as well as many other patterns for fandominstitches.com.

Jane Korsberg Cleveland, Ohio, USA

I have sewn most of my life (starting with clothing construction), but got hooked on paper-piecing in 2014 when I took a Judy Niemeyer pattern class.  I discovered FIS when The Star Trek Row Along was introduced.  Since then I’ve enthusiastically made many quilts using the patterns shared.  I wanted to “give back” so began testing blocks for designers, and then decided to take the plunge to try designing in 2020.  The more I do, the more I enjoy the process! This group is wonderfully supportive (shout out to Holly).   As I head toward retirement (I am a Registered Dietitian in private practice), I plan to be involved more. :-)

Roxanne Ludwig

I have been quilting for over 30 years and have developed a love for paper piecing. For the last 6 years I have been designing for myself. And now I want to design for others to sew. It’s exciting to see the final result sewn by others. (Designs coming soon!)

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