Stories from the Fandom in Stitches Community: Amie S.

 

Hello Everyone, 
My name is Amie and I'm currently a social worker, student, and quilter   I came to fandom in stitches after attempting a judy niemeyer quilt as my first paper piecing adventure.   I loved the paper piecing but not so much the quilt.    I wanted to try other designers and the fandom offered me a great space and awesome designs. 

I went from learning with the lego star wars and monster Inc patterns to testing patterns around 2018-2019 through present.   I will say with this group we have amazing designers, testers and admins. We also have an amazing community who support each other. 

I found a home and have since tested many amazing patterns and designs. I currently have several in the works and realized after taking photos this week that I definitely need to finish more. 

I continue to love seeing the joy these blocks and quilts give  I can't wait for many more years of the fandom and the beautiful quilts created.  
Amie S.

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Gilmore girls - Luke's Blue Hat

Luke's Blue Hat

Designed & tested by Roxanne Ludwig

@roxludwig

12" paper pieced

Please welcome Roxanne back with a bonus block to go with her Gilmore girl's quilt along patterns!
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Sunday, March 8, 2026 Stories from the Fandom in Stitches Community: Carrie C.

I have been quilting for over 30 years, and found FiS about 10 years ago when searching for some sort of bookshelf quilt pattern. I started with the Project of Doom, and was quickly hooked on paper piecing and FiS patterns!

I’ve used several of the FiS patterns now, including Disney princesses, Game of Thrones, Nightmare before Christmas, Disney villains, Labyrinth, Hocus Pocus, and Dr. Who. I have plans to do a D & D quilt for my oldest who just got their own place, and an Alice in Wonderland (classic movie) quilt as a wall hanging. Most of my quilts are hanging in my house…I have no more wall space! But I have given some as gifts as well.
I enter at least one quilt in the Delaware state fair each year, and the FiS ones are always the talk of the fair!

I became a FiS pattern tester a couple of years ago (looking at you Jeanie Payment) which has been really fun and challenging. I tried my hand at designing, but it’s not my jam. Thank you so much to the designers and other testers and to Jen for creating and maintaining this site and providing free patterns! I don’t know what I’d be doing now without the community.
-Carrie (@cchenquilt73)

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Holiday Favorites - Peanuts (A Charlie Brown Christmas)

Nativity Lucy and Charlie Brown

designed by Holly Urbain (@tbasco33)tested by Olivia Schnell-Martinez12" paper pieced with hand embroidery

Nativity Franklin

designed by Holly Urbain (@tbasco33)tested by Olivia Schnell-Martinez12" x 6" paper pieced with hand embroidery

Nativity Linus

designed by Holly Urbain (@tbasco33)tested by Olivia Schnell-Martinez12" x 6" paper pieced with hand embroidery

Nativity Schroeder

designed by Holly Urbain (@tbasco33)tested by Olivia Schnell-Martinez12" x 6" paper pieced with hand embroidery

Nativity Shermy

designed by Holly Urbain (@tbasco33)tested by Olivia Schnell-Martinez12" x 6" paper pieced with hand embroidery

Nativity Little Drummer boy Snoopydesigned by Holly Urbain (@tbasco33)tested by Olivia Schnell-Martinez12" x 6" paper pieced with hand embroidery
Please welcome back Holly with the first installment of the MUCH anticipated nativity scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Originally intended for A Peanuts Winter Holiday Quilt Along, we these patterns are finally ready to share.
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Stories from the Fandom in Stitches Community: Dana J

Hello fellow quilters!  I was a children’s librarian and elementary school librarian for 17 years and then I moved into elementary classrooms.  I had been a quilter for more than 20 years when I discovered the FIS website.  Somehow, I had MISSED the first Bookshelf quilt along!  I was so excited to participate in 2016.  I did get all my blocks made in a timely fashion, but then I sent them off to a friend with an embroidery machine to add titles for me.

In the meantime, I made full sized one for a young friend getting married (she had been a student at the elementary school where I read Harry Potter books aloud before there was a movie!) and then I made two baby ones for other friends who loved Harry Potter as much as I did.

I learned of the show in Houston to honor the Harry Potter inspired quilts and I worked so hard to get my personal one finished and an entry submitted.  That was in 2020 and while my quilt was accepted (Yay me!) the show was canceled.  
Even though I have made many other quilts since then, I will consider that project to be my personal best.  I loved reliving scenes from the books and movies, considering fabrics, sharing my blocks in the online group and sharing fabrics with quilters issuing and SOS for some prints. I had a special collaboration with my long armer (Candy Carpenter) as she was not even a HP fan and had no idea of the treasure the was creating for me.
Thank you to all who shared their talents in the form of patterns so that others could learn skills and make tangible memories with fabric, thread and sewing machines.  
Sincerely,Dana Johnson

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