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Paper Piecing Design Challenge!

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Image from HP Paper Piecing

Image from HP Paper Piecing

Announcing, Beedle The Bard Paper Piecing Design Challenge! This is for Harry Potter fans who love to quilt. Contest starts May 20 and is being hosted by HP Paper Piecing (HP = Harry Potter).

Challenge description:

Design one new Harry Potter-themed paper pieced pattern using the stories from Beedle The Bard as your inspiration! The pattern needs to fit on one piece of 8 1/2? x 11? paper for easy printing. I find that 7? x 10? works well for a 5? pattern, which makes it easier for our International quilters to print. Anything beyond that tends to get cropped when printed.

You have until June 23rd, so get out your paper and start drawing. Go here for more information.

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Are you hosting a Harry Potter party? Check out these DIY Harry Potter crafts on Craftbits.com that we made and take a look at them in our very own Harry Potter Party we hosted. We also created these Harry Potter cupcakes and share the tutorial here. Check out the Harry Potter Cookbook too for fun party food.

If you are looking for Harry Potter gifts check out these on Etsy.

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