comfort quilts

I Need to Do Some Quilting... from The Cozy Quilter

Back in February, I took a Zoom class with Cheryl Arkison called Traditional Variations. The idea was to take a traditional block and change it up in some way. I made blocks based on four traditional blocks: churn dash, pinwheel, log cabin and sawtooth star. This week, I finished my last three blocks and put the top together, except for the final border which is cut but not sewn on yet. This quilt will be donated to the Toronto Modern Quilt Guild outreach project--Quilts for Survivors of Residential Schools. My husband and I participated in a Healing Walk this morning ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 2 months ago. under cheryl arkison , comfort quilts , finn , flowers , lupins , quilts for survivors , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , selvages , slow sunday stitching

Hands 2 Help 2022 & Mercyful Quilts from Needle and Foot

I am guessing this isn’t news to all quilters who happily participate in Hands 2 Help each year but the event is being coordinated by Mari of Academic Quilter this year. Sarah has a lot going on right now and rather than having to skip a year of making quilts for deserving people and organizations, Mari has stepped in and is hosting the whole event! We are all grateful to Mari for taking this on but most especially grateful are the staff and families at Mercy Hospital in Sacramento, California. To read the details about this year’s Hand ...

added by Bernie 3 years, 6 months ago. under academicquilter , comfort quilts , donation quilts , hands2help , kindness & community , merciful quilts , mercyful quilts (Comments)

This Week's Sewing Adventures from The Cozy Quilter

It's been a busy week in the sewing room at my house! The log blocks really did nothing to enhance my Oxford Quilter's Guild VP day challenge quilt so I removed them and made a few more HST's. I rearranged the HST's to my liking and then started sewing the rows together. Most of the rows are sewn and the top two are sewn to each other. I will likely finish this top this week. I love the Shweshwe fabrics I have used for this project!

I finished the embroidery on my Lupine quilt label this ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 6 months ago. under cheryl arkison , comfort quilts , elgin piecemakers , embroidery , finn , guild challenge , hst's , knitting , oxford quilters guild , quilting class , slow sunday stitching

Prepping for Guild Sewing Day and some Hand stitching. from The Cozy Quilter

I'm not one of those quilters who cuts everything out before starting to sew a quilt. I like to cut a little, sew a little, press a little and then repeat until I have enough blocks. This week, I started getting ready for the Vice President's Challenge day at the Oxford Quilters Guild next Saturday. This event, usually in person, will be on Zoom again this year. I needed several fat quarters and some yardage for background for this project. We are to prepare a whole bunch of HST's before the sewing day. I am using some ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 7 months ago. under binding , comfort quilts , embroidery , finn , hiking , hst's , lupins , oxford quilters guild , puzzles , quilt labels , slow sunday stitching

Blocks, Blocks and More Blocks from The Cozy Quilter

I dug into my scrap bins this week to made my Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks for February in Turquoise. I am working on three RSC projects for this year. The first one is a 36 patch.

Next, I pulled out my selvages and foundation pieced these squares on lightweight non-fusible interfacing. Then, I cut them in half. I am still not sure if these will become flying geese or HST's.

Time to dig into my turquoise bits and pieces to make a Drunkard's path block. The four quarter circle units are not sewn to each other yet. I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 7 months ago. under binding , comfort quilts , elgin piecemakers , finn , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Red Scraps and a Gift from The Cozy Quilter

The red scraps were flying in my sewing room this week. I have decided to do three rainbow scrap challenge quilts this year. When I made the selvage hot pads as Christmas gifts, it quickly became apparent that my selvage collection is out of control! I had sorted some of my selvages into bags by colour so I grabbed the red bag and some light-weight non-fusible interfacing and made two squares.

I also pieced some smaller red scraps together and used my drunkard's path rulers to make 4 quarter circle blocks. They are not sewn together yet as I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 8 months ago. under bonus hst's , comfort quilts , drunkard's path , finn , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , selvages , zippered pouch

Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2022 and Comfort Quilts from The Cozy Quilter

Last year, I made a couple of RSC quilts using the monthly colours at Angela's blog. This year, in an effort to use up even more scraps, I will be working on three projects. I managed to get one block for the first quilt done this week using leftover red 2.5" squares from last year's projects. The white solid squares were cut from my solid scrap bin.

We took a long drive in the car this week to take our daughter and Finn home. I volunteered to bind a comfort quilt for the Elgin Piecemakers Guild and ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 8 months ago. under binding , comfort quilts , elgin piecemakers , finn , hand sewing , knitting , rainbow scrap challenge

Three Finishes to Share from The Cozy Quilter

Like many of you, I love to make gifts at Christmas for my friends and family. Sometimes, a block I see on someone's blog or on Instagram catches my fancy and I print out the instructions. This was the case this week with this Peppermint Twist block from @runningstitchquilts. I made this block into a little table mat for a friend. She has already opened it as I thought she might like to display it this year. I used a snowflake print for the backing.

I finished the binding on my batik disappearing nine patch quilt last weekend. This ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 9 months ago. under christmas gifts , comfort quilts , finn , snowflake quilt , table toppers , wall hangings

Retreat Sewing and a Comfort Quilt from The Cozy Quilter

I love going on quilting retreats! Lots of uninterrupted time to sew, no meals to make and no dishes to do! Christine and I had a wonderful time and both of us got lots of sewing done. I made this cute little wall hanging--I called it "Gnome for the Holidays!". The gnome block was designed by cottonandjoy.com. I quilted it with my walking foot--inspired by a class I took with Jacqui Gering a few years ago. I even added a hanging sleeve and have cut the dowel! I will find a spot to hang my Gnome tomorrow.

I assembled ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 9 months ago. under christmas quilts , comfort quilts , elgin piecemakers , finn , lupins , pillowcases

Packing up for another Retreat! from The Cozy Quilter

My friend, Christine, and I are off to another quilting retreat this weekend! The weather looks good and won't interfere with our plans. I have packed several projects to take with me including the Lupin Quilt (all of the blocks are made and the sashing and borders are cut out and ready to go):

A comfort quilt for the local women's shelter using bird blocks made by members of the Elgin Piecemakers: (all sashing, cornerstones and borders are cut) The last block was given to me last week.

My modern sampler quilt: (all blocks made and the fabric ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 9 months ago. under comfort quilts , elgin piecemakers , finn , knitting , lupins , modern bom , retreat

October UFO's and PomPoms! from The Cozy Quilter

I finally made my September block for the Elgin Piecemakers Guild Comfort quilt project this past week! We were each to make a bird block with a gray background. We had plans to meet outside in September in someone's backyard but it poured rain the night of our meeting and it got cancelled so now, the bird blocks will be handed in with the October blocks this month. I had already made all of my blocks for the rest of the year in the spring so this was the last one to make for 2021. I used a Riley ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 10 months ago. under baby quilts , charm packs , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , finn , knitting , love birds , round robin , toronto modern quilt guild , ufo's , walking foot quilting

Comfort Quilt Seeds from Art In Search

Wow, I received 2 quilts in the mail from Quiltdiva Julie to use for comfort quilts. The first was the Plaid HSTs. I knew I wanted to make it bigger to be a better comfort size. When I buy fabric I think I may want to use for borders, I buy a half yard. Not a good plan. If I need it wider, it is not enough. Note to self- buy a yard or more, it will get used.

As done by Julie

I found the perfect light green with white dots design, but only had enough for a finished ...

added by Linda Swanekamp 4 years, 2 months ago. under comfort quilts , plaid

Back in the Sewing Room from The Cozy Quilter

My husband and I both had our second vaccines this past week. Happy Dance! I'm looking forward to getting out more but am also feeling cautious about it at the same time. Baby steps...

I managed to get back into my sewing room this week and get some projects moving along. First up, I made two Blue blocks for my Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilt...one in turquoise and one in navy. Great way to revisit my scraps and use some of them up.

I used some orphan blocks to make these 8.5" square little quilts for a charity ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 2 months ago. under comfort quilts , finn , flowers , knitting , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , toronto modern quilt guild

Yellow and Gray Churn Dash, Pineapples, etc. from The Cozy Quilter

Despite some sewing machine challenges (it's in for repair now), I managed to finish the yellow and gray scrappy churn dash quilt this past week. I love this colour combination! The backing is a Libs Elliott print which I had in my stash---but only one yard so I had to add a yellow strip to make it big enough for the backing. The binding is a yellow Kona solid. The quilting was done with bright yellow Aurifil 50wt thread.

At a Zoom sew-in on Tuesday, I made a block for the September Comfort quilt for the Elgin Piecemakers. The ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 3 months ago. under colour blocks , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , embroidery , finn , flowers , knitting , pineapple log cabin , slow sunday stitching

Hands2Help, 2021 Comfort Quilts from Baby Boomer Quilting Bee

It's that time of the year again .... sewing machines are busy completing comfort quilts for the 2021 Hands2Help Quilt Challenge, hosted by Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict. This is my 11th year participating and I couldn't be prouder.

With the Pandemic, I have a feeling this will be the largest collection yet. Visit the Hands2Help 2021 page on Confessions of a Fabric Addict for a parade of beautiful quilts.

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The six (6) quilts I donated this year, went to Emily, with Aunt Ems Quilts; for her charity Quilty Hugs for Happy Chemo. A side note, Emily ...

added by Jamie Janow Elfert 4 years, 3 months ago. under black cat creations , chunky pinwheels , comfort quilts , confessions of a fabric addict , hands2help , i love you more quilt , plus quilt , scrap quilt , string quartet quilt , string quilts

Hands2Help 2021 - And The Quilts Keep Rolling In! from Confessions of a Fabric Addict

Hi, all!

This year's response to the Hands2Help Comfort Quilt Challenge has been overwhelming - after posting so many beautiful "non-blogger" quilts on Sunday, I kept receiving more in my inbox! So here's another post with some beauties....

Yvonne J. is sending these colorful quilts to Little Lambs and Covered In Love!

And here are quilts with a theme - made by Paula D., they are going to
some Hometown Hero teachers, a guidance counselor, and an after-school care worker!

Kathy L. made this beautiful quilt for Quilty Hugs

Kathryn S. sent these two to Quilty Hugs!

Jean W. donated ...

added by Sarah Craig 4 years, 3 months ago. under comfort quilts , h2h , hands2help

A Whole Lot of Binding! from The Cozy Quilter

This was my week for hand stitching binding, among other projects. I finished hand stitching the binding on these three placemats for Meals on Wheels last weekend. I now have 12 made for the Elgin Piecemakers donation and three for the Oxford Guild donation.

Next up, this quilt was pieced by a member of the Elgin Piecemakers who sadly passed away. It was given to the guild by her family and we decided at a recent meeting that it would be quilted by one of our long arm quilter members and then bound by me before donating it to the ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 3 months ago. under binding , colour blocks , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , gardens , hand sewing , maria shell , placemats , slow sunday stitching

Spring Sewing from The Cozy Quilter

Well, winter did not rear its head this week, thankfully, even though it was a bit chilly for a couple of days.

I managed a few hours in the sewing room this week and completed two more placemats for Meals on Wheels. I have three more tops made and they will be quilted and bound this coming week. I have fabric picked out for the rest of the dozen placemats I will be making and hope to finish them soon as well. I am the type of person who likes to get things done ahead of time so I don ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 4 months ago. under colour blocks , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , gardens , hand sewing , i spy quilts , love birds , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching

Making Blocks from The Cozy Quilter

Happy Easter!

Lucky for me, the colour of the month at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is Blue for April. I had already started making blue blocks for my Colour Block Challenge quilt for April so these two challenges will be met together. I ended up making 12 medium/dark blue blocks and then found I had a stack of light blue squares as well. I made 4 light blue blocks and put them all up on the design wall to consider my next steps. I looked at my stash and found some red solid fabric which I will use for ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 5 months ago. under colour blocks , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , finn , gardens , knitting , modern bom , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Stitching on Multiple Projects from The Cozy Quilter

The rainbow scrap challenge colour for February was yellow so I made lots of yellow and gray 16 patches which I used this week to make my version of the Colour Block March quilt Pattern. I may or may not add borders to this quilt...it is currently about 45" square. I will pick out some backing fabric soon and quilt this one myself. I have several quilts in line to be quilted on my DSM. Sometimes, the quilting mood hits and I get a bunch done all at once. I am hoping this happens soon!

There are some leftover ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 6 months ago. under books , colour blocks , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , finn , gardens , hand sewing , knitting , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching

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