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Hand Appliqué, Knitting and Y-seams from The Cozy Quilter

I have been working on a secret project this week which cannot be revealed until October. It involved some hand appliqué so here is a sneak peak:

I will continue to work on this project behind the scenes for several weeks. I am waiting for inspiration to hit before I do the next step.

In the knitting department, I made a simple dishcloth out of some leftover yarn from one of the facecloths. I thought there would be enough left in the ball to make the dishcloth, but I ran out before finishing so I just cast off. This left ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 day, 20 hours ago. under applique , bom , counted cross stitch , dish cloths , flowers , gardens , guild challenge , knitting , libs elliott , slow sunday stitching

This Week's Projects from The Cozy Quilter

The neighbourhood is expanding! I have 20 houses made now and lots of fabric set aside for more of them. This will be an ongoing project for a few weeks.

I also made the June and July blocks for the London Modern Quilt Guild HST block of the month mystery quilt. There was one block for June and two for July so now I am all caught up until the next block pattern comes out in August. Each month, we learn how to make HST's in a different way for our block that month.

I started another knitted facecloth ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , flowers , gardens , hand sewing , hex n more ruler , hexagons , knitting , scrappy trips , slow sunday stitching

Baby Quilt Done, Lap Quilt Started from The Cozy Quilter

Last week, I showed two piles of blocks for this baby quilt--the rectangular four patches and the I Spy blocks. I have way too many I spy fabrics but could not resist buying this one to add to my collection--who doesn't love a popsicle in the summertime?

I got busy at my sewing machine this week and put the quilt top together, quilted it on my DSM and did the binding...One completed baby quilt in less than a week!

Since I did not want to go out to a quilt store to buy backing, I pieced the backing ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under baby gifts , baby quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , gardens , i spy quilts , knitting , lap quilts , slow sunday stitching

A Little Sewing and a Little Knitting! from The Cozy Quilter

Our daughter arrived earlier this week for a visit and to pick up Finn and take him home. She was a bit worried that Finn would forget her since he was here for 11 weeks while she was busy at work. I assured her that Finn would be very excited to see her, and he was! I thought his tail was going to fall off, it was wagging so hard! Here is a picture of the happy reunion.

My daughter showed me a picture of a face covering and matching dog bandana she saw on the internet...she wanted a ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , dish cloths , finn , flowers , gardens , knitting , slow sunday stitching

Are You Stitching? from Luann's Loose Threads

Hello Friends

Right now most all of us are in some stage of a stay at home order or quarantine. So I'm wondering if you are stitching and being productive or if you're in the same boat as me. I seem to flit from one project to another and can't seem to settle on anything that will hold my interest for more than 10 minutes. It really irritates me that I have all of this time on my hands and can't seem to focus. I have to tell you that I really admire all of you ...

added by LuAnn 3 months ago. under bias tape ties , christmas stitchery , christmas stockings , counted cross stitch , pandemic , sewing masks , yeast bread

Are You Stitching? from Loose Threads

Hello Friends

Right now most all of us are in some stage of a stay at home order or quarantine. So I'm wondering if you are stitching and being productive or if you're in the same boat as me. I seem to flit from one project to another and can't seem to settle on anything that will hold my interest for more than 10 minutes. It really irritates me that I have all of this time on my hands and can't seem to focus. I have to tell you that I really admire all of you ...

added by LuAnn 3 months ago. under bias tape ties , christmas stitchery , christmas stockings , counted cross stitch , pandemic , sewing masks , yeast bread

Slow Sunday Stitching and Knitting from The Cozy Quilter

Hello! We had a glorious sunny day yesterday and much of the day was spent outside, cleaning up the gardens, walking Finn and reading in the gazebo. We even ate out lunch outside on the patio for the first time this year. There was no stitching or knitting of any kind yesterday, but, today, it is raining, a perfect day to stay inside and do some slow stitching.

I finished my basket weave dish cloth this week. You can really see the pattern created by the variegated yarn, now that it is done. I have a new knitting pattern for ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 1 week ago. under counted cross stitch , dish cloths , farm girl vintage , finn , flowers , knitting

Slow Stitching and Some New Blocks from The Cozy Quilter

How are you all doing? I'm trying to keep busy--I walk Finn every morning and sometimes in the evenings too. In between, I read, knit, cross stitch, sew and do odd jobs around the house. My husband is working from home so Finn and I can't have any wild parties...LOL!

The basket weave pattern is showing up more on my dish cloth this week. I am getting better at this pattern now and it is going a bit quicker. I may need to make a couple more cloths this way to get it into my muscle memory ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , dish cloths , farm girl vintage , finn , gardens , knitting , slow sunday stitching

Happy Easter! from The Cozy Quilter

Another week of staying home. Another week of hoping and praying that the COVID-19 pandemic will soon be under control and the worrying and anxiety can ease. I spent some time this week on adding stitches to my March Linen and Thread ornament. I don't plan ahead which colours are going to go where--I just wing it as I go along, and so far I have been pleased with how each ornament has evolved.

I was getting tired of making the same dish cloth pattern over and over again so decided to try something different. I had a dish ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , face masks , finn , knitting , lap quilts , scrub hats , slow sunday stitching

A Variety of Projects this Week from The Cozy Quilter

Last Sunday, I brought up this week's sewing projects from the basement sewing room to the dining room table where I have set up my temporary sewing space while Finn the grand-dog is here. The first order of business for the week was to finish quilting this table topper, started 7 years ago. As you can see, the binding is on and it is done! The blocks are Bonnie Hunter's Boxy Stars.

I don't know about you, but I am finding it hard to stay focussed on one thing for very long these days and tend to ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months ago. under boxy stars , counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , knitting , scrub hats , slow sunday stitching , table toppers

Projects From Stitching Friends from Collector with a Needle

Ferns and Berries - Florence Block 1

Checking in with my stitching friends!
Wishing you all the best, thinking of you.

A couple stitching friends sent me photos of their current work and gave me permission to share with you.

Florence shared her Ferns and Berries project. She's using a small reproduction indigo print with red berries and reverse applique.

For the berry stems, she's using an embroidered chain stitch.

Antique Quilt from our collection

This is our original - from our pattern cover.

The antique quilt is very heavily hand quilted with detailed motifs.

The original had embroidered stems ...

added by Dawn 4 months ago. under antique quilt , antique sampler , applique , counted cross stitch , cross stitch , ferns and berries , reproduction quilt

A Few Finishes from The Cozy Quilter

My sewing machine was moved up to the dining room table as the sewing room is not a safe place for Finn to hang out with me...too many things for a curious little dog to get into. I started out this week making three more blocks for the London Modern Guild HST BOM. The patterns for April and May were posted this week --three blocks in total. Here are my blocks.

And here are all 8 that I have made so far. The final reveal of how they are to be put together will happen at the end of ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 1 week ago. under bom , counted cross stitch , finn , knitting , london modern quilt guild , slow sunday stitching , snowflake quilt

National Quilting Day, plus some Slow Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

To celebrate National Quilting Day, I started a new quilt! The London Modern Guild Sewing day was cancelled today, for obvious reasons, but we were all encouraged to #sewcialdistance and work on our projects at home. I have had my eye on this pattern for several months now and finally bought the Snowflake pattern online last week. I was not sure which colour I would use for the scrappy background and after surveying my stash, decided on red. Here are my first three blocks, completed on Friday.

On Saturday, I made 4 more blocks, but only got a picture when ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , hand sewing , knitting , lap quilts , scrappy quilts , slow sunday stitching

Weekly Sewing Report from The Cozy Quilter

True Confessions: I started a new project this week. As I have been cleaning out my sewing storage area, I discovered that I have a large collection of batiks. They had not all been stored together so I put them in their own (large) bin as I found them here and there around the room. I decided that I needed to make a batik quilt or two in an effort to use them up. Pulling out an assortment of blues, greens, golds, oranges, reds and purples, I decided to make Bonnie Hunter's Scrappy Trips pattern. Here is one of ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under bonnie hunter , counted cross stitch , finn , guild challenge , hand sewing , knitting , scrappy trips , slow sunday stitching

Knitting, Binding and Cross Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

I'm still stitching away on February's cross stitch ornament from Linen and Threads. I will add some more stitches this weekend for slow Sunday stitching. I need to buy some extra skeins of these colours so that I can use them for all 12 ornaments. I have a plan in my head for a project which will include all 12...

My friend, Pat, is teaching me to knit. This week, I made the big leap from working on my red practice sampler to actually starting a real project using a pattern! We went shopping yesterday at the local ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 4 weeks ago. under baby quilts , binding , bom , counted cross stitch , dish cloths , finn , flowers , hand sewing , jelly rolls , knitting , london modern quilt guild , slow sunday stitching

Slow and Fast Stitching This Week from The Cozy Quilter

I like to have a variety of projects to work on at any one time so that I don't get bored (no chance of that for a very long time, if not ever!) so this week, as usual, I have a few things to show you. First up is my fall themed comfort quilt block for the Elgin Piecemakers guild. I have had that leaf fabric lurking in my stash for several years and it worked perfectly for this block. (I even have some left...)

I have been cleaning out my fabric storage area and keep finding blocks and ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months ago. under baby quilts , binding , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , hand sewing , slow sunday stitching , spinning 4 patch , table toppers

Several Finishes this Week from The Cozy Quilter

This has been a week of finishes. I finished the binding on the three table runners I quilted last Saturday. My MIL has claimed this one. It will look nice in her living room.

The second runner will be given to a friend.

The third one will be donated to the church bazaar.

Next, I quilted and bound the baby quilt I showed last week. I used some light green solid fabric for the binding.

The backing is some flannel I had in my stash. I had to make it a bit wider so the orange stripe was added. I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , binding , counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , knitting , pillowcases , spinning 4 patch , table runners

Cross Stitch, a Knitting Lesson and Some Binding from The Cozy Quilter

First things first...I found the hoop for my embroidery project! I had put it somewhere for "safe-keeping" and then had forgotten where that was...until this week, when I was doing some fabric cutting and I looked up...My hoop was on the shelf at eye level.

Now, I can get my embroidery framed and hanging on the wall. I wondered if anyone has any ideas for finishing the back of the embroidery...do you cut off all the excess fabric and leave it that way or do you cover up the back? I put a piece of white ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , binding , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , knitting , slow sunday stitching , table runners

Appliqué Chimneys and a New Project from The Cozy Quilter

A few weeks ago, I noticed that another one of the Slow Sunday Stitchers was starting a new counted cross stitch project through Linen and Threads--it runs a new part of the pattern each month for a larger sampler project and there is a bonus Christmas ornament pattern each month as well. I have decided to make a few of the Christmas ornaments and started the January pattern this week. The pattern suggests using one colour for the entire design but since I did not want to follow the directions, I picked out three shades of gray and a ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under applique , christmas ornaments , comfort quilts , coming home , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , hand sewing , sarah fielke , slow sunday stitching

The Handmade Gifts of Christmas from The Cozy Quilter

Several friends and family members received homemade gifts this year. This is my favourite part of Christmas--figuring out what to make and then getting to work in the sewing room to get it all done. I would rather sew than spend time at the mall shopping for gifts.

I made this pillow for my brother. As long time readers know, our Dad passed away last year and I decided to make this pillow using his shirts. The background fabric is Essex Linen in dark grey-my Dad often wore gray flannel pants so this seemed like the perfect background fabric. My ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 7 months, 1 week ago. under christmas gifts , counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , pillowcases , pillows , shirt quilts , slow sunday stitching

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