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Santa's Helper from The Cozy Quilter

Last week, I mentioned that I had made a surprise gift for a friend. This block was one of 12 free blocks --part of the Quiltmas Spectacular Block sampler that is available for free until the end of December 2020. I have printed all the blocks, hoping to make several over the next year or so --somehow incorporating them into gifts for next year. This block is called "Santa's Helper".

My quilty friend, Sandra, posted the picture below on Instagram recently, and once I saw this block pattern, I knew that I had to make it for her.

I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 4 months ago. under blackwork , christmas gifts , christmas ornaments , counted cross stitch , facecloths , finn , knitting , slow sunday stitching

Gift Making from The Cozy Quilter

This has been a busy week with not very much time spent in my sewing room. I did manage to make a zippered pouch as a gift for a swap with one of my guilds. I need to get this in the mail this week so it had a deadline! The pattern is from Noodlehead...I have made several of these pouches as gifts over the last few years. I don't even need to look at the instructions anymore!

I have a stash of zippers in various colours for these pouches so I am always ready to make a ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 4 months ago. under blackwork , christmas gifts , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , facecloths , finn , knitting , oxford quilters guild , zippered pouch

Binding and More Binding! from The Cozy Quilter

I took two comfort quilts to Julie, the long arm quilter around the corner and fellow Elgin Piecemaker member last week, expecting that they would not be done for a couple of weeks. I had just started to figure out which UFO I was going to tackle next, when I received a text from Julie to say that both quilts were done and ready for binding! I picked them up the next day and got to work making the binding and machine sewing it to the quilts.

My hand sewing this week involved getting both quilts finished and ready to ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 4 months ago. under binding , blackwork , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , facecloths , finn , hand sewing , knitting , slow sunday stitching

Lupins, a Bee and a Sheep from The Cozy Quilter

My lupin block collection continues to grow...although, this week, the blocks were made with Finn's assistance, which means they took a lot longer to make than usual. This week's blocks were made with a purple grunge dots fat quarter.

So, now I have a total of 12/48 blocks made for this quilt. Here are the three lupin fabrics I have used so far:

I have a FQ chosen for my next set of blocks.

I started a new counted cross stitch project this week--a free pattern from The Blackberry Rabbit (Sorry, I can't provide a ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 7 months ago. under bom , counted cross stitch , dish cloths , facecloths , finn , flowers , gardens , knitting , london modern quilt guild , lupins , slow sunday stitching , tula pink 100 blocks

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