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Two Table Runners from The Cozy Quilter

I gave my friend, Pat, her Christmas gift early so that she can use it during the holiday season. I used some more HST's from the charm pack that I found in my sewing room a few weeks ago to make this table runner. She really likes snowmen so it fit the bill perfectly.

This past week, I quilted and bound my Tiny Street table runner-- this one is for me. I learned how to make the tiny houses and trees in an online class through the Threadhouse Academy. This particular class was taught by Jo Avery. She gave ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 days, 7 hours ago. under books , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , mending , table runners , thread house academy

Camp Kintail Retreat Report from The Cozy Quilter

This post features my projects from last weekend's Crafters retreat at Camp Kintail, but first I want to show you my finished Fall cross stitch...TaDa! I started this project at the beginning of September and have added stitches to it steadily until this week, when I added the last few. As I have said before, I love the transparency where the trees overlap and the bright colours in this picture. I will have it framed shortly and hang it up for the Fall next year. I have a couple of embroidery kits that I would like to work ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 week, 6 days ago. under baby quilts , camp kintail , counted cross stitch , drunkard's path , finn , placemats , quilts of valour , retreats , slow sunday stitching , table runners , thread house academy , zippered pouch

A Couple of Finishes! from The Cozy Quilter

I worked on several different projects this week and two were brought to the finish line. I quilted and bound the winter wall hanging that I showed last week. This will be donated to a silent auction fundraiser. It is walking foot quilted with white thread in the white sections and blue thread in the coloured sections.

I added a hanging sleeve. You can see the quilting pattern better on the back.

Of course, I had leftover HST's so started another project with those. It is not quite done and will likely be a Christmas gift for someone so ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 weeks, 6 days ago. under christmas gifts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting , wall hangings

Winter Wallhanging, and Some Slow Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

It's been a busy week with lots of commitments, which means I didn't get a lot of sewing done. My hand quilting project is coming along. After I finish the cross hatching, I will add more quilting to each block.

I found a winter 5" charm pack in my sewing room and decided to make a wall hanging with it. The white on white snowflake fabric was also in my stash and pairs nicely with the charms. I made lots of HST's and then arranged them in a barn raising pattern on the design wall. I am ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hand quilting , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , wall hangings

Home from the Guild Retreat from The Cozy Quilter

I just got home from our guild quilt retreat about an hour ago and decided to share some of my projects on my blog. First up, handwork! Christine and I watched the World Series baseball games on the Friday and Saturday nights and while we watched, we did some cross stitch. She worked on her Halloween project and I added more stitches to my Fall trees. We had hoped for a different winner of the Championship but it was not to be this year.

I also did some hand quilting at the retreat --more diagonal lines have been added to ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 1 week ago. under 12 green bottles quilt , basket , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , oven mitts , rainbow scrap challenge , retreats , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy , tiny houses

Back to Hand Quilting from The Cozy Quilter

I have a collection of completed quilt tops waiting to be quilted. Sometimes, I just don't have inspiration on how to quilt them and other times, I just don't have time. This week, one of them yelled "pick me" for hand quilting so I got started. This pineapple log cabin was one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts a few year ago. Each block is foundation pieced on a printed fabric so the finished quilt will have three layers of fabric as well as batting. I am big stitch quilting it with gray 28wt thread. I am starting ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

World's Slowest Knitter Award! from The Cozy Quilter

I bought the wool for this scarf while on vacation in Newfoundland in June of 2023. I started knitting it in November of 2023 and finished it today. I may win the World's Slowest Knitter Award! I worked at it in fits and starts...I don't think knitting is my first love as far as hobbies are concerned. I am very pleased with how it turned out. I like how soft and warm it feels and the texture of the knitting. The colours will go well with by black winter coat. I've already made the matching hat ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under finn , flowers , hiking , knitting , scarf , sewing day , slow sunday stitching

Gift Quilt Reveal, Cross Stitch and Happy Thanksgiving! from The Cozy Quilter

Happy (Canadian) Thanksgiving! Our daughter and Finn are here for the weekend and we had a turkey dinner with my husband's family today. I put out my pumpkin decorations this week. I even raked some leaves--it really feels like fall now with cooler temperatures and the trees changing colour.

I'm adding another tree to the Forest cross stitch picture. It looks a bit odd now but will look better when it is all filled in.

Finn came with us to the farmer's market this morning and I managed to get him to pose in front of the ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months ago. under colour challenge , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , placemats , potato chip blocks , vacations

More Trees and Placemats from The Cozy Quilter

More stitches were added to my Fall Forest cross stitch project this week. I like the transparency effect where the trees overlap. This picture is coming along quickly--luckily, I bought two Autumn themed patterns at the same time so I have something else to work on when this is done.

My goal is to make 12 placemats for Meals on Wheels and I now have 10 finished. The last two are quilted and just need to have the binding sewn on. These two placemats are the same, top and bottom. I like to make them so they can be used ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 1 week ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , placemats , slow sunday stitching , vacations

Fall Cross Stitch from The Cozy Quilter

Hello! We have been away and now we are back home. We travelled from where we live in Southern Ontario around Lakes Huron and Superior to Manitoba and back with lots of interesting stops along the way. I will share a few pictures from our trip later in this post. I started a new Fall counted cross stitch project on our trip and spent many hours working on it in the car and while relaxing in the evenings at various places where we stayed. There was not much colour on the trees on the way to Manitoba but Fall was ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hiking , placemats , slow sunday stitching

Rug Hooking, Placemats and A Blast from the Past from The Cozy Quilter

I'm happy to report that my rug hooking is completely done! Right now, it is pinned to my design wall but I will be hanging it on the wall in my sewing room soon. Such a nice reminder of our trip to Newfoundland in 2023.

I was cleaning out a box in my fabric storage area and found the bag I made in Grade 7 Home Ec class. In those days, the girls went to Home Ec and the boys went to Shop Class. All the girls made this bag...the outside is denim which the teacher had made ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 1 week ago. under charity quilts , crochet , finn , placemats , quilt show , rug hooking

Placemats, HST's and the Hooking is Done! from The Cozy Quilter

I went to the guild sewing day this week and worked on my pitcher plant rug hooking project the whole time. I managed to finish all of the hooking! The first picture below was after I steamed it and the second picture was taken before steaming. It really makes a difference, making it look much smoother afterwards!

I have started the wool edging but forget how to turn the corner and will have to consult with one of my hooking friends on how to do this. The wool for the edging is a dark purple, even though it looks black ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under charity quilts , crochet , finn , flowers , gardens , modern sampler , placemats , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

Starting a New Quilt from The Cozy Quilter

I signed up for a subscription to The Thread House Academy this year. It is a series of online classes, one per month, led by Lynne Goldsworthy, Karen Lewis and Jo Avery. One of the projects is a modern sampler quilt with three types of blocks released every four months. The first three blocks were released at the beginning of August so I have pulled my fabrics--navy, aqua, and magenta prints and a light gray on white print for the background. Everything came from my stash. Here are my first two "blocks"--this is not a traditional 12.5" block ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 4 weeks ago. under finn , flowers , gardens , modern sampler , rug hooking , thread house academy

On a Roll from The Cozy Quilter

I have been in the mood to finish some quilts and so I have another finished quilt to show this week. My yellow and green potato chip quilt is done. I'm calling it "Sunny Day". The striped binding was in my stash. This quilt will be donated to my MIL's nursing home to be raffled off as a fundraiser. (Another quilt is quilted and will be bound shortly--it is a gift so no pictures yet)

I spent quite a bit of time rug hooking this week and made great progress on my project. Lots of blue still and ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months ago. under charity quilts , crochet , finn , gardens , hiking , potato chip blocks , rug hooking , slow sunday stitching

Walking Foot Quilting from The Cozy Quilter

I finished off the quilting and binding of the hollow 9 patch baby quilt earlier this week and got to work on quilting my yellow and green potato chip quilt. I am using 28 wt green thread on top and white 50 wt thread in the bobbin. This is a bigger quilt so it is taking longer to quilt...more material to manage as I quilt. I will work on this again soon--I'm hoping to have it done to show on next week's blog post. This is a donation quilt.

And here is the big TaDa! The hollow ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , books , charity quilts , crochet , finn , gardens , hiking , potato chip blocks , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , slow sunday stitching

Rug Hooking, Knitting and a RSC Baby Quilt in Progress from The Cozy Quilter

After making 6 purple hollow nine patch blocks last week, I took out the bag of blocks that I have made so far this year and discovered that I had enough to make a baby quilt. I took them to the guild sewing day this week and laid them out on the design wall as shown above. I sewed them together and today, pin basted it and started the quilting--diagonal lines in both directions through each square.

I'm using 28wt white thread in the top and 50 wt white in the bobbin. The backing was in my stash.

I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , crochet , finn , gardens , knitting , potato chip blocks , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , scrappy quilts , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

Yellow and Green, and some Purple too. from The Cozy Quilter

Purple is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge colour this month. I was not sure if I had enough 2.5" squares to make six blocks--my purple stash is sparse, but I managed to get my blocks done without getting a friend to donate some scraps to my project. I have 48 blocks made so far--this might be enough. I will have to lay them out and see how they look.

My sewing time this week has been spent working on the yellow and green potato chip quilt. This quilt will be donated to the nursing home where my MIL lives for ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under charity quilts , finn , gardens , potato chip blocks , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking

Home from the Cottage, again! from The Cozy Quilter

My husband and I, our daughter and Finn spent the last week at a cottage. One week sure does go by fast, but we managed to fill our days with reading, sitting on the dock, rughooking, knitting (me), crocheting and cross stitch(my daughter). We went to a farmers market and into town to do some shopping one day but just spent the rest of the time relaxing at the cottage.

Finn loved napping in a chair on the screened in porch. As you can see, I did a fair bit of hooking on my pitcher plant picture.

I finished ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months ago. under books , charity quilts , cottage time , finn , knitting , potato chip blocks , rug hooking , slow sunday stitching

A Weekend at the Cottage from The Cozy Quilter

My friend, Christine, and I had a few days away at the cottage last weekend. We brought our sewing machines, projects, and handwork with us, as well as some books to read and good food to eat. It was a pretty relaxing weekend. A storm blew through and the power was off for 12 hours, but we found lots to do. We even toasted bagels and boiled water for tea on the BBQ!

I started a Tiny House quilt (online class by Jo Avery). My houses still need roofs and chimneys but I did didn't have the right colour ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under comfort quilts , cottage time , finn , flannel , gardens , hospice quilts , improvisational piecing , knitting , rug hooking , scraps , slow sunday stitching , tiny houses

An old UFO off the to do list from The Cozy Quilter

My 10 year old Sashiko project is finally completely done and can go out on display!

I stitched in the ditch around the navy part and then did three rows of quilting in the border. The binding is on. I didn't do any quilting in the sashiko panel--I could still add some if I decide later that it needs it.

The backing is a fat quarter I had in my stash.

I had a chance to knit several times in the last week and added another 5 inches to my scarf. It is 56" long now.

I finished the ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months ago. under baby quilts , finn , gardens , knitting , rug hooking , sashiko , scraps , selvages , slow sunday stitching

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