finn

Two Projects Finished This Week! from The Cozy Quilter

I've had a very productive week! This donation quilt had a deadline--it had to be done by today so it could be delivered to the auxiliary at the nursing home where my MIL lived for 4.5 years before she passed away earlier this month. They are assembling their baskets for the fundraiser raffle this week so they can start selling tickets. I hope that whoever wins the quilt that I made uses it and enjoys it. I had to buy the border and backing fabrics. It was quilted with my walking foot on my DSM. The binding is ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 days, 15 hours ago. under counted cross stitch , donation quilts , finn , hand quilting , hiking , sashiko , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

Donation Quilts--one done, and one in progress from The Cozy Quilter

I finished quilting and binding the donation quilt for Camp Kintail this week. It has been delivered to someone who was attending today's auction/dinner fundraiser and I hope it goes to a good home. I had just enough of the backing fabric to use it for the binding. I quilted it with straight lines using my walking foot and navy blue thread.

The second donation quilt is for the Christmas Raffle at my late MIL's nursing home. The auxiliary at the home are very active in supporting and providing programs for the residents of the home and ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 week, 2 days ago. under donation quilts , finn , hand quilting , jelly roll quilts , round robin , sashiko , slow sunday stitching

One Quilt Repaired and Stitching by the Fire from The Cozy Quilter

My husband and I went on a much needed three day getaway this past week at an Airbnb. The place we stayed in used to be a chicken coop and the current owners renovated it to become a cozy place for their guests. It featured a woodstove, a fully equipped outdoor kitchen, a fancy outhouse and an outdoor shower with heated water. The fall colours in the area were in their full glory and we enjoyed a walk in the woods at a local conservation area, a trip to a local small town and reading (both of us) and stitching ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 weeks, 1 day ago. under binding , books , counted cross stitch , finn , hiking , quilt repairs , slow sunday stitching

Fall Trees Framed, Quilt Repairs and Placemats from The Cozy Quilter

I picked up my Fall Trees cross stitch from the framer this week. I'm really pleased how the orange frame looks with these colourful trees. It is now hanging in our living room. I didn't even pick up my cross stitch this past week but hope to add some stitches this coming week.

I made my daughter a quilt when she graduated from university and the binding was worn out so I cut it off and machine stitched some new grey binding on. This will be my hand stitching project over the next couple of days. There were ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , donation quilts , finn , framing , placemats , university quilt , walking foot quilting

Fall Cross Stitch and Other News from The Cozy Quilter

It's been a couple of weeks since I have blogged. There has been a lot going on and this will become apparent as you read today's post. First, I have made a bit of progress on my fall cross stitch project. The cardinal is done and more leaves and branches have been added. I love the colours in this picture although I am not sure a tree exists that has such a variety of leaves on one branch!

I finished off one of the donation quilt tops I was working on. I need to buy a backing fabric ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under counted cross stitch , donation quilts , finn , jelly rolls , scrappy quilts , slow sunday stitching

Pineapple Log Cabin Done, Two Donation Quilts Started. from The Cozy Quilter

Some projects are quick to make and others aren't. I made these blocks in 2023 as one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects. The quilt top was completed in January 2024. Then it sat in the to be quilted pile as I pondered how to quilt it. It kept telling me it wanted to be hand quilted so I finally relented, and started hand quilting it last fall. I took a break from it for a while and then finished it in the Spring/Early Summer of this year. I searched high and low through my stash for an ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , donation quilts , finn , gardens , hand quilting , jelly rolls , pineapple log cabin , quilts of valour

Leaves and a Finish! from The Cozy Quilter

This week, I added more leaves to my Fall cross stitch project. This is not a very big project and it is fun to work on at this time of year. This whimsical pattern is from Satsuma Street.

I finished the Bricks and Stepping Stones baby quilt this week. I sewed the binding down by hand in the car on our way to see a play in Blyth. This quilt will be gifted shortly. The baby was born in July. Many of the I Spy prints were picked specifically for this particular baby boy.

I'm moving right along on ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , bricks and stepping stones , counted cross stitch , finn , hand quilting , round robin , slow sunday stitching

Two Baby Quilt Tops and Handstitching, of course! from The Cozy Quilter

In an effort to use up my kids prints and to replenish my baby quilt supply, I made two I spy baby quilts over the last couple of weeks. The first is a Bonnie Hunter Pattern...Bricks and Stepping Stones. The quilt is 36" by 48" and features lots of fun I Spy prints.

The second one is a Potato Chip quilt featuring more fabrics from my collection. It is the same size as the one above. I tried to use pairs of all of the fabrics so that a game of find the matching fabric can be played. Some ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under baby quilts , bricks and stepping stones , counted cross stitch , finn , hand quilting , pillowcases , potato chip blocks , round robin

Back From Vacation from The Cozy Quilter

We just got home from two weeks in Calgary, Alberta where we were visiting family. We had lots of fun and went to lots of interesting places. This post has lots of pictures of our trip as well as the sewing I have done in the last three weeks. I will start with some progress on my hand quilting of the round robin quilt. I'm just figuring it out as I go along and will go back to quilt the blue border as well as the outer green border when I feel inspired.

I started a new fall cross ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , calgary vacation , counted cross stitch , finn , hand quilting , nine patch , rainbow scrap challenge , round robin , slow sunday stitching

Machine Quilting, Piecing and Hand Quilting, of Course! from The Cozy Quilter

It's been a busy week in the sewing department! On Monday, I pin basted my nine patch quilt. I quilted it with my walking foot yesterday and I have binding picked out to cut and sew on today. This quilt will be done and ready for show and tell at our September guild meeting! I used a 28wt light grey thread for the quilting.

I pieced the medium blue block for my "circle" quilt and now all the blocks are made. I went searching through my stash for an appropriate sashing fabric as I did not want the blocks ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under beads , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , rainbow scrap challenge , round robin , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

Hand and Machine Sewing from The Cozy Quilter

I continued quilting my round robin quilt this week, finishing the orange and green spiky sections and starting on the next border. I am still undecided about what to quilt in the wide blue sections. I will wait until inspiration strikes to do this part.

I watched the next Moon Trees lesson on the Thread House Academy with Jo Avery and then added the. running stitch embroidery around my tree branches, as she suggested. I have fabrics picked out for 8 more blocks and will work away on them over the next while. I used pearl cotton for this stitching ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months ago. under applique , counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , gardens , hand quilting , hand sewing , moon trees , rainbow scrap challenge , round robin , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

Hand Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

I did not touch my sewing machine this week. Not even once! I did, however, do quite a bit of hand quilting and hand appliqué. I did the first lesson of the Moon Trees Class with Jo Avery on the Threadhouse Academy and managed to get one block made. The background fabric is a piece of Essex Linen. The yellow tree is Fableism Sprout and the print is from Tilda. I plan on making more of these blocks with different variations of trees. The next online class will teach me how to do this. I'm using 80 wt thread ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 1 week ago. under applique , crochet , finn , flowers , hand quilting , jo avery , moon trees , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

A Week Away from The Cozy Quilter

Our family, including our daughter and Finn, just got home from a week at the cottage. We did lots of reading on the dock, and stitching in the screened porch. It was a very relaxing week. Finn loves it there and could not wait to go down to the dock every morning and evening. We had great weather although it was smoky for a couple of days from the northern Ontario forest fires.

I finished the hand quilting on my Pineapple Log Cabin quilt! I looked up when I started the hand quilting--October 2025. I must admit that I took ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under books , cottage time , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , pineapple log cabin , round robin , slow sunday stitching

More Aqua and Hand Quilting from The Cozy Quilter

My blocks for Aqua month are done! Here are the shoe fly blocks and the 25 patch HST block. Lots of fun scraps in these blocks. I have ordered some more Kona white as I only have a few small scraps left and I want to make more blocks for both of these quilts.

I finished hand quilting this purple pineapple block on Monday and I'm now working on the magenta block. Only one block to go after magenta--it is yellow. Then, I can get this quilt trimmed and bound. I will have to see what I have in ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , books , finn , flowers , gardens , hand quilting , nine patch , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Aqua and Yellow from The Cozy Quilter

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge colour for July is Aqua. I just had my Aqua fabrics out last week at the cottage to complete the last block of my Sommer Sorbet sampler quilt so it was easy to cut out some squares and HST's for my blocks. This is the only one I got sewn this week but the 25 patch HST block is laid out and ready to sew this coming week. My interpretation of Aqua is blue-green, leaning towards green. Turquoise leans towards blue in the blue-green family. I think others do this the other way around. It ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , hand quilting , nine patch , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , round robin , slow sunday stitching , zippered pouch

Almost a Week at the Cottage from The Cozy Quilter

Christine and I spent most of a week at her cottage and did lots of sewing, chatting, watching movies and eating good food! It was a bit buggy outside so we were mostly inside. Christine has lots of bird feeders which she kept well stocked all week so there were lots of birds and other critters to see out the window.

But first, the sewing! I added yellow binding to my colour challenge quilt and, over a few days, finished hand stitching it down. The dock was a good place to take some pictures.

I did most of the hand ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 1 week ago. under 9 patches , baby quilts , binding , colour challenge , cottage time , crochet , finn , hand sewing , modern sampler , paper piecing , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , thread house academy

The Sky is Done, on to the Flowers. from The Cozy Quilter

Yahoo! The sky stitching is done on my cross stitch project. Now, I will be working on the flowers at the bottom of the picture. There are lots of colour changes in this section so it will take a while.

I quilted my colour challenge quilt this week and will be putting the binding on this weekend. Then, I get to do the hand stitching--I like this part of the project. I used 30 wt white thread on the top and light blue 50 wt thread in the bobbin to match the backing fabric. I will have a picture of ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under barn quilts , colour challenge , counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , hand quilting , pineapple log cabin , slow sunday stitching

Hand Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

This was a busy week with lots of activities every day, so, not much sewing happened. I did manage to add more stitches to the sky in my cross stitch project and discovered that I was going to run out of one of the colours. I purchased a skein at the local craft shop and I'm ready to keep on stitching. Someone asked last week if there are sunflowers in the picture--the answer is yes...there are several sunflowers in a combination of stitches and beads as well as a button at the bottom of the picture. I will ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under books , counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hand quilting , slow sunday stitching , the retro quilter , wildlife

Back to Hand Quilting from The Cozy Quilter

If you read my blog on a regular basis, you will know that I started hand quilting my pineapple log cabin quilt a while ago and then, I stopped. This week, I brought it upstairs from my sewing room and spent a few hours working on it. The gold block is quilted and I am almost finished quilting the orange block. Next up, the red block. Funny how projects don't get done if you don't work on them... I have another quilt that is begging to be hand quilted in the wings so I want to get this ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , hand quilting , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , zippered pouch

Colour Challenge Flimsy Done from The Cozy Quilter

I had a little less than a yard of the sashing and border fabric to set my colour challenge blocks and crossed my fingers that there would be enough to add 2.5" sashing and a 3.5" border. I cut the pieces out that I needed to do this and had just a few scraps left. Phew! I'm happy that there was enough! Now, I just have to figure out the backing--this will be pieced using fabric from my stash. I will use a solid for the binding--not sure which colour I will use yet.

I worked on ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months ago. under books , colour challenge , counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , gardens , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?