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Slow Stitching and Trying Out a New Ruler from The Cozy Quilter

I added lots of stitches to my cross stitch picture this week. I just love the colours in this project...so bright and cheerful. One friend said this pattern looks almost Scandinavian to her and I would have to agree. There is a butterfly to sew next, once the large pink flower and the beet are done.

I bought myself a HuRTy ruler (designed by Latifah Saafir) at QuiltCon and wanted to try it out on a small project before tackling a bigger quilt. Here are my first few Half Rectangle Triangles on my design wall. I am not sure ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 days, 16 hours ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , hrt's , hurty ruler , slow sunday stitching

My Favourite Quilts at QuiltCon and some Slow Stitching. from The Cozy Quilter

The week got away from me and I did not show my favourite quilts from QuiltCon so I will show them to you in this post along with my stitching efforts from this past week. I'll start with my stitching...

I have finished the flowers to the right of the rabbit in my Spring cross stitch picture and I'm now working on the carrots and beets under the rabbit and the flowers on the left side. I'm surprised all these flowers and vegetables have not been eaten by the bunny--that's what happened in our backyard when ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 week, 5 days ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , hand sewing , quiltcon 2023 , rope bowls , slow sunday stitching

Two Finished Quilts! from The Cozy Quilter

I have two finished quilts to share with you this week. They are both Rainbow Scrap Challenge finishes, the first from 2021 and the second one from 2022. This pattern is by Gudrun Erla from her "Quilts of Iceland" book. I used a turquoise Kona solid for the binding which co-ordinates nicely with the bicycles fabric on the back of the quilt.

I used my drunkard's path rulers and lots of my colourful scraps to make this circles quilt. I quilted in the ditch between each quarter circle block as well as a diagonal cross hatch through the circles ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 weeks, 5 days ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , drunkard's path , finn , halldora , hand sewing , rainbow scrap challenge , rope bowls , scraps , slow sunday stitching

Meags and Me New Patterns from Mama Spark's World

I had the opportunity to work on 2 of the new patterns coming our for Meags and Me. I love pattern testing for these guys! Patterns I did were Tweet Tweet and Bird Brain. Tweet Tweet is at the quilter's and I just finished Bird Brain last night.Here are pics from Bird Brain.I did a machine free motion straight stitch around the applique.I used the same for the legs, beak and ( ) on the birds.I

added by Mama Spark 2 weeks, 6 days ago. under binding , bird brain , finn , meags and me patterns , pattern testing

Retreat Report from The Cozy Quilter

Christine and I left early for our quilting retreat with the Oxford Guild this past Friday because there was a winter storm coming and we wanted to get there and be set up before the snow started to fall. The snow started in the afternoon and kept going all night. In the morning there was almost a foot of snow (30cm for the metric folks). We were all snowed in and loving it. We did not lose power and we had our sewing machines and lots of fabric and projects on hand to work on. It was a great weekend ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 weeks, 3 days ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , drunkard's path , finn , lap quilts , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , retreat , rope bowls , scraps

Cross Stitch Rabbit and a New Project from The Cozy Quilter

I spent a little time each day this past week adding stitches to my Spring cross stitch picture. The rabbit is coming along nicely. Finn is here for his annual visit while my daughter is busy at work and he doesn't mind lying beside me as I stitch. He is used to doing that while my daughter works on her cross stitch when he is home with her.

My daughter's picture of the city of Ottawa is coming into focus as she adds more colours. The giant spider is a statue called "Maman" in from the the National ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 1 week ago. under counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , finn , oxford quilters guild , slow sunday stitching

A Finished Quilt and A New Start from The Cozy Quilter

Almost all of my sewing time this week was devoted to finishing the turquoise and gray wedding quilt. Several hours were spent at the sewing machine, adding lines of quilting with turquoise thread using my walking foot. The herringbone part of the quilt was quilted with diagonal lines following the pattern of angles of the turquoise strip piecing.

The backing of this quilt is turquoise flannel--so soft and warm!

I did the hand stitching of the binding in the car. I had some solid turquoise in my stash which was used for the binding. I just noticed the thread formed ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , finn , gifts , hand sewing , slow sunday stitching

Quilting, Knitting and some New Projects in the Wings from The Cozy Quilter

I spent a little time each day this week working on quilting this wedding gift quilt. It is much bigger than the quilts I usually do using the walking foot on my domestic sewing machine so I decided to keep it simple with horizontal lines on the background fabric. The scrappy herringbone section is shown below. It involves a lot more manipulation the quilt I have finished three sections and will work on getting the rest done this week. Then, on to the binding!

I started another knitted cloth this week. I am using the same pattern as the last ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , knitting , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

A Little of This and A Little of That from The Cozy Quilter

Regular readers of my blog may remember that I took an introductory class in rug hooking last summer. The hooking has all been done for a while and I finally finished off my project last weekend. A friend who describes herself as a "hooker" and "addicted to fibre" showed me how to do the outer edge of my sheep project. I hope to hang this little rug on the wall in my sewing room. I would be quite willing to try another rug hooking project.

For the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, this week I used up some tiny scraps to make ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months ago. under applique , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , drunkard's path , elgin piecemakers , finn , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , scraps , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

Back to the Sewing Machine from The Cozy Quilter

I spent some quality time with my sewing machine this week. The Elgin Piecemakers Guild makes comfort quilts for adult chemo patients at our local hospital so each month, we each have to make a block in a certain colour scheme. I have my first four blocks for 2023 made. Here they are:

January: Blue and white.

February: Red, white and blue

March: Purple, pink and white

April: Blue and purple churn dash.

I worked on the last three houses for my Coming Home Quilt. I did not have any light turquoise thread with me at the sewing day this ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 1 week ago. under applique , comfort quilts , coming home , elgin piecemakers , finn , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , wall hangings

Finding my Rotary Cutter from The Cozy Quilter

The condition of my sewing room has deteriorated over the last month or so to the point where I could not find my rotary cutter... it was time for a clean up. I spent over an hour putting things away, folding fabric, sorting through piles, etc. and still no rotary cutter. I tried to think of the last time I used it...then, I remembered I used it at a recent guild sewing day---it was in the bag I took to the sewing day. Oh well, the sewing room is looking much better and I had a new project planned ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under binding , bom , coming home , finn , hand sewing , knitting , pouches , sarah fielke , scraps , slow sunday stitching , wall hangings

Slow Sunday Stitching 2023 from The Cozy Quilter

I have been missing in action the last couple of Sundays for my weekly blogpost. Our Christmas took some unexpected turns this year ---as the saying goes, life happens when you are making other plans. Our daughter's dog, Finn, had surgery on Dec 19th to remove a broken tooth. After the surgery, he went into kidney failure and was in the animal hospital for 10 days in intensive care to receive treatments to improve his kidney function. Thankfully, his kidneys are now working normally again and he is home and feeling much better. The vets at the hospital called ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , knitting , slow sunday stitching , wool applique , zippered pouch

Slow Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

I have been furiously sewing this week to finish off some Christmas gifts in time for the big day. Just a little bit more to do! My cousin and her husband came for lunch on Friday. We do not get to see each other very often but often talk on the phone about our mutual genealogy project--shaking the family tree on our mothers' side of the family to see what we can find out. The majority of our family members are Scottish with some Irish as well. I made my cousin a wide open zippered pouch with some fabric I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 1 week ago. under christmas gifts , finn , hand sewing , slow sunday stitching , wool applique , zippered pouch

Wedding Gift Finished! from The Cozy Quilter

I have been working on two wedding gifts for couples who are already married. The first couple got married in June and were told that they would receive their quilt by the end of the year. This week, I finally finished their quilt! I sewed straight lines about an inch apart across the quilt with my walking foot. Would you believe that this took three bobbins of thread to complete??? I like the texture that the quilting added.

I used some leftover purple fabric for the binding and hand sewed it down a couple of days this week as I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under finn , gifts , hand sewing , slow sunday stitching

Another Retreat from The Cozy Quilter

You may have noticed that I was missing in action last weekend...no blog post! Christine and I were away for the weekend at Camp Kintail. The camp hosts two crafter's retreats every year and we try to attend both. We both made great progress on the projects we brought with us and the meals and accommodations were fabulous! The camp was decorated for Christmas, inside and out. The other retreaters were sewing, knitting, crocheting, doing paper crafts, making cards, making blankets, etc. It was fun to see what everyone was up to and to visit with friends, old ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 4 weeks ago. under camp kintail , drunkard's path , embroidery , finn , gifts , rainbow scrap challenge , retreat , scraps , slow sunday stitching

A Busy Week from The Cozy Quilter

For many reasons, this has been a very busy week! Today was our church Christmas Bazaar so I was adding some quilting to some placemats every time I had a bit of time to sew this week. For this set, I quilted along the red stripes both vertically and horizontally, creating a grid.

Wavy lines were sewn in the boat and house sections of these placemats. I though they might be nice for a cottage.

These red and white placemats had a few rows of wavy lines added.

Organic wavy lines were quilted onto these paisley placemats.

Lots of people ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 1 week ago. under christmas , finn , placemats , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

Cats and Things from Mama Spark's World

Finny was posing so nicely that I just had to get his pic today.Last night before bed these 2 were co-opting my sewing space.We were at Avery's the other day and he was taking the scooper off his lego truck.He would say "help me".Then Papa asked him if he was going to take it off again and this series of photos says it all.Clearly the answer was YESSilly papa!I got a good photo of Cole showing

added by Mama Spark 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under cole avery , finn

Finishing Other People's UFO's from The Cozy Quilter

Sometimes, we quilters have UFO's--unfinished projects that seem to just take up space in our sewing rooms that we just don't feel motivated to get them to the finish line. The quilt below was given to me by another quilter along with the backing fabric, probably over a year ago...long enough for me to forget who gave it to me to finish! I was asked to quilt and bind it and then give it to the Chemo Unit at the hospital for an adult chemo patient. Just before last weekend's Oxford Quilt Guild retreat, I found ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under binding , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , slow sunday stitching , table toppers , ufo's

Secret Sewing Season and a Retreat from The Cozy Quilter

I have been working on some secret Christmas sewing all week. It is a hand stitching project and I just love how it is turning out! Unfortunately, I can't show any pictures until after December 25th.

This weekend, Christine and I are going on a retreat with the Oxford Quilter's Guild. I spent a couple of hours Wednesday evening gathering projects to take with me. I like to bring a variety of things with me so I have a choice. Of course, I have a couple of projects to work on by hand, including this cute sheep ornament ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under comfort quilts , finn , hiking , retreat , slow sunday stitching , wool applique

Two Finishes for the Bazaar! from The Cozy Quilter

I have not one but two finishes to share this week! I quilted the baby quilt that I made for the church bazaar this week using light yellow thread and my walking foot to create a rectangular grid. The backing is donated minke in light green which goes perfectly with the colours on the front of the quilt. The binding is made from the same Kaffe fabric that was used to make the spinning four patch blocks.

Excuse my squinting...the sun was in my eyes!

I had 8 spinning four patches leftover after making the quilt so I decided ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 4 weeks ago. under baby quilts , binding , finn , hand sewing , hiking , slow sunday stitching , spinning 4 patch , table toppers

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