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A Project For Baby from Mama Spark's World

I have embarked upon a new project for the upcoming grand baby. I had bought the cutest pattern for a baby photo mat. You know what I mean, right? The one where it has weeks/months and you indicate the baby's age with the baby on the mat. This is the pattern I bought. I was going to make them for shower gifts. I didn't know at the time that I would be having a grandchild so soon! My

added by Mama Spark 2 weeks, 6 days ago. under finn , fpp numbers , grandbaby makes , month mat

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 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under baby gifts , baby quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , gardens , i spy quilts , knitting , lap quilts , slow sunday stitching

Stitching, Knitting and Cutting from The Cozy Quilter

I think I spent some time every day this week working on this table runner--the quilting took a long time and two bobbins of thread to finish. I made the string pieced triangles in an online workshop with Sarah Bond, hosted by the Modern Quilt Guild, 3 weeks ago.

The backing is a fun fabric purchased in the last year. I like the orange accents in it and the random "Hello". The binding is an orange solid I had in my stash. The bobbin had 50 wt thread in it but the top thread was 30 wt. Those quilting lines ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month ago. under baby quilts , finn , flowers , gardens , i spy quilts , knitting , slow sunday stitching , string quilts , table runners

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, 1 week ago. under counted cross stitch , dish cloths , finn , flowers , gardens , knitting , slow sunday stitching

Four Finishes and Another New Project from The Cozy Quilter

Christine finished the binding on the quilt we made for a family affected by the tragedy in Nova Scotia a few short weeks ago. This quilt is ready to be packed up and mailed to the Maritime Modern Quilt Guild for distribution. The binding is a medium blue fabric with tiny daisies on it that I found in my stash. Christine has a clothes line in her backyard that doubles as a place to hang quilts for photo ops. We hope that this quilt brings comfort and peace. There is love in every stitch.

The next two finishes are gifts ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under comfort quilts , dish cloths , finn , flowers , hearts for nova scotia , knitting , slow sunday stitching , string quilts , wall hangings

Binding, Quilting, and Two New Quilts Started from The Cozy Quilter

Since I have finished 4 quilts in the last few weeks, I thought I could give myself permission to start a couple of new projects. (Even though I still have lots of UFO's that I should be working on!). These house blocks are a free pattern from Cluck Cluck Sew. I have a half yard of the lighter fabric and have pulled lots of fabrics in the colours found in that fabric to make houses and backgrounds. I will use all of the fabrics as both houses and backgrounds. I plan to add some words to this quilt...stay ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under binding , finn , flowers , gardens , hearts for nova scotia , hex n more ruler , hexagons , houses , slow sunday stitching

Another Finished Quilt! from The Cozy Quilter

What a beautiful day today! Last weekend, we had snow, but today, we were out gardening while wearing shorts and sandals. I think I like this weather better, and so does Finn.

I finished off this quilt this week...quilted with my DSM and the walking foot.

The size of the quilt was limited by the amount of flower and bird print that I had in my stash.

The backing is the same gray as on the front--a lucky find at a local quilt store as I shopped by phone call and texted pictures of potential backing fabric. I had ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 4 weeks ago. under binding , finn , gardens , hand sewing , knitting , lap quilts , slow sunday stitching

Snowflakes in May from The Cozy Quilter

Yes. You read that correctly. Today, we had snow flurries. In May!!! I even wore my winter jacket, mitts and a hat this morning on my walk. In May. It can be cool here at this time of year but it has been many years since I remember having snow in May.

Speaking of snow, my snowflake quilt is done!

The quilting was done by Julie, a local long arm quilter and is a snowflake pantograph.

Finn assisted with the hand stitching of the binding...

Sometimes, he was not quite so helpful!

The backing fabric was purchased from the Quilt ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months ago. under finn , flowers , gardens , hand sewing , lap quilts , slow sunday stitching , snowflake quilt

Weekly Report from the Sewing Room from The Cozy Quilter

There were some changes in my plans this week... When I tried to get the right size of knitting needles for my next cloth pattern, the local knitting store was sold out. I have my name on the list to get them when they arrive from the distributor, but like many shipments these days, things are taking a little longer to arrive. In the meantime, I wanted to knit something, so I made another simple dish cloth using blue variegated yarn.

Here is my completed project, just finished today.

Blue was the theme colour of my week as I used ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 1 week ago. under dish cloths , embroidery , farm girl vintage , finn , hearts for nova scotia , knitting , slow sunday stitching

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 2 months, 2 weeks 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 2 months, 3 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 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 3 months, 1 week ago. under boxy stars , counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , knitting , scrub hats , slow sunday stitching , table toppers

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 3 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 3 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 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, 1 week 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

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 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , binding , counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , knitting , pillowcases , spinning 4 patch , table runners

Slow Stitching During the Holidays from The Cozy Quilter

We had a quiet morning at our house yesterday. Finn had a nap while my daughter read a book and I did some embroidery. The Christmas tree lights were on--yes--it is still up but will come down soon. I have finally added some more colours to my embroidery project and I have learned some new stitches as well. This one is called the buttonhole bar stitch.

Here is the finished flower.

I finished the star stitches in the tree trunk.

Then, it was on to some of the lazy daisy leaves on the branches.

The other new stitch I tried ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months, 1 week ago. under embroidery , finn , hand sewing , 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 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under christmas gifts , counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , pillowcases , pillows , shirt quilts , slow sunday stitching

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