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The Gifts of Christmas, 2025 Version from The Cozy Quilter

We have had a very laid back, relaxing Boxing Day. The last few days were very busy and we all needed some time to chill. My husband is giving Finn a belly rub and my daughter is making dinner so I thought I would do a blogpost!

A few years ago, my husband found an old quilt that originally came from his family farm. It was very dirty and unfinished--the edges were not straight and it smelled funky. There were very rusty pins holding the edges together--I think the maker intended to finish it but never got around to it ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under christmas gifts , crochet , finn , pillowcases , pillows

Secret Sewing and Some Slow Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

I worked on the last Christmas gifts that I am making today--one is done and the other is very close to completion. Pictures to follow in a few days... The secret sewing season will soon be over for another year.

I made some progress on my winter counted cross stitch project this week. The Christmas tree is done and the next part of this quadrant is started. I did quite a bit of the framing on this quadrant too. There's a reason why they call this slow stitching... it gets done slowly, one stitch at a time. I enjoy ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , slow sunday stitching

A Finish and Cross Stitch Progress from The Cozy Quilter

TaDa! This quilt top was made at a Vice President's day quilting day at Oxford Quilter's Guild at least 3 years ago. The idea behind VP day is to work on a simple pattern chosen by the VP that can be finished in one day. I found the top in my UFO drawer and took it to one of my retreats in November where I pieced the back, pin basted it and did 3/4 of the quilting. This week, I finished the quilting and added an orange solid for the binding. This will go in the baby ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , oxford quilters guild , slow sunday stitching , zippered pouch

Christmas Events and Preparations! from The Cozy Quilter

This has been a busy week with lots of special Christmas events to attend and decorating being done at home. I added a few more stitches to my winter cross stitch picture, but not as many as I had hoped. I don't have a deadline for this project so that's ok.

Last night, the hiking club we belong to hosted a Spirit walk at a local conservation area. My husband and I were tour leaders and lead groups of visitors along a candle lit path to see a magician, a children's choir, the Grinch, a singer, a ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months ago. under christmas , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , slow sunday stitching

Another Secret Project Reveal and Retreat Report from The Cozy Quilter

There was no blog post last weekend as Christine and I were at a crafter's retreat at Camp Kintail. There were other people sewing, knitting, crocheting, paper crafting, card making, painting, rug hooking, etc. Lots of interesting projects to walk around to look at when I had been sitting for too long! I worked on several projects, one of which was a gift and will not be revealed until after Christmas. I quilted two baby quilts--one of which you can see in the picture below. It is not quite done yet and I hope to finish it off this ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months, 1 week ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , potato chip blocks , retreat , scraps , slow sunday stitching , zippered pouch

A Busy Week from The Cozy Quilter

It was a busy week with lots of activities happening, but not a lot of time for sewing. I managed to make some progress on my cross stitch project, adding more trees, border stitches and starting the snow at the bottom of this section. I'm hoping to finish the mushrooms in the forest this coming week and move on to the next part.

The church bazaar was yesterday. Here are the three pillows that I made for the sewing table. We had a family wedding to attend out of town yesterday so I only had time to stop briefly ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , pillows , slow sunday stitching

Retreat Report from The Cozy Quilter

I had a very productive weekend at the guild retreat last weekend. It was glorious to have three full days to sew--meals provided and no dishes to do! I added binding to two quilts that are gifts so I can't show those yet, but they are both hand stitched now and ready to gift. I quilted the table runner I showed last week that will be for sale at our church bazaar next weekend and added the binding this week when I got home. I hope someone will like it enough to purchase it! I also worked on three ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , gardens , placemats , rainbow scrap challenge , retreat , slow sunday stitching , table runners

Getting Ready for a Quilting Retreat from The Cozy Quilter

I am getting ready to go to the fall retreat for the Oxford Quilters Guild this weekend. I have a big bin full of projects--two just need binding, one is a pile of blocks that need to be made into a quilt top, some are Christmas gifts (secrets!), three new quilts to put together--pieces are cut already in preparation and also my last two placemats for Meals on Wheels. I will not have time to get bored! I finished the second secret project this past week and will not be able to show any pictures of it until it has ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months, 1 week ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hiking , slow sunday stitching , table runners

Moving Right Along from The Cozy Quilter

This has been a productive week in the sewing department! I finished quilting the potato chip quilt I made for the local hospice. I used the cut offs from the backing to make the binding, remembering after I had machine stitched it to the front of the quilt that it needed to be machine stitched down, not hand stitched as I usually do. Oops! This is because the quilts for the hospice will be washed and dried by machine often and the binding will stay on better if machine stitched. I did not want to un-sew all of the binding ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hospice quilts , placemats , slow sunday stitching , vacations , walking foot quilting

Getting Back to Normal from The Cozy Quilter

I have been reacquainting myself with my sewing machine over the past few days. I decided to get going on quilting the potato chip quilt top I made for our new hospice (opening in the Spring of 2025). First I quilted two lines in the sashing to get everything stabilized and ready for quilting the blocks. I also added a row of stitching around the entire quilt the width of the walking foot into the beige border and then a 1/8th of an inch from the edge of the border to keep it flat. I hummed and hawed over ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hospice quilts , placemats , slow sunday stitching , vacations , walking foot

Home from Vacation from The Cozy Quilter

My husband and I just got home from three weeks in the US southwest. We flew to Tucson, AZ, rented a car, visited National Parks and other sites in Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, and then took the Amtrak Southwest Chief (train) from Albuquerque, NM to Chicago. The next train, the Pere Marquette, took us from Chicago to Grand Rapids, where we picked up our car and drove home. I will share pictures of the highlights of our trip over the next few weeks--I have not had time to go through all of my pictures (over 4000!) yet. We ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months, 4 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , slow sunday stitching , southwestern us trip

Secret Project Reveal! from The Cozy Quilter

For a few months now, I have been talking about a secret project. My cousin has finally received her quilt and so now I can show it to you, my blog readers! I did some sleuthing to find out my cousin's favourite colours and was told green and purple. I raided my stash to find several purples and greens that looked good together as well as a piece of gray hash dot fabric leftover from my modern sampler quilt. I had just enough of the gray fabric and even had to piece a few of the triangles to have ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under crochet , finn , gifts , hst's , qst's , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

Pin Basting and More Placemats from The Cozy Quilter

I added the binding to the placemats I made last week for Meals on Wheels. Now, I have six completed placemats and I hope to make 12 for this project of the Oxford Quilter's Guild.

This week, I started four more placemats and I have fabric pulled for a couple more. I need to piece some more batting scraps to quilt the rest of them and pick out binding fabrics. Sorry, no picture of the 4th one.

I finished off the last few stitches in the blue quadrant this week and started on the border of the green section ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 7 months, 4 weeks ago. under charity quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hiking , hospice quilts , placemats , slow sunday stitching

Placemats for Meals on Wheels from The Cozy Quilter

Once again, the Oxford Quilt Guild is making placemats for Meals on Wheels recipients for distribution at Christmas. They are due at our December meeting but I decided to get going on mine right away and get them done! I dug into my fabric stash to see what I had--so many possibilities! We are to make one side Wintery and the other side to be used for the rest of the year. So far, I have put together and quilted six placemats--the binding will go on this week.

I found a few orphan blocks that I can use to make ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 7 months, 4 weeks ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hiking , placemats , slow sunday stitching , tesselate textiles

I Won Bobbin Chicken! from The Cozy Quilter

I played bobbin chicken this week while sewing the binding on one of my quilts, and I won. Only a few inches of thread left on the bobbin when I finished sewing! This quilt is completely done now as I now have the binding hand sewn to the back of the quilt.

The fox square is done (oops--just noticed the eyes are not stitched yet!) and I have started the rectangular section above. I did lots of stitching of the light blue border this week too.

I called my daughter tonight to ask for some pictures of her crochet progress ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 8 months, 1 week ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , slow sunday stitching

A Fox, Fried Eggs and Secret Projects from The Cozy Quilter

I have had a very productive week in the sewing department. Unfortunately, I can't show you two of the projects because they are gifts and must be kept secret for a while yet. Suffice to say that I have used up some older stash fabrics this week as well as a few newer fat quarters purchased specifically for the quilt. In time, I will show both projects here.

I have managed to add some stitches to my winter cross stitch every day this week. The fox section is well on its way to being done. Those stitches that look ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 8 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , gardens , slow sunday stitching

Barn Quilt Class from The Cozy Quilter

Today, Christine and I attended a Barn Quilt Block class in Palmyra, Ontario at the Crazy 8 Barn. I have wanted to make a Barn Quilt for our backyard for ages. There were two blocks available to choose from and we each chose a different one. The class started at 9am and we left for home around 5pm so it was an all day project.

There were lots of paint colours to choose from and we all did some mixing as well to get just the right colours for our blocks.

Here I am, hard at work, taping off the ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 8 months, 3 weeks ago. under barn quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , slow sunday stitching

A Week at the Cottage from The Cozy Quilter

Our family, including our daughter and Finn, spent this past week at a cottage near Algonquin Park. We had a relaxing week which included lots of reading on the dock, crafting, watching the olympics, a puzzle and going for walks. On the way to pick up Finn and our daughter, I spent several hours untangling a skein of wool that I bought last year in Newfoundland for the scarf I have been knitting. I'm not sure how it got so tangled up, but it is now a ball of wool, ready to add to the scarf.

I added lots ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 9 months ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , knitting , puzzles , slow sunday stitching , vacations

Blocks for RSC from The Cozy Quilter

This seemingly messy pile of fabric is actually the makings of a baby quilt! I took this picture when I had all the parts cut out and piled by my sewing machine, ready to sew. In the pile, are 12 of the 6.5" square crumb blocks in different colours for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge from last year. I have four sets of these blocks and decided to use each set in a different setting to make four baby quilts. The one I made previously was made up of star blocks.

This time I am making churn dash blocks. I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 9 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , rainbow scrap challenge

Baby Quilt Done! from The Cozy Quilter

A few months ago, I dug into my flannel scraps and made a flannel vortex baby quilt top in an effort to tame the flannel scrap bin. I ended up with a quilt top and a still full to overflowing flannel scrap bin. Sigh... This week, I finished off the quilting using this nifty attachment to keep my curved lines equidistant from each other as I sewed. It worked really well! I found some red Kona to use for the binding and now this quilt is in my baby quilt storage area, ready to give away when a baby comes ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , flannel , gardens , hiking , scrap vortex

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