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Mid April This and That from Humble Quilts

Jane Haworth was the guest speaker at the High Desert Quilt Guild. What charming quilts she makes!

I was able to get away on a nice Saturday and spend some time with my kids! We did an urban hike and this was the view!

I'm trying to get into backpacking fitness so I had a 15 pound pack on. Trying to keep up with the whippersnappers wasn't too difficult. LOL

I love Portland in the spring with so many lovely blooms.

Typical spring in Central Oregon. 60 degrees one day, snow the next! I get out to hike ...

added by Lori 3 days, 11 hours ago. under hiking , meet the teacher , quilt guild

Lots of Little Projects this week from The Cozy Quilter

I tried to get into my sewing room every day this week and managed to get lots done. First up, I finished the rest of my green blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I have to look and see if there are enough darker green scraps to make a 5x5 HST block. I don't have a lot of dark green fabric in my stash.

Next up-- I shortened a pair of jeans for my husband. He received them as a Christmas gift and, now, he can wear them. I also added a hanging sleeve to my little sashiko wall ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months ago. under baby gifts , counted cross stitch , finn , hiking , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching , zippered pouch

A Birthday Gift, The Rooster and Green Scraps from The Cozy Quilter

My friend, Ann, is celebrating a special birthday this week so I made her an open wide zippered pouch using this pattern from Noodlehead. Since February is green month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, this project fit right in! The lining is white with green polka dots. Ann is an avid gardener so she loved the fabric I chose.

I rummaged through my green scrap bin and cut up lots of 2.5" squares and HST's for my 3 rainbow scrap challenge projects for 2026. I made 6 checkerboard nine patches. I have not cut out the white background ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 1 week ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , hiking , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , zippered pouch

Looking Back Part 2 from Humble Quilts

Last year started with a retreat and this year is the same! I's a perfect time to be indoors sewing and reconnecting with good friends.

Went to a quilt show and historic Philly in March.

A highlight of 2025 was to go to France with my hubby!

My first time up the Eiffel Tower.

Normandy was incredible!

Got the quilt show in Nantes off the bucket list!

We took another trip to French Polynesia.

I was able to meet many quilters at guild meetings I presented to.

One of those guild meetings also included my first time in Alabama ...

added by Lori 3 months, 1 week ago. under hiking , looking back 2025 , travel

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 6 months ago. under finn , flowers , hiking , knitting , scarf , sewing day , slow sunday stitching

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 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hiking , placemats , slow sunday stitching

Peppermint Twist and Conquering Mountains! from Humble Quilts

Here is my Peppermint Twist machine quilted! The center toile was left open so I will need to hand quilt in that area. I'm not quite ready to share any more YET!

All 4 of us on the summit of Mount Saint Helens. It was a beast!

I did a lot of training with my daughter this summer and she was a big encourager. Because of her head injury she told me later hiking with a headlamp the first 45 minutes was a challenge for her brain. It never even crossed our minds that may be a problem.

Mt ...

added by Lori 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under hiking , jo morton , peppermint twist , tickled pink

Another Monday Funday! from Humble Quilts

Juliann donated a UFO to Faith Seeds and I'll be working on that off and on. It is the Bible Quilt from Jan Patek. She has a lot of it completed or basted and ready to stitch. My hand applique needs a bit of work- thankfully this is primitive! Thanks again, friend!!

I've made this before and smile seeing it at my niece's home. My previous one can be seen HERE.

A quilt shop I stopped at this past week while in Arizona. This is in Camp Verde.

I've been MIA

I had a lovely week ...

added by Lori 7 months, 1 week ago. under bible quilt , hiking

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 8 months, 1 week 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 8 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , books , charity quilts , crochet , finn , gardens , hiking , potato chip blocks , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , slow sunday stitching

Monday Funday! from Humble Quilts

Here are my trees so far. This is likely the setting I will use. I'm thinking one more row of 3. These are big blocks, so no need for a giant quilt. More info on THIS POST.

I missed a month of making trees, but here are my June blocks!

Many of you have asked how my daughter is doing after her crash.

She called the other day and asked if I was able to meet up near Mt Hood for a hike. She was ready to get out of the city for some fresh air. I didn't ...

added by Lori 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under hiking , tree of life

Monday Funday! from Humble Quilts

This is a big catch up post with not a lot of quilting.

Beautiful French Polynesia!

Here's our kitchen with that amazing view! That roll-up window was great!

The days were pretty short but the sunsets were amazing.

Taken at the Polynesian dinner and show we went to.

The flower crowns were so pretty! I noticed them mostly being worn on Sunday.

I recognized this woman/server from a year ago when we ate at this restaurant.

The islands are lovely and still generally not visited that much by tourists.

I have to sneak in a little photo of ...

added by Lori 10 months, 1 week ago. under hiking , reproduction quilt , travel

Orange Month for the RSC from The Cozy Quilter

Orange is the colour for June for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge so I dug into my 2.5" squares bin and pulled out all of the orange squares. I cut a few from my orange fat quarter bin to add some variety before making 6 orange hollow nine patch blocks. I am getting quite a stack of these blocks! When I run out of the centre squares, I will put the blocks together to make a quilt.

I continue to knit away on my scarf when the mood hits me...Maybe it will be done in time to wear it ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 10 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , finn , flannel , hiking , knitting. crochet , rainbow scrap challenge , sashiko , scrap vortex , slow sunday stitching

Sewing Retreat Report and Gardening from The Cozy Quilter

Last weekend, my husband and I went to the Camp Kintail Crafter's Retreat--Christine, my usual accomplice at retreats, had other plans for the weekend so my husband agreed to go with me. He did some reading and worked on weathering some model train cars. We also went for several walks--it was a gorgeous sunny weekend. I finished off the last three blocks for this quilt. I have not decided what to name it yet... The blocks are not put together yet as they have to be all trimmed to the exact same size first. They are bigger than standard ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 10 months, 4 weeks ago. under crochet , drunkard's path , finn , flannel , gardens , hiking , pillow cases , quilt vortex , rainbow scrap challenge , retreats , rug hooking , scraps , slow sunday stitching

It's all about learning from Crazy Quilter on a Bike!

Delete, delete, delete - the number of spam comments seems to grow by the day. Today was all about license plates. Have I mentioned anything about license plates recently? NO. And digitizing - I may have mentioned that, but it's all part of our new world filled with AI and bots that are supposed to do a better job than humans. Well, not exactly. I'm reading some articles about AI, and it seems that no one can even define what it is and how it's supposed to work. So, how are we going to figure it out? We won ...

added by Elaine 1 year, 1 month ago. under backyard , hiking , lexi , murphy , mysewnet , neighborhood

A TaDa Moment! from The Cozy Quilter

This afternoon, I added the final stitches to my Winter Woods cross stitch! There were lots of little stars to add in the sky of several pictures and a bit of backstitching, but not very much. I love this picture and look forward to getting it framed to hang up somewhere in my house next winter. We have lots of snow right now, although not as much as many places north of us where roads have been closed for days on end as the snowplows try to clear the snow away.

I spent some time at the sewing machine this ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 year, 1 month ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , hiking , knitting , rainbow scrap challenge , scrappy quilts , sewing room , slow sunday stitching

Slow Stitching Saturday! from The Cozy Quilter

Today was the annual Vice President's day at the Oxford Guild. Many quilters were working on Anita's Arrowhead blocks, a pattern chosen by our VP, but I decided to bring along some hand stitching to work on instead. Earlier in the week, I thread basted my Arizona quilt so that I could hand quilt it. I am using 28 wt grey Aurifil thread for big stitching. So far, so good!

I had several opportunities this week to add stitches to my Winter Woods cross stitch project. The deer is done and I also did the snowflake. I am ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 year, 2 months ago. under arizona quilt , baby quilts , binding , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , hand sewing , hiking , knitting , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Retreat Week from Humble Quilts

Last year all of us decided to make the Lone Cabin quilt or at least part of the quilt. You have seen mine many times but here are the girls progress on their quilt. They are looking great!

Here is Carrie's

Michelle's

Christy's. Tada! Top done!

I think Christy and Michelle said they may only make the cabin. So much for that plan. I love them all!

We have the condo for a week but every year it is a bit different as to how long everyone can stay. We got a quick photo before Michelle had ...

added by Lori 1 year, 2 months ago. under hiking , lone cabin , quilt retreat

Quilt Blocks Made and some Slow Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

Last weekend, I showed you some fabrics I purchased when we were in Phoenix, Arizona in the fall. I had pulled out some co-ordinating solids to go with them. This week, at the guild sewing day, I started to make some blocks.

I am making four of each block. Each quadrant of the quilt will be a mirror image of the quadrant beside and below/above it. I am using one solid and one print in each block. The blocks are 6.5" square. Here are the blocks I made early in the week, in a possible layout. I was ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 year, 2 months ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hiking , slow sunday stitching , vacations , wall hangings

Here Comes the Sun from Humble Quilts