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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 5 days, 18 hours 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 1 week, 3 days 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 1 month, 2 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 2 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 2 months, 1 week 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 2 months, 3 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 5 months, 1 week 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 5 months, 3 weeks 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 6 months, 2 weeks 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 6 months, 2 weeks 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 6 months, 4 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hiking , slow sunday stitching , vacations , wall hangings

Here Comes the Sun from Humble Quilts

I started with these.

Paper pieced the arcs...

Reverse appliqueing the outer red.

Hand quilted- complete! YAY! This is a new class for 2025!

We had carolers last night! Hark the Herald!

I was able to bundle up and get out for a local hike this week.

Was great to clear the head and get fresh air!

I hope you have a lovely week of peace and joy.

added by Lori 7 months, 3 weeks ago. under here comes the sun workshop , hiking

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 9 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hiking , slow sunday stitching , table runners

Fun on A Friday from Humble Quilts

I put the final stitches in this years Humble Quilts sewalong last night! I plan on posting fabric choices and the antique inspiration next week. I hope you'll be joining in! It's called Homestead.

I'm trying to take advantage of summer before it is gone!

Did a nice 7 mile hike near my home in Central Oregon.

Scruffy little bunny is always fun to see!

Next, since I've been in Portland I try to find some kind of urban hike.

This tree was massive.

I ended up going through the Portland rose garden. So beautiful!

Have ...

added by Lori 10 months, 4 weeks ago. under 2024 quiltalong , hiking

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 11 months 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 11 months ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hiking , placemats , slow sunday stitching , tesselate textiles

Midnight Sewing and Fun on Monday! from Humble Quilts

I stacked my "Etsy" store on one side of the spare bedroom as my sister and her grandson Zack were coming for a visit. I jokingly told him, "No quilting in the middle of the night!" (Note the bag of fabric rolls in the foreground)

The next morning he came down with these two, one was a conversation print with pencils! What are these? Can I have one? haha I asked my sister later what she thought he would do with it and she replied, "probably make a parachute" He cracked me up!

He loves Elsa.

Some of what I ...

added by Lori 11 months, 2 weeks ago. under family , hiking , just for fun

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 1 year ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , flannel , gardens , hiking , scrap vortex

A Fun Week from The Cozy Quilter

This was a busy week, packed with fun activities and a short getaway with my husband to Niagara on the Lake. On Canada Day, we hosted a BBQ and played Bocce in our backyard before going to see the fireworks in the evening. Dessert featured ice cream, strawberries and butter tarts (a delicious Canadian invention). I spent some time on my secret project and managed to finish all of the units for the quilt top. They are on my design wall and I hope to sew them together this coming week. Sorry, no pictures for now. I did some hand ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 year, 1 month ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hand quilting , hiking , put a ring on it , slow sunday stitching

Hand Stitching and a Secret Project from The Cozy Quilter

Another busy week! I continue to do some hand quilting on my Put a Ring on It quilt most days. I have developed a callus on my left pointer finger... the mark of a hand quilter. I think I am a little over half finished with hand quilting this wall hanging.

I cut all the pieces for a secret project this week. It seems to take me longer to pick the fabrics than it does to actually sew the quilt. I seem to hum and haw over my choices for days on end, adding and subtracting fabrics, taking pictures, thinking ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 year, 1 month ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , gardens , hand quilting , hiking , put a ring on it , slow sunday stitching

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