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What’s New For Winter? from Made By Marney

January is always a tough month for me…getting through 5 weeks of winter can be grueling. I stay in Wisconsin, and take advantage of the snow with some cross country skiing and snow shoeing. AND I decorate with paper pieced snowmen. They can stay in place until Valentine’s Day or beyond, so it’s an easy decorating theme.

Snowmen from PAPER PIECING ALL YEAR ROUND

These 2 cuties are from my newest book, PAPER PIECING ALL YEAR ROUND. With 24 block patterns and lots of cute projects, this book is a good bargain.

I have ...

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The Gifts of Christmas from The Cozy Quilter

Our daughter has been very busy over the last few months, working on gifts for us and her grandmother. I knew about the bee picture for her grandmother, but had no idea she was making something for us as well. "Home for the Holidays" was a stitch-along at the Barmy Fox on Instagram. Each day for 3 1/2 weeks, there were new stitches to learn and add to her picture. It looks great on our mantle with my little gnome. She learned several new stitches including the whipped backstitch, the feather stitch, the open and closed fly stitch, padded ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month ago. under christmas gifts , counted cross stitch , embroidery , hats , knitting , love birds , pillowcases , scarves , zippered pouch

QUICK & EASY QUILTS from Made By Marney

After months of staying home, I am ready for something fresh and new, and I’ll bet you are too! Fons & Porter has started a brand spanking new publication, QUICK & EASY QUILTS, and this fun, fresh, and new publication is bound to put a spring in your step.

The premiere issue is coming in August/September. Inside you’ll find 12 fresh projects that are not only Accessible to Beginners but Appealing to All Quilters and guess who has a project inside…

All of the Star-Studded Designers in this issue include:

Victoria Findlay Wolfe @VictoriaFindlayWolfe
Charisma Horton @CharismaHorton
Kimberly Jolly ...

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Snowballs Make a Perfect Border from Fret Not Yourself

Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.

~Ambrose Bierce

Quilting

The snowball borders are finally sewn on the Wheel quilt. Wheee!

A portion of the Wheel quilt showing some of the wheels with a narrow red and white striped sashing and a border of three rows of low volume snowball blocks

Snowball border on the Wheel quilt

Oh, joy! Not that the quilt is done but at least the top is finished. It's too large to get a full photo right now. Hopefully that can happen once it's quilted. Next will be an excavation of my stash to see what white fabrics lurking there could become a back. I can't remember any right now but am certainly not purchasing more before checking the ...

added by Ann 8 months, 2 weeks ago. under book recommendation , pillowcases , robert galbraith , snowball block , tote bags , wheel quilt block

A Fail and a Few Finishes from Fret Not Yourself

'Home is the place where, when you have to go there,

They have to take you in.'

'I should have called it

Something you somehow haven't to deserve.'

~ The Death of the Hired Man

by Robert Frost

My mother used to quote the first two lines to us but I didn't know the author although I'd read many of Frost's poems. I'm fortunate to have a large family that gets along. We write; we call; we visit. What a blessing to just belong to this group; people who have known you all your life. {Although ...

added by Ann 9 months, 3 weeks ago. under book recommendation , phillip pullman , pillowcases , shadow star , tree block

OUR ANNUAL PILLOWCASE DAY from The Proficient Needle

For the past several years, my southern quilt group has sponsored a sewing day for Ryan's Case for Smiles. The Tampa Bay group is very active, with many scheduled sew days at various quilt shops, and with private groups.

Last Wednesday, three coordinators arrived, loaded down with sergers, fabric, and sewing machine kits. We began at 11 am, and with the help of many friends and neighbours to tackle the non-sewing jobs, such as pinning, turning, pick up and delivery to the various machines, and folding the completed pillowcases.

We completed 290 pillowcases by 2:45, and another 200 ...

added by Susan Torrens 10 months, 4 weeks ago. under pillowcases , quilt show , shopping , stash report

STASH REPORT from The Proficient Needle

Fabric used this week 7 yards

Fabric used year to date 18.5 yards

Fabric added this week 11 yards

Fabric added year to date 15.625 yards

Net used 2020 2.875 yards

My southern quilting group is having a pillowcase sewing day for Ryan's Cases for Smiles. I picked up fabric for them last week and used it right away. We have 2 members of the local branch coming on Wednesday, and lots of non-sewing volunteers to help pin, turn, press, fold, pick up and deliver pillowcase parts to keep the stitchers busy. I'm taking my ...

added by Susan Torrens 11 months ago. under finished quilt tops , pillowcases

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 11 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , binding , counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , knitting , pillowcases , spinning 4 patch , table runners

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 1 year, 1 month ago. under christmas gifts , counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , pillowcases , pillows , shirt quilts , slow sunday stitching

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