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June 28, 2025
A Weekend at the Cottage from The Cozy Quilter

 My friend, Christine, and I had a few days away at the cottage last weekend. We brought our sewing machines, projects, and handwork with us, as well as some books to read and good food to eat.  It was a pretty relaxing weekend.  A storm blew through and the power was off for 12 hours, but we found lots to do.  We even toasted bagels and boiled water for tea on the BBQ!  

I started a Tiny House quilt (online class by Jo Avery).  My houses still need roofs and chimneys but I did didn't have the right colour ...

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June 15, 2025
An old UFO off the to do list from The Cozy Quilter

My 10 year old Sashiko project is finally completely done and can go out on display!


I stitched in the ditch around the navy part and then did three rows of quilting in the border.  The binding is on.  I didn't do any quilting in the sashiko panel--I could still add some if I decide later that it needs it. 



The backing is a fat quarter I had in my stash. 



I had a chance to knit several times in the last week and added another 5 inches to my scarf.  It is 56" long now. 

I finished the ...

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June 6, 2025
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 ...

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May 25, 2025
Bloomers from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! If you thought you were going to get a break from my endless prattle today, then you would be wrong. I'm still mouthing off on a daily basis. For sure though, I'm taking the next couple of days off. We'll be in full-on packing mode, and it's going to get ugly. Trust me. You don't want to know a thing about it. 

On the other hand, things have been looking up flower-wise. Mike was the first one to spot it, but when I looked out the dining room window yesterday morning ...

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Bloomers from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! If you thought you were going to get a break from my endless prattle today, then you would be wrong. I'm still mouthing off on a daily basis. For sure though, I'm taking the next couple of days off. We'll be in full-on packing mode, and it's going to get ugly. Trust me. You don't want to know a thing about it. 

On the other hand, things have been looking up flower-wise. Mike was the first one to spot it, but when I looked out the dining room window yesterday morning ...

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May 24, 2025
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 ...

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May 18, 2025
Final Full Week from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Things are about to get real here at the Three Cats Ranch. Real busy, that is. We'll be at home today, but the week starts off with a bang tomorrow when we take both kitties to the vet to collect their CVI (Certificate of Veterinary Inspection). Think of it as the kitty passport they'll need to enter Alaska. And, honestly, they are natural-born American catizens, so they are very put out at this extra hoop they must jump through. And if you don't know it already, kitties are not fond of doing tricks ...

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Final Full Week from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Things are about to get real here at the Three Cats Ranch. Real busy, that is. We'll be at home today, but the week starts off with a bang tomorrow when we take both kitties to the vet to collect their CVI (Certificate of Veterinary Inspection). Think of it as the kitty passport they'll need to enter Alaska. And, honestly, they are natural-born American catizens, so they are very put out at this extra hoop they must jump through. And if you don't know it already, kitties are not fond of doing tricks ...

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May 9, 2025
Pitcher Plant Rug Hooking from The Cozy Quilter

Our daughter arrived last weekend to stay for a few days before taking Finn home.  She and I spent one evening stitching together--I worked on my rug hooking and she did some cross stitching.  Unfortunately, her stitching was off by one square and  she had to rip out quite a bit of what she had accomplished so that project is now in time out!  I think my stem looks too thick so it may need to be ripped out and made skinnier.  Maybe it would look better if some of the background was hooked around it?  Any advice from the ...

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May 4, 2025
Slow Sewturday from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I never actually know what I'm going to tell you when I sit down for these little chats until I take the pictures off my camera. There were only four pictures today, and that tells me I had a slug-like day yesterday. Probably I needed the rest. I hadn't done any slow-stitching the day before, and so I decided to just stitch on this piece until it was done. This is May's block for The Sewing Room BOM from Jenny of Elefantz.


It still needs borders, and then I'll need to make ...

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Slow Sewturday from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. I never actually know what I'm going to tell you when I sit down for these little chats until I take the pictures off my camera. There were only four pictures today, and that tells me I had a slug-like day yesterday. Probably I needed the rest. I hadn't done any slow-stitching the day before, and so I decided to just stitch on this piece until it was done. This is May's block for The Sewing Room BOM from Jenny of Elefantz.


It still needs borders, and then I'll need to make ...

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April 27, 2025
Lupin Cross Stitch is Done from The Cozy Quilter

I added the last outlining stitches to my lupins cross stitch this week when Christine was over to sew one evening. I will take this to the framers soon, along with my Winter Woods project.  I purchased this kit when we were in Newfoundland in June 2023.  I also purchased a kit to make a pitcher plant hooked rug when I was there and hope to work on it next. 


I found my bin of cotton clothesline cording and made a couple of rope bowls this week.  I will probably make a few more this week to use up the ...

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April 19, 2025
Happy Easter! from The Cozy Quilter

Happy Easter to all who celebrate this holiday!  We had brunch with my husband's family yesterday so the rest of the weekend will be quiet. My niece helped me to make a bunny charcuterie board for the brunch yesterday and I managed to get a picture before people started to nibble.  I will have to make more of these for other family gatherings. 



I only have one more quilt that needs a hanging sleeve for the quilt show. I hope to get to that this weekend. I am one of those people that likes to have things done ahead ...

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April 16, 2025
A Busy Two Weeks from The Cozy Quilter


I was away last weekend and did not have time to blog before I left so today's post is a catch up on what I have been up to for the last couple of weeks.  I am happy to report that I have finished hand quilting my Arizona quilt and I am now working on getting the binding hand stitched and adding a sleeve and label.  



The Oxford Quilter's Guild show is the coming up very soon and I have registered 12 quilts in the show.  Most of them do not have hanging sleeves yet so that will ...

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April 13, 2025
Second Wind from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's been less than 24 hours since my last post, and so I don't have much to tell you this morning. When I left you yesterday afternoon, I was surprisingly tired after our trek to the farmer's market. I was gearing up...or maybe I was winding down...to take a nap. When I woke up, I felt quite a bit refreshed. 

Heading into the sewing room, I spent some time finishing off the top border for The Story of My Day. Sadie kept me company.


The border was about half finished. I ...

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Second Wind from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's been less than 24 hours since my last post, and so I don't have much to tell you this morning. When I left you yesterday afternoon, I was surprisingly tired after our trek to the farmer's market. I was gearing up...or maybe I was winding down...to take a nap. When I woke up, I felt quite a bit refreshed. 

Heading into the sewing room, I spent some time finishing off the top border for The Story of My Day. Sadie kept me company.


The border was about half finished. I ...

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April 6, 2025
Good Trouble from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Well. What a day we had yesterday. By day's end, Smitty was channeling our combined energy.

A lot has happened since we last chatted. Let's start with the sewing, shall we? I have some things to tell you about our day on Saturday, but I'll save that for the end. If you're not interested in hearing about the protest, please feel free to opt out when you see me climb up on my soapbox. For now...the sewing, and nothing but the sewing. And cats. Of course, there will be cats.

I ...

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Good Trouble from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Well. What a day we had yesterday. By day's end, Smitty was channeling our combined energy.

A lot has happened since we last chatted. Let's start with the sewing, shall we? I have some things to tell you about our day on Saturday, but I'll save that for the end. If you're not interested in hearing about the protest, please feel free to opt out when you see me climb up on my soapbox. For now...the sewing, and nothing but the sewing. And cats. Of course, there will be cats.

I ...

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March 30, 2025
Four Projects from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day in my sewing room yesterday. Progress was made on four projects. First off, I finished quilting the right side of Jericho Walls, including the row of setting triangles.


Now I've rotated the quilt 180° where there are two more rows of blocks and another row of setting triangles. If all goes as expected, I should be ready to quilt the outer border by Wednesday. 


Next, I traced out two more blocks for Raggedy & Friends. 



That would have been the day's quota, but I had a piece of fabric just ...

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Four Projects from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a busy day in my sewing room yesterday. Progress was made on four projects. First off, I finished quilting the right side of Jericho Walls, including the row of setting triangles.


Now I've rotated the quilt 180° where there are two more rows of blocks and another row of setting triangles. If all goes as expected, I should be ready to quilt the outer border by Wednesday. 


Next, I traced out two more blocks for Raggedy & Friends. 



That would have been the day's quota, but I had a piece of fabric just ...

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