slow sunday stitching

Sewing Day with Friends from The Cozy Quilter

Before the pandemic, I used to invite a few friends over for a sewing day several times a year. Today, three friends came here for a sewing/embroidery/knitting/cross stitch day. It's fun to sit and chat while we work on our projects. I made everyone basket block pincushions as a souvenir of our day together.

I spent some time this past week getting my main sewing project ready. Last year, one of my Rainbow Scrap Projects was four 6.5" crumb blocks for each of 12 colours. I have been thinking about how I will use these ...

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Snow, Sew, and Slow Day from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're in a warming trend this morning. It was 10°F when we went to bed last night. This morning, we awakened to a balmy 12°F. It isn't much of a change, but we'll take it. Sleet fell almost all day yesterday. It was so dry and windy that it mostly just blew around, not really adding any depth to the snow already on the ground. We have about two inches.

Today's forecast calls for a "wintry" mix (shouldn't that be "wintery"?), and a possibility of freezing rain on Tuesday ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Snow, Sew, and Slow Day from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're in a warming trend this morning. It was 10°F when we went to bed last night. This morning, we awakened to a balmy 12°F. It isn't much of a change, but we'll take it. Sleet fell almost all day yesterday. It was so dry and windy that it mostly just blew around, not really adding any depth to the snow already on the ground. We have about two inches.

Today's forecast calls for a "wintry" mix (shouldn't that be "wintery"?), and a possibility of freezing rain on Tuesday ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Progress on Several Fronts from The Cozy Quilter

I managed to do some knitting or sewing or cross stitching every day this week! My Gross Morne scarf is now 1 foot (31 cm) long. I have decided to include the measurement each time I show it as it is hard to tell from the photo alone if I have made any progress. I still have a ways to go on this project!

I made my husband and my daughter pillowcases for Christmas but ran out of time to make one for myself so I did that this week. The two main fabrics were purchased in the East Coast ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months ago. under counted cross stitch , david owen hastings , finn , i spy quilts , knitting , modern sampler , pillowcases , pincushions , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Stitching Everyday! from The Cozy Quilter

Kathy, our Slow Sunday Stitching organizer and cheerleader, keeps a journal/calendar where she documents what she sews/knits etc. each day. I decided I would track my stitching activities each day this year on a wall calendar which I will keep in my sewing room. So far, I have stitched and/or knitted every day this year! We will see how this goes. I don't have a goal of how many days each week I want to stitch--I'm just going to track my activities.

I added more stitches to my counted cross stitch Christmas project. This will ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 1 week ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , finn , hats , improvisational piecing , knitting , maria shell , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , university quilt

Last Post of 2023 from The Cozy Quilter

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and some time to relax this past week once the festivities were over. I have managed to do a bit of knitting this week as well as some un-sewing (more on that later in this post!). During the month of December, I worked on knitting a new hat for my husband whenever he was out or otherwise occupied. Despite my best efforts, I did not get it done in time and he ended up unwrapping an unfinished gift. He was surprised and pleased with my gift to him, which makes it all worthwhile ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under christmas gifts , counted cross stitch , finn , knitting , pillowcases , quilt repairs , rope bowls , slow sunday stitching , wall hangings

Merry Christmas! from The Cozy Quilter

Good Morning! Finn and our daughter arrived last night for the holidays so the festivities can begin now! I did a bit of cross stitch on my Christmas project. The wreath is getting there! I hope to have more time to work on this after Christmas Day!

I have been sewing a fair bit this past week, finishing off gifts for friends and family. While I can't show you pictures of my projects yet, here is evidence that the sewing machine has not been idle. I use a make up brush to clean my machine--lots of fluff! My sewing ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , sewing machine , slow sunday stitching

Christmas Cross Stitch and My Scarf in Progress from The Cozy Quilter

I finished off the centre snowflake and started the wreath above it this week in my Christmas cross stitch project. This pattern is called "Invierno" from Satsuma Street. It is made up of nine motifs with a purple frame around each one. I have a ways to go but this will be my relaxing slow stitching project over the next few weeks. I will have it framed to hang up before next Christmas.

I've added several rows of knitting to my scarf. I expect that it won't be done for this winter! Good thing I have other scarves ...

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'Tis the Season of Secret Projects from The Cozy Quilter

Last weekend, we went to visit our daughter and Finn. On the way there and back, I hand stitched the binding on two quilts, the nautical themed comfort quilt I showed last week and this Whistlestop quilt. I am very happy to have finished this quilt! I have two more lap quilts pin basted, ready for quilting but they will have to wait until after the holidays for I am in the midst of making gifts that cannot be shown on my blog until after Christmas.

I did a bit of knitting most days this past week. My scarf is ...

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My Second November Quilting Retreat from The Cozy Quilter

Christine and I attended the annual November Crafter's retreat at Camp Kintail this past weekend. We both love these weekends away to get lots done on our current and new projects. I just noticed that a lot of my projects are green in this post... I made this I Spy HRT quilt top at the Oxford Guild retreat early in November and managed to get it quilted and bound at the retreat. I finished off the hand stitching on the binding at home this week.

I found this fun green and white striped fabric in my stash for the ...

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Architecture Class, Borders, Sunflowers, Christmas Bazaar and Knitting from The Cozy Quilter

Last Saturday, I took a zoom class with David Owen Hastings. For the project, we were to each choose a picture of a building or structure to inspire our quilts. My husband and I visited Dunnottar Castle in Scotland a few years ago and I took lots of pictures there. The castle is mostly a ruin and my picture was of the end wall of the chapel. We then used some paper frames to zero in on a particular part of our picture, drew a pattern and made the quilt using three shades of solid fabrics and a pop of ...

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Guild Retreat Report from The Cozy Quilter

This past weekend, my friend Christine and I went to the semi-annual Oxford Guild Quilt Retreat in Stratford. We both were very productive at the retreat--sewing morning, noon and night with breaks for meals and sleeping only! This is why there was no blogpost here this past weekend. I brought lots of projects with me--heaven forbid I run out of things to sew!

I made a couple of Christmas gifts, one of which I can show here now. This little wall hanging is for my MIL for her room in the nursing home where she lives. She loves Christmas and ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months ago. under christmas gifts , counted cross stitch , finn , hand sewing , hurty ruler , knitting , retreat , rope projects , slow sunday stitching , wall hangings

Fall Back from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! Did you remember to fall back? I know the time change is hard on some folks. It has never bothered me, but I'll admit to preferring the falling back time to the springing forward time. Getting an extra hour to sew is never a bad idea.

It was a lazy day for us yesterday. We didn't even get dressed until around lunch time. I spent the morning working on my slow-stitching.

When it was time to stop, I moved my hoop to the right. That's where I'll pick it up this morning ...

added by Barbara 5 months, 1 week ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Fall Back from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! Did you remember to fall back? I know the time change is hard on some folks. It has never bothered me, but I'll admit to preferring the falling back time to the springing forward time. Getting an extra hour to sew is never a bad idea.

It was a lazy day for us yesterday. We didn't even get dressed until around lunch time. I spent the morning working on my slow-stitching.

When it was time to stop, I moved my hoop to the right. That's where I'll pick it up this morning ...

added by Barbara 5 months, 1 week ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , slow sunday stitching

An Update from The Cozy Quilter

My husband and I were away for a little over a week recently and I managed to get some more stitches done on my sunflower cross stitch in the car on our way to Colonial Williamsburg, in Virginia. I am not going to be able to finish this picture before the end of the month as I had originally hoped, but I'm ok with that. One of our (unintended) souvenirs from our trip was two cases of COVID. We tested positive before leaving Virginia so it was a long 12 hour trip in the car to get home. I ...

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Modern Sampler Borders, Sunflowers, Ribbing, and a Class from The Cozy Quilter

In order to make my Modern Sampler quilt bed sized, I need to add borders. I decided to make one of the borders pieced with 2.5" squares. I cut out lots of squares and then made them into twosies. Some of them have been sewn into longer chains but that's as far as I got this week. Next time I sit down at the sewing machine, I will work on this again.

My Sunflower cross stitch is 3/4 done! My goal of having this done by the end of October is achievable, I think. I will keep ...

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Fall Leaves, Sunflowers and a Swatch from The Cozy Quilter

A couple of weeks ago, I pieced a fall leaves wall hanging and this week, I quilted and bound it. The background fabric is Essex linen and the print fabrics had all been in my stash for several years. My goal for this project was to use up almost all of these fabrics while making a gift for my MIL. I quilted it with straight lines using my walking foot.

I used the Essex linen for the binding and hanging sleeve and finished off the hand sewing this afternoon.

Here is the finished wall hanging, ready to bring to quilt ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , gifts , knitting , modern bom , slow sunday stitching , wall hangings

Sunflowers and a Mini Vacation from The Cozy Quilter

This past week was not very productive in the sewing room but I did spend several hours working on my sunflower cross stitch picture. I would really like to finish this picture in the next month or so as I would like to start a Christmas cross stitch project and maybe finish it in time for Christmas...

When we went to Newfoundland in June, we happened upon a little knitting store called "Skivvers Fibre Studio and Wool Craft" in Cow Head where I purchased a pattern book and wool to make myself a hat, mittens and a scarf. I have ...

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A Variety of Projects from The Cozy Quilter

Somehow, I managed to do some sewing almost every day this past week. Two sunflowers are almost done in this quadrant of my sunflower cross stitch. I also added a bee and some leaves.

I'm going to a wedding shower tomorrow for my cousin's daughter. If you know her, please don't spill the beans. I am quite sure that the bride to be does not read my blog! I made her these pillowcases--they like to go camping so the canoe fabric was chosen with this in mind.

I also made her two coiled rope hot pads. The ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 7 months ago. under baby gifts , counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , hst's , pumpkins , rope bowls , shweshwe , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

Making Gifts from The Cozy Quilter

My next door neighbour is an excellent knitter. Last week, she helped me to fix a booboo in my knitted dishcloth. She showed me some socks that she was knitting and I noticed that her knitting bag was a reusable grocery bag. I decided she needed a wide open zipper pouch for her sock knitting projects. I purchased the knitting fabric when on a mini shop hop with friends (we visited two shops and went out for lunch). The other two fabrics and the zipper were in my stash. Can you tell I like dots? My neighbour was thrilled with ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 7 months, 1 week ago. under canning , counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

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