slow sunday stitching

Lots of Hand Stitching and Another Block from The Cozy Quilter

A few years ago, I stitched "Let it Bee". I was cleaning up the top of my cutting table and found it in a pile, waiting to be framed. I went to Stitch It Central this past week to buy some backing for the secret gift quilt that I have been working on and purchased a 5" hoop for my bee while I was there. It was well overdue for being framed!

I went to the weekly guild sewing day earlier this week and spent my time hand quilting the four HST blocks in my Arizona quilt. The centre part ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months ago. under arizona quilt , counted cross stitch , crochet , drunkard's path , finn , garden , hand quilting , slow sunday stitching

Sewing the Day Away from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a very good Sewturday yesterday. I got a lot done in the sewing room. You might recall that when I left the sewing room Friday afternoon, I was in the process of making two "Rosebud" blocks for the Girls' Getaway quilt.

I'd never made this block before. It looked complicated, but it actually went together pretty easily. When I had them all sewn together, they looked like this.

The pieced blocks for this quilt will be placed around the outer edge of the quilt. Some require a "spacer" to make them fit. The ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under cats , embroidery , mindless musings , quilt shops , quilts , slow sunday stitching , travel

Sewing the Day Away from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a very good Sewturday yesterday. I got a lot done in the sewing room. You might recall that when I left the sewing room Friday afternoon, I was in the process of making two "Rosebud" blocks for the Girls' Getaway quilt.

I'd never made this block before. It looked complicated, but it actually went together pretty easily. When I had them all sewn together, they looked like this.

The pieced blocks for this quilt will be placed around the outer edge of the quilt. Some require a "spacer" to make them fit. The ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under cats , embroidery , mindless musings , quilt shops , quilts , slow sunday stitching , travel

My New Projects and Knitting from The Cozy Quilter

I started these blocks at a recent guild retreat after mulling over the design for a couple of months. I made two at the retreat and one more today. I have more colours pulled to make nine blocks for this wall hanging. Here is the pink block.

And here are the three blocks I have made so far.

The centres are a cute print that I have had in my stash for a few years. I have the green and blue blocks in line to do next.

I have been knitting most days this past week and my scarf is ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 1 week ago. under cheryl arkison , crochet , drunkard's path , finn , knitting , slow sunday stitching , solids

Binding and Finn's Approval from The Cozy Quilter

It's been a busy week and I have not had much time to sew but I did manage to hand sew the bindings on the two quilts I showed in my last post. The shadow box quilt has gray binding, the same as the shadows on the quilt.

Finn approves of the potato chip baby quilt.

Here is a close up of the backing fabric--I love the paper boats print!

My daughter's book blanket is coming along with nine new squares added in February.

These squares represent two books read in March so far.

Here are the books ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , binding , books , crochet , finn , potato chip blocks , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching

Just Got Home from a Quilting Retreat! from The Cozy Quilter

Three days and two nights of quilting! I always bring more with me than I can possibly do while I am at a retreat but I like to have options in case I feel like changing projects. However, by the time I left today, I only had one project that I did not touch. Much was accomplished! I started out slowly with a warm up projects. I am making nine patch blocks for my Rainbow Scrap Challenge project this year. March's colour is yellow. They are a bit brighter than they appear in this picture. The lighting in the ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under binding , charity sewing , crochet , drunkard's path , finn , hand quilting , potato chip blocks , rainbow scrap challenge , retreat , serging , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

Fresh Start from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a good day of sewing yesterday. I was able to finish off the Circus piece. It just needs the binding hand-sewn now. Today's sewing will probably be mostly hand-sewing, although I'm going to make good on my threat to sew the Kittens blocks into a finished quilt top.

There still is no plan for these. I've been mulling it over, and I have a couple of ideas. We'll all just have to wait and see what my hands do with them. It's unlikely that I can finish it today ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 4 weeks ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , family , free-motion quilting , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Fresh Start from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a good day of sewing yesterday. I was able to finish off the Circus piece. It just needs the binding hand-sewn now. Today's sewing will probably be mostly hand-sewing, although I'm going to make good on my threat to sew the Kittens blocks into a finished quilt top.

There still is no plan for these. I've been mulling it over, and I have a couple of ideas. We'll all just have to wait and see what my hands do with them. It's unlikely that I can finish it today ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 4 weeks ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , family , free-motion quilting , quilts , slow sunday stitching

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 3 months, 4 weeks ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , hiking , knitting , rainbow scrap challenge , scrappy quilts , sewing room , slow sunday stitching

In a Bind from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a second Valentine's Day here. Mike and I have an evening out tonight to celebrate Friday's Valentine's Day. There's a special three-course meal at one of our favorite restaurants in downtown Portland. We wanted to avoid the Friday night holiday crowd, and so we waited until tonight for our celebratory dinner. I'm glad because I doubt we could have gotten out of our driveway on Friday. Tonight, it'll be smooth sailing...but no sailing...and no slipping, just because it's smooth. Sailing and slipping are to be ...

added by Barbara 4 months ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , every little thing , exercise , free-motion quilting , mindless musings , quilts , slow sunday stitching

In a Bind from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a second Valentine's Day here. Mike and I have an evening out tonight to celebrate Friday's Valentine's Day. There's a special three-course meal at one of our favorite restaurants in downtown Portland. We wanted to avoid the Friday night holiday crowd, and so we waited until tonight for our celebratory dinner. I'm glad because I doubt we could have gotten out of our driveway on Friday. Tonight, it'll be smooth sailing...but no sailing...and no slipping, just because it's smooth. Sailing and slipping are to be ...

added by Barbara 4 months ago. under cats , challenge quilts , embroidery , every little thing , exercise , free-motion quilting , mindless musings , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Knitting, Cross Stitch, Crochet and a Weekend Away from The Cozy Quilter

My scarf that I am making with the yarn I purchased in Cow Head, Newfoundland in 2023 is getting longer-- 32" or 82cm long now. It takes a long time to make a scarf! I will keep knitting...it would be nice to be able to wear it this winter!

Just a little bit more to do on the Winter Woods cross stitch. There are some clouds in the sky above the mountains to add and some stars in the sky in several places on the entire picture. The deer got its tail this week too--I forgot to do it ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months ago. under books , counted cross stitch , crochet , fabric post cards , finn , knitting , slow sunday stitching

Slow Stitching Report from The Cozy Quilter

I finished off the second diamond hand quilting this week and then started on the squares at the top of the Arizona quilt. I'm working on quilting a quarter inch along the gray background. As I quilt, I am thinking about what I am going to do next. I'm still undecided about whether to quilt a circle in the middle of each square...we will see.

I have finished the tree section now on my Winter Woods cross stitch. This picture was taken before I was quite done. The next section is started now. Who knows? Can I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , embroidery , finn , hand quilting , 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 4 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

Slow Saturday from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Do you ever have a day where you just relish lying around and doing nothing? My Saturday was like that. There were plenty of things I could have done, but I spent most of my day sitting or else lying on the couch. I blame cats. They're at their best when people are sitting around or lying around. There are plenty of nooks and crannies in human laps that allow for excellent kitty warming spots.

A few things were accomplished. I turned the fourth corner on the Domestic Affairs quilt.

There was still most of ...

added by Barbara 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under cats , quilt shops , quilts , slow sunday stitching , travel

Slow Saturday from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Do you ever have a day where you just relish lying around and doing nothing? My Saturday was like that. There were plenty of things I could have done, but I spent most of my day sitting or else lying on the couch. I blame cats. They're at their best when people are sitting around or lying around. There are plenty of nooks and crannies in human laps that allow for excellent kitty warming spots.

A few things were accomplished. I turned the fourth corner on the Domestic Affairs quilt.

There was still most of ...

added by Barbara 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under cats , quilt shops , quilts , slow sunday stitching , travel

Arizona Quilt Top and Deer Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

I put my Arizona quilt blocks together and it is now a completed top--36"square. Before assembly, I remade a couple of the four patches. If you look closely, you can see that the cacti are now mirror images of the adjacent block in the next quadrant. Anal, I know, but I didn't like how it looked before.

I also worked on the walking foot quilting on the second potato chip baby quilt. It is about 3/4 done and I hope to finish it this week and get the binding on. One more of these tops to quilt ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , potato chip blocks , slow sunday stitching

Next Steps from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a good day of sewing yesterday. I've taken two projects to the next step in the process. Of course, no day of sewing is complete without first spending some time with my slow-stitching in the morning. I'm nearing a finish of the Catmint piece.

Next up, I finished quilting the remaining blocks in the Domestic Affairs quilt.

It's hard to see the quilting on the back, but here's a peek.

Whenever I'm working on a quilt, I think of it as a learning experience. If my goal is to ...

added by Barbara 5 months ago. under book review , cats , embroidery , free-motion quilting , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Next Steps from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a good day of sewing yesterday. I've taken two projects to the next step in the process. Of course, no day of sewing is complete without first spending some time with my slow-stitching in the morning. I'm nearing a finish of the Catmint piece.

Next up, I finished quilting the remaining blocks in the Domestic Affairs quilt.

It's hard to see the quilting on the back, but here's a peek.

Whenever I'm working on a quilt, I think of it as a learning experience. If my goal is to ...

added by Barbara 5 months ago. under book review , cats , embroidery , free-motion quilting , quilts , slow sunday stitching

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 5 months ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hiking , slow sunday stitching , vacations , wall hangings

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