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Camp Kintail Retreat Report from The Cozy Quilter

This post features my projects from last weekend's Crafters retreat at Camp Kintail, but first I want to show you my finished Fall cross stitch...TaDa! I started this project at the beginning of September and have added stitches to it steadily until this week, when I added the last few. As I have said before, I love the transparency where the trees overlap and the bright colours in this picture. I will have it framed shortly and hang it up for the Fall next year. I have a couple of embroidery kits that I would like to work ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 21 hours, 6 minutes ago. under baby quilts , camp kintail , counted cross stitch , drunkard's path , finn , placemats , quilts of valour , retreats , slow sunday stitching , table runners , thread house academy , zippered pouch

Home from the Guild Retreat from The Cozy Quilter

I just got home from our guild quilt retreat about an hour ago and decided to share some of my projects on my blog. First up, handwork! Christine and I watched the World Series baseball games on the Friday and Saturday nights and while we watched, we did some cross stitch. She worked on her Halloween project and I added more stitches to my Fall trees. We had hoped for a different winner of the Championship but it was not to be this year.

I also did some hand quilting at the retreat --more diagonal lines have been added to ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 weeks, 6 days ago. under 12 green bottles quilt , basket , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , oven mitts , rainbow scrap challenge , retreats , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy , tiny houses

Back to Hand Quilting from The Cozy Quilter

I have a collection of completed quilt tops waiting to be quilted. Sometimes, I just don't have inspiration on how to quilt them and other times, I just don't have time. This week, one of them yelled "pick me" for hand quilting so I got started. This pineapple log cabin was one of my Rainbow Scrap Challenge quilts a few year ago. Each block is foundation pieced on a printed fabric so the finished quilt will have three layers of fabric as well as batting. I am big stitch quilting it with gray 28wt thread. I am starting ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hand quilting , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

Placemats, HST's and the Hooking is Done! from The Cozy Quilter

I went to the guild sewing day this week and worked on my pitcher plant rug hooking project the whole time. I managed to finish all of the hooking! The first picture below was after I steamed it and the second picture was taken before steaming. It really makes a difference, making it look much smoother afterwards!

I have started the wool edging but forget how to turn the corner and will have to consult with one of my hooking friends on how to do this. The wool for the edging is a dark purple, even though it looks black ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 1 week ago. under charity quilts , crochet , finn , flowers , gardens , modern sampler , placemats , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

Starting a New Quilt from The Cozy Quilter

I signed up for a subscription to The Thread House Academy this year. It is a series of online classes, one per month, led by Lynne Goldsworthy, Karen Lewis and Jo Avery. One of the projects is a modern sampler quilt with three types of blocks released every four months. The first three blocks were released at the beginning of August so I have pulled my fabrics--navy, aqua, and magenta prints and a light gray on white print for the background. Everything came from my stash. Here are my first two "blocks"--this is not a traditional 12.5" block ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under finn , flowers , gardens , modern sampler , rug hooking , thread house academy

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