slow sunday stitching

Big Quilt, Little Quilt from ... Cat Patches

It was a good quilting day yesterday. Of course, I didn't get to the quilting right away. First, I finished stitching the first Santa from the Santa Quartet. With him finished, I moved my hoop to the right.

When I finished with the stitching, I took a little walk around outside. The bird feeders needed filling, and I needed to check the watering. And wow...look at this lithodora. So pretty.

Here's our red azalea.

The fourth of five rhododendrons is starting to bloom. We have another dark purple one that is still in tight buds.

I noticed ...

added by Barbara 2 days, 21 hours ago. under cats , embroidery , every blooming thing , family , free-motion quilting , gardening , photography , quilts , slow sunday stitching , small quilts

Big Quilt, Little Quilt from Cat Patches

It was a good quilting day yesterday. Of course, I didn't get to the quilting right away. First, I finished stitching the first Santa from the Santa Quartet. With him finished, I moved my hoop to the right.

When I finished with the stitching, I took a little walk around outside. The bird feeders needed filling, and I needed to check the watering. And wow...look at this lithodora. So pretty.

Here's our red azalea.

The fourth of five rhododendrons is starting to bloom. We have another dark purple one that is still in tight buds.

I noticed ...

added by Barbara 2 days, 21 hours ago. under cats , embroidery , every blooming thing , family , free-motion quilting , gardening , photography , quilts , slow sunday stitching , small quilts

Happy Mother's Day! from The Cozy Quilter

My daughter was here for the past week and she and Finn went home yesterday. It was nice to have her here. Finn was very excited to see her. He loves it when all of us are together. I did a little bit of cross stitch this past week, but no machine sewing. I finished the framing stitches and added more sky stitches as well. I hope to do more today.

My daughter worked on her crochet while she was here, adding this pretty periwinkle lace border. If you look at the close up, you can see flowers in it ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 days, 23 hours ago. under books , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , flowers , gardens , slow sunday stitching , stash building

Orange Scraps from The Cozy Quilter

I cut out some orange squares and half square triangles this week for my Rainbow Scrap Challenge blocks for May. Today, I made one orange block...there are more pieces cut out for the other blocks but nothing is put together yet. I will show them in a future post when they are done. The background fabric has orange square dots instead of round ones. It has been in my stash for a while. These blocks use up most of a fat quarter of background fabric.

Here is my block collection so far. I have decided to make 9 blocks ...

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Hand Quilting and a Cross Stitch Barn from The Cozy Quilter

I added a lot of blue stitches to my cross stitch project earlier in the week, and then decided it was time to use some other colours. As you can see below, I stitched most of the green border and got a good start on the barn. Once the barn is done, I will go back to adding more blue in the sky.

I hand quilted the light green block on my pineapple log cabin quilt this week. I am working on the gold block next. 3/9 blocks are quilted now. This is a slow process. I already know ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 weeks, 3 days ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , hand quilting , slow sunday stitching

A Little Doll and Some Hand Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

A couple of weeks ago, I started to make a little folk art doll for a 5 year old's birthday. This week, I finished it. It has black hair, just like the five year old. Purple is her favourite colour.

I continue to work on my Mill Hill cross stitch on perforated paper. It's coming along nicely. The green line of stitches on the right goes all the way around the picture.

I spent a couple of hours working on handquilting my pineapple log cabin quilt this week. The blocks were made a couple of years ago for ...

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Cross Stitch and Pink Scraps from The Cozy Quilter

This has been a good week for stitching and sewing in my neck of the woods! I sat down to do some cross stitching three times and to sew by machine twice. The sky part of this picture is done in blocks of colour but the farm scene at the bottom has more confetti stitching...I have not got to that part yet.

Pink is the Rainbow Scrap Challenge colour for April and I managed to get my pink blocks sewn for the four quilts I am making. I am just about out of Kona white and will need to ...

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Daffodils, A Birthday and Cross Stitch from The Cozy Quilter

My husband and I were both under the weather earlier this week so that negatively affected how much sewing I got done this week. Hopefully, I can make up for it next week! I did manage to add some blue and brown to my cross stitch project. The brown part will be a windmill, eventually!

Finn received this Lambie toy for Christmas and, recently, almost removed Lambie's reindeer antlers. I sewed them back on by machine with a mending stitch, which was distressing to Finn and he barked at me as I sewed. He was happy to have Lambie ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 1 week ago. under books , counted cross stitch , finn , folk art creatures , gardens , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

Chain Link top finished from The Cozy Quilter

I finished off my chain link quilt top this week. It has been trimmed now...I should have done that before this picture was taken... It should be close to single bed size but I am open to adding a border using the background fabric if it isn't. I like the way the coloured chains stand out on the dark background.

I added more stitches to my perforated paper cross stitch picture. The paper is stiff which makes it easy to hold and stitch. I find the needle will fall back through the hole when I am coming up ...

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Assembling a Quilt Top and a New Cross Stitch Project from The Cozy Quilter

I received this cross stitch kit from a friend for Christmas...this is the first time I have cross stitched on perforated paper. I had to sort all the threads out first before starting to stitch. It doesn't look like much yet.

I have made two knitted poppies for the Remembrance Day project. Others have made dozens...don't forget I am a very slow knitter!

I have fabrics picked out for another Folk Art Doll. I hope to get this cut out this weekend and sew it next week.

I decided to add 2.5" sashing between my ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under books , chain link quilt , counted cross stitch , finn , knitting , piecing , slow sunday stitching

Two Retreats in a Row from The Cozy Quilter

Yes... Christine and I were at quilting retreats two weekends in a row! I had a second set of projects lined up to take to our annual Spring Oxford Guild retreat before the Camp Kintail retreat. The truth is that I could go on even more retreats and still come up with projects to work on. Christine is in the same boat!

I finished up my chain link blocks for the vice president's challenge--I have decided to set them on point but have not decided if I want to add sashing or not before sewing them together. I will ...

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My Bluebird of Happiness! from The Cozy Quilter

As I have said previously, I signed up for a year of Threadhouse Academy classes this year and have been working away at several, but not all of the projects. This month's project is Folk Art Dolls taught by Jo Avery. They are too cute to resist so I decided to make a bird first. I used a piece of felted wool for the beak and hand stitched it down with pearl cotton blanket stitches. I embroidered the eyes and the X's as well as the fly stitches on the body. The legs, feet, and wings also have ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , folk art creatures , hand stitching , jo avery , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

A Good Day from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a nice sunny day yesterday. We both did only what we wanted to do, and nothing more.

If you've been reading for a long time, then you might remember when Mike retired back in May of 2017. He celebrated his retirement by signing up for a Corvette driving class at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch.

It might have been our first time staying in Pahrump. You can read my posts about the place here and here. Fast forward to yesterday, and we could hear the cars running from where we're staying. The sound ...

added by Barbara 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , slow sunday stitching , travel

A Good Day from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a nice sunny day yesterday. We both did only what we wanted to do, and nothing more.

If you've been reading for a long time, then you might remember when Mike retired back in May of 2017. He celebrated his retirement by signing up for a Corvette driving class at Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch.

It might have been our first time staying in Pahrump. You can read my posts about the place here and here. Fast forward to yesterday, and we could hear the cars running from where we're staying. The sound ...

added by Barbara 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , slow sunday stitching , travel

Lots of Little Projects this week from The Cozy Quilter

I tried to get into my sewing room every day this week and managed to get lots done. First up, I finished the rest of my green blocks for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge. I have to look and see if there are enough darker green scraps to make a 5x5 HST block. I don't have a lot of dark green fabric in my stash.

Next up-- I shortened a pair of jeans for my husband. He received them as a Christmas gift and, now, he can wear them. I also added a hanging sleeve to my little sashiko wall ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby gifts , counted cross stitch , finn , hiking , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching , zippered pouch

First Down from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. This being Super Bowl Sunday, you might think that "first down" crack has something to do with football. Actually, it means I've finished the first block for the Snowmen & Reindeer project. Ta-Da!

Stitching this first block was my goal for February's

and so I'll link up to the finishing party at the end of the month. And this early in February, I'm well ahead of the game.

We spent most of yesterday running all around Henderson. We stopped at a hardware store for some "man stuff," and then we headed to the ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under book review , embroidery , every blooming thing , mindless musings , omg , product review , slow sunday stitching , travel

First Down from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. This being Super Bowl Sunday, you might think that "first down" crack has something to do with football. Actually, it means I've finished the first block for the Snowmen & Reindeer project. Ta-Da!

Stitching this first block was my goal for February's

and so I'll link up to the finishing party at the end of the month. And this early in February, I'm well ahead of the game.

We spent most of yesterday running all around Henderson. We stopped at a hardware store for some "man stuff," and then we headed to the ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under book review , embroidery , every blooming thing , mindless musings , omg , product review , slow sunday stitching , travel

A Birthday Gift, The Rooster and Green Scraps from The Cozy Quilter

My friend, Ann, is celebrating a special birthday this week so I made her an open wide zippered pouch using this pattern from Noodlehead. Since February is green month for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, this project fit right in! The lining is white with green polka dots. Ann is an avid gardener so she loved the fabric I chose.

I rummaged through my green scrap bin and cut up lots of 2.5" squares and HST's for my 3 rainbow scrap challenge projects for 2026. I made 6 checkerboard nine patches. I have not cut out the white background ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , hiking , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , zippered pouch

Modern Sampler and the Rooster from The Cozy Quilter

I am just about half finished the stitching on my funky rooster. The pattern includes two funky chickens and a funky rooster. I hope to get this half done this weekend and move on to the second half. I like the bright colours and fun shapes on this project.

Here's Finn, modelling the growing book blanket. My daughter is adding the book squares from May 2025 now. The gray squares mark the end of each month.

I didn't have a lot of sewing room time this week but did manage to get started on the next three blocks ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

Funky Chicken Progress and More Blue from The Cozy Quilter

This week, I spent a bit of time working on my Funky Chicken cross stitch and added lots of stitches. When the stitching is done, I need to add felt wings and beak, etc. as I sew it into a 3D chicken. I was running out of the darker red-orange colour and managed to get another skein this week.

I have three Rainbow Scrap Challenge projects started for this year. I made a three shoe fly blocks from my leftover light blue scraps. These finish at 6.5".

Then, I dug into my medium blue scraps and cut out lots ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , mending , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching , university quilt

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