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Checkerboard Quilt Done! from The Cozy Quilter

I finished hand stitching the binding on my checkerboard quilt earlier in the week and then today, my quilt holder did his part for the photoshoot. It was windy outside today, so we picked a sheltered spot on the back patio. Finn watched from the back door--he really wanted to come out to participate in the photo shoot! This quilt was started last year as part of Debbie Brown's Colour Block Challenge on Facebook--I had a lot of black and white scraps to use up and made 25 sixteen patches for this quilt. Yes--I still have more black and ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 11 months ago. under colour blocks , finn , hand sewing , rainbow scrap challenge , selvages , slow sunday stitching

Lots of Slow Stitching Projects Underway! from The Cozy Quilter

I have been working on several slow Sunday stitching projects this week. I added more windows and doors to the houses in the Coming Home quilt...I still have a few more to stitch down and one complete "street" to cut out and sew. Some of my houses have extra "personality" with slightly slanted doors and windows...

I put the pompom on my new hat earlier today so it is all ready to wear. There are still a few days here and there when I will need a hat for my morning walk. The pattern picture showed the hat with ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 11 months ago. under binding , colour blocks , coming home , embroidery , finn , hand sewing , hats , knitting , slow sunday stitching

My Helper from The Cozy Quilter

I made a few more batik blocks this week for my Quilt for a Residential School Survivor. I only have two more blocks to make. I am contemplating ideas... Finn likes to "help" while I am sewing, or should I say, trying to sew...

I am going to make 12 blocks for this quilt--3 of each type. Here are my three log cabin variation blocks. I made the bottom one today and the one on the right with the green border earlier in the week.

I added the orange churn dash block to the collection today. I just have one ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 11 months ago. under books , colour blocks , embroidery , finn , knitting , quilts for survivors , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

We Have a Visitor! from The Cozy Quilter

Finn is here! Our daughter is quite busy at work for the next few weeks so we have Finn here to keep us company. He loves to sit on the back of the couch and keep an eye on the comings and goings outside, as well as watch my husband and I. Finn likes to keep track of his people. He's staring at me as I type this blogpost on the computer...obviously, I need supervision!

Finn is not allowed in my sewing room so I have a baby gate up at the doorway so he can still see ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 11 months ago. under colour blocks , finn , flowers , gardens , improvisational piecing , knitting , quilts for survivors , slow sunday stitching , stash building , walking foot quilting

Two Quilt Backs and Some Knitting. from The Cozy Quilter

I tackled one of my least favourite parts of making a quilt this past week, not once but twice! Some people don't like hand stitching the binding but for me the worst task is piecing the backing. My lupin quilt used 8 yards of fabric for the backing and wrestling all of that fabric through the machine while trying to keep it all from falling on the floor is not fun. BUT, it's done now and ready to take to the long arm quilter's house. Phew!

A group of friends is participating in our own little UFO ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years ago. under colour blocks , finn , flowers , hst's , knitting , lupins , slow sunday stitching

Retreat Report from The Cozy Quilter

Last weekend, I attended a quilting retreat, my first in two years. Everyone in attendance was double vaccinated and our tables were spaced apart. I brought along 4 projects plus some mending to work on over the three days of the retreat. My husband gave me a nifty folding cart for my birthday in February 2020 and this was my first chance to use it since I got it. With the cart, I was able to bring in all my sewing stuff in one trip as well as my overnight bag.

My first project was my Buffalo Check Modern Snowflake ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 4 months ago. under christmas gifts , colour blocks , finn , hats , knitting , lupins , mending , retreat , slow sunday stitching , snowflake quilt

Yellow and Gray Churn Dash, Pineapples, etc. from The Cozy Quilter

Despite some sewing machine challenges (it's in for repair now), I managed to finish the yellow and gray scrappy churn dash quilt this past week. I love this colour combination! The backing is a Libs Elliott print which I had in my stash---but only one yard so I had to add a yellow strip to make it big enough for the backing. The binding is a yellow Kona solid. The quilting was done with bright yellow Aurifil 50wt thread.

At a Zoom sew-in on Tuesday, I made a block for the September Comfort quilt for the Elgin Piecemakers. The ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 9 months ago. under colour blocks , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , embroidery , finn , flowers , knitting , pineapple log cabin , slow sunday stitching

Purple Scraps and Love Birds from The Cozy Quilter

The Rainbow Scrap Challenge colour for June is Purple so I made two purple blocks for my project this week...one is purple (violet) and the other is magenta (red-violet). Some of these fabrics have been in my stash for a long time and others are more recent acquisitions.

Here are the 8 blocks I have made for this project so far. I will keep making one or two blocks a month until the end of the year and then put the top together. I really like building a quilt this way--just a little sewing and cutting each month and ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 9 months ago. under colour blocks , counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , flowers , gardens , machine quilting , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching

Two Finishes and some BOM Blocks from The Cozy Quilter

It has been a while since I have had a finished project to share on my blog (besides placemats), and this week, I have two! This blue colour block quilt is made from 2.5" squares from my blue scrap bin. I found some really fun crayon fabric for the backing and even added a label already, even though I have not written on it yet. This quilt will be set aside for a future baby gift. Most of the fabrics repeat in the quilt so lots of fun to be had for some little one trying to find the ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 9 months ago. under baby quilts , colour blocks , counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , flowers , gardens , love birds , modern bom , slow sunday stitching , table toppers

A Whole Lot of Binding! from The Cozy Quilter

This was my week for hand stitching binding, among other projects. I finished hand stitching the binding on these three placemats for Meals on Wheels last weekend. I now have 12 made for the Elgin Piecemakers donation and three for the Oxford Guild donation.

Next up, this quilt was pieced by a member of the Elgin Piecemakers who sadly passed away. It was given to the guild by her family and we decided at a recent meeting that it would be quilted by one of our long arm quilter members and then bound by me before donating it to the ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 9 months ago. under binding , colour blocks , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , gardens , hand sewing , maria shell , placemats , slow sunday stitching

Black and White Colour Blocks and More Placemats from The Cozy Quilter

This week, I had to cut a few extra black and white squares to finish these blocks but all 25 are done now. I have these blocks up on my design wall while I contemplate sashing/border options. I used up all sorts of small bits and pieces in my black and white stash so now my variety in these fabrics is depleted a bit. I will not be buying more for the time being.

Much of our time this week was spent outside, cleaning up gardens, weeding, spitting perennials, moving plants, etc. Sunday morning, we hope to be outside ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 10 months ago. under colour blocks , counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , gardens , hand sewing , placemats , slow sunday stitching

Spring Sewing from The Cozy Quilter

Well, winter did not rear its head this week, thankfully, even though it was a bit chilly for a couple of days.

I managed a few hours in the sewing room this week and completed two more placemats for Meals on Wheels. I have three more tops made and they will be quilted and bound this coming week. I have fabric picked out for the rest of the dozen placemats I will be making and hope to finish them soon as well. I am the type of person who likes to get things done ahead of time so I don ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 10 months ago. under colour blocks , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , gardens , hand sewing , i spy quilts , love birds , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching

Spring to Winter and Back to Spring Again from The Cozy Quilter

We had weird weather this week...Spring and then Winter and then Spring again! Finn not too keen to go outside on Wednesday morning but did eventually do what he needed to do. Then he stuck his face in the snow before coming back inside to snuggle with me on the couch while I hand stitched some binding on the placemats I made for Meals on Wheels.

It melted right away on the driveway and sidewalks so at least we did not have to shovel it! By Friday, it had all melted and we were in our spring jackets again ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 10 months ago. under colour blocks , counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , knitting , pineapple log cabin , placemats , round robin , scraps , slow sunday stitching

Sewing My Scraps and some Slow Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

The colours for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge this month are light and medium/bright blue so I made two more blocks for my RSC challenge quilt for 2021. I used 17 different blues in each block.

Here are the five blocks I have made so far this year.

One of the guilds I belong to, the Elgin Piecemakers, has taken on a new charity project this year. We have 20 members and we have each agreed to make 12 placemats before November to be distributed to all of the Meals on Wheels recipients in our county. I got started on ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 11 months ago. under charity quilts , colour blocks , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , embroidery , finn , flowers , i spy quilts , love birds , pineapple log cabin , placemats , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching

A Finished Quilt Top from The Cozy Quilter

I pulled out various colours to use for sashing for this blue colour block quilt including orange, golden yellow and red. As you can see, red won! The sashing was cut 1.5" wide and finishes at 1". I will have to piece the backing of this quilt and I will likely add some medium blue solid binding when it is quilted.

I have a bunch of quilts ready for walking foot quilting, most of which are already pin basted...I need a chunk of time and also must clear off my sewing table to do this. This is difficult ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 11 months ago. under colour blocks , counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , gardens , love birds , modern bom , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Making Blocks from The Cozy Quilter

Happy Easter!

Lucky for me, the colour of the month at the Rainbow Scrap Challenge is Blue for April. I had already started making blue blocks for my Colour Block Challenge quilt for April so these two challenges will be met together. I ended up making 12 medium/dark blue blocks and then found I had a stack of light blue squares as well. I made 4 light blue blocks and put them all up on the design wall to consider my next steps. I looked at my stash and found some red solid fabric which I will use for ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 11 months ago. under colour blocks , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , finn , gardens , knitting , modern bom , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Slow Sunday Stitching and a Couple of Blocks from The Cozy Quilter

I finally got back to working on my Modern Sampler BOM blocks this week. I was four blocks behind before this week and now I just have three more to do to catch up! I have a bin with my fabrics and block patterns in it so it is out on the sewing table now so I can get them done! My focus fabric has glasses on it and then I am using orange and blue stripes and dots for the other fabrics with the gray hash dots for the background.

I put another blue colour block together as a ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 11 months ago. under colour blocks , counted cross stitch , finn , knitting , love birds , modern bom , pineapple log cabin , slow sunday stitching

Table Runner Finish and Pineapples from The Cozy Quilter

I remember saying last week that I thought the project using the leftovers from my recent quilt top finish would be made into a finished project before the quilt...I was right. These HST blocks called my name early last week. I tried several different ways of laying them out for the runner, but this one was the one I liked the best.

I hand sewed the binding on in the car on Wednesday while we were on our way to pick up Finn for his annual stay at our house while our daughter is busy at work. The backing ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 11 months ago. under colour blocks , counted cross stitch , embroidery , finn , flowers , knitting , pineapple log cabin , slow sunday stitching , table runners

Stitching on Multiple Projects from The Cozy Quilter

The rainbow scrap challenge colour for February was yellow so I made lots of yellow and gray 16 patches which I used this week to make my version of the Colour Block March quilt Pattern. I may or may not add borders to this quilt...it is currently about 45" square. I will pick out some backing fabric soon and quilt this one myself. I have several quilts in line to be quilted on my DSM. Sometimes, the quilting mood hits and I get a bunch done all at once. I am hoping this happens soon!

There are some leftover ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years ago. under books , colour blocks , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , elgin piecemakers , finn , gardens , hand sewing , knitting , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , scraps , slow sunday stitching

Pineapple Log Cabin Class from The Cozy Quilter

This morning, I took a pineapple log cabin class through the Oxford Quilt Guild with Barb V. at Fun With Barb. She was our Zoom speaker back in November and several members of the guild admired her pineapple log cabin quilt made with 1/2" logs. Someone on the executive suggested a class and so we invited Barb to return today for a Zoom class. I contemplated fabric options for the quilt all week and, finally, just before class this morning, decided on orange and bright green scraps with a white solid background. Soon, I had enough scraps pressed and ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years ago. under colour blocks , comfort quilts , elgin piecemakers , embroidery , finn , fun with barb , love birds , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

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