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2024 ~ A Year of Crochet from Life in the Scrapatch

2024 was the year I renewed my love of crochet.

It started with this spring blanket

which was a crochet along on TikTok.

This is Nutmeg's favorite blanket,

although she happily snuggles in whatever

I am currently working on.

Then I started the summer crochet along blanket.

I spent the summer in my adirondack rocker on the back porch

and made this long summer shawl in cotton yarn.

This probably my personal favorite.

I added a long fringe to this one.

I enjoyed these colors and stitches so much

that I made a second blanket in acrylic worsted weight ...

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On To the Binding from Quilts....etc.

I know often when I take a quilt off of the frame I have one on it immediately but I guess I am moving slower this weekend and I haven’t started to get New York Beauty on the frame – maybe today? I was working on other things and cutting strips of binding for the […]

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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 ...

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Sewing Day with Friends from The Cozy Quilter

This has been a busy week in the sewing department! I have decided to rejoin the Rainbow Scrap Challenge again this year after a 1 year hiatus. My scraps are in bad need of being tamed! January's colour is pink so here are my two projects so far. I may add one more but I'm not sure yet. I have a pile of white 2.5" squares with small scale prints on them. I have had them for a few years and decided to use them for the centres of these hollow nine patch blocks each month. I ...

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Snow Day–and Piecing from Quilts....etc.

Yesterday we didn’t get inches and inches of snow as it really slowed down quickly but as I was writing this last night the weather guy said we could get an inch an hour in the night – so I wonder what I will wake up to!! The birds got fed Before it started I […]

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Sunday Stash January 5, 2025 from Quilt Paint Create

No fabric in or out this week. There were opportunities but no motivation to bring anything home.

The Traffic Jam top is coming along. The goal is to finish it this month.

I finished the crochet throw last week. I’m not sure why the yarn patterned differently on the bottom edge. I didn’t notice until I took the photo.

It’s just big enough to use as a lap throw when I stitch. We’ve had colder weather lately, and the cat and I both enjoy the extra warmth.

Fabric In: 0

Fabric Out: 0

How did you ...

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Slow Stitching in the Car and My Daughter's Crochet from The Cozy Quilter

We spent some time in the car this past week, driving our daughter home to where she and Finn live so that gave me some time to do some cross stitching. I should be able to finish this quadrant off this week and then on to the fourth and final quadrant. This is a great winter project!

Our daughter worked on her crocheted Christmas blanket when she was home. She is working on the gingerbread border right now. There is a white wavy "Icing" line to add and then more of the gold colour. Then, there are 80 little "candies ...

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And So a New Year Starts from Quilts....etc.

Time to start anew and get busy with finishing projects and starting new. I very often start New Years Day off by putting away most of the Christmas things and between us we got it almost done. There is the Christmas quilt to take off the wall and the big wreath off the fireplace. The […]

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Sunday Stash December 29, 2024 from Quilt Paint Create

No change in the numbers.

This is the last Stash Report of 2024. Did you achieve your goal? I’m ending the year with positive usage, which is good enough for me.

Traffic Jam assembly has started. I decided to piece the sashing because I like the way it creates a secondary design. This four block section shows how it will look.

I also started a new project on Christmas day, a crochet throw. It was an impulse start, after Carol and Jen (Two Tall Stitchers and Quilting Mom’s blog) asked a question about Christmas starts on their YouTube ...

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Slow Sunday Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

Christmas 2024 has come and gone and we are now in that quieter time between December 25th and New Year's Day. I blogged earlier in the week about some of the gifts I made this year and you can read about them here. I have been doing some reading and cross stitching every day--ahhhh! The lower left square will eventually be a picture of an owl...

My friend, Pat, knitter extraordinaire, made me these cute Christmas sweater ornaments for our tree. I'm not sure I could manage to knit something so small!

Finn loves a squeaky toy and ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 weeks, 3 days ago. under christmas ornaments , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , knitting , slow sunday stitching

The Gifts of Christmas, 2025 Version from The Cozy Quilter

We have had a very laid back, relaxing Boxing Day. The last few days were very busy and we all needed some time to chill. My husband is giving Finn a belly rub and my daughter is making dinner so I thought I would do a blogpost!

A few years ago, my husband found an old quilt that originally came from his family farm. It was very dirty and unfinished--the edges were not straight and it smelled funky. There were very rusty pins holding the edges together--I think the maker intended to finish it but never got around to it ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 weeks, 5 days ago. under christmas gifts , crochet , finn , pillowcases , pillows

Secret Sewing and Some Slow Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

I worked on the last Christmas gifts that I am making today--one is done and the other is very close to completion. Pictures to follow in a few days... The secret sewing season will soon be over for another year.

I made some progress on my winter counted cross stitch project this week. The Christmas tree is done and the next part of this quadrant is started. I did quite a bit of the framing on this quadrant too. There's a reason why they call this slow stitching... it gets done slowly, one stitch at a time. I enjoy ...

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Just a Little Progress from Quilts....etc.

Between making time for PT and cleaning house and doing laundry I didn’t sit at the sewing machine at all and no more progress on the Log Cabin until Sunday. Most likely if there is a blog post on Sunday it will be later in the day or maybe not until Monday, I did get […]

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A Finish and Cross Stitch Progress from The Cozy Quilter

TaDa! This quilt top was made at a Vice President's day quilting day at Oxford Quilter's Guild at least 3 years ago. The idea behind VP day is to work on a simple pattern chosen by the VP that can be finished in one day. I found the top in my UFO drawer and took it to one of my retreats in November where I pieced the back, pin basted it and did 3/4 of the quilting. This week, I finished the quilting and added an orange solid for the binding. This will go in the baby ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , oxford quilters guild , slow sunday stitching , zippered pouch

Christmas Events and Preparations! from The Cozy Quilter

This has been a busy week with lots of special Christmas events to attend and decorating being done at home. I added a few more stitches to my winter cross stitch picture, but not as many as I had hoped. I don't have a deadline for this project so that's ok.

Last night, the hiking club we belong to hosted a Spirit walk at a local conservation area. My husband and I were tour leaders and lead groups of visitors along a candle lit path to see a magician, a children's choir, the Grinch, a singer, a ...

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Sorting Strips from Quilts....etc.

I didn’t get any sewing done yesterday but I did sort and press strips for awhile – they are now ready for me to trim to 1.5” and then be ready to sew. Instead I ran to Wal-Mart with Melanie and she was getting groceries and things for her mother in law and I was […]

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Started the Log Cabin from Quilts....etc.

Finally I got the sewing table cleared off yesterday and got starting on the new quilt. I don’t know large it will be – I do have lots of strips and lots of neutrals that I can turn into strips so we will see. I got the accuquilt out to cut purple squares and got […]

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Flying Pansies Done from Quilts....etc.

Flying Pansies needs to be pressed – but I took a photo of the finish anyhow – but I do need to give it a good pressing before I put it away until it is it’s turn to be quilted. I decided to put a border on the sides as well – it does look […]

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Another Secret Project Reveal and Retreat Report from The Cozy Quilter

There was no blog post last weekend as Christine and I were at a crafter's retreat at Camp Kintail. There were other people sewing, knitting, crocheting, paper crafting, card making, painting, rug hooking, etc. Lots of interesting projects to walk around to look at when I had been sitting for too long! I worked on several projects, one of which was a gift and will not be revealed until after Christmas. I quilted two baby quilts--one of which you can see in the picture below. It is not quite done yet and I hope to finish it off this ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , potato chip blocks , retreat , scraps , slow sunday stitching , zippered pouch

Hand Work from Quilts....etc.

I actually got done with some hand work yesterday and a little shopping. First the binding is done, English Ivy is washed and dried – finished! Finished at 52.5” x 60” I started this one in April for a promo for the Fat Quarter Shop – they supplied the fabric and I promoted it and […]

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