drunkard's path

Sewing Retreat Report and Gardening from The Cozy Quilter

Last weekend, my husband and I went to the Camp Kintail Crafter's Retreat--Christine, my usual accomplice at retreats, had other plans for the weekend so my husband agreed to go with me. He did some reading and worked on weathering some model train cars. We also went for several walks--it was a gorgeous sunny weekend. I finished off the last three blocks for this quilt. I have not decided what to name it yet... The blocks are not put together yet as they have to be all trimmed to the exact same size first. They are bigger than standard ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under crochet , drunkard's path , finn , flannel , gardens , hiking , pillow cases , quilt vortex , rainbow scrap challenge , retreats , rug hooking , scraps , slow sunday stitching

The Color of Valor from Sew Preeti Quilts

Island Batik's April Challenge requires us to make a lap-sized (or larger) quilt using the timeless Drunkard's Path Quilt Block, making sure that the technique used is curved piecing and not applique.

Naturally, many ideas were considered and discarded. I am saving them to a very long list of possible future quilts.

In the end, I chose the quilt block - Moon Over the Mountain. I have been fascinated by this quilt block for a long time. I looked for tutorials and found few but none of them appealed to me.

It was time to design it myself.

Thank ...

added by Preeti 2 months ago. under drunkard's path , hobbs batting , island batik , island batik ambassador , island batik designer , island batik fabrics , lap quilt , moon over mountain , schmetz needles , throw quilt , walking foot quilting

A Busy Two Weeks from The Cozy Quilter

I was away last weekend and did not have time to blog before I left so today's post is a catch up on what I have been up to for the last couple of weeks. I am happy to report that I have finished hand quilting my Arizona quilt and I am now working on getting the binding hand stitched and adding a sleeve and label.

The Oxford Quilter's Guild show is the coming up very soon and I have registered 12 quilts in the show. Most of them do not have hanging sleeves yet so that will ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 1 week ago. under aprons , arizona quilt , binding , drunkard's path , finn , gardens , hand quilting , oxford quilters guild , quilt show , slow sunday stitching

Hand Stitching from The Cozy Quilter

This was another week of hand stitching projects. I finished off the outlining of the dark purple lupin and moved on to the lupin to the left. It was partly done before and I am almost finished it. There is more outlining to do on the leaves at the bottom of the picture.

Finn laid beside me today while I knitted and listened to an audiobook.

I attempted to sew another block together on my drunkard's path project but my sewing machine was not co-operating. Usually, a good cleaning will fix the issues but not this time. I think ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under arizona quilt , counted cross stitch , drunkard's path , finn , hand quilting , knitting , puzzles , 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

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

A Little of This and That from Quilts....etc.

Can’t believe this weather we are having – near 80 once again yesterday – windows open light breeze but not much. Of course storms will move in at some point today it always comes that way but you know I looked at the outlook and other than some chilly nights coming up most of the […]

added by Karen 3 months, 1 week ago. under drunkard's path , large half hexies , new york beauty - paper piece (Comments)

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, 3 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

Frenzy in February from Sew Preeti Quilts

The Island Batik February Challenge and Blog Hop is co-sponsored by Studio 180 Design who provided tools to all the ambassadors to make the table/bed runner.

So many droolworthy fabric collections and fabulous projects for inspiration! Here is the complete line-up.

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February 4:

February 5:

Brittany Fisher, Bobbin with Brittany

February 6:

November 7:

Blog Hop Round-Up Week 1 and Giveaway

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February 10:

February 11 ...

added by Preeti 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under blog hop , drunkard's path , flying goose , giveaway , island batik , island batik ambassador , rainbow scrap challenge , rsc2025 , runner up , studio 180 designs , wing clipper , wip

A Little Piecing from Quilts....etc.

What started out as a very humid cloudy morning after bad thunderstorms Sunday night turned into a nice day of 80 degrees and lower humidity – I was able to spend some nice comfortable time on the porch after I got caught up on laundry. The deer came to visit in the morning instead of […]

added by Karen 10 months ago. under drunkard's path , rsc22-carpenter's wheel , scrappy crossroads (Comments)

Drunkards Path.....Top Done from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

After 15 years of sitting in a drawer...

the Drunkards Path Quilt Top is DONE !

This week I completed all of the

Improv X Blocks

for the border treatment...

It measures 80 x 80 inches

Now I need to paw through the fabric

cupboards and find something

that will work for a backing...

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 10 months, 1 week ago. under batik , contemporary quilts , drunkard's path , improv

Drunkards Path...X Blocks from May Your Bobbin Always Be Full

Playing around with some

Improv X Blocks...

I am trying find a border treatment

that will compliment this

Drunkards Path quilt top...

So much color on the work table...

I have arranged the drunkards path blocks

in circles...

The X Blocks add straight lines

to offset all of those circles...

The more I make...

the better I like it.

I need more!

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May Your Bobbin Always Be Full,

LuAnn Kessi

added by LuAnn Kessi 10 months, 1 week ago. under batik , design wall , drunkard's path , improv

Week 6 of 2024 from Thread Head

This week I finished up a quilt -

This was a stash buster quilt that I cut almost a year ago, and was my grab-and-go project to sew at quilt group. Made from batik fabric, it is 90" square. The fabric was all cut with the GO! cutter using two sizes of drunkard's path dies, along with some 4" square. There was no planning to the piecing and I am really happy with how it turned out.

The batting is Hobb's Tuscany 80% cotton and 20% wool. Quilted on my domestic sewing machine in an all over meander (my ...

added by Joanne 1 year, 4 months ago. under drunkard's path , temperature blanket

New year, new rainbow from The Academic Quilter

Hi everyone! How's 2024 in your corner of the world? I'll tell you about ours at the end of this post, but so far it's been a real trip. Over the holiday I did almost no sewing! Can you believe it? I just needed the break from everything so much. My brain needed a massive rest. It was lovely, and now I'm back to my regularly scheduled life. Classes don't start for a bit yet, but the getting ready is definitely in full swing.

For the rainbow scrap challenge this year I've decided on ...

added by Mari 1 year, 5 months ago. under drunkard's path , green , rsc24

Patchwork Jigsaw Twist 1, 2 and Sampler from Virtual Quilter

All the blocks in the sampler above contain four of the arch below.

Of course, once I had a few blocks I had to play.

I started off with some simple designs, but it will get more interesting as time goes by.

Today there are two designs with the same block with slight colour changes and half of teh blocks are flipped. More to come in the not too distant future, right now I need to find time to play a little bit more with the colouring.

added by Virtual Quilter 1 year, 7 months ago. under curved pieceng , drunkard's path , new project file , patchwork jigsaws , pieced block designs , pieced quilt designs , quilt (Comments)

Modern Sampler Borders, Sunflowers, Ribbing, and a Class from The Cozy Quilter

In order to make my Modern Sampler quilt bed sized, I need to add borders. I decided to make one of the borders pieced with 2.5" squares. I cut out lots of squares and then made them into twosies. Some of them have been sewn into longer chains but that's as far as I got this week. Next time I sit down at the sewing machine, I will work on this again.

My Sunflower cross stitch is 3/4 done! My goal of having this done by the end of October is achievable, I think. I will keep ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 year, 8 months ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , drunkard's path , finn , knitting , modern bom , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Two Finished Quilts! from The Cozy Quilter

I have two finished quilts to share with you this week. They are both Rainbow Scrap Challenge finishes, the first from 2021 and the second one from 2022. This pattern is by Gudrun Erla from her "Quilts of Iceland" book. I used a turquoise Kona solid for the binding which co-ordinates nicely with the bicycles fabric on the back of the quilt.

I used my drunkard's path rulers and lots of my colourful scraps to make this circles quilt. I quilted in the ditch between each quarter circle block as well as a diagonal cross hatch through the circles ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 3 months ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , drunkard's path , finn , halldora , hand sewing , rainbow scrap challenge , rope bowls , scraps , slow sunday stitching

Retreat Report from The Cozy Quilter

Christine and I left early for our quilting retreat with the Oxford Guild this past Friday because there was a winter storm coming and we wanted to get there and be set up before the snow started to fall. The snow started in the afternoon and kept going all night. In the morning there was almost a foot of snow (30cm for the metric folks). We were all snowed in and loving it. We did not lose power and we had our sewing machines and lots of fabric and projects on hand to work on. It was a great weekend ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 3 months ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , drunkard's path , finn , lap quilts , pineapple log cabin , rainbow scrap challenge , retreat , rope bowls , scraps

A Little of This and A Little of That from The Cozy Quilter

Regular readers of my blog may remember that I took an introductory class in rug hooking last summer. The hooking has all been done for a while and I finally finished off my project last weekend. A friend who describes herself as a "hooker" and "addicted to fibre" showed me how to do the outer edge of my sheep project. I hope to hang this little rug on the wall in my sewing room. I would be quite willing to try another rug hooking project.

For the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, this week I used up some tiny scraps to make ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 4 months ago. under applique , comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , drunkard's path , elgin piecemakers , finn , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , scraps , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

Another Retreat from The Cozy Quilter

You may have noticed that I was missing in action last weekend...no blog post! Christine and I were away for the weekend at Camp Kintail. The camp hosts two crafter's retreats every year and we try to attend both. We both made great progress on the projects we brought with us and the meals and accommodations were fabulous! The camp was decorated for Christmas, inside and out. The other retreaters were sewing, knitting, crocheting, doing paper crafts, making cards, making blankets, etc. It was fun to see what everyone was up to and to visit with friends, old ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 6 months ago. under camp kintail , drunkard's path , embroidery , finn , gifts , rainbow scrap challenge , retreat , scraps , slow sunday stitching

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