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Pin Basting and More Placemats from The Cozy Quilter

I added the binding to the placemats I made last week for Meals on Wheels. Now, I have six completed placemats and I hope to make 12 for this project of the Oxford Quilter's Guild.

This week, I started four more placemats and I have fabric pulled for a couple more. I need to piece some more batting scraps to quilt the rest of them and pick out binding fabrics. Sorry, no picture of the 4th one.

I finished off the last few stitches in the blue quadrant this week and started on the border of the green section ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under charity quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hiking , hospice quilts , placemats , slow sunday stitching

A Fox, Fried Eggs and Secret Projects from The Cozy Quilter

I have had a very productive week in the sewing department. Unfortunately, I can't show you two of the projects because they are gifts and must be kept secret for a while yet. Suffice to say that I have used up some older stash fabrics this week as well as a few newer fat quarters purchased specifically for the quilt. In time, I will show both projects here.

I have managed to add some stitches to my winter cross stitch every day this week. The fox section is well on its way to being done. Those stitches that look ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , gardens , slow sunday stitching

Baby Quilt Done! from The Cozy Quilter

A few months ago, I dug into my flannel scraps and made a flannel vortex baby quilt top in an effort to tame the flannel scrap bin. I ended up with a quilt top and a still full to overflowing flannel scrap bin. Sigh... This week, I finished off the quilting using this nifty attachment to keep my curved lines equidistant from each other as I sewed. It worked really well! I found some red Kona to use for the binding and now this quilt is in my baby quilt storage area, ready to give away when a baby comes ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 1 week ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , flannel , gardens , hiking , scrap vortex

A Busy Week from The Cozy Quilter

Ta Da! My Put a Ring On It is done! I took this class during QuiltCon Together in February 2021 with Latifah Saffir, using her clammy rulers. I had the top done reasonable quickly but could not decide how I wanted to quilt it. This quilt kept telling me to hand quilt it, which I ignored until this Spring. By then, it was screaming to be hand quilted so I got to work. I used 28 wt Aurifil thread in green for the big stitch quilting. I'm really happy with this project! I will be hanging it on the ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , gardens , hand quilting , potato chip blocks , put a ring on it , scrap vortex , slow sunday stitching , wall hangings

On a Roll! from The Cozy Quilter

For some reason, I was really in the mood to sew this week. It was too hot or rainy outside so I spent my time in my sewing room, playing with fabric. I finished hand quilting my Put a Ring On It wall hanging, trimmed it and added the binding by machine. I will work on hand stitching the binding tomorrow. I can't believe how much I enjoyed hand quilting this project...maybe I will have to do some more hand quilting again soon.

I also finished the cross stitching on my Lupins project and I have started the ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , flowers , gardens , hand quilting , hospice quilts , potato chip blocks , put a ring on it , slow sunday stitching

A Fun Week from The Cozy Quilter

This was a busy week, packed with fun activities and a short getaway with my husband to Niagara on the Lake. On Canada Day, we hosted a BBQ and played Bocce in our backyard before going to see the fireworks in the evening. Dessert featured ice cream, strawberries and butter tarts (a delicious Canadian invention). I spent some time on my secret project and managed to finish all of the units for the quilt top. They are on my design wall and I hope to sew them together this coming week. Sorry, no pictures for now. I did some hand ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hand quilting , hiking , put a ring on it , slow sunday stitching

Hand Stitching and a Secret Project from The Cozy Quilter

Another busy week! I continue to do some hand quilting on my Put a Ring on It quilt most days. I have developed a callus on my left pointer finger... the mark of a hand quilter. I think I am a little over half finished with hand quilting this wall hanging.

I cut all the pieces for a secret project this week. It seems to take me longer to pick the fabrics than it does to actually sew the quilt. I seem to hum and haw over my choices for days on end, adding and subtracting fabrics, taking pictures, thinking ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 1 week ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , gardens , hand quilting , hiking , put a ring on it , slow sunday stitching

An Excellent Week from The Cozy Quilter

I have had an excellent week, filled with fun activities and lots of stitching time so there is lots to blog about today. As you know, I like to cross stitch in the car. This week, I finished off the light purple lupin on the right side of my cross stitch project and now I am working on the lighter green coloured leaves at the bottom. There are also a few more pink stitches to add, but I will soon be doing the outlining stitches.

A friend has a new granddaughter and, of course, I made baby E a quilt ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hand quilting , miniature quilts , put a ring on it , puzzles , sew together bag , slow sunday stitching

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

I seem to have a bit of a green theme in this week's post... My hand quilting is coming along slowly, as most hand quilting projects do. I added some stitches a few days this week and decided on a diamond shape in the four patch sections.

These shapes will each get this pattern--there are five of these to do and one is done. I used a bread and butter plate to mark the curves.

The lupins did not get much attention this week. There is one more light purple one to add on the right (I have just ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 3 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , gardens , hand quilting , put a ring on it , sew together bag , slow sunday stitching

A Quilty Week from The Cozy Quilter

Last week, I told you about the quilt that wanted to be quilted by hand, not by machine. After acquiring the thread I wanted to use (Aurifil 28 wt) last weekend, I started the quilting this week. I'm doing big stitch quilting, so far in the peel shapes and the arcs in the middle of the quilt. I have figured out a quilting design for the middle of the quilt but have not started that part yet. This is a slow stitching project, after all.

I visited our daughter and Finn last weekend. I did lots of cross stitching ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , gardens , hand quilting , hiking , quilt show , slow sunday stitching

Almost 10 Years in the Making... from The Cozy Quilter

In October 2014, I took a class with Kaffe Fassett called "Overlapping Tiles". We spent all day cutting squares and putting them on our design walls to come up with a pleasing composition. Kaffe and Brandon came around the room to each quilter to make suggestions about colours/fabrics to add or take away and arranging the tiles. They added 5 fabrics to my quilt including the constant fabric--none of which I would have added myself. I finished the quilt top a year ago. I originally planned to make a queen sized quilt, but eventually downsized it to a lap ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months, 1 week ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hiking , kaffe fassett , overlapping tiles , slow sunday stitching

Lupin Stitching in the Car in the Rain from The Cozy Quilter

Today, my husband was volunteering at a special event at a local museum. I went with him so I could look at the WW2 displays around the property. Shortly after we arrived, it started to rain and so I stayed in the car and listened to an audiobook while I added more stitches to my counted cross stitch Lupins. After about an hour, the rain stopped and the sun came out. People started arriving and the day was a success.

I asked my daughter and Finn to send me a picture of her recent cross stitch finish and they sent ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hiking , overlapping tiles , quilts for survivors , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

More Quilts for Survivors Blocks from The Cozy Quilter

I decided to make lots of HST's for this week's batch of blocks for Quilts for Survivors. I did not have very much of either of these two fabrics for this block--I ended up piecing the middle square from three pieces of fabric to make it big enough. You probably would not have noticed if I had not told you!

How about some flying geese?

Slanted Diamonds

Broken Dishes

Economy block variation

I actually have 14 blocks ready to donate now. Two of them are not in this picture. Only 6 more to go to meet my goal ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , hiking , hospice quilts , hst's , quilts for survivors , slow sunday stitching

A Little White Lie from The Cozy Quilter

When my friend, Christine, asked me what I was sewing at the guild sewing day, I told her a little white lie. I told her that I had worked on my sew together bag and that I had finally finished it. She asked me to send her a picture, which I "forgot" to do, until today, when I actually finished it!

The reason why I was not working on my Sew Together bag is because I was making one for Christine for her birthday. I took her out for a birthday lunch on Friday and gave her the bag, and ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , flowers , gardens , hiking , quilts for survivors , sew together bag , slow sunday stitching

My Sew Together Bag from The Cozy Quilter

I bought myself a kit to make a Sew Together Bag at QuiltCon in February...it came with a booklet of instructions which I have been following carefully to make my bag. I have one more zipper and some binding to add before it is done. The dark turquoise square is a wool needle landing. This has been a fun project to work on and I look forward to finishing it this week.

I worked on my cross stitch Lupins this week too, adding more purple stitches as well as a few cream coloured ones. If you use your imagination ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months, 2 weeks ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , rug hooking , sew together bag , slow sunday stitching

Cozy Flannel Scraps from The Cozy Quilter

I keep all of my flannel scraps in a large tote bag and when the bag starts to overflow, I make a scrappy flannel baby quilt to tame them. Last week, I showed the crumb blocks I made at a sewing day with my guild and this week, I put those scrappy blocks together to make a baby quilt top. I have enough of that darker blue left to make the binding too. When I give one of these quilts away, I always write a note to go with it with washing and drying instructions as well as suggestions to ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 6 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , counted cross stitch , finn , gardens , scrap vortex , scraps , slow sunday stitching

Sunflowers Cross Stitch (Finally!) Done. from The Cozy Quilter

I spent a few evenings this past week working on my Sunflowers cross stitch. Finn likes to lie beside me on the couch while I am stitching. When I got up to get a glass of water, he moved over to my spot... very helpful!

On Thursday evening, I added the last few stitches and gave it a good press. TaDa! I love how all of the bees and sunflowers look on the blue background. I will take this in to be framed sometime in May. The stitched part is about 11.5" by 11.5".