lupins

After 2 Years, Lupines is done! from The Cozy Quilter

I have been working on my Lupines quilt off and on for over two years. The pattern is from the book "Quilts of Iceland" by Gudrun Erla. I bought the book at QuiltCon in Nashville in 2019. My husband and I went to Iceland for two weeks in 2014 to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary and the lupines were in bloom while we were there. Apparently, they are not a flower which is native to Iceland but were introduced from somewhere else. They now grow all over Iceland and when in bloom, everything is purple! Fast forward to our 30th ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 2 months ago. under binding , drunkard's path , finn , hiking , lupins , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Finally Stitching the Binding Down from The Cozy Quilter

I have had my lupine quilt back from the long arm quilter for a couple of months now. Finally, this past week, I had the time and energy to get the binding made and sewn on by machine. I don't usually measure my quilts before I cut the binding. I tend to just cut the number of strips that looks like the right amount--usually, I am pretty accurate doing it this way. This week was no exception and I had 7" of binding to spare when it was all on.

The binding is made from leftover backing fabric. The ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 2 months ago. under binding , finn , hand sewing , lupins , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

I Need to Do Some Quilting... from The Cozy Quilter

Back in February, I took a Zoom class with Cheryl Arkison called Traditional Variations. The idea was to take a traditional block and change it up in some way. I made blocks based on four traditional blocks: churn dash, pinwheel, log cabin and sawtooth star. This week, I finished my last three blocks and put the top together, except for the final border which is cut but not sewn on yet. This quilt will be donated to the Toronto Modern Quilt Guild outreach project--Quilts for Survivors of Residential Schools. My husband and I participated in a Healing Walk this morning ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 5 months ago. under cheryl arkison , comfort quilts , finn , flowers , lupins , quilts for survivors , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , selvages , slow sunday stitching

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 2 years, 9 months ago. under colour blocks , finn , flowers , hst's , knitting , lupins , slow sunday stitching

Embroidery, Binding and What's on my Design Wall from The Cozy Quilter

For my slow stitching this week, I spent some time working on my embroidered quilt label for my Lupine quilt. I removed the blue pen marks from the parts that I have done already. I had to do some unstitching when I used only two strands of floss instead of three when I started stitching the black letters this week. Oops! I must say it is harder to unstitch embroidery than machine stitching!

I added the binding to another comfort quilt this week and started hand stitching it on the back. This is a biggish square quilt so I anticipate ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 10 months ago. under baking , binding , embroidery , finn , hst's , lupins , oxford quilters guild , quilt labels , slow sunday stitching

Prepping for Guild Sewing Day and some Hand stitching. from The Cozy Quilter

I'm not one of those quilters who cuts everything out before starting to sew a quilt. I like to cut a little, sew a little, press a little and then repeat until I have enough blocks. This week, I started getting ready for the Vice President's Challenge day at the Oxford Quilters Guild next Saturday. This event, usually in person, will be on Zoom again this year. I needed several fat quarters and some yardage for background for this project. We are to prepare a whole bunch of HST's before the sewing day. I am using some ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 years, 10 months ago. under binding , comfort quilts , embroidery , finn , hiking , hst's , lupins , oxford quilters guild , puzzles , quilt labels , slow sunday stitching

Retreat Sewing and a Comfort Quilt from The Cozy Quilter

I love going on quilting retreats! Lots of uninterrupted time to sew, no meals to make and no dishes to do! Christine and I had a wonderful time and both of us got lots of sewing done. I made this cute little wall hanging--I called it "Gnome for the Holidays!". The gnome block was designed by cottonandjoy.com. I quilted it with my walking foot--inspired by a class I took with Jacqui Gering a few years ago. I even added a hanging sleeve and have cut the dowel! I will find a spot to hang my Gnome tomorrow.

I assembled ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years ago. under christmas quilts , comfort quilts , elgin piecemakers , finn , lupins , pillowcases

Packing up for another Retreat! from The Cozy Quilter

My friend, Christine, and I are off to another quilting retreat this weekend! The weather looks good and won't interfere with our plans. I have packed several projects to take with me including the Lupin Quilt (all of the blocks are made and the sashing and borders are cut out and ready to go):

A comfort quilt for the local women's shelter using bird blocks made by members of the Elgin Piecemakers: (all sashing, cornerstones and borders are cut) The last block was given to me last week.

My modern sampler quilt: (all blocks made and the fabric ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years ago. under comfort quilts , elgin piecemakers , finn , knitting , lupins , modern bom , retreat

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, 1 month ago. under christmas gifts , colour blocks , finn , hats , knitting , lupins , mending , retreat , slow sunday stitching , snowflake quilt

Piecing, Stitching and Knitting from The Cozy Quilter

Last weekend, I took a class with Mary Elizabeth Kinch on piecing with small bits of fabric. The quilt I am making is called Summerhill. It has 4 blocks surrounded by some borders. I have now finished two of my blocks. Each square in this first block finishes at one inch.

The second one is a Courthouse step block--each log is .5" finished. This is not paper pieced.

I am using scraps from my cool Kona solids bin plus red violet. About half of the scraps are all over my cutting table so I am going to have to keep ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 1 month ago. under blackwork , embroidery , gardens , knitting , lupins , mary elizabeth kinch , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching , summerhill

Stitching Report from The Cozy Quilter

I finished off the walking foot quilting on my London Modern Guild HST BOM quilt this week. The orange diamond was my focal point and the quilting lines ran parallel to each side of the diamond, creating an X of parallel lines and other areas of cross hatching off each corner of the diamond. I used orange thread for the quilting and even though this is a relatively small quilt, I went through 3 bobbins of thread!

The orange binding is leftover from the HST's. I just love those seagulls!

I purchased the backing fabric on sale several months ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 2 months ago. under baby quilts , binding , blackwork , embroidery , hand sewing , lupins , mary elizabeth kinch , modern sampler , slow sunday stitching , summerhill

Progress on Many Fronts! from The Cozy Quilter

I have been working on these modified Geese Migration blocks for the last couple of months with the aim of making 16 different coloured blocks from my scrap bins. Each block has 25 different fabrics in it so there are 400 different fabrics in this quilt! There was no noticeable difference in the volume of scraps in any of my scrap bins after making these blocks, so I will have to come up with another scrappy quilt to use up some of these scraps. Each block is 10.5" square. I am not sure how I am going to set ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 2 months ago. under blackwork , embroidery , finn , gardens , knitting , lupins , modern bom , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

Lupins, Slow Knitting and a Finished Quilt Top from The Cozy Quilter

My lupin blocks continue to accumulate...I finished 4 more blocks this afternoon. 28/48 blocks have been completed. This fat quarter adds some more red-violet to the mix.

I have four of each of these 7 blocks.

I started a new knitting project last weekend...another facecloth in turquoise. I have a few more repeats of the pattern to go before this one is done. I will be working on it tomorrow.

The final layout for the London Modern Guild HST BOM was published this past week so I set to getting my blocks sewn together. My blocks are ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 2 months ago. under baby quilts , blackwork , bom , embroidery , finn , hst's , knitting , london modern quilt guild , lupins , slow sunday stitching

Lupins and 4 Finishes!!! from The Cozy Quilter

Four more lupin blocks made this week--I am not sure where I bought this purple fat quarter. Here are samples of all the blocks I have made so far...24/48 blocks made. I am half way there! I have a few red-violet fat quarters in my pile so the raspberry lupins will blend in more once those are added.

I finished the starfish baby wash cloth. It is actually light blue...not gray.

The "Let it Bee" cross stitch is done too. I almost forgot to add the antennae! I will frame this in a small hoop and hang ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 3 months ago. under cityscapes , counted cross stitch , hand sewing , knitting , lupins , slow sunday stitching , tula pink 100 blocks

Slow knitting and stitching. from The Cozy Quilter

I now have 5 sets of 4 lupin blocks...I made one at 6:00 o'clock in the picture above this week. This fabric has Celtic knots on it and was purchased in Inverness, Scotland when we were there last summer. I had picked out a different fat quarter to use for this week's blocks but when I went to cut it, I found that it was not big enough...I need at least 21" in length for the strips for these blocks. Funny how fat quarters can vary so much in size.

I did some knitting this ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 3 months ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , knitting , lupins , slow sunday stitching , tula pink 100 blocks

Slow Stitching this Week from The Cozy Quilter

I finished the cross stitching on the bee this week and moved on to the wreath of flowers and hearts around the bee. There is still some backstitching to do as well, but I will do that once I am done with the cross stitching. I have not done any counted cross stitch in a while and I am enjoying this little project.

In the knitting department, I finished the sheep baby washcloth and started a starfish cloth. I am accumulating a pile of baby wash cloths to use as gifts when babies come along. The starfish cloth is actually ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 3 months ago. under counted cross stitch , knitting , lupins , slow sunday stitching , vacations

Lupins, a Bee and a Sheep from The Cozy Quilter

My lupin block collection continues to grow...although, this week, the blocks were made with Finn's assistance, which means they took a lot longer to make than usual. This week's blocks were made with a purple grunge dots fat quarter.

So, now I have a total of 12/48 blocks made for this quilt. Here are the three lupin fabrics I have used so far:

I have a FQ chosen for my next set of blocks.

I started a new counted cross stitch project this week--a free pattern from The Blackberry Rabbit (Sorry, I can't provide a ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 3 months ago. under bom , counted cross stitch , dish cloths , facecloths , finn , flowers , gardens , knitting , london modern quilt guild , lupins , slow sunday stitching , tula pink 100 blocks

Lupins! from The Cozy Quilter

As planned, I made 4 more lupin blocks this week, this time using a recently purchased fat quarter with raspberries on it. My whole family loves raspberries! At our first house, we had a raspberry patch. As soon as our daughter was old enough to discover the berries, they never made it into the house. She ate them all, straight off the canes as soon as she went outside for the first time each day. Here are my raspberry lupins. (I checked google and lupins can be spelled with or without an "e" on the end--lupin or lupine)

I just ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 years, 3 months ago. under dish cloths , finn , flowers , gardens , knitting , lupins , rainbow scrap challenge , slow sunday stitching

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