put a ring on it

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 ...

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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

QuiltCon Together: Class #4 and the Mini Swap from The Cozy Quilter

Once I got started on my "Put a Ring On It" quilt (one of my classes at QuiltCon), I just wanted to keep sewing until I finished the quilt top. I sewed while I listened to panel discussions and some of the lectures. I have to admit that trying to do two things at once led to a few mistakes which meant my trusty seam ripper saw some action this week... Here is my finished quilt top. I need to pick out some backing from my stash and figure out how I am going to quilt this wallhanging.

My 4th ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 years, 8 months ago. under counted cross stitch , diamond chainlink quilt , embroidery , finn , love birds , mini quilt swap , put a ring on it , quiltcon together 2021

QuiltCon Together - Virtual Classes from The Cozy Quilter

Like all big events right now, QuiltCon has gone virtual this year. I took the opportunity to sign up for four virtual classes and I also purchased a lecture pass. I cleared my schedule (not that there is much on it these days!) and cleaned up my sewing room so I would be ready! I gathered all of the supplies I needed for my classes and put them into 4 bins. One teacher recommended that we cut out most of our pieces before class so I managed to get that done too. I decided from the beginning that I would ...

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