slow sunday stitching

Getting Ready for a Quilting Retreat from The Cozy Quilter

I am getting ready to go to the fall retreat for the Oxford Quilters Guild this weekend. I have a big bin full of projects--two just need binding, one is a pile of blocks that need to be made into a quilt top, some are Christmas gifts (secrets!), three new quilts to put together--pieces are cut already in preparation and also my last two placemats for Meals on Wheels. I will not have time to get bored! I finished the second secret project this past week and will not be able to show any pictures of it until it has ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 days, 3 hours ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hiking , slow sunday stitching , table runners

Stitching with Kitties from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're just a few days away from Halloween. Are you ready? Halloween is a non-event at our house. This will be our 23rd Halloween in this house, and we've never had a single trick-or-treater. It used to be fun when the boys were younger, and we figured out costumes for them. We also had a pumpkin carving evening, but no more. I miss those days.

My yesterday started with slow-stitching. As expected I finished up the first of two blocks I'm making for "The Story of My Day." It still needs borders. This ...

added by Barbara 1 week, 1 day ago. under blogging cats , cats , cooking , embroidery , quilts , recipe test , slow sunday stitching

Stitching with Kitties from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. We're just a few days away from Halloween. Are you ready? Halloween is a non-event at our house. This will be our 23rd Halloween in this house, and we've never had a single trick-or-treater. It used to be fun when the boys were younger, and we figured out costumes for them. We also had a pumpkin carving evening, but no more. I miss those days.

My yesterday started with slow-stitching. As expected I finished up the first of two blocks I'm making for "The Story of My Day." It still needs borders. This ...

added by Barbara 1 week, 1 day ago. under blogging cats , cats , cooking , embroidery , quilts , recipe test , slow sunday stitching

Moving Right Along from The Cozy Quilter

This has been a productive week in the sewing department! I finished quilting the potato chip quilt I made for the local hospice. I used the cut offs from the backing to make the binding, remembering after I had machine stitched it to the front of the quilt that it needed to be machine stitched down, not hand stitched as I usually do. Oops! This is because the quilts for the hospice will be washed and dried by machine often and the binding will stay on better if machine stitched. I did not want to un-sew all of the binding ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 week, 2 days ago. under comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hospice quilts , placemats , slow sunday stitching , vacations , walking foot quilting

Getting Back to Normal from The Cozy Quilter

I have been reacquainting myself with my sewing machine over the past few days. I decided to get going on quilting the potato chip quilt top I made for our new hospice (opening in the Spring of 2025). First I quilted two lines in the sashing to get everything stabilized and ready for quilting the blocks. I also added a row of stitching around the entire quilt the width of the walking foot into the beige border and then a 1/8th of an inch from the edge of the border to keep it flat. I hummed and hawed over ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 weeks, 2 days ago. under comfort quilts , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hospice quilts , placemats , slow sunday stitching , vacations , walking foot

Foursome of Fannies from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! We're nearly halfway through the month. How's everyone doing out there? It's been a busy weekend here, and we're not finished yet. The kids are coming for dinner tonight, and so I've been busy in the kitchen. Before I did anything else yesterday, though, I spent some time with my slow-stitching. I'd missed it the day before. Now October's block for "Joy in the Ordinary" is finished.

I'll add that one to September's block, finished a few days ago. Both blocks need borders before they can truly ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 1 day ago. under cooking , embroidery , exercise , quilts , recipe test , slow sunday stitching

Foursome of Fannies from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! We're nearly halfway through the month. How's everyone doing out there? It's been a busy weekend here, and we're not finished yet. The kids are coming for dinner tonight, and so I've been busy in the kitchen. Before I did anything else yesterday, though, I spent some time with my slow-stitching. I'd missed it the day before. Now October's block for "Joy in the Ordinary" is finished.

I'll add that one to September's block, finished a few days ago. Both blocks need borders before they can truly ...

added by Barbara 3 weeks, 1 day ago. under cooking , embroidery , exercise , quilts , recipe test , slow sunday stitching

Home from Vacation from The Cozy Quilter

My husband and I just got home from three weeks in the US southwest. We flew to Tucson, AZ, rented a car, visited National Parks and other sites in Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico, and then took the Amtrak Southwest Chief (train) from Albuquerque, NM to Chicago. The next train, the Pere Marquette, took us from Chicago to Grand Rapids, where we picked up our car and drove home. I will share pictures of the highlights of our trip over the next few weeks--I have not had time to go through all of my pictures (over 4000!) yet. We ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 weeks, 2 days ago. under counted cross stitch , finn , slow sunday stitching , southwestern us trip

These Took Forever Quilt Blocks from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a lovely October day here in the Pacific Northwest. I told Mike yesterday I think this is the best time of the year here. On the other hand, I say that about all the seasons, with the possible exception of winter. On the other, other hand, I'm actually happy with the winter rain and snow. It's good sewing weather. The darkness is my only beef with winter weather.

The dahlias are making the most of their final days. As I've mentioned, the Firefighter dahlia is the most watched thing in the ...

added by Barbara 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , every blooming thing , exercise , gardening , omg , photography , quilts , recipe test , slow sunday stitching

These Took Forever Quilt Blocks from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's a lovely October day here in the Pacific Northwest. I told Mike yesterday I think this is the best time of the year here. On the other hand, I say that about all the seasons, with the possible exception of winter. On the other, other hand, I'm actually happy with the winter rain and snow. It's good sewing weather. The darkness is my only beef with winter weather.

The dahlias are making the most of their final days. As I've mentioned, the Firefighter dahlia is the most watched thing in the ...

added by Barbara 4 weeks, 1 day ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , every blooming thing , exercise , gardening , omg , photography , quilts , recipe test , slow sunday stitching

A Little of Everything from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Yesterday's activities made up for the previous day's inactivity. There were several things on my to-do list, and I managed to get through it all. The weeding isn't finished, and I'll have to do some more today. I think by the end of today's session, it'll be good to go until next spring.

While I was out yesterday, I took a few pictures of the things that are still blooming. There isn't much, but the echinacea continues to brighten its corner of the garden.

I'm so happy these ...

added by Barbara 1 month ago. under book review , cats , challenge quilts , cooking , embroidery , every blooming thing , gardening , photography , quilts , recipe test , slow sunday stitching

A Little of Everything from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Yesterday's activities made up for the previous day's inactivity. There were several things on my to-do list, and I managed to get through it all. The weeding isn't finished, and I'll have to do some more today. I think by the end of today's session, it'll be good to go until next spring.

While I was out yesterday, I took a few pictures of the things that are still blooming. There isn't much, but the echinacea continues to brighten its corner of the garden.

I'm so happy these ...

added by Barbara 1 month ago. under book review , cats , challenge quilts , cooking , embroidery , every blooming thing , gardening , photography , quilts , recipe test , slow sunday stitching

Secret Project Reveal! from The Cozy Quilter

For a few months now, I have been talking about a secret project. My cousin has finally received her quilt and so now I can show it to you, my blog readers! I did some sleuthing to find out my cousin's favourite colours and was told green and purple. I raided my stash to find several purples and greens that looked good together as well as a piece of gray hash dot fabric leftover from my modern sampler quilt. I had just enough of the gray fabric and even had to piece a few of the triangles to have ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 2 weeks ago. under crochet , finn , gifts , hst's , qst's , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

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

Placemats for Meals on Wheels from The Cozy Quilter

Once again, the Oxford Quilt Guild is making placemats for Meals on Wheels recipients for distribution at Christmas. They are due at our December meeting but I decided to get going on mine right away and get them done! I dug into my fabric stash to see what I had--so many possibilities! We are to make one side Wintery and the other side to be used for the rest of the year. So far, I have put together and quilted six placemats--the binding will go on this week.

I found a few orphan blocks that I can use to make ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 1 month, 3 weeks ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , hiking , placemats , slow sunday stitching , tesselate textiles

I Won Bobbin Chicken! from The Cozy Quilter

I played bobbin chicken this week while sewing the binding on one of my quilts, and I won. Only a few inches of thread left on the bobbin when I finished sewing! This quilt is completely done now as I now have the binding hand sewn to the back of the quilt.

The fox square is done (oops--just noticed the eyes are not stitched yet!) and I have started the rectangular section above. I did lots of stitching of the light blue border this week too.

I called my daughter tonight to ask for some pictures of her crochet progress ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 2 months ago. under binding , counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , 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, 1 week ago. under counted cross stitch , crochet , finn , gardens , slow sunday stitching

Barn Quilt Class from The Cozy Quilter

Today, Christine and I attended a Barn Quilt Block class in Palmyra, Ontario at the Crazy 8 Barn. I have wanted to make a Barn Quilt for our backyard for ages. There were two blocks available to choose from and we each chose a different one. The class started at 9am and we left for home around 5pm so it was an all day project.

There were lots of paint colours to choose from and we all did some mixing as well to get just the right colours for our blocks.

Here I am, hard at work, taping off the ...

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

False Start from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a fairly easy-going day yesterday...at least, it started that way. There was almost nothing on my to-do list. I don't know about you, but I tend to work better under pressure. When I find myself with too much time on my hands, it ends up as wasted time. It's a little like giving a kid a dollar and telling them they can pick any candy bar they want. There are so many choices, it's difficult to make a decision. And so when I find myself with free time, I can ...

added by Barbara 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under embroidery , free-motion quilting , mindless musings , quilts , slow sunday stitching

False Start from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was a fairly easy-going day yesterday...at least, it started that way. There was almost nothing on my to-do list. I don't know about you, but I tend to work better under pressure. When I find myself with too much time on my hands, it ends up as wasted time. It's a little like giving a kid a dollar and telling them they can pick any candy bar they want. There are so many choices, it's difficult to make a decision. And so when I find myself with free time, I can ...

added by Barbara 2 months, 3 weeks ago. under embroidery , free-motion quilting , mindless musings , quilts , slow sunday stitching

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