slow sunday stitching

Fall Cross Stitch from The Cozy Quilter

Hello! We have been away and now we are back home. We travelled from where we live in Southern Ontario around Lakes Huron and Superior to Manitoba and back with lots of interesting stops along the way. I will share a few pictures from our trip later in this post. I started a new Fall counted cross stitch project on our trip and spent many hours working on it in the car and while relaxing in the evenings at various places where we stayed. There was not much colour on the trees on the way to Manitoba but Fall was ...

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

Dark and Stormy Night from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's quite dark outside this morning. Rain moved in overnight. I awakened early this morning to the sound of water running through the gutters. The field is still dry and brown. The rain will green it up, and we're looking forward to that. With autumn officially starting tomorrow, I expect we'll be seeing more rain very soon.

Yesterday started with a visit to the farmer's market with Erik and Mae. I came home with eight ears of corn, a bunch of cilantro, 1-1/2 pounds of tomatillos, 8 oz. of chanterelle mushrooms ...

added by Barbara 2 months ago. under cooking , embroidery , every blooming thing , family , gardening , mindless musings , photography , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Dark and Stormy Night from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's quite dark outside this morning. Rain moved in overnight. I awakened early this morning to the sound of water running through the gutters. The field is still dry and brown. The rain will green it up, and we're looking forward to that. With autumn officially starting tomorrow, I expect we'll be seeing more rain very soon.

Yesterday started with a visit to the farmer's market with Erik and Mae. I came home with eight ears of corn, a bunch of cilantro, 1-1/2 pounds of tomatillos, 8 oz. of chanterelle mushrooms ...

added by Barbara 2 months ago. under cooking , embroidery , every blooming thing , family , gardening , mindless musings , photography , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Making Progress from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The promised rain has finally arrived. With a few breaks, it's been raining fairly steadily for hours. It started while we were asleep, and now it's beginning to look like a typical Oregon winter. Of course, winter is not even close, but we're getting a glimpse into the future today.

Thankfully, I was able to get out and do some weeding yesterday. I pulled up or "mussed up" some of the smaller weeds, and then whacked back my enormous sage plant to about one-third its size. I love the fresh sage, but the ...

added by Barbara 2 months, 1 week ago. under book review , cats , embroidery , every blooming thing , exercise , gardening , photography , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Making Progress from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. The promised rain has finally arrived. With a few breaks, it's been raining fairly steadily for hours. It started while we were asleep, and now it's beginning to look like a typical Oregon winter. Of course, winter is not even close, but we're getting a glimpse into the future today.

Thankfully, I was able to get out and do some weeding yesterday. I pulled up or "mussed up" some of the smaller weeds, and then whacked back my enormous sage plant to about one-third its size. I love the fresh sage, but the ...

added by Barbara 2 months, 1 week ago. under book review , cats , embroidery , every blooming thing , exercise , gardening , photography , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Tackling Tomatoes Today from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's the day I celebrate and dread all at the same time. Yesterday I picked up 40 lbs. of tomatoes from our CSA farmers. Wanna see what 40 lbs. of tomatoes looks like?

Beautiful, aren't they? We're down to our last jar of pasta sauce, and the last jar of salsa is open in the refrigerator. And not to brag, but I think homemade pasta sauce and homemade salsa taste better than anything available in the grocery store. And so...it's a big job. So far, I'm willing and able to ...

added by Barbara 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under cats , community supported agriculture , cooking , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Tackling Tomatoes Today from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It's the day I celebrate and dread all at the same time. Yesterday I picked up 40 lbs. of tomatoes from our CSA farmers. Wanna see what 40 lbs. of tomatoes looks like?

Beautiful, aren't they? We're down to our last jar of pasta sauce, and the last jar of salsa is open in the refrigerator. And not to brag, but I think homemade pasta sauce and homemade salsa taste better than anything available in the grocery store. And so...it's a big job. So far, I'm willing and able to ...

added by Barbara 2 months, 2 weeks ago. under cats , community supported agriculture , cooking , embroidery , mindless musings , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Coming Up Short from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another hot day yesterday...98°F at our place, which is very unusual for us. Being at the top of a hill, we're generally a little cooler than they are in the valley. It was a good day to stay in and sew.

There was a little more progress on the Stitching Wisdom quilt. The bottom row of blocks has just one embroidered block. I did that one the same as I've done the others.

At each corner were pieced (and embroidered) blocks. I did a little dot-to-dot quilting there.

There's ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under cats , embroidery , every blooming thing , free-motion quilting , gardening , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Coming Up Short from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. It was another hot day yesterday...98°F at our place, which is very unusual for us. Being at the top of a hill, we're generally a little cooler than they are in the valley. It was a good day to stay in and sew.

There was a little more progress on the Stitching Wisdom quilt. The bottom row of blocks has just one embroidered block. I did that one the same as I've done the others.

At each corner were pieced (and embroidered) blocks. I did a little dot-to-dot quilting there.

There's ...

added by Barbara 3 months ago. under cats , embroidery , every blooming thing , free-motion quilting , gardening , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Placemats, HST's and the Hooking is Done! from The Cozy Quilter

I went to the guild sewing day this week and worked on my pitcher plant rug hooking project the whole time. I managed to finish all of the hooking! The first picture below was after I steamed it and the second picture was taken before steaming. It really makes a difference, making it look much smoother afterwards!

I have started the wool edging but forget how to turn the corner and will have to consult with one of my hooking friends on how to do this. The wool for the edging is a dark purple, even though it looks black ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months ago. under charity quilts , crochet , finn , flowers , gardens , modern sampler , placemats , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , slow sunday stitching , thread house academy

Catching Up from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Day by day the place seems a little more back to normal. We've moved from the big jobs to the small jobs, including little bits of housework.

Yesterday's small gardening job was to tie up the echinacea into a tidy bundle and let the light shine on the plants hidden underneath. If you look closely at this image, you'll see black spots on the flowers. Those a bumblebees. They aren't aggressive, but I put on long sleeves just in case. You can see the size difference between the pink echinacea and the ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , every blooming thing , gardening , photography , quilts , slow sunday stitching

Catching Up from Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends. Day by day the place seems a little more back to normal. We've moved from the big jobs to the small jobs, including little bits of housework.

Yesterday's small gardening job was to tie up the echinacea into a tidy bundle and let the light shine on the plants hidden underneath. If you look closely at this image, you'll see black spots on the flowers. Those a bumblebees. They aren't aggressive, but I put on long sleeves just in case. You can see the size difference between the pink echinacea and the ...

added by Barbara 3 months, 1 week ago. under cats , cooking , embroidery , every blooming thing , gardening , photography , quilts , slow sunday stitching

On a Roll from The Cozy Quilter

I have been in the mood to finish some quilts and so I have another finished quilt to show this week. My yellow and green potato chip quilt is done. I'm calling it "Sunny Day". The striped binding was in my stash. This quilt will be donated to my MIL's nursing home to be raffled off as a fundraiser. (Another quilt is quilted and will be bound shortly--it is a gift so no pictures yet)

I spent quite a bit of time rug hooking this week and made great progress on my project. Lots of blue still and ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 2 weeks ago. under charity quilts , crochet , finn , gardens , hiking , potato chip blocks , rug hooking , slow sunday stitching

Walking Foot Quilting from The Cozy Quilter

I finished off the quilting and binding of the hollow 9 patch baby quilt earlier this week and got to work on quilting my yellow and green potato chip quilt. I am using 28 wt green thread on top and white 50 wt thread in the bobbin. This is a bigger quilt so it is taking longer to quilt...more material to manage as I quilt. I will work on this again soon--I'm hoping to have it done to show on next week's blog post. This is a donation quilt.

And here is the big TaDa! The hollow ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 3 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , books , charity quilts , crochet , finn , gardens , hiking , potato chip blocks , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , slow sunday stitching

Rug Hooking, Knitting and a RSC Baby Quilt in Progress from The Cozy Quilter

After making 6 purple hollow nine patch blocks last week, I took out the bag of blocks that I have made so far this year and discovered that I had enough to make a baby quilt. I took them to the guild sewing day this week and laid them out on the design wall as shown above. I sewed them together and today, pin basted it and started the quilting--diagonal lines in both directions through each square.

I'm using 28wt white thread in the top and 50 wt white in the bobbin. The backing was in my stash.

I ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months ago. under baby quilts , crochet , finn , gardens , knitting , potato chip blocks , rainbow scrap challenge , rug hooking , scrappy quilts , slow sunday stitching , walking foot quilting

Home from the Cottage, again! from The Cozy Quilter

My husband and I, our daughter and Finn spent the last week at a cottage. One week sure does go by fast, but we managed to fill our days with reading, sitting on the dock, rughooking, knitting (me), crocheting and cross stitch(my daughter). We went to a farmers market and into town to do some shopping one day but just spent the rest of the time relaxing at the cottage.

Finn loved napping in a chair on the screened in porch. As you can see, I did a fair bit of hooking on my pitcher plant picture.

I finished ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 4 months, 2 weeks ago. under books , charity quilts , cottage time , finn , knitting , potato chip blocks , rug hooking , slow sunday stitching

A Weekend at the Cottage from The Cozy Quilter

My friend, Christine, and I had a few days away at the cottage last weekend. We brought our sewing machines, projects, and handwork with us, as well as some books to read and good food to eat. It was a pretty relaxing weekend. A storm blew through and the power was off for 12 hours, but we found lots to do. We even toasted bagels and boiled water for tea on the BBQ!

I started a Tiny House quilt (online class by Jo Avery). My houses still need roofs and chimneys but I did didn't have the right colour ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months ago. under comfort quilts , cottage time , finn , flannel , gardens , hospice quilts , improvisational piecing , knitting , rug hooking , scraps , slow sunday stitching , tiny houses

An old UFO off the to do list from The Cozy Quilter

My 10 year old Sashiko project is finally completely done and can go out on display!

I stitched in the ditch around the navy part and then did three rows of quilting in the border. The binding is on. I didn't do any quilting in the sashiko panel--I could still add some if I decide later that it needs it.

The backing is a fat quarter I had in my stash.

I had a chance to knit several times in the last week and added another 5 inches to my scarf. It is 56" long now.

I finished the ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months, 2 weeks ago. under baby quilts , finn , gardens , knitting , rug hooking , sashiko , scraps , selvages , slow sunday stitching

Orange Month for the RSC from The Cozy Quilter

Orange is the colour for June for the Rainbow Scrap Challenge so I dug into my 2.5" squares bin and pulled out all of the orange squares. I cut a few from my orange fat quarter bin to add some variety before making 6 orange hollow nine patch blocks. I am getting quite a stack of these blocks! When I run out of the centre squares, I will put the blocks together to make a quilt.

I continue to knit away on my scarf when the mood hits me...Maybe it will be done in time to wear it ...

added by The Cozy Quilter 5 months, 3 weeks ago. under baby quilts , finn , flannel , hiking , knitting. crochet , rainbow scrap challenge , sashiko , scrap vortex , slow sunday stitching

Bloomers from ... Cat Patches

Good morning, my friends! If you thought you were going to get a break from my endless prattle today, then you would be wrong. I'm still mouthing off on a daily basis. For sure though, I'm taking the next couple of days off. We'll be in full-on packing mode, and it's going to get ugly. Trust me. You don't want to know a thing about it.

On the other hand, things have been looking up flower-wise. Mike was the first one to spot it, but when I looked out the dining room window yesterday morning ...

added by Barbara 6 months ago. under cats , embroidery , every blooming thing , gardening , mindless musings , photography , slow sunday stitching , small quilts , travel

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