tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86014038065709943992024-03-27T19:52:43.692-04:00The Cozy QuilterThe Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.comBlogger1179125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-64811412133819522362024-03-23T21:08:00.007-04:002024-03-24T08:40:11.411-04:00Yet Another Retreat...<p> It's true. My friend, Christine and I have attended two quilting retreats in March, two weeks apart. (We won't mention that we were away for a week at the end of February at QuiltCon in Raleigh, NC...). This is the end of our quilting retreats for until November, when we have two more. We are both very productive on the retreats and manage to get lots of sewing done. It's amazing what you can accomplish over the course of 2 1/2 or 3 days of concentrated time with no cooking, dishes and other distractions! I spent most of my weekend making quilt backs, pin basting and quilting a wall hanging and two baby quilts. </p><p>This is the rabbit wall hanging I made for my MIL in the process of being quilted. I used my Hera marker and a quilting ruler to mark one of each of the pairs of lines. The second line was 1/2" from the first one. The up and down quilting was done with light green thread and the horizontal lines with the blue thread you see on the machine. I finished it off with the binding made from the same fabric as the narrow border. This has been gifted already and is hanging up in my MIL's room. She likes to show it to people when they come into her room. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RD4_xpRD-Rbkj5Jg51QlKMvn4GPnODwABnE5mi-uDJUkWV8BXRbgLy1-GbY_GlY5AtS91lkeKjyBIDu_kqNq-TJzP0UdI0ct9ASE9mQovgztXYXUkDFDRrSyCeJ5yZeRHpQTK7NSKZTLZO1Qchig6ZGWPl4-TtuX3yW_eS5wrXWg37N7meZWBsQgshc/s4032/FF7D80C7-9873-4E35-A394-438009363E67.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RD4_xpRD-Rbkj5Jg51QlKMvn4GPnODwABnE5mi-uDJUkWV8BXRbgLy1-GbY_GlY5AtS91lkeKjyBIDu_kqNq-TJzP0UdI0ct9ASE9mQovgztXYXUkDFDRrSyCeJ5yZeRHpQTK7NSKZTLZO1Qchig6ZGWPl4-TtuX3yW_eS5wrXWg37N7meZWBsQgshc/w480-h640/FF7D80C7-9873-4E35-A394-438009363E67.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJ6IemrrXO_tibEiWa6xC8LcflLfaZ3GzkEicUVhy_gXJpM4372fK1b9ZADx69YMzsf6V6EINXJDyjUmqEoCos473rMdcmi2Fpj0mPaaPqJ-tuqIw9IXKHA-S9pizvoorEuPjIc4jYvu3hz0IcZx_sbtpIULGgUNQeuNv1jcC9MbMTiwJnVFNb6eoEn4/s4032/A0CABF6C-CE16-4135-A44F-D01498038206.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJ6IemrrXO_tibEiWa6xC8LcflLfaZ3GzkEicUVhy_gXJpM4372fK1b9ZADx69YMzsf6V6EINXJDyjUmqEoCos473rMdcmi2Fpj0mPaaPqJ-tuqIw9IXKHA-S9pizvoorEuPjIc4jYvu3hz0IcZx_sbtpIULGgUNQeuNv1jcC9MbMTiwJnVFNb6eoEn4/w480-h640/A0CABF6C-CE16-4135-A44F-D01498038206.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I bought a panel to make a quilted baby book recently and sewed it together at the retreat. It has been gifted to a baby that is due in April. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhz14sqOgPYPvvR_iaFVBpB8FVttVCRfhxwUja6pjoD1p5fGafciyM7th24P3ORDL-exSRl4H_Mu_GJrEcXclio_DEPbVCKNIVEcC0fMMMgCQF2SrNQfEFAt2GcOsFawRTJpBNQj4f6v1VY7APo7xPlBlQUMQEBTEphu4kqSbFflBZUTPSY35Y47p_Ssc/s4032/BB288EAF-4408-4FEA-9526-1886699BF1AB.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhz14sqOgPYPvvR_iaFVBpB8FVttVCRfhxwUja6pjoD1p5fGafciyM7th24P3ORDL-exSRl4H_Mu_GJrEcXclio_DEPbVCKNIVEcC0fMMMgCQF2SrNQfEFAt2GcOsFawRTJpBNQj4f6v1VY7APo7xPlBlQUMQEBTEphu4kqSbFflBZUTPSY35Y47p_Ssc/w480-h640/BB288EAF-4408-4FEA-9526-1886699BF1AB.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZeF2SVgXF9rvmI7fcs3Go_tUbeLNdb1P_tvzP4hSehvaZ_6tV99j2yPGYsKMYTBWBAMPo9O4nc1lzai2Rn6rtZulc2Yq7OJVyV0HIIh4e4W6wd2G3cNTEEpTAJK7QiqjLtWwNv7CeKnCrHP0zvVgNkV4mI223FS3Y5nPYJcHhdaQ1pD5Re3JgKkaMHk/s4032/374A433B-22EA-4BBF-B074-96ACFEAA8CAB.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZeF2SVgXF9rvmI7fcs3Go_tUbeLNdb1P_tvzP4hSehvaZ_6tV99j2yPGYsKMYTBWBAMPo9O4nc1lzai2Rn6rtZulc2Yq7OJVyV0HIIh4e4W6wd2G3cNTEEpTAJK7QiqjLtWwNv7CeKnCrHP0zvVgNkV4mI223FS3Y5nPYJcHhdaQ1pD5Re3JgKkaMHk/w400-h300/374A433B-22EA-4BBF-B074-96ACFEAA8CAB.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The walk between the building where we sewed and the building where meals were served was beautiful!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWj-baSdwPM8VjvPye5u_Ooc8WNzu_F69wgyIYCYUT2_1KijxtwPzI4rl4hePP6MKZlDUgsecYlh2-GEBG0sPnqB2NdIaqSRWHVhzL7PZS0i0vnULMaajOOO3RJaWYMvGlIdElPLAuZ5EXhrpQsxaDTiRRO0sdo3loBIPbML8XhrEGTdFXwLDNS8TYIfQ/s4032/D3ED5EEE-EAA3-4570-A560-E3F699314520.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWj-baSdwPM8VjvPye5u_Ooc8WNzu_F69wgyIYCYUT2_1KijxtwPzI4rl4hePP6MKZlDUgsecYlh2-GEBG0sPnqB2NdIaqSRWHVhzL7PZS0i0vnULMaajOOO3RJaWYMvGlIdElPLAuZ5EXhrpQsxaDTiRRO0sdo3loBIPbML8XhrEGTdFXwLDNS8TYIfQ/w480-h640/D3ED5EEE-EAA3-4570-A560-E3F699314520.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I sewed this quilt top at the previous retreat and quilted it at this retreat. The binding was added at home this week. There is a baby in mind for this quilt. She is due in May. The backing is the same as the background fabric in the crumby stars quilt I showed on my blog last week. I had to add a pink stripe on the back to make it wide enough. The turquoise binding fabric was in my stash. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUIvZxJQgSN7qWh_FkRt-dfKviITFrWkrG4OrLVS_9QOvgOiWGRzQwxVV3s1SQZm_KNXvGXI7JlJPQDUYqTMLVOKjpRAJAPQZ1A_SzXTbVYHBFfo6YwaI2kcJ-SCGl6YoCuHgyDvcCGMgRM97-_QJBPMIv7wIzP_WlHXwTuL6fPT-KXU0rjjqzeiryaFo/s4032/80AE5EEB-3438-41C1-B983-955905B067F7.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUIvZxJQgSN7qWh_FkRt-dfKviITFrWkrG4OrLVS_9QOvgOiWGRzQwxVV3s1SQZm_KNXvGXI7JlJPQDUYqTMLVOKjpRAJAPQZ1A_SzXTbVYHBFfo6YwaI2kcJ-SCGl6YoCuHgyDvcCGMgRM97-_QJBPMIv7wIzP_WlHXwTuL6fPT-KXU0rjjqzeiryaFo/w480-h640/80AE5EEB-3438-41C1-B983-955905B067F7.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EB2dofKnM2R5DWwPi513VVmNDPss8c5egt73DMqBPnHOAUu0JWAniJlbzlC6P-ImZWh86Hyg4_PK9BVtek1zKMNb97Y0X3rhnITQLKrbRVvm3bjwhfbaAu5-gY9lX2UlW7w3iiv28LNjIdxrQu8tVYZac8yxE8cpMsb0uRjksagcQaAYd2MPaCJFBwo/s4032/86F1EEB5-578E-497C-A2C8-2BBC9DE5B793.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-EB2dofKnM2R5DWwPi513VVmNDPss8c5egt73DMqBPnHOAUu0JWAniJlbzlC6P-ImZWh86Hyg4_PK9BVtek1zKMNb97Y0X3rhnITQLKrbRVvm3bjwhfbaAu5-gY9lX2UlW7w3iiv28LNjIdxrQu8tVYZac8yxE8cpMsb0uRjksagcQaAYd2MPaCJFBwo/w480-h640/86F1EEB5-578E-497C-A2C8-2BBC9DE5B793.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvALj9eYFBuF6pkN663npySgVUJRjpYlvkXA-nVislsH_k9j_5jumHPWOa8KgGDqnzazi7Gd7T7tjQsoyd8cYfwmH2RS9op0-nI9xRjbjXt7axtLiOhub9wjxeME11xPMTlLwsmIY7FzU6zeH4Expgh94LM6e474N36wz3IPB_ni_LogBDklPP7zlsSo/s3170/9EAEF397-C7CF-45F9-B010-FE0D863ECBDE_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3170" data-original-width="3005" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfvALj9eYFBuF6pkN663npySgVUJRjpYlvkXA-nVislsH_k9j_5jumHPWOa8KgGDqnzazi7Gd7T7tjQsoyd8cYfwmH2RS9op0-nI9xRjbjXt7axtLiOhub9wjxeME11xPMTlLwsmIY7FzU6zeH4Expgh94LM6e474N36wz3IPB_ni_LogBDklPP7zlsSo/w606-h640/9EAEF397-C7CF-45F9-B010-FE0D863ECBDE_1_201_a.heic" width="606" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The scrappy nine patch quilt was quilted with a simple cross hatch through the white and gray squares. Again, the backing fabric was not quite wide enough so there is a strip of light orange added to make it work. I added the green binding at home this week and I'm in the process of hand stitching it to the back of the quilt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOQMIS-tSBXiM0Ko8JdkDGtwaQ37Lt_NZxHsj0MH4nVKvwjemz0Q72XMt_T_vyKbK9p9MKhj59XOqY2S24_PwYejqlHGpWn53Se0mGFyEVAGTvSWvw_GZYuDJaP_fuJ_VZmqWOROibnvdEA6vrHuFD1gf_X1xcn_7RXdV_oghGepxGGCH2pZEqO26c4o/s4032/5668D864-FBA0-4F7E-9D81-9E9B0D4C7F03.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDOQMIS-tSBXiM0Ko8JdkDGtwaQ37Lt_NZxHsj0MH4nVKvwjemz0Q72XMt_T_vyKbK9p9MKhj59XOqY2S24_PwYejqlHGpWn53Se0mGFyEVAGTvSWvw_GZYuDJaP_fuJ_VZmqWOROibnvdEA6vrHuFD1gf_X1xcn_7RXdV_oghGepxGGCH2pZEqO26c4o/s320/5668D864-FBA0-4F7E-9D81-9E9B0D4C7F03.heic" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczK6WJms4lf3wMreoo_9k6c7ST2Gc4LxaMjYjjUtnOQzXQFL-p8-VZHsXnSnuixa13wCSW0MNHorPqKUYMQi0KfsyTlopMhQdkNraMHhD-sXX8_kgPoz1RklrQg6E-LGTnIB8hQDSTZzpPnavwpSvq-InpOCt5emlDcPtt4xQH-gmPqcU-Hek3UK3rr0/s4032/8807BD20-C9AC-4019-9D1E-BAA1666B4DE2.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczK6WJms4lf3wMreoo_9k6c7ST2Gc4LxaMjYjjUtnOQzXQFL-p8-VZHsXnSnuixa13wCSW0MNHorPqKUYMQi0KfsyTlopMhQdkNraMHhD-sXX8_kgPoz1RklrQg6E-LGTnIB8hQDSTZzpPnavwpSvq-InpOCt5emlDcPtt4xQH-gmPqcU-Hek3UK3rr0/w480-h640/8807BD20-C9AC-4019-9D1E-BAA1666B4DE2.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6F6X52-dPmC40qdQi7cb-t5mEuvKQer1ret4qfd14oSlgNWqeIpp2yO-GiUPJ7SAO8NePc4On93VVSiFUemarbLhEscmo1vj_hrZVbSkoDNm4-kr3oApV9c3olKBn7i3XVbnpfxaYa60mKT-l2AL5Epyi6wFhWZCbmq5q1iLqA6gKUO-c18nWeKh32vo/s4032/758327C7-8D1D-471B-86CA-1B421FD560F6.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6F6X52-dPmC40qdQi7cb-t5mEuvKQer1ret4qfd14oSlgNWqeIpp2yO-GiUPJ7SAO8NePc4On93VVSiFUemarbLhEscmo1vj_hrZVbSkoDNm4-kr3oApV9c3olKBn7i3XVbnpfxaYa60mKT-l2AL5Epyi6wFhWZCbmq5q1iLqA6gKUO-c18nWeKh32vo/w480-h640/758327C7-8D1D-471B-86CA-1B421FD560F6.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our knitting friend, Mary, and I went down to the beach to see the sunset. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwp7yDM25OndmQAGYukASDrQU4m7DkpB0xY7XzrPrMZGvw27vMsHeFKdc0HGs05ETv8gpIrAA9_CG0Tv3kstR2XauLhh5kP2Nohu5HLO4e_ew5iyVmMdNO_nrVT3Q5pH0ipEDeCWqzGsZwef9yVfn4yivjYFIOEkuM68shLyM7n1Y72ZNKBLyDJdpJQU/s4032/AC195997-C103-4B54-A6D1-3659C71F2DB0.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnwp7yDM25OndmQAGYukASDrQU4m7DkpB0xY7XzrPrMZGvw27vMsHeFKdc0HGs05ETv8gpIrAA9_CG0Tv3kstR2XauLhh5kP2Nohu5HLO4e_ew5iyVmMdNO_nrVT3Q5pH0ipEDeCWqzGsZwef9yVfn4yivjYFIOEkuM68shLyM7n1Y72ZNKBLyDJdpJQU/w480-h640/AC195997-C103-4B54-A6D1-3659C71F2DB0.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I received some money for my birthday in February and purchased a kit to make a "Sew Together" bag at QuiltCon featuring fabrics with a New York City theme. I started sewing it at the retreat and hope to finish it this coming week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGtPfysadOq3fJ_QJl8tfeQ-qDgdvpfm1xRyfEUQmbVL6xJOx1lzkQRnUWq9b-v_S87U6QKsaxMWzwAP4kRd_tHChOc5zkg93mNhtB1tV9g1GvY9Jlxc3IedCc3PY3MXPKbg7qSpFWBs8kejG4uS9X6j8-QD5POl-OiOIVqSWihQRS48dJZgUkDjiW9s/s4032/4E48A7C1-E47D-4FA4-A7F5-D4CBC7C694EF.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJGtPfysadOq3fJ_QJl8tfeQ-qDgdvpfm1xRyfEUQmbVL6xJOx1lzkQRnUWq9b-v_S87U6QKsaxMWzwAP4kRd_tHChOc5zkg93mNhtB1tV9g1GvY9Jlxc3IedCc3PY3MXPKbg7qSpFWBs8kejG4uS9X6j8-QD5POl-OiOIVqSWihQRS48dJZgUkDjiW9s/w480-h640/4E48A7C1-E47D-4FA4-A7F5-D4CBC7C694EF.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Spring is being a bit fickle this week and so, in anticipation of a snowy forecast for Friday, I cut some daffodils and brought them inside for my table. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB-fjYbaIewz42s0VYErPAcAWIUI0X74DFCVX4w-xCcbdizPwsjtZT6l11s_-ofkg6z7xIg9keXDaLt391Z0i6DE2bUC5y9LA-Vm0OoDtKqvcWX82FN7PKLJLqxkDzzOAff1wmw7bn6Qr4eFJZyC873c_dw80FSL66SdIq9zahNNnHnfbkq9lNDgUwOI/s4032/BB217452-5508-4BEF-8897-7220FFD93AB6.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB-fjYbaIewz42s0VYErPAcAWIUI0X74DFCVX4w-xCcbdizPwsjtZT6l11s_-ofkg6z7xIg9keXDaLt391Z0i6DE2bUC5y9LA-Vm0OoDtKqvcWX82FN7PKLJLqxkDzzOAff1wmw7bn6Qr4eFJZyC873c_dw80FSL66SdIq9zahNNnHnfbkq9lNDgUwOI/w480-h640/BB217452-5508-4BEF-8897-7220FFD93AB6.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPd6hoaG3uwuZP48hZ0041HKUu274abpqxRn2ZNGHHPI1cmg3ypNiWhceUHkEj37z05mTmNP4qvRdEyCXILofkaVZRVQNnEd73qPoKj_2GMK7q20jpx-Yir8Lp8mQN8Bhpu9qBeHZv2aSi2dtR0ocewnGT5v6CBW8a-KinJBfU6CjmR10cbENXXjF1eJI/s3744/F4C62085-2EE0-4CCA-B34E-859122996C4A.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3744" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPd6hoaG3uwuZP48hZ0041HKUu274abpqxRn2ZNGHHPI1cmg3ypNiWhceUHkEj37z05mTmNP4qvRdEyCXILofkaVZRVQNnEd73qPoKj_2GMK7q20jpx-Yir8Lp8mQN8Bhpu9qBeHZv2aSi2dtR0ocewnGT5v6CBW8a-KinJBfU6CjmR10cbENXXjF1eJI/w516-h640/F4C62085-2EE0-4CCA-B34E-859122996C4A.heic" width="516" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn was not happy about the snow. He likes to lay outside in the sunshine and it has been too cold to do this for the last couple of days. Thankfully, most of the snow melted today and it is supposed to be warmer this coming week. </div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWh91COyqwRd5HP1pD_gjbKHfg6VvqLsv8_6dYGq3yWIc752yl5I0DEGTUHtEwOFx0LrS70Rjk5bmqMmpGiBTm00VkzJo9eajHGQuwdTll6WQ8i5ikpP970anVGXJzb4IyVYX-W1K972dXZ2T2vWrSSs302nwKz0E6iPQJuv5BXtdfTEMsBnc6QKmo1RM/s4032/85C037CE-FDD6-4C41-AFCF-47E05489B576.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWh91COyqwRd5HP1pD_gjbKHfg6VvqLsv8_6dYGq3yWIc752yl5I0DEGTUHtEwOFx0LrS70Rjk5bmqMmpGiBTm00VkzJo9eajHGQuwdTll6WQ8i5ikpP970anVGXJzb4IyVYX-W1K972dXZ2T2vWrSSs302nwKz0E6iPQJuv5BXtdfTEMsBnc6QKmo1RM/w480-h640/85C037CE-FDD6-4C41-AFCF-47E05489B576.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Someone added some Easter decorations to a tree at the park where I walk each morning. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHwriwIsONVDPYSFSV018EfXCxfBvOdmO8RNTFl_U2scxxv1GMxAblVYV69wUCPaBh6Wmtql-2Zkq6WfcObr6nfjHvf0F0VmpjennFvynQlpgBgtNuwWwY7qLzITGFAS_b1U3v1HsIrsb27Zm_nsOVmJHerTXADpioWn25SCu9MToJKs4zO9m4eagZ8s/s4032/2FF365EB-580C-4FD1-B194-F81FECCB9EF8.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYHwriwIsONVDPYSFSV018EfXCxfBvOdmO8RNTFl_U2scxxv1GMxAblVYV69wUCPaBh6Wmtql-2Zkq6WfcObr6nfjHvf0F0VmpjennFvynQlpgBgtNuwWwY7qLzITGFAS_b1U3v1HsIrsb27Zm_nsOVmJHerTXADpioWn25SCu9MToJKs4zO9m4eagZ8s/w480-h640/2FF365EB-580C-4FD1-B194-F81FECCB9EF8.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn loves this little squeaky chicken ball. It is not round and bounces erratically which makes the game even more fun. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="2663" data-original-width="3024" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh33DDO3Zo6nLtNr8OComJVtsTibL7srEmiDl0G9GgcCK5IhBDDZG4ezx-SjKdXQ7d2s1s7CzfrgJt7Ns_Uie_9j-CDuhFTFsvG3A0_bWB20sB_tswzV1oJZInTEwkt2OI70lpDhjjILxMgOITjtQLpNHk3CO5oWVhxrjNDUEhFmG71AZNNHKgb-Xrvtig/w400-h353/8F11F2DF-39EB-4E21-BDA4-045C62CA64AC.heic" width="400" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I bought a freshly baked pretzel at the farmer's market this morning...doesn't it look like it is ready to kiss me???</div><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AwsRjbv6XDMHiR1OssBQ_WvK0bQ1PbpDMuo9pupyI3g49UbxUxvE0MklPSJxACTVIeI2to9rNb1WXEThxg7i6YurZZy6HmLtUCP_tIz2VopbhLXGxtAVRGWF9_ycjr2Nwo-CBYiwfWctjkgmn6HoEd3-OP7pzlqPcmZQeKpBWslEGG8KGua_7I0v0bI/s4032/A79C9158-7F73-4B11-83D2-0CB5129DCCFE.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AwsRjbv6XDMHiR1OssBQ_WvK0bQ1PbpDMuo9pupyI3g49UbxUxvE0MklPSJxACTVIeI2to9rNb1WXEThxg7i6YurZZy6HmLtUCP_tIz2VopbhLXGxtAVRGWF9_ycjr2Nwo-CBYiwfWctjkgmn6HoEd3-OP7pzlqPcmZQeKpBWslEGG8KGua_7I0v0bI/w480-h640/A79C9158-7F73-4B11-83D2-0CB5129DCCFE.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers in the morning and with Frederique at her blog. The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-41613209709593446012024-03-15T07:39:00.004-04:002024-03-15T07:39:46.125-04:00Spring has Sprung!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Warm, sunny weather was with us most of this past week. (We won't discuss the snow that we had last weekend!) I have put away all of our winter decorations and have pulled out the Spring things! I want to sew with Spring colours too. My MIL likes to have her room decorated for the season so I am working on a Spring wall hanging for her. The rabbit and flowers are attached to the background with fusible appliqué and I used a narrow zigzag stitch around the shapes to hold everything down. I plan on getting this quilted this weekend so I can take it to her next week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4d9YW7BXxwT_QxsO57OiIOjbPSX0ou0kSgUvnJrO2-2KYSW-0eDdeEqrLAmpSDT2hBCl3B183iOZgkba3epTvG8Oa-KIpf6iyhgLkVs2_fofWKI0DRTQYBnsmDKcf3_zSCuwFtetAUCW-1kNZq0pIWxgOInt-dLvsgiaQACw93APPerq7AZwLspaze0Q/s4032/2BE7183A-0735-4BE6-9487-4A99ECB53078.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4d9YW7BXxwT_QxsO57OiIOjbPSX0ou0kSgUvnJrO2-2KYSW-0eDdeEqrLAmpSDT2hBCl3B183iOZgkba3epTvG8Oa-KIpf6iyhgLkVs2_fofWKI0DRTQYBnsmDKcf3_zSCuwFtetAUCW-1kNZq0pIWxgOInt-dLvsgiaQACw93APPerq7AZwLspaze0Q/w480-h640/2BE7183A-0735-4BE6-9487-4A99ECB53078.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I added a bright green binding to my Crumby Stars quilt and it has been hand sewn down on the back. A finished project!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAP8D7609XIpdQsPRQAKWzlf4oyGR0hyphenhyphenjoGBWa_aNmCj1ahw83OyVcXVjKmQdHKuI4zvP7brUHzhyvGBP2Fv2hgQJMyfDzpvrzy8UEOn0WCfTx-IQigflBeuCE7kc_51DnLfuMwUhqCJlXsqt_tx8hTWVWBPXmt9xG70PFav7eQJPRfXxArVdcxpLmsuw/s4032/4666FD3F-705E-413E-9D39-E2CCD1F1C77B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAP8D7609XIpdQsPRQAKWzlf4oyGR0hyphenhyphenjoGBWa_aNmCj1ahw83OyVcXVjKmQdHKuI4zvP7brUHzhyvGBP2Fv2hgQJMyfDzpvrzy8UEOn0WCfTx-IQigflBeuCE7kc_51DnLfuMwUhqCJlXsqt_tx8hTWVWBPXmt9xG70PFav7eQJPRfXxArVdcxpLmsuw/w480-h640/4666FD3F-705E-413E-9D39-E2CCD1F1C77B.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmG_UcsmQAKiU9uFspa-8I860K9Te6x_DxkSOmEGLjrGTBtu1BbeJthMl2A0vOfvXFCgRNpJTysqNzfuFRnMIurCb0xlXi51igVB15xX8KCAKyrDoXtUrsfpb_2jUbRP4funo3nxFyN_TvSOUwrRUHCxu58pLenoiH3HES60XZj7yneC7k3D7En62ZxA/s4032/8B850DE4-C3CF-4EEB-A2CE-FAC48F593066.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmG_UcsmQAKiU9uFspa-8I860K9Te6x_DxkSOmEGLjrGTBtu1BbeJthMl2A0vOfvXFCgRNpJTysqNzfuFRnMIurCb0xlXi51igVB15xX8KCAKyrDoXtUrsfpb_2jUbRP4funo3nxFyN_TvSOUwrRUHCxu58pLenoiH3HES60XZj7yneC7k3D7En62ZxA/w480-h640/8B850DE4-C3CF-4EEB-A2CE-FAC48F593066.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvnoq39l9cQfNsDau3b7K7Hgxvt691Wxl4iwDw1PMhBGN4_ox5YeOQhSlR0HexxcRNU2OJdYryUkEJJWG2UoM9JWAWoMm5Js3KoUYj1pTWgK4WjYhIYtz1ou6WYkeBTK8VxygvWcdB9s3ED66LL_py40DBuYsGzc2_oF29nhGRrd34diNIeRvEQPsh3U/s3748/EAD9C395-DF03-4599-914E-F711F2E97E99.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3748" data-original-width="2863" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuvnoq39l9cQfNsDau3b7K7Hgxvt691Wxl4iwDw1PMhBGN4_ox5YeOQhSlR0HexxcRNU2OJdYryUkEJJWG2UoM9JWAWoMm5Js3KoUYj1pTWgK4WjYhIYtz1ou6WYkeBTK8VxygvWcdB9s3ED66LL_py40DBuYsGzc2_oF29nhGRrd34diNIeRvEQPsh3U/w488-h640/EAD9C395-DF03-4599-914E-F711F2E97E99.heic" width="488" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I picked up my Spring Rabbit cross stitch picture at the framers this week and it is now hanging in our living room. I like the distressed frame with a touch of orange to match the carrots!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Jj6cP9se6PY0pShRMeSSf10PR8C0-U_jKCXBuNmXcMV5sAA66ceN0J8g_t_011F4fd6AoM5mPOBz-WJB_mnZRU-SX-OPLc3pEj0AYr5MMo_W5EbEnl16Nkev4AUjheeeKwt9lLyElD-KIgvxxYFaMbdy5RfwOyQYIyOlXMvjfsx9sAMvkB7wsKo4qBg/s3406/CCC87614-E147-4864-8439-6C12D5F0946B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3406" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Jj6cP9se6PY0pShRMeSSf10PR8C0-U_jKCXBuNmXcMV5sAA66ceN0J8g_t_011F4fd6AoM5mPOBz-WJB_mnZRU-SX-OPLc3pEj0AYr5MMo_W5EbEnl16Nkev4AUjheeeKwt9lLyElD-KIgvxxYFaMbdy5RfwOyQYIyOlXMvjfsx9sAMvkB7wsKo4qBg/w568-h640/CCC87614-E147-4864-8439-6C12D5F0946B.heic" width="568" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I added some leaves to my Sunflower cross stitch this week too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXpkmlfF4mUawTVHFfJPbdM-TFUnp0krx3dDdL7ojPPPRtWXCb5RatROdo3M0e3nPp5ZEOKSRhQX7f2grv-JUh48dLn1PX3BmKzcSJfVaPuEzelYGcNYVwYKOdwD5jN6DQzXdKhvgEtoIqCwFV2PqF03lZ9YWwOWa95WabSPseb-HF4NgQtEnHzRJbdE/s4032/83806397-A30F-4A0F-B3DB-DD935938E0A7.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRXpkmlfF4mUawTVHFfJPbdM-TFUnp0krx3dDdL7ojPPPRtWXCb5RatROdo3M0e3nPp5ZEOKSRhQX7f2grv-JUh48dLn1PX3BmKzcSJfVaPuEzelYGcNYVwYKOdwD5jN6DQzXdKhvgEtoIqCwFV2PqF03lZ9YWwOWa95WabSPseb-HF4NgQtEnHzRJbdE/w480-h640/83806397-A30F-4A0F-B3DB-DD935938E0A7.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn enjoys nothing better than a nap in the sunshine, inside or outside!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPdW3qgruhFx3o8uXc2M8kgyKeBoq_k9ggYH6yf_W0cGimfkYgplZbPYSRX_-viq5yL54jNv9s5wtIVs74vtPDZGdYM0bm7k3lmOIrH51BctJe-iU1neMESjohI5BcoRS9CoWcY_f6IwJeCqUkDqrmVvqis9sbptlBiaLSoV6BxOiGdAmd-fhIcfqYLY/s3840/8886A105-C7B1-4E5C-A7C6-89D936D916AA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNPdW3qgruhFx3o8uXc2M8kgyKeBoq_k9ggYH6yf_W0cGimfkYgplZbPYSRX_-viq5yL54jNv9s5wtIVs74vtPDZGdYM0bm7k3lmOIrH51BctJe-iU1neMESjohI5BcoRS9CoWcY_f6IwJeCqUkDqrmVvqis9sbptlBiaLSoV6BxOiGdAmd-fhIcfqYLY/w400-h225/8886A105-C7B1-4E5C-A7C6-89D936D916AA.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rcCMCNFloNBd2lywXZL4j3q78gAupbfopNgahohPvXu0eNxEY5nHZpwRgyP6sJO2nL1zaYthwVo9C2DUXAZZl6QPe7vbDYbCnsq5J0NIdTK05eDEPPD1zh8oL00eu-4u1JRVc4WZvnqxyZH84A0_925Tt8pbYoZLwuqQ0n0-AuKvdiaRDczTmKZYlw4/s4032/DFA70BDE-6450-4BE2-AF2A-06EDBD5BD69E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1rcCMCNFloNBd2lywXZL4j3q78gAupbfopNgahohPvXu0eNxEY5nHZpwRgyP6sJO2nL1zaYthwVo9C2DUXAZZl6QPe7vbDYbCnsq5J0NIdTK05eDEPPD1zh8oL00eu-4u1JRVc4WZvnqxyZH84A0_925Tt8pbYoZLwuqQ0n0-AuKvdiaRDczTmKZYlw4/w480-h640/DFA70BDE-6450-4BE2-AF2A-06EDBD5BD69E.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He supervised my hand sewing this week too. He's a very busy boy!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcTb16Vt19YKlPZprNFuVg2IthQhLdvaOy0-gT0xOT2OEEV1OiDG3JZ1Y20nqVq_l3zBSreCipg2cvCpf2o-G72i_1frLgCk9zcN5oEyUwpEdd5Gv6xKcRyC56K70-m6hfHUx4n2iHi0vOKqG-OhYh7IRHBbO16D2pMZ-AxHkivcT2VTazEthZBRLmic/s3840/DB2204CA-4667-4A50-A174-81F01D8F3240.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIcTb16Vt19YKlPZprNFuVg2IthQhLdvaOy0-gT0xOT2OEEV1OiDG3JZ1Y20nqVq_l3zBSreCipg2cvCpf2o-G72i_1frLgCk9zcN5oEyUwpEdd5Gv6xKcRyC56K70-m6hfHUx4n2iHi0vOKqG-OhYh7IRHBbO16D2pMZ-AxHkivcT2VTazEthZBRLmic/w360-h640/DB2204CA-4667-4A50-A174-81F01D8F3240.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">These hellebores are from my MIL's garden. They came to live in my garden when my MIL moved out of her house. Such a pretty colour!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdCcPtC5YtOmlHC80lXF-8tmVAPgT4L8HPVFdY_bAei2kKEDpcqS-B_0zNGVAkgiC3YEWHyHg6zE_xIH0-azHJFTHbm6ZZVYjOlcQyqRPsZbAuF6wPVF7NRL_1P1cT4fDOrefZ4RYVBFaTuLNzipoZWaDEhF5Nln8D1acwBlyhPpepfru8dXdob52SS4/s4032/A4C51F27-C551-4AB0-A299-F7C0CF2C442A.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdCcPtC5YtOmlHC80lXF-8tmVAPgT4L8HPVFdY_bAei2kKEDpcqS-B_0zNGVAkgiC3YEWHyHg6zE_xIH0-azHJFTHbm6ZZVYjOlcQyqRPsZbAuF6wPVF7NRL_1P1cT4fDOrefZ4RYVBFaTuLNzipoZWaDEhF5Nln8D1acwBlyhPpepfru8dXdob52SS4/w480-h640/A4C51F27-C551-4AB0-A299-F7C0CF2C442A.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />I think a squirrel must have transplanted this crocus to my backyard from the front yard. <p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBd8P4pOzmMEuxeFb32FhZDw5VeqFKcUtcSZjraAoQRwLKhN7UVT6K-5NwgIJvF6gvv_Cx9SzCaNg2Zpo4p1hO5IXtF5RRBJ9VMTlyFOwF_bliSqRC4UA9h8i5vvDESMTJIK9ASvgCqSlx38FmEuEJhUpu8K_lpWnIfJxNk6tTbpDtUdRQDVSzRtcL960/s4032/FD68F60E-F8A0-4CA9-A6A1-3A09B53B21D0.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBd8P4pOzmMEuxeFb32FhZDw5VeqFKcUtcSZjraAoQRwLKhN7UVT6K-5NwgIJvF6gvv_Cx9SzCaNg2Zpo4p1hO5IXtF5RRBJ9VMTlyFOwF_bliSqRC4UA9h8i5vvDESMTJIK9ASvgCqSlx38FmEuEJhUpu8K_lpWnIfJxNk6tTbpDtUdRQDVSzRtcL960/w480-h640/FD68F60E-F8A0-4CA9-A6A1-3A09B53B21D0.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I will link up with the Slow Sunday Stitchers at Kathy's blog on Sunday morning. <br /><p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-43727942755991507752024-03-09T11:55:00.000-05:002024-03-09T11:55:05.297-05:00Quilting Retreat Report<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Last weekend, I sewed for three days straight at the semi-annual Oxford Quilter's Guild retreat. Early in the pandemic, I cut up many of my scraps into 2.5" squares and put them into piles by colour into a plastic shoebox. I challenged myself to make quilts using these squares to use them up. I have made several quilts with these squares but still had lots left. I brought them and some gray and white print yardage with me to the retreat. I had designed this quilt in my head and put all the nine patches together at the retreat. It measures 44.5 by 44.5"--a great size for a fun baby quilt. Unfortunately, (or fortunately, depending on how you look at it) I still have lots of squares left. There will be more quilts made with these squares sometime in the future. The colours are random and I like how it sparkles. I have a quilting plan and hope to quilt this one soon. The backing is in my stash so I am ready to go. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwgyJVWkJIy1hGc1S2vkTfCI17msmOWCrQZRqtpP6ZTW3rhhAkm3kAxhkfLQES20dhbzr639Y21fitnVEwCvddJ26PBObx2-gsvNtGLCqhBsGcPj37lLjo3rTfKw7PgrqbeDahszLJDB2H7ScgfCJVqGmfkutFhurMj4JW6OJO-6z-Nnq13WvCqGASwU/s4032/DD9AAEB5-7858-481A-ABA9-A5EB97D60389.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwgyJVWkJIy1hGc1S2vkTfCI17msmOWCrQZRqtpP6ZTW3rhhAkm3kAxhkfLQES20dhbzr639Y21fitnVEwCvddJ26PBObx2-gsvNtGLCqhBsGcPj37lLjo3rTfKw7PgrqbeDahszLJDB2H7ScgfCJVqGmfkutFhurMj4JW6OJO-6z-Nnq13WvCqGASwU/w480-h640/DD9AAEB5-7858-481A-ABA9-A5EB97D60389.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieySCNTIOVsR4kDbPNb2EgcehPuCL9P7G15tyk-YpzvTqh5x1o9nMKsWrDBHJPRQ29l6WmCHh3fRdY6YYCvPbouft8N9G-sw-eq3j4nsxF7W-n5M9tZbnpRppYDRxZ_W_IgKozuSq9z42GGtqGJBpAtmn8uXSPgzmz4-Mv6inRAkM2qMowQej8_1QUZt4/s4032/F2BD79D1-E9AB-48B7-9712-1053B59246A0.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieySCNTIOVsR4kDbPNb2EgcehPuCL9P7G15tyk-YpzvTqh5x1o9nMKsWrDBHJPRQ29l6WmCHh3fRdY6YYCvPbouft8N9G-sw-eq3j4nsxF7W-n5M9tZbnpRppYDRxZ_W_IgKozuSq9z42GGtqGJBpAtmn8uXSPgzmz4-Mv6inRAkM2qMowQej8_1QUZt4/w480-h640/F2BD79D1-E9AB-48B7-9712-1053B59246A0.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As an outreach project, the Oxford Guild is making pillowcases for Indwell, a charity with provides supportive housing for homeless and people at risk of homelessness in our community. Everyone in the guild was asked to make 3-4 pillowcases each and I made two at the retreat. I have already made one and have the fabric ready to make a fourth one this week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eCd8mCs_EerAyCMeUJJqscspWF8FIZrcY1H2rzQUJ_SxpvUtjObBlrRPTnnJYQ0QnWMB1rXqdlcooaAIb-GNyAY7qu7DxrpCsuvIczLhwQrIYGrWrQOwfjRY3MKVN5KS2lowSrZH4Pdh_MGyipbvaMWmu7l2ii_GBiSRkNy5j55HxfMh2BxnF_mngDA/s4032/7644F875-B6B6-4672-93A0-2419DB1EA42C.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eCd8mCs_EerAyCMeUJJqscspWF8FIZrcY1H2rzQUJ_SxpvUtjObBlrRPTnnJYQ0QnWMB1rXqdlcooaAIb-GNyAY7qu7DxrpCsuvIczLhwQrIYGrWrQOwfjRY3MKVN5KS2lowSrZH4Pdh_MGyipbvaMWmu7l2ii_GBiSRkNy5j55HxfMh2BxnF_mngDA/w400-h300/7644F875-B6B6-4672-93A0-2419DB1EA42C.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Next, I pin basted two quilts--I hade the use of two tables at the retreat to do this --much easier on the back and knees than basting on the floor at home. One quilt was quilted at the retreat with my walking foot. I have picked out some green solid fabric for the binding and will be adding that soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBzBFMm6jqaVSdRTSHgvw-AYCK9MXOlOmpHXlX8gzAGKD4wk2KOFdWSrjTEQeztnMTxkvqhTRGe0lZpVXw_ZFlR1M1Ajaf8nuzDE8Q_SJNY8gmVWuH6so7R0nwGIHiCCENpLjYmIX1CoXIJ4HRm3bDDNrDYKdETIMLLcaIu_TNan0I3KIszb0gilmbsU/s4080/D411ADB5-AA3C-48E8-AE5C-19CF8B5E2DFF.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZBzBFMm6jqaVSdRTSHgvw-AYCK9MXOlOmpHXlX8gzAGKD4wk2KOFdWSrjTEQeztnMTxkvqhTRGe0lZpVXw_ZFlR1M1Ajaf8nuzDE8Q_SJNY8gmVWuH6so7R0nwGIHiCCENpLjYmIX1CoXIJ4HRm3bDDNrDYKdETIMLLcaIu_TNan0I3KIszb0gilmbsU/w480-h640/D411ADB5-AA3C-48E8-AE5C-19CF8B5E2DFF.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have been admiring this <a href="https://filminthefridge.com/2016/04/07/two-by-four-a-quilt-block-tutorial/">Film in the Fridge free pattern</a> for a while and decided to give it a try with a jelly roll that was given to me. I added some solids from my stash to make this quilt top. The online pattern uses 3" strips for the blocks--so I scaled it down so I could use the jelly roll. I did some Quilty math to maximize my use of the strips so each piece in the block is 3.5 by 2.5". This top is now in the "to be quilted" pile. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gzhXc8I99G1OTFAdIu6Cea9egxvSG1nWjQ0XcEATxB4lrtOo45eQ8BbbrJCeH000L8slQc4MXEN1etiNo7Q5-hykKCSDsaVsdo9t-CuodG6x9Cey2jO3EqYs2CZftpsUTvlk-E1fxprinrn96LJc-PGVzgCS6xEBXB-HfNTTzlkjvP3f7mlLfdIhmVY/s4032/CF06B130-CDDE-4880-9F6F-90586DCBBEE7.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7gzhXc8I99G1OTFAdIu6Cea9egxvSG1nWjQ0XcEATxB4lrtOo45eQ8BbbrJCeH000L8slQc4MXEN1etiNo7Q5-hykKCSDsaVsdo9t-CuodG6x9Cey2jO3EqYs2CZftpsUTvlk-E1fxprinrn96LJc-PGVzgCS6xEBXB-HfNTTzlkjvP3f7mlLfdIhmVY/w480-h640/CF06B130-CDDE-4880-9F6F-90586DCBBEE7.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9-sQBmk26SQkBRH8aIkXZMdf8yreGiwOvHxYpkughiGzt5vN9G2cKvcFUnuyfnYfGwV0Qb1bHSJVDKxNQAlqc1uuoEtYfAE2gVuDGbkqmLLtpYrXWYE0SlXdNoxNvG6aXjKjlBBHUkHGBsD4RD-CMLIVAX5deeGlCjTYM50BY7HSfZgyYxyvSVp7dFg/s4032/779D2CFC-FBF0-4BAC-8177-91E2A39FC19C.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_9-sQBmk26SQkBRH8aIkXZMdf8yreGiwOvHxYpkughiGzt5vN9G2cKvcFUnuyfnYfGwV0Qb1bHSJVDKxNQAlqc1uuoEtYfAE2gVuDGbkqmLLtpYrXWYE0SlXdNoxNvG6aXjKjlBBHUkHGBsD4RD-CMLIVAX5deeGlCjTYM50BY7HSfZgyYxyvSVp7dFg/w480-h640/779D2CFC-FBF0-4BAC-8177-91E2A39FC19C.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I purchased a kit from Gotham Quilts (based in NYC) to make a sewing bag at QuiltCon. I read through the instructions, cut out the pieces, and applied iron on interfacing at the retreat. I am now ready to sew it together. I love the fun NYC prints!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs547RCy5jieMKAeUB8oS64wX8fICsyQ-IjPO5YZpB6awq70h9sAeVAZrHAIqGy0KtttdG8eF7hyphenhyphenchidM1lyhdJODB6JUspwASJx9tcmAjrictCOl3G3MJbxq1SFNjfOXe43ant7z3vkaUN3aPo8c_hLFtTNouhOHdQwrmvLL85OuAHnnpblG3gUI16bI/s4032/CAF78B95-850A-4BBC-8315-9DB2F12299F9.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs547RCy5jieMKAeUB8oS64wX8fICsyQ-IjPO5YZpB6awq70h9sAeVAZrHAIqGy0KtttdG8eF7hyphenhyphenchidM1lyhdJODB6JUspwASJx9tcmAjrictCOl3G3MJbxq1SFNjfOXe43ant7z3vkaUN3aPo8c_hLFtTNouhOHdQwrmvLL85OuAHnnpblG3gUI16bI/w480-h640/CAF78B95-850A-4BBC-8315-9DB2F12299F9.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This was posted on the door to the room where we were sewing at the retreat!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLcMfbqlIwrSt0hK_v3XZIiAJ636aDarBRoKu8skwaQcKzM9T4ovHpkpgz9DEhfAdmNM2yk-Z5TYQB5NNLU4rNgDqrpB77hdv1KJYB2cnCeFzhzcPmL_EFrb98WGUX8I-cvuW2A0dFDHRMBJ9IV__Big58PSZ2vk7kqZYyGxQu0cJoTwtc2xmYWBd4NE/s4032/EC633F89-9B03-416A-8EDF-01676DCA213C.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSLcMfbqlIwrSt0hK_v3XZIiAJ636aDarBRoKu8skwaQcKzM9T4ovHpkpgz9DEhfAdmNM2yk-Z5TYQB5NNLU4rNgDqrpB77hdv1KJYB2cnCeFzhzcPmL_EFrb98WGUX8I-cvuW2A0dFDHRMBJ9IV__Big58PSZ2vk7kqZYyGxQu0cJoTwtc2xmYWBd4NE/w480-h640/EC633F89-9B03-416A-8EDF-01676DCA213C.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>The food was delicious. Lunch one day featured Italian Wedding Soup and gourmet sandwiches. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDL2TWvOxAxMYLlclm60A84Q8EsXvfpHbYXw74-JHDPA1dYUkTBT5POZ35mWFPQbuDY41u9KnrBSSDINiy5hMJN66ObT637D1_oEFb-dXT2sOA7i1ZhWl-oU-3Y899AgV6P4eMS9fub_ShTAXAtDPzlNQQgTM0YUpOKK1OqHsBw3RyQ-zf2XmQsAuqRtQ/s4032/F652A67F-7258-4FAC-862A-922D138995E0.heic" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDL2TWvOxAxMYLlclm60A84Q8EsXvfpHbYXw74-JHDPA1dYUkTBT5POZ35mWFPQbuDY41u9KnrBSSDINiy5hMJN66ObT637D1_oEFb-dXT2sOA7i1ZhWl-oU-3Y899AgV6P4eMS9fub_ShTAXAtDPzlNQQgTM0YUpOKK1OqHsBw3RyQ-zf2XmQsAuqRtQ/w400-h300/F652A67F-7258-4FAC-862A-922D138995E0.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When I got tired of machine sewing, I pulled out my counted cross stitch project. I managed to finish this one this week and will have it framed soon. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcK2k20vskl6BPX3nOeV3UqItDqFH_rPMXITp9NXjtDDk5TNlgzjyPkMSBT1xG3hTmzBjiF33_3W83Hv-RFj9ds6QoWmAsmEQAdQbTfLiAEQUO5puJdJUa1pRfMaRNxvr7yrTv5JPCSInrJIdMbOYdaEf17vBgUZO2jknFd031kt_A1rzpc9faAVjCiYk/s4032/1AD9826D-1AA2-49E2-889C-D9903A303A98.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcK2k20vskl6BPX3nOeV3UqItDqFH_rPMXITp9NXjtDDk5TNlgzjyPkMSBT1xG3hTmzBjiF33_3W83Hv-RFj9ds6QoWmAsmEQAdQbTfLiAEQUO5puJdJUa1pRfMaRNxvr7yrTv5JPCSInrJIdMbOYdaEf17vBgUZO2jknFd031kt_A1rzpc9faAVjCiYk/w480-h640/1AD9826D-1AA2-49E2-889C-D9903A303A98.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgRlvuEDE_ixt3d_tIUtcXFvoLypYrF3_0aFUrHDp4uzTlaAdJXWY_HDhz-an6iE8HuW99YwXwzWeXVyIpWK-ZxVk9MRm39vWFy08KfyKvbL2u2V2ckeCZOFsqu2VSJdO4xpZFN5gkiFlawnLmEnr2O6xIEUeDLl0hyphenhyphenZgu5yo4npIaSoF-cL3oYlD0SQ/s3024/62507A0C-27EE-46C1-9CC6-47BC0B6E0100_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="3024" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkgRlvuEDE_ixt3d_tIUtcXFvoLypYrF3_0aFUrHDp4uzTlaAdJXWY_HDhz-an6iE8HuW99YwXwzWeXVyIpWK-ZxVk9MRm39vWFy08KfyKvbL2u2V2ckeCZOFsqu2VSJdO4xpZFN5gkiFlawnLmEnr2O6xIEUeDLl0hyphenhyphenZgu5yo4npIaSoF-cL3oYlD0SQ/w400-h370/62507A0C-27EE-46C1-9CC6-47BC0B6E0100_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You may remember that I was not quite finished my sunflowers when I started the above winter stitching. I am back to working on the sunflowers now. Here is where I left off and where I am now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYO9e_Ex0kepsXHEg3xA33DIohJdCr49S4c_saCg_oxNynFmUrbg6WgJ0z5ugdnoJhHj1vg9ABx_dBrSCprl3xiN81AD3CVxp-2cSYgCM6u54B0G1ibMwG1BIRWv5Ao-sJdfmmbSGELMyU3xOCLsFWPmVVOsiAzh7tIcTVcHFV7q5Mh_g7CqMZmHTscfQ/s4032/5C12A2C3-4EB1-47F7-B16C-CE9C2AEF9E4F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYO9e_Ex0kepsXHEg3xA33DIohJdCr49S4c_saCg_oxNynFmUrbg6WgJ0z5ugdnoJhHj1vg9ABx_dBrSCprl3xiN81AD3CVxp-2cSYgCM6u54B0G1ibMwG1BIRWv5Ao-sJdfmmbSGELMyU3xOCLsFWPmVVOsiAzh7tIcTVcHFV7q5Mh_g7CqMZmHTscfQ/w480-h640/5C12A2C3-4EB1-47F7-B16C-CE9C2AEF9E4F.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Z2dDVPFb8hioN3vCqtYTbzGeAv8lBaND8cTpH1CgReH_dVJos-j0n_vJLiHLsyqccZyjbfgJGF1p8O5PtbB3xOU3k2ZjdBqmljs9DpCbSwZZ8bNzb_K2K3yOAdMxU9Lnulz4SGEU4uZZ8sVdnL6asNKo1REwESIL7YeizRkvjNj62A9HMzDwXne9Rt8/s4032/EC61CEBB-FEF1-46FE-B3CB-2A1E12678F08.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4Z2dDVPFb8hioN3vCqtYTbzGeAv8lBaND8cTpH1CgReH_dVJos-j0n_vJLiHLsyqccZyjbfgJGF1p8O5PtbB3xOU3k2ZjdBqmljs9DpCbSwZZ8bNzb_K2K3yOAdMxU9Lnulz4SGEU4uZZ8sVdnL6asNKo1REwESIL7YeizRkvjNj62A9HMzDwXne9Rt8/w480-h640/EC61CEBB-FEF1-46FE-B3CB-2A1E12678F08.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We went to pick up Finn earlier this week for his annual stay with us while our daughter is busy at work. I took a picture of my daughter's murder mystery cross stitch while we were there. </div></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqx8gmz_N9Wf5tFZUXeRltkzVRVLYbjnq4qS8lDYYT4MpDkuwLmpciTpl_UK_EPUbVLhyphenhyphenXqZnUdqu7Bt7YWBYAi4Kd2yGyB5Z39uvuSV8oeGi0uTNM8gDikRIz6iaw7lmem4-PwdP_TWp4RDvqR1_cwMw-7Jpf2sEOWLoA0AR6LjdNqxGjPWX0oUnNzg/s3455/35718112-3A30-4684-B79A-36CA0D55443D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3455" data-original-width="2967" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqx8gmz_N9Wf5tFZUXeRltkzVRVLYbjnq4qS8lDYYT4MpDkuwLmpciTpl_UK_EPUbVLhyphenhyphenXqZnUdqu7Bt7YWBYAi4Kd2yGyB5Z39uvuSV8oeGi0uTNM8gDikRIz6iaw7lmem4-PwdP_TWp4RDvqR1_cwMw-7Jpf2sEOWLoA0AR6LjdNqxGjPWX0oUnNzg/w550-h640/35718112-3A30-4684-B79A-36CA0D55443D.heic" width="550" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNZ1itvtnsfw2si838FKslfmO1tcjnhxXvUa_UnOjIPC3qxKz8zHMRmjDWBq-NOQkKw92cciVLt02FTE-YrM71NUf4bjmVwMKrS0dUrv8Ypyw6kBLaECEqiyExRuo_b4Ylfab0-LpMSMgkboJePYG8WzXM8Sw3vyhWaBnkr59JQt3OfvXwGb4Dg1bT1U/s4032/B65EA719-F5CF-437C-93E5-56C33788F200.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimNZ1itvtnsfw2si838FKslfmO1tcjnhxXvUa_UnOjIPC3qxKz8zHMRmjDWBq-NOQkKw92cciVLt02FTE-YrM71NUf4bjmVwMKrS0dUrv8Ypyw6kBLaECEqiyExRuo_b4Ylfab0-LpMSMgkboJePYG8WzXM8Sw3vyhWaBnkr59JQt3OfvXwGb4Dg1bT1U/w400-h300/B65EA719-F5CF-437C-93E5-56C33788F200.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">People who go to the retreat donate door prizes and then everyone gets something to take home. I won this fun puzzle. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMYeC9fVJTaPOcmZXd3ZfD5h-FfpHORWq4LBSDYUzTKMkYPTgKPp4tmkTZn9_8XHeoos7Ez-eDVz1dA_nEm8TdIdGt8-4jlE8YHpLGOapZOnZd3jYmhCcNXJ8NZj87xB9IPmLKs9o6LciV4ZQtrfsMgpAyxKMiAOoXDn8mtpMQ63GxQHLDeqLP2QtccE/s3840/E07FAFFB-056F-405D-A29C-6318DC126BA8.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKMYeC9fVJTaPOcmZXd3ZfD5h-FfpHORWq4LBSDYUzTKMkYPTgKPp4tmkTZn9_8XHeoos7Ez-eDVz1dA_nEm8TdIdGt8-4jlE8YHpLGOapZOnZd3jYmhCcNXJ8NZj87xB9IPmLKs9o6LciV4ZQtrfsMgpAyxKMiAOoXDn8mtpMQ63GxQHLDeqLP2QtccE/w360-h640/E07FAFFB-056F-405D-A29C-6318DC126BA8.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Spring is in the air at my house. I bought these bunny tea towels in Raleigh. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2QTXVTtBDjDVa89jA3-YBijerGjMTSn_JZhc0Q90nK35mI3nUISdNOQzOz6w923aoz28WLdYXkuymmYS6Hcs2mmhzy7ItL-GfNmM34SngIXUxaCZ_jDfQ2_wVO4mftyWiSTxdfiCx_aJKp_zqhutN5t8Q_Gw19ZUYOndnszBzSjbQiCOgjWGSDMeflg/s4032/73DAC095-7E33-42AF-8CFE-7B9FD4961346.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2QTXVTtBDjDVa89jA3-YBijerGjMTSn_JZhc0Q90nK35mI3nUISdNOQzOz6w923aoz28WLdYXkuymmYS6Hcs2mmhzy7ItL-GfNmM34SngIXUxaCZ_jDfQ2_wVO4mftyWiSTxdfiCx_aJKp_zqhutN5t8Q_Gw19ZUYOndnszBzSjbQiCOgjWGSDMeflg/w480-h640/73DAC095-7E33-42AF-8CFE-7B9FD4961346.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Like many other places, spring has come way too early to our area and my primroses are in bloom. This is very concerning!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwmIhCgsRUmRYwXrFcnFJkSAuOqBGC1bg3v1zaNdJyIPB55YQvk_rDDtTFN9K74_GQz2vNl3-oGitCpJ4bMRGTCPvUvQ5Mpplvj5a_gMG_kbjz4gNJJn-hftH8M22juKtogQecV2bof62kOAYFGnva8622bvkYgh_HN_AgskxcaLVN7svl_Qraa-3cVfQ/s4032/710C6675-4453-45DD-9716-47EBD89ED442.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwmIhCgsRUmRYwXrFcnFJkSAuOqBGC1bg3v1zaNdJyIPB55YQvk_rDDtTFN9K74_GQz2vNl3-oGitCpJ4bMRGTCPvUvQ5Mpplvj5a_gMG_kbjz4gNJJn-hftH8M22juKtogQecV2bof62kOAYFGnva8622bvkYgh_HN_AgskxcaLVN7svl_Qraa-3cVfQ/w480-h640/710C6675-4453-45DD-9716-47EBD89ED442.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxhw1UIAT-oNO_D5xOWQgFbiOcypg_e3zCNyhVes3WQduSpaBFBigvekTeG-REEfmk0EI71lxciXEPt04aeszZ9_hq7zxH2Vtny-PTpjrEk5rZnwgDRHvdU8VBhF7IBpGpD666-1cCANieQ_BmysxLunkAaVJI9fyKfp513X9EDqpRdRI-_3PADbYTD8/s4032/9088D1C3-5FA2-4BC0-BAC0-28FE3B7292B9.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxhw1UIAT-oNO_D5xOWQgFbiOcypg_e3zCNyhVes3WQduSpaBFBigvekTeG-REEfmk0EI71lxciXEPt04aeszZ9_hq7zxH2Vtny-PTpjrEk5rZnwgDRHvdU8VBhF7IBpGpD666-1cCANieQ_BmysxLunkAaVJI9fyKfp513X9EDqpRdRI-_3PADbYTD8/w480-h640/9088D1C3-5FA2-4BC0-BAC0-28FE3B7292B9.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>I will link up with Kathy in the morning for Slow Sunday Stitching and with the Rainbow Scrap challenge folks as well. The colour for March is purple. There are lots of purple squares in my scrappy 9 patch quilt at the beginning of this post. </p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-79481561657408864982024-02-29T18:53:00.004-05:002024-02-29T18:55:05.066-05:00I'm Back From QuiltCon!<blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I am home from QuiltCon! My friend, Christine, and I had a wonderful time meeting quilters from all over the world, attending lectures, looking at all of the quilts and shopping! I have participated in the #makeaminimakeafriend swap at QuiltCon twice in the past and signed up again this year. This past fall, I was told my swap partner was Katie in Oregon. I asked her to make something that told me about where she lived and she told me she likes fall colours. I did not pick out fabrics or do any sewing until January but I was spending time before that mulling over a design. I found some fabric for the background at a quilt store in January and that led me to picking the colours below for the quilt...four greens, four yellow/gold and four orange/red solids from my stash. </div></div><p></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOSAJvGIz1ucRCwIgj_sE_dILcv7aIIu-mxqTn7t6O0GZTtpH-ERTQXXdjH-69nQFC6b7uGNrBjnB-BgqSbTpLzJTOUM_9GqakXvmWMksW7y3qXDsP5bXTLYx23bKF1VqORYsgpw-Al6kbiJv0GJ4nI9bebDoB9YsSvWYG_1ZifliFQk0XY5KhNueOJk/s4032/760428FB-B0BC-454B-8359-E87435BEA591.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOSAJvGIz1ucRCwIgj_sE_dILcv7aIIu-mxqTn7t6O0GZTtpH-ERTQXXdjH-69nQFC6b7uGNrBjnB-BgqSbTpLzJTOUM_9GqakXvmWMksW7y3qXDsP5bXTLYx23bKF1VqORYsgpw-Al6kbiJv0GJ4nI9bebDoB9YsSvWYG_1ZifliFQk0XY5KhNueOJk/w480-h640/760428FB-B0BC-454B-8359-E87435BEA591.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then, I got busy making a 6.5" churn dash in each colour. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBttFnrwfDp1p9d6TbpS7Yvs0VZ3sSuyE32-ryc4AFkXxK8XGYUm6aGcBJaguf25rRgLrXY3aDrwuArtd6WMHm9ztPLs53GfZzrKhedfRjZ_otl0Op-B_uAz9y7nCI1RQy5xSb-Afj0grTsffpGjR9aNwj-Dv2xgzh8Uv5OP5VcbB2zQ5sZB2XHNSsHQ/s3291/1ACC246A-8466-4D19-AC75-7CB5D66EEDCE_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3291" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNBttFnrwfDp1p9d6TbpS7Yvs0VZ3sSuyE32-ryc4AFkXxK8XGYUm6aGcBJaguf25rRgLrXY3aDrwuArtd6WMHm9ztPLs53GfZzrKhedfRjZ_otl0Op-B_uAz9y7nCI1RQy5xSb-Afj0grTsffpGjR9aNwj-Dv2xgzh8Uv5OP5VcbB2zQ5sZB2XHNSsHQ/w368-h400/1ACC246A-8466-4D19-AC75-7CB5D66EEDCE_1_201_a.heic" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the centre, I made a 12.5" churn dash in a churn dash block in two shades of gray. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGrfnrCHRhgMVv9Ck_j3RQzgqDyfyT_kTHZqLezxVqG_FHxVGp2Hb6ZgB-qFI75UMJcTdPsf_q5lSGuXWk38Xrkod9y_Rhf5EII9RlbbWF74P4nvQb68c_Be5U_UVFZPzuiRuiUJlLPs_2zG0Dpu6vLuw7HJlzNsDRvjPxAuZq0PXHJcMQ4S2PAV5dQc/s4032/47E1C230-998E-43B8-9E10-EBEAB77939AB.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqGrfnrCHRhgMVv9Ck_j3RQzgqDyfyT_kTHZqLezxVqG_FHxVGp2Hb6ZgB-qFI75UMJcTdPsf_q5lSGuXWk38Xrkod9y_Rhf5EII9RlbbWF74P4nvQb68c_Be5U_UVFZPzuiRuiUJlLPs_2zG0Dpu6vLuw7HJlzNsDRvjPxAuZq0PXHJcMQ4S2PAV5dQc/w480-h640/47E1C230-998E-43B8-9E10-EBEAB77939AB.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div>I quilted this project with my walking foot, using the background fabric from the front as the backing for the quilt. I did a poll with some Quilty friends regarding the colour of the binding and there were equal votes for gold, orange and green so I had to cast the winning vote for gold. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDmCoCjvD6BEQ5F_gTU5LoVgIlnLXJa9Sj7mO_l-K3CVQE3a3TKj3tBSjWsDIb8kfSUvF4CLc7x8xqazBzRfUr3Jv18Ix8VJ62dpJU0Jzb45bAlkvMbgMbUsvd9T7DknU1itRV9qPUKoKhvs4leCjuwRm4ZuIWqGnNwGC426Tps-3svMXhYTAfdh2F3M/s3078/4C88E2E2-C904-42F1-82A5-5CC36CD52A8D_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3078" data-original-width="3013" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVDmCoCjvD6BEQ5F_gTU5LoVgIlnLXJa9Sj7mO_l-K3CVQE3a3TKj3tBSjWsDIb8kfSUvF4CLc7x8xqazBzRfUr3Jv18Ix8VJ62dpJU0Jzb45bAlkvMbgMbUsvd9T7DknU1itRV9qPUKoKhvs4leCjuwRm4ZuIWqGnNwGC426Tps-3svMXhYTAfdh2F3M/w391-h400/4C88E2E2-C904-42F1-82A5-5CC36CD52A8D_1_201_a.heic" width="391" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sQgF_wIkoeO2y8QOd0yjwftb-uMzqXQcGuvPfsU8D-18Ko7YCU6ysBK2PYCw0Z_9-v9_YLo9iqZtcyk9bQFjsYC_m1nDOIpHK4B2QZUHugPT3I6FPYpJ150MIlXCywuNBZtUtiydmzVSvEGOtTrymwrC6Pcv4jmqygNNBJS6pc9MMIWrot2ohePVUl4/s3184/450EFBC9-6E78-43DE-A65F-C6DA148351F7_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3184" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6sQgF_wIkoeO2y8QOd0yjwftb-uMzqXQcGuvPfsU8D-18Ko7YCU6ysBK2PYCw0Z_9-v9_YLo9iqZtcyk9bQFjsYC_m1nDOIpHK4B2QZUHugPT3I6FPYpJ150MIlXCywuNBZtUtiydmzVSvEGOtTrymwrC6Pcv4jmqygNNBJS6pc9MMIWrot2ohePVUl4/w380-h400/450EFBC9-6E78-43DE-A65F-C6DA148351F7_1_201_a.heic" width="380" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All of the swappers met up on Friday night and exchanged their quilts with their partners. Katie and I hit it off right away and both of us were thrilled with the quilts we received from each other. The quilt that Katie made for me features narrow strips sewn together into the shape of the state of Oregon and a Riley Blake Designs Oregon print on the back. Perfect!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmU06y2r2gKH420kKXs4KKT3u3OfboeEtC7Kr0D6a50Mi9sEYODYa-PtHAK194I8X_8L7WCzGN-gnjh_162QqFlJr1udvTLgC0dZPpF5KhWmQNf7lze-O214QDdbI-5AVi_rPndzlS0FytzE1rd82rym9hTRJr90JclNEvnLjK-phuEtjXAagGJLATv8o/s828/1A4D5869-EE12-4D18-9324-162D2CA82F78_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="728" data-original-width="828" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmU06y2r2gKH420kKXs4KKT3u3OfboeEtC7Kr0D6a50Mi9sEYODYa-PtHAK194I8X_8L7WCzGN-gnjh_162QqFlJr1udvTLgC0dZPpF5KhWmQNf7lze-O214QDdbI-5AVi_rPndzlS0FytzE1rd82rym9hTRJr90JclNEvnLjK-phuEtjXAagGJLATv8o/w400-h351/1A4D5869-EE12-4D18-9324-162D2CA82F78_1_201_a.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXN2gOMOhrQGjmwwCllj7EUIbbyFQSkI_V_DV8nvfC4trEsuATM67-obroqcBi4mQs-Q6mSzxLappdZLXDacMJHcpr832e0koOCrgSBh3H-x9v1Xui3E7flHBQYKXRRz5fiuqfg7A7BQM1hEO1Hepj7TV0RUcXwHjazjMODMjkEe3bRgzkdKZAidcPKY0/s3258/4A0E0599-428B-4E71-A26B-96683FA618F9.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3004" data-original-width="3258" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXN2gOMOhrQGjmwwCllj7EUIbbyFQSkI_V_DV8nvfC4trEsuATM67-obroqcBi4mQs-Q6mSzxLappdZLXDacMJHcpr832e0koOCrgSBh3H-x9v1Xui3E7flHBQYKXRRz5fiuqfg7A7BQM1hEO1Hepj7TV0RUcXwHjazjMODMjkEe3bRgzkdKZAidcPKY0/w400-h369/4A0E0599-428B-4E71-A26B-96683FA618F9.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Friendship bracelets were a popular giveaway/trading item at QuiltCon this year. Katie made me the one on the left and I received the other one from </span><a href="https://corinnesovey.com" style="text-align: left;">Corinne Sovey</a><span style="text-align: left;">. (Corinne is speaking via Zoom at the Oxford Quilter's Guild in March!)</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3m7U56x8Bw7pmUDviMgWi4KfwFoUzDfYTR53_-eiAUaEKSiMT73nFF50dcC4MVffpQxeF-xhYYYmUzOaqpotn0RZtL6inreKUP42YHv2aLLPdCXiohBoJxzJIAslohsb6pp2TUbhXvHTWxwrhvU0IRIRk4JChIMb-fYPVql4NgUhETyTLw_N1xD_BlKU/s4032/B211CB47-5B0E-46C7-9C70-F407E13021AE_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3m7U56x8Bw7pmUDviMgWi4KfwFoUzDfYTR53_-eiAUaEKSiMT73nFF50dcC4MVffpQxeF-xhYYYmUzOaqpotn0RZtL6inreKUP42YHv2aLLPdCXiohBoJxzJIAslohsb6pp2TUbhXvHTWxwrhvU0IRIRk4JChIMb-fYPVql4NgUhETyTLw_N1xD_BlKU/w400-h300/B211CB47-5B0E-46C7-9C70-F407E13021AE_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a two day drive to Raleigh and lots of stitching was done in the car as we travelled. I am working on the last motif on my winter/Christmas cross stitch project. Maybe I will get this done by next weekend...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5Lv92LwGjpyFZltcsszVgKQ47WfFNlZs5LnFsA6bNMxYdS4NWTs-w1kmdt7oy93umoRN6P4-r9iCoddz8Cugs4MQtGNL0yg13YCKHarXmdQ9S8ggBzIrlmrqhsXysqkAQMG8Vh9rzZKWYf_PMnbcRsPrYP8U5PTzviia9YQsp03tQY4izSh4dDwz1HY/s4032/9DD01BA0-402D-4BA5-A8B6-3420FDBF286A.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5Lv92LwGjpyFZltcsszVgKQ47WfFNlZs5LnFsA6bNMxYdS4NWTs-w1kmdt7oy93umoRN6P4-r9iCoddz8Cugs4MQtGNL0yg13YCKHarXmdQ9S8ggBzIrlmrqhsXysqkAQMG8Vh9rzZKWYf_PMnbcRsPrYP8U5PTzviia9YQsp03tQY4izSh4dDwz1HY/w480-h640/9DD01BA0-402D-4BA5-A8B6-3420FDBF286A.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />Many modern quilt guilds from around the world participated in the annual Community Outreach quilt project and these quilts were on display at QuiltCon. Each year, there is a palate of colours and a theme to be used in these quilts. You can see the colours below and the theme was Symmetry. As a member of the Toronto MQG, I made four identical checkerboard blocks. Several other members were also given two fabrics to make four identical blocks. There were no repeats in the blocks and once they were gathered up, a group put them up on a design wall to decide on a layout. We just happened to be at the quilt when another member of the TMQG was there--Meg. Christine took this picture of us pointing to our blocks. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFp_ROjKP4gk72Lw-0hMznD-_OhKrXY7dM3iRwJr4EYKwQUGp4gQZXbfBJm0FPIG69rzjVnZaSgjOhsvbLejUxM7mfszKUTmeEKZWuZTtnhl1CMOUTB0EzlVurLzPnkIWiI6ABLQlCW_4MWd7ZWkw-weFfjbD_2hLia8PS0muRUJk8V283nvCvBZGWVU/s4032/2425970F-0FED-408B-B506-43E03617E207.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFp_ROjKP4gk72Lw-0hMznD-_OhKrXY7dM3iRwJr4EYKwQUGp4gQZXbfBJm0FPIG69rzjVnZaSgjOhsvbLejUxM7mfszKUTmeEKZWuZTtnhl1CMOUTB0EzlVurLzPnkIWiI6ABLQlCW_4MWd7ZWkw-weFfjbD_2hLia8PS0muRUJk8V283nvCvBZGWVU/w300-h400/2425970F-0FED-408B-B506-43E03617E207.heic" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOogi275ypRkppqJFLZjrd7tZr0yMB3_n-Ri4pnCUj2Qzy4MbRUNfTuq0fAPTHPytFbxRwfBpguUCeYawVZxlVtc8gKQ7yWZ1qpDNctX4vRt6hlAsE4O500rpstc9CEGCcM9XKPFMioU1tZTX4-HcJe7OXR3FA0j4EH7PIGHoiRQHTZeGGGbO1YJ8zTA/s4032/238684C0-C5FE-49B6-956D-EE8A90A9C084.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKOogi275ypRkppqJFLZjrd7tZr0yMB3_n-Ri4pnCUj2Qzy4MbRUNfTuq0fAPTHPytFbxRwfBpguUCeYawVZxlVtc8gKQ7yWZ1qpDNctX4vRt6hlAsE4O500rpstc9CEGCcM9XKPFMioU1tZTX4-HcJe7OXR3FA0j4EH7PIGHoiRQHTZeGGGbO1YJ8zTA/w480-h640/238684C0-C5FE-49B6-956D-EE8A90A9C084.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the advantages of going to QuiltCon is the weather--it's warmer and we get a taste of spring! The camellias were in bloom. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4pjmTkDKt3wHHPRGZ2B_H2p23JVhtehBIwiNOGNkdEihPdhUD9D20ubGcwmFXJso0w2FccQvUlsbrss2FLKja3FbymisTEeBjRderGQRtOuAeehx4fVaYwiPc3BY6nN1TAjRPIuiimrzbjBim-up41gpBPS1dQ07xqdSuZ6872LkwJtW2Nu5bc0x6zI/s4032/0B02E73B-86F3-448B-B693-3E7F548F7E78.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4pjmTkDKt3wHHPRGZ2B_H2p23JVhtehBIwiNOGNkdEihPdhUD9D20ubGcwmFXJso0w2FccQvUlsbrss2FLKja3FbymisTEeBjRderGQRtOuAeehx4fVaYwiPc3BY6nN1TAjRPIuiimrzbjBim-up41gpBPS1dQ07xqdSuZ6872LkwJtW2Nu5bc0x6zI/w480-h640/0B02E73B-86F3-448B-B693-3E7F548F7E78.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Downtown Raleigh has an oak tree and acorn theme. </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ntrlKM8Z9bvYl5bvVtKRFCIHF9uh1SHXRnByP6jSlP-9lgAgU-f2_RsqBLzva714NA96xSozefkHYeLMeIMJVd2WoCDNOz5mAkm29QxQYNXTHn4sY9aSyrG6EuAMLHFrRvX1Nx9P-c_wXgTFy22GqJAIt6BWssIemHyTR5T53cHdC84MRMmOKlxp0jc/s4032/5A360AA8-5B1E-4D0C-B0A3-8F72FA84D58F.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ntrlKM8Z9bvYl5bvVtKRFCIHF9uh1SHXRnByP6jSlP-9lgAgU-f2_RsqBLzva714NA96xSozefkHYeLMeIMJVd2WoCDNOz5mAkm29QxQYNXTHn4sY9aSyrG6EuAMLHFrRvX1Nx9P-c_wXgTFy22GqJAIt6BWssIemHyTR5T53cHdC84MRMmOKlxp0jc/w480-h640/5A360AA8-5B1E-4D0C-B0A3-8F72FA84D58F.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><br />While in line for a lecture the first day, we met these modern quilters from Scotland. They belong to the Glasgow and Edinburgh Modern Quilt Guilds. It was fun to chat with them and we saw them several times throughout the show. Their fun sweatshirts and bags caught our eye! When I was in Glasgow several years ago, I saw the actual Duke of Wellington statue with the traffic cone on his head.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PV_8oD64nlRgDEMlY4ZJIwMwg5-h2ungoiFomx4EYJ4fKICHXO7kpKp2bDTM8DiPtOcLdmod_hXAh2JrcCDJhVW1deLhUJZa_R11cM80HjS46h40CsiW82TH55XsNbj3beONfBCz0EUWxb6YJ6JQidRSHadwEzyr0ckRBUUQDHGDP3ByaG9FcLhpRxc/s4032/C81890E5-1661-4C5A-BAA8-547B7DD6548E.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PV_8oD64nlRgDEMlY4ZJIwMwg5-h2ungoiFomx4EYJ4fKICHXO7kpKp2bDTM8DiPtOcLdmod_hXAh2JrcCDJhVW1deLhUJZa_R11cM80HjS46h40CsiW82TH55XsNbj3beONfBCz0EUWxb6YJ6JQidRSHadwEzyr0ckRBUUQDHGDP3ByaG9FcLhpRxc/w300-h400/C81890E5-1661-4C5A-BAA8-547B7DD6548E.heic" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxNjuPXadR7yQRlHvAFJHCzFc9KrdbEWSkb1KwpSVgf4xCd37h67rSlyvyqrQ2k2eOmUfGv7ZQNLrylV08XDCA2PTNdX0y26lZ6Dl3qcZAXza9SOWYnRXXWyqUREpJCUCrbu3sISLpZvu_TwM-nj2CbQTdsb1VvNcK_JNyTqhrOTT3N0WTUG0BTfV9rM/s4032/AE09C3F3-9437-42B3-82B3-401C48B72A29.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrxNjuPXadR7yQRlHvAFJHCzFc9KrdbEWSkb1KwpSVgf4xCd37h67rSlyvyqrQ2k2eOmUfGv7ZQNLrylV08XDCA2PTNdX0y26lZ6Dl3qcZAXza9SOWYnRXXWyqUREpJCUCrbu3sISLpZvu_TwM-nj2CbQTdsb1VvNcK_JNyTqhrOTT3N0WTUG0BTfV9rM/w400-h300/AE09C3F3-9437-42B3-82B3-401C48B72A29.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwunfDdZHbcqZikvd_x_FR1jqsfN1_KYSnxdQFEszfhLD-q1-RFhrFtEpBWfaaoBrQkidFx7V9hysgAD2xhmd27xMv_rM5_NrfxCv6mxO_UoYuKNHjuvZM44NuDUpn32ae2TAVVfY18Z7kymPcTfC4ojo_FhPXueJQHnxUMNuOXAhx7ff28Yo5XZwgf1s/s4032/8EF6E9CA-79A9-4F66-ACC4-040F286399C7.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwunfDdZHbcqZikvd_x_FR1jqsfN1_KYSnxdQFEszfhLD-q1-RFhrFtEpBWfaaoBrQkidFx7V9hysgAD2xhmd27xMv_rM5_NrfxCv6mxO_UoYuKNHjuvZM44NuDUpn32ae2TAVVfY18Z7kymPcTfC4ojo_FhPXueJQHnxUMNuOXAhx7ff28Yo5XZwgf1s/w400-h300/8EF6E9CA-79A9-4F66-ACC4-040F286399C7.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHFghPkFtpqxsSqn3HH2qwC84J184NatezKa0N3-lqZCJzNgXLvLgET2ARvccZqb8QWKpWUncbJlrER7okh7qh-N7vfDNX3Wwa8dx9xXxVh4DpJFzLPwdOo-oKHlN5wG5gbq13bR1VOy6sAgJf0Dmck4q4pekQDIkayVvJYysdLMsigPTK3ehfXOY6_I/s4032/2F4C86E3-5B50-4C2D-B2F7-D4416192E4C5.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcHFghPkFtpqxsSqn3HH2qwC84J184NatezKa0N3-lqZCJzNgXLvLgET2ARvccZqb8QWKpWUncbJlrER7okh7qh-N7vfDNX3Wwa8dx9xXxVh4DpJFzLPwdOo-oKHlN5wG5gbq13bR1VOy6sAgJf0Dmck4q4pekQDIkayVvJYysdLMsigPTK3ehfXOY6_I/w300-h400/2F4C86E3-5B50-4C2D-B2F7-D4416192E4C5.heic" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We saw our friend, Karen Brown of Just Get it Done Quilts, at the show too. The three of us sat together at a quilting retreat several years ago and we saw her every month on zoom during the pandemic as members of the Toronto Modern Guild. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaD66-spgDTuMxGxB7iRkYwSnU02uiXFL-SxNijr-WnSMWVHbqkuTrQNKIlQv4zUZkEeec_zRPSk3YO1TZC-zWjlPM8xMD9xIUHVFgZvXKZTdw0EV_JhM2uwQYk65w1A7j6ey1wB7F6G0RHgt-6fkWo1nSM21CJ6jM_khVyTK4fOYg3feBJz-8JHpZpE/s4032/5B1C236B-AB06-4933-AF07-8225C040C4CD.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmaD66-spgDTuMxGxB7iRkYwSnU02uiXFL-SxNijr-WnSMWVHbqkuTrQNKIlQv4zUZkEeec_zRPSk3YO1TZC-zWjlPM8xMD9xIUHVFgZvXKZTdw0EV_JhM2uwQYk65w1A7j6ey1wB7F6G0RHgt-6fkWo1nSM21CJ6jM_khVyTK4fOYg3feBJz-8JHpZpE/w400-h300/5B1C236B-AB06-4933-AF07-8225C040C4CD.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn sent us this picture while we were away so we would not forget him!</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLOnWe5uMra52e0vvAW9Oh-i98XLHMyxKDBr_ZW67BA31qlMiKRL8nlgJZYZ7PGCtezOqc8eqooqqn67PPd8WRN2qlu-6IRPg7DBE5zKfgmnytpL930NQBkNaZtDGDnEkeRUikO1EHRLqAaheAxn87ZBf3XeWRA8-StycbK_zx6ZMIy1KS13ADEJ2Lr0/s1600/0A757714-0C47-4FFA-98D6-0D509032D973.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfLOnWe5uMra52e0vvAW9Oh-i98XLHMyxKDBr_ZW67BA31qlMiKRL8nlgJZYZ7PGCtezOqc8eqooqqn67PPd8WRN2qlu-6IRPg7DBE5zKfgmnytpL930NQBkNaZtDGDnEkeRUikO1EHRLqAaheAxn87ZBf3XeWRA8-StycbK_zx6ZMIy1KS13ADEJ2Lr0/w361-h640/0A757714-0C47-4FFA-98D6-0D509032D973.jpeg" width="361" /></a></div><div><br /></div>We had a great time in Raleigh at QuiltCon and now we are inspired to sew! Christine and I are off to a Guild retreat this weekend. My bags are packed and I have lots of projects to work on. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTbw6R6HB51wnGzXLJCqD_u-V7PlhMxhJ_TKKBrEjBbd77UiIreHWQLdoXgwQ2s7j98G4lD0xK6-Suk6iaVYjPRuhgQDEG29pKSJmTACfA2pl5XBhH_XDh3-yiDQOP_H-dQtKMeKmZeiI2o5koAP2XF_bu3y49ZLIqVqDWXFa7fOPSv9m8uEnjhZgVkI/s4032/33E398F5-791F-4F20-A7D8-5A82A2559184.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisTbw6R6HB51wnGzXLJCqD_u-V7PlhMxhJ_TKKBrEjBbd77UiIreHWQLdoXgwQ2s7j98G4lD0xK6-Suk6iaVYjPRuhgQDEG29pKSJmTACfA2pl5XBhH_XDh3-yiDQOP_H-dQtKMeKmZeiI2o5koAP2XF_bu3y49ZLIqVqDWXFa7fOPSv9m8uEnjhZgVkI/w400-h300/33E398F5-791F-4F20-A7D8-5A82A2559184.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br />One more quilt--this was made by our friend, Barb. She hosted several swaps that we participated in a few years ago and she spoke at our guild and led a workshop on pineapple log cabin quilts. Barb's quilt was at QuiltCon but she wasn't. Maybe we will get a chance to meet her in person some day!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpndJNRIwEc8UfR14UIDMbF0olLJquVrj2eMh6yscFf5szrKngbMyG-G1b0Os-I5aYJwML5s44vXPYi2NI-jXBR-CZY2B0YG11NF5pZjP30-5CX0YeuT99k4bvh0gwRhsrw3ngCsS3k5PByQ4kmjdlHdQ39ztnoTj0PQ3s64Ekt1L1UrH_SituUB9TDY/s4032/85EA18B9-A84A-4EDD-A48A-155DA38CD2C2.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVpndJNRIwEc8UfR14UIDMbF0olLJquVrj2eMh6yscFf5szrKngbMyG-G1b0Os-I5aYJwML5s44vXPYi2NI-jXBR-CZY2B0YG11NF5pZjP30-5CX0YeuT99k4bvh0gwRhsrw3ngCsS3k5PByQ4kmjdlHdQ39ztnoTj0PQ3s64Ekt1L1UrH_SituUB9TDY/w480-h640/85EA18B9-A84A-4EDD-A48A-155DA38CD2C2.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj17QM0357zLwYmGibIGzb1OcIDzG-4s_DbHWwSDKQD8njqV1JUzm49p5QtbSzm5bGupCj-gu_480yk0iYiz86XbWcqvgKGKYD3knoJEvdGeEraN_fGFJF5YTQJqaqowO3rW08Ndq2RhLwci9nj2fyD2mryzQcJAcn1cNGdaXwzjL-Va4udtSl1E1hATc/s4032/50102BA1-BC51-4E8B-891E-FAC368E61F98.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj17QM0357zLwYmGibIGzb1OcIDzG-4s_DbHWwSDKQD8njqV1JUzm49p5QtbSzm5bGupCj-gu_480yk0iYiz86XbWcqvgKGKYD3knoJEvdGeEraN_fGFJF5YTQJqaqowO3rW08Ndq2RhLwci9nj2fyD2mryzQcJAcn1cNGdaXwzjL-Va4udtSl1E1hATc/w300-h400/50102BA1-BC51-4E8B-891E-FAC368E61F98.heic" width="300" /></a></div><br />We drove along part of the Blue Ridge Parkway on the way home. Beautiful views!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBQ8qb3eW-I-WsZkfL3fEA59cbNfcMZqo8SITI9YjCqcunim30N3f3F6XXamjvYj0GIouDsRfRgEY35tancjBxdvWNJB9C3tozwcxJeTKPllvg6HWMmCL2AzssxdSLPCWxXKQauSKVWk1ArRO8Npzqh_rBzqOfkkE7Ca41B5TDlQoP2ktRvxcpKfQzes/s4032/F1F1537A-B2F9-4F32-8212-F7018C319F87.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKBQ8qb3eW-I-WsZkfL3fEA59cbNfcMZqo8SITI9YjCqcunim30N3f3F6XXamjvYj0GIouDsRfRgEY35tancjBxdvWNJB9C3tozwcxJeTKPllvg6HWMmCL2AzssxdSLPCWxXKQauSKVWk1ArRO8Npzqh_rBzqOfkkE7Ca41B5TDlQoP2ktRvxcpKfQzes/w480-h640/F1F1537A-B2F9-4F32-8212-F7018C319F87.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div>I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers on Sunday morning. </div>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-88362183741404501602024-02-17T19:40:00.003-05:002024-02-17T19:40:42.796-05:00Secret Sewing<p> Almost all of my sewing time this week was spent making a wall hanging for a swap which will take place next week. I have spent months ruminating over a design and colours and fabrics. I am really pleased with the end result and am in the process of adding the hand stitches to the binding and hanging sleeve. I will show my finished quilt and the quilt that I receive from my swap partner in my next blog post. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFAWkN9SiggUQLbKU8grBjjoJc7Qs6ix_gLxiW42ed7LeKiHFIhKL3DfqaKyiZ3r5ldL10Y-hdEtEOpvuUN8-MR2cTwJ0cMcC1UAuTjadLM5E6Jd-B-S96uQdk3cd0Y8Jx23k68oGpCoxAewlrrIaAVThlxDmJRGLoEMCaNP-TJvM1iKFyZ6Ritmfunc/s4032/9938DAE7-8425-4489-872C-4DD29E6EC038.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihFAWkN9SiggUQLbKU8grBjjoJc7Qs6ix_gLxiW42ed7LeKiHFIhKL3DfqaKyiZ3r5ldL10Y-hdEtEOpvuUN8-MR2cTwJ0cMcC1UAuTjadLM5E6Jd-B-S96uQdk3cd0Y8Jx23k68oGpCoxAewlrrIaAVThlxDmJRGLoEMCaNP-TJvM1iKFyZ6Ritmfunc/w480-h640/9938DAE7-8425-4489-872C-4DD29E6EC038.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did a bit of cross stitching this week, adding lots of the variegated purple borders as well as starting the bird motif. It doesn't look like much yet, but these are the tail feathers. If you squint, you might see it!!! LOL. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYaPJzFqATp2h0bkS-5Rf1dJQ5xGcRaSe2Sf-lC-0We0V2Zcx3m3DK2Lj7GzH-WXG1X7atcCLLL_AyDD9cVp6ntBpgx57qL-fMZ2rGhl5hp5svHsw6xAMeEaruQ6InuExXptBWKIxdiSmUmdYKilOQh_FYEItlEb-P6VBKPJ6FloEcSgaSqPfAUUNO3c/s4032/B74A8C7C-083D-4B9E-81D1-5511EEA303C8.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYaPJzFqATp2h0bkS-5Rf1dJQ5xGcRaSe2Sf-lC-0We0V2Zcx3m3DK2Lj7GzH-WXG1X7atcCLLL_AyDD9cVp6ntBpgx57qL-fMZ2rGhl5hp5svHsw6xAMeEaruQ6InuExXptBWKIxdiSmUmdYKilOQh_FYEItlEb-P6VBKPJ6FloEcSgaSqPfAUUNO3c/w480-h640/B74A8C7C-083D-4B9E-81D1-5511EEA303C8.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn says he has a nice tail, but no feathers! This is what happens when his kong goes under the couch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV20vZOc_rI8ssxZdJ62JHJh7MfrR5ucZkHGsFTU_Lav4ACWuOBmBARwoB9iMsCTMeg5pNirWNWqbXkWUYASwHd2__itVSz64am4Hv3odw05iqVPskP-Pb7j7mSMbm-ao17jw_pRqnZo1ITeAcdgCTRaze4UjrrZ-ubw73dX2H5EBatmfFnITAl9zRjcE/s1480/2739887E-5BB4-4E9A-9AD5-AEBC2FF70A23.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1325" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV20vZOc_rI8ssxZdJ62JHJh7MfrR5ucZkHGsFTU_Lav4ACWuOBmBARwoB9iMsCTMeg5pNirWNWqbXkWUYASwHd2__itVSz64am4Hv3odw05iqVPskP-Pb7j7mSMbm-ao17jw_pRqnZo1ITeAcdgCTRaze4UjrrZ-ubw73dX2H5EBatmfFnITAl9zRjcE/w358-h400/2739887E-5BB4-4E9A-9AD5-AEBC2FF70A23.jpeg" width="358" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This project is nearing completion. When it is done, I will go back and finish my sunflower picture. I have taken my spring rabbit cross stitch in to be framed and have been told it will be ready before Easter. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcP_M41tNLbYOSL_SWikVJwJzlOZ1Frwx7hfCQ0hR7OE8wDUm0G1RiOlG_IeRE1BMo5reTcaTYfOMzK0xi9DhjBXOl9AHirv_5f26FCtowxtlFq0mEtC02TwFsY6mS_4wQrz-VTxgCp7ikGtTYkJTGmIxxBtkazOKnonYWRkKxA-f4eRCRthCX9WFvLY/s4032/0039C9AE-D43C-4CE2-A06B-FC9938F920D8.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivcP_M41tNLbYOSL_SWikVJwJzlOZ1Frwx7hfCQ0hR7OE8wDUm0G1RiOlG_IeRE1BMo5reTcaTYfOMzK0xi9DhjBXOl9AHirv_5f26FCtowxtlFq0mEtC02TwFsY6mS_4wQrz-VTxgCp7ikGtTYkJTGmIxxBtkazOKnonYWRkKxA-f4eRCRthCX9WFvLY/w480-h640/0039C9AE-D43C-4CE2-A06B-FC9938F920D8.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn likes to lie on his quilt and blanket under my daughter's desk while she works from home. She requires his constant close supervision. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZKrhtIlk4oWI4wErbn4lGf9ABZ8FlhHgTUUFEAlrdqpnPQTC3oV57fdAdfnHG401FCinahJWKVcLhbeV3UUP3-YpsvDZNH_Uva4MygIom2IgjfKKFQyjVZS6e-fjusgkWX04uez39yyZBhkVmpWm6z3OF_N4IgMS1OYjcQchyphenhyphenm51I9gPbtuq_TudB_c/s2048/AC9CFBCA-B75E-4C52-B324-0E9DFB1AF1BE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghZKrhtIlk4oWI4wErbn4lGf9ABZ8FlhHgTUUFEAlrdqpnPQTC3oV57fdAdfnHG401FCinahJWKVcLhbeV3UUP3-YpsvDZNH_Uva4MygIom2IgjfKKFQyjVZS6e-fjusgkWX04uez39yyZBhkVmpWm6z3OF_N4IgMS1OYjcQchyphenhyphenm51I9gPbtuq_TudB_c/w360-h640/AC9CFBCA-B75E-4C52-B324-0E9DFB1AF1BE.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My husband and I started a new puzzle this week--this was a Christmas gift from Finn and my daughter. I think I would like to visit this shop in person. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Cj6Xkn1fqRga5nofl7JBAqeWkq3uXlZYzYAs854Gq75DjTmdYrX4aS9RZ3dQEMlJRDWdEOFwyIaq2sG8xViIjAX9lLvQaFqjbffJcHq8IrfkLh6BSyCT1aumYgWDDlgnH3ordo-wvj_8-ajOHfMnPC3VVNPnDsQXHzfhwHlbEPgxcPrLnaSnhU_w19Y/s4032/A0DD7C66-27BC-4413-94E7-8441F56B497C.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Cj6Xkn1fqRga5nofl7JBAqeWkq3uXlZYzYAs854Gq75DjTmdYrX4aS9RZ3dQEMlJRDWdEOFwyIaq2sG8xViIjAX9lLvQaFqjbffJcHq8IrfkLh6BSyCT1aumYgWDDlgnH3ordo-wvj_8-ajOHfMnPC3VVNPnDsQXHzfhwHlbEPgxcPrLnaSnhU_w19Y/w480-h640/A0DD7C66-27BC-4413-94E7-8441F56B497C.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />I'm off to work on my binding. Happy slow stitching Sunday, everyone! I will link up with Kathy in the morning. <p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-32893990990180334832024-02-10T20:36:00.005-05:002024-02-10T20:37:06.002-05:00Stitching Report<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You may have noticed I was missing in action last weekend...I was visiting my daughter and Finn for the weekend! Finn and I hung out together while my daughter participated in a curling bonspiel. He didn't mind snuggling up to me as I did some cross stitching. We went for a walk every day too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3KLIYxL2rJG-ZVP2waAqGp2-N2f75M_aU1vR1OlPO-9Iz3IKbsoQArPWxj1orYDm_BRDgeEsAhL3KOqrMDPtW70buZO3Bw_Ij9XBx-2bKr65qwj9LOLJdOU9l8wMXgJKTAnfOILSR9qE_3cLyddxUhdAijxQYbfjCcWyrSSP5oraKkrNvLb6UyCyt_k/s3744/727D8298-11ED-47AA-AE79-D310421F1075.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2743" data-original-width="3744" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr3KLIYxL2rJG-ZVP2waAqGp2-N2f75M_aU1vR1OlPO-9Iz3IKbsoQArPWxj1orYDm_BRDgeEsAhL3KOqrMDPtW70buZO3Bw_Ij9XBx-2bKr65qwj9LOLJdOU9l8wMXgJKTAnfOILSR9qE_3cLyddxUhdAijxQYbfjCcWyrSSP5oraKkrNvLb6UyCyt_k/w400-h293/727D8298-11ED-47AA-AE79-D310421F1075.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have added three more motifs to my winter cross stitch project. You can see the cardinal and the pinecone above and this week I finished off the evergreen tree. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3x97I9vYqylJYMYbpN-n9M1eBbF1gbrE5AGBntc_s5nmoHPZZiYwAQYaMfVgx99oi8lIRNSOJtamnxuAhTDI_pOwwMLD12O5MiAMxysb0OOfsYK4GfgZ1oRZgRft6Tsp0i_zVREwjsAlAMiUXW6_crSRObdRJIz_DTgDAWhQ0Pduzg-_Pe4-GoHWDP14/s4032/4CA44423-670C-489A-9AEE-5B904AEA0A56.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3x97I9vYqylJYMYbpN-n9M1eBbF1gbrE5AGBntc_s5nmoHPZZiYwAQYaMfVgx99oi8lIRNSOJtamnxuAhTDI_pOwwMLD12O5MiAMxysb0OOfsYK4GfgZ1oRZgRft6Tsp0i_zVREwjsAlAMiUXW6_crSRObdRJIz_DTgDAWhQ0Pduzg-_Pe4-GoHWDP14/w480-h640/4CA44423-670C-489A-9AEE-5B904AEA0A56.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w3dyap8_fscZjWAf6-F_Y7AKWGc1_oDEFyvULQ80KG1DDdhhAX1IC-wPMHl1dhlfPn5OapQiY6cmjE3l5amIPYoh0EdRJHRh_MSNK8eScHY9l1xesEmXZ8UD0ko3Dn8BD58YUwTSUP6Fu9MtYdjEnQrLVpf6iDjbdP7qNPtrZ4cOC0PSxW_ZbfZejuo/s4032/200CDD38-BAF9-478E-881A-A7518C26409D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2w3dyap8_fscZjWAf6-F_Y7AKWGc1_oDEFyvULQ80KG1DDdhhAX1IC-wPMHl1dhlfPn5OapQiY6cmjE3l5amIPYoh0EdRJHRh_MSNK8eScHY9l1xesEmXZ8UD0ko3Dn8BD58YUwTSUP6Fu9MtYdjEnQrLVpf6iDjbdP7qNPtrZ4cOC0PSxW_ZbfZejuo/w480-h640/200CDD38-BAF9-478E-881A-A7518C26409D.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht75ObhBDTCYIgI3dRJNVESGvzxV-_DTnH3lbCWKvBYkdhgTvcOfj2auTIdWUXs66bfM-gOe5c1MIEFoRf2vSp0A6Iv4OQUrh700wOA6Y1QKglGmfZuZrHuei48NNiJv30exEbQ5kT98XxEj-wvtrT3Dhi2e6PEsLo2za97p809PN_FGH4MNSEZxljTNI/s3019/6CD7F6BF-5F95-49CB-BFCD-089081637F10.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3019" data-original-width="2725" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht75ObhBDTCYIgI3dRJNVESGvzxV-_DTnH3lbCWKvBYkdhgTvcOfj2auTIdWUXs66bfM-gOe5c1MIEFoRf2vSp0A6Iv4OQUrh700wOA6Y1QKglGmfZuZrHuei48NNiJv30exEbQ5kT98XxEj-wvtrT3Dhi2e6PEsLo2za97p809PN_FGH4MNSEZxljTNI/w361-h400/6CD7F6BF-5F95-49CB-BFCD-089081637F10.heic" width="361" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were very nice sunbeams in the afternoons while I was visiting. Finn took full advantage of them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmY1WoKUEKooWFk429b8qPhq9DCr9cWw2IEpG2-yC44u3IhUHVvusNbO_opkT0CUQ2GWI_Yda0riH8k2s6CXVBpb4PE1wtvtMe2Kmu0dPRnfDCClbxwATVoSHym4tHrXg7T97AiVYsWVilWDnZLPx1FX-zG0Vv6Ns7vh8MjXmDMyDc5RZzwvhqEsLKuo/s4032/25B5BF18-8FA4-48D6-AD46-611327867663.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMmY1WoKUEKooWFk429b8qPhq9DCr9cWw2IEpG2-yC44u3IhUHVvusNbO_opkT0CUQ2GWI_Yda0riH8k2s6CXVBpb4PE1wtvtMe2Kmu0dPRnfDCClbxwATVoSHym4tHrXg7T97AiVYsWVilWDnZLPx1FX-zG0Vv6Ns7vh8MjXmDMyDc5RZzwvhqEsLKuo/w480-h640/25B5BF18-8FA4-48D6-AD46-611327867663.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You may remember that I replaced the binding on my daughter's University Quilt at Christmas time. I finished hand stitching the new binding while I was at her place. This is a well loved quilt!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAIRjj1qj9gNZoU2gY6HUx47DGxO2wBrxa8jjyT33gweDrYek_1kzpzSU1YJZbenlZytkpoKCo02OtBsUmTJ2vZ4UvyE6CEtrYtNTTeoc_Ao3H3HZVhfBeb25AmnZptR4G_yUFhS9Z9q25tw5kkv-efO5H2IEa3WnbOxep4XC66bguHx3GY3zUlZdEII/s4032/29ED735B-2448-44F5-82F5-A959BC056512.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAIRjj1qj9gNZoU2gY6HUx47DGxO2wBrxa8jjyT33gweDrYek_1kzpzSU1YJZbenlZytkpoKCo02OtBsUmTJ2vZ4UvyE6CEtrYtNTTeoc_Ao3H3HZVhfBeb25AmnZptR4G_yUFhS9Z9q25tw5kkv-efO5H2IEa3WnbOxep4XC66bguHx3GY3zUlZdEII/w480-h640/29ED735B-2448-44F5-82F5-A959BC056512.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a picture of when this quilt was new in 2009. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt-FKwiL8Vi3UuTpmz2tuvEjmCAQRAfkh08evnWYDTyQSdcqrOuYNIQ6oOS7pabDfR4B4d1S1B80jw6ENeaZinZRwhM67dCbTI5hSaAoPOmm8iVbKtJzKeW2COJA-Eau6Hzh8p965diuVqa7O4fYJsc8SEyEV9I5BSYH1bb1zKCi6sPBV_waT3jYIzGM/s320/0F41432E-55A7-41ED-91CB-C753334B0DCB_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="320" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt-FKwiL8Vi3UuTpmz2tuvEjmCAQRAfkh08evnWYDTyQSdcqrOuYNIQ6oOS7pabDfR4B4d1S1B80jw6ENeaZinZRwhM67dCbTI5hSaAoPOmm8iVbKtJzKeW2COJA-Eau6Hzh8p965diuVqa7O4fYJsc8SEyEV9I5BSYH1bb1zKCi6sPBV_waT3jYIzGM/w400-h315/0F41432E-55A7-41ED-91CB-C753334B0DCB_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn approves of the repairs that I did. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1LacAUNbF1x33A0zndHE1TkOn5PXFLLXik2rQxa8snYICjdU-8uieg7QoBr-H9nhgvU4G-wi7FrRfs_3nY_AsCaz6qdB3r1N_VOdmzPTWoJG3zmyusovr5hOtGlmIL7OSczOlqG72VYsz7jXbwFPShoKwk9QmQPfSK9mP-aT6SAp_5CpqEdwgBgYFS4/s4032/EB48DA84-58C6-4245-AD69-2422784C1160.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM1LacAUNbF1x33A0zndHE1TkOn5PXFLLXik2rQxa8snYICjdU-8uieg7QoBr-H9nhgvU4G-wi7FrRfs_3nY_AsCaz6qdB3r1N_VOdmzPTWoJG3zmyusovr5hOtGlmIL7OSczOlqG72VYsz7jXbwFPShoKwk9QmQPfSK9mP-aT6SAp_5CpqEdwgBgYFS4/w480-h640/EB48DA84-58C6-4245-AD69-2422784C1160.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A friend has four grandchildren and she wants to make quilts for each of them using leftover fabrics from PJ's that she has made for them over the years. She brought the fabrics for the first one over one night last week. I showed her how to make a disappearing nine patch block. We figured out how many squares she will need of each fabric and she will get them all cut out and sewn into nine patches over the next couple of weeks. Then, we will get together again to figure out the layout. She has lots of flannel chunks that we can piece together to make the back of the quilt. Once this quilt is done, we will figure out a design for the next one. There are lots of fun winter themed fabrics in this quilt. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7VtImEZaHYiM7UeLNRdO43goKOUnYysKMwV3AeDE0hCJHKE33m9sMna5exCpndTWOQ7YBg8M_wM5z7C1S5vPb82JKBeVwCdJIWHRzsY-CvkybgKkUY24Xp_1XeBEG5xuDVIz_wh72Ig1TKCmj5t11DK8fRwg5cujmBJenvBGBnuhIUN4XoCAmirmJYM/s4032/35D7D5B9-26CD-450D-95AC-6F2CC411A5EA.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA7VtImEZaHYiM7UeLNRdO43goKOUnYysKMwV3AeDE0hCJHKE33m9sMna5exCpndTWOQ7YBg8M_wM5z7C1S5vPb82JKBeVwCdJIWHRzsY-CvkybgKkUY24Xp_1XeBEG5xuDVIz_wh72Ig1TKCmj5t11DK8fRwg5cujmBJenvBGBnuhIUN4XoCAmirmJYM/w480-h640/35D7D5B9-26CD-450D-95AC-6F2CC411A5EA.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />I added the border to my crumby stars quilt top and I purchased a piece of flannel to use for the back. I have some ideas floating around in my head about how to quilt this using my walking foot. Stay tuned. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCMUsf4XjmG3I9waP_EuiaiN1ROTVpkS2jTOguceL1QsiCStwjdIdH1B3E6FGaHXdhUBUg7g8GKBQNcE2s7LYgRdGem0i-pRNl8wQM_R4pS1Ke6FTx2dyK1a849BOigOH2oWv-A5WckYxxuGSIQTZUoReF25v37XovHSKmVKxk3pcSnqVmUHhVYc_quw/s4032/948571BB-050C-4342-9C3C-B6BE6F26982F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkCMUsf4XjmG3I9waP_EuiaiN1ROTVpkS2jTOguceL1QsiCStwjdIdH1B3E6FGaHXdhUBUg7g8GKBQNcE2s7LYgRdGem0i-pRNl8wQM_R4pS1Ke6FTx2dyK1a849BOigOH2oWv-A5WckYxxuGSIQTZUoReF25v37XovHSKmVKxk3pcSnqVmUHhVYc_quw/w480-h640/948571BB-050C-4342-9C3C-B6BE6F26982F.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have another quilt underway but can't share anything about it yet in case the recipient is lurking here. I will be working on it this week to get it done before the deadline. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another picture of Finn... I hope you are not getting tired of seeing him!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBpwnsmxyr2lf2xg02Sfl8s8VEDtCk-C09bgWf2FzOKeG7hENT50MUBJJsuTa_U_PR6_1v0yfWn_J5Z78-kPGiZwrwNSq1mSfiZTOGpisl4O4F-1yxTg8-_s10xm27kmBop7fuRvo09Z-rgurGu73D81dyoq1ktronD4HtMiiCD5O5aSbkH7o7o-zalc/s4032/A9CABDFD-C7A0-4B9D-9285-D3CA488D6E4F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBpwnsmxyr2lf2xg02Sfl8s8VEDtCk-C09bgWf2FzOKeG7hENT50MUBJJsuTa_U_PR6_1v0yfWn_J5Z78-kPGiZwrwNSq1mSfiZTOGpisl4O4F-1yxTg8-_s10xm27kmBop7fuRvo09Z-rgurGu73D81dyoq1ktronD4HtMiiCD5O5aSbkH7o7o-zalc/w480-h640/A9CABDFD-C7A0-4B9D-9285-D3CA488D6E4F.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My daughter's mystery cross stitch is coming along. Finn doesn't mind being a cross stitch model. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZFtok-2zMaOa1svi_li8N_C8LDzXQuSHvTQEm0KYpmYwhl58zGiCBiRyRezhLtQBo63gP3x6wCbHkBFphb1wyf4-IJAO4AeTNWnFQShIUkgDBiA16UpNi2M1xgc75I-bdQStBgsjfQ3Wb0cSkavR8eqr0rTD-0cvbxnOTkcj8uQipHeL7cE_Do-ytHw/s2048/D0023CE4-65C0-43A2-8CBA-3954445C8551.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZFtok-2zMaOa1svi_li8N_C8LDzXQuSHvTQEm0KYpmYwhl58zGiCBiRyRezhLtQBo63gP3x6wCbHkBFphb1wyf4-IJAO4AeTNWnFQShIUkgDBiA16UpNi2M1xgc75I-bdQStBgsjfQ3Wb0cSkavR8eqr0rTD-0cvbxnOTkcj8uQipHeL7cE_Do-ytHw/w480-h640/D0023CE4-65C0-43A2-8CBA-3954445C8551.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I celebrated a birthday this past week. Finn and my daughter sent me flowers. There have been three restaurant meals with friends and and family--with one more extended family dinner tomorrow. I am feeling well loved. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzj1-EjVWkCsJsHWLf20gx4E-Upp3FCxjdXT0ZOrE1Cdu-AzieoPW02IhmTN7XEbJP7Ho-fvlPkRIsGMPsKxU7EA9wQ9h8rGMQE_Wl74p-OZLRDbMexLRzaQ-dmWIXIWJh_KUnk1J0UXH6KuR9UgV2hd2KpPcnmMeNb-_7pjo3A4UxSEaUNZhWiWhFCc/s4032/10418180-4BCF-4062-8DB7-D8A13EEEC294.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTzj1-EjVWkCsJsHWLf20gx4E-Upp3FCxjdXT0ZOrE1Cdu-AzieoPW02IhmTN7XEbJP7Ho-fvlPkRIsGMPsKxU7EA9wQ9h8rGMQE_Wl74p-OZLRDbMexLRzaQ-dmWIXIWJh_KUnk1J0UXH6KuR9UgV2hd2KpPcnmMeNb-_7pjo3A4UxSEaUNZhWiWhFCc/w480-h640/10418180-4BCF-4062-8DB7-D8A13EEEC294.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy Valentine's Day to everyone. Someone decorated a tree by the walking path with hearts this past week. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgRdRzlQRJpx4WljAPq-Qyz0YCPzL1O_2QflcHhiXP1NGon89PqiI-tphqatU9W6bbPCHeP_mJ-eA-K9BEBAARg7ah9KKSepd-fOeGjvqAHehdwCdl6XSKKw5_hNBb6QXIbIQgjg1fKhbU8uMTy3LqtyE7NXM5BEideg-hgzbJSYRnHR_GvkY4rccsV4/s4032/EF8DEAE3-194A-4511-8EB7-5C39B92258DB.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgRdRzlQRJpx4WljAPq-Qyz0YCPzL1O_2QflcHhiXP1NGon89PqiI-tphqatU9W6bbPCHeP_mJ-eA-K9BEBAARg7ah9KKSepd-fOeGjvqAHehdwCdl6XSKKw5_hNBb6QXIbIQgjg1fKhbU8uMTy3LqtyE7NXM5BEideg-hgzbJSYRnHR_GvkY4rccsV4/w480-h640/EF8DEAE3-194A-4511-8EB7-5C39B92258DB.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /> I made this at a recent retreat. It is on our mantle. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5OwvxWhQgHs-kJzB2dPRiFU1VKkNtgXADQuwdjocUYqCqjpH97MMG41J4cVZpvsG0BOdhUYRHvRtBij5hSataBdr1qcfhTkelNFdSxheeOsWhhfaY7m_0aGh6gTTrAUD0qsI7qXVXswgbJlN18PxKgq67THZ0ziUsi1e59j82_hEJ-2dYY3QiBlxDKE/s4032/0C4107EF-3AF2-491D-B8D7-BEF3FD94ED00.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG5OwvxWhQgHs-kJzB2dPRiFU1VKkNtgXADQuwdjocUYqCqjpH97MMG41J4cVZpvsG0BOdhUYRHvRtBij5hSataBdr1qcfhTkelNFdSxheeOsWhhfaY7m_0aGh6gTTrAUD0qsI7qXVXswgbJlN18PxKgq67THZ0ziUsi1e59j82_hEJ-2dYY3QiBlxDKE/w400-h300/0C4107EF-3AF2-491D-B8D7-BEF3FD94ED00.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers in the morning. This is a group of bloggers from around the world who share their hand stitched projects each week. We all encourage and support each other as we slowly make progress. The link to Kathy's blog is in my sidebar. </p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-18982172744273065292024-01-26T11:52:00.002-05:002024-01-26T11:54:47.961-05:00Crumby Stars, Counted Cross Stitch and Mending...<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm doing really well working on some sort of knitting, stitching or sewing every day in January. So far, I have only missed one day! I finished piecing my crumby star blocks this week and put all the blocks together. The blocks are 12" square so at this stage, the quilt top was 36 by 28". I want it to be a wee bit bigger so I will add 3.5" borders all around using the background material. I am not sure of what I will use for backing yet...maybe some flannel. I will be quilting this one myself with my walking foot. I'm contemplating how I will do this now. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjci-tkScAv67MtJiyZbhjdLe1htY_TO3JG0WBu3ysvmKjRpQIqkfpAAp_eGpUsn-koOvYgu3stquxgklvT6PcsrBNB7ysj2WuuOAYIswNSoWcdRQILoTDAOEgw4N5HmzljxVUqBrb0xZLAod1KmAprgdDYcNYZCpWbTaQozk4iqxHAzpxovdb76O6NMEw/s4032/C11A3610-4B1E-46AC-B634-7B0E827F74AE.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjci-tkScAv67MtJiyZbhjdLe1htY_TO3JG0WBu3ysvmKjRpQIqkfpAAp_eGpUsn-koOvYgu3stquxgklvT6PcsrBNB7ysj2WuuOAYIswNSoWcdRQILoTDAOEgw4N5HmzljxVUqBrb0xZLAod1KmAprgdDYcNYZCpWbTaQozk4iqxHAzpxovdb76O6NMEw/w480-h640/C11A3610-4B1E-46AC-B634-7B0E827F74AE.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finished the 4th of 9 motifs on my counted cross stitch project. This pattern is from Satsuma Street. I'm loving the colours in this pattern. I will start working on the next motif this weekend. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1dDH5Pd8abeQg7u2iTbV_6uE0zLIIgUEiPudB4oWxn558n-EhzvBgDRXb-lgnZH71LpKKd4XwGWS9V4tG0-k7sk5X8ezHMjJhVM3axpvpwO7SNRpLfmsGGH20tApB6XcOrso5hCduzaTy2evWFuV6Ys9AFEiro-EkXO-NM9JKdRMdrXsv6Wn5k3V38w/s4032/2AF51E14-C37F-45EB-AC00-843A2DB69378.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1dDH5Pd8abeQg7u2iTbV_6uE0zLIIgUEiPudB4oWxn558n-EhzvBgDRXb-lgnZH71LpKKd4XwGWS9V4tG0-k7sk5X8ezHMjJhVM3axpvpwO7SNRpLfmsGGH20tApB6XcOrso5hCduzaTy2evWFuV6Ys9AFEiro-EkXO-NM9JKdRMdrXsv6Wn5k3V38w/w480-h640/2AF51E14-C37F-45EB-AC00-843A2DB69378.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1xwN-MLZfblqA7V0K6BGmC0UBgA5yCmM2zKFOUdBT0m_gFwnMw3cdh6xylIhg6AsOUr7CDPD4rr2Y_rqvXmjiKXMUzq-H44WTjyfca7BUgQXAmK1StuhEl7JJN-y7Gro8eU3Dk7P6em_goHxKeW_RywlOeNmvc2DxVFVQK1l0bQDMYseLqAaFKw-_eU/s4032/6845FCAB-A9CD-42C3-A235-7117CC62A85D.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY1xwN-MLZfblqA7V0K6BGmC0UBgA5yCmM2zKFOUdBT0m_gFwnMw3cdh6xylIhg6AsOUr7CDPD4rr2Y_rqvXmjiKXMUzq-H44WTjyfca7BUgQXAmK1StuhEl7JJN-y7Gro8eU3Dk7P6em_goHxKeW_RywlOeNmvc2DxVFVQK1l0bQDMYseLqAaFKw-_eU/w480-h640/6845FCAB-A9CD-42C3-A235-7117CC62A85D.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My daughter received a couple of cross stitch kits from her aunt, uncle and cousins at Christmas. She has made good headway on the first one. All four kits provide clues to solve a murder mystery. I see blood dripping from the sink...</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqI0lMGV3lhO6HEVYo4GUiW8lzVQnx3yPQxO1PXL5Nir0QeBeAmK2taknST2p5i78h-MUbryxMoqIkiTb1i1a77PXXYKjJjVI2eS13Y5TMi_9rPn1k2l_8gUvfciNlsnkSW-w5oIrrjT93rj3Rj3JpYBj0XaJS4GYrIQTzZLFTcWIJz5JTU61dDx36aM4/s1024/02FD6119-C3AE-4525-9352-2E6BC0580243.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqI0lMGV3lhO6HEVYo4GUiW8lzVQnx3yPQxO1PXL5Nir0QeBeAmK2taknST2p5i78h-MUbryxMoqIkiTb1i1a77PXXYKjJjVI2eS13Y5TMi_9rPn1k2l_8gUvfciNlsnkSW-w5oIrrjT93rj3Rj3JpYBj0XaJS4GYrIQTzZLFTcWIJz5JTU61dDx36aM4/w480-h640/02FD6119-C3AE-4525-9352-2E6BC0580243.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn likes to supervise while she stitches...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCk2B-qXhn9O-i3grjcHPOuV_kMnc-Cri20g00ulO3GWzk-zRaD_rFqEdNh6DfeV_pcfc5RH0_ASlZVkjba2_jmKRkLI-DcDrH_Jeayh_rNGY0E97xG6KyIg2g9ogj256AsrvZnlmLHNZlC30i8_OunGx1dKio9og8ahr2_Mge64bwll-FUDaSpPF0IGU/s1024/1CBD69C8-4124-42A2-BAC7-C5DC7C429713.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="576" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCk2B-qXhn9O-i3grjcHPOuV_kMnc-Cri20g00ulO3GWzk-zRaD_rFqEdNh6DfeV_pcfc5RH0_ASlZVkjba2_jmKRkLI-DcDrH_Jeayh_rNGY0E97xG6KyIg2g9ogj256AsrvZnlmLHNZlC30i8_OunGx1dKio9og8ahr2_Mge64bwll-FUDaSpPF0IGU/w360-h640/1CBD69C8-4124-42A2-BAC7-C5DC7C429713.heic" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>My scarf is now 17" long. At this rate, I might finish it for next winter... Do not fear! There is no shortage of scarves in my wardrobe to keep me warm this winter. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbCQdclrsGjyenBMOdyYTx-PxjV1SVslAh6myLp3cgapM56zypgISdM61cqYVbalUV2nlGKP-4eTTHCOaK0I0KiIVAsPg_EckX4Ug6dQ1MkDFCf2aJKqwPBdZsQrqBQ_-I47twBt-r2xRN0Ljkt4iDQPnrmXMB6EbqZFb22MeTGo1HHRELnnXvwIin88/s4032/34AC0F65-A306-4342-A93F-D7FB166581B9.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhbCQdclrsGjyenBMOdyYTx-PxjV1SVslAh6myLp3cgapM56zypgISdM61cqYVbalUV2nlGKP-4eTTHCOaK0I0KiIVAsPg_EckX4Ug6dQ1MkDFCf2aJKqwPBdZsQrqBQ_-I47twBt-r2xRN0Ljkt4iDQPnrmXMB6EbqZFb22MeTGo1HHRELnnXvwIin88/w400-h300/34AC0F65-A306-4342-A93F-D7FB166581B9.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Nothing better than sticking your face into the freshly fallen snow on a sunny day!</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToDtb5twdWLwiT8pnGiXU3SJ89KgSrR8EFGpOise36DbyUKQChMqMbA9d641kbSBsjbKEOHLPuyylAAWXKvFAabyxCkRaLPwxugL6Ga1cQsEWco1peLpZHH8hi7CjLxe4jqkdOVUDbwyO5j-ebzJEjHfG0ubFYBFeQDZS4BrJXbkNZGbSsKSGvWSbt1s/s1600/4875EBF6-B1BF-4391-88B0-6A03D43E2201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1600" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhToDtb5twdWLwiT8pnGiXU3SJ89KgSrR8EFGpOise36DbyUKQChMqMbA9d641kbSBsjbKEOHLPuyylAAWXKvFAabyxCkRaLPwxugL6Ga1cQsEWco1peLpZHH8hi7CjLxe4jqkdOVUDbwyO5j-ebzJEjHfG0ubFYBFeQDZS4BrJXbkNZGbSsKSGvWSbt1s/w400-h368/4875EBF6-B1BF-4391-88B0-6A03D43E2201.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />I mentioned mending in the title of my post. I fixed two pairs of pants and shortened another pair. I don't like to have clothing repairs cluttering up my sewing room so I try to get them out of the way so that I can clutter up the room with fabric instead! I have a retreat coming up in March and I'm starting to assemble a pile of projects to bring with me to the retreat. I will link up with Kathy and the slow stitchers on Sunday as well as Angela and the RSC folks on Saturday. Have a great week. <p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-15614778229333549462024-01-20T21:59:00.000-05:002024-01-20T21:59:13.555-05:00Sewing Day with Friends<p> Before the pandemic, I used to invite a few friends over for a sewing day several times a year. Today, three friends came here for a sewing/embroidery/knitting/cross stitch day. It's fun to sit and chat while we work on our projects. I made everyone basket block pincushions as a souvenir of our day together. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgk8gvDiTDOKdIUPY4829V1e5yqdEH6P2ksUpULC0oxmxxbV3xDzZEl3eb9K6Ov7tmw7-cKWxmSHpjGNoc7Ff2W4vVVkwq8DKL8R511KEkeeF8GkI8LCNRfCy8h59t12Zcti2ZJx-BNW7Od0OQS8ZkJEBUIfIE2eZPR5qcKadXZG7viYmLB5SYgoE8ajU/s4032/14716D65-1E0A-43DD-804E-AE5409679788.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgk8gvDiTDOKdIUPY4829V1e5yqdEH6P2ksUpULC0oxmxxbV3xDzZEl3eb9K6Ov7tmw7-cKWxmSHpjGNoc7Ff2W4vVVkwq8DKL8R511KEkeeF8GkI8LCNRfCy8h59t12Zcti2ZJx-BNW7Od0OQS8ZkJEBUIfIE2eZPR5qcKadXZG7viYmLB5SYgoE8ajU/w480-h640/14716D65-1E0A-43DD-804E-AE5409679788.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdyTS38POGHfwuUFxqsooMpjqPZRHYDUDA_f_FqSITtdtaDVScSCV8aorwWW0dk656hW6GSPueIpq0UJ7ZuSQtGT-BpG8bqQeEG_Nq-uoGwDiVaGnu54LBguvDpmfZC6onLqSXlghp1Bi6h1PyBlCIytF-dMS7og3tOYzfaDwCrjJVD2aoBLHNsJqB4Q/s4032/8CCD27BD-EF76-4C7B-9BDE-5AF8E145ADE7.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicdyTS38POGHfwuUFxqsooMpjqPZRHYDUDA_f_FqSITtdtaDVScSCV8aorwWW0dk656hW6GSPueIpq0UJ7ZuSQtGT-BpG8bqQeEG_Nq-uoGwDiVaGnu54LBguvDpmfZC6onLqSXlghp1Bi6h1PyBlCIytF-dMS7og3tOYzfaDwCrjJVD2aoBLHNsJqB4Q/w480-h640/8CCD27BD-EF76-4C7B-9BDE-5AF8E145ADE7.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn6qEBC2gBkaST1yI6_Ihq14z2s7WL-JD9q9qpl5hinc0_NAAkzfHAO-KX1Smj5H1uNLuklF2I30YO715SwnV8B9miyDAMCQuKgU5wJT0uDillKNVWYBnTUoqDUkt3UStHO_PhzwP1aDxMG2P7aVuk-qc052CJL_wG7InT9uJirSPPiCh6o1__tgt-dM/s4032/3B97413B-4076-4793-8E5E-A7C5B98A2D2D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHn6qEBC2gBkaST1yI6_Ihq14z2s7WL-JD9q9qpl5hinc0_NAAkzfHAO-KX1Smj5H1uNLuklF2I30YO715SwnV8B9miyDAMCQuKgU5wJT0uDillKNVWYBnTUoqDUkt3UStHO_PhzwP1aDxMG2P7aVuk-qc052CJL_wG7InT9uJirSPPiCh6o1__tgt-dM/w480-h640/3B97413B-4076-4793-8E5E-A7C5B98A2D2D.heic" width="480" /></a></div><p>I spent some time this past week getting my main sewing project ready. Last year, one of my Rainbow Scrap Projects was four 6.5" crumb blocks for each of 12 colours. I have been thinking about how I will use these blocks and this week decided to divide them into four sets and make 4 quilts with them. First up, crumby stars! I searched though my stash to find potential background fabrics. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTI7CHPiFL2URsxJ47JY68oYAKLDlhObcCASM5TeH3HYtJBHhv3mXNTap3C4_csr5OHDgaoH1GLJmZFhalWG90ViuhKFZOStwtXK15PyWhus-JL1p1z8hOj99hwxp6EE73X0OA5Wn535RAsiLmxHLbcxF3AAJMw76s2LiL8ReStRSVKlW_ArOqPdgknD8/s4032/F861F657-23AC-403B-AF7C-46557E88E898.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTI7CHPiFL2URsxJ47JY68oYAKLDlhObcCASM5TeH3HYtJBHhv3mXNTap3C4_csr5OHDgaoH1GLJmZFhalWG90ViuhKFZOStwtXK15PyWhus-JL1p1z8hOj99hwxp6EE73X0OA5Wn535RAsiLmxHLbcxF3AAJMw76s2LiL8ReStRSVKlW_ArOqPdgknD8/w480-h640/F861F657-23AC-403B-AF7C-46557E88E898.heic" width="480" /></a></div><p>I had not made my dark green and gold crumb blocks yet so those were on the agenda this week too. I actually made four of each but took this picture after making the green and gold star blocks for my current project. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmi1YE7ZO9ZwG0ezpR7QKRSp6ZZu8VeP9rClY12RYXHIwG9aYoEi_ZQ4bQUU3o4-AtyfTRbCcxm-CXCx9K0kyjIhhabjQFGT8GaIUsZpOFLq7h6QynE5-fY-624e8FMm3sT0wVOe5h_7kuDvQjoS0AZ24QOSXicAfopbf8Sro7CAM2BbGlW2gnNuAZMo/s4032/7B2A203B-528C-4C3E-9DAF-46275E7BDA5B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSmi1YE7ZO9ZwG0ezpR7QKRSp6ZZu8VeP9rClY12RYXHIwG9aYoEi_ZQ4bQUU3o4-AtyfTRbCcxm-CXCx9K0kyjIhhabjQFGT8GaIUsZpOFLq7h6QynE5-fY-624e8FMm3sT0wVOe5h_7kuDvQjoS0AZ24QOSXicAfopbf8Sro7CAM2BbGlW2gnNuAZMo/w480-h640/7B2A203B-528C-4C3E-9DAF-46275E7BDA5B.heic" width="480" /></a></div><p>Then, I cleaned up my solid bins and found some fabrics for the star points on each block. I cut out the pieces for all 12 blocks and I was ready!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DVs3uVPDiKKEuoKCjli4V5e1LzUip5s_N-1iqrqbbExBSH2HVyShhDCVHIX-vLFrPPG5cii_1NDM2_hetStL3vGkQ4Qwv2xalUe0xTBQSzQHX0BG5DLvsmA7FeIozTzuXEj0AQHqUuBvMoikh9GqUJ683rJuXW_LOQUwrT80TWIp20CYtcUUoQDixQM/s4032/9E95F445-954A-45B6-BD0A-5CCEB7AE0125.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6DVs3uVPDiKKEuoKCjli4V5e1LzUip5s_N-1iqrqbbExBSH2HVyShhDCVHIX-vLFrPPG5cii_1NDM2_hetStL3vGkQ4Qwv2xalUe0xTBQSzQHX0BG5DLvsmA7FeIozTzuXEj0AQHqUuBvMoikh9GqUJ683rJuXW_LOQUwrT80TWIp20CYtcUUoQDixQM/w400-h300/9E95F445-954A-45B6-BD0A-5CCEB7AE0125.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnZX8x1_HcAyvnD-f97cQiACaXpSdsHUu-X0S53v5wW3sL6T9-9JNeK7lYdc-ig04QPoUwoW_vX_C1b4I3hSJ3hipW9I4fAeKu3GLHPESdQpcBRAFkT2r8VOAMAUe3OVRh-9ZynuG1-Tvkk_NvrPgqe8fRZQL_V8hxNWchcdnhCqqS9qw0EIir08t62Q/s4032/82E3C6E0-AA76-457F-9641-2F7F93579E7B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhnZX8x1_HcAyvnD-f97cQiACaXpSdsHUu-X0S53v5wW3sL6T9-9JNeK7lYdc-ig04QPoUwoW_vX_C1b4I3hSJ3hipW9I4fAeKu3GLHPESdQpcBRAFkT2r8VOAMAUe3OVRh-9ZynuG1-Tvkk_NvrPgqe8fRZQL_V8hxNWchcdnhCqqS9qw0EIir08t62Q/w480-h640/82E3C6E0-AA76-457F-9641-2F7F93579E7B.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the end of the day, I had sewn 7/12 blocks with only one small slip up along the way. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYppIjHdfmvMtxb8Ef18dVrVhIl6NldcrtQpMTzZpp9kL9m2SPxJQzrO6_ivLfEhuexy0g80gNvBjwE19t6RVpkFDoaMDqrcWpZuFoJeySMepzBHSx-cyCAmr8PCijqLtWaO8fqVl3HkqMQJcZ7ieck8BHhqbsjB449N_fjO9A6Ok1hD37Rj2oI9GufUk/s4032/A6F71EB4-2F30-41D7-A2D2-C4AD1FCA7499.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYppIjHdfmvMtxb8Ef18dVrVhIl6NldcrtQpMTzZpp9kL9m2SPxJQzrO6_ivLfEhuexy0g80gNvBjwE19t6RVpkFDoaMDqrcWpZuFoJeySMepzBHSx-cyCAmr8PCijqLtWaO8fqVl3HkqMQJcZ7ieck8BHhqbsjB449N_fjO9A6Ok1hD37Rj2oI9GufUk/w400-h300/A6F71EB4-2F30-41D7-A2D2-C4AD1FCA7499.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YmywsLx4ctVtlixxcRX3-2BYnzS2BrmI1Y5L7fjtEcLVVveCljIlrWWKcp-w5HjUczY-3QNvehgGoN4N_lGSk-EGoTH1h1GeZYVQslDTMwQav1KouPuFrvuc4XYUaeB1zLHW4V6_nOENsP-hBCQ10paEDh6o8MkLOXqB2IfwGuN2yFYPncoM3SYxrB4/s4032/AA51C83D-FDC7-4F90-A806-52A923E55B50.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-YmywsLx4ctVtlixxcRX3-2BYnzS2BrmI1Y5L7fjtEcLVVveCljIlrWWKcp-w5HjUczY-3QNvehgGoN4N_lGSk-EGoTH1h1GeZYVQslDTMwQav1KouPuFrvuc4XYUaeB1zLHW4V6_nOENsP-hBCQ10paEDh6o8MkLOXqB2IfwGuN2yFYPncoM3SYxrB4/w480-h640/AA51C83D-FDC7-4F90-A806-52A923E55B50.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What did everyone else work on, you may ask? Christine added binding to a quilt and worked on crumb blocks for a Drunkard's path quilt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJU1CTBP1Zrw4orSGZn4KIgITJ9R468BQuGXkKP4zSSUovBYF-aWdQoGcGK7IbFYUjl2dOFQZJ1Cx4qbJ_G42CvM9AUuzVNr6Y8Vw5AnwpUXz-YZu4vBwtp-usPfqzk-9F01F4jPnh_OnZyeeySUz1E1bTpIREj0sSpVo7d2mVvS9MWlCImR01HMKHM0/s4032/7B12B612-190D-4767-B26D-74FF8D1AE559.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvJU1CTBP1Zrw4orSGZn4KIgITJ9R468BQuGXkKP4zSSUovBYF-aWdQoGcGK7IbFYUjl2dOFQZJ1Cx4qbJ_G42CvM9AUuzVNr6Y8Vw5AnwpUXz-YZu4vBwtp-usPfqzk-9F01F4jPnh_OnZyeeySUz1E1bTpIREj0sSpVo7d2mVvS9MWlCImR01HMKHM0/w400-h300/7B12B612-190D-4767-B26D-74FF8D1AE559.heic" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">About mid afternoon, we decided to move to the living room for handwork. Christine did some cross stitching on a Halloween picture. </span></div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaZMaxNbjIhGoBERpdXrndKC0AlqQTngboykB43ydaXUf_zpodc9klMAvU_CE9wAyJ-nOnUwHHRGoQGG22it0e9qA0FqvF3kSSVctfx5Q2BCoWXy12cvkY02YUy4WQcS3BF5sbYIZ9zW0DWS4_1dt9WpC1-CZRYCGCAGBtmMIhyphenhyphenB8b5KvGMO1GeSZMyM/s4032/1E061908-07EF-48FA-BBC8-55968E93221B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgaZMaxNbjIhGoBERpdXrndKC0AlqQTngboykB43ydaXUf_zpodc9klMAvU_CE9wAyJ-nOnUwHHRGoQGG22it0e9qA0FqvF3kSSVctfx5Q2BCoWXy12cvkY02YUy4WQcS3BF5sbYIZ9zW0DWS4_1dt9WpC1-CZRYCGCAGBtmMIhyphenhyphenB8b5KvGMO1GeSZMyM/w480-h640/1E061908-07EF-48FA-BBC8-55968E93221B.heic" width="480" /></a></div><p>Pat worked on knitting a hat, socks and a pair of mittens as well as some counted cross stitch. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpEhkQOagFTxxjyh1S0mpB74AgZTPzKNWri40SkCvGR0vrwzEkIfxpe8xrlYXEWQ6Gj5GQtNck6ZwIZvD3YO9YJJNsTkuVkqe8iLbvDj90spGbx-lq99780KZ7mCPnSxgQF6vVua-mXuVWUkZkNCnPiEP2FdRAAwnt_ZSPYI3mt8myqTWfYqyoRbAtr8/s4032/3E109D68-9E83-4640-84B3-D62D57A0EE2D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRpEhkQOagFTxxjyh1S0mpB74AgZTPzKNWri40SkCvGR0vrwzEkIfxpe8xrlYXEWQ6Gj5GQtNck6ZwIZvD3YO9YJJNsTkuVkqe8iLbvDj90spGbx-lq99780KZ7mCPnSxgQF6vVua-mXuVWUkZkNCnPiEP2FdRAAwnt_ZSPYI3mt8myqTWfYqyoRbAtr8/w480-h640/3E109D68-9E83-4640-84B3-D62D57A0EE2D.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8aJCNL0oYAUetCo7W5QOJmx6WmlslDROAirkUPKpJHW3pxKJ40bqe3fPxCq_fdSZl-ioa-iJom4cFfGpMeFo6-AlZUUaXBA1I0KgbV8iYkWjs1WFHC2KI469i4h1sKh0ResnXN9XjPyFUGzBF-a_oXLLFPySDM8UXhQ3BAlUIvzaaY2BWbzZnzxK67o/s4032/60231C15-B95B-4D21-83D2-400E26BB4E0F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD8aJCNL0oYAUetCo7W5QOJmx6WmlslDROAirkUPKpJHW3pxKJ40bqe3fPxCq_fdSZl-ioa-iJom4cFfGpMeFo6-AlZUUaXBA1I0KgbV8iYkWjs1WFHC2KI469i4h1sKh0ResnXN9XjPyFUGzBF-a_oXLLFPySDM8UXhQ3BAlUIvzaaY2BWbzZnzxK67o/w480-h640/60231C15-B95B-4D21-83D2-400E26BB4E0F.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRO6hUkwFc-jWKhR6Z3esvhu2lIRkBcrfOdE5Kv7ZNfBHw7bEX3hyptG9pNlwqtvsPNbvAnuY5PKXcyG4XULdeBiJ66aaW1gVaFg9IzgzO7Erl0J4VkPjKmbj2hAjAT7HZ-XEKrSU_JAaeX_yXlhgcVgCE3RHt-cMql-9RMgSqwXzTesGjduZ0rcxiEg/s4032/ED4F90E7-94DD-4509-9236-65842BCAB872.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRO6hUkwFc-jWKhR6Z3esvhu2lIRkBcrfOdE5Kv7ZNfBHw7bEX3hyptG9pNlwqtvsPNbvAnuY5PKXcyG4XULdeBiJ66aaW1gVaFg9IzgzO7Erl0J4VkPjKmbj2hAjAT7HZ-XEKrSU_JAaeX_yXlhgcVgCE3RHt-cMql-9RMgSqwXzTesGjduZ0rcxiEg/w480-h640/ED4F90E7-94DD-4509-9236-65842BCAB872.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><br />Elaine worked on some embroidery for a pillow. This will be a long term project. <p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXmd6NwuFV4sDJ17Lct5U9F2DyH-UyawhMPoK0mRPI6i9asiZ0pktHk16a5v58YJI87RweUdZXImIU2GwanQa5DfGVY4gUn-L_3duqt8LsWsoduN4vRVMGOHQIy_zzcIrNd_hUTOzB7-TLQCjVToo27bkDT7cmynGwL8LG5zepZxc5h2u3_BeZKqA6LM/s4032/148E01E9-2F28-4A10-BA67-B4E96631B245.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmXmd6NwuFV4sDJ17Lct5U9F2DyH-UyawhMPoK0mRPI6i9asiZ0pktHk16a5v58YJI87RweUdZXImIU2GwanQa5DfGVY4gUn-L_3duqt8LsWsoduN4vRVMGOHQIy_zzcIrNd_hUTOzB7-TLQCjVToo27bkDT7cmynGwL8LG5zepZxc5h2u3_BeZKqA6LM/w480-h640/148E01E9-2F28-4A10-BA67-B4E96631B245.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxPz5kBWJ84C0BM15ERW6TFkOSgcFgDXoS-mP0rzuPYeMDZ4MFjEhZEcNg2z7VGpmLCTs1ibb4k3f7skovpMaL3iSlMNXdctm9rYcaeedzP_2SbXJw-tGjTrsIr17CbI57H8fJurZ4Ur3Xh4VFv14KU1CvExfBXCTNvfaESetaq-zWFfPlprHUKpMsoE/s4032/1823A9F5-530B-4CB2-8B4D-4319472D5865.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSxPz5kBWJ84C0BM15ERW6TFkOSgcFgDXoS-mP0rzuPYeMDZ4MFjEhZEcNg2z7VGpmLCTs1ibb4k3f7skovpMaL3iSlMNXdctm9rYcaeedzP_2SbXJw-tGjTrsIr17CbI57H8fJurZ4Ur3Xh4VFv14KU1CvExfBXCTNvfaESetaq-zWFfPlprHUKpMsoE/w480-h640/1823A9F5-530B-4CB2-8B4D-4319472D5865.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4y1JLOzB4KdmvGfPFLmzGb4v3Pj6PtoW2cs2Wdt2i-gqRAFLAQoUr9SnOBsIw1S4ElqyB5wFOafSNcWoNGm9tM4NAbMnnnwIHPZsFJsoUfpxlckRZwH7gpgBf7a0i85WHlmvG_k1_JAXEPQWr5trJ7TG_e-D-_nHDDdvI80m5BLcbIpwlxRHBSqABuc/w480-h640/60C44A6A-B03D-4D9B-B222-685F59419102.heic" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 238); color: #0000ee; text-align: left; text-decoration: underline;" width="480" /></div><p>During handwork time, I added more rows to my scarf--it is now 15" long. (last week, it was 12" long")</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrt-aJIx7zP4Mj7csU0yqnTWiMU3_zt6yT38ZC8KCRHN4Q1rm3A6a9ADYJ0MPuDl6e_T0vziX8_LLYrilzKqqXc6oJWSV2MwYzOvZS-67eBhHc5pNDUuO-ZNtxO6Gd0GiaU8SEyM8Dvof-uUZuIGA8s01BAnYS-BJad_fZ_dcQnIENtp5MCcoESg4JoR8/s4032/CE807575-7606-4DB9-AF1A-F5074B2AB20E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrt-aJIx7zP4Mj7csU0yqnTWiMU3_zt6yT38ZC8KCRHN4Q1rm3A6a9ADYJ0MPuDl6e_T0vziX8_LLYrilzKqqXc6oJWSV2MwYzOvZS-67eBhHc5pNDUuO-ZNtxO6Gd0GiaU8SEyM8Dvof-uUZuIGA8s01BAnYS-BJad_fZ_dcQnIENtp5MCcoESg4JoR8/w480-h640/CE807575-7606-4DB9-AF1A-F5074B2AB20E.heic" width="480" /></a></div><p>Progress was made on my winter cross stitch as well. I am working on the fourth motif now as well as the purple border stitches. </p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZUZlgGsGUiVPQwGtqgnYUJS0GBGbFrR9fnENzxGgGXTj9weX4bMGQPs_nnFI7ASTTGS8t0vYzSRYBzqXQNp2l2OTL3IPpBHwhPccbFjfkqahkx2rKwn4tcGDzm6B-f9ghF2aLl7letMB9WLyQUKeRLw0BtIGxaeR2Pk2cdwRZhyphenhyphen5nPAZ00PZF5tqppQ/s4032/FD6FD4A2-AFDE-4BAA-978D-C46DF930C62D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisZUZlgGsGUiVPQwGtqgnYUJS0GBGbFrR9fnENzxGgGXTj9weX4bMGQPs_nnFI7ASTTGS8t0vYzSRYBzqXQNp2l2OTL3IPpBHwhPccbFjfkqahkx2rKwn4tcGDzm6B-f9ghF2aLl7letMB9WLyQUKeRLw0BtIGxaeR2Pk2cdwRZhyphenhyphen5nPAZ00PZF5tqppQ/w480-h640/FD6FD4A2-AFDE-4BAA-978D-C46DF930C62D.heic" width="480" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><div>It was very cold here this week and the wind was blowing hard, so hard that it coated the gate at the pier in Port Stanley with ice. After bundling up against the cold, my husband and I went down to take a look. We took a few pictures and headed back to the car to get out of the wind. We stopped for tea and hot chocolate at a little café on the way home. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfszqjnsXhnw-o70IqZjo7pl5exuzr5Wi1nr_UoWezNjWc-ti20fD6ZniE-S8nmKjTr2RFVJo7gLEdjlN_E5Q9SSspEpY8PaDNrOuiOsWfAKII6vdeexUASJDk1s8CcxvRjLH8gCFYeeV_6kfk-Yv9wuCazDSLU9CKHNP5mpDiLjsbkVlPRCYPHXjfhK0/s4032/1E613AA1-E85A-4A76-98CB-8CB8B222611B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfszqjnsXhnw-o70IqZjo7pl5exuzr5Wi1nr_UoWezNjWc-ti20fD6ZniE-S8nmKjTr2RFVJo7gLEdjlN_E5Q9SSspEpY8PaDNrOuiOsWfAKII6vdeexUASJDk1s8CcxvRjLH8gCFYeeV_6kfk-Yv9wuCazDSLU9CKHNP5mpDiLjsbkVlPRCYPHXjfhK0/w480-h640/1E613AA1-E85A-4A76-98CB-8CB8B222611B.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbLv2P8YcOvDUa5R-IXW1S1p-Yrfyhx9KXJvGNVI5R80N3njaCxxf6YWCH0edei1GzCUNS7OTA4_8kuCeNSMu3pzGxTEUW2Ev-gKFNICRy66QCaxp-KDTNDNDnWHKE0rvB5b68rLWn5BKroTdTelOoD4FC3h0Fi7RwXTz9y06YMmIgRrHUgdzrtvx25s/s4032/99A1F862-20BD-4BDE-8AC1-F6E84A600882.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGbLv2P8YcOvDUa5R-IXW1S1p-Yrfyhx9KXJvGNVI5R80N3njaCxxf6YWCH0edei1GzCUNS7OTA4_8kuCeNSMu3pzGxTEUW2Ev-gKFNICRy66QCaxp-KDTNDNDnWHKE0rvB5b68rLWn5BKroTdTelOoD4FC3h0Fi7RwXTz9y06YMmIgRrHUgdzrtvx25s/w400-h300/99A1F862-20BD-4BDE-8AC1-F6E84A600882.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br />We did not take a seat on this bench!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxChWu4kFxIDPdtdL0F6PZeg-VJLnTPtsQ0EDZ0a-SqYlOOi3JNOinvOKLVJfAyaVVO36EhMVM15VN1rH5GG9sJ0hiZnXrt1-G2H8qyrtVw6gFu8fhI0cCtiXoOHfZjlsQ1g4zWcJHqodgROEtsNDjO5US59q9AwPcQPLsxY3Qk4fIx-SRWcrZsum4vg/s4032/E8D979FC-9958-4C24-BDD9-B6930074B959.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvxChWu4kFxIDPdtdL0F6PZeg-VJLnTPtsQ0EDZ0a-SqYlOOi3JNOinvOKLVJfAyaVVO36EhMVM15VN1rH5GG9sJ0hiZnXrt1-G2H8qyrtVw6gFu8fhI0cCtiXoOHfZjlsQ1g4zWcJHqodgROEtsNDjO5US59q9AwPcQPLsxY3Qk4fIx-SRWcrZsum4vg/w480-h640/E8D979FC-9958-4C24-BDD9-B6930074B959.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Finn doesn't like getting his winter gear on but still likes going for a walk outside, even when its cold. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9Dm3qSfv6IiH-AYp5k_gmbsXuPPesn0eX5oovy9YFSqI-nN3c02tojMEHaMFWa0hoTBM4vof8jxSSZmz36p12Ub4H7bDP66kDxvUZisZrb1G4VJObv8V3TK97LYLaXNh5riOEYkrslpmiT5bdgbyw_pVkJTVlx1HjOi8U3wHiDJfTkGCDkqh-HMCVuE/s1000/79B37D90-9AF7-4043-926E-D2DF2F35AF76.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo9Dm3qSfv6IiH-AYp5k_gmbsXuPPesn0eX5oovy9YFSqI-nN3c02tojMEHaMFWa0hoTBM4vof8jxSSZmz36p12Ub4H7bDP66kDxvUZisZrb1G4VJObv8V3TK97LYLaXNh5riOEYkrslpmiT5bdgbyw_pVkJTVlx1HjOi8U3wHiDJfTkGCDkqh-HMCVuE/w480-h640/79B37D90-9AF7-4043-926E-D2DF2F35AF76.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><p>I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitching group in the morning as well as Frederique and the RSC folks. </p></div></div>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-27113658449814238382024-01-13T12:25:00.002-05:002024-01-13T12:25:48.481-05:00Progress on Several Fronts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I managed to do some knitting or sewing or cross stitching every day this week! My Gross Morne scarf is now 1 foot (31 cm) long. I have decided to include the measurement each time I show it as it is hard to tell from the photo alone if I have made any progress. I still have a ways to go on this project! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaLoX3W7VQsED6eyOaanRKlPu4OGfXkYc2QL4nJQAp9vW435zzXZGWCdc0F2osye7VL2b7ONUwlnz7meoZyfPHOtcKUf0YrGIJO_MZfVY7NBcPwaI0QRwHMLKPlH6A018D_LU906PpntVfjTEG-cKKtRo6FghfVg6Y94ImQUmKunvXr5Q23YpKmpQ4lI/s4032/0B094B1E-2627-4479-BB50-0DB10656D32A.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaLoX3W7VQsED6eyOaanRKlPu4OGfXkYc2QL4nJQAp9vW435zzXZGWCdc0F2osye7VL2b7ONUwlnz7meoZyfPHOtcKUf0YrGIJO_MZfVY7NBcPwaI0QRwHMLKPlH6A018D_LU906PpntVfjTEG-cKKtRo6FghfVg6Y94ImQUmKunvXr5Q23YpKmpQ4lI/w480-h640/0B094B1E-2627-4479-BB50-0DB10656D32A.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />I made my husband and my daughter pillowcases for Christmas but ran out of time to make one for myself so I did that this week. The two main fabrics were purchased in the East Coast Quilting Company store in St. John's, Newfoundland. The berries in the border are called Bake Apples or Cloud Berries. They grow wild in Newfoundland and are used in jam, sauces and ice cream. There is only one berry per plant so picking them is labour intensive. They are delicious! The colourful houses represent the jelly bean houses in St. John's. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFriR-Q8gSy0ymqsjT1rvxAem4Oa4SKjYlIbkzDETH8VeYtCalY3OJ_3w1tonRityRQC6BUVeMlZ0O744wcxGRKBzlkR0jHeJFd4ptKkUOTjvF9J_lFp4DrAIbS5wYzEvJMRnnVqTFGj8XAfx0WtFHpqWNeGjDamkFNY9hyphenhyphenXaEbapJx1uRPcxFiO3VUDU/s4032/824A8896-3331-4AB9-8B40-280378BBECD2.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFriR-Q8gSy0ymqsjT1rvxAem4Oa4SKjYlIbkzDETH8VeYtCalY3OJ_3w1tonRityRQC6BUVeMlZ0O744wcxGRKBzlkR0jHeJFd4ptKkUOTjvF9J_lFp4DrAIbS5wYzEvJMRnnVqTFGj8XAfx0WtFHpqWNeGjDamkFNY9hyphenhyphenXaEbapJx1uRPcxFiO3VUDU/w480-h640/824A8896-3331-4AB9-8B40-280378BBECD2.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I started a new rainbow scrap challenge project...These are cut without a template so each one is a bit different. I will make four each month using my I spy fabrics and the appropriate background colour from my solid stash. They are 6" squares. I will make an I Spy baby quilt with the finished blocks. I would like to do another RSC project this year but have not decided on anything yet. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2If-cYJD-ESUDLoY2PAhShtCJqCAwnbkqwIsgTCJHaajHbGcOp9SM8UWJjlNsL27I-djFrhYnWMXNdu38bMM35cKfNQDp3MKDaqoA7tkJe-occkXE-ZnBmJnkDluw3XltaLm7mhN30G9QLfeD8RBVn_s1DJJQqWuUVjUxhf5CQi9t99xRZZfx2Q9c-fs/s2969/7EACCC75-1B55-4C10-B7E0-23C6C57953AD.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2969" data-original-width="2855" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2If-cYJD-ESUDLoY2PAhShtCJqCAwnbkqwIsgTCJHaajHbGcOp9SM8UWJjlNsL27I-djFrhYnWMXNdu38bMM35cKfNQDp3MKDaqoA7tkJe-occkXE-ZnBmJnkDluw3XltaLm7mhN30G9QLfeD8RBVn_s1DJJQqWuUVjUxhf5CQi9t99xRZZfx2Q9c-fs/s320/7EACCC75-1B55-4C10-B7E0-23C6C57953AD.heic" width="308" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made and finished off the facing on my David Owen Hastings class project. I will be hanging this up in my sewing room. I would like to try making more of these little quilts inspired by architecture sometime. This one was inspired by a picture I took at the chapel ruin at Dunnottar Castle in Scotland in 2019. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qb1cJMZwYDsiJtApNcj52Q71r1CjLTfDFpDTp-jWkgQmJhcy8h_cCtDJ1T0vZ6sWzt9iy5f3bkQqsRtpEyxmIPXeCKZxBjTAWxopbABuVxRJAk7AZgTyFt2Ks3t7xHvx-eQD309S9f7Zi8hUOaiZr0odHkrEwo7ESG9_-NjaDJaXFXRKZGQyz9bJ2Kk/s3288/D073BB16-709F-4DEF-8DED-0D93122409AD.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3288" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9qb1cJMZwYDsiJtApNcj52Q71r1CjLTfDFpDTp-jWkgQmJhcy8h_cCtDJ1T0vZ6sWzt9iy5f3bkQqsRtpEyxmIPXeCKZxBjTAWxopbABuVxRJAk7AZgTyFt2Ks3t7xHvx-eQD309S9f7Zi8hUOaiZr0odHkrEwo7ESG9_-NjaDJaXFXRKZGQyz9bJ2Kk/w368-h400/D073BB16-709F-4DEF-8DED-0D93122409AD.heic" width="368" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I put in a lot of stitches on my Christmas cross stitch this week. The reindeer in the upper right corner is just about done--the antlers and legs are yet to be done (plus a bit of the lower body). </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdlLvy_i5nAKHouujF-_rBhEzLh1_LRY91XpTI_nefRuM7ZEQyDHymo_N57by0wwEe3D1eB-Zn8vRL-FiXgzJv3q1c6LyIoJ5acfB_5FjpclV7wtICrYv_SwaWRIl0GVuXaMSf4aFaPglzzcPICH2j8Cabq5nA9ipMm4NXBsRj4p1CNK6Jc3mvgpKpTM/s4032/747366AC-F025-4777-9450-5E32F11B17FF.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjdlLvy_i5nAKHouujF-_rBhEzLh1_LRY91XpTI_nefRuM7ZEQyDHymo_N57by0wwEe3D1eB-Zn8vRL-FiXgzJv3q1c6LyIoJ5acfB_5FjpclV7wtICrYv_SwaWRIl0GVuXaMSf4aFaPglzzcPICH2j8Cabq5nA9ipMm4NXBsRj4p1CNK6Jc3mvgpKpTM/w480-h640/747366AC-F025-4777-9450-5E32F11B17FF.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">While digging around in a bin of UFO's this week, I found this 4.5" basket block that was just begging to be made into a pin cushion. I used some cute pin fabric on the back. I made the basket block at least 12 years ago. There is an extra layer of white fabric under the basket block to keep the crushed walnut shells from making the white fabric look dingy. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaafmTiaYn9agqwz5KsZ_kyQsNiuOgL4mwmPRcZ1PxtiXHEl7pSqrk8khwblVKd9Jf18qMqWQ8UXlKtV_s4Wvzrwvz0r9AzdfWnkP41E0y3Wqd6UkYmR0_U5mSqpIBWmIdk9vZKMQPpsRr_-0cWrMqFupqt9Y96A3TBJZy_5fSbX_zSHDycnM-1tr9pnw/s4032/19E101E7-5F4A-41B8-A72F-6B61E33DEFA8.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaafmTiaYn9agqwz5KsZ_kyQsNiuOgL4mwmPRcZ1PxtiXHEl7pSqrk8khwblVKd9Jf18qMqWQ8UXlKtV_s4Wvzrwvz0r9AzdfWnkP41E0y3Wqd6UkYmR0_U5mSqpIBWmIdk9vZKMQPpsRr_-0cWrMqFupqt9Y96A3TBJZy_5fSbX_zSHDycnM-1tr9pnw/w480-h640/19E101E7-5F4A-41B8-A72F-6B61E33DEFA8.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLcpdf88FL8CsB2CsdUdgZEregNeaXhNQrd4-SZAW1ByLfDG_ZlYNjioy7pnkedkCDTDPUVEL5pisKW5roAQM_kx_Oeep2fNjBbSKNqY2U1YFMH_c1_Lzai_NQcQpkmlELRirgS6TQc8Sc7bVgM7MoomxhLoNKPd0EmQz_VnmqLlelaZvsEXAnXKnMIY/s4032/FB515A83-992C-4CE5-B068-9CD178914BBF.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLcpdf88FL8CsB2CsdUdgZEregNeaXhNQrd4-SZAW1ByLfDG_ZlYNjioy7pnkedkCDTDPUVEL5pisKW5roAQM_kx_Oeep2fNjBbSKNqY2U1YFMH_c1_Lzai_NQcQpkmlELRirgS6TQc8Sc7bVgM7MoomxhLoNKPd0EmQz_VnmqLlelaZvsEXAnXKnMIY/w480-h640/FB515A83-992C-4CE5-B068-9CD178914BBF.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I finally finished piecing the back for my modern sampler quilt--I used only stash fabrics for this one. I will cut the batting to the right size and take it to the long armer this week. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHHO-ITHGGI3oUqe_HFvX_fYVkp7EI5tFfKhHSiagbepZum-AAomdaylNaTUlSuk4MjqVfw6fgBZQbojtawzQZxl4ggyRojbYJUYLIghS0MxBQOvOYFAddzX3uxSrvfIcE1rOZKlKOfc68-JQUg_qiKNgx8gqHtmMZNjS0QV74CihyLz3QhcUKCs3NPI/s4032/5B38502A-9B4B-4208-819E-7390820F3111.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpHHO-ITHGGI3oUqe_HFvX_fYVkp7EI5tFfKhHSiagbepZum-AAomdaylNaTUlSuk4MjqVfw6fgBZQbojtawzQZxl4ggyRojbYJUYLIghS0MxBQOvOYFAddzX3uxSrvfIcE1rOZKlKOfc68-JQUg_qiKNgx8gqHtmMZNjS0QV74CihyLz3QhcUKCs3NPI/w480-h640/5B38502A-9B4B-4208-819E-7390820F3111.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn keeps my daughter in sight at all times and often has to be touching her. Here they are, toe to toe!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbwKU3KFw-x3PN7ZkKJDYe7Bl9xo8MdZcwQXHhPiviz3ivsXFjoM9mlQB_fQOIiVkMpenOT_CPkNYZJWc8kOZMp28M95hWH6Bceldlr1UBUmu2BvrQjYp8k1BrTT8zGlQM_5Gr9-oNO9MR5FN0n_FvieB7XxErgXCw3-Q8NhrSfNDbIPnOF0P_2HPKbs/s2880/9E7F6D26-F762-4671-AB2A-C6730DBE4E93.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="2880" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbwKU3KFw-x3PN7ZkKJDYe7Bl9xo8MdZcwQXHhPiviz3ivsXFjoM9mlQB_fQOIiVkMpenOT_CPkNYZJWc8kOZMp28M95hWH6Bceldlr1UBUmu2BvrQjYp8k1BrTT8zGlQM_5Gr9-oNO9MR5FN0n_FvieB7XxErgXCw3-Q8NhrSfNDbIPnOF0P_2HPKbs/w400-h266/9E7F6D26-F762-4671-AB2A-C6730DBE4E93.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A wintery blast arrived this week so it is time for boots and a coat. Finn is not thrilled. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgts6tYKHi4brEIsydlsEkw3cDLTCmgGXsqcB6PdRPTkUidnregu33PtCPw26jnI-zC44SDe_fsfS7CLmcs8pdbvn1733DWnCypHmchlJsNA2Cj9e-m61OczwWf47Z9E3rp-727oQ1IzCsitlEL0MKjNs12puA_99NtEXv3ftE75c7gEX9PuP6VlRwhlDk/s2048/322A0329-19C3-4C46-A16D-B371ADA586CA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgts6tYKHi4brEIsydlsEkw3cDLTCmgGXsqcB6PdRPTkUidnregu33PtCPw26jnI-zC44SDe_fsfS7CLmcs8pdbvn1733DWnCypHmchlJsNA2Cj9e-m61OczwWf47Z9E3rp-727oQ1IzCsitlEL0MKjNs12puA_99NtEXv3ftE75c7gEX9PuP6VlRwhlDk/w360-h640/322A0329-19C3-4C46-A16D-B371ADA586CA.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5S5YiYga4oQRrKA3yP5uMz4NX4u3dEkOYwuazJNok1U4qikyw0mwo0ZzO2q64wPvTdABB3tYQLLW-1Gx_mDDeVriIzeFfp0jiNGPUZVrkM2MIB0tKKbOUX82iobdnkubtcUYRFxpTYiNu1Uw-I1ZLg3ZSBFIlHdqd2FX_Bhe-fSc2Ea-QLRFUP4IDSc/s2048/721DB215-125C-4FB7-89C0-B44CE6B79684.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX5S5YiYga4oQRrKA3yP5uMz4NX4u3dEkOYwuazJNok1U4qikyw0mwo0ZzO2q64wPvTdABB3tYQLLW-1Gx_mDDeVriIzeFfp0jiNGPUZVrkM2MIB0tKKbOUX82iobdnkubtcUYRFxpTYiNu1Uw-I1ZLg3ZSBFIlHdqd2FX_Bhe-fSc2Ea-QLRFUP4IDSc/w360-h640/721DB215-125C-4FB7-89C0-B44CE6B79684.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><br />I will link up with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge, Frederique and Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching. <br /><p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-60417505323647280292024-01-06T21:27:00.007-05:002024-01-06T21:27:55.209-05:00Stitching Everyday!<p>Kathy, our Slow Sunday Stitching organizer and cheerleader, keeps a journal/calendar where she documents what she sews/knits etc. each day. I decided I would track my stitching activities each day this year on a wall calendar which I will keep in my sewing room. So far, I have stitched and/or knitted every day this year! We will see how this goes. I don't have a goal of how many days each week I want to stitch--I'm just going to track my activities. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I added more stitches to my counted cross stitch Christmas project. This will continue to be my winter stitching. I have actually added more of the purple borders already and will be working on a reindeer next--to the right of the wreath. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5g811i1YplbFam3b_ynMCS2ha8cF75qyh5XXdMWfnE1g3txVyxnRjquAAa3noJnnpgY0MetWEf9o47l0-tEQLWIh4CQXS_CJSD4wIYp610tbqAq7TpY3wtyKSEGj3P5IVjCr_H53dFT2DzDqkKl-AdVslXYEO95QqV2aHTtfO68lDztmT3GYhP45VWS0/s4032/6D6C4B69-56B5-462C-98A2-D8424B363924.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5g811i1YplbFam3b_ynMCS2ha8cF75qyh5XXdMWfnE1g3txVyxnRjquAAa3noJnnpgY0MetWEf9o47l0-tEQLWIh4CQXS_CJSD4wIYp610tbqAq7TpY3wtyKSEGj3P5IVjCr_H53dFT2DzDqkKl-AdVslXYEO95QqV2aHTtfO68lDztmT3GYhP45VWS0/w480-h640/6D6C4B69-56B5-462C-98A2-D8424B363924.heic" width="480" /></a></div><p>Christine and I got together to sew on Friday and I put my Rainbow Scrap Challenge pineapple log cabin blocks together. I had to use a lot of pins to keep all of the seams matched up. The seams are pressed open because each block is foundation pieced on fabric so there are lots of layers. I'm not sure how I'm going to quilt this yet. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlZpLidiz2nWKqrgfiKsA-BRw8ks9yBAZQkMSTqGFfCVdDzkYV_hFuwEd28j-4AK3E6fF-WcsoNczllG9F6rla8zOU6M-kAy5Lyc5KTqMc6mASwq9NBcKDCINsdHt8ziyaGbC_sZxk4m_DKtwJ7ObjcbNULt83bcWN2IPDtGkuzKEdw1MAD6WyBxXsP4/s4032/06983813-0395-4B1D-A839-C31F3D89B9F1.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlZpLidiz2nWKqrgfiKsA-BRw8ks9yBAZQkMSTqGFfCVdDzkYV_hFuwEd28j-4AK3E6fF-WcsoNczllG9F6rla8zOU6M-kAy5Lyc5KTqMc6mASwq9NBcKDCINsdHt8ziyaGbC_sZxk4m_DKtwJ7ObjcbNULt83bcWN2IPDtGkuzKEdw1MAD6WyBxXsP4/w480-h640/06983813-0395-4B1D-A839-C31F3D89B9F1.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYNY6t8cntzXp2_drfK9QIxfQYYMcdfJIqgGKxrNbyEN-0UZlYSbkqXMLKhQqTVTFWvGIejFWU0is8v24rIrO6uoAgjKvouIePrWqLkAQ2uemUXQW8qb_wBqH_MGNc4Et8zNVuTNqlnyhd7NNC_cUk8fUFIK473t7pu5nuaP7Sz4J5u2CZbHUL1E_KEg/s4032/B83BD50A-61DB-475B-ABF6-421A297494B7.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYNY6t8cntzXp2_drfK9QIxfQYYMcdfJIqgGKxrNbyEN-0UZlYSbkqXMLKhQqTVTFWvGIejFWU0is8v24rIrO6uoAgjKvouIePrWqLkAQ2uemUXQW8qb_wBqH_MGNc4Et8zNVuTNqlnyhd7NNC_cUk8fUFIK473t7pu5nuaP7Sz4J5u2CZbHUL1E_KEg/w480-h640/B83BD50A-61DB-475B-ABF6-421A297494B7.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I added the new binding to my daughter's quilt and noticed that the batting is getting a bit bunchy--this quilt has been washed many times. My daughter loves how soft it feels and doesn't care about bunchy batting. The new binding is a light blue Kona cotton and should be more durable than the flannel binding that I took off. It is the same colour as the previous binding. I got three sides of the hand stitching done in the car when we took Finn and our daughter home after the holidays. The quilt is at her place and I will finish the hand stitching when I am there in February to visit. I also repaired a few small holes and covered a larger area of wear on the back of the quilt with a new piece of flannel. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22hFusKXn-GBKQQ2d8ojfpFfPPblEZmzKT3Eb0yvnHYsZLYYk3ALvjLI59nDN7o8sJiE_g3nHaF5QiM1PHeYwoUiTuJ2X6zvrcAnbLnkmrwj28hlWwEpt4TWTFJ5uTNL45xyxUV301mtop4hZ7GyACjCQdHQl6ul2u0ttTny0Uzg_jZliq5PTuZqQIgU/s4032/C4B5DB9A-CBB8-4ABE-8DD4-7F9E87C88E89.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg22hFusKXn-GBKQQ2d8ojfpFfPPblEZmzKT3Eb0yvnHYsZLYYk3ALvjLI59nDN7o8sJiE_g3nHaF5QiM1PHeYwoUiTuJ2X6zvrcAnbLnkmrwj28hlWwEpt4TWTFJ5uTNL45xyxUV301mtop4hZ7GyACjCQdHQl6ul2u0ttTny0Uzg_jZliq5PTuZqQIgU/w480-h640/C4B5DB9A-CBB8-4ABE-8DD4-7F9E87C88E89.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlt_YejUWHRPeOqIetTAkNPFjLiU68HfNRi41ntFSNA9UvZamrOkj-lS_eTK1JbnwtbSYcC1oq4tA8Z3-Lj_PDTb3wE2PcRfClWCDwCxAm1tCKpio_iXpuQmkHaNv11HEwY0XZ5VMKhgge3PMmUy-OlbCRIBLqtDjpUbi55IcqmyPO1xP3KVgETvURKHM/s4032/187F514E-E8EE-4CAD-BA73-CD768E79DE15.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlt_YejUWHRPeOqIetTAkNPFjLiU68HfNRi41ntFSNA9UvZamrOkj-lS_eTK1JbnwtbSYcC1oq4tA8Z3-Lj_PDTb3wE2PcRfClWCDwCxAm1tCKpio_iXpuQmkHaNv11HEwY0XZ5VMKhgge3PMmUy-OlbCRIBLqtDjpUbi55IcqmyPO1xP3KVgETvURKHM/w480-h640/187F514E-E8EE-4CAD-BA73-CD768E79DE15.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The moose hat is done and my husband wore it today when we went for a walk. I like how the crown of the hat swirls into the middle. (This picture was taken before I worked all the yarn ends in). The hat goes well with his navy blue coat as you can see in the second picture. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivydASZ-zoLHbvBu7J6ap5CGnh8DVeRYsfZLD0IOXLVo_XYql1ns6B4IKt21UOnY9G53MDNM4uI8tljwCwskAWtDnzeoJ9PdH3CIOv5e1Ud3gmFNZ-xqBeGS4bof6qBILG-VU_Xkpoch1SD39PIyVjbNpiefZb6KGNTiFDvzV5vtxJw9tEAe8GXZGzAqU/s4032/E98773FA-17E1-4F69-BF98-7215B96C6C7D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivydASZ-zoLHbvBu7J6ap5CGnh8DVeRYsfZLD0IOXLVo_XYql1ns6B4IKt21UOnY9G53MDNM4uI8tljwCwskAWtDnzeoJ9PdH3CIOv5e1Ud3gmFNZ-xqBeGS4bof6qBILG-VU_Xkpoch1SD39PIyVjbNpiefZb6KGNTiFDvzV5vtxJw9tEAe8GXZGzAqU/w480-h640/E98773FA-17E1-4F69-BF98-7215B96C6C7D.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpvwvYYx5_IeMkKL_-FDiPTMl8E3jZCJqiA3T7gXcP3ILu20fCSo9d2qXX5ucCBv4Kl32TnxhaaQVuIsXNPaaJ13hh4eFKicFdBKIPBHXXj7D445wCq316UORyVwZcxTT3MZ_3KcZB6_qKGiul3QU5oVNWbPrxmHY8E0xNl_1LxNRpMKnWp14RKJbOSw/s4032/D701B3FA-9F1B-464B-8072-77E29B5D3AFB.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqpvwvYYx5_IeMkKL_-FDiPTMl8E3jZCJqiA3T7gXcP3ILu20fCSo9d2qXX5ucCBv4Kl32TnxhaaQVuIsXNPaaJ13hh4eFKicFdBKIPBHXXj7D445wCq316UORyVwZcxTT3MZ_3KcZB6_qKGiul3QU5oVNWbPrxmHY8E0xNl_1LxNRpMKnWp14RKJbOSw/w480-h640/D701B3FA-9F1B-464B-8072-77E29B5D3AFB.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took a zoom class today with Maria Shell on Half Circles and Lines. Here is my fabric pull for the class. The dotty fabric is leftover from two RSC quilt backings. I only have a 5" strip of it left--enough to inspire the colours I chose for this quilt. Maria showed us how to piece an improv half circle into a block. I have done lots of quarter circles in Drunkard's Path blocks but never a half circle. Her tips and tricks made it fairly easy. I made three blocks during the class. There are other types of blocks that she showed us in the class so I will be making more to add to this collection. It will eventually become a quilt. (I have not trimmed the blocks yet, so, yes, they look a bit wonky.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMO9AjigLdS55IaxbddECij6t1pzda-bTNL7yMJ8nIk_vbkHdcmH03CFYK9WQn0eBaUi7LhNqLEhXp14beaFP_ToomLJGSYSbLvvI2VfXPUJSYwu5b_0VDSR5nJ2roKJyVC0sM-6gLPHUhp-7sfQ_AQZoHlwUxJG7UKGmzkV7Ka79gWLHXyYc4nCMSiAc/s4032/551148FD-0CA8-408A-8AFF-FF659164168F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMO9AjigLdS55IaxbddECij6t1pzda-bTNL7yMJ8nIk_vbkHdcmH03CFYK9WQn0eBaUi7LhNqLEhXp14beaFP_ToomLJGSYSbLvvI2VfXPUJSYwu5b_0VDSR5nJ2roKJyVC0sM-6gLPHUhp-7sfQ_AQZoHlwUxJG7UKGmzkV7Ka79gWLHXyYc4nCMSiAc/w400-h300/551148FD-0CA8-408A-8AFF-FF659164168F.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRKHCK7n9340cBanXUOhLHrgdQJmuJmITjcXEy0lPgqU_oJu0sMNNPYejArZrzPf3dcTfeyjAxyouBCCMAYgVgxbyI8Zp0umwmVos86E5peR6u1tMkdMFOEO7P2lo-YbWQlfccLmy8n9Ahk8gT7RTQxU2J5nAB_UPwzF5dinLqynBDLo00RyGjesj85E/s4020/068FD5FC-6531-47F8-985F-C7380B4D6F17_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4020" data-original-width="2268" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXRKHCK7n9340cBanXUOhLHrgdQJmuJmITjcXEy0lPgqU_oJu0sMNNPYejArZrzPf3dcTfeyjAxyouBCCMAYgVgxbyI8Zp0umwmVos86E5peR6u1tMkdMFOEO7P2lo-YbWQlfccLmy8n9Ahk8gT7RTQxU2J5nAB_UPwzF5dinLqynBDLo00RyGjesj85E/w362-h640/068FD5FC-6531-47F8-985F-C7380B4D6F17_1_201_a.heic" width="362" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I got a new iron for Christmas and it matches one of the fabrics I used today in my class! My old iron bit the dust in November so I sent a note to Santa requesting a new iron. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dpQdT0TkBnGkrMlAQ03iEzyePFzc5YR2YxhgQ7eabDa-TOqpgohv2Li5SghALHImZuIv9tv05oRSXpHKd8WZyOC6ULQ4lt391vAYFVC3xVKP5gkWWLie8X_bvWSq9oHz2H1Cdwmq0Zgdhk5F3ZPG_UMQomg0raEaLGpCkPM0yaxONEoc4qCVAJdi16g/s4032/5679BDA3-EE12-4F6A-A2C4-34376D39A5D0.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4dpQdT0TkBnGkrMlAQ03iEzyePFzc5YR2YxhgQ7eabDa-TOqpgohv2Li5SghALHImZuIv9tv05oRSXpHKd8WZyOC6ULQ4lt391vAYFVC3xVKP5gkWWLie8X_bvWSq9oHz2H1Cdwmq0Zgdhk5F3ZPG_UMQomg0raEaLGpCkPM0yaxONEoc4qCVAJdi16g/w480-h640/5679BDA3-EE12-4F6A-A2C4-34376D39A5D0.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn is up to his usual displays of cuteness. Belly rubs? Yes please!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zixAzJ4LmsolYK4m4is9qi3MJQMe-mwGcIHSis7tQwgqNQCDvu5ePzyApMzD_PruK0Lrp7U66BYpngiyzrzDYKHj0flUddUuLbVqu3nH8qtnWUmSWTqKjiiOsVsIvwj92n-Ymp_SF8Ot04zYFqDanQi6joTmeUbgwFXChRhV1IjMi6a7aPdht1v7oS8/s2048/3223EE44-1351-41B1-B624-560B921ED066.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2zixAzJ4LmsolYK4m4is9qi3MJQMe-mwGcIHSis7tQwgqNQCDvu5ePzyApMzD_PruK0Lrp7U66BYpngiyzrzDYKHj0flUddUuLbVqu3nH8qtnWUmSWTqKjiiOsVsIvwj92n-Ymp_SF8Ot04zYFqDanQi6joTmeUbgwFXChRhV1IjMi6a7aPdht1v7oS8/w480-h640/3223EE44-1351-41B1-B624-560B921ED066.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Finn is sitting on the quilt I made him for his first Christmas. He often lies on it while my daughter is working. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquRZBbld37D61ntLUTWkX6cX4bQJYhGAk-OBfXvmXmACrndMgcank_KUQuW2Fm8Tb94E1iOZIFrZ2EAwZoAg5he1Uf6kJ71TxY3dlP8i6WfFkdfbLc7-HvB4iX-m_RO2pdXu9AsGi1RzZbTYuW4Qfs8Qv3a0PfUWVHWRHsdRrVzXkO8HhEbnIi3Tudeo/s2048/31474BAF-0AA5-4BB3-A9F1-02E31A9EF113.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgquRZBbld37D61ntLUTWkX6cX4bQJYhGAk-OBfXvmXmACrndMgcank_KUQuW2Fm8Tb94E1iOZIFrZ2EAwZoAg5he1Uf6kJ71TxY3dlP8i6WfFkdfbLc7-HvB4iX-m_RO2pdXu9AsGi1RzZbTYuW4Qfs8Qv3a0PfUWVHWRHsdRrVzXkO8HhEbnIi3Tudeo/w360-h640/31474BAF-0AA5-4BB3-A9F1-02E31A9EF113.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><br />My daughter ordered herself a sweatshirt with a picture of Finn. (short for Findley). She had to send a photo in and then they made the image for the shirt. She had shirts made for her two cousins with pictures of their two dogs and cat on their shirts. Very cute!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXmzhCtKsNHrKdkuTyaE_SQuWMs9WuQ0eV7itWvS5eAKyeUeq4jIPqJ5W4gtwQ0aD0TV2yQ8c-ZJzQLHcEl9M6Nxklbsyz25eNDnln_blJAKfiWdwEGWk4q6ULrUKbD8Yy1M6Wo1xTLz9fUkdaau_NVt3FIT-A2w6qwg4eRdmcsf-KscSGzHRLk7oNOg/s2048/DAEE54C1-0B96-4D03-AF08-1E3EBA7BB74D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1385" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPXmzhCtKsNHrKdkuTyaE_SQuWMs9WuQ0eV7itWvS5eAKyeUeq4jIPqJ5W4gtwQ0aD0TV2yQ8c-ZJzQLHcEl9M6Nxklbsyz25eNDnln_blJAKfiWdwEGWk4q6ULrUKbD8Yy1M6Wo1xTLz9fUkdaau_NVt3FIT-A2w6qwg4eRdmcsf-KscSGzHRLk7oNOg/w432-h640/DAEE54C1-0B96-4D03-AF08-1E3EBA7BB74D.jpeg" width="432" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will link up with the RSC group and with the Slow Sunday Stitchers. Happy New Year!</div><p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-475157479593075652023-12-30T14:38:00.000-05:002023-12-30T14:38:02.559-05:00Last Post of 2023<p> I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and some time to relax this past week once the festivities were over. I have managed to do a bit of knitting this week as well as some un-sewing (more on that later in this post!). During the month of December, I worked on knitting a new hat for my husband whenever he was out or otherwise occupied. Despite my best efforts, I did not get it done in time and he ended up unwrapping an unfinished gift. He was surprised and pleased with my gift to him, which makes it all worthwhile. The hat features three colours of wool and 6 moose figures--I had to learn how to do colour work with the help of YouTube and my friend, Pat. The pictures below show the hat in progress...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08Twq2WxTof_AiGXwV2p5kZ4Bf2AF9bFp0HWOcN1LkLS-dYtIBVMbU_RAVlPUbWX63eF7Py9FfOFp3OGqKCacGUDz-8S0xk12euSGilCuXzS3d4GOp53MzsXKnflSDKHutWkT-QXBHxtA8Zh3LbiEPyJ_NzE26GqL7TZ3LHcL4K3l_cx1mur8OrE5uLI/s4032/9ED33250-B5CE-4311-942E-BFA57D40C34E_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh08Twq2WxTof_AiGXwV2p5kZ4Bf2AF9bFp0HWOcN1LkLS-dYtIBVMbU_RAVlPUbWX63eF7Py9FfOFp3OGqKCacGUDz-8S0xk12euSGilCuXzS3d4GOp53MzsXKnflSDKHutWkT-QXBHxtA8Zh3LbiEPyJ_NzE26GqL7TZ3LHcL4K3l_cx1mur8OrE5uLI/w400-h300/9ED33250-B5CE-4311-942E-BFA57D40C34E_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7C93b2KNAvkGutSm7PptOZds-_lg3RqDWhiKvvfrNL5maoAKBp1dWLYe3QhSd1fsX3dhMaFLM5UKMcvLocjIuadKwjiKZWSrltfwVU3T7QQB9nd3PdOXDXdoBNyjaimGhSXqBk7nF7u1h8CPU7xxutFl5aeexfam2Q9lt00AyNfC-DVXaTThAzSWvjJs/s4032/83C4A22D-7B08-4F2D-A670-0DE3BF441F0F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7C93b2KNAvkGutSm7PptOZds-_lg3RqDWhiKvvfrNL5maoAKBp1dWLYe3QhSd1fsX3dhMaFLM5UKMcvLocjIuadKwjiKZWSrltfwVU3T7QQB9nd3PdOXDXdoBNyjaimGhSXqBk7nF7u1h8CPU7xxutFl5aeexfam2Q9lt00AyNfC-DVXaTThAzSWvjJs/w480-h640/83C4A22D-7B08-4F2D-A670-0DE3BF441F0F.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BPAmx4U7Cv4o5VOojyZsnqsfdH4V35tgieKyWqqDEsALruJ2FeKFRIMNOI_7DAL-H-TStd91cLDRByAZaF9LR4PC6DrI5iwQYIljXb_zpc25aiFUQslNigc4cxEixFTA7P1Bh-pNdX6-Np8GGZ2iu5unIR1wHHcVhOos5fLFibcQUBrpZDdVrVJkdRk/s4032/42D64A42-1EE0-4B2A-B7BC-1325FCB46C8E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-BPAmx4U7Cv4o5VOojyZsnqsfdH4V35tgieKyWqqDEsALruJ2FeKFRIMNOI_7DAL-H-TStd91cLDRByAZaF9LR4PC6DrI5iwQYIljXb_zpc25aiFUQslNigc4cxEixFTA7P1Bh-pNdX6-Np8GGZ2iu5unIR1wHHcVhOos5fLFibcQUBrpZDdVrVJkdRk/w480-h640/42D64A42-1EE0-4B2A-B7BC-1325FCB46C8E.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKv15qPwNQpWGUl7DbSecTsJgqUCiouTodnBY3UoYVFdnq9o9ARJhdEKptbywT7LO0blWFx2z3wUyZA0jWv4cC4Xl1McsK0n1JTW3Zub8SMu5JzN7owWHHLtwJPh8oL2EeeJUCuTFYMJnSEe4rsMJRb3M6co9Gw-TrPkCPPj15G8Xg_3h5EpSr9DaOuCY/s4032/DB5A94C7-7D88-46D3-AAF4-542B3E3912BC.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKv15qPwNQpWGUl7DbSecTsJgqUCiouTodnBY3UoYVFdnq9o9ARJhdEKptbywT7LO0blWFx2z3wUyZA0jWv4cC4Xl1McsK0n1JTW3Zub8SMu5JzN7owWHHLtwJPh8oL2EeeJUCuTFYMJnSEe4rsMJRb3M6co9Gw-TrPkCPPj15G8Xg_3h5EpSr9DaOuCY/w480-h640/DB5A94C7-7D88-46D3-AAF4-542B3E3912BC.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The hat pattern is from a book I purchased in Newfoundland when we were there in June. "Saltwater Classics" by Christine Legrow and Shirley A. Scott. We saw several moose while we were in Newfoundland. I started doing the decreases for the crown of the hat earlier today but have to change to DPN's for the last few rows...I need to borrow these from Pat in order to finish the hat. I should have it done in no time once I have the needles. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I like to make gifts for family and friends. This year, many of them received rope bowls. These bowls are about 7" across and fairly shallow...perfect for some jewelry, a watch, etc. I tried to make them in each person's favourite colours. The bowls shown below are a sampling of the ones I made. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQbsDGkITqcgKRg-RPwIhcKcGAjQx34WiN2kvfIxtLikMhdKghqAKyKDOXXk6YIaObDRlU_JsqEHZMIN8e33fHrbr4apqW_ynaSKf4cA9Kl-53FrdDZXofU0lLKtNCJT1csFxOGkonE3VjGrldMmyfOJdb_CDVYocSPRcMv4VI1pTZn7diTqiawAd9Uhg/w480-h640/1A3EE0BD-AC9E-4559-8ACD-66D195BD8437.heic" width="480" /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZXx168KiciGbZJz5y3T6rqoZLpE4qvdPkXqTP5Iyim7n9ddKoGdz4Lfh51W4F_YZN1us0icWXp3vucAsXKqmFJu-a5eIUc1DHK-IIgzROgIgfSXvxsq9dhrIGtXUn61_VP76G399ewZ1v_TsCiodBdAwb5hbzxcR8EBnkAvhkx2PAIykB3fxM5ynSBs/s4032/92394657-334E-41BE-9715-951D289FEBC0.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZXx168KiciGbZJz5y3T6rqoZLpE4qvdPkXqTP5Iyim7n9ddKoGdz4Lfh51W4F_YZN1us0icWXp3vucAsXKqmFJu-a5eIUc1DHK-IIgzROgIgfSXvxsq9dhrIGtXUn61_VP76G399ewZ1v_TsCiodBdAwb5hbzxcR8EBnkAvhkx2PAIykB3fxM5ynSBs/w480-h640/92394657-334E-41BE-9715-951D289FEBC0.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrGTJNERcSZwVwU4cHwdchF80YPV1OmiI4AAmWfrGinjFS3Ta_Q0uFuyvvKOeyZ9J4SKVNCdQ-tSNcLt_PUTSPxT1YQ_FXjZmhyphenhyphenXe9dsDjXOvLMoRyieJaa7n5PDinuuY3gtPe_TgLEGXkzX36mztPzp8tdEVvk0ERj3jW-xO8e61Af6MVkcALRkxAAs/s3958/CC3F37EB-06CC-4122-A1AA-8EBC11113CCB.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3958" data-original-width="2660" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrGTJNERcSZwVwU4cHwdchF80YPV1OmiI4AAmWfrGinjFS3Ta_Q0uFuyvvKOeyZ9J4SKVNCdQ-tSNcLt_PUTSPxT1YQ_FXjZmhyphenhyphenXe9dsDjXOvLMoRyieJaa7n5PDinuuY3gtPe_TgLEGXkzX36mztPzp8tdEVvk0ERj3jW-xO8e61Af6MVkcALRkxAAs/w430-h640/CC3F37EB-06CC-4122-A1AA-8EBC11113CCB.heic" width="430" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few years ago, I started some cross stitch ornaments in a month by month stitch along with the intention of making all 12--well, I ended up cross stitching three of the designs and only one was ever finished and gifted to my friend Pat. This year, I finished off the last two and gave them to a couple of friends. </div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPnN6qH3uereRV90hWavd4v1JVHpqbv6ObtT_rGii8odAImbHxdyGerli0htnY5_X3Qa51CwzsoKXcUayvgByUpNQbJhMVdueyKC8jcFUXI_yOetehtxmTpc2cU_BTX9H9piQIcMLOsJSss91Gk-O569-DIxVOdh6NNywJd076RPbPbh3kxbm3P1xudw/s4032/6A320602-4F82-41AE-BE93-C083B69226FD.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUPnN6qH3uereRV90hWavd4v1JVHpqbv6ObtT_rGii8odAImbHxdyGerli0htnY5_X3Qa51CwzsoKXcUayvgByUpNQbJhMVdueyKC8jcFUXI_yOetehtxmTpc2cU_BTX9H9piQIcMLOsJSss91Gk-O569-DIxVOdh6NNywJd076RPbPbh3kxbm3P1xudw/w480-h640/6A320602-4F82-41AE-BE93-C083B69226FD.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAe7O4euuDA7xojlUIl0KPaduK6yiIi3Cvul3sL5F3PFQCYsBdDWIrirvmcQl_nRjBDv4rzm1POs96GWTWC4lZWXUqT5csNjyyxQK9KnYwCnLkTmcUTVQnn23RA4S7Z5qTQ3iRjQV5FMiTFkatjxeOmptv1_yHcOtxbR_K75gE0pAkZfmbZijhJvFn1pU/s4032/7047A032-F355-492A-A23F-F204289DA143.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAe7O4euuDA7xojlUIl0KPaduK6yiIi3Cvul3sL5F3PFQCYsBdDWIrirvmcQl_nRjBDv4rzm1POs96GWTWC4lZWXUqT5csNjyyxQK9KnYwCnLkTmcUTVQnn23RA4S7Z5qTQ3iRjQV5FMiTFkatjxeOmptv1_yHcOtxbR_K75gE0pAkZfmbZijhJvFn1pU/w480-h640/7047A032-F355-492A-A23F-F204289DA143.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made pillowcases for my husband and my daughter. The whale and blueberry fabrics were purchased in St. John's, Newfoundland. I have fabric to make myself a Newfoundland pillowcase as well, but ran out of time. This will be a January project. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfR9FyUpSCxRMsxvNXlAO3EP5TIlkZveejjYqalNQ7taabYEEcPhqhFHSPOie7INJurCNS3UzaHT8arcl0tbDtHF2LbkM_DRInLIwkVJLAgXd-q9FKbxT_mWsHtQqxT8lMRx3-NksKjftblBMrUUP8E7MYyVUr9LVtkhDgZNXHiBnr7ZZvcGvcGPdSUU/s4032/42FB626A-6C94-4212-88A6-ABF31EC4A850.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicfR9FyUpSCxRMsxvNXlAO3EP5TIlkZveejjYqalNQ7taabYEEcPhqhFHSPOie7INJurCNS3UzaHT8arcl0tbDtHF2LbkM_DRInLIwkVJLAgXd-q9FKbxT_mWsHtQqxT8lMRx3-NksKjftblBMrUUP8E7MYyVUr9LVtkhDgZNXHiBnr7ZZvcGvcGPdSUU/w480-h640/42FB626A-6C94-4212-88A6-ABF31EC4A850.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDVsBCPTPvMyHqK2nTqWZ-jDmYsuPvqllrJFxI36IEXHNEo3R15ASHyHvQeaLcP8jpviUA7AY8GqXOFxEmGhUljUa9ANwcLiYLuHD2OKoyh5c3Y5EALYUUVV3zZyh6xK1_2C27RJ954xIbyaYuBqt8aOlpfVLXB6JCJ887Jr0XO_1jFx5apbV3KGC3Do/s4032/0525B558-AE04-4C66-A4DF-FECB6482FDB5.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDVsBCPTPvMyHqK2nTqWZ-jDmYsuPvqllrJFxI36IEXHNEo3R15ASHyHvQeaLcP8jpviUA7AY8GqXOFxEmGhUljUa9ANwcLiYLuHD2OKoyh5c3Y5EALYUUVV3zZyh6xK1_2C27RJ954xIbyaYuBqt8aOlpfVLXB6JCJ887Jr0XO_1jFx5apbV3KGC3Do/w480-h640/0525B558-AE04-4C66-A4DF-FECB6482FDB5.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I unstitched the worn out binding from my daughter's quilt and will make and machine stitch the new binding to the quilt tomorrow. I will get the hand sewing done before she goes home. This will be my Slow Sunday Stitching! You can see that the old binding has done its time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mrXgiZnniryxD0uLSxHK_Qtflqx3ik7z811f3cduYRoLVJ184xAbl_uV2qn_dXGDqgF7_P9GS_66obSMPgML8SfsyYrX06rhnnfvJLe1V90LAHvDFSsJPr6GorvsN9Mna-49DGEWb-7JeBQ3g2g-b90wwr2rjPU4M505u-4o0eLENsjANPUkRV5T4PE/s4032/4185F193-C597-4FF3-9B89-916E7AD7B0CB.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-mrXgiZnniryxD0uLSxHK_Qtflqx3ik7z811f3cduYRoLVJ184xAbl_uV2qn_dXGDqgF7_P9GS_66obSMPgML8SfsyYrX06rhnnfvJLe1V90LAHvDFSsJPr6GorvsN9Mna-49DGEWb-7JeBQ3g2g-b90wwr2rjPU4M505u-4o0eLENsjANPUkRV5T4PE/w400-h300/4185F193-C597-4FF3-9B89-916E7AD7B0CB.heic" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Finn gave me a cute Sewing Store puzzle for Christmas! He's a great shopper!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfl1aHHnGxrXfWc9u135LEWfgn8udRoPQ6zqlEs4swJDb6ho1UBdthWOy2resXy1RmF-DOZ0P0PvYty-I5w2NGFFSHwFqjcu6bjQiR3LXwn7gdNufr_ub-Z37NAyUAA-nESAnNINVEP16UrJ65jTSazpaDtua5llHz4qHLgSECyg9zh13Y3UCF-XMM46g/s4032/31250BCA-BC38-4F92-8F54-11C7A94F94A6.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfl1aHHnGxrXfWc9u135LEWfgn8udRoPQ6zqlEs4swJDb6ho1UBdthWOy2resXy1RmF-DOZ0P0PvYty-I5w2NGFFSHwFqjcu6bjQiR3LXwn7gdNufr_ub-Z37NAyUAA-nESAnNINVEP16UrJ65jTSazpaDtua5llHz4qHLgSECyg9zh13Y3UCF-XMM46g/w400-h300/31250BCA-BC38-4F92-8F54-11C7A94F94A6.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br />He also likes to be comfortable on a soft pillow for his naps...<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PWXNvqoOija3mdEnXg7_IHsZgIdo2jiYrm3JS9dA04skEqPNHM14H8xJzinZBRtxtXfbOlfLWujER-HL08K9Ufy83nIHG7VK_vFy03pipfSySa7GDsZVaqnT9ypp15AOEbsN7AQ1cz-IXPrY186UADwi5orth-VXXKDvPMwTgnb8JVmEaiogBBPDHw0/s4032/F337770C-BD30-4AAD-80BB-CEA9A7448C05.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0PWXNvqoOija3mdEnXg7_IHsZgIdo2jiYrm3JS9dA04skEqPNHM14H8xJzinZBRtxtXfbOlfLWujER-HL08K9Ufy83nIHG7VK_vFy03pipfSySa7GDsZVaqnT9ypp15AOEbsN7AQ1cz-IXPrY186UADwi5orth-VXXKDvPMwTgnb8JVmEaiogBBPDHw0/w400-h300/F337770C-BD30-4AAD-80BB-CEA9A7448C05.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We had butter tarts and fruit skewers for Christmas dinner dessert. I purchased the butter tarts from our local farmer's market...they disappeared quickly! Santa was keeping his eye on them!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXhH-GhSHOGKRVK_wze5LjNq75AWO681WO3kxeCdd9BW0ZsF2GX1iZEIjuYxcRUwdVWKpGo9Q9wUMq2EaFAwEkj8ZD9PVx0sQ2r2SbjEX4khyphenhyphenVLNTwvNN0EBp4nJFJe1bPsagA20aLKXp9lkNMDEtvClpzf4qTfYp2rEIdjWQDLM6dMH2k5RXarbI58o/s4032/D42F216A-EE43-48CD-9A22-3BCC47B9F011.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXhH-GhSHOGKRVK_wze5LjNq75AWO681WO3kxeCdd9BW0ZsF2GX1iZEIjuYxcRUwdVWKpGo9Q9wUMq2EaFAwEkj8ZD9PVx0sQ2r2SbjEX4khyphenhyphenVLNTwvNN0EBp4nJFJe1bPsagA20aLKXp9lkNMDEtvClpzf4qTfYp2rEIdjWQDLM6dMH2k5RXarbI58o/s320/D42F216A-EE43-48CD-9A22-3BCC47B9F011.heic" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckBlNyVopzHvWfcUNFRgbCfbV-mlD2mrY1myauITlMUm2Yib6CAOPQEEd5xKJPPtTZMdFGkj0H1PmKSh9nJxA__hu3vYiJw8nj_uNslo6uicaKTnNoktyXC2vRC_MbvxJLVRvY99ZZNk-4gpgvKc_Zzo6iIfIb7T_arY3DXs_1OR0mTpLNlDRSeTmzT4/s4032/5B62A38F-70D2-402F-9BC5-73D50136637B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhckBlNyVopzHvWfcUNFRgbCfbV-mlD2mrY1myauITlMUm2Yib6CAOPQEEd5xKJPPtTZMdFGkj0H1PmKSh9nJxA__hu3vYiJw8nj_uNslo6uicaKTnNoktyXC2vRC_MbvxJLVRvY99ZZNk-4gpgvKc_Zzo6iIfIb7T_arY3DXs_1OR0mTpLNlDRSeTmzT4/s320/5B62A38F-70D2-402F-9BC5-73D50136637B.heic" width="240" /></a></div><br />I made my SIL a Christmas wall hanging at one of the retreats I attended in November. I could not show it until now as she often reads my blog!<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmbioTEP3AwfSRSOmxyGyA0lV6yA_XVBEXdNgQl9USmki5L8seR5EsmEbflu22uFjc5pxJXDDkuiuv2eMhJxgyTpiuV9sp9Aeah9hBir3w-DsMIuJuXFONkKsm-SAh43ROlENQSmoOBmXNHNl7r3CktXm3I6c1GFBLfv1ec2zWxFfrq1mcoWvIKE04ko/s4032/E3978710-0CC0-4BE4-A8E2-84251A51A3D4.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKmbioTEP3AwfSRSOmxyGyA0lV6yA_XVBEXdNgQl9USmki5L8seR5EsmEbflu22uFjc5pxJXDDkuiuv2eMhJxgyTpiuV9sp9Aeah9hBir3w-DsMIuJuXFONkKsm-SAh43ROlENQSmoOBmXNHNl7r3CktXm3I6c1GFBLfv1ec2zWxFfrq1mcoWvIKE04ko/w480-h640/E3978710-0CC0-4BE4-A8E2-84251A51A3D4.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />My daughter received a couple of counted cross stitch kits for Christmas and has started one of them. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOP-1o5EoupQDNH7WyV5LIy9uOJ1e9mxQwKU_HDTrFQVWQkwCjVkdo08lrzQMYjw9hcC5LqKFPfRHvVMuZblt05c19zh3rec2y09um431pCMfm9WyBfWPbZDXGAXqGgq4JPY0W3MnbkeiXviyk61aV_5lFphpiat2Xh0X00oKd86-LfEtI16LKQj2WaU/s4032/D48D3ED5-674A-4655-853F-890DA693372F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkOP-1o5EoupQDNH7WyV5LIy9uOJ1e9mxQwKU_HDTrFQVWQkwCjVkdo08lrzQMYjw9hcC5LqKFPfRHvVMuZblt05c19zh3rec2y09um431pCMfm9WyBfWPbZDXGAXqGgq4JPY0W3MnbkeiXviyk61aV_5lFphpiat2Xh0X00oKd86-LfEtI16LKQj2WaU/w480-h640/D48D3ED5-674A-4655-853F-890DA693372F.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>That's all the news from here for this week. Happy New Year! I will link up with Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching crew in the morning. </div>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-86910779304986253322023-12-24T06:33:00.000-05:002023-12-24T06:33:11.834-05:00Merry Christmas!<p> Good Morning! Finn and our daughter arrived last night for the holidays so the festivities can begin now! I did a bit of cross stitch on my Christmas project. The wreath is getting there! I hope to have more time to work on this after Christmas Day! </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNyqXOwrJqhK-HtY_u-NmB8bXWQs9k0jnmk24HylrnqpVmvv8tr_l4TMy2lcSul3eL0W7SsTJiwv0GGRDdTkq37AEvXEssBi0vm2u8Ch_iKUECHpBncVYT_18mjyp1Y3b7a4GUS2-bYRxy76U5v3BfhhbI4-1TWlbvivr_O2ICL-PHrxjxCwrpKvxsDY/s4032/4D5673D0-C61E-4686-968C-789CD8954FE7.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNyqXOwrJqhK-HtY_u-NmB8bXWQs9k0jnmk24HylrnqpVmvv8tr_l4TMy2lcSul3eL0W7SsTJiwv0GGRDdTkq37AEvXEssBi0vm2u8Ch_iKUECHpBncVYT_18mjyp1Y3b7a4GUS2-bYRxy76U5v3BfhhbI4-1TWlbvivr_O2ICL-PHrxjxCwrpKvxsDY/w480-h640/4D5673D0-C61E-4686-968C-789CD8954FE7.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />I have been sewing a fair bit this past week, finishing off gifts for friends and family. While I can't show you pictures of my projects yet, here is evidence that the sewing machine has not been idle. I use a make up brush to clean my machine--lots of fluff! My sewing machine is much happier now!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgG5pVdmo541v-uZSedrYCgPS39ef-f1ckGcYn4GcbAKimtmGo4QQhAY8mi9im8mbE2dCm1QKio_AWkOTDvQaHDMiJVjVBR1pBKviR8xbddQy1-4Rt1hGl4IutsDG_iBrNhoRD3U7rErnE41DOAMciNlBg1O7ouqP-fvc83ZXPE00FWuuTkvIjFYLg-g/s4032/6DFD669C-5AD4-4637-B40A-BFA55F9F6BAD.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkgG5pVdmo541v-uZSedrYCgPS39ef-f1ckGcYn4GcbAKimtmGo4QQhAY8mi9im8mbE2dCm1QKio_AWkOTDvQaHDMiJVjVBR1pBKviR8xbddQy1-4Rt1hGl4IutsDG_iBrNhoRD3U7rErnE41DOAMciNlBg1O7ouqP-fvc83ZXPE00FWuuTkvIjFYLg-g/w480-h640/6DFD669C-5AD4-4637-B40A-BFA55F9F6BAD.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are a few pictures of Finn to round out this post. We are so happy that he is healthy and excited to be here! You may remember that he was very sick last Christmas. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz973OI68nqGJ89uPgkcxadNvEwyOWhXrCyTlAOzMmC-Mby24iIH7_7P9gEWO994R9n8x1Mr53RJXz-a0-fZPOoP56a0DYhZhEXEx9OTEJXm2pdNbLrNYWAtEhnElrCy4wBkqhgT5Oz6IHHLOAOdCma360m_xcfy31dDP6yJGFBZWmT6kNG_87G_ZCRnw/s1600/47F704DA-7E29-448D-9E2B-DBA8B7328432.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz973OI68nqGJ89uPgkcxadNvEwyOWhXrCyTlAOzMmC-Mby24iIH7_7P9gEWO994R9n8x1Mr53RJXz-a0-fZPOoP56a0DYhZhEXEx9OTEJXm2pdNbLrNYWAtEhnElrCy4wBkqhgT5Oz6IHHLOAOdCma360m_xcfy31dDP6yJGFBZWmT6kNG_87G_ZCRnw/w360-h640/47F704DA-7E29-448D-9E2B-DBA8B7328432.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymvyufXTewlEUTr6TQN-8t2ZYYvVhnX-l8_7Uhjr40CMhB_kyWgUBwUFqpaCuGt5QVOzkenEokRxvH0E-zXTs88bFSDNSgcXjWoMw4BfzixkqVQwM-fETyJTqhJXfV2q-jrp1id2S5UNZAmOiyRAK8t_t_L7O8DVUQ2jojtgh6v86hzQat_2RHlR-A5s/s2048/132503E5-F650-45C3-AE26-391319534027.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymvyufXTewlEUTr6TQN-8t2ZYYvVhnX-l8_7Uhjr40CMhB_kyWgUBwUFqpaCuGt5QVOzkenEokRxvH0E-zXTs88bFSDNSgcXjWoMw4BfzixkqVQwM-fETyJTqhJXfV2q-jrp1id2S5UNZAmOiyRAK8t_t_L7O8DVUQ2jojtgh6v86hzQat_2RHlR-A5s/w360-h640/132503E5-F650-45C3-AE26-391319534027.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This glowing collar makes him more visible in the dark when he's out for his walks. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-no86d9K8sHPSDp2IG_NRzjYwK5Ud4I0RFuifxkg-ugBcAV7caDo3WnNsRCW9ZgB17ZBcb2g_q6BPe1taj0K887UI19d2i3gbWVvf3fTH9ijy-0HXP2P-v8tcdGT0BELZsSWP6SC1mWmpb-SaWUCTSdzyf_nUvm61HC56XGm8KFMC-eE1raWMSd199Y/s1000/CFF3C5CC-4828-4193-8034-54FE3C7A9454.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="750" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-no86d9K8sHPSDp2IG_NRzjYwK5Ud4I0RFuifxkg-ugBcAV7caDo3WnNsRCW9ZgB17ZBcb2g_q6BPe1taj0K887UI19d2i3gbWVvf3fTH9ijy-0HXP2P-v8tcdGT0BELZsSWP6SC1mWmpb-SaWUCTSdzyf_nUvm61HC56XGm8KFMC-eE1raWMSd199Y/w480-h640/CFF3C5CC-4828-4193-8034-54FE3C7A9454.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Our family has plans for reading and puzzle making after Christmas. I hope to have some time to sit and relax and enjoy some slow stitching and knitting over the holidays. I want to wish all of you a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers now. </p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-65742574590802124092023-12-16T18:32:00.000-05:002023-12-16T18:32:30.417-05:00Christmas Cross Stitch and My Scarf in Progress<p>I finished off the centre snowflake and started the wreath above it this week in my Christmas cross stitch project. This pattern is called "Invierno" from Satsuma Street. It is made up of nine motifs with a purple frame around each one. I have a ways to go but this will be my relaxing slow stitching project over the next few weeks. I will have it framed to hang up before next Christmas. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBUNrpMWrTZDZNU3hYGR5tG0Br3FdBjbvB-RRRhr1n5Wmu_P3y9h6c8VuNDmQfdh-bIyB3Wz3Y7Bmrer-N0otF3uarlpBUSeC0H3Nu6_5OoGyO5e0XWpAvgFW4RRur6py0NT9Q82eCMBsGFEBlKVkx_lrRFDXKB23E50oekZwq23P2IuAO5lyXcEKesA/s3774/98E07F22-9663-42DE-9A32-45578619314E_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3774" data-original-width="2831" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUBUNrpMWrTZDZNU3hYGR5tG0Br3FdBjbvB-RRRhr1n5Wmu_P3y9h6c8VuNDmQfdh-bIyB3Wz3Y7Bmrer-N0otF3uarlpBUSeC0H3Nu6_5OoGyO5e0XWpAvgFW4RRur6py0NT9Q82eCMBsGFEBlKVkx_lrRFDXKB23E50oekZwq23P2IuAO5lyXcEKesA/w480-h640/98E07F22-9663-42DE-9A32-45578619314E_1_201_a.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I've added several rows of knitting to my scarf. I expect that it won't be done for this winter! Good thing I have other scarves to wear! I have several projects on the go at any one time and like to do a bit of each, depending on what I feel like doing at the time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVQQNxV92xTos3C5HAfRkkF-4pGYJB_MJIS8tzLYc9WnJFeLxGH0PLg1grRs94J-_A1MmIirB_esDCFMwkvuiBT4Z-aZbRinzim9Antn9OfdBBUd6F0HXyUUkfXnj131khThcXqgED-XEWIpKp6Bknhnmd7bTrytWBgKwcBqPvQT82bzVVD_tNNCsRcs/s4032/42E94F7B-A7EF-4E67-BE7C-162D10999090.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtVQQNxV92xTos3C5HAfRkkF-4pGYJB_MJIS8tzLYc9WnJFeLxGH0PLg1grRs94J-_A1MmIirB_esDCFMwkvuiBT4Z-aZbRinzim9Antn9OfdBBUd6F0HXyUUkfXnj131khThcXqgED-XEWIpKp6Bknhnmd7bTrytWBgKwcBqPvQT82bzVVD_tNNCsRcs/w480-h640/42E94F7B-A7EF-4E67-BE7C-162D10999090.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When our daughter went away to university in 2009, I made her a twin sized quilt for her bed in her residence room. It has a flannel back and binding. A few weeks ago, she sent me a picture of a hole in the back of the quilt. I brought it home when we were visiting Finn and our daughter a couple of weeks ago. After washing it, I noticed that the binding was worn thin in spots with holes in other spots. Time for new binding. I am going to use a light blue Kona solid this time, instead of flannel. The fabric is purchased, washed and ready to make binding. This will be an after Christmas project as I am still working on making some last minute gifts this week. I will also repair the hole in the back of the quilt!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAcjMrvsWa2khYBCXzmkLXkEDFS5FKsHILQ9JyeaSx13FZoz8IkjlnrUKz3To1QRv6URMQmZS6bXo1POkh-KI0ZF-MG7WPadtpUI8-eI2lYfZtCH3NXtWWfL41NiSPrAehyphenhyphenpoPE4Utc7EawVzsiCLb8x1tU-XHkwXbZ5eG11U_PZJhzjhc6gxjkQsznY/s4032/6FFD0BC5-35E8-4B15-B7DC-A20A9F685BCE.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnAcjMrvsWa2khYBCXzmkLXkEDFS5FKsHILQ9JyeaSx13FZoz8IkjlnrUKz3To1QRv6URMQmZS6bXo1POkh-KI0ZF-MG7WPadtpUI8-eI2lYfZtCH3NXtWWfL41NiSPrAehyphenhyphenpoPE4Utc7EawVzsiCLb8x1tU-XHkwXbZ5eG11U_PZJhzjhc6gxjkQsznY/w480-h640/6FFD0BC5-35E8-4B15-B7DC-A20A9F685BCE.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When our daughter was little, we bought this book for her. It is written in 24 parts, one for each day of December. The author, Kevin Major, is from Newfoundland. The story is woven around 24 hand carved Wooden Santas. While in Trinity, Newfoundland, in June this year, I saw some hand carved Wooden Santas for sale and just knew I had to purchase one. This week, my wooden Santa was put out onto a shelf in my living room. The book is on the coffee table. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPyrYLq0lOtIKtdFwi8ZqVZLFBrDtT9JXrJuKuzcu8BpH5Pgcm82GwksoaJfkzFdtwBx7wC1uaCGasd42kA_lzjMZmQiI0FJyRl5i3L_DAEKsP_sQb-Ly5fdmYGw-hYJJ2Rhub25gzHhQ0EffFumTDrZeqz-kyd7cAHH-6VNLK1YAQSzMfs_otAMnDIA/s438/F858ED5C-BC8C-4EFC-BEA3-C7AF9C7CBE2C_4_5005_c.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="317" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUPyrYLq0lOtIKtdFwi8ZqVZLFBrDtT9JXrJuKuzcu8BpH5Pgcm82GwksoaJfkzFdtwBx7wC1uaCGasd42kA_lzjMZmQiI0FJyRl5i3L_DAEKsP_sQb-Ly5fdmYGw-hYJJ2Rhub25gzHhQ0EffFumTDrZeqz-kyd7cAHH-6VNLK1YAQSzMfs_otAMnDIA/w464-h640/F858ED5C-BC8C-4EFC-BEA3-C7AF9C7CBE2C_4_5005_c.jpeg" width="464" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0eUbirW9CD0GwiPEvTqHUUYbFHVx8iSNeIlUwVqpoh_AUCBabsSNIkBmz7K1edaylOS0Fphxn01AH0DU5Aq4FkszKTLi84m0R3qFzBLBzmhFd0JBUEU7CW-SH7CP9bxJ4wbYBFjLKwDOauLuBcxaZasyRCTj_osLZ3qsKgvm53sLRDeaSUbFwP-s758/s4032/F4DC7B44-68E3-49E4-9BC8-D6A4CE200F0F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig0eUbirW9CD0GwiPEvTqHUUYbFHVx8iSNeIlUwVqpoh_AUCBabsSNIkBmz7K1edaylOS0Fphxn01AH0DU5Aq4FkszKTLi84m0R3qFzBLBzmhFd0JBUEU7CW-SH7CP9bxJ4wbYBFjLKwDOauLuBcxaZasyRCTj_osLZ3qsKgvm53sLRDeaSUbFwP-s758/w480-h640/F4DC7B44-68E3-49E4-9BC8-D6A4CE200F0F.heic" width="480" /></a></div><p><br /></p>The sunset on Thursday night was spectacular! <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtF-aO2LWRqniZ4adVPLkLvravFZ7fIhcZzlnv-WN4BvH7cmACNedDz6mvK7yT_bRLvvjdwhlH46bBcPWCbZO7HSiJ-4QVEWpDbyi27s9RdWwHbYP3tY0v_Tfchl2jFm-ZCYJa1q2m2mrIigS8rdUEhLfQA8hL23WZACIPyF5HBlpg8c_1wh7M4BeAncs/s4032/60CC473B-20D5-4B68-ACAA-D0ED0DC55422.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtF-aO2LWRqniZ4adVPLkLvravFZ7fIhcZzlnv-WN4BvH7cmACNedDz6mvK7yT_bRLvvjdwhlH46bBcPWCbZO7HSiJ-4QVEWpDbyi27s9RdWwHbYP3tY0v_Tfchl2jFm-ZCYJa1q2m2mrIigS8rdUEhLfQA8hL23WZACIPyF5HBlpg8c_1wh7M4BeAncs/w480-h640/60CC473B-20D5-4B68-ACAA-D0ED0DC55422.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn says "hello". He tells us he is on the nice list. With those eyes, I can do nothing but believe him!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBC4Ac6VmLgNDp2zZhMPn6nDQ0KmxdXyDTcMGVnC4BUGDdVKxvRzPRg6kv-DKdEcHpXamgGMrFfUiqJ-RdNINwUqidbUiX4vduOw1vW2dpu3sJc1Aef76tPSdUDCWbEBe59HJFNpDlgrTxBgHE_Ph2BX6PjS82Ibk6ruWyEPt2TopJkfE6Ef7dpvdhCbQ/s2048/46A656CF-BCA5-4B99-979D-13F244E87852.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBC4Ac6VmLgNDp2zZhMPn6nDQ0KmxdXyDTcMGVnC4BUGDdVKxvRzPRg6kv-DKdEcHpXamgGMrFfUiqJ-RdNINwUqidbUiX4vduOw1vW2dpu3sJc1Aef76tPSdUDCWbEBe59HJFNpDlgrTxBgHE_Ph2BX6PjS82Ibk6ruWyEPt2TopJkfE6Ef7dpvdhCbQ/w480-h640/46A656CF-BCA5-4B99-979D-13F244E87852.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers in the morning. The secret sewing continues...<br /><p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-31387518388284758192023-12-09T22:08:00.003-05:002023-12-09T22:08:45.278-05:00'Tis the Season of Secret Projects<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Last weekend, we went to visit our daughter and Finn. On the way there and back, I hand stitched the binding on two quilts, the nautical themed comfort quilt I showed last week and this Whistlestop quilt. I am very happy to have finished this quilt! I have two more lap quilts pin basted, ready for quilting but they will have to wait until after the holidays for I am in the midst of making gifts that cannot be shown on my blog until after Christmas. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pxW9O4TbBwlHScfebDlYkaQ4hukA8xNYJKwk_pGFzlTUJ62VrNWf8IljHq626G1Tjv_Va3UrN6Sp0dw6qcmZiGqVjK-te2zNzKjaIX569zHt5rcymGkv5cGNePrJRBb3rqeaQIZmv_gUnMbcNpH-dOHcmQTzTQJCjJfcfcgenpP4QTB0AiLmwBQRBa0/s3492/53026A72-7C10-4521-B743-A3570264B933_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3492" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pxW9O4TbBwlHScfebDlYkaQ4hukA8xNYJKwk_pGFzlTUJ62VrNWf8IljHq626G1Tjv_Va3UrN6Sp0dw6qcmZiGqVjK-te2zNzKjaIX569zHt5rcymGkv5cGNePrJRBb3rqeaQIZmv_gUnMbcNpH-dOHcmQTzTQJCjJfcfcgenpP4QTB0AiLmwBQRBa0/w554-h640/53026A72-7C10-4521-B743-A3570264B933_1_201_a.heic" width="554" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1bYUxSZqyxJRPwKUjHZehIHBZKY59S5U2Nj_Fg_UlXoH_M2T0wGlx4BX9X7Al8lmfTqx0dfBCweF2cYvvOt_qZv-ns6nIInSkp0EH8dgcCxtLN8Ht1_leXwcxGzSJpGrCBZRvRYjNNbb05nU_kSnBl4-iAi0ZlSi-t98gGSDfy3QG4GxBdnLBerURFA/s3343/1034C9AD-68E5-45C0-A1B2-53D124556F75_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3343" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO1bYUxSZqyxJRPwKUjHZehIHBZKY59S5U2Nj_Fg_UlXoH_M2T0wGlx4BX9X7Al8lmfTqx0dfBCweF2cYvvOt_qZv-ns6nIInSkp0EH8dgcCxtLN8Ht1_leXwcxGzSJpGrCBZRvRYjNNbb05nU_kSnBl4-iAi0ZlSi-t98gGSDfy3QG4GxBdnLBerURFA/w578-h640/1034C9AD-68E5-45C0-A1B2-53D124556F75_1_201_a.heic" width="578" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did a bit of knitting most days this past week. My scarf is growing, slowly! It's not long enough to wrap around my neck yet. This wool is very soft and very easy to knit with. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7lMmoDcLhNWR6XJvEqhaoj2Dp4gU15yAthsS8GsvtyQV639zNzYfG_eNcY1Uz9HwY0Pp_BiFCnP3yMB46tLyadWAi6dyLiENrrNSGFNv49jaF2YqNzI0vadUla2ZXldjIjULuL9oLWSEgA20mToLtdHg5eWlTIkP6jDx4R3TBWW4O95IjpnUtXH1bKc/s4032/3702F5A3-C93C-40F0-8A94-7ADE2640B8B3.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7lMmoDcLhNWR6XJvEqhaoj2Dp4gU15yAthsS8GsvtyQV639zNzYfG_eNcY1Uz9HwY0Pp_BiFCnP3yMB46tLyadWAi6dyLiENrrNSGFNv49jaF2YqNzI0vadUla2ZXldjIjULuL9oLWSEgA20mToLtdHg5eWlTIkP6jDx4R3TBWW4O95IjpnUtXH1bKc/w480-h640/3702F5A3-C93C-40F0-8A94-7ADE2640B8B3.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It snowed while we were visiting Finn and our daughter and our visit was extended by a day to let the road conditions improve before venturing out towards home. Finn was very excited to have us there. He likes to look out the window at the squirrels. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjfB6A3Oj2mDjTVN7XV9VdUxX_lQkOgh8B27gmGcMliO0_twiojT5E2CVkJgJek1PekcXWh2ltflBz0fRD_OP5-tk3LH3UDFSL6YCdiJxH68rjzCz55oJzSPUO9eETqFaJQa7fPqmGIOjVrQK3JIrN4-oIlVo0kEHhD0oj0UNWxo1gLuQUAePNZw8FwE/s4032/19B82AB1-0644-484D-B1AB-CBE1D60AAF09.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTjfB6A3Oj2mDjTVN7XV9VdUxX_lQkOgh8B27gmGcMliO0_twiojT5E2CVkJgJek1PekcXWh2ltflBz0fRD_OP5-tk3LH3UDFSL6YCdiJxH68rjzCz55oJzSPUO9eETqFaJQa7fPqmGIOjVrQK3JIrN4-oIlVo0kEHhD0oj0UNWxo1gLuQUAePNZw8FwE/w480-h640/19B82AB1-0644-484D-B1AB-CBE1D60AAF09.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn likes to stick his face in the snow and run around in it but he hates his boots and coat that he must wear to protect his feet from the salt on the sidewalks and keep warm. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KilOgNXeG6pmQA4VTFBLGyzUDUya8njRJEGcR2kP2yOfoh_DVdSchD5HBSaT8SOSzVXk-ju9hrh2XNKpYhUGBPYQR3MQUqSo22rl-WNyPfXYlHHQHQJrqHIAJ6F-WPLaAhcT-eBBx0-d6Ht0kuvzUlhl2GdGUeB5JrB-6y82E2lZ6D3mOsIruUwsQPY/s3840/8295F261-B207-4C68-905C-3D37CDB4F3AA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="2160" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KilOgNXeG6pmQA4VTFBLGyzUDUya8njRJEGcR2kP2yOfoh_DVdSchD5HBSaT8SOSzVXk-ju9hrh2XNKpYhUGBPYQR3MQUqSo22rl-WNyPfXYlHHQHQJrqHIAJ6F-WPLaAhcT-eBBx0-d6Ht0kuvzUlhl2GdGUeB5JrB-6y82E2lZ6D3mOsIruUwsQPY/w360-h640/8295F261-B207-4C68-905C-3D37CDB4F3AA.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexfmo5a-ZfoXrHUBZL5fWPVoqF87YK6p34YLaQ0WzYMsBoxIaWgS_Cljf_fFtl0UCMCSItDGyaPM6x_Z9lvi76r3BKW2Nzf-3XzbWMLCgS8lo5dwMnKESHuzVof1p53J2wuQaq1lifiqDAakTd6tXejqHlOk4easNusPCgmYCyh5PchNRDv7pchWoWnA/s4032/362934E1-302A-4C2E-90F6-6E122B247294.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhexfmo5a-ZfoXrHUBZL5fWPVoqF87YK6p34YLaQ0WzYMsBoxIaWgS_Cljf_fFtl0UCMCSItDGyaPM6x_Z9lvi76r3BKW2Nzf-3XzbWMLCgS8lo5dwMnKESHuzVof1p53J2wuQaq1lifiqDAakTd6tXejqHlOk4easNusPCgmYCyh5PchNRDv7pchWoWnA/w480-h640/362934E1-302A-4C2E-90F6-6E122B247294.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>The trees with the snow clinging to them reminded us of the opening scenes of a Christmas movie. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CtbYyvAapnz593D0Ps2Uu4F5myq_mfYyCRqs6UqecoItVLyiq1RRWdf3HCbPPnKU99AfYuKlWT7GD5h6gyLvkx8K5xjF9UX9ZsONSKJravVCOI0yT7kG_osbmxhHfELUwSU59N49jLn7Mh2WU4gXKzKkarw127Q6MncFs_-NSQOALSV3RVGlIaHUomU/s4032/278FF52A-B203-47E1-A665-7F466872F187.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CtbYyvAapnz593D0Ps2Uu4F5myq_mfYyCRqs6UqecoItVLyiq1RRWdf3HCbPPnKU99AfYuKlWT7GD5h6gyLvkx8K5xjF9UX9ZsONSKJravVCOI0yT7kG_osbmxhHfELUwSU59N49jLn7Mh2WU4gXKzKkarw127Q6MncFs_-NSQOALSV3RVGlIaHUomU/w400-h300/278FF52A-B203-47E1-A665-7F466872F187.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br />There is not any snow where we live and I wonder if this is how it will be during the holidays. I will continue to work on my secret projects this week. The big day is fast approaching! I will link up with Kathy and the slow Sunday stitchers in the morning. <br /><p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-38553440103680198952023-11-30T15:25:00.001-05:002023-11-30T15:25:11.518-05:00My Second November Quilting Retreat<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Christine and I attended the annual November Crafter's retreat at Camp Kintail this past weekend. We both love these weekends away to get lots done on our current and new projects. I just noticed that a lot of my projects are green in this post... I made this I Spy HRT quilt top at the Oxford Guild retreat early in November and managed to get it quilted and bound at the retreat. I finished off the hand stitching on the binding at home this week. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62PR_7m6QvYbW11cV1YcPm_OF5phYuQEQZ7mgonegbuHNII7N8izcg-v1j0EV3aXp84ke-4aqaYNMGeQHTLpBtYQym0m8Ij_fQDR_1LgSfOg-nMovZqRQ8Fp12CflkbfWtnzFQDyLbm-l90E5F5QXNY6fogXhrTZvo3CQVmPfyp8_t_ogkqBlsJeRVGA/s4032/D92AE5D3-4D98-43FD-B8BC-3C9E1B148F47.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62PR_7m6QvYbW11cV1YcPm_OF5phYuQEQZ7mgonegbuHNII7N8izcg-v1j0EV3aXp84ke-4aqaYNMGeQHTLpBtYQym0m8Ij_fQDR_1LgSfOg-nMovZqRQ8Fp12CflkbfWtnzFQDyLbm-l90E5F5QXNY6fogXhrTZvo3CQVmPfyp8_t_ogkqBlsJeRVGA/w480-h640/D92AE5D3-4D98-43FD-B8BC-3C9E1B148F47.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I found this fun green and white striped fabric in my stash for the binding. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5YHjQ5_67F8JVbhb-GrCvPi0SvqU0wonZCPiAT5zyZCJ0wLeGY0cBl3j_nYJQ_zxvesWKeDngfvXfJjoKZu_q4UXB6fJyyUGftFFcRcS_omOIM4kqzooMxlveX2TUvtx7_GZUz1tUzR29Gzj47Oqj0Hb2qqtjk73vZJkcDTKMTYIKcmaEmB4goNwgVM/s4032/9D89D535-11BA-4BD5-AF7C-139D2AFE4DD5.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY5YHjQ5_67F8JVbhb-GrCvPi0SvqU0wonZCPiAT5zyZCJ0wLeGY0cBl3j_nYJQ_zxvesWKeDngfvXfJjoKZu_q4UXB6fJyyUGftFFcRcS_omOIM4kqzooMxlveX2TUvtx7_GZUz1tUzR29Gzj47Oqj0Hb2qqtjk73vZJkcDTKMTYIKcmaEmB4goNwgVM/w480-h640/9D89D535-11BA-4BD5-AF7C-139D2AFE4DD5.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The backing fabric was also in my stash, but as you can see below, I did not have quite enough of the dotty fabric so I added in a couple of strips to make the backing big enough. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvl4Igw84eM-wnoE5JCrtSt5HwVZYzj1juFMhsuYXgzxAFXTsGELlEkV51wtn1pgFwde0n43jeABzQmzKXhNyITesjHBHNmx_HuYhJTRoqHWKUiCUV-a71aqpcMO6xiOd07b8UMgRddSsBRWhHPaAjv0QF9uzSsoTySqy6eqj-JgVCWDtdJ_wLmiJazg4/s4032/C4F59CA3-DC7B-424D-808C-9FE302198590_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvl4Igw84eM-wnoE5JCrtSt5HwVZYzj1juFMhsuYXgzxAFXTsGELlEkV51wtn1pgFwde0n43jeABzQmzKXhNyITesjHBHNmx_HuYhJTRoqHWKUiCUV-a71aqpcMO6xiOd07b8UMgRddSsBRWhHPaAjv0QF9uzSsoTySqy6eqj-JgVCWDtdJ_wLmiJazg4/w480-h640/C4F59CA3-DC7B-424D-808C-9FE302198590_1_201_a.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Christine also quilted a baby quilt and added the binding at the retreat. With us is Mary, a knitter, who also attends the retreat each year. She was making socks for her brothers for Christmas. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpeUL4nxgRidpQmhCLACr6pAzCuYJNCSQjKuKerq2XzecC56mpE3I3Ue0RVj3KBlXpysC0_7ZCCnqVZr7qoKWzY1hEKBTN_5dJFoeiWhN5dNh-zovRfjtsT_PTkafXgG8ATbChbRdN4OZAbFAUEqYtbLQzEw8PIYJCxh10Vxl9knDG4a2F4GViPyLcSXM/w400-h266/1F1BF258-50F5-49B7-9CAF-6B951F27D759.jpeg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made the last two pineapple blocks for my Rainbow Scrap Challenge project...gold and dark green. I have not sewn these blocks together yet but you can see my 12 blocks below. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO1LOJJVktmhcCrzQNJezPJsvSPwRDieA0eqrfvcmiLzKl7t4fU-gjTcAttBwu7vC4Uu1jJ9DAosWawCveeEFej2Vr1qUGYNv4hZuKRO9xd61OujECpWB-avf9r4gV42X0wOd9B0t9ckMxVUbdgVegqSWaGlesHbzSLN8DRwRLjtKzLM253ebb9ssLZ8/s4032/3C5570DF-BD65-4D24-A1F7-2401C3E97938.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjO1LOJJVktmhcCrzQNJezPJsvSPwRDieA0eqrfvcmiLzKl7t4fU-gjTcAttBwu7vC4Uu1jJ9DAosWawCveeEFej2Vr1qUGYNv4hZuKRO9xd61OujECpWB-avf9r4gV42X0wOd9B0t9ckMxVUbdgVegqSWaGlesHbzSLN8DRwRLjtKzLM253ebb9ssLZ8/w480-h640/3C5570DF-BD65-4D24-A1F7-2401C3E97938.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhNbiCalrVbw8MSYzfh2FXdEvZD5a36cCx62N7KHeO35kUFbxFItx1N7VAaxa9kicRZ-Qv3ZEoWqTn5lqgpcMoF67vGvSLTO5drvwZlFlkbgyo_jpNKBUOkQx7OmUNOkihCD5Nv6S4nmmkGcNLM52Lf-WsZsVSQEJ5BqKqrmLvBT5K1xzyqDdk2TxN4I/s4032/F1F243C8-2EE3-4E0A-954D-A396F330C44A.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwhNbiCalrVbw8MSYzfh2FXdEvZD5a36cCx62N7KHeO35kUFbxFItx1N7VAaxa9kicRZ-Qv3ZEoWqTn5lqgpcMoF67vGvSLTO5drvwZlFlkbgyo_jpNKBUOkQx7OmUNOkihCD5Nv6S4nmmkGcNLM52Lf-WsZsVSQEJ5BqKqrmLvBT5K1xzyqDdk2TxN4I/w480-h640/F1F243C8-2EE3-4E0A-954D-A396F330C44A.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My green hat is just about done--I just have a bit of the seam to finish sewing up and then I can wear it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FCYHYgBQ7cLQPLeYLr7OOySj0DpM_HewdoFv_nxC_8mkH4PaM8owu07qw0VrYJgrDcDaePtgvcRug2ClPZRopCui0wUDlRsJHtOkoABaLwg8CxJl1IBnQpCa7uOP6FNnNxpohhjmTobnRgtVUr7MHVxMr7Z5HMDrhI0R1He0uNJ8pbVC91E6bhc-VWI/s4032/2BACD6AA-6FEB-46D6-963C-ABA41E8A8DD1.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FCYHYgBQ7cLQPLeYLr7OOySj0DpM_HewdoFv_nxC_8mkH4PaM8owu07qw0VrYJgrDcDaePtgvcRug2ClPZRopCui0wUDlRsJHtOkoABaLwg8CxJl1IBnQpCa7uOP6FNnNxpohhjmTobnRgtVUr7MHVxMr7Z5HMDrhI0R1He0uNJ8pbVC91E6bhc-VWI/w480-h640/2BACD6AA-6FEB-46D6-963C-ABA41E8A8DD1.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />I have started my scarf to match...I found an easy pattern on Ravelry. knit 2, knit one in the back, pearl one. Rinse and repeat. I like the texture! The scarf will be a lower priority over the next while as I work on Christmas gifts. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvlm9pxafLQzcF6LyMo40tu5FMA9N2IZv6UzP_z03BOqAILzm6wpRPf4nfp3FRFvRGHRSyp-g78_48uOBM080hwrVdFH3tNI-hlGn3EDg_ydcbXXW4gThzt2hM9IvjS4pB8JvuHmD0d6Hw7e8FHhHBDCIvQd1Y3MW8zB23XlTuFCf6QRqWPdig_C1dAQ/s4032/1726F060-6833-4B06-B242-5DFA3E1B9542_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvlm9pxafLQzcF6LyMo40tu5FMA9N2IZv6UzP_z03BOqAILzm6wpRPf4nfp3FRFvRGHRSyp-g78_48uOBM080hwrVdFH3tNI-hlGn3EDg_ydcbXXW4gThzt2hM9IvjS4pB8JvuHmD0d6Hw7e8FHhHBDCIvQd1Y3MW8zB23XlTuFCf6QRqWPdig_C1dAQ/w400-h300/1726F060-6833-4B06-B242-5DFA3E1B9542_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br />I finally quilted my Whistlestop quilt, a pattern by Christine at Tessalated Quilts. I made the top a while ago and just never got around to quilting it until now. Again, more green!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVVJxrx3B9FOkbTg4glWNrkqsZbKZABcCA6gPf6B7iy28cP49-b1_tFakM0jlEq7q1lDYeOM1KnvdNC3kkZ5n2ZweFUxXsgqPRvKvxN_HR29KSxRoc5V41lEbz55p3x8oaH4awrGsVQQMyHQfOp0w-bAjc1fWWQO74AFKP7hV1Am9cUe33Cwn6w3sB0k/s1286/CDC718DA-045A-4159-95A5-1CA8ACE51B9F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="857" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEVVJxrx3B9FOkbTg4glWNrkqsZbKZABcCA6gPf6B7iy28cP49-b1_tFakM0jlEq7q1lDYeOM1KnvdNC3kkZ5n2ZweFUxXsgqPRvKvxN_HR29KSxRoc5V41lEbz55p3x8oaH4awrGsVQQMyHQfOp0w-bAjc1fWWQO74AFKP7hV1Am9cUe33Cwn6w3sB0k/w426-h640/CDC718DA-045A-4159-95A5-1CA8ACE51B9F.jpeg" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I chose to do some orange peel and straight line quilting with my walking foot. I added the binding at home this week and will work on the hand stitching this weekend. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ELjZxTQ2tv-pwQI6TQd3dtxlYzffGD_zcNQLXHkIsbg5GX1p5tLNc56FH69HcXzOxp3udBGiWCKCGy7zW_OCsDhhMn1jkOtOVoy4QabLWLgaOZoZjdDn-r93X4CMmNyaQwd6wiJT1BNB5-XjfBiYmoqScmuiwkx_hNRmMv_RdtVNu_TozJ8uZsGe0ag/s4032/FE5A36EE-99AA-4BB3-9C9E-0394ADBFDBF2_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ELjZxTQ2tv-pwQI6TQd3dtxlYzffGD_zcNQLXHkIsbg5GX1p5tLNc56FH69HcXzOxp3udBGiWCKCGy7zW_OCsDhhMn1jkOtOVoy4QabLWLgaOZoZjdDn-r93X4CMmNyaQwd6wiJT1BNB5-XjfBiYmoqScmuiwkx_hNRmMv_RdtVNu_TozJ8uZsGe0ag/w400-h300/FE5A36EE-99AA-4BB3-9C9E-0394ADBFDBF2_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a cute picture of Finn as a brief break from all of my project photos!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLUfpfZiyAGdfbYRfRE3JJS17KXHxIgP76ZaBZJrAyg8SEdkwdPoZrWz4o2v7cCjADkeXQlK5x2tvKzadALKBhhRXMYmwR4kLuVj8u3i49wDkY98Z06BwW_o_t6y0hBTd97LnOnkjJJZuTUTgxi4jCPObx3HkDSecvTMTsMt1qPSnpAGbOP9-naxrXvw/s2048/AA42B1C3-C7A0-443E-AB7C-57D4389019EF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLUfpfZiyAGdfbYRfRE3JJS17KXHxIgP76ZaBZJrAyg8SEdkwdPoZrWz4o2v7cCjADkeXQlK5x2tvKzadALKBhhRXMYmwR4kLuVj8u3i49wDkY98Z06BwW_o_t6y0hBTd97LnOnkjJJZuTUTgxi4jCPObx3HkDSecvTMTsMt1qPSnpAGbOP9-naxrXvw/w360-h640/AA42B1C3-C7A0-443E-AB7C-57D4389019EF.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Camp Kintail was decorated for Christmas, inside and outside. This is the path from the building where we were sewing to where we had our meals. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUc1mrnXIwdr8dJ1pk1Anak4KfBI1Y0K2-6XYt1dEwZ7uHHS697VTmVg_2TT8vQs8hd7rjM-15erQ8f1nGVQ97HeqfweGXgYvbDMWKA_ZRfpnIPOLtc8vgqVFasgGrcY90u7n12D16lNJFHvQ9LHR4HZm3EcSHpJIyb0n1m9vn9nz4aPva4lwdzz_Du0/s4032/B1D117E0-BDA8-4578-BD79-F523B95E3F1C.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUc1mrnXIwdr8dJ1pk1Anak4KfBI1Y0K2-6XYt1dEwZ7uHHS697VTmVg_2TT8vQs8hd7rjM-15erQ8f1nGVQ97HeqfweGXgYvbDMWKA_ZRfpnIPOLtc8vgqVFasgGrcY90u7n12D16lNJFHvQ9LHR4HZm3EcSHpJIyb0n1m9vn9nz4aPva4lwdzz_Du0/w400-h300/B1D117E0-BDA8-4578-BD79-F523B95E3F1C.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I said in my last post, I put my sunflower cross stitch aside and have started a Christmas project. It will not be done for this Christmas but it is fun to work on a seasonal project at this time of the year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuufAU6OT4p8tznOmBunfs5DlSGXO1feo7fE9cdV86SnMlgy5eB92ou5xNT98bpbgRZLfnipdBe-0NeG970Lcn6W3l4LrYaIEjeFbLjQfmNa3oKfhamIZwQw1GyWTXZggQrFXaxm_DtmBGLRhBMjEuK0qcH8ReTpXYDEkzYdTlG2U5pOiq63yMaYKX_w/s4032/C4381E89-062E-422C-BDD4-C1A51268E51B.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJuufAU6OT4p8tznOmBunfs5DlSGXO1feo7fE9cdV86SnMlgy5eB92ou5xNT98bpbgRZLfnipdBe-0NeG970Lcn6W3l4LrYaIEjeFbLjQfmNa3oKfhamIZwQw1GyWTXZggQrFXaxm_DtmBGLRhBMjEuK0qcH8ReTpXYDEkzYdTlG2U5pOiq63yMaYKX_w/w480-h640/C4381E89-062E-422C-BDD4-C1A51268E51B.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><p>My modern sampler quilt has most of the backing pieced with fabrics leftover from the front of the quilt as well as other fabrics from my stash. I have one more piece to add at the top and then I can take this to the long armer. It is a twin sized quilt and too big for me to quilt on my DSM.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihs-M3wqDxDAUnVR6zb6uBAd5zd6e5gfOgZ3_5HHlHdx_mYagksDvQ1nSk1ZXLHwGYdfZUtjXgnkb4FWj9KcSsxCBsWgFfrR7WHbN9G0XEeC2R-2rxxOtBpiFs6syLIOIw7MZaihebb78HhqjyB5IOuanot3RkqhY7-K-XarHVhKCFpUaexQF3zMPE-Yw/s4032/E1186318-2F7C-4CE6-9825-64FEEC9B55FD.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihs-M3wqDxDAUnVR6zb6uBAd5zd6e5gfOgZ3_5HHlHdx_mYagksDvQ1nSk1ZXLHwGYdfZUtjXgnkb4FWj9KcSsxCBsWgFfrR7WHbN9G0XEeC2R-2rxxOtBpiFs6syLIOIw7MZaihebb78HhqjyB5IOuanot3RkqhY7-K-XarHVhKCFpUaexQF3zMPE-Yw/w480-h640/E1186318-2F7C-4CE6-9825-64FEEC9B55FD.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another view of the path through the woods at Camp Kintail!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfiijdwEvx8rlxz0uavpKS6TO5WCccbEiBT8oFhmtV1JksfqWG10ieIJJzaYgdDSrwYQEHjF7VvtL_noaAXncxbDErW5WSkqUDgFYP2kmTV9P9jR30lknYW4Ytzn6RuGgesN7SC80o3d3Jot7JC9-bSXGtFCUbxsBaBSyLvE8JBucNnA46NOUwmvgXjM/s4032/EA1EA2BC-4562-48A6-8AC7-827CEEC3B295.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIfiijdwEvx8rlxz0uavpKS6TO5WCccbEiBT8oFhmtV1JksfqWG10ieIJJzaYgdDSrwYQEHjF7VvtL_noaAXncxbDErW5WSkqUDgFYP2kmTV9P9jR30lknYW4Ytzn6RuGgesN7SC80o3d3Jot7JC9-bSXGtFCUbxsBaBSyLvE8JBucNnA46NOUwmvgXjM/w480-h640/EA1EA2BC-4562-48A6-8AC7-827CEEC3B295.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />This quilt is an Elgin Piecemakers comfort quilt for a chemo patient at our local hospital. Lynn put the blocks together and I am doing the binding. I have lots of slow stitching to keep me busy this weekend! I made the boat block in the bottom row of the quilt. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-55nZyxzNQ07eJC_ThSrAwXU7x0V7WDPleZRLbeFPkVxBP5u6Khqu_dPaB7kb5DalwOZPQPVAw2sRIpBO6SLwmEJhrE52pRCHzrOGZLyhLhu8qaC-SgrPds9tYiwBwa5tBTjUVoq5ACU9E1epTSLJ_hP2XMorIJhu96jFem-RqMYwe9xQdidDKbf0iw/s4032/F7B42B33-A017-4D20-9440-39997E57EAB3.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-55nZyxzNQ07eJC_ThSrAwXU7x0V7WDPleZRLbeFPkVxBP5u6Khqu_dPaB7kb5DalwOZPQPVAw2sRIpBO6SLwmEJhrE52pRCHzrOGZLyhLhu8qaC-SgrPds9tYiwBwa5tBTjUVoq5ACU9E1epTSLJ_hP2XMorIJhu96jFem-RqMYwe9xQdidDKbf0iw/w480-h640/F7B42B33-A017-4D20-9440-39997E57EAB3.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />I will be linking up with Kathy and the slow Sunday Stitchers on Sunday morning, as well as the Rainbow scrap challenge folks on Saturday morning and at Frederique's blog too on Saturday. I am off to work on some Christmas gifts. Yikes! It is December 1st tomorrow!<br /><p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-68735908496619838612023-11-18T19:02:00.005-05:002023-11-18T19:02:34.769-05:00Architecture Class, Borders, Sunflowers, Christmas Bazaar and Knitting<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Last Saturday, I took a zoom class with David Owen Hastings. For the project, we were to each choose a picture of a building or structure to inspire our quilts. My husband and I visited Dunnottar Castle in Scotland a few years ago and I took lots of pictures there. The castle is mostly a ruin and my picture was of the end wall of the chapel. We then used some paper frames to zero in on a particular part of our picture, drew a pattern and made the quilt using three shades of solid fabrics and a pop of colour. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVPgNiQU67163-nu02ylh3_q1wfVjh5G4ODE1JtwqYHKnfX0T0MOyMo1a39hRhCS6e_TuhnDvbC5QN-EsSEbMzDzPFpMleuiOLNYkqh5z8AcG2IVdW5MSYEEMOpZ51f7CoiCbMDVc6ZLvjEec-g83Kpdl49u10O05GrojqXGiDa6NVNTYuWaBIiFco04/s4032/BB232E8D-3A56-4B0F-82D0-9E56006839E0.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXVPgNiQU67163-nu02ylh3_q1wfVjh5G4ODE1JtwqYHKnfX0T0MOyMo1a39hRhCS6e_TuhnDvbC5QN-EsSEbMzDzPFpMleuiOLNYkqh5z8AcG2IVdW5MSYEEMOpZ51f7CoiCbMDVc6ZLvjEec-g83Kpdl49u10O05GrojqXGiDa6NVNTYuWaBIiFco04/w300-h400/BB232E8D-3A56-4B0F-82D0-9E56006839E0.heic" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rD210KobetlD8co1dEA33F0FwUW9MuvkbM67Jkm1TPfsMDYYf2TM_g6PPI5jm1eeGkEJ9PEdzuiXFgQvfC__VfJqEpNuK3nQy5Vb1YQ9zfR-XNrboLbHw7nzAb8UswZ_L7RjhXnFY83F58OcLqgv-eFBv7ovEv5vzHGzxG7GFVfe6ahFXn_TiYxjvh8/s4032/433A902F-179A-4B9C-8740-444C88113672.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rD210KobetlD8co1dEA33F0FwUW9MuvkbM67Jkm1TPfsMDYYf2TM_g6PPI5jm1eeGkEJ9PEdzuiXFgQvfC__VfJqEpNuK3nQy5Vb1YQ9zfR-XNrboLbHw7nzAb8UswZ_L7RjhXnFY83F58OcLqgv-eFBv7ovEv5vzHGzxG7GFVfe6ahFXn_TiYxjvh8/w300-h400/433A902F-179A-4B9C-8740-444C88113672.heic" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Adding some walking foot quilting with various colours and weights of thread made my little quilt come to life. I still need to add facings...maybe this week, that will get done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkCqwtMQfQRHv1jNILxndbnGpQjTiV1Gc8y39pRjzPDqr_IiYpV1Oz726sGqwM4fzZD5CcuRE6RcZk9GD4LmBATs_nwtlhd7kkU-hmsFAQnxvRrjzaFkSeymWYb5lxGPrdz1N0MsgCuYO6uoST23bQJ_yQkupChnuHkWQFwhOP6-fUHLwiBoeiaY27k8/s4032/4B6B505B-2C96-4991-9598-8ABE240DE580.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRkCqwtMQfQRHv1jNILxndbnGpQjTiV1Gc8y39pRjzPDqr_IiYpV1Oz726sGqwM4fzZD5CcuRE6RcZk9GD4LmBATs_nwtlhd7kkU-hmsFAQnxvRrjzaFkSeymWYb5lxGPrdz1N0MsgCuYO6uoST23bQJ_yQkupChnuHkWQFwhOP6-fUHLwiBoeiaY27k8/w480-h640/4B6B505B-2C96-4991-9598-8ABE240DE580.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the guild sewing day, I added the final borders to my modern sampler quilt. It will fit the twin sized bed in the guest room perfectly! I will be figuring out a backing and then taking this one to my long armer. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXuHow0HlgDJABPco0MmJhWPPe_tHKuQFnEzLDJcHrsmca-1nYQoNEG7rqKWa8AyJIw6UjJueIPBpTk8xujtYi-73Juw8nsQChY_4okHjxa84F6vXwybPTfwbDhcZeovmt2v12Ew6-eX321_cZKybhsTsyJUajoNfm6z_ogGxvqLiFLalZsboq4U4lZk/s4032/4E19299E-FF12-446E-8800-1FCBD5750422.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQXuHow0HlgDJABPco0MmJhWPPe_tHKuQFnEzLDJcHrsmca-1nYQoNEG7rqKWa8AyJIw6UjJueIPBpTk8xujtYi-73Juw8nsQChY_4okHjxa84F6vXwybPTfwbDhcZeovmt2v12Ew6-eX321_cZKybhsTsyJUajoNfm6z_ogGxvqLiFLalZsboq4U4lZk/w480-h640/4E19299E-FF12-446E-8800-1FCBD5750422.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our church Christmas bazaar was today and I was asked to quilt this baby quilt top which was purchased at a thrift store for $3. I stitched in the ditch around the rocking horse and around the light blue parts. The backing is minky and I managed to finish it without any puckers! The binding is a yellow and white stripe which a friend had in her stash. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwAdIdFSoD_Bsr4VoZcgfuTR8VKn22sxoj2p0tjV_BrgTMszCUDdhwX-C3WDTb3DMP4_1MSyaljhG06CREisWke6Aog2DrKbr4wqsY9Ki8NhQKndHVJIxJL0kc6h0SpFULMNNdiMG4sN8nSYd0AJjFqYahRcUavERsac4IIAPoLHgCN_EsdlYwbENkmY/s4032/75CF07E5-BDFA-4FCF-A152-3ED875FD97D7.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwAdIdFSoD_Bsr4VoZcgfuTR8VKn22sxoj2p0tjV_BrgTMszCUDdhwX-C3WDTb3DMP4_1MSyaljhG06CREisWke6Aog2DrKbr4wqsY9Ki8NhQKndHVJIxJL0kc6h0SpFULMNNdiMG4sN8nSYd0AJjFqYahRcUavERsac4IIAPoLHgCN_EsdlYwbENkmY/w480-h640/75CF07E5-BDFA-4FCF-A152-3ED875FD97D7.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkXegDy6l_2HuHHMnFDr5pEAwUlgKo7OQbzd-RyWYmgUfY4ptQNDWEi9_Pr6uQ74Y-uGCYmaontSFWhYn3s1HE_Zv5Ml0kUKfy3qItv1m-3PtWOi9vznf2tML4wOnvhxstMmvJ19yGLjcgL2W2ZcqOShK_FzNtJ2x3RfaobAenhizvroOAUuSsmG83wY/s4032/E6C83B8E-BDE6-45DA-A20E-2B57AA0021B4_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkXegDy6l_2HuHHMnFDr5pEAwUlgKo7OQbzd-RyWYmgUfY4ptQNDWEi9_Pr6uQ74Y-uGCYmaontSFWhYn3s1HE_Zv5Ml0kUKfy3qItv1m-3PtWOi9vznf2tML4wOnvhxstMmvJ19yGLjcgL2W2ZcqOShK_FzNtJ2x3RfaobAenhizvroOAUuSsmG83wY/w480-h640/E6C83B8E-BDE6-45DA-A20E-2B57AA0021B4_1_201_a.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHQ-G2y-fFBOArlLpfy8TOjPeVphFjKqoKp5ELC69vKrDUwo7LBg2FuSB0fk2ROT10SrNxI28EOTvOK_eHIZM_zhrOWKhtkMjZmbzVcNn6Lm17SYlvhjsZ2s1WwS9K35KVZv0Oxr-THq4BAGn5AAb-ddbOEtbfuimYtQR2usWxZIa_mLPRP_pHP-47uk/s4032/C5138AE1-1706-46A3-A45B-BC8795739CB2.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizHQ-G2y-fFBOArlLpfy8TOjPeVphFjKqoKp5ELC69vKrDUwo7LBg2FuSB0fk2ROT10SrNxI28EOTvOK_eHIZM_zhrOWKhtkMjZmbzVcNn6Lm17SYlvhjsZ2s1WwS9K35KVZv0Oxr-THq4BAGn5AAb-ddbOEtbfuimYtQR2usWxZIa_mLPRP_pHP-47uk/w480-h640/C5138AE1-1706-46A3-A45B-BC8795739CB2.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpaNJS_ywXghmrMvWUWwLx4yq7j3gvJBsmIrsvjf8POL4SaOQGOCOexA1CpzO_fTCWRvKlJ4_Ky1nyRWyEL7uxIxcslvYY3u8OepX_cd_A37lacxrIp5XQWg__PD-vnKPxhll2JbAZC8zLVAu7PL38FKLlyq-2rxNIeMlOL9h2Pe1SFq38RIIeTvHsQE/s4032/FDCFB39B-88A5-4A3B-AA0A-B99508EC3ACB.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGpaNJS_ywXghmrMvWUWwLx4yq7j3gvJBsmIrsvjf8POL4SaOQGOCOexA1CpzO_fTCWRvKlJ4_Ky1nyRWyEL7uxIxcslvYY3u8OepX_cd_A37lacxrIp5XQWg__PD-vnKPxhll2JbAZC8zLVAu7PL38FKLlyq-2rxNIeMlOL9h2Pe1SFq38RIIeTvHsQE/w480-h640/FDCFB39B-88A5-4A3B-AA0A-B99508EC3ACB.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have started the decreases on the top section of my hat. It should not take very long to finish this off. I will be working on it for slow Sunday stitching tomorrow. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-Uxkwdbe9dItl7Z6VNBmFlvnSd1viixWMN-lkXPYuSkqlEPi9Hdh4a_oJB4UKn05PxlUN_1BMvVDaL4HGXBUDiKR8xceVHf39oSnYSfGnKTyJ1_8bD6X3ZipHiGJ3197RyS9h1Yvm0U7_dtdJDZcdbSzgmb_k4g9s5E4lNU5E4YHSTYYEjfuZABO_CE/s3164/79E18B12-E852-4D0D-8732-CA026EBBC2E0_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3164" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi-Uxkwdbe9dItl7Z6VNBmFlvnSd1viixWMN-lkXPYuSkqlEPi9Hdh4a_oJB4UKn05PxlUN_1BMvVDaL4HGXBUDiKR8xceVHf39oSnYSfGnKTyJ1_8bD6X3ZipHiGJ3197RyS9h1Yvm0U7_dtdJDZcdbSzgmb_k4g9s5E4lNU5E4YHSTYYEjfuZABO_CE/w383-h400/79E18B12-E852-4D0D-8732-CA026EBBC2E0_1_201_a.heic" width="383" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A few more stitches were added to the Sunflower cross stitch this week. I really want to put this aside and work on my Christmas picture...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iITMVy8q2caIDb68-vlz9lMr-0l492BMuyGAF-_sn2ZoEXWyn9dTWOehff7ldIW6ApSO0vVtnNYofF2cci4pF886lhTKAPiU_mV4VQDPduAn4q9ZUGi8L_cClgTGgC3PRabakB3iXZsda5Yg6mNs9_SQyPvRjYdVzXePLC_MxzOKJ0vQwC441zdyWwk/s4032/A8CAFA54-E4D3-4BB0-818D-005EADC5F468.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_iITMVy8q2caIDb68-vlz9lMr-0l492BMuyGAF-_sn2ZoEXWyn9dTWOehff7ldIW6ApSO0vVtnNYofF2cci4pF886lhTKAPiU_mV4VQDPduAn4q9ZUGi8L_cClgTGgC3PRabakB3iXZsda5Yg6mNs9_SQyPvRjYdVzXePLC_MxzOKJ0vQwC441zdyWwk/w480-h640/A8CAFA54-E4D3-4BB0-818D-005EADC5F468.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There have been some cold and frosty mornings around here lately!</div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSinOwwltFcJKmFpgAFdoMqdVvEGSHWOGaVA8Mm831Bjv846EweTzIHysJwKumSn7hJADan5frY9r1d077i7jEuBUm5ZktNN7JWfw8DoU-uKJHA6lBJYXY89M1qZ91mTSxIR-vo9CDtT4FzhpVyvAVR7_ULw8jhxnnHlBoNPl4GG-5vvp4NyNZI7Lrl8/s4032/7D85105B-0136-46D1-999A-E287F757366D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSinOwwltFcJKmFpgAFdoMqdVvEGSHWOGaVA8Mm831Bjv846EweTzIHysJwKumSn7hJADan5frY9r1d077i7jEuBUm5ZktNN7JWfw8DoU-uKJHA6lBJYXY89M1qZ91mTSxIR-vo9CDtT4FzhpVyvAVR7_ULw8jhxnnHlBoNPl4GG-5vvp4NyNZI7Lrl8/w400-h300/7D85105B-0136-46D1-999A-E287F757366D.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br />Finn is such a happy boy! He decided that mid walk was a good time for a belly rub!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6nlW5bIYUzPlVbk3Eb9qzQ0LA7KnJoNNGLwHt-YZ8Ykq9lacsGIQkqrbfgY73Tbm275RCYSHgl9rDEbi9uwG5AF6FQCj00WUnB-lXWura2x0AtqqXUS_inIr99PW6Kc7YozRhw6VusJhX48cBWl6YX-DOWSXfJrXRDc7v-ENjIKWRbCfMM6fvwarJlw/s2048/EC5233E3-CA77-4194-A221-40FF8576B23F.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6nlW5bIYUzPlVbk3Eb9qzQ0LA7KnJoNNGLwHt-YZ8Ykq9lacsGIQkqrbfgY73Tbm275RCYSHgl9rDEbi9uwG5AF6FQCj00WUnB-lXWura2x0AtqqXUS_inIr99PW6Kc7YozRhw6VusJhX48cBWl6YX-DOWSXfJrXRDc7v-ENjIKWRbCfMM6fvwarJlw/w480-h640/EC5233E3-CA77-4194-A221-40FF8576B23F.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRUmLRZJcd0ud3Wtyt8wogaWKWY-lkyLRavnVjqgxhCCM15WZNSQt4tCo1bgLPeMU5bdMPRs_3Z5GD8jSZqDuiAgDZX9e6YUa8jmkWB0aovXomIi7YutZSABWCqRwwbzbWCY43KcrNPXsf-XoKMKkewAH-mhRy9cwD7jTXZZGtTI-wqty0npZU2CBQkg/s870/5E5B107B-82D3-4B88-B942-331B569AE3AB.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="870" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtRUmLRZJcd0ud3Wtyt8wogaWKWY-lkyLRavnVjqgxhCCM15WZNSQt4tCo1bgLPeMU5bdMPRs_3Z5GD8jSZqDuiAgDZX9e6YUa8jmkWB0aovXomIi7YutZSABWCqRwwbzbWCY43KcrNPXsf-XoKMKkewAH-mhRy9cwD7jTXZZGtTI-wqty0npZU2CBQkg/w400-h300/5E5B107B-82D3-4B88-B942-331B569AE3AB.jpeg" width="400" /></a><span style="text-align: left;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I will link up with the Slow Sunday Stitchers at Kathy's blog and with the Quilting Patchwork Appliqué blog. Have a great week!</span></div><p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-27714313477226646822023-11-08T14:57:00.010-05:002023-11-12T06:19:06.256-05:00Guild Retreat Report<p> This past weekend, my friend Christine and I went to the semi-annual Oxford Guild Quilt Retreat in Stratford. We both were very productive at the retreat--sewing morning, noon and night with breaks for meals and sleeping only! This is why there was no blogpost here this past weekend. I brought lots of projects with me--heaven forbid I run out of things to sew! </p><p>I made a couple of Christmas gifts, one of which I can show here now. This little wall hanging is for my MIL for her room in the nursing home where she lives. She loves Christmas and having her room decorated for the season. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-cGcXDOauCILJ5ClOZKX9CRHOyQoqegVKQ1E9jSGzjismw-Q6JP26QvNaInRE6rzfw5HLXIQmlg2qeeKrR4Vl0eO4VAFmPSvchItBpm0ehqgRUFjH6ZwL_74S44QfmgqYvl0gooE79h-iudkXKoIFD0e8AYoKifmq_Uo_osaXHr7T-Md_ZLCSj86CNs/s4032/13E84B08-BDF9-4630-B18E-FD07FD794720.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-cGcXDOauCILJ5ClOZKX9CRHOyQoqegVKQ1E9jSGzjismw-Q6JP26QvNaInRE6rzfw5HLXIQmlg2qeeKrR4Vl0eO4VAFmPSvchItBpm0ehqgRUFjH6ZwL_74S44QfmgqYvl0gooE79h-iudkXKoIFD0e8AYoKifmq_Uo_osaXHr7T-Md_ZLCSj86CNs/w480-h640/13E84B08-BDF9-4630-B18E-FD07FD794720.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>I quilted this wall hanging and added a hanging sleeve and label before sewing the binding on. I used my new Hurty 1 ruler for making the HRT's. The outer border is quilted with fuchsia thread. The pieced section is quilted in the ditch with light blue thread. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQfEq393t-XE7jX8yJmi3nClzrLnyMN7VFadgRgru_QZlnV34BQLazM9d_ZgIWEN6NmCI3XPub-IsUTLxbwmHh4z5gbVo40_5RvVNLclFnlWlLdhlJMQK2C1LAmCc7ZOkpbaOa9kC8y2oyBG83DBPGBHG78546Pe5rJ4xpHRuMTl5IPba6XQIXniSvPg/s4032/07AF2A96-45BF-4C8B-B152-5843458F7F31.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBQfEq393t-XE7jX8yJmi3nClzrLnyMN7VFadgRgru_QZlnV34BQLazM9d_ZgIWEN6NmCI3XPub-IsUTLxbwmHh4z5gbVo40_5RvVNLclFnlWlLdhlJMQK2C1LAmCc7ZOkpbaOa9kC8y2oyBG83DBPGBHG78546Pe5rJ4xpHRuMTl5IPba6XQIXniSvPg/w480-h640/07AF2A96-45BF-4C8B-B152-5843458F7F31.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The backing was in my stash!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eqtD3JuPK0v9Kp5409tqPvomYgBYuIx3-JmOL_ly2sDPUW23NMa-pXfoNKLJWb9cP4b2_L8n4-SzldKdEn-K9M3p6zdnBujxTDfHttSJWRmjRehbeutu0houx2zZJ8bl3VlGW4scIeZ6fQPUY4Hb6lLCHHZyfQ_qKweROp-aKfMRq1NlOMUsttseP8w/s4032/AEF913BA-601D-42D7-8D39-AB88FA0E0F8F.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9eqtD3JuPK0v9Kp5409tqPvomYgBYuIx3-JmOL_ly2sDPUW23NMa-pXfoNKLJWb9cP4b2_L8n4-SzldKdEn-K9M3p6zdnBujxTDfHttSJWRmjRehbeutu0houx2zZJ8bl3VlGW4scIeZ6fQPUY4Hb6lLCHHZyfQ_qKweROp-aKfMRq1NlOMUsttseP8w/w400-h300/AEF913BA-601D-42D7-8D39-AB88FA0E0F8F.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wanted to use the HRT ruler to make an I Spy baby quilt next. I brought lots of I Spy fabrics with me as well as this green background fabric. I ended up using only fabrics with light backgrounds for this quilt. There are lots of fun things to look for in this quilt. I will quilt this one myself with my walking foot. I found some backing fabric for it in my stash. I like to have a few baby quilts on hand, ready for gifting so this one will go in that pile. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_u6zXKuHmEMAXsGxtHVWCe8RuFLHeukWXE7iTVLLmPme3OA6XwWWJAJqCXM3BnCzmnVM5GhUbnJ3CwNF7D97OloAM7EOD2YiYW3g50xowONC0PHAXd_x5138H3w3A4lSl7SKlOCcl9kTOtHiKOvAK-ZItKfXDYAj0s-pk1_oZh-vyV4JzzJbajCYhGo/s4032/48A1ADD1-E38E-482C-85C0-CCA0C005F5F3_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl_u6zXKuHmEMAXsGxtHVWCe8RuFLHeukWXE7iTVLLmPme3OA6XwWWJAJqCXM3BnCzmnVM5GhUbnJ3CwNF7D97OloAM7EOD2YiYW3g50xowONC0PHAXd_x5138H3w3A4lSl7SKlOCcl9kTOtHiKOvAK-ZItKfXDYAj0s-pk1_oZh-vyV4JzzJbajCYhGo/w400-h300/48A1ADD1-E38E-482C-85C0-CCA0C005F5F3_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd0nsajcOBm6rTskjBbp_OKR5cg-IIKW_z59AFi_Nd_stLhQwY_KwF-ucTzUlQiJ1dcKCIy_dC8vNjYSmVVVNlcGxfLpx0cnV4qjtRTrymqTNwH1hlxsyqdYStL7VGWB5pELuK5Jwp6hrm4__DLgRujeWaCF76zbgGT83oa-LJlvZxvshuOiX1CXNo6g/s4032/B80C0E48-25FC-4032-B510-5658801529B8.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghd0nsajcOBm6rTskjBbp_OKR5cg-IIKW_z59AFi_Nd_stLhQwY_KwF-ucTzUlQiJ1dcKCIy_dC8vNjYSmVVVNlcGxfLpx0cnV4qjtRTrymqTNwH1hlxsyqdYStL7VGWB5pELuK5Jwp6hrm4__DLgRujeWaCF76zbgGT83oa-LJlvZxvshuOiX1CXNo6g/w480-h640/B80C0E48-25FC-4032-B510-5658801529B8.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I put the blocks together for this modern sampler a few weeks ago. I had to do some quilt math to get the width of the navy borders right so that the border with the squares would fit properly. The top and bottom borders are slightly narrower than the side borders for this reason. There will be another navy border added. I found some co-ordinating fabrics in my stash for a pieced back for this quilt. I will take this one to the long armer for quilting. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAo4vOwFsyPjYzXFBe2Uzcy1al5UQXfLh4VEicpQVFZGCxLXT2HygEX-wJ-Ls-YiFI0J8gdwULssvBSx9CNr4unDb7eUXnHtgcIk_LKug4Shes-bwcJnfIBpo3W7k5kyxIdIFkuS5YjWRTAhTG-1IFGD1f3NhZMvzvJc8T8ZwHk-rE8H6W4MKJ_Wk9y0M/s4032/D4164AFC-4FC5-407A-9746-84E4BFBF11E9.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAo4vOwFsyPjYzXFBe2Uzcy1al5UQXfLh4VEicpQVFZGCxLXT2HygEX-wJ-Ls-YiFI0J8gdwULssvBSx9CNr4unDb7eUXnHtgcIk_LKug4Shes-bwcJnfIBpo3W7k5kyxIdIFkuS5YjWRTAhTG-1IFGD1f3NhZMvzvJc8T8ZwHk-rE8H6W4MKJ_Wk9y0M/w480-h640/D4164AFC-4FC5-407A-9746-84E4BFBF11E9.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>The church Christmas bazaar is quickly approaching. I made these hot pads out of rope for our table and this week, we all made Christmas tree decorations to sell. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2630" data-original-width="3855" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvR_32sEH1rDyHPo_lkY6spN8MTpEMXN2NMnytcKikBmP0aUI3leYs69BF8U1vFYoLtuNSDN5znFkRmCy4VwPBZ9gYCS0aepmZAFBK5VRuUCnvE9b9yyjJ7F2JJkpY9fCW8mO7SEyY7yi9Z2Hb99DBf5lzrPLpYGZZdxANVStIilmnQTUqeYn4Oah7Irs/w400-h272/B5934DA3-819B-44E9-8E61-F6D60EC2FE99_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGeAvSLD8Ys48_wD4c6ozNRUfi4z-Ad5QrI-HdP61UiIsYFd9u33c8BAt2UYP5U3wVAkw8eTirDP-KHraV4VQZ2Oomu9cGotJrjuJsMA-_7A9_KywBGogA_jTxrObWyqoEIc3llzk2pAMCS1KUFqRcKYsj57JaTaUtQmhe88cbADxW2Db43LKw1qcYV8/s4032/9E260E45-84CC-4A18-BFDA-A0FEC7A5FD8B_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTGeAvSLD8Ys48_wD4c6ozNRUfi4z-Ad5QrI-HdP61UiIsYFd9u33c8BAt2UYP5U3wVAkw8eTirDP-KHraV4VQZ2Oomu9cGotJrjuJsMA-_7A9_KywBGogA_jTxrObWyqoEIc3llzk2pAMCS1KUFqRcKYsj57JaTaUtQmhe88cbADxW2Db43LKw1qcYV8/s320/9E260E45-84CC-4A18-BFDA-A0FEC7A5FD8B_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have figured out how to do the Trinity stitch for my hat and I am well on my way to finishing this part before the decreases for the crown of the hat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWF9PYuZg-vCtZSHG-ul_tn5UIFUTqYdpt0ATXHYrKas_gybz7841eXc-e3N7QUGnkri-hJLSlF9rp7Np0xQ8kE8r2uEcro5H_MiDgc_efXJdHwuxbBpxXk3f3rh25bQs-zOEAkuiPfOlvwvOqEuR56kW97a6JKXAGdaQmgEb8U1PClePopx62lfeRW7w/s4032/5AD69330-0454-4872-9E6B-8A44DC2CC425.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWF9PYuZg-vCtZSHG-ul_tn5UIFUTqYdpt0ATXHYrKas_gybz7841eXc-e3N7QUGnkri-hJLSlF9rp7Np0xQ8kE8r2uEcro5H_MiDgc_efXJdHwuxbBpxXk3f3rh25bQs-zOEAkuiPfOlvwvOqEuR56kW97a6JKXAGdaQmgEb8U1PClePopx62lfeRW7w/w480-h640/5AD69330-0454-4872-9E6B-8A44DC2CC425.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With all my knitting and sewing, I have not worked on my cross stitch as much this past week or so. </div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruN1SUTsv_DZ83ptVuUD2bnqHmmaQ2ZNnk4e5owUHhr9YM2eoZmmQGnSZdgTi9WtqcxfnYJfFEXHi9_LPxY5YhHcIT9iB9yyQqqU_HQYgYX02odfy12RgZObWwvHuDQZOVgcB6w8sHXhyphenhyphenW8qNHMV5s4lZEV8ajd6ZARBCFMk1unNVfmHdCJgob3WADNg/s4032/8C57A575-54B9-4C7B-AC08-0618B9C5BEF1.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiruN1SUTsv_DZ83ptVuUD2bnqHmmaQ2ZNnk4e5owUHhr9YM2eoZmmQGnSZdgTi9WtqcxfnYJfFEXHi9_LPxY5YhHcIT9iB9yyQqqU_HQYgYX02odfy12RgZObWwvHuDQZOVgcB6w8sHXhyphenhyphenW8qNHMV5s4lZEV8ajd6ZARBCFMk1unNVfmHdCJgob3WADNg/w480-h640/8C57A575-54B9-4C7B-AC08-0618B9C5BEF1.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The weather has changed and Finn likes to get out for a brisk walk with our daughter. </div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWnYyzaPwoAZvNffzmvgY3ZnvxQXpu3oEGDHlpO3-GDTWswYSKsUybhXipQzerNzspQKGnVNmb6F3_WygbDyu6AoPDS9keMHGM7WOzDa5lQvDUK2mqX_8_rtWDsGjIi9zooeSXlDJ6gT_WScQEyxv8aHH0xuKOvs4W1CAKLIeTVcRs-BI0l2DmrDMky0/s2048/6BF9EAB5-0904-4A7E-A0F5-A402B911FF97.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizWnYyzaPwoAZvNffzmvgY3ZnvxQXpu3oEGDHlpO3-GDTWswYSKsUybhXipQzerNzspQKGnVNmb6F3_WygbDyu6AoPDS9keMHGM7WOzDa5lQvDUK2mqX_8_rtWDsGjIi9zooeSXlDJ6gT_WScQEyxv8aHH0xuKOvs4W1CAKLIeTVcRs-BI0l2DmrDMky0/w360-h640/6BF9EAB5-0904-4A7E-A0F5-A402B911FF97.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Curling up for a nap on his cozy blanket is one of his favourite things to do after a busy day. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihf404uwHewoS2M1aLVZL2oObj8zw9A4ra05_w4RMJv-jWiuXtcVQYFkkJhpq44kxym6ochNDdkm05mq_ocrUC-HtedPpvB57omkCD48NFdC_2BOQhnow6x1S8uOQRB_3q7rH-MawK0hp37k5MV8qQ6d6QyXHCmxiRxc0YIGXIMSOavj9ys5PLw8BPT3M/s2048/FFE21792-DCF5-4844-9E70-6CD121E08977.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihf404uwHewoS2M1aLVZL2oObj8zw9A4ra05_w4RMJv-jWiuXtcVQYFkkJhpq44kxym6ochNDdkm05mq_ocrUC-HtedPpvB57omkCD48NFdC_2BOQhnow6x1S8uOQRB_3q7rH-MawK0hp37k5MV8qQ6d6QyXHCmxiRxc0YIGXIMSOavj9ys5PLw8BPT3M/w480-h640/FFE21792-DCF5-4844-9E70-6CD121E08977.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />I will link up with Kathy and the slow stitchers on Sunday morning. <div><br /></div><div>There will be another flurry of sewing at a second retreat at the end of the month...I still have lots of projects to work on. I don't think there is any danger of running out of things to do. <br /><p><br /></p></div>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-90623481109476515542023-10-28T20:01:00.008-04:002023-11-30T15:31:40.381-05:00An Update<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My husband and I were away for a little over a week recently and I managed to get some more stitches done on my sunflower cross stitch in the car on our way to Colonial Williamsburg, in Virginia. I am not going to be able to finish this picture before the end of the month as I had originally hoped, but I'm ok with that. One of our (unintended) souvenirs from our trip was two cases of COVID. We tested positive before leaving Virginia so it was a long 12 hour trip in the car to get home. I'm still really tired so not much stitching is getting done! We had both avoided getting COVID up until this time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjas0B5TfjLy2iTHDGWwYIcMzAhg9yvyGyQWQbA6Z3srMPpK7l7bTUICyz-FfaVD2grQUSRhKiYBVPQ-KC1e2uhAKbF3vobrddgXtQ4Rm7vhkZI_3lGtPvFfTyuksTSL-t4nB3KD9Q7s47w3ZG7OiyPFass0I4z2_q-U4JEGBgNjKRGli9oR32jiqDh4xs/s4032/390B4040-6B70-4446-A916-C985025D6EC7.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjas0B5TfjLy2iTHDGWwYIcMzAhg9yvyGyQWQbA6Z3srMPpK7l7bTUICyz-FfaVD2grQUSRhKiYBVPQ-KC1e2uhAKbF3vobrddgXtQ4Rm7vhkZI_3lGtPvFfTyuksTSL-t4nB3KD9Q7s47w3ZG7OiyPFass0I4z2_q-U4JEGBgNjKRGli9oR32jiqDh4xs/w480-h640/390B4040-6B70-4446-A916-C985025D6EC7.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /> I have done a little bit of knitting over the last couple of days. The ribbing on my hat needs to be 4.5" wide and I am at 4" now. Soon, I will be moving onto a patterned section of trinity stitch. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghY7tNS7EJtpEK5uB1AbPlKzHjxtT4Ny3x0J58ziPcLqXkDHLg9pEhGM5bNFKWmrBJn9oPELAcOOC-VgJzbdYjKEfptZ4jwfG8-VRfZp3VSjqRXLhC4n3xWRl79s-nM4qGJ47CKmauuKnCcD2hQrz-v9KgmDKOB9h6IQLlLJnO0T9OvBAMC87kAtUnJ2c/s4032/DA1C4EF3-7C7F-4B99-AD20-EB8F36A16193_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghY7tNS7EJtpEK5uB1AbPlKzHjxtT4Ny3x0J58ziPcLqXkDHLg9pEhGM5bNFKWmrBJn9oPELAcOOC-VgJzbdYjKEfptZ4jwfG8-VRfZp3VSjqRXLhC4n3xWRl79s-nM4qGJ47CKmauuKnCcD2hQrz-v9KgmDKOB9h6IQLlLJnO0T9OvBAMC87kAtUnJ2c/w400-h300/DA1C4EF3-7C7F-4B99-AD20-EB8F36A16193_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On our way to Williamsburg, we stopped at Watkin's Glen State Park in NY for a rather damp but scenic hike. 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The top of the pocket had a drawstring which was tied around the woman's waist with the pocket worn under her skirt and accessed through a slit in the side seam. No one except the wearer would see the gorgeous handwork. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN50eRBByd7rEfYZwfd7ALoY_Enck8m2HMvSOk3bad1NMNMGhOGFWjNJWjrkhNRbyfhedG_A5QbEWnrhOMArrOzAPXFJNwgDRSNDX-DqIpEdEtqHlDxT9YPFCFrbs5RLlraBMo93Uo1f21JhDrMANbJrhA7ENwfN7fR3xwZEjSsPMALCIJPtW44pJBllU/s4032/66DBEE7D-573F-45BD-9F6C-DD4F6E909632.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN50eRBByd7rEfYZwfd7ALoY_Enck8m2HMvSOk3bad1NMNMGhOGFWjNJWjrkhNRbyfhedG_A5QbEWnrhOMArrOzAPXFJNwgDRSNDX-DqIpEdEtqHlDxT9YPFCFrbs5RLlraBMo93Uo1f21JhDrMANbJrhA7ENwfN7fR3xwZEjSsPMALCIJPtW44pJBllU/w480-h640/66DBEE7D-573F-45BD-9F6C-DD4F6E909632.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7njxyNCFpUmD1tMxQSK0X9CsxkAkiY088YWiVjOusCBJlEk6pcXNS-LRF90cClqtnNL4bbIdvANffYCCp4WGnb51KnX1jXO4fN2ckXjgZ-XxsGFLBA7XrhqFfBXASfgVWEn9OCmsF-_0CmNCTiFUW2MzlWe0VNHO8_sBWhh8wdQRcmOiFsVZ1tfirH48/s4032/68A4DA02-B740-4E3C-8339-90C7BFD3A375.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7njxyNCFpUmD1tMxQSK0X9CsxkAkiY088YWiVjOusCBJlEk6pcXNS-LRF90cClqtnNL4bbIdvANffYCCp4WGnb51KnX1jXO4fN2ckXjgZ-XxsGFLBA7XrhqFfBXASfgVWEn9OCmsF-_0CmNCTiFUW2MzlWe0VNHO8_sBWhh8wdQRcmOiFsVZ1tfirH48/w480-h640/68A4DA02-B740-4E3C-8339-90C7BFD3A375.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWXMtrq6uZm-ytyA6_sgVvuwLs6xopFXHRXQHGoKmdWvurRi3BRfNgMKCqdDUS6KhkyutIu_vukfHVu3w8fU93RhATYPQgCfFpgy2RaxBXLwN7X1FfGe2yyjRhG0Uo0YaEuSDBDqc141IlbNZXlByA219ia_fsGlhS3H6izQ2BJNZKd94R6qZtBVxbYs/s4032/D0FD2463-F24E-4C0F-8C4B-0649058561C1.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWXMtrq6uZm-ytyA6_sgVvuwLs6xopFXHRXQHGoKmdWvurRi3BRfNgMKCqdDUS6KhkyutIu_vukfHVu3w8fU93RhATYPQgCfFpgy2RaxBXLwN7X1FfGe2yyjRhG0Uo0YaEuSDBDqc141IlbNZXlByA219ia_fsGlhS3H6izQ2BJNZKd94R6qZtBVxbYs/w480-h640/D0FD2463-F24E-4C0F-8C4B-0649058561C1.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />One of the gardens had these gorgeous magenta flowers which the bees loved. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyABQAXImcR-d7B65UyYEiTrgKF6nloI2Fx4wJ5ZMCWrERYD1xMyeiIig-AJBbjyc5NTMOTNfR9G6PnlLAQAo_OWX5voxg4ctVnKNASIPZquf2gZh2qOmhB_iFokB8IPzfcZ2t82k1VZHG91ugXEs-Joip2DH5DK7I8CH9jmuI8aePjaZXxf7cUswFRcE/s4032/E104A449-28B3-435C-9510-236C9506D94D.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyABQAXImcR-d7B65UyYEiTrgKF6nloI2Fx4wJ5ZMCWrERYD1xMyeiIig-AJBbjyc5NTMOTNfR9G6PnlLAQAo_OWX5voxg4ctVnKNASIPZquf2gZh2qOmhB_iFokB8IPzfcZ2t82k1VZHG91ugXEs-Joip2DH5DK7I8CH9jmuI8aePjaZXxf7cUswFRcE/w480-h640/E104A449-28B3-435C-9510-236C9506D94D.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>Finn says hello! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutEhFIOY89N1M_otK5j-boJTCQ6xP_wXxKcmp9XcT9Q_xeHnUWYU3SHxoCGjLwA1vVjvLY__RgrFyEKAlVvtTWMhBDcjbmICmnNp4ULqh-mZl7VSZL9O0UD-2KyE-gD0qAT1xeg2MAF3ZA4xLRvASijgkaSaAtV2tgsWGaeZvhT4FjkSIv1TMt0FHzSs/s1600/75BB45AF-0643-4C8B-B560-7A55F4B2B17E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutEhFIOY89N1M_otK5j-boJTCQ6xP_wXxKcmp9XcT9Q_xeHnUWYU3SHxoCGjLwA1vVjvLY__RgrFyEKAlVvtTWMhBDcjbmICmnNp4ULqh-mZl7VSZL9O0UD-2KyE-gD0qAT1xeg2MAF3ZA4xLRvASijgkaSaAtV2tgsWGaeZvhT4FjkSIv1TMt0FHzSs/w360-h640/75BB45AF-0643-4C8B-B560-7A55F4B2B17E.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers in the morning. </div>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-8156341007036104212023-10-14T17:54:00.001-04:002023-10-14T17:54:09.736-04:00Modern Sampler Borders, Sunflowers, Ribbing, and a Class<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In order to make my Modern Sampler quilt bed sized, I need to add borders. I decided to make one of the borders pieced with 2.5" squares. I cut out lots of squares and then made them into twosies. Some of them have been sewn into longer chains but that's as far as I got this week. Next time I sit down at the sewing machine, I will work on this again. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEa9F0eJq7yPZMr2RQ1UPXaB2yOuj_AXFGNAsYLC13G1b8ra8l6tPoCjWbizk3Zkx1oS5R8oJUwg_Y_UGYGQhxgcWpzW3hNVAqKAly5zfXAgXwYxvh6Drh36UsoeJ2OnALh9-v0DkiU4Q8SIE5rw0rxYQDrJaHc-zNIboGmp8uQj0MTJolLWg2YEfcj8/s4032/7A1635DF-57D1-41E5-A584-E5E21C1149B2_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheEa9F0eJq7yPZMr2RQ1UPXaB2yOuj_AXFGNAsYLC13G1b8ra8l6tPoCjWbizk3Zkx1oS5R8oJUwg_Y_UGYGQhxgcWpzW3hNVAqKAly5zfXAgXwYxvh6Drh36UsoeJ2OnALh9-v0DkiU4Q8SIE5rw0rxYQDrJaHc-zNIboGmp8uQj0MTJolLWg2YEfcj8/w400-h300/7A1635DF-57D1-41E5-A584-E5E21C1149B2_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXv0YqRmXyHtzA0NIArXya6x53Vq6S33tCvGmrrKc9HFyUBVykaguZBZ_PkoVEByO9a4VMroxkoV-MugBgZeNur1iO01vxWs_HT4EIZf0NoCyHXbBvndc0crG0ogffjMWf0xmCl6e3ojz82YrqQ401ds7_G0xNTPIt12AWo-pSypnZouVA-mUULIWofg/s4032/02F154E3-AF60-4C47-9AD9-8C0202ADE326.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfXv0YqRmXyHtzA0NIArXya6x53Vq6S33tCvGmrrKc9HFyUBVykaguZBZ_PkoVEByO9a4VMroxkoV-MugBgZeNur1iO01vxWs_HT4EIZf0NoCyHXbBvndc0crG0ogffjMWf0xmCl6e3ojz82YrqQ401ds7_G0xNTPIt12AWo-pSypnZouVA-mUULIWofg/w480-h640/02F154E3-AF60-4C47-9AD9-8C0202ADE326.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My Sunflower cross stitch is 3/4 done! My goal of having this done by the end of October is achievable, I think. I will keep stitching! The fourth quadrant is already in progress. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWrZgYUI9l0MSXqnBJ0COLQVXkf57HExb4MrPR-EJt-fuhYtnFiK8RIy6o-uuKrLLy12SixbHd3Q5SvwLNKMEC7wtYyacP645DtkhJ6ToUrrOhyphenhyphen3ez5x6fMPnZU6Xo-Up9EOOltT-oKs3YmcMYNYuLdnyQ43QlZVmmZZ5nKbWe2GKruEJrBaPNWvWSQg/s4032/3B1EB118-C963-49E3-AD1A-57A424944485.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRWrZgYUI9l0MSXqnBJ0COLQVXkf57HExb4MrPR-EJt-fuhYtnFiK8RIy6o-uuKrLLy12SixbHd3Q5SvwLNKMEC7wtYyacP645DtkhJ6ToUrrOhyphenhyphen3ez5x6fMPnZU6Xo-Up9EOOltT-oKs3YmcMYNYuLdnyQ43QlZVmmZZ5nKbWe2GKruEJrBaPNWvWSQg/w480-h640/3B1EB118-C963-49E3-AD1A-57A424944485.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did a little bit of knitting every day this past week and I am just about finished the ribbing on my hat. The next section is Trinity stitch and I watched a YouTube video on how to do that this week. Wish me luck!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1TPwcvCpTumXAOLM-jEnBSkZP1fd0NQ89HGwYypTjHAF5YnFx8j5sAP2IWxSSZYn9_81XwJMj3r1D58vO_HD1nW6IVHRwMyhpyBYd_-Km5DabY2JxBGELVn7FwyKJLeJkdc2UEjFwqYmeQ8Cy5E0Hp2azapw4cLDNo4SfMZ8PfKWzXqcRzN-N7bjaEQ/s4032/5CC66802-B0F0-4DAD-92C2-07325C785E00.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1TPwcvCpTumXAOLM-jEnBSkZP1fd0NQ89HGwYypTjHAF5YnFx8j5sAP2IWxSSZYn9_81XwJMj3r1D58vO_HD1nW6IVHRwMyhpyBYd_-Km5DabY2JxBGELVn7FwyKJLeJkdc2UEjFwqYmeQ8Cy5E0Hp2azapw4cLDNo4SfMZ8PfKWzXqcRzN-N7bjaEQ/w480-h640/5CC66802-B0F0-4DAD-92C2-07325C785E00.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceYSWIRs2l2i0ZyhDUcuhFFkO60zR8-rorpY10BWVLne6Vsi0TNUH0wBkEzu8QR3jwE0NAiwZ510qWAgXsGAUd2YsyhLbT60AF7odnBtu1p79L3Uf8Wk3PgHERRbVutje1WPC44Ksvruq47_3Y1II3yqAi8-fZVVjNtsAbClBQD5Y_QwK6e9IRgPMKt4/s4032/8D6FDCC5-F1BB-4723-B821-643F15651D46.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgceYSWIRs2l2i0ZyhDUcuhFFkO60zR8-rorpY10BWVLne6Vsi0TNUH0wBkEzu8QR3jwE0NAiwZ510qWAgXsGAUd2YsyhLbT60AF7odnBtu1p79L3Uf8Wk3PgHERRbVutje1WPC44Ksvruq47_3Y1II3yqAi8-fZVVjNtsAbClBQD5Y_QwK6e9IRgPMKt4/w400-h300/8D6FDCC5-F1BB-4723-B821-643F15651D46.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There were two new babies in the family this summer. This is baby W with his quilt that I made for him. His Mom reports he is enjoying tummy time on the quilt. The quilt is folded in half in this picture. This quilt was made with flannel scraps and also has a flannel back. I made two of them and each of the two babies born in July received one. My flannel scrap basket is starting to overflow again so I made need to make another one to keep it from exploding onto the floor. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsUBzqVlhk1h0oFGgrVb-xNSK0AAOiW8Gnv6UvOIEb_aZed3Kbpps0_vgnP5jiDDqBhqrnAzge-ZKchRKaY1qPmriyFk56oPDPI2BMegnKWtUd8b4AR_yMeDo61Y9fKyDw2QDfpWEGqq5uWtsri0WzFX_DndgqjJF_-4bOc_0-lhH5THTCquAIUU4YS8/s4032/20DE6D44-0ACB-46CE-8F90-2BAA6459BC5D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwsUBzqVlhk1h0oFGgrVb-xNSK0AAOiW8Gnv6UvOIEb_aZed3Kbpps0_vgnP5jiDDqBhqrnAzge-ZKchRKaY1qPmriyFk56oPDPI2BMegnKWtUd8b4AR_yMeDo61Y9fKyDw2QDfpWEGqq5uWtsri0WzFX_DndgqjJF_-4bOc_0-lhH5THTCquAIUU4YS8/w400-h300/20DE6D44-0ACB-46CE-8F90-2BAA6459BC5D.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I taught a scrappy drunkard's path class today for the Oxford Guild. First, we pieced some scraps to make fabric and then I showed them how to do curved piecing to make the blocks. Everyone had fun playing with their scraps and I look forward to seeing their finished projects. This is a slower project as it takes a while to piece the fabric. The black and white scraps with the green background is my block. This will count for this month's Rainbow Scrap challenge as we are to use light neutrals this month. I also worked on my 6.5" slab blocks --I will show a picture of them when they are done. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOt10oslwGUFcYhRvO6TLPMPnS21_xtTugjC61GTIESqiNuGCoSPSVDpzJd0_gAEFNZ6lXEwvoxb5XNELe2ALoOhpNgKLFLZ8ggFNZesYJhrbO9c1zq7QAMnCuf70jsdBsltvGEcDv44BZ7j_Dzne5ulzAzpstpI38_AAcVetWMaM98T0sI2YuviFW9xI/s4032/AF8038AB-278D-430B-818B-7D3ADD597262.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOt10oslwGUFcYhRvO6TLPMPnS21_xtTugjC61GTIESqiNuGCoSPSVDpzJd0_gAEFNZ6lXEwvoxb5XNELe2ALoOhpNgKLFLZ8ggFNZesYJhrbO9c1zq7QAMnCuf70jsdBsltvGEcDv44BZ7j_Dzne5ulzAzpstpI38_AAcVetWMaM98T0sI2YuviFW9xI/w480-h640/AF8038AB-278D-430B-818B-7D3ADD597262.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our burning bush started to show its fall colours this week. It is such a vibrant red in the fall. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7w5PXx2v0RrV6-mDUPUJ5kJPhaD309UMjvU7BClA-9theUuteSI2eKsxvhBePSdzVGz90vu9ahsNFxvhWGhVq32igyheEz9Fc4HJn22ELq2eOoIVtuZAY2-5PRPBZ9z14v-QxjHBd2mxKEjjaB02vaeo5NrFaQSKELuwu92dBxtdxyOdvX8mRuK2drIM/s4032/23B04F9A-4D90-4975-8C4A-DB34ADCF2D9A.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7w5PXx2v0RrV6-mDUPUJ5kJPhaD309UMjvU7BClA-9theUuteSI2eKsxvhBePSdzVGz90vu9ahsNFxvhWGhVq32igyheEz9Fc4HJn22ELq2eOoIVtuZAY2-5PRPBZ9z14v-QxjHBd2mxKEjjaB02vaeo5NrFaQSKELuwu92dBxtdxyOdvX8mRuK2drIM/w480-h640/23B04F9A-4D90-4975-8C4A-DB34ADCF2D9A.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My husband and I went for a walk at the park one morning this past week. The leaves are starting to turn and fall. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaomp1TTNW84EUVvapGjZ6x5GpJcleUjQx7HIE73AehH56bIYYsGV1Gtmi03pUJLS7axNYFg-aC7g1GeQ410APB30nd20RyEjQaa_aHUslhYb9Soxiq9iEtLPxmtc7QFlvDXsmwXF0gVxEZs9QHo2SuaV7VdbK0C-mkFJszrqY6U3M98krnFGBQP11g8/s4032/59BAD39F-C71C-49FF-9C41-5F5EFAF21C27.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaomp1TTNW84EUVvapGjZ6x5GpJcleUjQx7HIE73AehH56bIYYsGV1Gtmi03pUJLS7axNYFg-aC7g1GeQ410APB30nd20RyEjQaa_aHUslhYb9Soxiq9iEtLPxmtc7QFlvDXsmwXF0gVxEZs9QHo2SuaV7VdbK0C-mkFJszrqY6U3M98krnFGBQP11g8/w480-h640/59BAD39F-C71C-49FF-9C41-5F5EFAF21C27.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn is not so sure he likes this colder and damper weather. He always stands in the doorway to check to see if it is raining before venturing out to do his business. He doesn't like to get his feet wet!!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUR5vMHXD-FBEhjuMf_MYBjUjXeJ1NLpRxsMHWGcFsJt6-zMhzHqI85bQre4d6ke2fYUwQcnHUYfrkw3rXDxyZrkSvr-J1omJNBBDbmQeSwQewHboxkYlZZ8hJ6aKpwBQ19_Mc__lDLb0a1UcI1RnM-wWvjeswYtV_uO-8CfJQbTWp-I_iLZBEOByT5Hs/s2048/CD9C966F-F57B-4D43-AFB6-AC882D677F6A.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1491" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUR5vMHXD-FBEhjuMf_MYBjUjXeJ1NLpRxsMHWGcFsJt6-zMhzHqI85bQre4d6ke2fYUwQcnHUYfrkw3rXDxyZrkSvr-J1omJNBBDbmQeSwQewHboxkYlZZ8hJ6aKpwBQ19_Mc__lDLb0a1UcI1RnM-wWvjeswYtV_uO-8CfJQbTWp-I_iLZBEOByT5Hs/w466-h640/CD9C966F-F57B-4D43-AFB6-AC882D677F6A.jpeg" width="466" /></a></div><br /> I will be linking up with Kathy on Sunday Morning and with Angela now for the RSC. I have started linking up with Patchwork and Quilts as well. (Patchwork and Quilts is a bilingual blog--French and English. I am learning French by doing Duolingo each day for 40 mins and I find I can read the French part of the blog with minimal reference to the English translation!)<p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-24793595957946550392023-10-07T16:54:00.001-04:002023-10-07T16:54:41.814-04:00Weight of Love, Sunflowers, and the Beginning of a Hat.<p> Late last week, I picked up my Weight of Love quilt from my local long armer, Julie. My goal for the week was to have it bound in time to bring it to the Oxford Quilter's Guild meeting on Thursday for show and tell. I finished the hand stitching on Thursday morning. Yahoo! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3r_tEaot_kRF03qXfHSRP7frm14tKeQDtinRleczLeQshL_pH6M8BaStJK0nczhmu3B5GS9LgJ9RNe-GWd_H6JLrB-MtkcZvmpuReys0z3sdvHBvr2vauqVqBhNU3tUQCbHe9b_htXjm8bNuNHESDhzh52jEp0n4I3NprJ9z9sHeF23bZo3IvhyphenhyphenSfgc/s4032/6D03DAAA-0478-4406-AB2F-8499EBB00AC2.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3r_tEaot_kRF03qXfHSRP7frm14tKeQDtinRleczLeQshL_pH6M8BaStJK0nczhmu3B5GS9LgJ9RNe-GWd_H6JLrB-MtkcZvmpuReys0z3sdvHBvr2vauqVqBhNU3tUQCbHe9b_htXjm8bNuNHESDhzh52jEp0n4I3NprJ9z9sHeF23bZo3IvhyphenhyphenSfgc/w400-h300/6D03DAAA-0478-4406-AB2F-8499EBB00AC2.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The backing fabric was in my stash. There are a few strips in my gray scrap bin from trimming the quilt. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz9XA5LAs7FZIR_HpanQsH5fxZ0BCfhl3LyN0_tofwezmzDQTjWWgcnCr0MFDzOfEROcjJ7Y9NT1e0ccQP5jSiCh4OUGwPS4mA1f4fTZfwXsSP8A5Au-jz8lFfZk0RbDYu-_rrvZaeSw6GTbebm2ntJJltETVJiRZtLK1XbuNjNtzF30Wt8v_oTlkuRSA/w400-h300/1F012295-5FCC-4BCA-A0A1-EC610D00569A.heic" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Several years ago, I attended a quilt show featuring quilts from New Zealand. I purchased some New Zealand fat quarters and used them in this quilt as well as other fabrics from my stash. I don't know much about the flora and fauna of New Zealand so if anyone can tell me about any of these birds and plants, please do so in the comments!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxbnIdjkM_3p1ZEcHO-OI2ZIEv1vBLhp3dlP22BSkTvH716vK7hikpi7JvF8yLYRgCA1KBH7dZmNRacdR3ijhn_xsnkW93oqtRUelV-tNWCE5m8fcdHMFlmqfEiqznfkzqNPbMkkDvPMlIU_xCpwh-8i4dM7JCXxvkRnuKDd-Cr9k-NsXUxWnUFl33Ss/s4032/3F686620-07F1-4704-B431-8096B81FCC1B.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxbnIdjkM_3p1ZEcHO-OI2ZIEv1vBLhp3dlP22BSkTvH716vK7hikpi7JvF8yLYRgCA1KBH7dZmNRacdR3ijhn_xsnkW93oqtRUelV-tNWCE5m8fcdHMFlmqfEiqznfkzqNPbMkkDvPMlIU_xCpwh-8i4dM7JCXxvkRnuKDd-Cr9k-NsXUxWnUFl33Ss/w480-h640/3F686620-07F1-4704-B431-8096B81FCC1B.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfH3me6b6w2rjaWqBf7Ejt9_59ARmnxqlkScHfez-gs3u7x3Jg2D-aJazR8NFjfsannRcM_YI3OrCngxWzuMtlLxW5boKv6S9g9VQNzV46Uw-snKItuLxT0eviDB4Hf-cFJlM0DZjtSAwEuKXjdgSm-SaoZ_EuJ6fm6foRwS8Lv62Tc8trecJA_7zQe0c/s4032/93A79F9A-26D6-40B0-B3B3-A3BA8216C921.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfH3me6b6w2rjaWqBf7Ejt9_59ARmnxqlkScHfez-gs3u7x3Jg2D-aJazR8NFjfsannRcM_YI3OrCngxWzuMtlLxW5boKv6S9g9VQNzV46Uw-snKItuLxT0eviDB4Hf-cFJlM0DZjtSAwEuKXjdgSm-SaoZ_EuJ6fm6foRwS8Lv62Tc8trecJA_7zQe0c/w480-h640/93A79F9A-26D6-40B0-B3B3-A3BA8216C921.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xKMQvpBLUpSqKUDv9BCFoLk-ftU85jGreT-dSEct2IrxJN2uao_2DN30eWFgDfj9Ay9WOmL1HxCSSX0FqDs4M7fVPiPzngEmT_W1tqoXBoRtyO8IevPkX1fv7hLBkxjIG3VVLlJ2mIbsvBkYISJivybVX08mC4yvgySLcpD_k-AmFw_ugzHOBBVpnjQ/s4032/4832C5B7-E579-40E4-A81C-D6EDCA236A20.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2xKMQvpBLUpSqKUDv9BCFoLk-ftU85jGreT-dSEct2IrxJN2uao_2DN30eWFgDfj9Ay9WOmL1HxCSSX0FqDs4M7fVPiPzngEmT_W1tqoXBoRtyO8IevPkX1fv7hLBkxjIG3VVLlJ2mIbsvBkYISJivybVX08mC4yvgySLcpD_k-AmFw_ugzHOBBVpnjQ/w480-h640/4832C5B7-E579-40E4-A81C-D6EDCA236A20.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGw4qZW1lt1HrWf9PJUv8HcML6KQLGZ2BjppP5o0TXPM2iU_ia6Womx005bNHlJp4j1jmiG8gHnf2Rdf1gixMMGldgr7XC66Ylqo3qhyphenhyphenKRjnxRHt7NAHpS2Fook435HXgxrlNc6LDklP-DEepVqEJJyVm8LA3uUQxqFzikskT5JCgQie7a-Yyr8swlUUY/s4032/E32004C2-ECC4-4C26-A13B-623E62B483A0.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGw4qZW1lt1HrWf9PJUv8HcML6KQLGZ2BjppP5o0TXPM2iU_ia6Womx005bNHlJp4j1jmiG8gHnf2Rdf1gixMMGldgr7XC66Ylqo3qhyphenhyphenKRjnxRHt7NAHpS2Fook435HXgxrlNc6LDklP-DEepVqEJJyVm8LA3uUQxqFzikskT5JCgQie7a-Yyr8swlUUY/w480-h640/E32004C2-ECC4-4C26-A13B-623E62B483A0.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here are some examples of the different quilting patterns that Julie used. I wanted the hexagons to continue into the background fabric--you can see that in the pictures below of me holding the quilt. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLazQlojzovxfWHiHx3IjnpYb8OKWZwZr7JnAdzuFXgZMY9WNvpx9a2r0Jh4kCpEBxyu5i_l9xXHcVabG1seJ8hMSibcov4z4CXVuc-0B2VDvOSyGwfURxSoENQMpFaLYZYvvx-oKgNd_NCiwZRAMt__CMn_GGFrCaRrnaZQ2YbeQynnf0NrPdwllqPc/s4032/52CB32A2-B456-41A3-B0C5-312AB6EAF0B7.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLazQlojzovxfWHiHx3IjnpYb8OKWZwZr7JnAdzuFXgZMY9WNvpx9a2r0Jh4kCpEBxyu5i_l9xXHcVabG1seJ8hMSibcov4z4CXVuc-0B2VDvOSyGwfURxSoENQMpFaLYZYvvx-oKgNd_NCiwZRAMt__CMn_GGFrCaRrnaZQ2YbeQynnf0NrPdwllqPc/w480-h640/52CB32A2-B456-41A3-B0C5-312AB6EAF0B7.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div></div></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHFv-6ngOikwtu7mpj6jiE5CniMIo8f_wDlYhDe9SEEKaL2hM5cz4M7CzBJ0aGlwe8U4bJo7Esmw3YaZ-R2K6v3NUonBaMuqJo2bFbZR5uJ1Yhl9cFkrTUE1cbY-dNJp-t-BUMz_7Rh9nAweYbGiGBZ3V5ADZ6hWBYJedwBHG2jjxoRg44LjylkcDEDA/s4032/64AFE229-BED5-4D86-AC73-3B64573C0DFC.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMHFv-6ngOikwtu7mpj6jiE5CniMIo8f_wDlYhDe9SEEKaL2hM5cz4M7CzBJ0aGlwe8U4bJo7Esmw3YaZ-R2K6v3NUonBaMuqJo2bFbZR5uJ1Yhl9cFkrTUE1cbY-dNJp-t-BUMz_7Rh9nAweYbGiGBZ3V5ADZ6hWBYJedwBHG2jjxoRg44LjylkcDEDA/w480-h640/64AFE229-BED5-4D86-AC73-3B64573C0DFC.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />I took a class from Libs Elliott in November of 2019 and started this quilt then. During the class, we learned how to do Y seams. Now I just need to add a hanging sleeve and put this on display in my house!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak1qAv98WuRXICWjlfpRtDWD9NISKFZXlo6rnLo66auLEyQy_je5L4pD_lvF9TbTLfUhd18Sgk4hYhdfDQOI-gSkDAszmbNGDdYxf0QCd2wi5s75iIgBidUrgZ27ieOsxQFNrgboS_TvV6Pb7RGB0Ihhw3VyOdVoE_IfMy3-jMJObZ97uu5G-aubfR6E/s4032/F86C0F6D-9C35-4B65-8FF5-5A6FB17D2D27.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiak1qAv98WuRXICWjlfpRtDWD9NISKFZXlo6rnLo66auLEyQy_je5L4pD_lvF9TbTLfUhd18Sgk4hYhdfDQOI-gSkDAszmbNGDdYxf0QCd2wi5s75iIgBidUrgZ27ieOsxQFNrgboS_TvV6Pb7RGB0Ihhw3VyOdVoE_IfMy3-jMJObZ97uu5G-aubfR6E/w480-h640/F86C0F6D-9C35-4B65-8FF5-5A6FB17D2D27.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ixoUMArn0cfi-WDDO-5nO6zgd7cYuBRwyvHmhzZX6_4joPav1fVJq59-ZxOs9q0oPZiSjL7EwmK6g6l6uWwMdOzFTxc6A3d0tFsLoqdCm8MloTpBS7BGiOcgwAUo6RGVOIXfmA4POomM01uN3XtKGPgpop2v7mqUaUAjcBTNrBq0F2SVfMF0FGy_o0E/s4032/38F2CEE0-F875-447F-BE5B-C0A573DC4829.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ixoUMArn0cfi-WDDO-5nO6zgd7cYuBRwyvHmhzZX6_4joPav1fVJq59-ZxOs9q0oPZiSjL7EwmK6g6l6uWwMdOzFTxc6A3d0tFsLoqdCm8MloTpBS7BGiOcgwAUo6RGVOIXfmA4POomM01uN3XtKGPgpop2v7mqUaUAjcBTNrBq0F2SVfMF0FGy_o0E/w480-h640/38F2CEE0-F875-447F-BE5B-C0A573DC4829.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fLfVT-ChGMgk6UvulHPmukzqJqqhQR5dXTIwivJfp9lgZlzzoxvMq3os3i7x0vWA0sJSsKTGAnG2eaeuBPDytYtcTgLFmtOX56uCbqv-EmfhgGL9G4vO-r-wm_-toR3QjTpzUmEoYcXL5uZT5Fm-njBflJaa8KQSgG1eKrZtVK5zMYaoTZd9QAkbp_Q/s4032/787730B3-2264-4DAF-B0B7-C26FB344CF07.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1fLfVT-ChGMgk6UvulHPmukzqJqqhQR5dXTIwivJfp9lgZlzzoxvMq3os3i7x0vWA0sJSsKTGAnG2eaeuBPDytYtcTgLFmtOX56uCbqv-EmfhgGL9G4vO-r-wm_-toR3QjTpzUmEoYcXL5uZT5Fm-njBflJaa8KQSgG1eKrZtVK5zMYaoTZd9QAkbp_Q/w480-h640/787730B3-2264-4DAF-B0B7-C26FB344CF07.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I am just about done this 3rd quadrant of my Sunflowers cross stitch. I have added a few stitches in the fourth quadrant to use up the thread on my needle. I hope to do some more cross stitching tomorrow for slow Sunday stitching. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyw7ItMKDihC-X18y_CWIoEYl3nfYqJ_mJz2S4dfyJUybSfID6rETq15MSV1iAMgASrixR5ZgsUcA4y0yXLoJIBGj-LKqn6dVRdmpCrAVNIQnocbQ28-naSgOCtVoF0Zy-298vHvChUt6KMwJk1BncWZZwL0ayxX2btvS2MQccT1usA8sB1q-YOfN5VAM/s4032/FD678ECD-7F64-48D0-A68B-8FA51FCFFCA1.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyw7ItMKDihC-X18y_CWIoEYl3nfYqJ_mJz2S4dfyJUybSfID6rETq15MSV1iAMgASrixR5ZgsUcA4y0yXLoJIBGj-LKqn6dVRdmpCrAVNIQnocbQ28-naSgOCtVoF0Zy-298vHvChUt6KMwJk1BncWZZwL0ayxX2btvS2MQccT1usA8sB1q-YOfN5VAM/w480-h640/FD678ECD-7F64-48D0-A68B-8FA51FCFFCA1.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I started knitting the ribbing on my hat this week. I try to do at least a couple of rows each day. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PabWgpXFmZhBR3jXpw3Oapdi5DxCMcND6dT-dRnn9w4Fl-r8gHTrDPgjhE2YLb-MB_5J1vz7WLDmqnaipZCXscwVB-eONOOKWOMNeTouNZEfLkZl98tn2pA3LU_NZe5jhKbkkpgkI2XaojwCr-vJS0hyphenhyphenxdpjoZIUfXPOGLXQ3LsE7w-YS_eMyp4iYHc/s4032/AD40F34E-19B3-45CA-BB65-A8966D6E9596.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-PabWgpXFmZhBR3jXpw3Oapdi5DxCMcND6dT-dRnn9w4Fl-r8gHTrDPgjhE2YLb-MB_5J1vz7WLDmqnaipZCXscwVB-eONOOKWOMNeTouNZEfLkZl98tn2pA3LU_NZe5jhKbkkpgkI2XaojwCr-vJS0hyphenhyphenxdpjoZIUfXPOGLXQ3LsE7w-YS_eMyp4iYHc/w480-h640/AD40F34E-19B3-45CA-BB65-A8966D6E9596.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">We have had some beautiful warm days this past week (a cold front moved in last night so it is much cooler today), so my husband and I went to a local provincial park to go bike riding one day this past week. There was only a touch of fall colour here and there. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDL0P98AZIZQGCEyIYpoN48P67eEVACw9kL1QKvs2m6H52zX4atPMDG9yeHWNVEHvC-lKocv5xJF2ZClDuGFajHdzF1IKuLiCwe45misvkmwg6hCez-TIbvOcVkWvOWZNePZfFirtrGmA4Fja7NNqwF3iPIDV5BIAo785qbf9jr2rg5udBpb7JXyAZUc/s4032/9C4BBF06-FB34-48FB-A816-E7ACF0140DFF.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDL0P98AZIZQGCEyIYpoN48P67eEVACw9kL1QKvs2m6H52zX4atPMDG9yeHWNVEHvC-lKocv5xJF2ZClDuGFajHdzF1IKuLiCwe45misvkmwg6hCez-TIbvOcVkWvOWZNePZfFirtrGmA4Fja7NNqwF3iPIDV5BIAo785qbf9jr2rg5udBpb7JXyAZUc/w480-h640/9C4BBF06-FB34-48FB-A816-E7ACF0140DFF.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">My daughter made herself a strawberry and peach smoothie this week. When she turned her back to take a call, Finn helped himself to a taste! He liked it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46GVdw-eo93b6Q-_-NYNj3XG_9QmGBGtiO7AnhZVm2l6NXbhN0YADjzGZKCDXUHhVbqWp0pFV6zsbKmqEBI5wRoYNgADE74jOh4AXGsi_xvgc1QSYsm35fsg4cfoz5PAnByLr5vNeb1RxkLQ9tx2yqkgmjVBD4UhxrPv55wxriESUAHBF_VU_Qa_iZ3o/s2048/0303223D-94FE-42B9-B920-EEC5DD21C812.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi46GVdw-eo93b6Q-_-NYNj3XG_9QmGBGtiO7AnhZVm2l6NXbhN0YADjzGZKCDXUHhVbqWp0pFV6zsbKmqEBI5wRoYNgADE74jOh4AXGsi_xvgc1QSYsm35fsg4cfoz5PAnByLr5vNeb1RxkLQ9tx2yqkgmjVBD4UhxrPv55wxriESUAHBF_VU_Qa_iZ3o/w480-h640/0303223D-94FE-42B9-B920-EEC5DD21C812.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div></div><br />Finn was sun beaming during one of our Face Time calls this week. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihp2N4q3_pcSRwNBakF8Z1_v_z8SSK149C7siQ-k8eXYiqwqHe5ktXUVRei0XhRv4ybIkTkHMhVlR1iyHJasmmZHtsl0jW3O60851psnOOVnnIVW2KVAHGHq_uDYIq7JIk1MIGWnwg4I3WuW-YwjdT6mmbnSj-joc6dlUA_VIMJ9dAMQS6LPx7_c9nRSM/s1080/8FC9F3E3-6290-4926-B479-9FAE96221A2B_1_201_a.heic" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="939" data-original-width="1080" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihp2N4q3_pcSRwNBakF8Z1_v_z8SSK149C7siQ-k8eXYiqwqHe5ktXUVRei0XhRv4ybIkTkHMhVlR1iyHJasmmZHtsl0jW3O60851psnOOVnnIVW2KVAHGHq_uDYIq7JIk1MIGWnwg4I3WuW-YwjdT6mmbnSj-joc6dlUA_VIMJ9dAMQS6LPx7_c9nRSM/w400-h348/8FC9F3E3-6290-4926-B479-9FAE96221A2B_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>Happy Thanksgiving to my Canadian readers! I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Stitchers in the morning. </div>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-54997992930037954352023-09-30T18:26:00.003-04:002023-09-30T18:26:55.215-04:00Fall Leaves, Sunflowers and a Swatch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A couple of weeks ago, I pieced a fall leaves wall hanging and this week, I quilted and bound it. The background fabric is Essex linen and the print fabrics had all been in my stash for several years. My goal for this project was to use up almost all of these fabrics while making a gift for my MIL. I quilted it with straight lines using my walking foot. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB54pCWYBemR5ZFzcrKmo9xBCNUEfGl0MRPMddvZlP8o52hkw9DNqL0YMdSls3TNPsMkztFjq9MDF92rMbc-UuOlrf3d0cJIHOak7FEAoU6P8Sxq6DEblZA4H4zsAD8DSYPHEANHkZ0NuuSApNcUN4rNDcbVJcWCz4zLMxLIlLYy3f8RdxzbCxgv9DLk/s3334/A227061C-722B-46B0-A78D-7072E5599E64_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3334" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVB54pCWYBemR5ZFzcrKmo9xBCNUEfGl0MRPMddvZlP8o52hkw9DNqL0YMdSls3TNPsMkztFjq9MDF92rMbc-UuOlrf3d0cJIHOak7FEAoU6P8Sxq6DEblZA4H4zsAD8DSYPHEANHkZ0NuuSApNcUN4rNDcbVJcWCz4zLMxLIlLYy3f8RdxzbCxgv9DLk/w363-h400/A227061C-722B-46B0-A78D-7072E5599E64_1_201_a.heic" width="363" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpO9b8PdcvsKUTDX1wQMP2VUhP8qiFHzuY8BXnGgAWEd21ogIwdmwq7r4TMVHKlHCjv_Jbjgvw4UmfTDYwGXcu_K4iI9vc37YkM_xvEuclA7YrpjmaxVmuZ72bDjEDQcqNk65VIvbttZGh_2bimCdhKzdoIxTJ-rzFsnBWqBBtzVufJ2rSMZbAKGk-uXM/s4032/41DA4E66-5344-45E5-80BF-1A6D4DE879AC.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpO9b8PdcvsKUTDX1wQMP2VUhP8qiFHzuY8BXnGgAWEd21ogIwdmwq7r4TMVHKlHCjv_Jbjgvw4UmfTDYwGXcu_K4iI9vc37YkM_xvEuclA7YrpjmaxVmuZ72bDjEDQcqNk65VIvbttZGh_2bimCdhKzdoIxTJ-rzFsnBWqBBtzVufJ2rSMZbAKGk-uXM/w480-h640/41DA4E66-5344-45E5-80BF-1A6D4DE879AC.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used the Essex linen for the binding and hanging sleeve and finished off the hand sewing this afternoon. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyHGY_8rOhIEq_W9wNihjeS_9b-Ur8jE-hi3y_lM_srnCZ8LwdHFW9VzV0eEGgENf93Yd0SfOnxFtnY3lHx-Po71M88mT7EwZjZUrq2buV43wN4-4mG2jWHTgybQLzKszPZRd73iHADS6UWsROYnSXK2iCuD_Z8e7YhMAnRpbpkoAacwwm2xoW_PSks8/s4032/51190E19-5FDB-4A31-9FE4-FAC620CC6BBE.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyHGY_8rOhIEq_W9wNihjeS_9b-Ur8jE-hi3y_lM_srnCZ8LwdHFW9VzV0eEGgENf93Yd0SfOnxFtnY3lHx-Po71M88mT7EwZjZUrq2buV43wN4-4mG2jWHTgybQLzKszPZRd73iHADS6UWsROYnSXK2iCuD_Z8e7YhMAnRpbpkoAacwwm2xoW_PSks8/w480-h640/51190E19-5FDB-4A31-9FE4-FAC620CC6BBE.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is the finished wall hanging, ready to bring to quilt guild this week for show and tell before giving it to my MIL at Thanksgiving dinner next weekend. You can see how I used the leftovers on the back. A few small pieces landed in my scrap bins.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3200" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVjUX3QsaXiVn2Isco2Tnm5NDD9CJ-_LPG7gcN95C-zaVJUfXGtiD0Gy9no1AmR4A4jClvme94OBdCxLA3hx0AVUqtcSu1dHG3GbMknZegsw4mXNFx7b595Ht-bJrnl1cXnJR-vjpGydKzU-b5nLiXkXt3-UUKfWiCI4_nZuJx-6sRVND8hAcB3KwQ-VQ/w400-h378/C591C88B-C411-4CB4-B9E6-3D5A92012826_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mLkUeEffl3jsKpHv6udsrLtNIAnpER38Bjjdxo_yX1tZrWn3yaD1kKLlE2beb7e1-oYAQAfvjTWC9TFpdsx87tGg11W9LLmL_p_qaHd_930GpfxnyGhIaRcJHwRmUwFkp9oxzycHonYZ_yOJ3d-kT8xzCjPtzyNaTEoZn9ozQLhHBukFoPjQrd5mcXM/s2873/8B2B0CE5-4FBE-4A04-9E01-55C76F0A0B46_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2873" data-original-width="2744" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_mLkUeEffl3jsKpHv6udsrLtNIAnpER38Bjjdxo_yX1tZrWn3yaD1kKLlE2beb7e1-oYAQAfvjTWC9TFpdsx87tGg11W9LLmL_p_qaHd_930GpfxnyGhIaRcJHwRmUwFkp9oxzycHonYZ_yOJ3d-kT8xzCjPtzyNaTEoZn9ozQLhHBukFoPjQrd5mcXM/w383-h400/8B2B0CE5-4FBE-4A04-9E01-55C76F0A0B46_1_201_a.heic" width="383" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is a picture of my somewhat wrinkly Sunflower cross stitch project. I'm hoping to finish the lower left quadrant this week and then move on to the final quarter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6TA3z5IfKIc7ZvcNpwk2AiwvVLwAMKlyPjzTukdR72M-S2QqCBdoZSpfIf0FfcWLmmjJTc5O2LhxHaVuxlfZPhqgsCel9fpXiClYGEaUh1ZOSfMDaev8AF3mhFiTg9nU2uu4O6D7md4jMIEYeFX7nRqgXEE6C8RUYJXekqAhaklZhyphenhyphenS5RlkgCdw3IRU/s4032/862BC06D-9FD6-4381-87C2-AB03EA097E60.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI6TA3z5IfKIc7ZvcNpwk2AiwvVLwAMKlyPjzTukdR72M-S2QqCBdoZSpfIf0FfcWLmmjJTc5O2LhxHaVuxlfZPhqgsCel9fpXiClYGEaUh1ZOSfMDaev8AF3mhFiTg9nU2uu4O6D7md4jMIEYeFX7nRqgXEE6C8RUYJXekqAhaklZhyphenhyphenS5RlkgCdw3IRU/w480-h640/862BC06D-9FD6-4381-87C2-AB03EA097E60.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made a swatch of the wool for my new hat...I had to do this three times before getting it right. I think I am ready to start the hat now... I love the colours in this yarn. </div><br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtT5Hi_iloPTyP4hyiCF3K_RiW55r6Grz_N32FsLiQlmvkaIcW4C3hETcyrgxYlKueNi5EhsxbbtqWLa9GpnSNs8vQzoZ15BAAnU3JKziTetbqMF2PnlbNJJINqZ4GP3-vcHLpkfjgWQKr6HKuuXYQgYO7T6D_6NC7JcggRBCJyww-3EhmkhHxZMCHhjU/s4032/42DED1A3-02C4-4C78-8D2D-DE50C7BAD59F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtT5Hi_iloPTyP4hyiCF3K_RiW55r6Grz_N32FsLiQlmvkaIcW4C3hETcyrgxYlKueNi5EhsxbbtqWLa9GpnSNs8vQzoZ15BAAnU3JKziTetbqMF2PnlbNJJINqZ4GP3-vcHLpkfjgWQKr6HKuuXYQgYO7T6D_6NC7JcggRBCJyww-3EhmkhHxZMCHhjU/w300-h400/42DED1A3-02C4-4C78-8D2D-DE50C7BAD59F.heic" width="300" /></a></div><p>I went to our guild sewing day this past week and brought along my modern sampler blocks as well as the background fabric I purchased a few weeks ago. These blocks were made during a block of the month organized by a friend from another guild from Sept 2020 to August 2021. The original BOM was organized by the Kansas City Modern Quilt Guild and is available online for free. I needed 13 blocks for my planned layout, so I made the circle block as an extra. </p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDaN5LAX7bWRMqYAqBbsQLW6TAFBs9z4uQkklaAIPv7yhyphenhyphenwZ4xboYyF0wrhYg32RoJKQUjSjuhNoecqczKRTRkqLIMcHbCxUmpWnxh-2SfYEJ0aIeNRDy024MCOhRl8Eux5POQWVRUA23sLXW9uC_95QIAbMYv0AWUmNLxzo1qROq23VbEjW3KLoUItQ/s4032/9919029C-2B1F-4350-AFA2-71C74AC9C3E8.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkDaN5LAX7bWRMqYAqBbsQLW6TAFBs9z4uQkklaAIPv7yhyphenhyphenwZ4xboYyF0wrhYg32RoJKQUjSjuhNoecqczKRTRkqLIMcHbCxUmpWnxh-2SfYEJ0aIeNRDy024MCOhRl8Eux5POQWVRUA23sLXW9uC_95QIAbMYv0AWUmNLxzo1qROq23VbEjW3KLoUItQ/w480-h640/9919029C-2B1F-4350-AFA2-71C74AC9C3E8.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Trying out this 4.5" sashing for size...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoy3D9VOU3ahlAhdM1XCP4PRLgjMn6HbMQTXgs0yHJ6PR7ImDoyjddILaiYfhleSqD-XJVdW_yri2U1KhgY4XPO_8JzeCR4gFawNgIQViwD_tiT_N9tRd5j1cGal337hROXIL-2gLdcF0FuJJzZPp-EohDkmAPqeHMpWY6wQ-slVqjUk7D8fdUuYyWOBs/s4032/913C8293-16B3-4092-AFB5-E54D1CA3F64D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoy3D9VOU3ahlAhdM1XCP4PRLgjMn6HbMQTXgs0yHJ6PR7ImDoyjddILaiYfhleSqD-XJVdW_yri2U1KhgY4XPO_8JzeCR4gFawNgIQViwD_tiT_N9tRd5j1cGal337hROXIL-2gLdcF0FuJJzZPp-EohDkmAPqeHMpWY6wQ-slVqjUk7D8fdUuYyWOBs/w480-h640/913C8293-16B3-4092-AFB5-E54D1CA3F64D.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />By the end of the day, I had all the blocks together. I will bring this along to the next sewing day to add the borders. I have an idea percolating in my head... I am aiming for a twin sized quilt. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1KZtrHd-1ctu0lq5-1-WGKuwXS1w788AAbGBCxiJ9QOuBsEves-K33MR9rrBSPOoIY_Sf_VcKVfibgIbhJC_atebrib_2_yCUsACiwbN-m05_LKQvmSmBCXwQlEOq5U6B3G-u_kvDU-8EABpWAf_F1dXfyhSCEYLvulh_m-E0qCXLwcbnT9RPbG6oE4/s3564/D89BE352-EF6B-4811-8128-20495D726CD3_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3564" data-original-width="2367" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd1KZtrHd-1ctu0lq5-1-WGKuwXS1w788AAbGBCxiJ9QOuBsEves-K33MR9rrBSPOoIY_Sf_VcKVfibgIbhJC_atebrib_2_yCUsACiwbN-m05_LKQvmSmBCXwQlEOq5U6B3G-u_kvDU-8EABpWAf_F1dXfyhSCEYLvulh_m-E0qCXLwcbnT9RPbG6oE4/w426-h640/D89BE352-EF6B-4811-8128-20495D726CD3_1_201_a.heic" width="426" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn was in a deep sleep on the couch when my daughter took this picture. He's got a certain style!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn02-hRALk9biApXr9Uv_NbB8IPgmiuEmhu9ouOHEg1qKWva36l_S-9ANXWc0TUTWk2kEC2pr-7TkZjWQ4VPXeFUkg67Ri4snN4MSLOqVBopcuy7p_0PlWkufdqwGDpDO0N6b1bb8kqeFFGTKBxLxTcVKU4CjXPqRVxQKHTLa0uJ593429CHZL3Vl2eQ/s2048/EB1D8D67-762D-47F9-B267-643F52677430.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKn02-hRALk9biApXr9Uv_NbB8IPgmiuEmhu9ouOHEg1qKWva36l_S-9ANXWc0TUTWk2kEC2pr-7TkZjWQ4VPXeFUkg67Ri4snN4MSLOqVBopcuy7p_0PlWkufdqwGDpDO0N6b1bb8kqeFFGTKBxLxTcVKU4CjXPqRVxQKHTLa0uJ593429CHZL3Vl2eQ/w480-h640/EB1D8D67-762D-47F9-B267-643F52677430.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> I picked up a quilt from the long armers this week so I hope to work on the binding tomorrow for my slow Sunday stitching. I should have another finish to show next week. I will link up with Kathy in the morning. <p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-29522049340885771152023-09-23T22:03:00.000-04:002023-09-23T22:03:02.894-04:00Sunflowers and a Mini Vacation<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This past week was not very productive in the sewing room but I did spend several hours working on my sunflower cross stitch picture. I would really like to finish this picture in the next month or so as I would like to start a Christmas cross stitch project and maybe finish it in time for Christmas...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0xpDpIWFKjkuzUzvbHDITZu6M-_EZTuYBKt-Qeuamyo-DAYTJZPmL9ZCozUcQ0alIK3UNXZDeLVoMLoT0EawqbBDfPDk9vVqO9iV0UZSvIBGmKljdIBHelJnaBpMyKHFDYpIDGEeHhJNlOdTd_oAy3PFIbLGsiWkifVupUAP6FZ1WyweyuRupb9sN3c/s4032/223D3E6E-C8C2-41D4-A36D-B0F58A66E305.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix0xpDpIWFKjkuzUzvbHDITZu6M-_EZTuYBKt-Qeuamyo-DAYTJZPmL9ZCozUcQ0alIK3UNXZDeLVoMLoT0EawqbBDfPDk9vVqO9iV0UZSvIBGmKljdIBHelJnaBpMyKHFDYpIDGEeHhJNlOdTd_oAy3PFIbLGsiWkifVupUAP6FZ1WyweyuRupb9sN3c/w480-h640/223D3E6E-C8C2-41D4-A36D-B0F58A66E305.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When we went to Newfoundland in June, we happened upon a little knitting store called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/skivvershandknits">"Skivvers Fibre Studio and Wool Craft"</a> in Cow Head where I purchased a pattern book and wool to make myself a hat, mittens and a scarf. I have decided to start by making the hat. The pattern is on the left in the picture below and the wool I will use is on the right. The wool is made by the <a href="https://fleeceartist.com">"Fleece Artist"</a> in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The colours are inspired by Gros Morne National Park in Newfoundland. They produce different colour schemes for each National Park in Canada. We spent quite a bit of time in Gros Morne, so I decided this would be a good reminder of our trip. I am not the fastest knitter so making all three items will be a long term project. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8oUt07PcheMWdHyJ7njPZN-pj1p80fFkm8AoKHKBqx0k5K7QEmEEdhFYIjntiFGiOO5So7obvh4V3dNcNbr4mJyB8uSc_aB9RJln0kChStpem5pgLi_C79vj-Ew5zr4Nw7pFA9eY4BRI7HMAA3wjJfCZsjEtSfmkvhxOAbmU5-wkxKyITY4Qm4jHZ74/s4032/0C9C918F-E256-48E2-8537-EF7DEE4F8690.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu8oUt07PcheMWdHyJ7njPZN-pj1p80fFkm8AoKHKBqx0k5K7QEmEEdhFYIjntiFGiOO5So7obvh4V3dNcNbr4mJyB8uSc_aB9RJln0kChStpem5pgLi_C79vj-Ew5zr4Nw7pFA9eY4BRI7HMAA3wjJfCZsjEtSfmkvhxOAbmU5-wkxKyITY4Qm4jHZ74/w480-h640/0C9C918F-E256-48E2-8537-EF7DEE4F8690.heic" width="480" /></a></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I cut up a stick and made a stem for the pumpkin I made last week. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We did in-depth tours of the Darwin Martin House and Graycliff, both designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. My husband and I had toured these homes 10 years ago and noticed many improvements had been made in the intervening years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This window is the Tree of Life pattern, prominent in the Darwin Martin House. Several years ago, I did a <a href="https://thecozyquilter.blogspot.com/2019/07/framed.html">cross stitch picture </a>of this window. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3Upn_p1lP3nV3gzAlyJ9NV21V3LLolY-IQrsnV0BtoT-U-Bgu02jSUDzO5haGBWn5zf-pVnn4vGBH5XOT1dkdhke1IJH2aWr69vfY0kT4LCp7TOsE25eouetOc6MiUGOnxICVOzyZzNUa53y4Hc1x3OoOXcmkzXeN-nNqEliqFyfXkfsKzvSt6hwv6c/s4032/F5CA2D6B-439A-497D-9330-B4751EB9F75B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3Upn_p1lP3nV3gzAlyJ9NV21V3LLolY-IQrsnV0BtoT-U-Bgu02jSUDzO5haGBWn5zf-pVnn4vGBH5XOT1dkdhke1IJH2aWr69vfY0kT4LCp7TOsE25eouetOc6MiUGOnxICVOzyZzNUa53y4Hc1x3OoOXcmkzXeN-nNqEliqFyfXkfsKzvSt6hwv6c/w480-h640/F5CA2D6B-439A-497D-9330-B4751EB9F75B.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34vVFZEpEfW8ozEILWf_jVA9I-Go3T8RoPEPqnidde5ppowHeOlGR2bB2e-eiZlvyA9FX60LlXOYwdmnvDcwJ60a4u7K22AtvbQKvyqjWxzl8KKTQC2w7ExyJiRlqUfnp8idichx_QcWCjTlvI4UvCS-dFj70srrh9hBoyGfg6vT3W_bFENkgKr5p6M0/s4032/B9DD4F49-4675-4901-8A38-E5BC4CE1CE01.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34vVFZEpEfW8ozEILWf_jVA9I-Go3T8RoPEPqnidde5ppowHeOlGR2bB2e-eiZlvyA9FX60LlXOYwdmnvDcwJ60a4u7K22AtvbQKvyqjWxzl8KKTQC2w7ExyJiRlqUfnp8idichx_QcWCjTlvI4UvCS-dFj70srrh9hBoyGfg6vT3W_bFENkgKr5p6M0/w480-h640/B9DD4F49-4675-4901-8A38-E5BC4CE1CE01.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFh0aBAaYpOd_i1VRqfZXg0y_qJPJgRG4GYxOGXVzjdnlCaqkFDGflGfAd23taQy_1A8s1lkGRXybL5E73vS3-FznmcQ8I3MLihasEviZQ4u3YyF6KgI_VIHLGoZ3n4iBEp0XdSq-rzLKfjmEI0jPBqrM28FqdXbLT-5ucjR0KoExnOwK23EOhahSXTg/s4032/0969CB38-84B0-4A1C-B3E4-00E962E3D76D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuFh0aBAaYpOd_i1VRqfZXg0y_qJPJgRG4GYxOGXVzjdnlCaqkFDGflGfAd23taQy_1A8s1lkGRXybL5E73vS3-FznmcQ8I3MLihasEviZQ4u3YyF6KgI_VIHLGoZ3n4iBEp0XdSq-rzLKfjmEI0jPBqrM28FqdXbLT-5ucjR0KoExnOwK23EOhahSXTg/w480-h640/0969CB38-84B0-4A1C-B3E4-00E962E3D76D.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIxEdIco9pOPBYcRJWnlSCCbWloq_A2PR1Lb_f_1lIZlXhP0AyS429Cu2mr7JjbeRWwsy2clSp_Rn4zNgUL8DlYLVg9TGHY26Gibi8IHtqmjpceCC87yGHF5yoN2bJSlpfYfTSJCoxJMj68pxkz2mlc30kVusksI47LW9650vVpvwbVWwyLqwomZuFRU/s4032/88A265DB-05B8-4B57-B80E-567D3845FD9B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBIxEdIco9pOPBYcRJWnlSCCbWloq_A2PR1Lb_f_1lIZlXhP0AyS429Cu2mr7JjbeRWwsy2clSp_Rn4zNgUL8DlYLVg9TGHY26Gibi8IHtqmjpceCC87yGHF5yoN2bJSlpfYfTSJCoxJMj68pxkz2mlc30kVusksI47LW9650vVpvwbVWwyLqwomZuFRU/w400-h300/88A265DB-05B8-4B57-B80E-567D3845FD9B.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is Graycliff, the summer home of the Martin Family. We had excellent tours of both homes and highly recommend a visit to both homes if you are in the Buffalo area. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3_Mn6jiuiXMZQHM7CAgXeuvZMy8lujHcee0STW47Cfgdw6hPqKFntIFn59It2fWZOkyFCHI-ey7E4f-1DX-NV3hbbtUnSe_WQQ0gBjFlmoSIv3Ub2QK29WGCx9dekFU0hz8UQy2oJvi842xIL93xvGgIbMjkOBgZeQd5hoCu8UDZ8L6orDjENg-pUtE/s4032/AB78FAD2-10F3-4652-9276-20A4853EB912.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3_Mn6jiuiXMZQHM7CAgXeuvZMy8lujHcee0STW47Cfgdw6hPqKFntIFn59It2fWZOkyFCHI-ey7E4f-1DX-NV3hbbtUnSe_WQQ0gBjFlmoSIv3Ub2QK29WGCx9dekFU0hz8UQy2oJvi842xIL93xvGgIbMjkOBgZeQd5hoCu8UDZ8L6orDjENg-pUtE/w400-h300/AB78FAD2-10F3-4652-9276-20A4853EB912.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn had a spa day this week and had a haircut. We can see his eyes again!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJCEDoPTr4SoeBNTfSqgATR46jpsw3l1-BXRR_nH_v3XeEMnYNq4h79ioCzE_7eOjObb5XeoIZ1R5pG6knC7UoTailPoSGuNL09wA3KLTKqdqABSW4EuUhyAYsKJNMi5nmIciElDoDcoj8T5R1W1KWfjcEkEBwpoD3sIalxymOmmCRu0fCa0LFSOwSzg/s2048/363304FD-0CB5-483B-B1B1-350C8B131254.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZJCEDoPTr4SoeBNTfSqgATR46jpsw3l1-BXRR_nH_v3XeEMnYNq4h79ioCzE_7eOjObb5XeoIZ1R5pG6knC7UoTailPoSGuNL09wA3KLTKqdqABSW4EuUhyAYsKJNMi5nmIciElDoDcoj8T5R1W1KWfjcEkEBwpoD3sIalxymOmmCRu0fCa0LFSOwSzg/w480-h640/363304FD-0CB5-483B-B1B1-350C8B131254.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />Finn tells me there is a hole in the backing of a quilt I made for my daughter when she started University. They will bring the quilt home with them when they come here in October so that I can repair the hole. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">I think I still have a few scraps of that flannel backing left so it will be easy to patch. I think it just wore through with use ...Finn is not at fault!</span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwl-f4wnWPnjCuf2VOaSOfajKBWzEYl3jC6xYrXKwukeSqviFELk9NzKbzKW8JH-xfePQGBM73_9__-Q86UNgD_TAs6pdB4aEhtNUVJRkxYEpLJz0-gzvOz1XV14d3zMMts4pTY1Jzg1KJLTI1zODsohJz--vKSKVUlTmAsteGGxA2u2_Herlh3KHB_t8/s2048/CE76F662-7F86-4053-BE26-E8BEB7FC549C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwl-f4wnWPnjCuf2VOaSOfajKBWzEYl3jC6xYrXKwukeSqviFELk9NzKbzKW8JH-xfePQGBM73_9__-Q86UNgD_TAs6pdB4aEhtNUVJRkxYEpLJz0-gzvOz1XV14d3zMMts4pTY1Jzg1KJLTI1zODsohJz--vKSKVUlTmAsteGGxA2u2_Herlh3KHB_t8/w480-h640/CE76F662-7F86-4053-BE26-E8BEB7FC549C.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><br />I will link up with Kathy's Slow Sunday Stitching group in the morning. <br /> <p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-90942758873923305572023-09-16T20:32:00.007-04:002023-09-16T20:32:59.411-04:00A Variety of Projects<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Somehow, I managed to do some sewing almost every day this past week. Two sunflowers are almost done in this quadrant of my sunflower cross stitch. I also added a bee and some leaves. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-0ZBge9X0M0FkgUSS1doRKCqLvLJpRS7FBzKj-Jj4XqPF1jsSejq65L_Vxsc63RJKj5wG3Z8P4n2ZaxGY7vsq7k0PNFgrnhTroDgD1syWFf1z1hdI1qe-Hs-NyMORmjFajkj5jDW0IqLATglptfQqFW6Jioe8gNq7cXFV0ZOHlurLH6CL4M9XJvYMfs/s4032/838BFB10-E97D-4F4D-895E-A3DEEB70F9A4.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-0ZBge9X0M0FkgUSS1doRKCqLvLJpRS7FBzKj-Jj4XqPF1jsSejq65L_Vxsc63RJKj5wG3Z8P4n2ZaxGY7vsq7k0PNFgrnhTroDgD1syWFf1z1hdI1qe-Hs-NyMORmjFajkj5jDW0IqLATglptfQqFW6Jioe8gNq7cXFV0ZOHlurLH6CL4M9XJvYMfs/w480-h640/838BFB10-E97D-4F4D-895E-A3DEEB70F9A4.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm going to a wedding shower tomorrow for my cousin's daughter. If you know her, please don't spill the beans. I am quite sure that the bride to be does not read my blog! I made her these pillowcases--they like to go camping so the canoe fabric was chosen with this in mind. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoP3fv8bb-8gW5Dpz66kXp299gCnCTv5wvBBnfa00KLMpSbpFrdVAOKNHQZMbZVYykSUdji7630q0OvC1jPmLpTDSO2fuM2WOIaCRY8C6k8eBrRkWpC3DUZg3Dw8ZIWaXs-nQUxGQfvaBFg9YtGY_oOoVn01cJHZp517-3nj7CdTdFRcS1u5rCUTzNN4/s3479/317DE212-EAB5-4067-A6E4-A17837D16A4A.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3479" data-original-width="2939" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoP3fv8bb-8gW5Dpz66kXp299gCnCTv5wvBBnfa00KLMpSbpFrdVAOKNHQZMbZVYykSUdji7630q0OvC1jPmLpTDSO2fuM2WOIaCRY8C6k8eBrRkWpC3DUZg3Dw8ZIWaXs-nQUxGQfvaBFg9YtGY_oOoVn01cJHZp517-3nj7CdTdFRcS1u5rCUTzNN4/w540-h640/317DE212-EAB5-4067-A6E4-A17837D16A4A.heic" width="540" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also made her two coiled rope hot pads. The fabric scraps in these are dark green. They are about 9" in diameter. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NAunaFKZnzvoceZABEJhEa8zdOzh9PRjtyDr9oBpPbneL8zLwF9ldD516eXiEM4_BeziSFS0jg6Wx4kVNefzAKBN6HJqBaG0p5glUAXd7farlW4vr2ZPU-9f2syyyLxnEIjHCNqZQASyGgPnAbAXVAUg61thIaecARTckfxH4E-WMbDvyMkP94RjXNM/s4032/7ADD57C9-E617-4F4D-95A9-3142D548FA87.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NAunaFKZnzvoceZABEJhEa8zdOzh9PRjtyDr9oBpPbneL8zLwF9ldD516eXiEM4_BeziSFS0jg6Wx4kVNefzAKBN6HJqBaG0p5glUAXd7farlW4vr2ZPU-9f2syyyLxnEIjHCNqZQASyGgPnAbAXVAUg61thIaecARTckfxH4E-WMbDvyMkP94RjXNM/w400-h300/7ADD57C9-E617-4F4D-95A9-3142D548FA87.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Today, I met another cousin's new grand baby (this cousin is on the other side of the family!). I gave him a flannel vortex quilt that I made a few years ago using scraps from PJ's I had made for my daughter and my nieces as well as other scraps accumulated over the years. We talked about how the quilt can be used to play I spy or a matching game when he gets older and is learning to talk. It has a flannel back and will be quite cozy for story time too. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtLiRbUGSlBWph5hftdWVKIYsOE5DV25jsfZyEyO3ni0UQEv9OipMVmFi-LpYUBfCU8tcPVhbQD4omgg5KNIYEP7BQj2Gn7joVFfA5Lav7gt3xsTn1Kcu5LaND7jQMIRePkRmLxDy4hZoZ3nvwJLNYa4Uin_bPo3LVClM8lNSdatb-My6nzM_FRCYA-I/s4032/95DEBAE2-E961-4052-9EC9-0CF911D9BF85.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtLiRbUGSlBWph5hftdWVKIYsOE5DV25jsfZyEyO3ni0UQEv9OipMVmFi-LpYUBfCU8tcPVhbQD4omgg5KNIYEP7BQj2Gn7joVFfA5Lav7gt3xsTn1Kcu5LaND7jQMIRePkRmLxDy4hZoZ3nvwJLNYa4Uin_bPo3LVClM8lNSdatb-My6nzM_FRCYA-I/w480-h640/95DEBAE2-E961-4052-9EC9-0CF911D9BF85.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />I found a fabric pumpkin pattern online (just google it and you will find several patterns) and decided to try making one this week. I have lots of orange pumpkins to decorate with and decided to make a lighter coloured one. I have a stick to cut up to make a stem as well as a piece of green felted wool for a leaf. I will finish it off this week. I wanted to show my friends at the Slow Sunday Stitchers the slightly gathered running stitch I added to give the pumpkin a more interesting shape. I used pearl cotton thread for this. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6EU3eXMM1DEsjhQzKg20cAHn1UfqT7nVU4mfgfZO-g_unTEqsyC-QiQyf3rKxwxueQ0-N-wGaQR-g7qx2lrttVK0YVs8Y22dM4AGrAkA9DbHfzB5TLAhyrewUV1rCU4PbQQkWSDfy3mDF4rTrbL-CoTQyp2v92bBLABARY2k6OlUr6bd13GmiHq-UXo/s4032/4B83C355-EEF4-4F27-9F45-98279B5BBE4E.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6EU3eXMM1DEsjhQzKg20cAHn1UfqT7nVU4mfgfZO-g_unTEqsyC-QiQyf3rKxwxueQ0-N-wGaQR-g7qx2lrttVK0YVs8Y22dM4AGrAkA9DbHfzB5TLAhyrewUV1rCU4PbQQkWSDfy3mDF4rTrbL-CoTQyp2v92bBLABARY2k6OlUr6bd13GmiHq-UXo/w400-h300/4B83C355-EEF4-4F27-9F45-98279B5BBE4E.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also found an easy free pattern for a leaf quilt online and decided to just make a small wall hanging instead. The background is Essex Linen. I still need to add an outer border in the same background colour and quilt it. This will be a gift for someone special. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBRHTNn1hXK4jPBcbyVIkSPVeUN0psnJO_0V20NhZJODA-2ZxGsghhl-Tqe6qkBQ7EFXJtmJ-bGKABHar7pUYNWhONvMt2tInp5KHcKmHwDkWpDlCKvoiaTjiahOT0VaJDgldEeuyqa6tRV0GwbtdWtl4iSZRYZwaYl0ZSOYGnqgLbbXo03X7LusTuLo/s4032/332DCC92-7D8B-4B54-8483-2F2336625795.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbBRHTNn1hXK4jPBcbyVIkSPVeUN0psnJO_0V20NhZJODA-2ZxGsghhl-Tqe6qkBQ7EFXJtmJ-bGKABHar7pUYNWhONvMt2tInp5KHcKmHwDkWpDlCKvoiaTjiahOT0VaJDgldEeuyqa6tRV0GwbtdWtl4iSZRYZwaYl0ZSOYGnqgLbbXo03X7LusTuLo/w480-h640/332DCC92-7D8B-4B54-8483-2F2336625795.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I started quilting my Shweshwe quilt ages ago and finally got back to working on it again this week. I hope to do some quilting on it most days. Of course, I have decided to quilt it rather densely so this will take a while. I do like how it looks though so will continue to persevere. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0iIVbbgh6hTGf6EYdeI5IPy7EaWHYYeESXBw1jZlRuInoiZLwWcg4rsNJlZxHybSsrtwwm8EroJbVCX3wgq2ZvSDlrD-67SBc0v2e_IiYiTEZdjsJ1IyyBtQcSPoUvN40kuFp45LnZlWhzKeqj_l8A-wxk6mQs_mA9Jb4awP3emD_l0WQD2LIn4Xyxo/s4032/0146D184-AB64-43B0-8CBE-892B70C41BC4.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU0iIVbbgh6hTGf6EYdeI5IPy7EaWHYYeESXBw1jZlRuInoiZLwWcg4rsNJlZxHybSsrtwwm8EroJbVCX3wgq2ZvSDlrD-67SBc0v2e_IiYiTEZdjsJ1IyyBtQcSPoUvN40kuFp45LnZlWhzKeqj_l8A-wxk6mQs_mA9Jb4awP3emD_l0WQD2LIn4Xyxo/w480-h640/0146D184-AB64-43B0-8CBE-892B70C41BC4.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARJViOnZb7EgYi-BuwIRFPSJktpan-3hQB1ow83jt9sycpARxNNphBMPXYiJOlp9zy-ux47QdlHqcvAMsEVbZBxsbY-ECNThAJjVy3-3yjBE1AYp7bsTzPid5JrnBMk5LkEzB7m6Jf-k0Ip7MSjcJC0LyTuBWnoIyj9NH_21MxWeZ6mQgTwwsMSBnx00/s4032/A12317D5-37D5-4FBF-A31C-751FD9624087.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgARJViOnZb7EgYi-BuwIRFPSJktpan-3hQB1ow83jt9sycpARxNNphBMPXYiJOlp9zy-ux47QdlHqcvAMsEVbZBxsbY-ECNThAJjVy3-3yjBE1AYp7bsTzPid5JrnBMk5LkEzB7m6Jf-k0Ip7MSjcJC0LyTuBWnoIyj9NH_21MxWeZ6mQgTwwsMSBnx00/w480-h640/A12317D5-37D5-4FBF-A31C-751FD9624087.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">It has been quite cool some mornings this past week but my fuchsia plants are still blooming happily on the front porch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUXYJ5tFpTT69VV16m9Qd6jGWbvnIIM0xvuE7w9JrmM4ToCYaB998KQqixaiba96UBvsN5VPyT2n_sFsjPWdGIjkwHti1Q-slN9sQO87X8yp8CB2OZLzzBSON0BtzvvR8wgtPhoEfPKogQaBPoWqWiEC7fwTd2A0p5xl6o0GsSWdOywRxaz5WhNsyuZU/s4032/4BE2F08E-240A-4E98-9AAA-381E3D360652.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUXYJ5tFpTT69VV16m9Qd6jGWbvnIIM0xvuE7w9JrmM4ToCYaB998KQqixaiba96UBvsN5VPyT2n_sFsjPWdGIjkwHti1Q-slN9sQO87X8yp8CB2OZLzzBSON0BtzvvR8wgtPhoEfPKogQaBPoWqWiEC7fwTd2A0p5xl6o0GsSWdOywRxaz5WhNsyuZU/w400-h300/4BE2F08E-240A-4E98-9AAA-381E3D360652.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finn certainly enjoys his naps, especially when he can touch my daughter at the same time. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn1aeV0wAhecDF21cwILxHTjfCOcNATiCax6g0aT_7zYcyGL3wPzGXcV5zjxgrrphXhS6lbWQitEX72fpa3-tnppGvaHrw5oc8zn1FBl2cFVzJHY0JSnpgCKRiRHrrI4pJIQj8h7gqvfd1eBiFVtejenSWUj1uA1PK5fXu6VMMN_VOqv9v9Nnw3Ic_Rs/s2048/80B9BFE4-098F-42BC-B5E9-27B13B8A2DA2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUn1aeV0wAhecDF21cwILxHTjfCOcNATiCax6g0aT_7zYcyGL3wPzGXcV5zjxgrrphXhS6lbWQitEX72fpa3-tnppGvaHrw5oc8zn1FBl2cFVzJHY0JSnpgCKRiRHrrI4pJIQj8h7gqvfd1eBiFVtejenSWUj1uA1PK5fXu6VMMN_VOqv9v9Nnw3Ic_Rs/w480-h640/80B9BFE4-098F-42BC-B5E9-27B13B8A2DA2.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He likes to be comfortable and use all of the pillows. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NWIWAWFYly1cORaGmHOyIYuY_u38-8dPFcHnrSCWcznuYQPEHRhwOJNBDUYEbRG06eIbXvB6S4JKmWfRQpjLgaxT32gzMO3_5bbeMkUMa2OpbI31I9RlQODL6nTX6r9sDL7PhAhJNnIuOdjQAFJ00Ofr737Z2tPEWHqqalbAl69ey7qD-IwxwjseKv0/s2048/A35D989E-1C3C-4740-B33E-D060C62F9C8D.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-NWIWAWFYly1cORaGmHOyIYuY_u38-8dPFcHnrSCWcznuYQPEHRhwOJNBDUYEbRG06eIbXvB6S4JKmWfRQpjLgaxT32gzMO3_5bbeMkUMa2OpbI31I9RlQODL6nTX6r9sDL7PhAhJNnIuOdjQAFJ00Ofr737Z2tPEWHqqalbAl69ey7qD-IwxwjseKv0/w480-h640/A35D989E-1C3C-4740-B33E-D060C62F9C8D.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I will link up with the Slow Sunday Stitchers in the morning. </div></div><p></p>The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-65636782329388627022023-09-09T20:07:00.002-04:002023-09-09T20:07:18.192-04:00Making Gifts<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My next door neighbour is an excellent knitter. Last week, she helped me to fix a booboo in my knitted dishcloth. She showed me some socks that she was knitting and I noticed that her knitting bag was a reusable grocery bag. I decided she needed a wide open zipper pouch for her sock knitting projects. I purchased the knitting fabric when on a mini shop hop with friends (we visited two shops and went out for lunch). The other two fabrics and the zipper were in my stash. Can you tell I like dots? My neighbour was thrilled with her new knitting bag! The <a href="https://blog.noodle-head.com/2012/06/open-wide-zippered-pouch-diy-tutorial.html">pattern</a> is from Noodlehead. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TWitgbcFMXwFCnTy90yYCcNk3PZMeIA6fp_jc__qhDMAsxccL-Z1uMXdkZbsE7WRw4I5COamo1raKya8qZVUnm0UsqkIndzpG_Ge7Htp4O_ZKGF1pG0NFRSxLTa8tyKKY8wWbDHFfygJXo8IVsEgV8U8q4I-THiDYzAi5i5q_1X_OaN-twwr9f9Bhe8/s4032/0F7FAED6-378C-4A6B-9EE4-3C81028216BF.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-TWitgbcFMXwFCnTy90yYCcNk3PZMeIA6fp_jc__qhDMAsxccL-Z1uMXdkZbsE7WRw4I5COamo1raKya8qZVUnm0UsqkIndzpG_Ge7Htp4O_ZKGF1pG0NFRSxLTa8tyKKY8wWbDHFfygJXo8IVsEgV8U8q4I-THiDYzAi5i5q_1X_OaN-twwr9f9Bhe8/w400-h300/0F7FAED6-378C-4A6B-9EE4-3C81028216BF.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSsl_K-h7o--b2jJYouYRyk_dFUJANoH3oEpz61yRao41M_CqU9sYhensv9DCLUgfNlPiirUd3I1qfSDwRKAFHIuIfKOCIT__OpZ8Eb9lgN_ukBoE1w_FbT91tfO2tX5oxaccXveEsyh5nZgEZHNPER3BW9RWRjvPun9MM-cDBILYj4AovCqvNKGEXm4/s4032/4E94A634-A19B-43C4-8007-118446E2BB5B.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioSsl_K-h7o--b2jJYouYRyk_dFUJANoH3oEpz61yRao41M_CqU9sYhensv9DCLUgfNlPiirUd3I1qfSDwRKAFHIuIfKOCIT__OpZ8Eb9lgN_ukBoE1w_FbT91tfO2tX5oxaccXveEsyh5nZgEZHNPER3BW9RWRjvPun9MM-cDBILYj4AovCqvNKGEXm4/w400-h300/4E94A634-A19B-43C4-8007-118446E2BB5B.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm going to a wedding shower next weekend and have made some things for the bride and groom to be. I will show pictures after the shower. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I made a navy blue pineapple block this week for the rainbow scrap challenge. I know that the colour of the month is Aqua but I don't have enough aqua scraps to make anything so I decided my colour for September is Navy. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiYjwECNRJMHCDm06p3igos7URGKNftzoZd897lMUqCdlG-BVo0oT46P9ekMvKjFlcScbKI0B6-P8l0BOyZaqQxIRkn5OtvKinwz_9ltP5Qjf6xXnirz-1ULNSRWlYI-G3b4ftuBUQoLDRRhhGuZFNQdP_uW8YyLwHEGx-11E1g6t4g5stsbg4iVzi2A/s3050/593D1B6A-364A-47DD-A02E-DF778014C8E5_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3050" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBiYjwECNRJMHCDm06p3igos7URGKNftzoZd897lMUqCdlG-BVo0oT46P9ekMvKjFlcScbKI0B6-P8l0BOyZaqQxIRkn5OtvKinwz_9ltP5Qjf6xXnirz-1ULNSRWlYI-G3b4ftuBUQoLDRRhhGuZFNQdP_uW8YyLwHEGx-11E1g6t4g5stsbg4iVzi2A/w396-h400/593D1B6A-364A-47DD-A02E-DF778014C8E5_1_201_a.heic" width="396" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My husband and I spent two days on the long weekend making mustard pickle relish using my Mom's recipe. One batch makes a lot of relish! We filled 6 pint jars and 26 of these smaller jars with relish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQbibIXZAoQM4AWDF3QNzxSb4hAjTK4rj8PSZXuG7ec1KVgBQM4Ivi1CYwJgkE24FQ5yt8wFZ96pFMzHFoGY5F3eac8SpA-edR4H5OM1NlT0XHcI5WyhP20cEXPuDIfIU3v9Dsp12n5DQ1m_PppDC5SzP0lLC2MUEx1mpMlNXSXXtxfxVxyzBk1bxLzQ/s4032/77B8A3C9-CE19-4C26-A394-2F374277BAFE.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlQbibIXZAoQM4AWDF3QNzxSb4hAjTK4rj8PSZXuG7ec1KVgBQM4Ivi1CYwJgkE24FQ5yt8wFZ96pFMzHFoGY5F3eac8SpA-edR4H5OM1NlT0XHcI5WyhP20cEXPuDIfIU3v9Dsp12n5DQ1m_PppDC5SzP0lLC2MUEx1mpMlNXSXXtxfxVxyzBk1bxLzQ/s320/77B8A3C9-CE19-4C26-A394-2F374277BAFE.heic" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Sy6TKqn_oV1oD8iw2Ns5zCsKpC6VNMXufp3EuphTuo4zWkNmkFzV4LrrFdoras7MhSQgggDeWB0B_1O09D9WJOc4wwXdVp6p9VzGdoQwFgpVXplTN43UPS5CG-29xDB2qC2pkKZGO52Wec_vB6lE3d31mpCi5ihUTN-NwPu7gmeWqHEvnh5F9TP8aUw/s4032/DD1B5450-4A76-46A8-B374-EB762C6541DF_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Sy6TKqn_oV1oD8iw2Ns5zCsKpC6VNMXufp3EuphTuo4zWkNmkFzV4LrrFdoras7MhSQgggDeWB0B_1O09D9WJOc4wwXdVp6p9VzGdoQwFgpVXplTN43UPS5CG-29xDB2qC2pkKZGO52Wec_vB6lE3d31mpCi5ihUTN-NwPu7gmeWqHEvnh5F9TP8aUw/s320/DD1B5450-4A76-46A8-B374-EB762C6541DF_1_201_a.heic" width="320" /></a></div></div><p>I have finally finished two quadrants on my sunflower cross stitch. The picture is actually more than half finished now. I have a pattern for a Christmas project which I may switch over to at some point but for now I will continue with the Sunflowers. </p><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ew8AjwqxULTDMGReVvw_MsIi4R4ugeD53OtCmuPdOv2GKdxS5gofJodSsOZNfC-jdWL9vsL5zAx7UTqaB6C1cGKPDh8uJnrNaRXaDVsIDCJVXXIgNMxHpTAFB40WHyKAdSek7Xa1wpFZuAVCBCX6-jnj0esEJ29mmmvcbXWCmANBQf5EHed6sXVO8P8/s4032/09879E3D-8BA6-4DE9-AB49-03318357859A_1_201_a.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_ew8AjwqxULTDMGReVvw_MsIi4R4ugeD53OtCmuPdOv2GKdxS5gofJodSsOZNfC-jdWL9vsL5zAx7UTqaB6C1cGKPDh8uJnrNaRXaDVsIDCJVXXIgNMxHpTAFB40WHyKAdSek7Xa1wpFZuAVCBCX6-jnj0esEJ29mmmvcbXWCmANBQf5EHed6sXVO8P8/w400-h300/09879E3D-8BA6-4DE9-AB49-03318357859A_1_201_a.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Around here, the leaves on some of the trees are just starting to turn and my sedum is blooming. Fall is just around the corner. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISHwblSpSlKbhYmY3A0uJcTciI3j0dw_gQ8p8mBxLabT5xTbjZFaBCRJRvTBw7S_nAL5LcPKhEWGcHWk0rA7n8E0ldzk7eeBudITk3uaVhI-Tx_UGj_rhXf6mVFFMiOR2-WwvKLP3AeKsGoCV3HmnxiGUUw8FYbO5aDM_bg9t1Hq7R-gIzka2HxtbMqM/s4032/687F9B31-B89C-4FE0-ADE7-DF6B9594445C.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjISHwblSpSlKbhYmY3A0uJcTciI3j0dw_gQ8p8mBxLabT5xTbjZFaBCRJRvTBw7S_nAL5LcPKhEWGcHWk0rA7n8E0ldzk7eeBudITk3uaVhI-Tx_UGj_rhXf6mVFFMiOR2-WwvKLP3AeKsGoCV3HmnxiGUUw8FYbO5aDM_bg9t1Hq7R-gIzka2HxtbMqM/w480-h640/687F9B31-B89C-4FE0-ADE7-DF6B9594445C.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br />Our shamrock continues to put on a magnificent show as well. This plant belonged to my husband's great aunt at one time. It really seems to thrive on our shady back step. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaenRmcK-OSOv_C8O68S5ezbkW-K6TPGITMoKk9dEM97s8mUKMgw7ZYn5d34x70LYnLBRFAWy6Vpdv5wUwestqJNu1jaLLMeNvZBPaavM5Wa4Tom9kbe99bLERFTk0gDOfjjIkw8g-iydHiAThsOjQjq3bpy_c7kRAhTgP3hJlhuzKQQDex1d73ILt3WA/s4032/F926C2BD-6B65-4E14-B52A-D7F2C498FF88.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaenRmcK-OSOv_C8O68S5ezbkW-K6TPGITMoKk9dEM97s8mUKMgw7ZYn5d34x70LYnLBRFAWy6Vpdv5wUwestqJNu1jaLLMeNvZBPaavM5Wa4Tom9kbe99bLERFTk0gDOfjjIkw8g-iydHiAThsOjQjq3bpy_c7kRAhTgP3hJlhuzKQQDex1d73ILt3WA/w400-h300/F926C2BD-6B65-4E14-B52A-D7F2C498FF88.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /> I was talking to Finn on FaceTime yesterday and took this picture. My daughter put her phone on the floor so Finn and I could chat while she made dinner. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4tok0-8L6a7P7sIWxaU5nfVuMB0QBicMaCzM-0JBaGjCvaJ_ayO1msl8WbiCSGNWj0WcQXdIeANQXY2Ib1JoziMxfSt9mr21FPP27dNSwIBOYcPtJjMcLptM2orzH0qhyG1XRzy_Lps25a48yJfBo-VzmWZUGRrdVj6ptJPrcwCQD7NQBKOhpqCE6NE/s981/0B5D13F1-D575-40CD-841F-BA334543994C.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="981" data-original-width="415" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4tok0-8L6a7P7sIWxaU5nfVuMB0QBicMaCzM-0JBaGjCvaJ_ayO1msl8WbiCSGNWj0WcQXdIeANQXY2Ib1JoziMxfSt9mr21FPP27dNSwIBOYcPtJjMcLptM2orzH0qhyG1XRzy_Lps25a48yJfBo-VzmWZUGRrdVj6ptJPrcwCQD7NQBKOhpqCE6NE/w270-h640/0B5D13F1-D575-40CD-841F-BA334543994C.heic" width="270" /></a></div><div><br /></div>I will link up with the Rainbow Scrap Challenge and the Slow Sunday Stitchers. Have a great week. The Cozy Quilterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865939114162214245noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8601403806570994399.post-36909922130871209562023-09-02T20:21:00.005-04:002023-09-02T20:21:57.720-04:00 Sunflowers, A Knitting UFO and Borders<p> There is a reason why they call it SLOW stitching...it takes a long time to finish a project. I am still working on the second quadrant of my Sunflower cross stitch. I don't have a deadline for this picture so it will get done when it gets done. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurugozoTfWzR8T7NpfL3Xb849oxAV0SICz-32XEJUcbsJORR5rax0acMaKd-XmsFZZqU1WxA8f8hrYUTtYx18nHsF36fdXCa7Zd5vln6LKXt8dMqu1H754FUeuKqGZl_bU5D1YjdS7wOJjTUbUVbtx-Eedb1TruXrYo13j4fNqpYdCffcAF1krVmjDHM/s4032/583E3B15-CE31-4DC2-8DF9-DEE68157A6A8.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiurugozoTfWzR8T7NpfL3Xb849oxAV0SICz-32XEJUcbsJORR5rax0acMaKd-XmsFZZqU1WxA8f8hrYUTtYx18nHsF36fdXCa7Zd5vln6LKXt8dMqu1H754FUeuKqGZl_bU5D1YjdS7wOJjTUbUVbtx-Eedb1TruXrYo13j4fNqpYdCffcAF1krVmjDHM/w480-h640/583E3B15-CE31-4DC2-8DF9-DEE68157A6A8.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">I found a project bag with this knitting in it this week--I started this dish cloth in February and it got put away... it was about half done. I decided it needed to be finished! I'm not sure why I waited so long. I bought some wool to make myself some mittens, a scarf and a hat so one of those will be my next knitting project. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tOrF3eYASN9VEtxdiZDTJQseqkj66JOH-E0vTD6txwoEXY7iaYPegTWxT2zUaONU9els3XSpX2Gyn9fsmkSLNTOLkrg-9ZExo2RTf2LJWzZqIrtEH4VD5SdMhZeF1eZD6LAlhOgdon0zQ4LKt6Drskqz6qsgtWIEM-rCeEI1ssDn0P5_h1YsRW3WABc/s4032/4F2A4E0C-2EAA-4A20-A197-F2D355B0563D.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1tOrF3eYASN9VEtxdiZDTJQseqkj66JOH-E0vTD6txwoEXY7iaYPegTWxT2zUaONU9els3XSpX2Gyn9fsmkSLNTOLkrg-9ZExo2RTf2LJWzZqIrtEH4VD5SdMhZeF1eZD6LAlhOgdon0zQ4LKt6Drskqz6qsgtWIEM-rCeEI1ssDn0P5_h1YsRW3WABc/w400-h300/4F2A4E0C-2EAA-4A20-A197-F2D355B0563D.heic" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiD6p9aXIKUVAb-KaCjK7kxHooW_ZhRKaN2KpqK2Nj3VaX57YNFdruQCN_eWLIUeHc0DzsNWO9wWnSxCGTcCQUm-a7Zff_kqVU4t3Q-PkNkxK_2Qwgs3Udk-XUtlFbeo4CY6-30n4nn1HdLQr7KAqvOVpbzDhhGpPwcqim60VGxXo1jCMMnXVRCZJuf8/s4032/2FF1570A-B0DE-4B5E-BE95-85AD57C6BC12.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeiD6p9aXIKUVAb-KaCjK7kxHooW_ZhRKaN2KpqK2Nj3VaX57YNFdruQCN_eWLIUeHc0DzsNWO9wWnSxCGTcCQUm-a7Zff_kqVU4t3Q-PkNkxK_2Qwgs3Udk-XUtlFbeo4CY6-30n4nn1HdLQr7KAqvOVpbzDhhGpPwcqim60VGxXo1jCMMnXVRCZJuf8/w300-h400/2FF1570A-B0DE-4B5E-BE95-85AD57C6BC12.heic" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There is a little town north of London, Ontario called Exeter. On their welcome sign, it states that they are the home of white squirrels. I have been to Exeter many times over the last 38 years and had never seen a white squirrel, until this week! Apparently, the white colour is a genetic mutation of the more common gray squirrel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoqqHdOJEj7Zxrnc0UxV4yeKpNLrWxAnWNvMHWUqqzlvrzkOkoXdXYZnsRO0lprLvw6SAZtJinPZYxWNZ2VHyudodT1dt9QaTC8OYsr8Ki7StGMj_RV7ky49VA6q-GdLERNu5Eq0QPBY9GjJnwtK90lyTv1jvhL-JVfxFvsALJ300jLo2w2yJCVd9lDE/s4032/4A4D1671-273D-4471-9E11-6CA14DF9E5DA.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAoqqHdOJEj7Zxrnc0UxV4yeKpNLrWxAnWNvMHWUqqzlvrzkOkoXdXYZnsRO0lprLvw6SAZtJinPZYxWNZ2VHyudodT1dt9QaTC8OYsr8Ki7StGMj_RV7ky49VA6q-GdLERNu5Eq0QPBY9GjJnwtK90lyTv1jvhL-JVfxFvsALJ300jLo2w2yJCVd9lDE/w300-h400/4A4D1671-273D-4471-9E11-6CA14DF9E5DA.heic" width="300" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My husband and I celebrated our 34th wedding anniversary this week. He brought me flowers... so pretty. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszwtnQRo9W67EkoigH4PbP1k4qtTkc_dRANSxDZZhcu9NJO-I_QK-pDLrXyazmZBW_oNJV9Hmp9BovFKy2lV6BzPO9eD7zFC8CfJ710e-ruq3h_QZvENYzvVoV-a5E8E39Ljq9Xxm3A3lXRQE8Ha3LsG6R1qZ4VrNCSjuza52PJnu6VoMelNXBxzYCq8/s4032/F711A83D-0054-407A-9514-756F81F2BF18.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiszwtnQRo9W67EkoigH4PbP1k4qtTkc_dRANSxDZZhcu9NJO-I_QK-pDLrXyazmZBW_oNJV9Hmp9BovFKy2lV6BzPO9eD7zFC8CfJ710e-ruq3h_QZvENYzvVoV-a5E8E39Ljq9Xxm3A3lXRQE8Ha3LsG6R1qZ4VrNCSjuza52PJnu6VoMelNXBxzYCq8/w480-h640/F711A83D-0054-407A-9514-756F81F2BF18.heic" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I added asymmetrical borders to my HRT project earlier this week and managed to keep all of my points! I have to figure out how to quilt this one so for now, it will be in the "to be quilted" pile. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2oiRHzW-wiNtKxSY6kTsLwLiolGbc-PHnCbs7iJRxlyTtPgu984aU9I0k6uUACcAu6kaBuvrWT2YmjOc6SLNi-l0Z0Nw2l1RpFxGFXEAdhplhJ5-0wWa0QjGV2FWlTVPHCJ3Qx2VVk3EHOcXDnhY9DiHSQhvSUsggqZeQahCKjiDh-pN-ICa8JawpO_Q/s3109/0582EB3B-3729-4E8D-A93C-19C37AA38426.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3109" data-original-width="2903" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2oiRHzW-wiNtKxSY6kTsLwLiolGbc-PHnCbs7iJRxlyTtPgu984aU9I0k6uUACcAu6kaBuvrWT2YmjOc6SLNi-l0Z0Nw2l1RpFxGFXEAdhplhJ5-0wWa0QjGV2FWlTVPHCJ3Qx2VVk3EHOcXDnhY9DiHSQhvSUsggqZeQahCKjiDh-pN-ICa8JawpO_Q/w374-h400/0582EB3B-3729-4E8D-A93C-19C37AA38426.heic" width="374" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My husband and I went to a Heritage Farm Show today. The chickens and turkeys were my favourite part of the show. I managed to get a few good pictures of these rapidly moving targets!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblLzdV7aD_A2VzuOEWnkHjyGyofYstcRz2JdLi01BJUSLB5RDeWBONFm5QaBKxK8pMqa8xUTCcdm332fA8IbC9uX_vDfHoEinAaBIFOFVy_eNGNytdWxVR6g5yreKb_NGeG0UJPCDVHcyhu5yWByMRDjtZGcX3Bu-JfpdDdeePEr2UYQLyMIVoGZbynI/s4032/D36D3585-F17A-4EA3-8C63-E833A865F0F9.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiblLzdV7aD_A2VzuOEWnkHjyGyofYstcRz2JdLi01BJUSLB5RDeWBONFm5QaBKxK8pMqa8xUTCcdm332fA8IbC9uX_vDfHoEinAaBIFOFVy_eNGNytdWxVR6g5yreKb_NGeG0UJPCDVHcyhu5yWByMRDjtZGcX3Bu-JfpdDdeePEr2UYQLyMIVoGZbynI/w480-h640/D36D3585-F17A-4EA3-8C63-E833A865F0F9.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4gJ7M6iCKc7UNKyKazDFSAuZtwE3c-gqykDc6elGygBi-Z3oS2k0-tGKHKY_UxJyyob4q1O10BfxPOidWFXcRjyVSd6RnBRe3KDrBCcQNqST060xNt0uRSfdRZxXgLe-sskRSt5tMoutOJ3wQXALuvZRYs8bogk4pdLHWxP2dk8f1fc4wo5jPyIrajk/s4032/CB519CB7-3267-42D4-A756-954B5048D23F.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4gJ7M6iCKc7UNKyKazDFSAuZtwE3c-gqykDc6elGygBi-Z3oS2k0-tGKHKY_UxJyyob4q1O10BfxPOidWFXcRjyVSd6RnBRe3KDrBCcQNqST060xNt0uRSfdRZxXgLe-sskRSt5tMoutOJ3wQXALuvZRYs8bogk4pdLHWxP2dk8f1fc4wo5jPyIrajk/w480-h640/CB519CB7-3267-42D4-A756-954B5048D23F.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fDV2ash4n9czIkGeKtkjBECmxsiGjbKp5YWmDD9UlD1Jy_-bhKwLaKx1ZqXQjlFNr-6h-N_0O1cu-KrXAM6_ZqgMjYRqXr49LwTpw75e-yra5dkdk6ElSBCd6JaphthtINYIsI4SIbvy0vHJH3GtuXfms1vj3qzGkWnd5vrXO_tgnrwA1shdp-EJcm0/s4032/31DE2997-0EE2-452A-A531-72BC560109D6.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-fDV2ash4n9czIkGeKtkjBECmxsiGjbKp5YWmDD9UlD1Jy_-bhKwLaKx1ZqXQjlFNr-6h-N_0O1cu-KrXAM6_ZqgMjYRqXr49LwTpw75e-yra5dkdk6ElSBCd6JaphthtINYIsI4SIbvy0vHJH3GtuXfms1vj3qzGkWnd5vrXO_tgnrwA1shdp-EJcm0/w400-h300/31DE2997-0EE2-452A-A531-72BC560109D6.heic" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVA8S9HX_kdih9iU1AdOrQgGr0d0cO6_Q8L3sAr7Ea9sGOK8T38k8jiUHZYzaJgfCRa4EMPAIswRHoOhgqyqCnDe3f7zJOS9UZlgCayGs7QEHgg_IMlArhc9RS783szpSmWnWx4_bTYySTKwngKrMSu9e7V5dwqN6F6Nag1Xi4SFalXPf6nI_poQCaYs/s4032/9A99D650-534D-4812-B612-9E4B3946CC93.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAVA8S9HX_kdih9iU1AdOrQgGr0d0cO6_Q8L3sAr7Ea9sGOK8T38k8jiUHZYzaJgfCRa4EMPAIswRHoOhgqyqCnDe3f7zJOS9UZlgCayGs7QEHgg_IMlArhc9RS783szpSmWnWx4_bTYySTKwngKrMSu9e7V5dwqN6F6Nag1Xi4SFalXPf6nI_poQCaYs/w480-h640/9A99D650-534D-4812-B612-9E4B3946CC93.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of the old tractors had this little tractor in its Pre-Cleaner...LOL!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvp4nq9wtLN6syvxL1tTTVxvEVlWZT1FtegfKZoLpkZSkDKKj8IbsaFmF3kRspl6LBl_W4s6HKkBsj-ynqRq4b9ycDxlF8G8s46zSzUHYajkgK1ACo4xadiLAtWoVYJbpZ4qPl0K74eYMpUjHl4khJzaWNgGmaDKQDpN5CuQIxvaRQWmEGvTVWHrRuFDw/s4032/8FD2587A-DE10-4BB3-A4A4-E8F7E2F87857.heic" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvp4nq9wtLN6syvxL1tTTVxvEVlWZT1FtegfKZoLpkZSkDKKj8IbsaFmF3kRspl6LBl_W4s6HKkBsj-ynqRq4b9ycDxlF8G8s46zSzUHYajkgK1ACo4xadiLAtWoVYJbpZ4qPl0K74eYMpUjHl4khJzaWNgGmaDKQDpN5CuQIxvaRQWmEGvTVWHrRuFDw/w480-h640/8FD2587A-DE10-4BB3-A4A4-E8F7E2F87857.heic" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br />Finn was given a new bandana this week from our nieces. Both of our nieces worked at a Provincial Park this summer and bought this cute bandana for Finn as well as one for each of their two border collies, Skye and Kindle. All these boys are looking very dapper!<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABJ1t-EKujKrPs90arLSjhbuSzTuKsp_HyJZZvXs6r0OhSag9Fcig5qguyaad35W5RN2-W41qe_ZSBRyvE3x54AlKSNtD0MwqLeWHNeRX-2SMrDYsH78z3CqjBy7C3zsPC1Bfzecdauo0P-UDiVz2e7ew6UoGJjHJq2RnMsqW0DXNPhQmcrS05ruJtaU/s1600/8D919A32-6C17-43B4-BFF7-C643796A6DAD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiABJ1t-EKujKrPs90arLSjhbuSzTuKsp_HyJZZvXs6r0OhSag9Fcig5qguyaad35W5RN2-W41qe_ZSBRyvE3x54AlKSNtD0MwqLeWHNeRX-2SMrDYsH78z3CqjBy7C3zsPC1Bfzecdauo0P-UDiVz2e7ew6UoGJjHJq2RnMsqW0DXNPhQmcrS05ruJtaU/w480-h640/8D919A32-6C17-43B4-BFF7-C643796A6DAD.jpeg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0QU9u0hB3OeFoCydFgeQFGn_TK6ZJ9df0RV35M8eDTIXa5qANhSg4YM9S5MwCDjP7Yb9PVsE6arHER9UgYH_OWWZiGs8D_5-3INyCdbHwgsdlFIqudaNz37p45L00abTtPMPwuF1R2250b3eaa-Fmgs2uxOPQ0bQgkJfB4KpKKRYV7HLeZEnPsy-7qk/s1512/ED966D61-B311-4C07-8A9C-DD7D7E0521D2.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0QU9u0hB3OeFoCydFgeQFGn_TK6ZJ9df0RV35M8eDTIXa5qANhSg4YM9S5MwCDjP7Yb9PVsE6arHER9UgYH_OWWZiGs8D_5-3INyCdbHwgsdlFIqudaNz37p45L00abTtPMPwuF1R2250b3eaa-Fmgs2uxOPQ0bQgkJfB4KpKKRYV7HLeZEnPsy-7qk/w400-h400/ED966D61-B311-4C07-8A9C-DD7D7E0521D2.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>I will link up with Kathy and the Slow Sunday Stitchers in the morning. 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