The Cozy Quilter

Today was the first day of the International Plowing Match in Central Elgin, just west of St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. I volunteered in the...

Yesterday, I spent the day in Shedden at the International Plowing Match Quilt Show. The quilts were judged on Wednesday and the show was hu...

"Fly Away Home" is done. I finished the hanging sleeve when I got home from my vacation and I delivered it to one of the co-chairs...

I sewed the binding onto my Fly Away Home quilt tonight. I thought that I had made lots of binding, but in the end, I had to cut a little bi...

I went to pick up my sampler quilt from the longarm quilter's house tonight. She had it all laid out in her living room when I arrived. ...

I spent my sewing time on the weekend adding borders to my Grateful Heart sampler. Last night and today after work, I finished piecing the b...

I sewed the evening away tonight and finished putting all of the blocks together for my Grateful Heart Sampler. I just have to add the borde...

I have been working on the flying geese border for this quilt all week. Most nights, I was cutting out squares or sewing or trimming up the ...

Robin, my swap partner for the recent Quilted Table Yahoo Group candle mat swap, made me a second candle mat because we all thought the firs...

The final layout for the Grandmother's fan block, already sewn onto it's row: The pieced strip on the end is not attached yet. Here...

Friday night, I celebrated National Quilting day a day early by going to Cherished Pieces in Tillsonburg with a few friends. I purchased f...

I finished the 4 little 6 inch Grandmother's Fans tonight. I hand appliqued the curved edge down. I am not really fond of the layout for...

I did it! I pieced the dreaded "Tree of Life" block! I have been putting this one off for ages and finally decided to tackle it ...

This block took much longer than I thought it would--there was a big delay in putting it together because the power was out for over 2 hours...

Only 3 more blocks to make for my Grateful Heart Sampler! Here is number 22. I was a bit intimidated by this one because of all of those ...

My friend, Pat, came over tonight and she knitted (she's making socks for her husband) while I sewed. I made this log cabin block and st...

Nancy at Life is a Stitch came over this afternoon to show me her method for making this block. She originally used the magazine's meth...

Today was a beautiful day, sunny and 10 degrees Celcius. The snow was melting at a fast and furious pace and I could see lots of daffodils a...