A Finished Quilt!

Since the pandemic it has taken me longer and longer to finish a quilt. I just seem to move slower, start more projects, and do more crafts. Have you experienced the same thing or is it just me?

Anyway, I finally  finished this quilt while visiting my sister at her cottage this summer. 

The Princess Charlotte quilt top was finished on Feb. 15, 2021.  This might have been the fastest mystery quilt top I have sewn in all the years of doing Super Bowl mysteries with Kris of Scrapdash. 

This is a close up photo that shows the "lazy quilters way" to make faux mitered corners which I like to do. 

The long arm quilting was done by Quilting By Design in New Hamburg. They give you a discount if you are donating your quilt to a charity and this quilt will be going to the community outreach program at  my local quilt guild.

Finished size is 50" x 62".

Slow Sunday Stitching

Welcome to the Slow Sunday Stitching party! We are stitching enthusiasts who value the slow process of creating unique projects with our own hands. We want to "smell the roses" and enjoy each day, and each project we spend time with whenever possible

This week however, it was not possible for me!

I finished up my Luhu Stitches bookmark and had this great idea to add an adhesive felt backing and then decided to do some blanket stitches around the outside. That was a big mistake!  Apparently you cannot stitch through an adhesive backed piece of felt. 

Well, you can, but the needle gets more gummed up with each stitch. The glue adheres to the needle and gets increasingly difficult to pull through.

And how do you get the glue off the needle? Well, if you wipe it with a tissue, it gets more gummed up with tissue fluff - everything sticks to it! If you try to pull the glue off the needle with your fingers, the glue stays and your fingers get covered in glue!

I hated every single buttonhole stitch around this treasure! That so rarely happens to me when hand stitching that I spent half the time wondering what my problem was. The problem was the glue. I dislike the stickiness of it. The threads were sticking to it, the needle was sticky and my skin was sticking to everything... ugh!

I did finish the bookmark but learned an important lesson - sdhesive backed felt should not be stitched through! But it's finished (although the corners are terrible) and the needle went right in the trash never to be used again.

Did anyone else have a successful finish this week? I'd love to hear about it - link up your blog post below!

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Welcome to the hand stitching party!

Last week's idea to start a camping stitch that the family could participated in was a total fail! Not one single person could be convinced to put in a stitch!  😞I admit I was disappointed, but I understand that everyone was having a great time being at the beach, playing games together and enjoying campfires. It was so busy I hardly had time to add any stitches myself and I'm not sure what will happen to this start.

When I returned home I immediately re-started a new project called Pink Wren. The photo is odd because the background fabric is actually lime green!

This weekend I am visiting my sister, and there will be some stitching time and maybe some baseball and soccer watching. What are you hand stitching today? Please share your slow progress with us below!

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Slow Sunday Stitching

It's finally Sunday - a day of rest, reflection, renewal, and slow stitching! Why not join us as we get out our hand stitching projects and put in a few relaxing stitches?

I have started a new project to take on a family camping trip in the hopes that some folks might be persuaded to try stitching. 

I hope someone (besides me!) will enjoy adding some stitches to it, and want to continue when they go home. This is  called The Great Outdoors Band Sampler by Stitching Cabin. I'm still at the auditioning thread stage to see what will show up well on my 14 count PEI sand dyed fabric made by Chantal at Paint with Stitches. 

I have all the recommended DMC colours, but am experimenting with adding in some specialty/hand dyed  threads just for fun!

I'm really looking forward to stitching more on this new summer camping themed project today. 

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Welcome to the first hand stitching party in July!

Pick up your favourite stitching project and join us today for some fun and relaxation!

I posted a video on my Youtube channel of all the projects I stitched on in the month of June. Life goes by so fast sometimes and I enjoy the process of reviewing the accomplishments of the month. You can see the video below...

I have been a tiny bit obsessed with the FIFA world cup soccer tournament and have been trying to get some quilt bindings finished while watching the games.

It has been so hot here that it's uncomfortable to sit under the weight of a quilt while finishing the binding, so it has been slow going. I have been sitting beside the window air conditioner and trying to get some stitching in. Canada is now out of the tournament, so I'll be watching less TV and hopefully have more stitching time.

I have also started the "Women in Science" cross stitch SAL by Climbing Goat Designs. 

This project features "six incredible women who have changed the story of science"....most of whom have not received the credit they should have earned in their achievements. I am enjoying the history lessons and learning more about these women. The first scientist featured was Katherine Johnson and there have been 2 more patterns released, so I better get a move on!

What are you hand stitching today? Are you suffering from the heat where you live? It has been so hot here, I haven't been outside for days (unless walking to the car). Please link up your blog post below and share your slow stitching with us.

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Slow Sunday Stitching

Welcome to the Slow Sunday Stitching weekly linkup party! If you like to stitch things by hand, you have found your people!

I am at a cottage this weekend with some of my favourite people. The weather has been glorious, and the stitching time has been fabulous! 

Some of us started the Stitch North Biscornu pattern by Sarah Anne Stitches (you can download the pattern on Sarah's link tree).  I am stitching my version on a light blue fabric (on the left), and my friend Kathi has finished the front panel which includes 8 Canada Geese, 3 pairs of scissors, 4 small leaves and 4 large maple leaves, and a star design in the middle. 

It is not a quick stitch, but very fun. The Canada Geese look like weird blobs until you add the backstitching.

Yesterday I finished stitching "Kind Words Cost Nothing" by Modern Folk Embroidery.  It was so relaxing and it  turned out beautifully. Just look at those birds!! I'm thinking of finishing this one in a hoop. 

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Slow Sunday Stitching

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I have had a bee in my bonnet recently to get some quilts finished. The thought won't leave me alone. I want to start 3 new quilts this summer and I am determined to finish at least 3 quilts before new ones can begin!!

I have been "working" daily on hand stitching some bindings. This is the grey binding - the quilt is called Princess Charlotte and was a Super Bowl mystery in 2021. It's time to be finished!

The next one is a brown quilt.  The top was finished in 2011 and it is still not a finished quilt. I dislike brown but it was a great scrap buster project, and it is a masculine looking quilt and will be perfect to donate. Way past time to get it done!

The third one is a blue binding on a quilt that I love and plan to keep. This was a mystery quilt from Meadow Mist called Mosaic Mystery.  This has such pretty colours and is perfect to work on in the summer. But all these quilts must get done hopefully before the end of June. Can it be done?!?

If so, the 3 new quilt starts will be a guild summer mystery, the new Meadow Mist Marigold, and the Fat Quarter shop's free christmas mystery called Jolly Tree Farm.

Are you stitching binding on quilts that are way past the time they should have been finished!?!? What are you hand stitching today?

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