Category: Around the House
Sorry to drop out of sight on you. Between end of the year school activities, work deadlines, and some home projects, I have been overcommitted the past week or so. No time to sew, no time to blog. Nothing to blog about! Unless you want to hear about how I did a massive reorganization of […]
Ok, so I am pretty sure this is the cutest mug rug I've ever made. I used an apple block pattern from one of Lori Holt's Farm Girl Vintage books. How adorable is the apple core block? This is teacher appreciation week and we wanted to give Miss Kelly a little token of our affection. […]
These are my Week 3 blocks for the Midnight Moon sew-along. They are called Hidden Star, made with Fat Quarter Shop's 3" Square in a Square foundation papers, and Pinwheel Geese made with my BlocLoc trim tool. For some reason, I could not find my 1 x 2" Flying Geese ruler and thought I had […]
Why is this man in my sewing room? It is my husband, who I finagled into putting together a new storage unit for me. I got the idea on Instagram from @hurricanereesequilty stitches (now that's a handle). It is a toy storage unit from IKEA called Trofast. It cost just less than $100 including the […]
Flea Market, the quilt-along that isn't. There don't seem to be too many of us working on this quilt-along, but I am almost caught up for April. I finished my center medallion and have finished two out of three basket blocks. The sponsors have kind of dropped the ball on this project, but there are […]
I brought out this mini quilt for the first time yesterday. I kind of did my own thing when I made it. The center bird is from a Pattern Baskets pattern called "Feathers". The surrounding stars are a block called "Twin Star" from an old Frivols project I had on hand. The fabrics are Strawberry […]
April Mug Rugs of the Month are almost done. I got them quilted and still need to attach the binding. With luck, I will get that done today or tomorrow. I am late with these and have half a notion to say they are April Easter baskets and May flower baskets combined, and save myself […]
I sure don't have a lot to share today, but felt I should hop on with some sort of post. I'll just get chatty about nothing I guess! I have a couple of new things around the house, so I will start with those. My Keurig coffee maker finally bit the dust, so we replaced […]
Not much happening around here. Eva and I made Lemon Poppyseed Bread, or as Eva calls it "Lemonseed Poppy Cake". It turned out great, but I should have taken it out at 55 minutes rather than 60. Ozzie is hoping against all reason that we will cut him a slice. That's the great thing about […]
We had a nice long four-day weekend here in the US and it's taking me a bit to come out of it. I spent most of it with my father, and worked all day Monday on some writing assignments. I came home to see this amaryllis that my husband gave me for Christmas on our […]
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Hello, I’m Nicole, an enthusiastic quilter and fabric lover. This blog is mainly about my quilting journey, but I share some of my other interests as well, which include reading, cooking, decorating, lifestyle, and my family. When I am not quilting, I am reading, and will share monthly book reviews in this space. I love to hear back from my followers and enjoy getting to know you.
