Category: Blocks
I have made some changes in the blocks I am making for Lisa Bongean's Primitive Gatherings Triangle Sew Along. Here is how I started out, using white, cream, and tan background fabrics: I was just not loving the mixed up look of those different shades of backgrounds. I decided to switch it up and use […]
These Courthouse Steps blocks are so addicting, I am not sure I can stop! I have made a dozen and could happily keep going indefinitely. I have been raiding my stash of browns, blacks, rusts, golds and now some greens. Some of these fabrics have made appearances in other favorite quilts I have made, and […]
Well hello Penny Pincher. These blocks just about took my breath away when I put them up on the design wall. Don't the yellow blocks look like they have some kind of internal light source? I had just over 100 blocks and decided it was time to slap them up on the design wall. I […]
I am having so much fun experimenting with making Courthouse Steps blocks! I wanted five fabrics total in each block, and wanted the blocks to be between 6 1/2 and 8 inches finished. After a bit of trial and error, my best effort was a block with a two inch unfinished center square, and strips […]
Have you all been following the Log Cabin Sew Along that is happening on Instagram? Go to Instagram and search for #logcabinquiltalong and just see the results you get. There is one person who is doing five inch finished log cabin blocks in all Jo Morton fabrics. You will just die to see her gorgeous […]
Well, maybe it isn't quite as bad as watching paint dry, but it seems like making these 160 Penny Pincher blocks is taking forever. I made great progress over the weekend and on Monday (one of my days off), and my grand total is now 100 blocks. I can make 25 in a day, easily, […]
Hi there. Hope you all had a brilliant weekend. Mine was pretty much perfect, in that I stayed home the entire time except for a trip to the grocery store. I am becoming such a homebody in my old age. I spent the time, not particularly productively, but puttering around in my sewing room trying […]
I have been having fun with Lisa Bongean's Triangle Challenge. Each week she comes out with a new block or two using sixteen half square triangles. I've been making two of each block to give myself more options when it comes time to put a quilt top together. It sure is amazing how many ways […]
I don't know about you, but I find I waste an awful lot of time first thing in the morning on my computer. I check my email, read blog comments, see what the blogs I follow have posted, and check out YouTube for quilting tutorials or book reviews. By the time I get around to […]
Give me a day off, in particular a rainy day off, and if I have my way, I will spend it sewing. That is just what I did yesterday and was wildly productive. I finished a dozen more Penny Pincher blocks. I have no room on my design wall at the moment, so I […]
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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.
