Category: Family
I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas, if that is a holiday you celebrate. Ours was spectacular and I am so grateful we had a chance to all be together during this special time. It’s good to be almost back to normal, though. Our son Ahren leaves to go back home to Ireland today […]
Ahren has arrived and we are in full family celebration mode. We’ve been cooking and sitting around drinking wine/beer/whatever and having the best time. This is just a quick update to say all is well and we are doing fabulously. Last night we sat outside around the fire table while dinner cooked. You can tell […]
I managed to finish the trees for the Winter Village quilt. They were easy and really didn’t take long at all. The frosty, silvery look of the grey ones is going to look great in the quilt top. I am now ready to start in on the houses, and there are quite a lot of […]
Did you participate in a team sport as a kid? One of my big regrets is that I never did. I was always more interested in keeping my hairdo looking perfect than in taking part in a sport activity of any kind. I fear I am not particularly coordinated, and was also afraid of looking […]
Well, I did it. Strawberry Garden is now finished, thank heavens. This quilt was a lot. So many pieces, scads of blocks, and fussy piecing. It is a real accomplishment to have made it, but it was an effort! I think it will be a while before I dive into another mega Fig Tree project […]
Several people have asked about the details regarding the Fig Tree pattern I shared the other day. It is called Thistles, and finishes at 75 x 75". It is fat quarter friendly, but I think you could absolutely make it from scraps. Don't you love that black flying geese lattice? I think it is stunning. […]
This cool block is number eight in the Strawberry Garden book. My friend Thelma (Cupcakes n' Daisies) made this quilt and said on Instgram that it was her favorite block in the book. It had a lot of pieces and is actually four blocks sewn together. It is called Ring Around the Rosie and finishes […]
Well, it's over at last. Eva has graduated from 8th grade and is officially a high school freshman. How can the time have passed so quickly? It was a proud day for all of us, and I have to say, "Whew". All that planning and celebrating and carrying on is exhausting! Things are going to […]
We had a little graduation party for Eva last night, and I gave her the calendar quilt I made for her. It is hard to put one over on her, and of course, she had noticed that I was working on it. She didn't seem to know it was for her, though, and seemed surprised […]
Eva's graduation quilt came back from the quilter just in time for her graduation next week. I still have to sew on the binding, but I thought I would share the finished quilt. For those of you who are new, this quilt was inspired by the calendar year, and all the activities Eva and I […]
About Me
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.
