I was struggling a bit with content ideas for today's blog post, and ended up going with exactly what is going on at my house at this point in time. In between reading, a token effort at homeschooling, washing my hair, shopping for leopard print sandals and looking up cherry brownie recipes, I came up […]
I got all three Piecing the Past blocks finished. The Ohio Star Variation was easy peasy. The fabric requirements for this quilt included a variety of fabrics in these colors: red, blue, gold, green, brown and orange. I have decided that with the fabrics I had on hand, the orange just isn't working. I remade […]
Well, this is a mess. My sewing room has so many projects going on, it doesn't know what hit it. I have three block of the week projects in process, and enjoy seeing my completed blocks on display, so there you are. A big mess. Thank you all so much for your kind comments and […]
Today's post is a tribute to a lovely man I knew decades ago when I was a young woman. Many years ago I worked at a major university which was trying to attract minority students to achieve more diversity in its graduate programs. I was a lowly administrative assistant in the Department of Graduate Studies, […]
Hope you all had a splendid Mother's Day, if it is a day you celebrate. Here I am, enjoying one of my Mother's Day presents–new rocking chairs for my front porch! And of course, there is Ozzie, plaguing me while I am trying to enjoy my book. We have a super long front porch, and […]
Every week on my To Do/Planner I write "Bindings" in an effort to complete the massive pile of bindings that I need to sew onto my finished quilts. I just do not enjoy sewing bindings. I know, lots of people love doing it. Well, I wish they would come sit on my porch with me […]
Before I tell you about our cheerful rocks, I'd like to share my latest Moda BlockHeads block, #17, by Betsy Chutchian. She calls it Crossroads. I changed it up a little ( of course I did) and am very happy with the play of red and white prints. I made my block 8 1/2". There […]
My son in law's stepdaughter is a college graduate this month. Of course her graduation was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, so the family decided to host a special celebration in her honor regardless. There she is, in her back yard, watching an old Steven Spielberg Commencement address on her stepdad's lap-top before the special […]
The stars must not be aligned properly. I'll tell you this block took me a couple of tries. Every possible piece I could have turned wrong, I did. Repeatedly. I finally had re-sewn the block so many times it was all floppy and covered with little thread bits. I was ready to throw in the […]
Greetings fellow shut-ins. Hope you all had a good weekend. We cleaned the house from top to bottom, spent a lot of time on the front porch, planted some summer annuals, and got in a wee bit of sewing. I tidied the sewing room as part of the cleaning effort, and somehow the project box […]
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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.
