I wanted to give you all an update on the "Fanfare" pattern by Sherri McConnell of "A Quilting Life". Sherri designed this fabulous pattern that I plan to make soon, and it is for sale on her Etsy site. The pattern was published in American Patchwork and Quilting magazine last February under the name "Fanfare". […]
I recently saw this beautiful quilt made up by Sinta at Pink Pincushion. It is just so striking, you must go take a look at it. I contacted Sinta to ask where she found the pattern, and it turns out I had it all along. It is in the February 2016 issue of American Patchwork and […]
Now that Eva has started kindergarten, I had my first free morning to work on whatever I wanted. My free days are Mondays and Thursdays and I plan to make the most of them. Well, that is my intention anyway. Thursday I got up at the crack of dawn, dealt with Ozzie, watered the plants, […]
Raise the Roof is coming right along! Here you see the main body of the quilt arranged on the design wall. The Sawtooth Star blocks and the Log Cabin blocks are not yet sewn together, but you can see what the layout will be. My design wall is 72 inches square, so you can also […]
I picked up a new book recently that I wanted to share with you. If you enjoy Civil War Reproduction fabrics and quilt projects, I think you might really appreciate these books by Carol Hopkins. The first book I ordered was the most recent one, Civil War Legacies III. I enjoyed it so much I […]
My husband had a fairly significant birthday over the weekend, which he wanted seriously downplayed. We tiptoed around the occasion pretty well, but I felt that some observation of the event was appropriate. So, I baked a cake. I've been watching the PBS show Great British Baking, and even though I don't really bake […]
Here I am making log cabin blocks again! I thought it would take me some time to make another project that involved log cabin blocks after finishing Sara's Log Cabin quilt earlier this year. I swore I was done with that block after making 64 of them for her quilt. No problem, I still have […]
So this is what I needed 32 quarter square triangle units for. My Sunshine and Shadow Sawtooth Stars have one of those units as the center of each block. My accomplishment this weekend was finishing all 32 Sawtooth Star blocks. I had two relatively uninterrupted sewing days. Eva spent the weekend with us, but my […]
One thing I forgot to mention when I was talking about making quarter square triangle units, is that I like to press that center seam open. You have enough bulk going on with the two opposing seams in the half square triangles. Pressing that center seam open makes things lie much flatter. Good for the […]
My current quilt project has me making 32 quarter square triangles, a block unit that I find I am not called upon to make very often. To make these units, you start with two half square triangle units that you sew together as I demonstrate in the photo above. You then slice them apart on […]
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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.
