Here's my sweet girl, making a heart with her hands and wishing everyone a happy Valentine's Day. We spent the day together yesterday, as her school is the only district in America which still has Lincoln AND Washington's birthdays off. We had fun, going to Target, Ulta and Red Robin for lunch. Who knows, maybe […]
This Penny Pincher quilt is enormous! I have more or less got it up on the design wall, 11 blocks across and 11 rows down. The blocks on the right end are held up by blue painters tape because I am out of design wall to stick them on, and the bottom two rows are […]
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 […]
Who doesn't love fabric with bees? I sure do. I just ordered selected pieces in a new collection called Garden Notes by Kathy Schmitz and it arrived yesterday. This fabric will be perfect in a quilt I have in mind to make for my bedroom for spring and summer. I am trying to bring more […]
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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.
