Checking in with greetings of the season, and my best wishes that you are having as much fun as I am! This may be one of our best Christmases ever, with both of my children under one roof, and my little grand daughter full of excitement and anticipation. Santa will be coming for sure, and […]
I bet you can guess where I am this week. Yup, Disneyland. All decorated for the holidays, the Magical Kingdom has gone all out with their festive decor. My husband and I are in Southern California for a few days, and had to make a visit to the park one of our stops. I think […]
My second Sew Together Bag is finished, just in time. In a few days, my sewing room is going to turn into a guest room, so my sewing had better be out of the way until after Christmas. This second bag turned out pretty well. I used a thicker fusible batting in it, and it […]
SInce my Christmas gifts to others do not appear to be willing to make themselves, I got to work on Friday and Saturday. I purchased this fabric at a wonderful shop called "Charming Lily" up in the Spokane area this summer, with some sort of half cocked idea to make a quilt with it. […]
I spent the entire day yesterday decorating the house. I tell you, that is a job and a half. I am very happy with the way things turned out though. My new discovery this year are micro mini lights that have a battery pack. I love these little lights and have them in a half […]
Are you all still laughing at me? Ha ha. What a dummy I am. "Anyone know the block pictured here?" "It sure looks like the one on your blog header Nicole…" Honestly. Sometimes when I put these posts together it's late and I am definitely done with my day. I swear chardonnay had absolutely nothing […]
Isn't this a cool block pattern? I found a link for this quilt on the internet. The link went to Lovely Rita's blog: http://lovelyritablog.blogspot.com/2012/04/flower-posts-and-sashing-machine.html. The blog is called Lovely Threads, and evidently Rita does long arm machine quilting (beautifully). There was no pattern source given, and although a reader inquired what the pattern was, there […]
I worked on Eva's Christmas placemat a bit over the past few days, but seem to have had a relapse of my cold. Yesterday I felt completely rotten, and aside from mustering the energy to make some chicken barley soup, I spent the day on the couch. So, no sewing. Probably won't be any for […]
Not really, but aren't these little cookies festive? The recipe was in a magazine I picked up at the grocery store. "America's Test Kitchen's Best Ever Christmas Cookies". I must add these to my repetoire, they are delicious. If you already make this kind of chocolate cookie with a Hershey's Kiss in it, you can […]
We had a major crisis Wednesday. Eva's preschool has had four really good teachers leave within the past six weeks or so. As a former preschool teacher and director, this raised a major red flag for me. So, I picked up the phone and asked to speak to the director. I didn't want to […]
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.
