I am dying to share with you some fabric I recently purchased, not to show off, but to introduce you to some fabulous new collections you might not know about. The fat quarters shown above are from a new group called Another Point of View by Windham Fabrics. There are four colorways, Pomegranate, Blueberry, Apple […]
I get requests now and then to show pictures of various rooms in my house, and thought you might enjoy seeing Eva's new Big Girl bed and early Christmas decorations. Even though it isn't four feet taller and is missing a ladder, she seems pretty pleased with her new bed. She hasn't fallen out, mainly […]
Finally, the last applique stitch done on the 12th Dresden Plate block from the, what, 2011 Scrappy Plate Sew Along? The time it took me to get through this is making me reconsider doing all those Orange Peel blocks with hand applique. Anyway, now they are all done and of course I cannot […]
"Gobble Gobble", said the turkey."Soon it will be Thanksgiving Day.Will you eat me?How you treat me!I think I'll run away!" This is a little placemat I just had to make when I saw it on Lori Holt's blog. She has a tutorial for making the 12 inch turkey block, and a pattern you can buy […]
I am still savoring Fall. Enjoying the changing colors, the falling leaves, my pretty autumnal decorations. The rest of the family? They want the Christmas tree up, the sooner the better. I am holding out until after Thanksgiving, but I may have to give something up. My daughter wants a tree on the front porch, […]
Just last week I received my Kate Spain "All Wrapped Up" quilt back from my quilter, Mary Flynn of Quilt Hollow. This is just the cutest quilt, probably ever. This quilt is destined to go on Eva's first Big Girl Bed, slated to be set up this weekend or maybe next. I have the binding […]
Finished on a Friday, how appropriate! At last, this big quilt is all done. I swear if I didn't get it done this weekend, Tracey would have shown up on my door step saying, "For Heaven's sake Nicole, I'll do it, if you can't manage it after all this time". I sure did drag this […]
The thing about getting to the end of a project is that I start thinking about the next one. And often, because I am weak, I say to myself "I'll just audition these fabrics" or "Maybe I will just make one test block", and before you know it, a new project has been started, and […]
After tossing and turning half the night having nightmares about my crooked lattice, I got up at the crack of dawn and just fixed it. Whew. That's better. This Antique Stars quilt is ginormous. You can see the middle three rows across my 72 inch wide design wall, and they don't fit at all. I […]
I have made a few more Flowering Snowball blocks for the quilt I am making for Eva's Big Girl Bed. Aren't those blocks cool? I love the effect those wild Kaffe Fassett fabrics make. The blocks take very little time to make, maybe 15 minutes or so for each one. I sat down for an […]
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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.
