Here is an easy recipe you might enjoy–especially if you have a garden full of zucchini! It is a pretty basic zucchini bread recipe with the addition of blueberries. No nuts in this one, but don't see why you couldn't add them. I ended up with five mini loaf pans, not the four the […]
Now here is a book I never in a million years would have predicted I would read. The first in the George R. R. Martin Game of Thrones series. The genre is fantasy, and aside from the Lord of the Rings books and A Once and Future King, it is a genre I have completely […]
I have been a lazy blogger this week. There isn't much going on in my life at the moment. Just enjoying the last lazy days of summer. Can you believe it is September already? Good grief, this summer has flown by. My desire to practice my machine quilting is still very much with me, and […]
If you have followed this blog for any length of time, you know that it has been my desire to improve my machine quilting skills. I have been practicing my squiggles and loop d' loops and stippling and my results have been well, pretty much just ok. Make no mistake, I am improving, but it […]
Have you ever heard the advice that if you wish to eat in the healthiest manner possible, you would do well to shop the "outer aisles" of the grocery store? Well, in the nearby town of Douglas Flats, there is a produce stand cleverly called The Outer Aisle. This place is loaded with wonderful fruits […]
I had some leftover blocks from my Simple Abundance/MoJo quilt, which I called the Ridiculously Cute Basket Quilt. Sara thought they would make an adorable little table topper, and combined them with some of my leftover scraps. How cute is this? No waste=a free table topper! She let me practice my machine quilting on it, which […]
Well, half my apples are appliqued onto the background fabric! The polka dot one on the far left is the most recently done one, and I can see that I am getting better. Still have four more leaves to do on this side, then six apples, stems and leaves on teh other side. It will […]
Honestly, I cannot keep track of what week this is for Farmer's Wife block posts. I have decided to just go ahead and post my progress whenever I have something to show for it. Somehow I managed to finish seven blocks this week. My sister Andrea has been to my house for a visit and […]
I took a break from the Farmer's Wife project yesterday and finished up the blocks for my mini Bennington Schnibbles quilt. This will end up as a late summer/early fall table topper on my kitchen table. I am going to quilt it myself (deep breath, wish me luck), and can picture it already in my […]
My favorite Farmer's Wife block so far! "Economy". Love it. I call it Square in a Sqaure, but am not about to argue with a farmer's wife. I continue to stitch away at these fun little blocks. Just can't seem to stop! I have around 18 finished now (not including the dozen or so I […]
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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.
