I know I have harped on this subject in the past, but it is so important, I feel I must get up on the soap box again. This past weekend I made 40 quarter square triangle blocks for one of the borders for my Summer Wind Moor is Moor quilt. A quarter square triangle block […]
This past weekend, I got one more border around the Summer Wind quilt top. This pattern begins with a large center star medallion, and you add progressive borders until the quilt is as big as you want it. This finishes at around 72 inches, I believe, but if I decide to add a final border […]
Remember my post from last Friday? The one with the picture of the plum blossoms, and me bragging about how spring was here already in sunny California? La de da and hurray for me. Well check it out. My son lives 100 miles south of us, in a town called Santa Margarita, right on the […]
I made good progress on my batik challenge blocks this weekend. I think I have nearly 40 blocks made out of 50! I found myself in a bit of a quandary though. Some of the blocks have high contrast, which in small doses, makes your eye "dance" over the quilt top from light spot to […]
This is why I live in California. Spring comes in February. The harbinger of spring is the sighting of the first plum blossoms, and I spied mine this week. I don't care what Puxatony Phil had to say about how many more weeks of winter we have looming ahead. The true sign of better times […]
Remember the fabric Wuthering Heights by 3 Sisters for Moda that came out a couple of years ago? I had an entire bundle of it that was totally neglected because I was procrastinating about cutting into it. I didn't want to do the same quilt everyone else was making out of this fabric, and I […]
Isn't this just the happiest little quilt? The colors just sing out to me and the quilt is telling me it needs to go to a child. Wouldn't it be a sunny addition to a child's bedroom? The feeling is not specifically juvenile, but young and cheerful all the same. Yup, it needs to be […]
Gracious, how did it get to be February already? I spent the entire weekend fighting a virus that had me down, but not out. I had three long days of sewing. I finished one top, worked on some batik blocks and started a new project. Aren't those periwinkle and purple batiks yummy? My goal is […]
istockphoto Sorry to have dropped out of sight for a few days there! Guess what? I got a new job! It is a part time job, just five hours a day four days a week. I get Fridays off, work with kind and mellow women, have a bright sunny office all to myself, and think […]
Have any of you attended a Strip Club Class at your favorite quilt shop? A Strip Club is a group that gathers to make a quilt out of the popular 2 1/2 inch strips (sometimes called Jelly Rolls) that are so popular these days. I highly recommend going to at least one of these […]
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.
