"You are not leaving this house until you finish your chores". Remember Mom saying that? Or versions there of. "You are grounded until your room is totally straightened up". "I do not want one more word out of you until that homework is done". I need a Mom to tell me "You will not do […]
Company’s coming! The next three weekends I will be cooking and entertaining friends and relatives; my second favorite thing in the entire world to do. Some of you who have gotten to know me are aware that I like to collect things: shoes, fabric, and cookbooks. Well, I also love to collect dishes! I found […]
Several of you have inquired about the "tie off" needles I mentioned in my last post. Here is a photo of the special needles I got for doing the tie offs on my blended neutrals quilt. You don’t have to thread them in the normal manner. You just kind of hook your thread around the […]
I got my Blended Neutrals quilt back from my quilter (Debbie at Prairiequeens) this week! She did a custom job for me and is it ever gorgeous. The quilting makes the quilt, as they always say. Here is a close up of one of the blocks. My photography does not do it justice, but you […]
I have been plugging away at my Web Sampler Challenge. In the photo above you see some of the blocks with the alternate blocks called for in the setting I chose. The construction of the alternate blocks was totally easy, and would have been considerably more so if the instructions had suggested speedier piecing methods, […]
Confession time. I was getting quite frustrated with the Web Sampler Challenge and closed up my project box and put it away. I was even considering dropping out of the Challenge I am doing with Perry, Cindy, Carol, and Lisa. Let me tell you why, and what happened to make me pick it up again. […]
Over the weekend, I made some progress on my Strip Quilt, using the Jocelyn fabrics by Sentimental Studios for Moda. There are two blocks in the quilt, a "flower block" shown above and a chain block made up of green, white and yellow. There are two units within the flower block. One is a simple […]
Go have a look at the fabrics a couple of the gals are using for their two color quilt projects. Yummy, yummy. By the way, a couple of people have inquired if the two color project can be something other than a bed quilt. Of course! Anything goes. Pillows, tote bags, table toppers, table runners–whatever […]
He did it again. I have never heard of a dog who hates irons as much as my Ozzie does. What is this? The third or fourth iron he has executed? This was my extra back up iron that I bought for the retreat. Luckily I didn’t spend too much on it and it wasn’t […]
On the sewing front, I have decided to make my Two Color Quilt Challenge quilt in red and white, using the Union Square block. The quilt top only has nine blocks set on the diagonal, so I will have plenty of half square triangles left over to make a small Lady of the Lake quilt […]
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.
