istockphoto OK, I have to admit I stole the idea from my sister Andrea, but the sentiment is still my own. My fabulous sister Kate is celebrating a special birthday today and I want to acknowledge what a great sister she is and how much I love her. Kate and her husband Robert are away […]
Since my dear son in law needed to use our guest room, the bed in which, I was using as a place to lay out my quilt blocks had to be cleared off. I took your advice and so you can see my stack of a couple hundred snowball blocks and pieced triangles, all stacked […]
I know many of you must have design walls in your quilting studios. They are the ideal place to arrange your blocks to achieve perfect placement, leave them up for days on end to consider your layout, and just generally have a place to display your quilt blocks as you complete a quilt top. I […]
istockphoto Ever imagine yourself as having a completely different persona? I’m not a housewife, I am a DIVA, and my name is "Elizabeth Huron" (my middle name and the street I first lived on). And that’s my photo above. Right. Pamkittymorning is doing a fun thing on her blog, where you make up various names […]
I am making hundreds of Snowball blocks for the Miss Rosie quilt pattern "Jelly Bellies". As you probably know, a common technique that is used when constructing this block, is to sew a square diagonally across the four corners of a larger block. The excess fabric then needs to be trimmed away to eliminate bulk. […]
These are some of the fabrics in our Buggy Barn/Carrie Nelson class kit for the quilt she thinks she is going to call "Cupcake". She originally planned to name it "Drumbeat" (I can’t remember why–something about marching to a different drummer) and her friends told her that was a terrible name and that she should […]
Can you see the cool device that is screwed onto the bed of my Featherweight? Here is a more close up shot: It is an amazing seam guide that you can put on your machine. It is unfailingly accurate. You can adjust it to a perfect quarter inch, or even that elusive "scant" quarter inch […]
Lisa (Stashmaster) and I decided to wrap up this Sampler Challenge. We are both going crazy with the slow pace we orginally agreed upon and want to get this one finished so we can move on to some other projects. So both of us (she in Washington and me in California) sewed all weekend and […]
Several people have asked me where they can find the Angler Two sewing guide. It is a hard to find item, as most quilt shops do not seem to carry it. I have gone through two of them in my life, and each one was purchased at a quilt shop that has gone out of […]
For my Carrie Nelson class project "Jellystone", I have been making half square triangles. A lot of them. Around 300 to be exact. The method we used in class was the traditional way of drawing a line from corner to corner on a light background square, sewing a quarter inch on each side of the […]
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.
