Thanks for indulging me in my reminiscing about my family’s annual Halloween party. It has been fun sharing pictures with you, and I will have more over the next week or so, but thought I should get a few more quilty posts out here. Despite my preoccupation with my new puppy, I actually have been […]
My mailbox had a fun little treat for me last week. I have to walk a block down my street to get to my mailbox, so sometimes, especially if I am out and about or otherwise occupied, I don’t check it every day. Imagine my delight when I finally went to unload its bulging contents […]
There you see the last stitch in my binding for my Fall Sunflowers quilt. I challenged Lisa to get one quilt bound by Sunday night, not so much to push her into finishing one, but to push myself! It is such a good feeling to put that last stitch in. I find any kind of […]
I’ve been working on bindings this week. So many quilts with just the bindings to do. I have no idea why I procrastinate completing this last step in my quiltmaking. I have just a bit left to do on the quilt pictured above, then I plan to start on getting the binding on my Halloween […]
istockphoto How do you pick the perfect pumpkin? Last year Sara and I went to a couple of local pumpkin farms in the hope that we would find that elusive item. Dressed in our cutest fall outfits, we trudged down row after dusty row of pumpkins searching for the right ones. Dodging little kids on […]
The past week has been kind of a topsy turvy one, with me busy keeping up with my new puppy Ozzie, with Ozzie figuring out exactly what it is that I want from him, and with my husband adjusting to his new job. We woke up this morning and discovered that TODAY was […]
And I thought things were going really well. I love my puppy. He let me sew for several hours on Tuesday. He seemed to be letting me work on my nine patch blocks this morning. Well, he did steal a spool of thread in an effort to get my attention, but I took it away […]
I finished my Sampler Quilt that I have been working on with Lisa! I am a day late, but at least I have finished something. I am very happy with the way this top turned out. I used the Chocolat fabric line by Three Sisters for Moda. Of course I had to add in a […]
Thanks to all of you for your uplifting and encouraging comments to my post yesterday. I really appreciate everything you all suggested. I have been kind of bored and at loose ends lately, but am definitely going to "snap out of it", as Mary Englebreit likes to say. It is amazing how many of […]
This is kinda the way I have been feeling lately. I need to take the plunge, but can’t quite seem to do it. Maybe I need a teensy push? Things are awfully quiet around my house. I am not working anymore; my husband just started a new job, our son moved away to grad school; […]
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.