Oh, Kim, at Daisy Cottage, look what you have started! I saw the darling blue bird book on your blog last week, and have been thinking of nothing else but vintage children’s books ever since. My son took me to the Old Monterey Book Shop this weekend, and see what I found! A 1904 edition […]
A few months ago, while at the Pacific International Quilt Festival, I saw an unusual quilt at the Honey Run booth. They had made up a gorgeous quilt that was a different version of the typical Irish Chain. Instead of using the standard light colored background squares to set off the chain pattern, they used […]
(iStockphoto) A Persian poet named Saadi from the 1200’s said it best: If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft, And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell one, and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul.
I decided I needed a walk at lunch one day this past week, and I invite you to come along with me and see what I saw. My family is planning a vacation to Spain at the end of this month, and I figured I had better get my feet in shape for all the […]
Here you see one of my favorite quilting books, 40 Fabulous Quick Cut Quilts by Evelyn Sloppy (gotta love her name). I have used this book for a couple of quilt projects and have marked pages with little Post-It flags for about a dozen more projects I would love to do in the future. This […]
I must share with you a recent fabric disaster. I was planning to make the Sweet Emma Rose quilt from the Miss Rosie’s Quilt Collection book, and had all my fabrics out on the coffee table in my family room. You quilters can relate to how lovely it is to spread out your uncut fabric […]
We had an Ina Garten dinner at our house last weekend. Actually, two Ina Garten dinners! All the recipes came from Ina’s latest cookbook, Barefoot Contessa at Home. I am not wildly proud of my food photography skills, but since Andrea posted about our dinner on her blog today, I thought you might like to […]
This Six Degrees quilt is one I started about a year ago and have recently been working on as part of my Banish the UFO’s promise made in February. I have completed all the blocks, in pink, lime green and burgundy. I apologize for the picture quality. My flash gets away from me every now […]
Since I didn’t get much of a chance to sew this past weekend, my posts this week will mostly be about future projects I have been contemplating, or completed projects I would like to share with you. The quilt pictured above is one that I gave to my sister a few years ago. The pattern […]
I am changing my mind about thrift stores. Thanks to a couple of my favorite blogs (Daisy Cottage & Romantic Home), I have been tempted to set foot into my local second hand stores, with very happy outcomes. In the past, I would walk past these places, thinking disdainfully that the real estate would be […]
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.
