Honey Do List
So on Memorial Day, I spent most of it working on this project with and for my wife. This closet was never finished the way I envisioned it when we built this part of the house, but Linda came up with this plan that was...
May 2013
May 2013
With Gratitude….
I had planned this post to go up yesterday on the actual day of Memorial Day, but I got so carried away with a couple big projects that needed to be worked on that I didn't get to it. And I don't have much to "say"...
Back from Market!
Wow, what a great time! Except for my TERRIBLE Hotel (It was cheap, and I did get exactly what I paid for) this Quilt Market was so fun! My wife, Linda, and my daughter, Mimi, came with me and we had a wonderful trip down...
Grunge Time!
Okay so here's the exciting news! Coats and Clark who are, as I understand it, the parent company of Westminster Fabrics (Rowan and Free Spirit) will be coming out with their own lines of fabric as well. With their brand on it. To be honest,...
World Tour Mystery Tour…. And the Answer is…..
Thanks for playing along with Free Spirit and me! For those who are late to the party, we've been trying to guess what is in the center of Dave Butler's World Tour Quilt that I had the opportunity to put together for Free Spirit! I...
World Tour Mystery Tour # 3
And here is clue set # 3 for the Mystery Game we have been playing with Dave Butler's World Tour line. As in previous posts here at the Blue Nickel, the game works like this: Check out these pictures and previous shots here, here, and here. ...
World Tour Mystery Tour….Clue Post # 2
Okay Peeps! so it is time for more clues on the center of Dave's Design for this World Tour Quilt. Former clues are here and here. Check out the Free Spirit Facebook page and guess on any of their posts regarding this little game. So...
Technicolor!
My friend Emily Herrick sent me this sweet little bundle of fat 1/8's of Technicolor, her fresh-out-of-the-gate line for Michael Miller Fabrics: I was thrilled to get them the day I did. I had just had some less-than-best news on two fronts in my life, one...
And they’re off…..
And it's another week with another post for the FOLK Journal Challenge. The Kentucky Derby will be held on Saturday, May 4th. The Kentucky Derby is known as the "most exciting two minutes in sports." What has been the most exciting moment in your life thus...