Happy New Year, people! After last year, I know well enough to not necessarily over promise anything, because well, most of last year was HUGE eyeopener for most of us in so many ways! But I also do believe in starting over, planning, reflecting, and moving forward...
I am a Hoarder Saver, you know. I save all of those little corner pieces that get cut off of mitered joints on binding and the corners of squares and rectangles when you add a corner - Snowball block style. And then eventually they get...
Hey There! Miss me? I know I have been absent from here for awhile, but I am back, and I have lots to share, cause I have been a busy little beaver! I have been soooo wanting to share the 'names' and my thoughts behind the individual...
Today I have a special post brought to you by my dear friends at Country Threads. I have known Mary and Connie since I first discovered the "professional" world of quilting back in the early 90's. Yeah it's been awhile.Mary and Connie were THE THING...
Happy April! Today's photos are my Wish upon a Card Postcards for the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show this summer. They may be the only post you will see from me directly this month. The end of this post will explain why! :) This years Wish Upon a...
Flourish by Mia Whittemore is a wonderful line if you are looking for Springtime to come early! This fabric should be showing up in the shops right now! Woohoo!! You know I have been talking a lot about the rain up here in Washington State lately....
Uppercase Volume 2 by Janine Vangool for Windham Fabrics is what I call New Vintage Fabric. Brand New stuff, Current color combinations. Old Timey Feel. Just my cup of tea!! And since these are nice simple designs, some of them really function very well as solids....
Book Club - Urban Folk Style Hey there! Today I want to talk a little bit about Urban Folk Style which is the tagline I made up a few years ago to describe the Blue Nickel vibe. I felt like I needed to define my style somehow, but...
So my question for you today is this - Why do you stop by the Blue Nickel? How can the Blue Nickel become a great quilting blog? Or maybe the question is what can make the Blue Nickel blog a better quilting blog? The other...
I always Love Kaffe Fassett's designs - of course this includes Brandon Mably and Philip Jacobs as part of the Kaffe Fassett Collection Team! You may not know this, but before I discovered Kaffe Fassett's work in textile design, most of my quilts were pretty "Muddy."...