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...
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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...
World Mystery Tour …. #1
So the folks over at Free Spirit wanted to have some fun with Dave's new World Tour line in conjunction with the quilt that I am wrapping up for them. The quilt was designed by the fabulous Mr. B, and has a really unique feel...
World Tour….side trip….
So I had a little time between quilts, but hardly any time for this post now, but I wanted to show you what I was playing with using my World Tour scraps. I added some reds and a solid pink to the World tour fabrics...
Best Trip Ever!
It's that time again! The weeks seem to go so quickly with this FOLK Journal Challenge! Here's this week's prompt: It’s time to start planning those Summer vacations! What has been your favorite trip of all time? What did you enjoy most about the trip? The good...