Author Archives: NikkiM
Hiking
I went hiking! We have a family member visiting from the States, so we went for a hike at my favorite spot in the mountains. It’s a 2 hour drive from home to a hotel called Champange Castle Hotel and a 5 mile (8km) return hike to the waterfall. I love staying in this […]
Cover
Remember this Round Robin quilt that I posted about 2 years ago on April 19, 2014? In my last paragraph I made this statement – “I’m now busy hand quilting the centre piece using DMC Perle 8 thread, using a number 9 quilting needle. It’s a bit of a bugger as the needle eye is […]
More babies …
This is the quilt I made for the baby shower I went to last Saturday. Due to modern medicine we know it’s a boy and his booked date for arrival is the 8th of April. That’s if he doesn’t decide to change the date! It was quite a thing because the mommy works for my […]
Buzy Day Jan/Feb 2016
Friendship quilting…
Do you remember the following two posts “To friendship“, November 23, 2013 and “All done!” February 8, 2014? Let me give you a little bit of background to this quilt. A friend and I normally decide on a quilt that we will be sewing together, needless to say, the “friend” always wins on the choice […]
Knit, knit, knit …..
That all you hear in my house at the moment! I used this pattern to knit a scarf for a friend a few years back and I always wanted to use this pattern to knit a knee rug. Well I did. Lucky for me, after scratching in my stash, I found 14 x 50g balls, […]
One row knit ….
Crochet along-border
At last I’m finished with my Crochet along, “Spice of Life” that I started with Sandra Paul from Cherry heart blog. If you want to, you can go back to my post of “Crochet along”, October 9, 2015 and “Crocket along II, October 16, 2015 to get all the info. My border is not the […]
It has been a while!
It has been a while! Sorry! My life towards the end of last year took on a pace that I just couldn’t keep up with. Life is not fair when you’re young, days are so long. Now that I’m getting older I’m battling to fit everything into a day. I will not bore you with […]
Buzy Day 