Bon Jour! A few weeks ago you may have seen a short little video I posted on Social Media about a new line of fabrics from Timeless Treasures called Bon Jour! I paired those pretty prints with several of my Solid-ish fabrics to create a “curated collection.”
Read more →Things that make me smile today: I hung this cute little bird house in a tree in our back yard. I found the perfect place to display these treasures from our European travels in a little nook in my kitchen. The pretzel is from a charming village
Read more →It’s a rather old fashioned phrase, and one you don’t hear too often these days. But it is just perfect for today’s post. For those of you wondering what “bric-a-brac” actually means, I looked it up in the online dictionary. “Miscellaneous curiosities and works of decorative art, considered
Read more →Hello everyone! It feels so great to be back home again. I apologize for not having posted in such a long time, but to be honest it has taken me several days to get settled and back into a routine again. Our trip to Europe was wonderful in so
Read more →This post has nothing to do with quilting. And everything to do with something that is nothing short of miraculous! I can see without my reading glasses! No surgery required. Yep, it’s true and it’s wonderful. I think I love my optometrist. He’s my new best friend.
Read more →A box from my dear friend, Christine, arrived from Paris this morning. What a lovely surprise! Christine, (who recently became a new grandmother — congratulations!) is a very talented quilter, and she kindly offered to do some machine quilting on a finally-completed UFO. Remember this and this? Yep, I
Read more →In my previous blog I mentioned that my boys surprised me with some of the books from my “reading wish list” for my birthday. Notice a theme? Well, quite honestly it all began in last month when I went to see the movie, Julie and Julia. It
Read more →We wanted to do something special with the boys: take one special last trip before we make the transition back to the US. The weather was rainy here in Stuttgart this past weekend, but not in France. So we drove to Paris! On our way, we made a
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