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Spring Cottage Sampler: the borders
With spring on the horizon, I'm delighted to introduce you to my new Petit FOUR pattern, the Spring Cottage Sampler, before its release on the 1st of March. Last year Andrea - from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company - and I posted parcels of Tilda-filled loveliness to our block of the month participants, with each block taking them on a restoring ramble deep into the heart of the English countryside as we searched for the first signs of spring. My inspiration for this quilt c

Nicola
Feb 26


Spring Cottage Sampler: Farmyard Friends
With spring on the horizon, I'm delighted to introduce you to my new Petit FOUR pattern, the Spring Cottage Sampler, before its release on the 1st of March. Last year Andrea - from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company - and I posted parcels of Tilda-filled loveliness to our block of the month participants, with each block taking them on a restoring ramble deep into the heart of the English countryside as we searched for the first signs of spring. My inspiration for this quilt c

Nicola
Feb 24


Spring Cottage Sampler: The Tea Table
With spring on the horizon, I'm delighted to introduce you to my new Petit FOUR pattern, the Spring Cottage Sampler, before its release on the 1st of March. Last year Andrea - from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company - and I posted parcels of Tilda-filled loveliness to our block of the month participants, with each block taking them on a restoring ramble deep into the heart of the English countryside as we searched for the first signs of spring. My inspiration for this quilt c

Nicola
Feb 23


Spring Cottage Sampler: Mary's Cottage
With spring on the horizon, I'm delighted to introduce you to my new Petit FOUR pattern, the Spring Cottage Sampler, before its release on the 1st of March. Last year Andrea - from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company - and I posted parcels of Tilda-filled loveliness to our block of the month participants, with each block taking them on a restoring ramble deep into the heart of the English countryside as we searched for the first signs of spring. My inspiration for the Spring

Nicola
Feb 19


From my sketchbook: Cutting Patch
With spring just around the corner I'll be looking out for sleepy bees waking from their winter slumbers. Even though the weather's still dreary, thoughts - if not deeds - will turn to clearing flowerbeds and planting seeds in the hope of summer blooms in the cutting patch. Which has inspired my new project in Today's Quilter (issue 137) ... You may recognise the classic Irish Chain setting from my To Skye quilt. I scaled it down slightly and have loved being able to use it

Nicola
Feb 8


From my Sketchbook: Royal Posies
Curtseys at the ready, because I have some rather regal projects to share with you today. Designed to celebrate the launch of Liberty's new Palace Gardens collection, let me formally introduce you to the Royal Posies quilt and it's charming companion, Garden Party Bunting . Liberty commissioned the quilt to introduce their Palace Garden collection at the H&H Americas trade show last spring and they asked me to base my design on motifs from the Royal Posies print in the col

Nicola
Feb 1


At Liberty
Something rather wonderful happened this summer: last year Liberty Fabrics saw my Honeysuckle quilt on the cover of Today’s Quilter ...

Nicola
Sep 5, 2025


From my Sketchbook: Harvest Home..
I have such a fun quilt to share with you today - which you can find in the new issue of Todays Quilter (number 131) - inspired by the...

Nicola
Aug 22, 2025


British Sew-a-Row 2025
After a year away, we're so thrilled to be sewing together again to bring you a glorious new Sew-Along quilt this autumn… In a busy world...

Nicola
Jul 30, 2025


Nutcracker Block of the Month: reservations are open!
Join me and my lovely friend Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company in front row seats as we wait with bated breath to raise the...

Nicola
Jul 15, 2025


From my Sketchbook: Shepherd's Delight
Over the past ten years these posts have been my favourites to write. Some quilts have a more complicated back-story than others and this...

Nicola
May 10, 2025


From my Sketchbook: Swansong
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here . Swim elegantly into spring with my new Today's Quilter project, Swansong . Much like the hen block from last spring's Count Your Chickens quilt, the swan first appeared in my Twelve Days of Christmas sampler and was a firm favourite to piece. In this project my swans, joined by some darling little cygnets, encircle a rippling centre of Lady of the Lake blocks. And my darling swans have made the

Nicola
Feb 10, 2025


Northern Lights Sampler: arctic animals
Over the last couple days I've be introducing my new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the Northern Lights blocks, which are sailing into...

Nicola
Sep 19, 2024


Northern Lights Sampler: stormy seas
This is my second post - you can find the first here - introducing my new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the Northern Lights blocks,...

Nicola
Sep 18, 2024


Northern Lights Sampler: starry skies
Are you ready for an adventure? Because today I'll be setting out to introduce my new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the Northern Lights...

Nicola
Sep 17, 2024


Button Mouse Pre-orders (and a very special treat)...
Sewing can be a rather messy business, no matter how tidy I try to be, so I sometimes imagine having a tiny troupe of helpers in my...

Nicola
Sep 16, 2024


From my Sketchbook: Christmas Market
EDIT: You can now buy Christmas Market as a PDF Pattern here or as a Paper Pattern here . Let's explore the Christmas Market on a...

Nicola
Aug 28, 2024


Meet the Button Mice...
Sewing can be a rather messy business, no matter how tidy I try to be, so I sometimes imagine having a tiny troupe of helpers in my...

Nicola
Aug 15, 2024


From my Sketchbook: Heavenly Honeysuckle
I have a deliciously summery quilt to share with you today and it's a little bit different for me. Although I consider myself a devoted...

Nicola
Jul 3, 2024


All aboard the Alpine Express...
Are you a sewing room traveller? As much as I like to do some real-life travelling, I also love to create a quilty postcard to remind me...

Nicola
Jun 26, 2024
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