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From my Sketchbook: Count your Chickens
I have a delightfully happy quilt to share with you today as Count your Chickens flutters into the new issue of Today's Quilter. The...

Nicola
Apr 6, 2024


Daffodowndilly
She wore her yellow sun-bonnet, She wore her greenest gown; She turned to the south wind And curtsied up and down. She turned to the...

Nicola
Mar 2, 2024


Celebrating Tilda Fabrics
Tilda Fabric's new collection, Jubilee, is released tomorrow and while every Tilda release is exciting, this one is a little bit special...

Nicola
Jan 31, 2024


Northern Lights block of the month: reservations are open!
Join me and my fearless travelling companion Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company as we embark on our latest block of the month...

Nicola
Nov 6, 2023


From my Sketchbook: Comfort & Joy
When I started knitting as a teenager I dreamed of making a fairisle - or, more correctly, stranded colourwork - jumper. Alas, neither...

Nicola
Oct 27, 2023


Spellbinding Small Projects
The nights are drawing in and Halloween and Bonfire Night are on the (darkening) horizon. As we stock up the larder with comforting...

Nicola
Sep 26, 2023


London Town Sampler: the London Eye, Union Jack & Brolly Blocks
This is the last of my five posts introducing the new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the London Town blocks. For the past nine months...

Nicola
Aug 28, 2023


London Town Sampler: London Transport & Liberty's
Welcome to post four introducing the new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the London Town blocks. For the past nine months Andrea from the...

Nicola
Aug 25, 2023


London Town Sampler: The Cutty Sark & Royal Parks
Welcome to my third post introducing the new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the London Town blocks. For the past nine months Andrea from...

Nicola
Aug 24, 2023


London Town Sampler: Buckingham Palace & Parliament Square
This is my second post introducing you to my new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the London Town blocks. For the past nine months Andrea...

Nicola
Aug 23, 2023


London Town Sampler: Westminster Abbey & The Tower
Over the next few weeks I'll be introducing my new Petit FOUR sampler patterns, the London Town blocks. For the past nine months Andrea...

Nicola
Aug 22, 2023


Meet the Country Mice...
EDIT: The country mice have arrived in the studio *squeak* and you can now purchase a darling little pattern book here, find one on...

Nicola
Aug 15, 2023


Off to join the Circus...
C an you remember the first time you saw a circus tent magically appear in the park, transforming a once familiar scene into an enchanted...

Nicola
Jul 11, 2023


From my Sketchbook: Chrysanthemums
EDIT: You can now buy Chrysanthemums as a PDF Pattern here or as a Paper Pattern here . Do you like to challenge yourself sometimes when...

Nicola
Jun 14, 2023


Vintage Circus Block of the Month
It's time to draw back the curtain, invite you into the Big Top and introduce you properly to the Got Kwilts 2023 Block of the Month,...

Nicola
Jun 8, 2023


The Primrose Hill Pattern Book
It's been a long time in the making, but the Primrose Hill Pattern Book is on its way to the shop. Previously published as the Today's...

Nicola
May 15, 2023


English Country Garden: choosing fabric…
I think one of my favourite subjects to write about here is how our fabric - especially the background we choose - can transform the...

Nicola
May 14, 2023


Welcome to an English Country Garden: the British Sew-a-Row 2023
It's May, the sun is shining (sometimes) the birds are singing (always) and the garden is blooming, so it must be time for the British...

Nicola
May 12, 2023


From my Sketchbook: Picnic Baskets
EDIT: This pattern, renamed Vintage Baskets , is now available as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here . There are some blocks that are...

Nicola
May 5, 2023


From my Sketchbook: Bowling Green Lane
EDIT: You can now buy Bowling Green Lane as a PDF Pattern here or as a Paper Pattern here. Bowling Green Lane in Albrighton, Shropshire...

Nicola
Feb 11, 2023
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