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Jardin de Lavande sampler: block six
Over the next few weeks I'll be introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release in July - and taking you on a...

Nicola
Jun 11, 2021


From my sketchbook: Bring Me Sunshine
I have a unashamedly cheerful quilt to share with you today. The block is based on one of the flower basket blocks popular in the 1930s...

Nicola
Jun 8, 2021


Jardin de Lavande sampler: block five
Over the next few weeks I'll be introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release in July - and taking you on a...

Nicola
Jun 2, 2021


Jardin de Lavande sampler: blocks three and four
Over the next few weeks I'll be introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release in July - and taking you on a...

Nicola
May 27, 2021


Jardin de Lavande sampler: block two
Over the next few weeks I'll be introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks prior to their release in July and taking you on a...

Nicola
May 20, 2021


Jardin de Lavande sampler: block one
Over the next eight weeks I'll be introducing my new Petit-Four sampler patterns - the Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release...

Nicola
May 14, 2021


Introducing the Twelve Days of Christmas block of the month...
Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company and I are giddy with excitement to announce our new Block of the Month programme, so -...

Nicola
Apr 22, 2021


From my Sketchbook: The Strawberry Thief
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern, renamed Kelmscott , as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here . I've written before about my love...

Nicola
Mar 18, 2021


From my Sketchbook: Bright Skies
I have such a fun quilt - or pair of quilts actually - in this month's Love Patchwork & Quilting. They both use the same pattern but look...

Nicola
Feb 17, 2021


From my sketchbook: Sweetbriar
I think we can all agree that the world was a strange place last spring when I was making this wintery quilt. I've discussed before that...

Nicola
Oct 1, 2020


From the Heart
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern - renamed Angelica - as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. Sometimes when I'm making one quilt the...

Nicola
Sep 30, 2020


From my sketchbook: Beach Days
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. You may remember me contributing a block to the Moda...

Nicola
Sep 2, 2020


Introducing the Jardin de Lavande...
Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company and I are absolutely thrilled to announce our new Block of the Month programme, so without...

Nicola
Jul 14, 2020


Carnation Cushion
At last year's Festival of Quilts I was lucky enough to spend some time in quiet (and, frankly, awestruck) contemplation of a selection...

Nicola
Jul 9, 2020


From my sketchbook: Tulips from Amsterdam
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. I first visited Amsterdam as an architectural student and...

Nicola
Jul 8, 2020


The Midsummer Sampler Finishing Tutorial
Welcome to my latest Petit Four tutorial: finishing instructions for the M idsummer Sampler quilt. As before , the tutorial is for...

Nicola
Jun 14, 2020


Wild Strawberries
One of the delights of putting together the Midsummer Sampler block of the month programme was dreaming up all the little extras to...

Nicola
Jun 7, 2020


The Midsummer Sampler: block 8
It's the first day of June and we have reached the last stop on our summery stroll: the Rose Garden. My favourite place to be at this...

Nicola
Jun 1, 2020


The Midsummer Sampler: block 7
After some light refreshment from our last block, its time to continue to the penultimate destination on our Midsummer stroll... the...

Nicola
May 30, 2020
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