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From my sketchbook: Winterlilies
Issue 54 of Today's Quilter is on your newsstands tomorrow and it is full to bursting with amazing Christmas projects, so I feel very...

Nicola
Oct 2, 2019


From My Sketchbook: Roosting Birds
If you have the latest copy of Today's Quilter - issue 52, with Jo Avery's beautiful appliqued quilt on the cover - then you may have...

Nicola
Aug 6, 2019


From my sketchbook: Hazel
I first had the idea for this quilt when I was making my Make Sail quilt, way back when...Laying out the homeward bound blocks it...

Nicola
Jul 20, 2019


Midsummer Sampler Block of the Month...
Join me and my lovely friend Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company to make the The Midsummer Sampler Block of the Month programme...

Nicola
May 3, 2019


Spring has sprung...
...the bird is on the wing. Or busy nesting by now, I should think! If you're doing a little nesting yourself, or making a quilt for...

Nicola
Apr 25, 2019


Everything in the Garden's lovely...
Whilst I'm always excited to see my Postman deliver the latest copy of Today's Quilter, this month I've been waiting rather impatiently...

Nicola
Feb 20, 2019


The Sailing By Sampler...
Welcome to a new Petit Four tutorial: my finishing instructions for the Sailing By Sampler quilt. As before, the tutorial is for those of...

Nicola
Jan 17, 2019


Introducing the Sailing By Sampler blocks...
I am so happy to be to introducing a new series of Petit Four blocks to you, inspired by wonderful memories of seaside holidays. When I...

Nicola
Jan 16, 2019


From my Sketchbook: Homeward Bound...
At the darkest time of the year, it's lovely to stay warm and cosy inside making a quilt that looks forward to bright spring days ahead....

Nicola
Jan 1, 2019


From my Sketchbook: Flower Baskets...
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern, renamed Jardiniere, as a PDF Pattern here or as a Paper Pattern here . You may already know how...

Nicola
Nov 27, 2018


From my Sketchbook: Sprig
EDIT: You can now buy the Sprig quilt & Posy cushion as PDFs here or as Paper Patterns here. The lovely people at Today’s Quilter have...

Nicola
Jul 13, 2018


From my Sketchbook: Auriculas...
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. I have a new quilt in issue 36 of Today's Quilter this...

Nicola
May 25, 2018


From my Sketchbook: Hearth & Home...
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here . As an idealistic architectural student - many (many)...

Nicola
Mar 23, 2018


Present and correct...
I love making Christmas gifts but the secrecy required nearly kills me, so it’s really good to finally share what I was making in...

Nicola
Jan 8, 2018


A Festive Table Runner...
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. My subscription copy of Today's Quilter arrived last week...

Nicola
Nov 14, 2017


The Spellbound Sampler...
Edit: All of the posts & tutorials from 2018's Spellbound Sew-along can be found here. Welcome to my first Petit Four tutorial: finishing...

Nicola
Nov 2, 2017


Introducing Petit Fours...
There has been lots of thoughtful discussion on Instagram recently about making what YOU really love, combining projects and fabrics in...

Nicola
Oct 30, 2017


From my sketchbook: Woodruff...
I was lucky enough to post another Moda Bakeshop recipe last month. A pretty Charm-Pack-friendly quilt I called 'Woodruff' (you can find...

Nicola
Aug 25, 2017


From my Sketchbook: Pennine Star...
My most recent finish, Pennine Star, has an interesting history. The design was created a century ago by Northumberland quilter Elizabeth...

Nicola
Jun 10, 2017


From my Sketchbook: To Skye!
Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing Onward the sailors cry Carry the lad that's born to be King Over the sea to Skye... My...

Nicola
Mar 14, 2017
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