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Forget-me-not...
I wrote this post last September and I hope you'll bear with me reposting it, because it has a happy ending. And we all need a few happy...

Nicola
Mar 10, 2017


From my sketchbook: Mr McGregor's Garden...
I suspect you may not be all that familiar with early landscape drawings, but I love them: the plans and elevations are often...

Nicola
Feb 1, 2017


From my sketchbook: Vintage China...
I'm quite keen on the cake stand quilt block, you might have noticed ;-) They are one of the large family of basket blocks that started...

Nicola
Jan 7, 2017


From my sketchbook: Homely Joys...
I have a real soft spot for Homely Joys . I originally drafted the house block to make some Christmas gifts for my nieces. They live in a...

Nicola
Dec 2, 2016


From my sketchbook: Make Sail...
If you've ever been curious about the design process, I hope you'll find this new occasional series interesting. I'm starting with my...

Nicola
Nov 25, 2016


Forget-me...
Sometimes things just don't go to plan do they? So, of course, that must also apply when you're designing a quilt. Most of my designs...

Nicola
Sep 2, 2016


Pinch me...
I'm slightly overexcited to tell you that I've written a tutorial for the Moda Bakeshop. It's for a quilt that I've called 'Speedwell' -...

Nicola
Feb 22, 2016
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