Nicola
Festival of Quilts 2022
This time last week Mark and I were loading the car in readiness to travel to the NEC to set up for the Festival of Quilts. No matter how...
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Nicola
Aug 12, 2022
A festive Festival of Quilts
Those of you who subscribe to my newsletter will know that I've planned something a bit different for this year's Festival of Quilts,...
Nicola
Aug 3, 2021
Festival of Quilts 2021
Well, it was so good to be back at the NEC! Although I'd forgotten - as you do - quite how much work it is to up sticks and open my...
Nicola
Dec 29, 2019
Do not adjust your sets...
I hand-delivered a new project to the Today's Quilter office in Bristol a couple of weeks ago and while I was there I met my lovely...
Nicola
Aug 13, 2019
Festival of Quilts 2019...
I’ve unpacked, caught up with my emails and restocked the website, so it’s time to look back at the whirlwind that was this year’s...
Nicola
Jul 22, 2019
Roll up, roll up...
If you’re a quilter, then the Festival of Quilts - four glorious, fabric-filled days - really does seem like the greatest show on earth....
Nicola
Mar 31, 2019
Making plans...
I'm busy planning for this year's Festival of Quilts so in my Spring Newsletter I asked my lovely subscribers for their thoughts on quilt...
Nicola
Aug 29, 2018
Festival of Quilts 2018...
Has it really been two weeks since we packed up, reloaded the car and headed home from the Festival of Quilts? Having shared some really...
Nicola
Nov 7, 2017
Festival Cushions...
The next tutorial I want to share with you uses just one Petit Four block and is based on the cushions I made for my Festival of Quilts...
Nicola
Aug 29, 2017
Exhibiting at the Festival of Quilts...
I promised you a detailed post on preparing for and exhibiting at the Festival of Quilts and here it is. I'll apologise in advance if...
Nicola
Aug 15, 2017
All the fun of the...Festival...
I've been home for two days but my head is still spinning from everything I saw and experienced at my first Festival of Quilts as an...
Nicola
Jun 10, 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 1, 2017
Festival of Quilts update...
It's just over two (short) months until the Festival of Quilts. I've been sewing like a mad thing and managed to leave piles of fabric in...
Nicola
May 16, 2017
Oh, I do like to be beside the seaside...
I've been chatting to my lovely friend, Jackie (you can chat with her too, on Instagram, she's @jacki_nash ) about her wonderful,...
Nicola
Jan 31, 2017
Festival of Quilts 2017...
Are you going? Although I've attended the Festival as a visitor, this year will be my first as an exhibitor and I'm really looking...
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