Nicola
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...
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Nicola
- Sep 21, 2019
Is it too soon?...
Too soon to mention the 'C' word, that is...Christmas. Those of you of a more organised ilk will have the whole thing underway by now and...
Nicola
- Jan 5, 2019
Your favourite posts of 2018...
This seems slightly self-indulgent of me but, two and a half years and seventy-odd posts in, I was interested in finding out which topics...
Nicola
- Dec 17, 2018
Winterstweet Tutorial: Part Three...
This morning I put the last few stitches in the binding of my Wintersweet quilt...just in the (saint) nick of time. You might remember...
Nicola
- Dec 13, 2018
All wrapped up...
Have you been opening the Moda Bakeshop Advent Calendar this year? My fellow Chefs and I have been rustling up some Christmas treats for...
Nicola
- Nov 2, 2018
Colouring Quilts: Day Out...
There's always so much to do before Christmas but I'm still temped to add just one more project and come November I can't resist starting...
Nicola
- Oct 20, 2018
Wintersweet Tutorial: Part Two...
If you didn't catch Part One of the tutorial - which has the pattern for piecing your top - you can find it here. This time I'll be...
Nicola
- Sep 22, 2018
Wintersweet Tutorial: Part One...
Do you ever see fabric and think ‘I really must make something with that’? Silly question, you’re quilters, so of course you do. Well, a...
Nicola
- Dec 23, 2017
It's all about the timing...
We rarely have snow in Shropshire, but this month it arrived right on cue as I joined the Moda Bakeshop chefs in their Countdown to...
Nicola
- Nov 14, 2017
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
- Dec 2, 2016
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
- Nov 23, 2016
Hang by the chimney with care...
You may remember me piecing some little Christmas trees last year, for my festive version of Homely Joys. My test block has spent the...
Nicola
- Oct 28, 2015
Oh Christmas Tree...
Christmas trees and country vicarages: a quilt for the festive season...
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