Nicola
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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Nicola
- Jan 7, 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
- Dec 21, 2016
Playing with Buttons...
My Granny had a box of buttons that I used to absolutely LOVE playing with. For hours. This was back in the olden days, of course, pre...
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 25, 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 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
- Sep 14, 2016
Stepping back in time...
The lovely people at the Moda Bakeshop have let me post another tutorial - it's called Stepping Stones, you can find it here - and I...
Nicola
- Sep 2, 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
- Aug 27, 2016
So much fabric, so little time...
So how on earth do you choose just the right fabric for a project when there are so many - endless - possibilities? If you read my last...
Nicola
- May 25, 2016
Let's Start at the Very Beginning...
Almost a year has gone by since I opening a teeny, tiny little PayHip shop and sold the first copy of my Jolly Brollies pattern. Well,...
Nicola
- Mar 31, 2016
Take an umbrella, just in case...
I had always planned to include a couple of blocks from my patterns in my Keep Calm and Carry On quilt. The cakestand block from Vintage...
Nicola
- Mar 28, 2016
Slow and Steady Wins the Race...
I finished my Keep Calm And Carry On quilt this morning and I'm a little bit sorry. I've thoroughly enjoyed making every single block,...
Nicola
- Mar 6, 2016
Keep Calm & Carry On...
Thanks to Storm Imogen and a rather wet and windy weekend in Cornwall I've been whizzing through my Moda Bakeshop Birthday Sew-along...
Nicola
- Feb 22, 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 14, 2016
Binding a Quilt...
Every quilter has their own 'preferred method' of binding a quilt and there are lots (and lots) of really good tutorials available in...
Nicola
- Jan 22, 2016
Sewing Along...
Have you ever joined a sew-a-long? I'm always keen and have sewn along with Flickr and Instagram groups - both photo-sharing sites -...
Nicola
- Dec 30, 2015
Sign up for my seasonal newsletter...
Have you signed up for our seasonal newsletter? I'll be sending them out four times a year - in February, May, August & November - to...
Nicola
- Oct 28, 2015
Oh Christmas Tree...
Christmas trees and country vicarages: a quilt for the festive season...
Nicola
- Sep 2, 2015
Triangle in a Square Block...
I won't lie, the triangle in a square block is a bit tricky. Before being sewn into a quilt, the corners of that triangle just don't...
Nicola
- Jun 10, 2015
Hello...
Welcome to CakeStand Quilts, my name is Nicola Dodd and it's lovely to meet you. I became smitten with quilting about five years ago. At...
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