Nicola
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...
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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
- Mar 18, 2017
Lightbulb moments...
I was catching up with Edyta Sitar's fabulous YouTube channel, Quilting Window, the other day. Firstly, a little about Edyta: she's a...
Nicola
- Mar 16, 2017
Bookish...
Our prompt for #igquiltfest today was books. I love books. Really LOVE them. They've been a life-long passion and, luckily, one that my...
Nicola
- Mar 14, 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 10, 2017
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 7, 2017
Notions...
Are you taking part in the Instagram Quiltfest? It's been masterminded - and I don't think that's too strong a word - by Amy Ellis of...
Nicola
- Feb 1, 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
- 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...
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,...
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