Nicola
Rollin' Along...
Are you familiar with the old saying, “you wait ages for a bus... and then two come along at the same time”? Well, I'm thrilled to tell...
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Nicola
- Jan 21, 2022
Primrose Hill: month four…
It's a crisp, wintery morning in Primrose Hill and this month we are going to add some welcome cheer to gloomy January with a trip to the...
Nicola
- Dec 29, 2021
Cosy Little Christmas Stocking
To conclude this year’s super cosy Moda Bakeshop Countdown to Christmas I’m revisiting a tutorial I first shared five years ago and...
Nicola
- Dec 23, 2021
Primrose Hill: month three…
We're continuing on our stroll through Primrose Hill this December with a spot of Christmas shopping and I have some baskets at the ready...
Nicola
- Dec 19, 2021
Counting down to Christmas…
It’s time for our favourite advent calendar: the Moda Bakeshop Countdown to Christmas! Is it me, or does this come around faster every...
Nicola
- Nov 25, 2021
Primrose Hill: month two…
Are you wrapped up nice and warm? Let's continue our stroll through Primrose Hill with a block inspired by something this area is best...
Nicola
- Nov 23, 2021
Did Someone Say Cake?
Ooh, I have such exciting news to share with you: I have a project in a book! It's the latest project book from Moda Bakeshop and it's...
Nicola
- Nov 12, 2021
At home with quilts: Bohemian
I've been sharing a new series of posts with you this autumn, as we've started to spend more time indoors and generally snuggled down for...
Nicola
- Nov 2, 2021
Primrose Hill: month one…
Our leisurely stroll through Primrose Hill has begun (hurray). This month’s blocks are the Tulip and Forget-me-not Flowerpots. November...
Nicola
- Oct 30, 2021
At home with quilts: Botanical
I have a new series of posts to share with you this autumn, as we begin to spend more time indoors and generally start snuggling down for...
Nicola
- Oct 29, 2021
Primrose Hill Sampler: gathering your supplies
I’m looking forward to sharing the first blocks in the Today’s Quilter Primrose Hill block of the month very soon. But while we wait...
Nicola
- Sep 12, 2021
At home with quilts: Brocante
I have a new series of posts to share with you this autumn, as we begin to spend more time indoors and generally start snuggling down for...
Nicola
- Sep 2, 2021
From my sketchbook: Rosehip
I mentioned earlier this year that I was planning (yet) another Arts & Crafts-inspired quilt and here it is: Rosehip. This design is one...
Nicola
- Aug 30, 2021
Summer in the Garden...
A warm welcome if you are joining me from the marvellous Moda Bakeshop, it's lovely to be sewing with you again this summer. This year...
Nicola
- Aug 23, 2021
Welcome to Primrose Hill...
Take a stroll with me on a bright spring morning: the birds are singing, the sun is shining and a gentle breeze carries a flutter of...
Nicola
- Aug 20, 2021
The Jardin de Lavande Sampler Finishing Tutorial
Welcome to a new Petit Four tutorial: finishing instructions for the Jardin de Lavande Sampler quilt. As before, the finishing tutorial...
Nicola
- Aug 16, 2021
Twelve Days of Christmas block of the month: reservations are open...
...or should that be unwrapped? My dear friend Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company and I hope you will join us for our wonderful...
Nicola
- Aug 5, 2021
From my Sketchbook: Back to School
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern - renamed Kindergarten - as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. You may have noticed my *cough*...
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
- Jul 10, 2021
An extract from my July Newsletter...
We have just returned home from a holiday in our beloved Cornwall: I've relaxed, read a good book (Tracy Chevalier's A Single Thread),...
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