Nicola
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...
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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),...
Nicola
Jul 9, 2021
Jardin de Lavande sampler: the lavender fields
Over the past few weeks I've been introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release in July - and taking you on...
Nicola
Jul 8, 2021
From my Sketchbook: Ocean Paradise
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. All things come to those who wait...even quilt blocks. My...
Nicola
Jul 2, 2021
Jardin de Lavande sampler: block nine
Over the past few weeks I've been introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release in July - and taking you on...
Nicola
Jun 25, 2021
Jardin de Lavande sampler: block eight
Over the past few weeks I've been introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release in July - and taking you on...
Nicola
Jun 24, 2021
Happy Midsummer!
Today is Midsummer's Day and I'm very happy to be able to share my latest Pattern Book with you: the Midsummer Sampler. The Midsummer...
Nicola
Jun 17, 2021
Jardin de Lavande sampler: block seven
Over the past few weeks I've been introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release in July - and taking you on...
Nicola
Jun 11, 2021
Jardin de Lavande sampler: block six
Over the next few weeks I'll be introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release in July - and taking you on a...
Nicola
Jun 8, 2021
From my sketchbook: Bring Me Sunshine
I have a unashamedly cheerful quilt to share with you today. The block is based on one of the flower basket blocks popular in the 1930s...
Nicola
Jun 2, 2021
Jardin de Lavande sampler: block five
Over the next few weeks I'll be introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release in July - and taking you on a...
Nicola
May 27, 2021
Jardin de Lavande sampler: blocks three and four
Over the next few weeks I'll be introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release in July - and taking you on a...
Nicola
May 20, 2021
Jardin de Lavande sampler: block two
Over the next few weeks I'll be introducing you to my new Jardin de Lavande blocks prior to their release in July and taking you on a...
Nicola
May 17, 2021
Introducing the CakeSlice Template...
My first proper blog post - back in 2015 - was a tutorial for the Triangle-in-a-Square block. That block has become a firm favourite of...
Nicola
May 14, 2021
Jardin de Lavande sampler: block one
Over the next eight weeks I'll be introducing my new Petit-Four sampler patterns - the Jardin de Lavande blocks - prior to their release...
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