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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 16, 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 5, 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
Aug 3, 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 10, 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 9, 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 8, 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...

Nicola
Jul 2, 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 25, 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 24, 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 17, 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 11, 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 8, 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
Jun 2, 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 27, 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 20, 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 17, 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...

Nicola
May 14, 2021


Tulips from Amsterdam summer quilt along...
Are you by any chance looking for a gorgeously relaxed summer sewalong? The lovely Richla at Got Kwilts runs an annual Summer Stashbuster...

Nicola
May 6, 2021


Introducing the Twelve Days of Christmas block of the month...
Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company and I are giddy with excitement to announce our new Block of the Month programme, so -...

Nicola
Apr 22, 2021


Tip-toe through the Tulips
Last summer I shared my Tulips from Amsterdam project with you and I mentioned how adaptable row quilts could be: each row can make a...

Nicola
Mar 29, 2021


From my Sketchbook: The Strawberry Thief
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern, renamed Kelmscott , as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here . I've written before about my love...

Nicola
Mar 18, 2021


Background music...
I received such an interesting question by email (thank you Deborah!) about my favourite background fabrics and, like many of your email...

Nicola
Feb 22, 2021


From my Sketchbook: Bright Skies
I have such a fun quilt - or pair of quilts actually - in this month's Love Patchwork & Quilting. They both use the same pattern but look...

Nicola
Feb 17, 2021


Block of the Month update...
We are now just over halfway through our quilters' journey to the lavender fields of Provence and the Jardin de Lavande block of the...

Nicola
Feb 11, 2021
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