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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 23, 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 12, 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
Nov 2, 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 30, 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
Oct 29, 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 12, 2021


From my sketchbook: Rosehip
EDIT: You can now buy Rosehip as a PDF Pattern here or as a Paper Pattern here . I mentioned earlier this year that I was planning (yet)...

Nicola
Sep 2, 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 30, 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 23, 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 20, 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 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
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