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From My Sketchbook: Roosting Birds
If you have the latest copy of Today's Quilter - issue 52, with Jo Avery's beautiful appliqued quilt on the cover - then you may have...

Nicola
Aug 6, 2019


Roll up, roll up...
If you’re a quilter, then the Festival of Quilts - four glorious, fabric-filled days - really does seem like the greatest show on earth....

Nicola
Jul 22, 2019


Moda Bakeshop Summer Camp...
This is the second year that the Moda Bakeshop have hosted their wonderful Quilter's Summer Camp and this year we're at the beach. Since...

Nicola
Jul 21, 2019


From my sketchbook: Hazel
I first had the idea for this quilt when I was making my Make Sail quilt, way back when...Laying out the homeward bound blocks it...

Nicola
Jul 20, 2019


On the Crest of a Wave
I've just put the last few stitches in the binding of my Sailing By Sampler. It's been pouring down whilst I've stitched and I've been...

Nicola
May 11, 2019


Midsummer Sampler Block of the Month...
Join me and my lovely friend Andrea from the Willow Cottage Quilt Company to make the The Midsummer Sampler Block of the Month programme...

Nicola
May 3, 2019


Colouring Quilts: Spindleberry
The garden is wreathed with blossom at the moment. It's such a lovely time of year - I have a May birthday, so I might be a bit biased -...

Nicola
Apr 27, 2019


Spring has sprung...
...the bird is on the wing. Or busy nesting by now, I should think! If you're doing a little nesting yourself, or making a quilt for...

Nicola
Apr 25, 2019


Making plans...
I'm busy planning for this year's Festival of Quilts so in my Spring Newsletter I asked my lovely subscribers for their thoughts on quilt...

Nicola
Mar 31, 2019


British Traditions...
This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the Quilters Guild of the British Isles. The Guild was established in 1979 to "...bring...

Nicola
Mar 15, 2019


Colouring Quilts: Forget-me-not
The Forget-me-not quilt is a celebration of the versatility of the humble nine-patch...and you know how much I love a nine-patch. Now,...

Nicola
Feb 25, 2019


The Kitchen Garden: choosing fabric...
I briefly mentioned a few of the key fabrics I used in my Kitchen Garden quilt in my last post and a few of you have enquired about the...

Nicola
Feb 22, 2019


Everything in the Garden's lovely...
Whilst I'm always excited to see my Postman deliver the latest copy of Today's Quilter, this month I've been waiting rather impatiently...

Nicola
Feb 20, 2019


Dala Horses: not just for Christmas...
I’m blaming Trish. You see, just before Christmas I shared a tutorial for a Dala Horse block on the Moda Bakeshop, as part of their...

Nicola
Jan 27, 2019


The Sailing By Sampler...
Welcome to a new Petit Four tutorial: my finishing instructions for the Sailing By Sampler quilt. As before, the tutorial is for those of...

Nicola
Jan 17, 2019


Introducing the Sailing By Sampler blocks...
I am so happy to be to introducing a new series of Petit Four blocks to you, inspired by wonderful memories of seaside holidays. When I...

Nicola
Jan 16, 2019


Your favourite posts of 2018...
This seems slightly self-indulgent of me but, two and a half years and seventy-odd posts in, I was interested in finding out which topics...

Nicola
Jan 5, 2019


From my Sketchbook: Homeward Bound...
At the darkest time of the year, it's lovely to stay warm and cosy inside making a quilt that looks forward to bright spring days ahead....

Nicola
Jan 1, 2019


Winterstweet Tutorial: Part Three...
This morning I put the last few stitches in the binding of my Wintersweet quilt...just in the (saint) nick of time. You might remember...

Nicola
Dec 17, 2018


All wrapped up...
Have you been opening the Moda Bakeshop Advent Calendar this year? My fellow Chefs and I have been rustling up some Christmas treats for...

Nicola
Dec 13, 2018


From my Sketchbook: Flower Baskets...
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern, renamed Jardiniere, as a PDF Pattern here or as a Paper Pattern here . You may already know how...

Nicola
Nov 27, 2018


Colouring Quilts: Day Out...
There's always so much to do before Christmas but I'm still temped to add just one more project and come November I can't resist starting...

Nicola
Nov 2, 2018


Spellbound Sampler Giveaway...
*Congratulations to our two lovely winners: subscriber Emilie and Instagram follower Elise* To celebrate the Spellbound Sampler Book now...

Nicola
Oct 24, 2018


Wintersweet Tutorial: Part Two...
If you didn't catch Part One of the tutorial - which has the pattern for piecing your top - you can find it here. This time I'll be...

Nicola
Oct 20, 2018
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