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Nicola
Jul 8, 2020
From my sketchbook: Tulips from Amsterdam
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. I first visited Amsterdam as an architectural student and...
Nicola
Mar 16, 2020
From my sketchbook: Paradise Found
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. One of my favourite aspects of quilting is the way that...
Nicola
Jan 22, 2020
From my sketchbook: Lenten Rose...
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. There are truly lovely moments when I'm designing a new...
Nicola
Dec 29, 2019
Do not adjust your sets...
I hand-delivered a new project to the Today's Quilter office in Bristol a couple of weeks ago and while I was there I met my lovely...
Nicola
Oct 2, 2019
From my sketchbook: Winterlilies
Issue 54 of Today's Quilter is on your newsstands tomorrow and it is full to bursting with amazing Christmas projects, so I feel very...
Nicola
Aug 6, 2019
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
Apr 25, 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
Feb 20, 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
Jan 5, 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 1, 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
Nov 27, 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
Jul 13, 2018
From my Sketchbook: Sprig
EDIT: You can now buy the Sprig quilt & Posy cushion as PDFs here or as Paper Patterns here. The lovely people at Today’s Quilter have...
Nicola
May 25, 2018
From my Sketchbook: Auriculas...
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. I have a new quilt in issue 36 of Today's Quilter this...
Nicola
Apr 17, 2018
The Sewing Quarter...
Back in December I was writing about the serendipity of snow and about things that happen just when you need them to. Well, a few...
Nicola
Apr 7, 2018
Hearth & Home Template
Just popping in this morning to let you know that there is a problem with the template for Hearth & Home in Issue 34 of Today's Quilter....
Nicola
Mar 23, 2018
From my Sketchbook: Hearth & Home...
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. As an idealistic architectural student - many (many) moons...
Nicola
Nov 14, 2017
A Festive Table Runner...
EDIT: You can now buy this pattern as a PDF here or as a Paper Pattern here. My subscription copy of Today's Quilter arrived last week...
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