Nicola
Happy New Decade...
This is my hundredth blog post and, by total chance, it's my first post of 2020. I'll try not to be too wistful, but this New Year does...
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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
Dec 1, 2019
Adventures in Self Publishing: part 2
My last post explained the ‘why’ and this post will give you an insight into the ‘how’ to self-publish. Or at least how I’ve done it. I...
Nicola
Nov 19, 2019
Adventures in Self Publishing: part 1
A few years ago I sat down and started sketching blocks for an autumn-themed quilt. My eldest son was about to head off to university...
Nicola
Jul 22, 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
Mar 31, 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
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
Oct 30, 2017
Introducing Petit Fours...
There has been lots of thoughtful discussion on Instagram recently about making what YOU really love, combining projects and fabrics in...
Nicola
Aug 29, 2017
Exhibiting at the Festival of Quilts...
I promised you a detailed post on preparing for and exhibiting at the Festival of Quilts and here it is. I'll apologise in advance if...
Nicola
Aug 15, 2017
All the fun of the...Festival...
I've been home for two days but my head is still spinning from everything I saw and experienced at my first Festival of Quilts as an...
Nicola
Jun 1, 2017
Festival of Quilts update...
It's just over two (short) months until the Festival of Quilts. I've been sewing like a mad thing and managed to leave piles of fabric in...
Nicola
Mar 10, 2017
Forget-me-not...
I wrote this post last September and I hope you'll bear with me reposting it, because it has a happy ending. And we all need a few happy...
Nicola
Jan 31, 2017
Festival of Quilts 2017...
Are you going? Although I've attended the Festival as a visitor, this year will be my first as an exhibitor and I'm really looking...
Nicola
Dec 21, 2016
Playing with Buttons...
My Granny had a box of buttons that I used to absolutely LOVE playing with. For hours. This was back in the olden days, of course, pre...
Nicola
Sep 2, 2016
Forget-me...
Sometimes things just don't go to plan do they? So, of course, that must also apply when you're designing a quilt. Most of my designs...
Nicola
May 25, 2016
Let's Start at the Very Beginning...
Almost a year has gone by since I opening a teeny, tiny little PayHip shop and sold the first copy of my Jolly Brollies pattern. Well,...
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