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Rollin' Along...
Are you familiar with the old saying, “you wait ages for a bus... and then two come along at the same time”? Well, I'm thrilled to tell...
Nicola
Jan 31, 2022


Primrose Hill: month four…
It's a crisp, wintery morning in Primrose Hill and this month we are going to add some welcome cheer to gloomy January with a trip to the...
Nicola
Jan 21, 2022


Cosy Little Christmas Stocking
To conclude this year’s super cosy Moda Bakeshop Countdown to Christmas I’m revisiting a tutorial I first shared five years ago and...
Nicola
Dec 29, 2021


Primrose Hill: month three…
We're continuing on our stroll through Primrose Hill this December with a spot of Christmas shopping and I have some baskets at the ready...
Nicola
Dec 23, 2021


Counting down to Christmas…
It’s time for our favourite advent calendar: the Moda Bakeshop Countdown to Christmas! Is it me, or does this come around faster every...
Nicola
Dec 19, 2021


Primrose Hill: month two…
Are you wrapped up nice and warm? Let's continue our stroll through Primrose Hill with a block inspired by something this area is best...
Nicola
Nov 25, 2021


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 on...
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
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