Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2020-02)

You have a great blog with lots of

tutorials. Do you feel that blogs

are still an important part of the

online quilt community?

Definitely! When I first started

quilting that is what social media was

for the quilting community. Sharing

your photos on a blog post, linking

up to other quilters. I had a fun

sidebar with all of my favourite blogs

that I followed. Writing tutorials came

when I wanted to share the steps of

the project I was making – and this

led to working with different

companies as a design team

member. I feel like my experience in

writing free tutorials for so many

years helped with my photography

and how to give clear instructions for

a project. I don’t think Instagram is

always going to be around, it has

already changed so much that it’s not

as much fun to share and keep up

with everyone like it used to be.

I hope that I can put some more time

back into my blog this next year and

What are your favourite kinds

of quilt to sew?

Throw size quilts are, for sure, my

go-to size. I want to make so many

quilts, so something I can have out

during different holidays or seasons

thrown on the couch makes me the

happiest. They are large enough that

you can use a prints or solids

collection, and are still manageable

to quilt on a domestic machine.

How many quilts do you think

you’ve made so far throughout

your career?

This is the time I wish I had a page

on my website with a photo of every

quilt I have made. Sadly I have lost

count. There are several quilts I make

as samples for quilt markets that

I rush to mail before I can even get

a great photo, or a baby quilt that

I gift before taking a photo. I know

for certain I have made over 40,

because that is the number of quilts

currently in my studio!

Above: Nicole enjoys using solid

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