Welcome to Craftapalooza Designs!

Hello there, {waving enthusiastically!} if you've arrived here you're a smart cookie that scanned the QR code in one of my pdf's! You've landed at Craftapalooza Designs and I'm Nic Vaughan.

I've been a quilter for nearly 20 years and pretty much started out hand sewing patchwork. I was never drawn to machine piecing. Don't get me wrong. I'll  machine sew finished blocks together often for a quilt top finish (sometimes I'll hand piece the quilt top).

My pdf patterns are at this LINK. AND because you were smart enough to scan a QR code and read some text use code SMARTCOOKIE at checkout and when you buy one pattern you receive a second one at 50% off. This offer is for PDF patterns, not block of the months. One use per customer. SHOP NOW

My goal is to entice and inspire as many of you as I can to the joy of hand sewing patchwork. I love the glimmers and dopamine hits that hand sewing patchwork and playing with fabric provide me! So with that in mind, join the waitlist for my next FREE mini series (online) on hand sewing (or hand piecing as some of us call it) patchwork and quilts, coming very soon. JOIN THE WAITLIST

You'll be receiving an email from me, in the meantime you can check out the following:

• Why I love handwork: LINK
• Have you considered hand piecing and why it's not as whacky as it seems: LINK - including video instructions
• My favourite tools for hand sewing patchwork: LINK
• Templates for patchwork, so many options: LINK
• Tips, tricks and thoughts on applique: LINK
• You can listen to me chat all things quilting on A Quilter's Life: LINK

Thanks for dropping by and I'll see you in your inbox soon!