This Christmas of Covid-19 will be very different for many of us. Please indulge me as I dwell on some Christmas memories that are pleasant to me. I come from a very large family and Christmas morning was always magical for us. It was the one day we could expect new toys and gifts other […]

I am so excited to have finished my quilt, Color Tangles! As I worked on it there were many unexpected transformations from conception to completion. I am very happy with the end result. It started off as a quick project until I decided the border and binding needed some sparkle. As I said in my […]

When looking at antique quilts, you will sometimes find a part of the design that catches your eye because something is different from the rest of the quilt. Maybe it is a block placed “wrong” or a color that jolts because it doesn’t fit in to a grand color scheme. Or perhaps it is a […]

Since starting on my quilt design journey I have become very aware that creativity is fluid. I am constantly asking myself, “What if I tried this?” A design is never truly done. A quilt can be finished, but possibilities for something else to do with a design seem infinite. I had promised an update of […]

It was exciting to open my website and offer my newest quilt patterns last week, but I am not letting the dust settle here at Nancy Messuri Designs! I have started my next two quilt design projects, Missing Pieces and Fanfare and can’t wait to share them. For Missing Pieces, I purchased the most beautiful […]

I am happy to announce that I am releasing my first two quilt patterns, Hypnotica and Snow Geese while at the same time debuting my web-site. I feel much like when I sent my first-born off to college. This may sound a bit dramatic, but honestly I had no idea what it took to turn […]

Quilts are the stories of our lives. My grandmother gifted me and my husband a wedding quilt over 40 years ago. It was a top she had appliqued years previously and lovingly hand quilted for us. At the time I had no idea of the time and effort involved in making such a treasured item. […]

The beginning of something new is always exciting. I am excited to share my new webpage for Nancy Messuri Designs! The tree outside my quilting and design studio window is filled with green leaves, but it is waiting to inspire with its ever changing colors. The goldenness of autumn, the starkness of winter, the fresh […]