About Scott
admin March 16th, 2009
I am Scott A. Hansen and you have found my website. Blue Nickel Studios is the name of my quilt and textile arts design studio. I have been quilting for about 20 years now give or take. I am self-taught and up until recently quilting has been a hobby/private-endeavor. In the last few years or so I have had quilts of my own design and other’s designs published and plan to have many more in the future. I graduated from Washington State University with honors in English, but went into retail management for some reason back then. That choice put food on the table and a roof over our heads, but never really met that need to create deep within, so this blog and the quilts that I create are birthed out of the need to share my creative process with others. (English Major, my eye! Who would write such a long sentence?) 
I am married to the most amazing woman, who in the last 6 years or so has rediscovered the artist inside also. Linda is amazing! Besides homeschooling our 3 kids, who I must say are amazing on their own, my wife runs our household and creates the most incredible dolls…..And she puts up with me and my ways as well…
All this to say textile art, quilting, and designing are becoming a second career for me that will hopefully be the one I continue on in through my second and third act of life on this incredible spinning ball of dirt that we call Earth. Thanks for being part of my world and thanks for dropping by the Blue Nickel; I hope you enjoy your visit!
Quiltography
Published Quilt patterns—-all quilts below made by Scott Hansen. All designs by Scott Hansen, unless otherwise noted in which case, the quilt is my interpretation of the noted designer’s design. Listed in order of most current to least current. Unpublished quilts can be found scattered in other areas of this blog….happy hunting!
“my book”—-no title yet, this is still pending and developing, but it WILL be coming in due time….Look for it in 2010?
Numerous other WIP’s (works in progress utilizing fabrics from Moda, Free Spirit, Michael Miller, Andover, Northcott, and Lecein to name a few).
Two Brothers I and II. Set of two quilts created using a design in Sara Nephew’s upcoming book due Spring 2010. These two quilts interpret one of Sara’s designs using the Tranquility line of fabrics from Moda in two completely different, yet similar looks. Pictures not available yet, but they give a great Modern Rural feel.
Building 312. Original Blue Nickel Studios quilt design submitted to a national quilting magazine….awaiting acceptance…..It’s a pretty cool quilt in my eyes, but as I am awaiting acceptance still, I can’t show you a picture quite yet. This quilt features the Urban Couture by Basic Grey for Moda.
Paper Chains. Original Blue Nickel Studios quilt design coming this fall in Quick Quilts. stay tuned.
Starry, Starry Night. Original Blue Nickel Studios quilt created specifically for the cover of the book Oh My Stars by Marci Baker Spring 2009. Quilt is an original Blue Nickel Studios design using an inspiration prompt from Marci.
Split Pea Soup. Original Blue Nickel Studios quilt design is slated to be published in Fons and Porter’s Simple Quilts Fall 2009. Picture pending actual publication date.
Wrench It Up! Original Blue Nickel Studios quilt designed for Free Spirit Fabrics featuring Douglas Day’s Be A Man line. Pattern is available online
Peppermint Stars. Original Blue Nickel Studios quilt designed for Free Spirit Fabrics featuring Dena’s Design’s Christmas Snowflower line. Pattern is available online.
Monaco Aviary. Original Blue Nickel Studios quilt designed for Free Spirit Fabrics featuring Dena’s Design’s Monaco line. Pattern available online.
Woodland Garden. Original Blue Nickel Studios quilt designed for Free Spirit Fabrics featuring Jay McCarroll’s Woodland Wonderland and Garden Friends lines. Pattern available online. Winter 2008.
Good Folk Flowers. Original Blue Nickel Studios quilt designed for Free Spirit Fabrics featuring Anna MariaHorner’s Good Folks line. Displayed at Houston Quilt Market 2008.
Fire Garden. Scott’s quilt using Sara Nephew’s Fireworks pattern featured on both the front and back of the book Not Your Grandmother’s Flower Garden, as well as page 66. Summer 2008
Cowboys and Indians. Original Blue Nickel Studios quilt design featured in Quilter’s Home Jan/Feb 2008 issue.
Not Your Typical Hawaiian Quilt, 
Dance of the Snow Queen, and 
Hiram’s Valentine Circa 1933. All three of these quilts by Scott for Sara Nephew’s book Serendipity Quilts. Found on pages 59, 64, and 61 respectively. 2004. Serendipity Quilts is currently out of print.
Red Baron and .....
Anchors Aweigh.Both of these quilts by Scott for Sara Nephew’s book Quilted Adventures. Found on pages 33 and 31 respectively. 2003.
Garden Blocks. This was Scott’s first quilt created for one of Sara Nephew’s books. This quilt is on page 29 of the Big Book of Building Block Quilts. 2001.
WOW, congratulations on all your success. I really like your work. I wish you many more years of published works of art! Thanks for telling me where to find them.
Sheri
Ver nice blog!! I was looking around the internet for the name of a group of fat quarters I bough back in 2001. I though the group was called washday or something. Well, searching for washday quilt fabric lead me to the post of your fabric hanging on the line. Beautiful photos! I really like quilting but make lots of mistakes. We homeschool our children as well. I will be stopping by more. Have a good week.
Tina
Scott – I got my new issue of Quick Quilts today and as I was looking through it, I was attracted to Split Pea Soup. I thought of making it in blues and yellows and calling it Swedish Pea Soup, a great hit in Ballard. Then, when I saw it was your quilt & that our friend Becky Marshall, quilted it, I was so happy for you! Great quilt…I will show you Swedish Pea when I get it done [next year]
Hey Carol! So cool…I haven’t even seen the issue yet!! thanks for letting me know it’s out there!
Ahem, “who would right such a long sentence?” Sorry English major, but that ought to be “write”.
From another English (and quilting) nut,
Pat ps, love your Garden Blocks quilt. Those blocks are so fun to make and look so spectacular!
“Life is not the way it’s supposed to be. It’s the way it is.
The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.”
Pat!! I am so embarrassed!! I fixed it now!! THANK you so much for the editing!!