I made a big decision six and a half years ago to leave my job in teaching and start Amanda Jane Textiles.
The business includes fabric designs, quilt patterns and classes (you can see links to all of these if you go to the HOME page here)
It would seem that you can take the girl out of teaching, but you can’t take teaching out of the girl! There are numerous features in the TUTORIALS section of this site here, there are instructional videos on my YouTube channel (here). Scattered throughout the weekly blog posts, you will find helpful advice on sewing and quilting.
So what has this to do with ‘not retiring’ you may ask?
Well, I was chosen as an example of a woman who chose not to retire, to do something completely new in later life by Tricia Cusden, founder of Look Fabulous Forever. You can see what she said in her blog post here
And guess what? She identified me as a teacher of skills. It’s true. There’s a customer coming for a ‘Quilt in a Day’ course this very week). I so enjoy sharing the pleasures of making with others.
How nice to not retire.
Thank you for reading my blog. Quilt patterns are here, Fabrics are here, Classes are here.
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If you have just started out with quilt-making, I have some patterns for confident beginners, like this one, ‘Sunny Squares’. Find it here
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That’s a good introductory page and takes all your ideas on from the home page most beautifully. Specially helpful and clear for the less gifted IT buffs. I love reading all about you!
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I see you have an increasing range of quilt patterns- great, as I find your patterns very detailed. However, I find that the photos of your quilts are often insufficient to allow me to visualise the whole thing (perhaps I have a limited imagination!) . Your “sunny squares” quilt does this and it is very helpful – for me! More like this please!
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Thanks for this very helpful comment. I will definitely bear it in mind for upcoming patterns.
Amanda
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