It is nearly the end of April and I need to tell you about next month. May will be quite busy for Amanda Jane Textiles as my quilts will be out and about in various places next month.
At the end of this week, on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May 2026 from 12.00 midday until 5pm, they will be part of the Green Walk Open Houses Arts and Crafts Weekend at Green Walk, Whalley Range Manchester M16 9RE.
This is the official description of the event:
This will be the 17th Green Walk Open House Arts & Crafts event. Organised by a group of Green Walk residents, a selection of houses are generously opened up for artists and designers to showcase and sell their creative work.
Browse an eclectic mix of paintings, ceramics, glasswork, photography, textiles and jewellery, then take a break on the central green to enjoy refreshments from the charity tea tent.
This is the third time that my quilts have been part of the event.
On Saturday 9th May 2026 from 10.30-4.30 Amanda Jane Textiles will be Westgate Hall, Westgate Hall Road, Canterbury, Kent, CT11 2BT at a market run by candcmarkets
I will be joining many other makers from different craft disciplines who are all from the local area.
On Saturday 16th May (from 2-5pm) and Sunday 17th May (from 10am-4pm) my work for a City & Guilds Diploma will join that of other students of Textile Artist and Teacher Gillian Cooper at McLintock Hall, Balfron G63 0TT
There will be a range of work available to view, from both Certificate and Diploma students and I am told that tea and very good cake will also be available. Hope to meet you there – or at one of the other venues mentioned above.
Finally, just a quick reminder that my quilt pattern ‘Love Grows’ (third down on the right’ is in the current issue of Make Modern magazine.
As you may have heard (or seen in my post here) Make Modern is ceasing publication at the end of 2026. However, there is an option to buy an All-Access Pass. These are the details:
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