Amanda Jane Textiles

Ways of designing a quilt

This is a slightly disingenuous title, because there are probably scores of ways to design a quilt. When I was at art college (I went to CCAD in Hartlepool), we learnt to design in quite a linear way. It was a revelation to me, as a mature student: visual research – with plenty of drawing,ContinueContinue reading “Ways of designing a quilt”

Quilt Patterns so far (June 2018)

Happy-Holidays-quilt pattern by Amanda Jane Textiles

It’s almost four years now since I became self-employed and part of my original plan was to write quilt and sewing patterns. I have written quite a few now for magazines (you can see the list here), but I have also been writing my own patterns. I can confidently recommend them to you, because ofContinueContinue reading “Quilt Patterns so far (June 2018)”