Amanda Jane Textiles

How to Sew on a Button

This is the second of the Basic Sewing Skills posts this year (find the first on how to thread a needle and make a knot in your thread here). A button coming off a garment should never be a reason to just throw it away. Sewing on a button is not difficult. How to sew aContinueContinue reading “How to Sew on a Button”

A Quilting Talk by Kerry Keeble

Last Saturday, I heard an excellent talk by quilter Kerry Keeble organised by Oast Quilters in Canterbury (details below). Kerry is an accomplished professional long-armer (details below) and a very keen quilt-maker. Her talk was lively, humorous and hard-hitting. It was also very enjoyable. Kerry has been quilting for 12 years and she shared storiesContinueContinue reading “A Quilting Talk by Kerry Keeble”