Amanda Jane Textiles

The Fruit Cake Recipe

In case you are wondering what on earth a fruit cake recipe has to do with a textiles blog, let me hasten to explain! In the collection of tea-towel design on Spoonflower, in the Amanda Jane Textiles studio (here), there are four based on recipes from my grandmother’s 1930s-1940s recipe book. All the recipes areContinueContinue reading “The Fruit Cake Recipe”

Reflections about Easter

Yesterday was Palm Sunday, Friday this week is Good Friday and next Sunday is Easter Sunday. I am a member of St George’s church in Ramsgate and yesterday all the members of the congregation received a cross made of palm leaves in memory of palms thrown onto the road to honour Jesus as a leaderContinueContinue reading “Reflections about Easter”