Amanda Jane Textiles

Baby Quilts from Bear Paw Blocks

Bear Paw quilt blocks, made by Refuge Circle, put together into three quilts and quilted by Jules Miller, photo copyright Jules Miller

Some weeks ago in this post here, I wrote about the four blocks I made for our charity quilt group ‘Refuge Circle’, We are one of the groups set up by quilter Rachel Hauser (of ‘Stitched in Colour’ – link below) as part of her ‘do.Good Stitches’ initiative. These were the blocks I contributed. Now,ContinueContinue reading “Baby Quilts from Bear Paw Blocks”

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”