Amanda Jane Textiles

Make now – for celebrations later

Now is a good time to start making things for festive celebrations later in the year. By December, everything becomes very busy and sewing time is at a premium. Now, in October, there are some dark evenings when it can be very pleasant to sit with your sewing machine and make something bright and cheerfulContinueContinue reading “Make now – for celebrations later”

Bear Paw Quilt Block

I have been making Bear Paw patchwork blocks, four of them in all. These are my October contribution to my Refuge Circle quilt group (I first wrote about this group here). This month’s project leader asked for Bear Paw blocks which have lighter-toned ‘claws’ with a darker-toned ‘paw’ of the same colour. The idea isContinueContinue reading “Bear Paw Quilt Block”