Make a quilt in 2019 – October

This year, I am hoping to persuade you to make a quilt. Each month, on the second Monday of the month, I am sharing a step-by-step pattern for a twelve-inch block. By the end of the year, you will have enough for a quilt.  October's pattern is below. In case you missed it, January's blockContinue reading "Make a quilt in 2019 – October"

Textiles at Harewood House

In August this year I visited Harewood House, a stately home (situated just north of Leeds in the UK) in order to see an exhibition called 'Useful/Beautiful' #WhyCraftMatters, curated by Hugo Macdonald. Harewood House, photo by Amanda Jane Ogden This was the first of what is intended to be a biennial exhibition celebrating modern craft. Continue reading "Textiles at Harewood House"