Today I'd like to share with you some photos from 'The Fabric of Democracy’ exhibition 2023 at the Fashion and Textile Museum, London. It illustrates - with a wide range of examples - ways in which textiles reflected political upheaval, were used for propaganda or functioned as a method of resistance, This beautiful 1914 lace panelContinue reading "‘The Fabric of Democracy’ exhibition 2023"
Chain-piecing a patchwork block
This month, I made two blocks for my charity quilt group 'Refuge Circle'. I chose to chain-piece the squares for the blocks in both directions. I used this technique to piece the Miniature quilt entered into the Festival of Quilts this year: 'A clearing in the beech woods'miniature quilt by Amanda Jane Ogden (Festival ofContinue reading "Chain-piecing a patchwork block"
Amanda Jane Textiles 