Many of my fabric designs are very personal. It took me a long time to become a designer (I didn’t go to art college until I was in my thirties!) Ideas and images bubble up from my memories and my designs often include things that are important to me. For example, ‘Cornish sandcastles’ evokes theContinueContinue reading “Why I design textiles”
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Joe the Quilter at Beamish
Joseph Hedley, known as Joe the Quilter, was an 18th-century individual who made his living from quilting. Joe had worked first as a tailor and later as a quilter. Very sadly, he met a violent end – he was murdered in his small cottage in Northumberland. The murder case remains unsolved to this day. HeContinueContinue reading “Joe the Quilter at Beamish”
Amanda Jane Textiles 