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How to Pin a Quilt with a Grapefruit Spoon

'Hello Baby' quilt by Amanda Jane Textiles

I am fortunate enough to be a member of a quilt group that has a well-established system of arranging to go away together to quilt. These quilting breaks are taken by almost all the members of the group who stay for either a week-end or a whole week and they take place not once, butContinueContinue reading “How to Pin a Quilt with a Grapefruit Spoon”

How to make a ‘King of Hearts’ fancy-dress costume

Many and varied are the requests that come in the ‘Amanda Jane Textiles’ office. It may not, then, surprise you to learn that I was required to make a pantomime costume over the festive season. The wearer was to have a starring role in an adapted version of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and the costume hadContinueContinue reading “How to make a ‘King of Hearts’ fancy-dress costume”