Quilting and Patchwork Archives - Amanda Jane Textiles

‘Summer Bouquets’ – adding the internal borders

Adding the pink internal border to the 'Summer Bouquets' quilt, the photo shows the narrow roses border at the top and the pink border at the right of the quilt-top

Adding the internal borders to the ‘Summer Bouquets’ quilt in the next task in this 2021 Quiltalong. This double-bed quilt has two sets of borders: a narrow one and a wide one. The instructions for adding the narrow one are below We will be adding the wider border next month. The plan is to completeContinue reading “‘Summer Bouquets’ – adding the internal borders”

North Country Quilts

Hands holding a needle and embroidery thread, the person is working on a piece of crazy patchwork

I have been thinking a lot about North Country Quilts at the moment. I recently had the pleasure of teaching two groups of people (via Zoom) about North Country Quilts. It was wonderful to introduce them all to the quiet pleasures of hand-quilting and to share a little of the quilting tradition in the NorthContinue reading “North Country Quilts”