Art – Amanda Jane Textiles

Textiles in Lille and Roubaix

Last week I was in France, having taken advantage of the January Eurostar ticket sale. I took the Eurostar train from London St Pancras station and arrived in Lille just one hour twenty-five minutes later. I first learned French as a Primary School pupil in a small, rural school at a period in education whenContinueContinue reading “Textiles in Lille and Roubaix”

A quilt in Fordwich

Poster outside the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Fordwich, Kent, photo by Amanda Jane Ogdfen

In December, we received a visit from some dear Canadian cousins and spent several enjoyable (if chilly) days driving around Kent with them to share the delights of our new county. (We moved here in 2021.) We visited a number of the beautiful country churches in Kent including St Mary’s Fordwich, pictured below. We wereContinueContinue reading “A quilt in Fordwich”