Although I was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in the North-East of England, I grew up in a village in the Buckinghamshire countryside. A forty-minute train journey from the nearby town was enough to take you to London for a ‘day out’. So a day in the capital equals a special treat for me – and nowContinueContinue reading “London treats and tailors’ thimbles”
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Meeting Michael Brennand-Wood
On Saturday morning, over a cup of tea, I was perusing a copy of ‘Embroidery’ magazine, dated September/October 2012. (I wasn’t in a time-warp – just that I had picked the periodical out a week previously, on the sales table at the Quilters’ Guild Regional Day.) ‘Embroidery’ is published by The Embroiderers’ Guild (www.embroiderersguild.com). OnContinueContinue reading “Meeting Michael Brennand-Wood”
Amanda Jane Textiles 