Boats – Amanda Jane Textiles

Little Ships – and Textiles

This year, it is 85 years since a flotilla of small ships set out to rescue troops from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk. More than 338.000 servicemen were evacuated in ‘Operation Dynamo’ as it was called. Ramsgate celebrates this event every five years. This is the start of our fifth year living in theContinueContinue reading “Little Ships – and Textiles”

The ‘dolphins’ birthday quilt

Last month’s activities included the completion of a special quilt made to celebrate a 30th birthday. The brief was to make a king-size bed quilt with a nautical theme, including dolphins, palm-trees and boats. The colours were to be blues, greys and taupes. As this was going to be a large quilt, I designed itContinueContinue reading “The ‘dolphins’ birthday quilt”