One of the things I have most enjoyed about being self-employed has been the opportunity to design fabrics. I trained as a surface pattern designer between 1995 and 2000, by means of a degree studied part-time. Although I then taught Textiles in school, this mostly involved encouraging the students’ creativity, rather than exercising my own.ContinueContinue reading “Swans fabric design”
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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”
Amanda Jane Textiles 