Fabric designs by Amanda Jane Textiles – Page 33

Quilts at Shambellie House

Shambellie House in Dumfries, Scotland is currently hosting a quilt show, the Dumfries and Galloway Quilt Festival. It runs until 1 May 2019 and I went to see it last week. Shambellie House used to be a costume museum but the historic garments have been re-housed into other collections and the building was empty. AContinueContinue reading “Quilts at Shambellie House”

Quilting and Bannermaking

A banner made by women's groups in Durham

Last Saturday was the Quilters’ Guild Regional Day for my region (15E, the North-East of England). Ours is a particularly active region and the twice-a-year Regional Days are excellent. Region 15 includes Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and County Durham, an area which has a long tradition of quilting. ‘Durham’ quilting or more correctly ‘North-country quilting’ContinueContinue reading “Quilting and Bannermaking”