How to – Amanda Jane Textiles

How to make a papier-mâché bowl

This week, I’m offering you a little bonus. This is a short introduction to making papier-mâché, which I recorded during the pandemic. Not strictly speaking ‘Textiles’ but a a fun craft activity for adults and children. Plus, if you make a bowl for yourself, you can fill it with quilters’ pins, or quilters’ clips -ContinueContinue reading “How to make a papier-mâché bowl “

How to piece a curved block

Many quilt blocks are formed from rectangles and triangles, but what if you want to make a block with a curved line in it, like the ones used in a traditional ‘Drunkard’s Path’ pattern? Here’s how to stitch your pieces for a good result. You will start with two pattern pieces, which joined together willContinueContinue reading “How to piece a curved block”