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‘Summer Bouquets’ – adding the outer borders

The outer border at the top of the 'Summer Bouquets' quilt, the outer border uses the 'Berries on White' fabric design which is of red berries in a sprig with green leaves

This month, in the 2021 ‘Summer Bouquets’ Quiltalong, we are adding the outer borders to the quilt top. ‘Summer Bouquets’ double bed quilt (2021 Quiltalong at http://www.amandajanetextiles.com) This double-bed quilt has two sets of borders: a narrow one and a wide one. The instructions for adding the narrow set appeared last month (see below). TheContinueContinue reading “‘Summer Bouquets’ – adding the outer borders”

Bowes Museum Quilt Exhibition

The Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, seen from the bottom of the drive, showing the formal gardens in front

The Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, photo By Amanda Jane Ogden The Bowes Museum is currently showing a Quilt Exhibition, as I mentioned in last week’s blog post. The Museum was the setting for my workshops last Friday: hand-stitched patchwork in the morning and crazy patchwork in the afternoon. We left the North-East (to move toContinueContinue reading “Bowes Museum Quilt Exhibition”