Quilting – Page 12 – Amanda Jane Textiles

A Quilting Retreat

For most of the thirteen years I lived in Durham, I was a member of Durham Quilters. We used to go on weekend/week-long retreats at Kielder Water in Northumberland (you can a post about this here). Some of us went each year to the Festival of Quilts and we had occasional trips out, for exampleContinueContinue reading “A Quilting Retreat”

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”