Amanda Jane Textiles

This is an absolutely basic course to introduce you to a sewing machine, so you can use it with confidence.  You can come as a complete beginner. Amanda is a qualified and very experienced Textiles tutor.

This course is a basic introduction to making a piece of wool felt with the wet-felting method.

This course is a basic introduction to making a lino-cut and using it to print onto paper.

This course is a basic introduction to papier-mâché. You will learn how to make a simple paper bowl, using recycled paper and glue. You can then see how it might be decorated.

This online course shows you how to make your very first quilt. So long as you can use a sewing machine to make a straight stitch, you will be fine because everything else is explained. You will be making a small square or oblong quilt (big enough to be a throw or playmat or cot quilt). You will make design decisions, cut and join fabric pieces, then join rows, layer up your quilt, add quilting and finally finish and bind it. Tutor information: Amanda Jane Ogden is a qualified and...

If you have always wanted to try quilting, this course is for you. This is a one-day course, including six hours of individual tuition time for TWO people, for absolute beginners, to quilting and patchwork. Great for two family members or two friends to do together! The course will introduce you to all the basics for making a quilt: choosing fabric, cutting, joining pieces to make blocks, joining blocks to make rows, adding a border, quilting, trimming and finally binding a quilt. You will leave with a small quilt as...

If you have always wanted to try quilting, this course is for you. This is a one-day course, including at least six hours of individual (one-to-one) tuition time, for absolute beginners, to introduce you to quilting and patchwork. The course will teach you all the basics for making a quilt: choosing fabric, cutting, joining pieces to make blocks, joining blocks to make rows, adding a border, quilting, trimming and finally binding a quilt. You will leave with a small quilt as a sample and with the skills and information to...