About Jayne
Jayne loves to interact with people. She has worked as a community tutor teaching Patchwork & Quilting and Soft Furnishings at various venues. Prior to this she spent 10 years making handmade footwear.
Jayne is now regional sales & education manager for Janome UK and works across the South of England.
Her role at Janome is a very varied role with no two days being the same. You may well see her at sewing machine retail shop open days promoting Janome machines as well as at exhibitions demonstrating the extensive range of Janome machines.
Jayne is an expert at helping people understand what machine is right for them, as well as teaching how to make innovative stitches on their sewing machine, opening up a whole new world of creativity.
Jayne co-hosts the popular IDidntLikeToAsk series with Valerie Nesbitt, where they help you learn how to get the most from your sewing machine by answering all the questions we “didn’t like to ask.” Click here to see an introduction to the IDidntLikeToAskSeries.
Jayne also appears in The Makers Studio series where she joins the team in the studio to chat with the UK’s leading textile artists who appear as special guests. Click here to watch an episode of The Makers Studio.
Signature Technique
Innovative stitches with a sewing machine
Top Tips
- Buy a sewing machine that will grow with you as your skills develop.
- Make sure to clean and maintain your machine regularly. This will ensure that it is a good working condition every time you sew.
- Use the correct needles for your sewing project and change them regularly.
- Use a good quality thread and always buy the correct bobbins for your machine.
Videos
Patterns
Posts
World Quilt Show USA Winner from the UK
Christine Porter is the British Coordinator for the World Quilt Show, which takes place in the USA every year, This year she had 28 entries and she is thrilled to say that a British quilter (from Bristol) called Stephanie Crawford won the Best of the World award for her fabulous quilt, ‘A Chinese Journey in Three Parts’ - see below: She won $2,000.
A wander round Festival of Quilts 2014
Over 800 quilts to see but helping on the Creative Quilting stand meant that time to enjoy this was limited: two of the winning entries that caught my eye was the Traditional Quilt category won by Philippa Naylor – stunning appliqué and free motion quilting. and the Quilt creations category won by an amazing grandfather clock - so much detail that you would need a whole day to look at this properly; this category was sponsored by Vivebooks who are the publishers of a new E-book by Chris Porter entitled Sensational Circle Quilts.
Update 15th August 2014
Workshops Valerie continues with her series on appliqué – this [...]