New Videos Every Friday

Create your own Marbled fabric

In this week’s workshop, Craig Joubert of Marbling 4 Fun shows Valerie how to create her own piece of marbled fabric. Craig has some great tips for you including how to test your fabric to check it will marble well. It’s a large piece of fabric and you will see soon in part 2 of the workshop how Valerie turns the material into a gorgeous cushion cover. .Watch Now+

Learning to Crochet with Rosee Woodland

Would you like to learn a new skill this year – have you thought about taking up crochet? To get you on your way, the very talented Rosee Woodland has created a series of videos for you. Crochet projects start with a chain – so once you know how to fasten on, you can settle down to all your other options.. Watch Now+

Then once you’ve mastered this you can move onto the double crochet stitch, which is quite a firm stitch and often used for home furnishings and toys. Watch Now+

You can also learn the treble crochet stitch which is often used when creating Granny Squares (similar to knitting) which can then be turned into quilts/rugs. Watch Now+

..and when you’re all done – Rosee shows you how to fasten off your work. Watch Now+

Product of the Month

Who needs an excuse to add to their stash…. Our product of the month, for January is this gorgeous Diving Board Fat 1/4 bundle of 5 fabrics which comes with free p&p in the UK for January PLUS entry into a draw for 1 months FREE subscription. Who needs an excuse to add to their stash More Info +

And if you need some inspiration to use them why not have a watch of Valerie’s Tesselated Zig Zag Quilt made simply from half-square triangle units. Watch Now+

Throwback Thursday

Why have straight lines when wavy would be better! In this month’s delve into our Archives, Valerie shows you a simple way of adding interest to the background of your wallhanging. This isn’t curved piecing; just gently wavy lines that fit together like a dream. – a much more interesting backdrop for your picture. There are also workshop notes for Paid Subscribers Learn More +

What’s coming up in the next 2 weeks

If you want to see what’s live on the site today and next week, then watch our latest trailer of the new videos. Watch Now+

Don’t forget, we have new videos on justhands-on.tv every Friday and you can subscribe for full access from only £7 a month. Learn More +

Book of the Month

Our Book of the Month for January is Butterflies and Flowers by Kathleen Laurel Sage . A collection of ready-to-use designs of butterflies flowers, and many more carefully chosen floral patterns, for you to use with machine embroidery, water soluble film and reverse applique. As it’s our Book of the Month, it comes with FREE p&p in the UK in January 2018. More Info+

If you want to learn a little more about Kathleen, you can watch this free video Watch Now+

Do You Pin?

Are you looking for inspiration? Have you been to our Pinterest page recently? We have a whole series of boards and pins to help inspire you with your creations. Do come along and follow us. More Info+

For those of you new to Pinterest – maybe you’ve got a new tablet or smart phone for Christmas – it’s a online pinboard that allows you to bookmark pictures you discover and save creative ideas. You can either access it through your browser www.pinterest.co.uk or you can download an app from your App Store to your device. Happy ‘Pinning’

Giveaway for Paid Subscribers

This month’s giveaway for paid subscribers is this Pack of 10 Aurifil Threads designed by Jennifer Paganelli. These threads are 40wt (so slightly thicker) and 100% cotton and would be wonderful for quilting.

Just send an email entitled Aurifil Threads to justhandsontvcomp@gmail.com. The competition will close 31 January 2018