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AQS QuiltWeek, Paducah 2025 & the American Midwest

10 days/ 9 nights tour programme filled with textile treats, including two days at the inspirational AQS Quilt Week Paducah 2025. Plus, guided tour of the internationally renowned National Quilt Museum and Missouri Quilt Museum. A visit to Hamilton - known as 'Quilt Town USA' - home of quilter Jenny Doan and her Missouri Star Company.

Steve Barton2024-07-01T07:18:07+00:00July 1st, 2024|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: AQS QuiltWeek, ECT Travel, Missouri Quilt Museum, National Quilt Museum, Paducah 2025, Patchwork, Quilt Town USA, quilting, quilting-holidays, textile-art, tour, travel|Comments Off

AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2025 & the American Midwest

Calling all quilters - ECT Travel is off to AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2024 and we’d love you to come too! (All our tours are fully protected)

Violeta Cernica2024-06-30T18:11:36+00:00July 1st, 2024|Categories: Classifieds, Community, Events|Tags: American Midwest, AQS QuiltWeek, AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2024, ECT Travel, Paducah, quilt festival, quilt show, quilters, quilting, textile, textile show|Comments Off

RETREAT UPDATE: Sewing Me Time weekend retreat the New Place Hotel, June 2024

RETREAT UPDATE: Sewing Me Time Weekend at the New Place Hotel, June 2024

Steve Barton2024-07-05T14:18:51+00:00June 26th, 2024|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: applique, embroidery, free motion quilting, how to quilt, justhands-on.tv, modern quilting, New Place Hotel, open format, Patchwork, quilt block, quilting, quilting class, Retreat, sewing, sewing me time, Sewing retreat, textile-art, UFOs|Comments Off

My First Quilt by Steve Barton

My first quilt is a large, hand sewn memory quilt featuring heritage fabric. Find out about my inspiration for the quilt, favourite design bits, and learning along the way.

Steve Barton2024-06-04T09:58:12+00:00May 21st, 2024|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: Anita Birtles, hand quilting, hand sewing, heritage fabric, ladder stitch, memory quilt, my first quilt, Patchwork, quarter inch seam allowance, quilt, quilting, sew, sewing, stabilising, steve barton, Valerie Nesbitt|Comments Off

Sampler Book Stitching Weekend in Hamphire, May 2025

Date: 10 - 11 May 2025
Location: New Place Hotel, Shirrell Heath, Hampshire
Price: £440 Early Bird Special before 10 November 2024 / £470 after this

Make your own precious Sampler Book with Wendy Mansfeld!

Violeta Cernica2024-05-17T08:36:30+00:00May 17th, 2024|Categories: Classifieds, Community, Events, Retreats|Tags: Buttons, embroidery, fabric scraps, justhands-on.tv, lace, linen foundation book, Retreat, sashiko, shisha mirror embroidery, stitching weekend, Wendy Mansfeld|Comments Off

Sashiko Quilt Block and Rice Bag Weekend in Hampshire, April 2025

Date: 26- 27 April 2025
Location: New Place Hotel, Hampshire
Price: £440 Early Bird Special before 26 October 2024 / £470 after

Spend two days with Sarah Soward and Terry Summerfield of Pauline’s Patchwork mixing patchwork with some hand stitched sashiko.

Violeta Cernica2024-06-09T08:52:55+00:00May 6th, 2024|Categories: Classifieds, Community, Events, Retreats|Tags: Patchwork, Pauline's Patchwork, Retreat, rice bag, Sarah Soward, sashiko, Sashiko quilt block, Sewing retreat, Terry Summerfield, weekend retreat|Comments Off

A Grand Quilting & Textile Tour of India

This holiday takes you on an immersive journey into the unique textile traditions of Rajasthan and Gujarat. Discover the vibrant Kutchi embroidery, intricate patchwork and unique Ajrakh block-printing of Gujarat and travel into Rajasthan to encounter the region’s tie-and-dye bandhani, distinctive block prints, colourful double Ikat Leheriya fabric and applique embroidered Gota Patti.

Steve Barton2024-05-01T12:43:36+00:00May 1st, 2024|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: Ajrakh block-printing of Gujarat, applique, applique embroidered Gota Patti, Block Printing, ECT Travel, Gujarat, Ikat Leheriya fabric, India, indian embroidery, Kutchi embroidery, Patchwork, quilting, quilting-holidays, Rajasthan, textile-art, tie-and-dye bandhani, tour, travel|Comments Off

A Grand Quilting & Textile Tour of India with ECT Travel

Calling all quilters – don't miss our holiday on an immersive journey into the unique textile traditions of Rajasthan and Gujarat - A Grand Quilting & Textile Tour of India. (All our tours all fully protected).

Violeta Cernica2024-04-30T19:34:06+00:00April 30th, 2024|Categories: Classifieds, Community, Events|Tags: Ajrakh block-printing of Gujarat, applique embroidered Gota Patti, ECT Travel, Gujara, intricate patchwork, Kutchi embroidery, quilt festival, quilt show, quilters, quilting, Rajasthan, textile, textile show|Comments Off

Announcing the winners of Prize Draw 2023

Announcing the winner of the Janome UK and justhands-on.tv Prize Draw 2023. The Grand Prize: a Janome HORIZON MC9480 QC PROFESSIONAL, and A.S.R. (Accurate Stitch Regulator). Plus 50, one year subscriptions to justhands-on.tv.