New Videos Every Friday

What a weekend!

It’s fun to get out and share your love for quilting, and we had a fabulous time on our Stitching Getaway last weekend at Tortworth Court Hotel. Why not check out our photo album from the weekend on Facebook and see what our ladies got up to – Sylvia Critcher certainly shared lots of new techniques, ideas and tips and sent everyone off inspired for their new projects. View more+

Meet Joanna Smith-Ryland

Valerie met up recently with Joanna Smith-Ryland who talked about her simply fabulous range of patchwork inspired bags. Her designs use Cathedral Window Patchwork and are inspired by beautiful Stained Glass and the ‘windows’ give her a unique opportunity to tell a different story with each new design Watch Now+

Box of Stars with Valerie Nesbitt

This is a great variation on the 54/40 Fight or Flight block that Valerie is so keen on. It’s taken from a commercial pattern by Stephanie Prescott and Valerie explains how to adapt it to use the Tri-Recs ruler for greater accuracy prior to sewing. Valerie has lots of other tips for you as this pattern is very precise and slightly challenging – but she thinks it’s definitely worth the effort Learn More+

Throwback Thursday

For Throwback Thursday this month we revisit Julia Gahagan and her Miniature Quilts – you’ll look at the scraps in your waste basket with a whole new interpretation after watching this – there could be a whole village in there! Julia shows us how easy it is to create delightful little pictures and landscapes with tiny pieces of fabric which are captured beneath a layer of chiffon/net. Held into place with glue to begin with , they are then held firmly by simple sewing – by hand or machine. Watch Now+

We have lots of Julia’s kits and patterns in the Shop (including these 3 new patterns) – just use the Miniature Quick link and scroll down to the Shop items to see what’s available Learn More+

New patterns from Angela Madden

If you’re looking for some new patterns to inspire you, Angela Madden has a completely new idea and range of gorgeous ‘Your Choice’ patterns that allows you to make endless design choices easily and can you believe they are just fused on. There are currrently five patterns available (see below) and all the designs have been created to fit an 8" square, but then as you mix and match so the design can be enlarged. You can also see Angela talk us through them in this recent video Learn More+

Available Patterns: Cats; Owl & Dove; Hedgehog & Rabbit; Two Butterflies; Daisy & Iris

What’s coming up in the next 3 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 +

Kathleen Laurel Sage

Kathleen is a freelance designer and embroiderer producing a wide range of innovative textile works. We thought you might like to know a little more about Kathleen. Read More+

And if you’re a fan of Kathleen’s work why not come and join her at our retreat in Bristol in October 2017. Learn More+

Giveaway for Paid Subscribers

If you’re a paid subscriber and you’d like to try one of Kathleen’s kit, why not enter our giveaway this month. You could win this gorgeous seahorse organza cut away kit.

Just send an email entitled Sea Horses to justhandsontvcomp@gmail.com. The competition will close 31 March 2017.

Book of the Month

Our Book of the Month for March is When Bad Things Happen to Good Quilters by Joan Ford
It’s a Survival Guide for fixing and finishing any quilting project and is a must-have quilter’s guide.
It’ at a special discounted price this month £15.99 with free P&P in UK in March 2017 . Read More +

Why not watch Valerie’s video review of the book before you buy Watch Now +

Product of the Month

For our Product of the Month in March, Creative Quilting have put together this unique set of Gail Penberthy’s Easter Gift Boxes pattern and two Fat 1/4’s of themed fabric (one plain and the other with an Easter theme.) The pattern for these Easter boxes allows you to make either size and they are large enough to hide a small gift – (Isabelle at Creative thinks they would be great for wedding favours.) And you still have plenty of time to make them before Easter.

As it’s the product of the month it comes with free p&p in the UK for the month of March 2017 PLUS entry into a draw for 1 months FREE subscription. More Info +

Happy sewing
Valerie & Jennie
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