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Wool Applique by Machine

Sallieann Harrison love wool appliqué and says she needed to find a a way to work on more wool applique projects than hours would allow her to do by hand, so she has perfected a way of getting her sewing machine to behave with cotton perle 12 threads and in this introduction workshop she shares with us how she achieves this.

Sallieann guides us through the needles she uses on her machine (which will fit all machines) – we have the Gold embroidery sewing machine needles – Schmetz -14/ 90 available in our Shop ), the threads she likes, the foot that she uses, and the thread that she uses in the bobbin. There is even an interesting new use for dental-floss! We have a lovely small project from Sallieann coming up in a couple of weeks, so start playing and get ready. Watch Now+

Take 5 with Valerie Nesbitt

This simple block can be used to showcase fabrics that have a larger print that you don’t want to cut up too small and Valerie has a range of examples in this Show & Tell style workshop. This block is simple to cut and simple to sew – will just work with all sorts of fabric combinations; you can even put the block sideways – go search out your fabrics!. Watch Now+

Product of the Month

Our product of the month for June is this fabulous Sheep English Paper Piecing project from Creative Quilting. This delightful project is created with EPP hexagons and is ‘ewe’nique to Creative Quilting. It will make a fantastic summer project to pack in your baaaaa-g and take with you and you could make it into perhaps a small wallhanging or cushion. The kit will contain: 1” hexagons paper pieces + instructions, all the fabrics to make the top of the project, 1”hexagon template to cut the fabric, 2 John James needles (Straw) and 1 bobbin of Bottom Line in neutral colour – which we love for EPP.

The kit comes with free p&p in the UK for June PLUS entry into a draw for 1 months FREE subscription. More Info +

Workshop tour with Mandy Shaw

We did enjoy wandering around Mandy’s lovely workshop – it’s full of ideas and inspiration. In this tour we discover a world of antique treasures as well as modern tools; Watch Now+

Meet Rosee Woodland

Valerie recently caught up with Rosee Woodland, a knitter of many talents, She learns about knitting socks with fancy yarns – a little bit of magic really as the yarn does all the work for the perfect pattern design – and then about Rosee’s particular passion for including Scandi designs into her knitwear. Watch Now+

If you too like the idea of this, Rosee is involved in the Justhands-on.tv knitting retreat in October in Hampshire,where you will be able to learn how to incorporate your own design sequence into a cowl or mittens for your very own, unique piece of knitwear. Learn More+

Rosee has also completed a whole range of beginner knitting techniques, which are dotted around the site and can be found using the Knitting quick search on the left hand side of the website pages. Learn More+

Book of the Month

Our Book of the Month for June is – Cathedral Windows -new views – by Vendulka Battais.

Vendulka has put together this lovely book containing 11 new projects using the traditional Cathedral Windows pattern but with a faster machine pieced method. The projects combine several blocks which can be combined to make many other different projects. The book contains step by step instructions accompanied by photographs; the 11 projects include cushions and wall hangings plus an impressive double bed quilt, which combines most of the blocks taught in the book.

The book is available at a Special Promo price! AND as it’s our book of the month, it comes with FREE p&p in the UK in June 2018. More Info+

Giveaway for Paid Subscribers

This month’s giveaway for paid subscribers is Dragonfly Duo pincushion designed by Lorna Bateman made suing Crewel embroidery and simple beading in this lovely and useful pincushion

To enter, just send an email entitled Dragonfly Duo to justhandsontvcomp@gmail.com. The competition will close 30 June 2018

What’s coming up in June

If you want a taste of what’s coming up this month, then watch our latest trailer Watch Now+

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

By The Yard

There’s always humour with quilting and Violeta, our social media whizz recently found some great quilting cartoons. This is one of them, but if you’d like to see the rest, they are on our Facebook page. View more +

Happy sewing
Valerie & Jennie
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