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RETREAT UPDATE: Sewing Me Time Weekend at the New Place Hotel, November 2023

RETREAT UPDATE: Sewing Me Time Weekend at the New Place Hotel, November 2023

By Steve Barton|November 29th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: applique, crochet, embroidery, free motion quilting, how to quilt, justhands-on.tv, Knitting, modern quilting, New Place Hotel, Patchwork, quilt block, quilting, quilting class, Retreat, sewing, sewing me time, Sewing retreat, textile-art, UFOs|Comments Off

International Quilt Festival, Houston 2024 – with the option to travel on to San Antonio, too

ECT invites you to experience International Quilt Festival, Houston 2024 - with the option to travel on to San Antonio

By Steve Barton|November 29th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: ECT Travel, International Quilt Festival Houston, Patchwork, quilt show, quilting, quilting-holidays, San Antonio, Texas Quilt Museum, textile-art, tour, travel, USA|Comments Off

RETREAT UPDATE: An Applique & Free Motion Quilting Weekend with Anita Birtles at The Hog’s Back Hotel & Spa, October 2023

RETREAT UPDATE: Applique & Free Motion Quilting Weekend with Anita Birtles at The Hog’s Back Hotel & Spa

By Steve Barton|November 12th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: Anita Birtles, applique, Delphine Brooks, Delphine Brooks Highland Cow Pattern, free motion quilting, Highland Cow, Hogs Back Hotel, how to quilt, introduction to free motion, modern quilting, Patchwork, quilting, quilting class, Retreat, sewing, Sewing retreat, wire check|Comments Off

RETREAT UPDATE: A Patchwork Weekend in Hampshire with Sarah, Terry and Val at the New Place Hotel, October 2023

RETREAT UPDATE: A Patchwork Weekend in Hampshire with Sarah, Terry and Val at the New Place Hotel, October 2023

By Steve Barton|November 11th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: finish a quilt, how to quilt, New Place Hotel, Patchwork, patchwork weekend, quilt as you go, quilting, quilting class, Retreat, sampler quilt, Sarah Soward, sewing, Sewing retreat, Terry Summerfield, UFOs, Valerie Nesbitt|Comments Off

A Quilt Show Holiday in the Netherlands: De Broodfabriek’s Patchwork & Quiltdagen at The Hague

Quilt Show Holiday in the Netherlands. Based in The Hague. Multi-faceted tour includes a day at De Broodfabriek’s Patchwork & Quiltdagen, two hands on workshops, and a museum full of iconic paintings.

By Steve Barton|October 31st, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: Amersfoort, De Broodfabriek's Patchwork & Quiltdagen, ECT Travel, Herma de Ruiter, Mauritshuis museum, Nathalie Cassee, Netherlands, Patchwork, quilting, quilting-holidays, textile-art, The Hague, tour, travel|Comments Off

Is Quilting art?

Join artists Jenny, Lucy, Linda, and host Faye as they talk about whether quilting is art.

By Steve Barton|October 13th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: art, art quilt, Faye Hatcher, Janome, Janome UK, Jenny Haynes, justhands-on.tv, Linda Seward, Lucy Engels, quilt, quilting, quilting series, quilting tutorial, quilting video tutorial, sew, sewing, sewing machine, sewing series, The Makers Studio|Comments Off

Travel to The Modern Quilt Guild QuiltCon 2024

Go to QuiltCon, the largest modern quilting event in the world with ECT Travel

By Steve Barton|October 2nd, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: ECT Travel, modern, modern quilt design, Modern Quilt Guild, QuiltCon, QuiltCon2024, quilting, quilting-holidays, textile adventure, textile-art, tour, travel|Comments Off

Your chance to win some incredible prizes in PRIZE DRAW 2023

51 chances to win in the Janome & justhands-on.tv Prize Draw

By Steve Barton|September 30th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: A.S.R., Accessories, Accurate Stitch Regulator, equipment, HORIZON MC9480 QC PROFESSIONAL, how to quilt, IDidntLikeToAsk, Janome, Janome sewing machine, Janome UK, justhands-on.tv, One year justhands-on.tv subscription, prize draw, prize draw 2023, quilt, quilting, quilting series, quilting tutorial, quilting video tutorial, sew, sewing, sewing machine, sewing series, The Makers Studio|Comments Off

Join ECT Travel at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2024

Join ECT Travel at AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2024

By Steve Barton|September 2nd, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2024, ECT Travel, Quilt Town USA, quilting, quilting-holidays, textile adventure, textile-art, tour, travel|Comments Off

Announcing the launch of two new episodes from The Makers Studio

Announcing the launch of two new episodes from The Makers Studio

By Steve Barton|August 2nd, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: Accessories, beginner paper piecing, Byron Hill, controlled improv, equipment, foundation paper piecing, free to view, free video, freezer paper, how to quilt, Janome, Janome sewing machine, Janome UK, jayne brogan, Jenny Haynes, Linda Seward, Lucy Engels, modern quilt design, modern quilting, music by Byron Hill, naturalism, no pins curves, paper piecing, quilt, quilt designer, quilting, quilting beginner, quilting classes, quilting intermediate, quilting series, quilting tutorial, quilting video tutorial, sew, sewing, sewing beginner, sewing classes, sewing intermediate, sewing machine, sewing series, sewing tutorial, sewing video tutorial, The Makers Studio|Comments Off

Calling all modern quilters – join ECT Travel at QuiltCon 2024

ECT Travel tour to QuiltCon 2024 in Raleigh, North Carolina

By Steve Barton|July 10th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: ECT Travel, Modern Quilt Guild QuiltCon 2024, modern quilting, quilting, quilting-holidays, Raleigh, textile, textile adventure, textile-art, tour, travel|Comments Off

Exclusive Offer for Search Press Books (30% off)

For a limited time only, [...]

By Steve Barton|June 1st, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: books, cake decorating, ceramics, children's books, colouring books, craft books, crochet, drawing, embroidery, exclusive offer, jewellery making, JHOTV30, journalling, Knitting, lettering, needlecraft, papercraft, Patchwork, pottery, quilting, scraps, Search Press, sewing, sugarcraft, textile, textile-art, woodwork|Comments Off

Take a Textile Adventure In the USA with ECT Travel

Take a textile adventure in [...]

By Steve Barton|June 1st, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: ECT Travel, Houston International Quilt Festival, Modern Quilt Guild QuiltCon 2024, quilting, quilting-holidays, Raleigh, Texas Quilt Museum, textile, textile adventure, textile-art, The International Quilt Festival 2023, tour, travel|Comments Off

RETREAT UPDATE: Free Motion, Machine Embroidery with Dionne Swift at New Place Hotel on 22-23 April 2023

By Maggie Colpus, justhands-on.tv Event Co-ordinator Machine Embroidery – [...]

By Steve Barton|June 1st, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: Dionne swift, free motion embroidery, machine embroidery, New Place Hotel, quilting, Retreat, sewing, Sewing retreat, textile-art|Comments Off

Take a Textile Adventure with ECT Travel in 2024

Take a textile adventure with [...]

By Violeta Cernica|May 3rd, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: AQS QuiltWeek, ECT Travel, Nantes, Paducah, quilting, quilting-holidays, quiltmania, Quiltmania's Pour L'Amour du Fil, Sewing retreat, textile, textile adventure, tour, travel|Comments Off

RETREAT UPDATE: Double Delight with Sarah Soward and Terry Summerfield at New Place Hotel on 25-26 March 2023

By Maggie Colpus, justhands-on.tv Event Co-ordinator Double Delight – [...]

By Steve Barton|April 10th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: layer cake, New Place Hotel, Patchwork, Pauline's Patchwork, precuts, quilting, Retreat, Sarah Soward, sewing, Sewing retreat, Terry Summerfield|Comments Off

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