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International Quilt Festival Houston 2024 and QuiltCon Phoenix Arizona 2025

Experience a textile adventure in the USA with ECT Travel

By Steve Barton|January 31st, 2024|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: ECT Travel, International Quilt Festival Houston, modern quilting, Patchwork, quilt show, QuiltCon, QuiltCon Modern Quilt Guild Phoenix Arizona, quilting, quilting-holidays, textile-art, tour, travel, USA|Comments Off

TOP 10 Most Viewed Videos in 2023

By Steve Barton, justhands-on.tv CEO How many of these [...]

By Steve Barton|January 9th, 2024|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: #shorts, 40 minute scrap quilt, beginner sampler, controlled improv, curved edge of petals, curved piecing, Dionne swift, easy stack, EZ Quilting Template, foundation paper piecing, free motion embroidery, iron caddy tote, Janome, jayne brogan, Jennie Rayment, justhands-on.tv, Lucy Engels, machine embroidery, modern quilt, most viewed videos, Patchwork, Paula Doyle, piecing, prize draw 2023, quilting, scrap projects, scraps, secret pillow, sewing, super quick 13 minute quilt, templates, textile-art, The Makers Studio, Top 10, tying quilts, Valerie Nesbitt|Comments Off

Announcing justhands-on.tv Sewing Retreats for 2024

justhands-on.tv weekend sewing retreats for 2024

By administrator|January 8th, 2024|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: Anita Birtles, crochet, Dionne swift, embroidery, finishing, free motion embroidery, free motion quilting, Gaynor White, goldwork, machine embroidery, modern crochet, modern quilting, New Place Hotel, open format, Patchwork, quilting, Sarah Soward, sewing, sewing corner, sewing me time, Sewing retreat, Shirrell Heath, stash busting, Terry Summerfield, textile-art, The Hog's Back Hotel and Spa, The Makers Studio, weekend retreat, Wendy Mansfield|Comments Off

AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2024 & the American Midwest

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

By Steve Barton|January 1st, 2024|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: AQS QuiltWeek, AQS QuiltWeek Paducah 2024, ECT Travel, Patchwork, quilt museum, quilt show, Quilt Town USA, quilting, quilting-holidays, textile-art, tour, travel, USA|Comments Off

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

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