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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 Barton2024-07-18T13:04:36+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

Quilting Weekend in Hampshire, 22 and 23 February 2025

Date: 22 – 23 February 2025
Location: New Place Hotel, Shirrell Heath, Hampshire
Price: £440 Early Bird Special before 22 August 2024 / £470 after this

Spend the weekend with Anita Birtles exploring different piecing and patchwork methods, making your own interpretation of a Modern Stars Quilt.

Violeta Cernica2024-08-16T12:44:04+00:00February 17th, 2024|Categories: Classifieds, Community, Events, Retreats|Tags: Anita Birtles, finishing techniques, improv star blocks, modern stars, modern stars quilt, Patchwork, quilt, quilters, quilting, Retreat, sewing, Sewing retreat, stash busting, stash busting projects, weekend retreat, Wonky nine patch stars|Comments Off

Announcing justhands-on.tv Sewing Retreats for 2024

justhands-on.tv weekend sewing retreats for 2024

administrator2024-01-08T18:05:16+00:00January 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

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

Steve Barton2023-11-17T16:28:53+00:00November 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

Free Motion Quilting and Finishing Weekend in Hampshire, 14 and 15 September 2024

Date: 14 – 15 September 2024
Location: New Place Hotel, Shirrell Heath, Hampshire
Price: £430 Early Bird Special before 14 March 2024 / £460 after this

Spend the weekend with Anita Birtles learning free motion quilting and finishing techniques.

Violeta Cernica2024-08-15T09:40:28+00:00August 4th, 2023|Categories: Classifieds, Community, Events, Retreats|Tags: Anita Birtles, finish your quilt, free motion quilting, Patchwork, quilters, quilting, Retreat, sewing, Sewing retreat|Comments Off

Announcing justhands-on.tv Sewing Retreats for 2023

Time to make your sewing retreat plans for 2023 [...]

Steve Barton2023-01-26T09:04:13+00:00January 27th, 2023|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: acrylic template, andy robinson, Angela Madden, Anita Birtles, crafty-uk, Delphine Brooks Highland Cow Pattern, Dionne swift, embroidery, Emma Randall, Farnham, free motion embroidery, goldwork, modern quilting, New Place Hotel, Patchwork, Pineapple Patchwork, quilting, rulers, Sarah Soward, sewing, sewing corner, Sewing retreat, Shirrell Heath, templates, Terry Summerfield, The Hog's Back Hotel and Spa, The Makers Studio, Valerie Nesbitt, walking foot, weekend retreat, Wendy Mansfield|Comments Off

Anita Birtles

Anita loves the themes of recycle, reuse and no waste which has led her to scrap piecing projects as the main focus of her work. And she is keen to improvise in making quilts, so rarely follows a pattern.