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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

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

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.

Steve Barton2023-06-22T14:57:06+00:00January 13th, 2017|Categories: Tutors|Tags: Anita Birtles, applique, bags, beginner quilting, binding, borders, crumb quilting, English Paper Piecing, EPP, free motion quilting, home decor, machine quilting, nine patch, orphan block patchwork, orphan blocks, Patchwork, precuts, quilt, quilting, scrap projects, scraps, sewing machine, till roll scrap strips, tote bag, tutor|Comments Off