A Grand Quilting & Textile Tour of India, November 2025
Join ECT Travel on an immersive journey into the unique textile traditions of Rajasthan and Gujarat.
RETREAT UPDATE: Sentiments Quilt with Karen Crookes at Horsley Estate, March 2025
RETREAT UPDATE: Sentiments Quilt weekend sewing retreat at the Horsley Estate, March 2025
Karen Crookes
Karen Crookes is a tutor and quilt designer who loves combining the textural feel of embroidery with the creativity of patchwork blocks.
RETREAT UPDATE: Sewing Me Time weekend retreat the New Place Hotel, June 2024
RETREAT UPDATE: Sewing Me Time Weekend at the New Place Hotel, June 2024
A Grand Quilting & Textile Tour of India
This holiday takes you on an immersive journey into the unique textile traditions of Rajasthan and Gujarat. Discover the vibrant Kutchi embroidery, intricate patchwork and unique Ajrakh block-printing of Gujarat and travel into Rajasthan to encounter the region’s tie-and-dye bandhani, distinctive block prints, colourful double Ikat Leheriya fabric and applique embroidered Gota Patti.
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
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
Subscriber Giveaway for September 2021 – A Drove of Hares in Stitches by Angela Daymond
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Subscriber Giveaway for September 2020: Home Sweet Home Miniature quilt kit designed by Julia Gahagan
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What did they get up to at our early November Quilting weekend?
By Maggie Colpus, justhands-on.tv Event Co-ordinator. What a weekend. [...]
Valerie Nesbitt
Valerie is the founder and Creative Director of justhands-on.tv , as well as our very own ‘Queen of Scrap’. She founded Creative Quilting, a quilt shop in Hampton Court, where she still teaches to this day.
Jayne Brogan
Jayne is an expert at helping people understand what machine right for them, as well as teaching how to make innovative stitches on their sewing machine, opening up a whole new world of creativity.
Lucy Engels
Lucy Engels is a Modern Quilter and Visual Artist, Based in Edinburgh.
Janet Clare
With over 25 years as a textile designer and teacher, Janet regularly hosts talks and workshops, focusing on the design process and creative techniques she uses - - especially drawing with your sewing machine and free motion machine appliqué.