quilt Archives

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

Is Quilting art?

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

Steve Barton2023-10-13T11:11:28+00:00October 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

Your chance to win some incredible prizes in PRIZE DRAW 2023

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

Steve Barton2023-09-30T07:21:44+00:00September 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

Announcing the launch of two new episodes from The Makers Studio

Steve Barton2023-08-02T07:50:25+00:00August 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

Slice Up a Circle at Hogs Back Hotel & Spa

A beautiful work made by Ann, a retreat attendee at our Slice Up a Circle with Angela Madden weekend at Hogs's Back Hotel & Spa

Violeta Cernica2023-01-21T08:21:15+00:00January 21st, 2023|Categories: Community, Show and tell|Tags: Angela Madden, Patchwork, quilt, quilters, quilting, quilting retreat, Retreat, slice up a circle, weekend retreat|Comments Off

Claire Campion

Claire Campion is a modern quilt designer and award winning teacher. You will be inspired by her Walking Foot Quilting techniques.

administrator2022-09-26T06:17:22+00:00January 13th, 2017|Categories: Tutors|Tags: Big Janome Skill Share, Claire Campion, Designer, free motion quilting, Janome, machine quilting, Made Just Sew, Patchwork, quilt, quilting, sew, sewing, sewing machine, stitches, straight line quilting, The Makers Studio, tutor, walking foot|Comments Off

Lucy Engels

Lucy Engels is a Modern Quilter and Visual Artist, Based in Edinburgh.

Steve Barton2023-07-29T06:23:46+00:00January 13th, 2017|Categories: Tutors|Tags: applique, art quilting, beginner quilting, controlled improv, Designer, Edinburgh, fabric design, foundation paper piecing, freezer paper, hand printed fabric, Janome, justhands-on.tv, Lucy Engels, machine quilting, modern quilting, paintings, paper piecing, Patchwork, print maker, quilt, quilt designer, quilt patterns, quilting, scrap projects, scraps, sew, sewing, sewing machine, textile-art, The Makers Studio, tutor, visual artist|Comments Off

Jenny Haynes

Jenny is a modern quilt designer and teacher known for her colourful, curvy machine pieced patterns

Steve Barton2023-08-23T09:44:20+00:00January 13th, 2017|Categories: Tutors|Tags: art quilting, beginner quilting, colourful designs, Designer, free to view, free video, high precision foot, high precision plate, interview with an artist, Janome, Janome sewing machine, Janome UK, Jenny Haynes, justhands-on.tv, London College of Fashion, machine piecing, modern quilt design, modern quilting, no pin curves, Papper, pappersaxsten.com, Patchwork, Patchwork & Quilting: A Maker’s Guide, pattern cutting, pressing fabric, pressing technique, quilt, quilt design, quilt designer, quilt modern curves, quilt patterns, quilting, quilting beginner, quilting intermediate, quilting series, Sax, sew, sewing, sewing beginner, sewing classes, sewing intermediate, sewing machine, Sheffield, Sten, straight line quilting, Sweden, tailor’s clapper, tailoring, teacher, template, textile-art, The Makers Studio, trimming fabric, tutor, tutorial, V&A, visual artist, workshop|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.