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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

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.

Steve Barton2024-05-01T12:43:36+00:00May 1st, 2024|Categories: Blog, Community|Tags: Ajrakh block-printing of Gujarat, applique, applique embroidered Gota Patti, Block Printing, ECT Travel, Gujarat, Ikat Leheriya fabric, India, indian embroidery, Kutchi embroidery, Patchwork, quilting, quilting-holidays, Rajasthan, textile-art, tie-and-dye bandhani, tour, travel|Comments Off

A Grand Quilting & Textile Tour of India with ECT Travel

Calling all quilters – don't miss our holiday on an immersive journey into the unique textile traditions of Rajasthan and Gujarat - A Grand Quilting & Textile Tour of India. (All our tours all fully protected).

Violeta Cernica2024-04-30T19:34:06+00:00April 30th, 2024|Categories: Classifieds, Community, Events|Tags: Ajrakh block-printing of Gujarat, applique embroidered Gota Patti, ECT Travel, Gujara, intricate patchwork, Kutchi embroidery, quilt festival, quilt show, quilters, quilting, Rajasthan, textile, textile show|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

International Quilt Festival Houston 2024 and QuiltCon Phoenix Arizona 2025

Experience a textile adventure in the USA with ECT Travel

Steve Barton2024-01-31T13:41:45+00:00January 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

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

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

Steve Barton2024-01-01T18:47:32+00:00January 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

Steve Barton2023-11-29T15:44:08+00:00November 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

Steve Barton2023-11-29T10:33:59+00:00November 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

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

RETREAT UPDATE: A Patchwork Weekend in Hampshire with Sarah, Terry and Val at the New Place Hotel, October 2023

Steve Barton2023-11-29T10:03:33+00:00November 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.