This pre-fused tape is so very easy to use with the help of a small iron.

Lynette guides you through how to trace off the pattern onto either light or dark fabrics, and then how to cope with the corners.  As the tape is made on the bias, it can be manipulated round corners beautifully.

Once...

A quilting bar is a handy addition to a walking foot. It allows you to sew wider lines in your quilting.

Claire reminds us to look at the guide bar as it follows the lines for accurate quilting.

An ideal tool to support crosshatching with the bonus of only having to draw the first line.

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Valerie loves a thread saver and is always thinking of efficient ways to use the scraps from her blocks.

So what do we do with those tiny half square triangles left over from stitch and flip blocks?

Basically make tiny blocks that once squared up produce a new quilt resource.

She suggest...

Sometimes it is necessary to create a paper cutting template – particularly if you don’t have the specialised acrylic rotary cutting ruler. But you need to keep yourself safe when using rotary equipment. You can do that by using flat headed, flower pins.
They don’t distort the surface and you can...

Claire Campion describes how the walking foot supports quilting as a result of its dual feed aspect. This foot simply replaces the standard foot on your machine to give an even feed.
In the video she explains the how the walking foot feeds the fabric through the machine evenly, significantly redu...

The smaller pre-cut sets come in packs of 5″ squares – called charm packs. Moda also produce some packs of 2.5in squares and tempting to purchase, we all often wonder how we can use these.  Well Janet has designed some patterns for you that do just that. There is a great project bag that uses the...

More about Christine Porter
Christine teaches, lectures and judges throughout Britain and the United States in addition to many professional engagements in other countries. Also she is a qualified and experienced teacher well known for her professional, well-illustrated, stylish, and humorous lec...

Rag quilts have exposed seam allowances on their fronts and finished traditional seams on their backs.

Whether you are making the bag, cushion, or quilt, you can use small squares of fabric, add scraps of wadding and work both sides of the project at the same time. So when you are done no laye...

A Basic Patchwork Skill
Half square triangle units are used in so very many blocks and, as always, accuracy helps.
In this video, Valerie shows you how to make these basic units accurately.
With this option of cutting larger squares, sewing across and then triming back, you end up with exactly th...

There are usually several lines drawn at different angles on your ordinary rotary cutting ruler. These lines can be used to make cuts at the designated angle. Here 3 strips - 3" wide are layered and then cut at 60° forming diamonds. Three diamonds can be sewn together to make a Tumbling Block or ...

This is such a simple idea, but works every time.

You can either have fabrics right sides together or wrong sides together.

Don't feel confined to the braid quilts. This idea works any shape, any size.

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Lynette’s lovely little flower girl make a great introduction to this very appealing form of applique that has no raw edges to turn under.
Exclusively for Justhands-on.tv Lynette’s little kits come complete with voile, so you don’t have to worry about that. You can find our website by clicking he...

Rotary turntable cutting mat for Patchwork
Valerie doesn’t often purchase new tools. She likes the comfort factor of the familiar, but these two products do make her life easier.
The rotary turntable keeps you safe. It allows you to move the fabric into position easily and safely but without pick...

Come twiddle and fiddle with Jennie! It’s a hexagonal happening!
Jennie Rayment
The World’s only Twiddler, Fiddler, Nipper, Tucker, Manipulator and Manoeuvrer of material!
She mainly works with simple calico (muslin). Noticeably, her elegant ideas and natty notions may be adapted for any type of ...

Drawing a Hexagon Patchwork Template
This excellent tip comes from the longer video that we recorded early. To check it simply visit our site.
And how many of you noticed that Jennie goes ‘upstairs’ to her kitchen!

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Flying Geese Patchwork – great for scrap patchwork and quilt borders
Always useful to know how to create these flying geese patchwork units. It is possible working with rectangles and square. If your starting point are 2 1/2″ strips as supplied in jelly rolls and their equivalents it will be perf...

My good friend, Jennie gave me this thread saver tip many moons ago and I LOVE IT!
As a result, my machine is always happy and at the right sewing level. It never unthreads, and I don’t have lots of hairy bits of thread to cut off. As well as they do not come through onto the right side of my wor...

Chenille fabric is made and not bought. Once you have made it obvious it can be sewn up into any number of items – garments, bags, cushions, knick-knacks. The list is endless.
While using stunning fabric works well, it is also a way of using up some ‘dogs’ from the cupboard that maybe you now loo...

If you ever struggle knowing which way the grain goes on your fabric when you’ve just got a little bit left in your stash (maybe without the selvedge on it) then this tip from Jennie will be invaluable. It is also very useful to know when cutting out quarter square and half-square triangles.
Take...

Jennie shows you how to give all your cushions that professional finish with the addition of a zip. It is really easy when you know how.
Jennie teaches a wide variety of classes for all levels and abilities of sewers. From patchworkers, quilters and embroiderers to fashion, soft furnishing and ho...

The walking foot is one of the most useful additional feet to purchase for your machine as it allows you to sew through various layers of fabric without any drag. It will also work with many of the fancy stitches that your device provides you with.

But how does it go on?  In this video, Wendy ...

Fast edging for your patchwork projects
This is a great little tip for all projects, including quilts. Valerie used it on her Trip Around the World quilt.
No need for additional fabric for the binding. You can always stitch round close to the edge as part of your quilting to give the impression o...

More Rotary Cutting Tips
Basic Patchwork Skill
This video provides a simple guide on how to cut a strip (in this case 8 1/2″ wide), that is wider than your ruler, and keep both yourself and the fabric safe. This method is easy to use and gives you great scope.

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A simple tip on how to order your fabrics.
Scraps and Random design in Patchwork
Layer cake quilts are a great way to use up scraps, but you will have a lot of pieces of fabric, which difficult to sort out. However, in this video you will learn a simple and effective way how to make each layer or...