Archive For July 2009
Videos coming up
Friday 31st July 2009
Jennie: Spent most of yesterday afternoon typing the film schedule for our site - Glory Be - how I hate spread sheets. Although they are a great aid for slimming as in all the stress of loosing stuff and finding it in the various columns, must speed up the metabolism and I suspect that there is at least 2 lbs of fat now adhered to the ceiling of my workroom. BUT - if you are a subscriber, in the next few months, there are 56 new pieces of film for you to view! Members get considerably less so...
How to Change the Rotary cutter blade
Tuesday 28th July 2009
Want to know how to change the blade on your rotary cutter, then this video will show you how.www.justhands-on.tv/videos/1/
Up and running
Tuesday 28th July 2009
Jennie: Well, it is now all up and running - have one or two small glitches to still sort out like making the videos go full screen and also offering the chance to pay by cheque for those who don't want to pay through Paypal (Click on Contact us and tell us then we can make arrangements). Valerie and I are still recovering from the trauma of getting everything live. I am exercising madly to remove the vast amounts of alcohol ingested over the launch - poor liver - will it ever be the same/ Had...
How to rotary cut strips, squares and rectangles of fabric.
Monday 27th July 2009
In this video you will see how quickly, and more importantly, accurately you can cut strips of fabric and then turn then into squares and rectangles with the rotary cutter.www.justhands-on.tv/videos/1/
Sometime!
Friday 24th July 2009
Justhands-on.tv has just gone live. It is the realisation of Valeries dream. The final coming together of months of hard work The last few hours have been a nightmare of tweaking and twitching but at long last the site is just about ready - so here it is - warts and all. And what a great site it is - as a member you can see about 70 minutes of film but as a subscriber - you have 4 hours and more to view. Sewing has never been such fun and it is all Justhands-on!
Data Load
Monday 20th July 2009
Met web guy and start loading data. It is getting really exciting. We are learning so much -now into brain overload and can feel need to lie down in a darkened room. No time to sew nor even time to stand and stare just time to type - t'is action stations.
Stitchfest
Saturday 18th July 2009
Jennie: Took film crew to Stitchfest at Ardingly (video coming in Sept) - filmed lots of embroidery and chat with Helen Deighan, Kim Thittichai and others. Also did two small demo's with Helen that will be in the Subscribers section in the near future. Fabulous exhibitions by the individual branches of the Embroiderers Guild in the Southeast sadly we didn't have the time to film them all but a comprehensive selection will be on the Sept video. Tomorrow we type frantically as we finalise the...
Minerva Arts Centre
Friday 17th July 2009
Jennie: Film crew went to Minerva Arts Centre in Llandidloes, Powys – fantastic collection of ancient and modern quilts. Just you wait until you see the quilt with 12,000 3/4 inch hexagons made by a 9 year old boy!!! Also the complete contrast with four very contemporary Welsh quilters. Then off to see very special charity quilt made by 49 ladies in Crickhowell. Wow what a qult - each section tells of the journey through a landscape either your inner toughts and feelings or a real...
How it all started
Wednesday 8th July 2009
In the beginning - Summer 2008: Valerie Nesbit (from Creative Quilting, Hampton Court, Surrey) dreams of creating a TV based web site devoted to Textile Arts. Jennie Rayment, nips and tucks, prattles and teaches internationally in her own little calico heaven August 2008: Seeds planted Valerie finds a film crew and goes to Festival of Quilts, Quilt Museum in York and records workshops with several well known quilters. Her dream is taking shape. December 2008: Valerie meets Jennie and they get...