Quilting Arts TV Series 500

Quilting Arts TV Episode 512

2011-01-18T20:44:00Z

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Liz Debellis starts us out with how to make a collagraph printing plate, from which you can create your own printed fabric. Then, meet Michele Muska for ruching and a challenge to try out new tools and trims. Next, it’s time to raid the medicine cabinet for shaving cream and learn a surface design technique from Ginny Eckley. Finally, Andrea Bishop challenges us to get those quilt designs off the computer and onto fabric.

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quilting Arts TV Episode 513

2011-01-18T20:44:00Z

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Susan Brubaker Knapp returns as our first guest. Her inspiration was a plant from her garden. She starts out with a photo of a coleus leaf and creates a small art quilt using white fabric, textile paint, and thread. Then Jeanne Delpit is inspired by fashion trends to reproduce a bag style that features interchangeable covers. Next, we’re off to a final segment in Chicago for resist painting with Jane Davila. And finally, Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero creates her own fabric using software and an over-dye technique on black and white.

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Quilting Arts TV Episode 511

2011-01-18T20:43:00Z

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First are some of the quilts from Quilt National—one of the most prestigious international showcases for contemporary quilts. Next, we’ll meet Paula Prass for a still-life framed art quilt. Then it’s time for Bonnie McCaffery and a machine-embroidery technique we filmed on location. Finally, meet Amy Milne and learn about the Alliance for American Quilts and how it can help you as a quilter.

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Quilting Arts TV Episode 509

2011-01-18T20:42:00Z

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Get ready to raid your recycling bags. We prove that quilting can incorporate much more than just fabric. Natalya Aikens challenges us with eco-friendly quilting and new materials to incorporate into your designs. Then, meet Eric Drexler for a luxurious fashion accent featuring ultrasuede. Next, it’s another fashion accessory with Debbi Crane as she creates a clutch purse in Chicago. Also on location, Nancy Eha discusses beaded embellishments. Finally, check out what you can do with photos and fabric when you print larger than the standard 8 ½ x 11 size with Andrea Bishop.

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Quilting Arts TV Episode 510

2011-01-18T20:42:00Z

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First we’ll meet Judy Rush; she describes her technique as simply stitching, then building, then cutting—basic concepts, but with a fascinating result. Then, it’s time to dress up your studio with a quilted table skirt that can be adapted to any color scheme. Next, we’re back to Chicago with designer Judy Perez. Not sure how she stumbled on this technique, but it combines ink and aloe vera gel for a unique idea. Finally, Shelly Stokes returns with a new way to stencil.

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Quilting Arts TV Episode 508

2011-01-18T20:41:00Z

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Angles and lines play a strong role in today’s show. Carol Taylor is first featuring her couching technique from her—Arc – i- Texture collection. Then, meet Alma de la Melena Cox for an amazing process called telamadera fusion, using fabric, wood, and shapes. Next, celebrate spring with Rhianna White at Quilt Festival where we will take a tour of some quilts guaranteed to inspire. Finally, travel to Italy and France for a look at opulence and embellishment in fabric, with Luana Rubin.

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Quilting Arts TV Episode 507

2011-01-18T20:29:00Z

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Sue Cavanaugh starts us out with a demonstration of the special stitches that she uses to pattern her art quilts. Then, we have two on-location segments back-to-back. First, meet Kristal Wick and learn a brand new way to use fabric to create beads. And then, Belinda Spiwak is back with another great project – today is an apron. Finally, we talk to Laura Gunn for a lesson on the design process – how do your favorite artists come up with their ideas?

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Quilting Arts TV Episode 506

2011-01-18T20:28:00Z

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Today’s episode introduces us to some new materials to incorporate into our art quilting. Mary Hettmansperger leads off with metal embellishments on a quilted wall panel. Her experiences as a mixed-media artist, weaver, and jewelry designer all come together in one project. Next, it’s a new use for photos as the palette for your machine quilting with the 2 Jeannies – Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero and Jeanne Delpit. Then, Nancy Eha introduces bead embroidery as an embellishment in a segment filmed on location. Finally, Pokey shares a very useful project: a quilted eyeglass case.

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Quilting Arts TV Episode 505

2011-01-18T20:26:00Z

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All of our guests have started out with a traditional technique or pattern, but they’ve interpreted it in a whole new way. First up is Sarah Vedeler – you’ll be amazed at her technique for using machine embroidery to create quilt blocks. Then it’s time for rubbing techniques using oil paint sticks with Shelly Stokes. Next, we’re off to Chicago where Belinda Spiwak will show us a collage book with pockets. Finally, it’s the rail fence quilt pattern interpreted in a whole new way with Michele Muska and her abstract painted floor cloth.

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Quilting Arts TV Episode 504

2011-01-18T20:25:00Z

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Our first projects are no-sew fabric fortune cookies for a great personalized gift idea. Then, it’s a lesson on specialty shibori dyeing with Dianne Giancola. Next, we’re off to International Quilt Festival and a collage door book with Kayla Fujimoto. Finally, Luana Rubin encourages us to look at colors in a new way. Inspired by travels to Japan, she features taupe and indigo in a new light.

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Quilting Arts TV Episode 503

2011-01-18T20:24:00Z

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Make sure you have your machine threaded and ready. As we feature machine quilting. Our first guest is Teri Lucas. She’ll demonstrate her innovative free-motion designs and give us tips and hints for machine quilting. Up next is Carol Ingram with a stitchable paper, mixed-media collage. You’ll learn some new ways to create stencils, bind a book, and create a foundation for all different mixed-media projects. Then we’ll take a trip to Chicago to meet Rhianna White and take a tour of the SAQA exhibit to view some inspiring art quilts. Last up, Beryl Taylor joins Pokey for a free-motion embroidery technique. We’ll stitch a batch of motifs that can be cut apart and used as embellishments for future projects.

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Quilting Arts TV Episode 502

2011-01-18T20:22:00Z

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Our feature designers are going to introduce you to some original ways to design with fabric. First up is Carol Taylor. Learn her unique approach to piecing narrow strips of fabric to create amazing designs. Then, meet Jennifer O’Brien a she creates a landscape from cut and fused fabrics starting with a photo as inspiration. Next, we travel to Chicago to meet Leilani Pierson and learn how to make her colorful, collage house books. Last up, Andrea Bishop is back with techniques for easy borders.

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Quilting Arts TV Episode 501

2011-01-18T20:21:00Z

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The first show begins with Susan Brubaker Knapp. She creates art from her photos using fused appliqué and thread painting. Today’s inspiration is a lighthouse in North Carolina. Next, Pokey shares a stitched and stenciled book with photos and ephemera. Then, join us on location at the Quilt Festival for a project from Karen Linduska entitled fantasy garden. Last up, Andrea Bishop shows how to create accurate appliqué in any size. She starts with a favorite photo and uses software to print out patterns.

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