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Get ready to expand your quilting skills! In these episodes of Quilter’s Newsletter TV, you will learn new techniques for paper piecing, applique, binding, y-seams, accurate quilt triangles and more. Learn from popular quilt artists such as Thomas Knauer, Laura Roberts, Jenny Kae Parks, and others!
Episode 131 Quilting with Freezer Paper | 14 min
Learn fun techniques using freezer paper for quilts, including how to use cut freezer paper shapes to create masks for paint sticks for a quick and easy art quilt application.
Episode 132 Quilting Motifs with Paula Stoddard, Part 1 | 15 min
In this first of a two-part episode,Paula Stoddard shows you what you’ll find in 501 Quilting Motifs and 502 Quilting Motifs, from a wide variety of designs with varying degrees of detail and size to helpful quilting tips, a size index and much more.
Episode 133 Quilting Motifs with Paula Stoddard, Part 2 | 17 min
Paula Stoddard offers advice to help put 502 Quilting Motifs to work for you. This one-stop quilting design resource guide not only provides a multitude of quilting motifs, but also helpful quilting tips.
Episode 134 Ways to Make Half Square Triangles with Lori Baker | 10 min
Learn several techniques for accurately piecing these units with Lori Baker. She offers tips for easy piecing, die-cutting, stencils and specialty “triangle” paper. Quilting has never been so easy with the wide variety of products available today.
Episode 135 Image Transfer Technique with Markers | 12 min
Gigi Khalsa shows you how to design your own artwork, color it and turn it into beautiful fabric with this fun technique.
Episode 136 Meet the Artist: Thomas Knauer, Part 1 | 14 min
In this episode learn more about Thomas Knauer’s quiltmaking philosophy and the very personal stories behind quilts he made or his daughter and son.
Episode 137 Meet the Artist: Thomas Knauer, Part 2 | 15 min
Thomas Knauer often makes quilts that make political statements and that represent his beliefs related to social issues. See some of these quilts and hear Thomas explain his thought process in making these quilts.
Episode 138 Making the X Quilt Block with Thomas Knauer | 16 min
You Are Here is a quilt by Thomas Knauer that graces the cover of his book Modern Quilt Perspectives (KP Craft, 2014), and that represents the author’s obsession with You Are Here signs. Watch as he demonstrates how to make the block starting with half-square triangles.
Episode 139 Quilting with Knots with Thomas Knauer | 14 min
Thomas Knauer loves the tradition of tying quilts. Watch as Thomas demonstrates his hand quilting embellishment technique using simple knots.
Episode 140 Quilting Basics with Lori Baker | 18 min
Regardless of quilting skill level, every quilter needs an occasional refresher course. Here are some quiltmaking tips Lori Baker, along with some of her must-have quilting supplies.
Episode 141 Quilted Fan-Shaped Bag with Gigi Khalsa | 12 min
Gigi Khalsa demonstrates how to use the Bloomin’ Cogwheel Rulers and strip sets to make this fun quilted fan-shaped bag.
Episode 142 Perfect Proportion Appliques with Golden Gauge Calipers | 9 min
Gigi Khalsa demonstrates how she used Jinny Beyers Golden Gauge Calipers to design perfectly proportioned appliques for quilted placemats.
Episode 143 Machine Quilt Binding with Jenny Kae Parks | 17 min
Jenny Kae Parks demonstrates fool-proof techniques for back-to-front machine binding. No handwork involved!
Episode 144 Meet the Artist: Gigi Khalsa | 24 min
Gigi Khalsa’s unique design style and command of color theory have resulted in some very interesting quilts, including Impulse, the quilt that graces the cover of Quilters Newsletter’s April/May 2015 issue.
Episode 145 The Making of Impulse, the Quilters Newsletter April/May 2015 Cover Quilt | 12 min
Although Gigi Khalsa paid attention to color theory and design principles when designing the quilt, she also paid attention to what made her happy. Breaking the rules is not a bad thing. Learn more about Gigi’s quilt design process.
Episode 146 Hooded Baby Towel from Year of the Ox Quilt Pattern | 12 min
In this first episode of a four-part series, the designer demonstrates how she used the bunny applique for a baby towel.
Episode 147 Quilted Children’s Book from Year of the Ox Quilt Pattern | 10 min
Next up in our four-part series showing how to use applique patterns from the Year of the Ox quilt pattern is Gigi Khalsa demonstrating how she made an undeniably cute quilted children’s book.
Episode 148 Quilted Hassok Cover from Year of the Ox Quilt Pattern | 10 min
Using applique patterns from the Year of the Ox quilt pattern, Lori Baker made this amazing quilted hassock cover featuring all 12 of the applique shapes.
Episode 149 More Fun Projects from Year of the Ox Quilt Pattern | 10 min
We wrap up the Year of the Ox quilted projects with a variety of creative ideas, including quilted placemats designed by Erin Russek who demonstrates how she made them using Wash-Away Applique Sheets.
Episode 150 How to Make a Flannel Toddler Quilt | 18 min
This kids quilt was made with non-traditional fabrics – flannel receiving blankets.
Episode 151 Binding Quilts with Piping with Karen Charles | 16 min
Karen Charles, event specialist for Husqvarna Viking, demonstrates how to bind quilts using piping.
Episode 152 Designing “Blaze” Using Needle Turned Applique | 20 min
With a relatively simple quilt background made of pieced triangles, Kath Wright designed an intricate applique pattern based on photographs of the lizard and carefully selected fabrics to give the reptile texture, dimension and personality.
Episode 153 Hand Quilt Binding Tips with Laura Roberts | 15 min
Laura Roberts is a hand-binding aficionado and explains why she prefers binding quilts by hand.
Episode 154 Easy, Accurate Quilt Triangles with Jenny Kae Parks | 18 min
Making triangles for your quilts can be very trying, but don’t despair. It’s all about progress, not perfection. Perfecting quilt triangles takes time and Jenny Kae Parks shows you how to make triangles.
Episode 155 How to Sew Y-Seams with Sandra Clemons | 13 min
In this episode, Sandra Clemons teaches you how to sew Y-seams, also known as inset seams, by machine.
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