Debuting December 29, 2024: It's that time of year again. It is partner, it's time to saddle up for the 2025 Block Of the Month with quilt designer Lynn Wilder. We know you're gonna go wild about this Laurel Ridge quilt, which features the Grandmother and the Granddaughter in colorways. This heirloom quilt features both simple and complex-looking piecing and appliqué, but Lynn says that she has stress-free plans that will keep you trotting along month after month.
Debuting December 15, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, our guest, Bonnie Langenfeld, considers her art to be fabric pictures. See the amazing creations Bonnie makes with commercial fabric, glue, and a lot of thread. Bonnie will give you a "window" into her artistry, and how a few choice commercial fabrics can launch your landscape. Once she has her main shapes in place, watch her seamlessly fill in the details with thread sketching.
Debuting December 1, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, North Carolina's Lee Chappell Monroe is back, and she's helping us to understand the rainbow of color possibilities. Take a color lesson with Lee, starting with something easy like a charm pack, and sneak in a few of your favorite fabrics. Then, learn how to edit a color palette. Lee says this trick alone will bring far more color cohesion in your next project.
Debuting November 17, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, she lost her sixty-hour-a-week job during the pandemic, but then found her voice in quilting. Meet Lorraine Woodruff-Long, and see the rousing work she is doing with improvisation, commentary quilts, and creative reuse of men's shirting.
Debuting October 27, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, we're in Alex's backyard and we decided to create a show with four very diverse quilters from the Bay Area. There's a lot of quilter talent in these here hills, so instead of sharing the wisdom of just one guest, why not share the creativity of four?
Debuting October 13, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, we're going batty for batik. So much so that we're devoting an entire show to this. Meet batik fabric and pattern designer Carol Moellers, and see why eighty percent of the fabric she works with now is batik. Plus, if you haven't considered using batik for appliqué, Carol's showing you why it's the perfect choice.
Debuting September 29, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, you've heard the expression, "Art saves lives", well our guest today, Deborah Fell, is a living testament to that expression. Her quilts are stirring, and her techniques seemingly break all the rules. See how Deborah uses leftover bits and pieces to make wonderful fabric expressions.
Debuting September 15, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, her quilts are sassy, brassy, and full of femininity. Meet textile artist Kathryn Pellman and see her funky little fashionistas, which she says a a melding of her love of fashion designs and celebrating women. She'll show you how to sketch out a sassy someone with your machine. Plus, whip up a whimsical story with her word salad technique.
Debuting August 25, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, so, you've made your quilt, and now it's time for the big finish. What will you do for the binding or that edge treatment? We thought we'd put a Masterclass show together with the masters of binding, finishes, and edge treatment just for you. Learn from Sharon Schamber, Kathy Wylie, Amanda Murphy, Patricia Belyea, Bonnie Browning, Bethanne Nemesh, and Kris Vierra how to find success.
Debuting August 11, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, all the way from New Zealand, we are cooking up an inspirational show with The Gourmet Quilter. SusanClaire Mayfield is a prolific pattern and fabric designer, who literally can be found quilting almost anywhere in the world. Watch this show and experience an appetizer, main course, and dessert offering of tips and tricks that will help you blow through creative blocks and keep you happily stitching.
Debuting July 28, 2024: On the next Quilt show, you've heard the phrase, "A picture is worth a thousand words." Well that's why our guest, Lesley Riley, loves to work with photos in her quilts. See Lesley's fascinating story quilts and how one photo can inspire an entire quilt. Lesley will show you some simple ways to edit a photo to turn it into a quilt-worthy image.
Debuting July 14, 2024: Our guest, Kellie Beckwith, has had sweet success in mixing two mediums together, quilting and crochet. It's pretty exciting to watch. Plus, if you are looking for frustration-free piecing, Kellie says look no further than these rad rulers.
Debuting June 30, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, our guest Michelle de Groot comes from a land down under, but her work is over-the-top fantastic. She has so many new, exciting things going on that we invited her to be back on the show. Watch her take the color out of basic black fabric and then add back in eye-popping color. She says you don't have to be a painter to play this way.
Debuting June 16, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, we plucked her from relative obscurity and we're shining a big, bright spotlight on the talents of Fresno, California quilter Cindy Wiens. Cindy has the ability to find inspiration and patterns in the most unusual places and then translate them directly into fabric. It's really cool to see.
Debuting June 2, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, Ricky is going gaga over his BERNINA Q-matic and he is stitching up a storm. Ricky will show you how he draws customized designs, and then once he loads them into his Q-matic, with a push of a button his wishes are the machine's command. Presto, no hands quilting. Plus meet Pati Fried, a member of Alex's little mini-group, who is doing some really exciting things like adding texture with slow stitch.
Debuting May 19, 2024: Ready? Okay! Christa, Christa, she's our pro, if you want quilting watch this show! That's right, Christa Watson is back and this time she's showing you how to successfully quilt your large quilts on your domestic machine. It's not only possible, it's doable.
Debuting May 5, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, Judy Gauthier is her name and those wild bins of scraps are what she's going to tame. If you love scrap quilting, or want to learn about it but you feel a little paralyzed, Judy is here to get you moving. Judy teaches you simple color theory and a method for organizing your scraps that will help you get a grip on your stash.
Debuting April 21, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, Mary Kerr believes old is where the gold is. Mary loves to give quilters permission to work with vintage textiles and make creative designs that will blow your mind. Wait till you see how she transforms an old drunkard's path block.
Debuting April 7, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, Maday Delgado is her name, sustainable art and beauty is her game. She learned her resourcefulness while growing up in Cuba, and now she is sharing her passion for taking care of the environment while making beautiful textiles. See Maday's thoughtful approach to hand stitching as she makes color choices, and works with irregular shapes and secondhand products.
Debuting March 17, 2024: On the next Quilt Show, it only took Cathy Perlmutter thirty years to become an overnight sensation. Now she's unstoppable. See her whimsical cityscape quilts and learn the technique that helps her audition and build a completely different scrap city in a day. Plus, why make regular log cabin blocks when you can make improv log cabin triangle blocks? So many possibilities.