Debuting November 7, 2021: Lee Chappell Monroe considers herself a ‘modernitionalist’ whose designs are a playful combination of traditional blocks with a modern twist. First, she shows Ricky how to expand your understanding of color (with a visual reminder) by making your own fabric color wheel. Then she shares with Alex, her ‘ 5 tips of the trade’ piecing tips for perfect flying geese, half-square triangles, partial seams, pressing, sashing and an easy ¼” guide on your thumb. Lee continues her tips and tricks for creating an heirloom hand-stitched look using machine stitches.
Debuting October 24, 2021: Cindy Grisdela designs eye-catching contemporary Improv quilts with fabric the way a painter uses paint. In this show, Cindy shows how to piece strips and scraps into blocks that fit together like a puzzle, a technique for free-hand cutting curves without templates, how to create variations using insets, triangles and her ‘confetti pops’ to make designs more dynamic, and much more!
Debuting October 10, 2021: Meri Henriques Vahl joins Alex and Ricky for a fun-filled show all about creating people and places in art quilts. With demonstrations on both topics, Meri will help to enliven your quilts by showing you the tips and tricks she uses to bring her creations to life. Plus, quilt historian Lisa Erlandson stops by with some phenomenal antique quilts that sparked her love affair with collecting treasured textiles for decades.
Debuting September 26, 2021: Lisa Ellis loves her grandmother's cathedral window quilt, but found the traditional method of making it too time consuming. As an engineer, Lisa designed a mock cathedral block that is a ‘quilt as you go’ machine-sewn method using charm squares. She also shares tips for adding thread painted lettering to your quilt project. Ricky also teaches how to make a contemporary Chinese Coins quilt.
Debuting September 12, 2021: Natalya Khorover shows how to repurpose plastic and litter that usually gets tossed in the trash. Along with tips and tricks, she shares creative and out of the box ways to use them for collage and in your art quilts. Plus, Ricky makes a rail fence quilt using upcycled jeans.
Debuting August 29, 2021: Kris Vierra wants to take the fear out of quilting when it comes to free-motion quilting, quilted garments and finishing your quilts. After a show and tell of her quilts, she’s off and running to teach you simple tricks for trimming and squaring a quilt using tools from the hardware store.
Debuting August 15, 2021: Sue Benner has been an art quilter for four decades. With a degree in molecular biology and a passion for art, her pieces often feature themes of cellular structure. Mixing complex dyed and painted textiles, Sue loves working in a series, with flowers being a recurring subject.
Debuting August 1, 2021: David Sirota stops by to teach us about Paper Piecing for the 21st Century, including a technique using Vellum that doesn’t require the need for tearing away paper. Then, TQS's very own Lilo Bowman is back to show share tips and tricks for adapting your studio space due to frequent moves, downsizing, or physical changes with aging.
Debuting July 18, 2021: Quiltmaker Julia McLeod joins Alex and Ricky to teach them how to tame and work with vintage neckties and silks, and how stabilization and a foundation can make a paper pieced design so much easier to sew accurately. Then, textile artist Youngmin Lee returns to demonstrate a Korean method of quilting using mulberry paper cording.
Debuting July 4, 2021: Annie Smith joins Alex and Ricky at our Dallas studio to demonstrate the basics of machine appliqué. Plus, C&T publisher, and quilter, Amy Barrett-Daffin shares an Ipad cover gift idea made using TAP (Transfer Artist Paper) and Kraft-Tex.
Debuting June 20, 2021: Sarah Bond’s dynamic and colorful quilt designs, based on traditional patterns, are influenced by the work of her female ancestors. Sarah will demonstrate how she modernizes a traditional Lone Star quilt, and her technique of playing tricks with color while working on a paper pieced diamond quilt.
Debuting June 6, 2021: Becky Goldsmith is back! What has she been doing? Join Alex, Ricky, and Becky as they take a deep dive into threads, fibers, and hand quilting.
Debuting May 23, 2021: See how Gale Carson uses one-of-a-kind fabrics to create beautiful one-of-a-kind works of art and how she incorporates Thai Silks into her work. Plus, Alex gets in on the fun with a demo to make a quilt from Kaffe Fassett fabric.
Debuting May 9, 2021: Sandra Mollon demonstrates three different ways to dye fabric for landscape quilts in this brand new show. She then teaches Alex a prepared edge appliqué technique and a raw-edge fused applique technique, all which can be used for landscape quilts and artful gifts.
Debuting April 25, 2021: Learn how to successfully sew with kids and discover creative quilt projects for the kids in your life with Dee Christopher. Dee also shows you how to use paper and fabric to create wonderful mixed media art pieces.
Debuting April 11, 2021: Mel Beach wants to show you how to jump start your creativity through 100-day quilting challenges. You’ll roll the dice to start a simple project for 100-days. Mel will also show us how to do blocks with top-stitched curves and demonstrate mark-free free motion quilting. It’s great for using on your 100-day challenge.
Debuting March 28, 2021: Korean textile artist Youngmin Lee joins Alex to talk about her latest work, give a demonstration on Ssamsol – a hand piecing technique, and there's a demontration of natural dyeing. Plus, Alex begins the show by demonstrating how to use silk ties to make a quilt.
Debuting March 14, 2021: Learn machine quilting from some of the best in the world of quilting. Join Alex and Ricky as they learn from Gina Perkes, Jenny Lyon, Leah Day, and Jacquie Gering.
Debuting February 28, 2021: The effervescent Sandra Johnson joins Alex to show her how to deconstruct denim for use in both quilts and clothing.
Cindy Needham returns to The Quilt Show to dazzle us with her new spectacular work. Watch as Cindy teaches Alex how to create a “little girl”, a framed piece of linen highlighted by stunning quilting and embellishment. Plus, a tour through Cindy’s quilts, her best tips, and so much more.