The Quilt Show welcomes Alethea Ballard, a middle school teacher for 16 years, but one who doesn’t like to play by the rules when it comes to her art. Alethea shares her collage techniques for large scale prints to help tell a story in her work. She also has a great technique for finishing and hanging her completed pieces.
Then Tami Pfeil comes back to TQS to talk about floor canvases, and shares examples of fast, easy, and striking designs, while also providing some sewing tips.
Alex and Ricky are introduced to and learn about the life of Alethea Ballard and take a look at her quilts as she talks a bit about her process and the story of each quilt.
Alethea says to "work to your strengths." She can’t sew a perfect ¼” seam but loves the freedom a longarm gives her to draw with a needle. She shows a technique for finishing using black batting as the backing.
Tami Pfeil comes back to The Quilt Show to talk about floor canvases, and shares examples of fast, easy and striking designs. Tami also provides some sewing tips, which she says are just as easy as making a traditional quilt.
Alethea has always wanted to challenge herself by learning an instrument. She’s been studying and playing the accordion for three years and performs a Waltz for Alex and Ricky.
Kevin Womack shares his quilts from Swaddling to Shroud Series and those influenced by New Orleans. He then shares a variety of techniques to create your own fabric by creating an applique bouquet and using Soy stamps, painting and stenciling on fabric to make your own mark! Cheryl Phillips demonstrates how you can make a Braided Twist table runner.
Pam Rabi explores the various ways to use the square in a box and create a new block. She also demonstrates how to bind a quilt with a single layer binding. Andrew Ngai demonstrates the three Wonderfil threads every quilter needs.
Michelle deGroot shares a variety of techniques to enhance your next quilt with painting on silk and thread work. Andrew Ngai gives you threaducation on Wonderfil thread and how to choose the right thread for your project.
Violet Craft shares her “Abstractions” series of quilts and the stories behind them. She then demonstrates her method for using Foundation Paper Piecing to make her fabulous designs. Violet also shares her technique for pieced hexagons and designs with unusual shapes that are pieced the same way. And finally, enjoyt a tour of the Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show with local artist, Kathy Deggendorfer.
Karlee Porter evades the quilt police and shares graffiti quilting, hand-lettered quilting and modern couching. Learn about her new books, Honest Fabric, and how you can design your own message.
Kathy K. Wylie shares her incredible appliqué quilts and new fabric line. She then demonstrates how to make hand tied scalloped binding and a quilted frame. Valori Wells shares tips to make a zippered pouch out of your favorite fabrics.
Debbie Grifka shares a minimalist approach to creating modern quilts. She shares her 100-day project and several ways to make bias tape for her quilts. Cheryl Phillips loves circles and demonstrates how to piece circles with the Cut Around tool.
The Quilt Show is introduced to Cindy Seitz-Krug, a quilter for almost thirty years, who shares her approach to quilting designs that are grid based with techniques that are great for whole cloth quilts and easily adapted for patchwork quilts. Ricky also shares tips for adding machine quilted lettering to your quilt.
Our Block of the Month 2020 is Sue Garman's Afternoon Delight with tips by Barbara Black.This video is packed with tips for making the Shoo Fly Block and how to machine appliqué all the fun and exciting parts of our new BOM.
Also, Alex Anderson demonstrates how to prepare hexies using Print & Piece Fuse Light and Oakshott Cottons to create a wall hanging, along with how to apply Swarovski crystals to your quilt.
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