QUILTING ARTS

#3201 An Appetite for Appliqué
Whet your appetite for appliqué! Artist Sarah Anne Mattson Spencer presents her technique for Pop Art style pet portraits, from tracing to fusing to sewing. Fabric Artist Sondrasa simplifies complex appliqué by pre-building layers on a silicone mat, before adhering it to a background. With the techniques featured in this episode, you’ll be able to ‘apply’ your creativity to any type of fusible appliqué.

#3202 Techniques Using Technology
New technologies can enable you to tell the story YOU want to tell, and on this episode of Quilting Arts, we embrace those creative opportunities. First, guest Shannon Conley creates 3-dimensional topographical landscapes using a digital cutter. And then guest Kestrel Michaud—who is always exploring the intersections of tech and art—discovered that augmented reality glasses can be a healthier, pain-free solution to quilting woes!

#3203 Stitching Nature
This episode of Quilting Arts presents two different impressionistic takes on the natural world. Vicki Conley’s improvisational techniques provide an energy that brings her nature-scapes to life. The backgrounds that Pat Bishop creates are natural, textural, and complex...and still allow the more realistic subject shine. Tap into your own wild, stitching nature!

#3204 Surface Design Workshop
On this episode of Quilting Arts, we’re celebrating surface design! Guest Mel Beach teaches the basics of block printing, from carving the stamps to printing on different substrates. Brandy Maslowski incorporates metallic foil, felting with wool roving, and using thicker machine stitches for a textured look.

#3205 Your Machine Quilting Plan
The episode begins with David Owen Hastings’ lessons for planning your quilting; he uses simple tools like vellum and markers to test layered designs that complement the piecing. In the second segment, Susan Brubaker Knapp presents a more free-form approach using free-motion, also complementing the fabrics and piecing, for a big impact on little quilts. Two different approaches, two different results, two methods worth learning—on this episode of Quilting Arts.

#3206 Sew, A Needle Pulling Thread
Threads bind us together on this episode of Quilting Arts! Having created quilts with a million stitches, artist Kestrel Michaud has some tried-and-true advice for working with lightweight thread, particularly silk. David M. Taylor is passionate about thread and needles, his lessons provide practical tips on how it all works together. Join us for the joy of a needle pulling thread!

#3207 Try Something New
There are all kinds of ways to shake up your creativity, but the best way is by trying something new. Artist Cindy Lohbeck discovered a new technique in dyeing, where the folds allow “glitches” of color to bleed through, creating fascinating intersections of color. Susan Brubaker Knapp shares something new she has been experimenting with—little landscapes. Whether you’re working with dye or thread, let this episode of Quilting Arts spark something new in your own art.

#3108 Paint, Pigment, Play
Let’s get adventurous with paint! Pat Bishop shows how you can create luminous, custom backgrounds by applying acrylic paint to fabric. Fiber Artist Mel Beach makes sun printing accessible! See how she dyes fabrics using pigment, with or without sunshine. Paint a colorful world with this episode of Quilting Arts!

#3209 Crazy Rhythms
Patchwork tends to have a regular rhythm, unless you get crazy with it! On this episode, we dive into two approaches to crazy quilting! Kimberley Pierce Cartwright has an intuitive approach, incorporating diverse fabrics from satin to gingham to sequins, to create meaningful, entrancing designs. Brandy Maslowski takes a “vintage now” approach to crazy quilting, with linens and decorative machine stitching to bring this bygone artform into the current day.

#3210 Mastering New Materials
Your materials can open up certain artistic opportunities. In our first segment, Susan Brubaker Knapp shows you how to use water-soluble stabilizer to create elements from thread that are three dimensional—perfect for moss, coral, and all kinds of organic dimension. Next, Diana S. Fox shares her experiments with fusible vinyl, and some of the surprising effects that you can achieve with this material. Take the time to master a few new materials with us on today’s episode of Quilting Arts!

#3211 Quilt With Freedom; Quilt With Control
The freedom of free-motion, the control of the walking foot—artistry can be found in both approaches! A checkerboard layout can be an excellent way to free-motion quilt a background, and artist Sarah Anne Mattson Spencer walks you through different methods and uses. Artist David Owen Hastings has a rich yet simple style of quilting that can be achieved with simple materials and your sewing machine’s walking foot. Two guests, two methods, and endless creativity on today’s episode of Quilting Arts!

#3212 Fun With Fabric
Fabric is the foundation for fun on Quilting Arts! On today’s episode, fabric artist Sondrasa provides a start-to-finish tutorial on English paper piecing, and then shares ways to incorporate EPP into projects—some quite unexpected! Quilt artist David M. Taylor has loved fabric all his life, and is here to tell you how to nurture your fabrics, including giving them their own “spa day”! Indulge in your fabric fantasies on today’s episode of Quilting Arts.

#3213 Adventures With Substrates
Yes, fabric is fantastic, but what other substrates can we play with? Before becoming a quilter, artist David Owen Hastings stitched paper. His lessons and the pieces he shares will inspire you to “quilt” paper creations. Artist Mel Beach recently discovered a new non-woven substrate that she puts through the paces—dying, stamping, stitching, quilting. Let’s see how it holds up on this episode of Quilting Arts!