Series 1
We hope you enjoy this first season of Quilt Out Loud (with Jodie Davis and Mark Lipinski) as much as we did making it!
- Episode 01 - Mark and Jodie launch the first ever episode of “Quilt Out Loud!” from Mark’s friend Sherry Cowley’s house in Long Valley, New Jersey. Jodie shows a home video about growing cotton in her garden in Georgia.
Next, find Tulip the pug surveying Marks’ backyard as ten-year-old quilter Allyssa helps Mark plant a fairy garden by his pool.
Janet-Lee Santeusanio and Mary Schilke of the Machine Quilters Exposition (MQX) join Jodie and Mark for two segments devoted to long arm machine quilting. While showing their quilts, they discuss: When to invest in custom quilting versus edge-to-edge, tips for preparing your quilt for long arm machine quilting and working with your long arm quilter, what can go wrong when you hand your quilt over to a long arm quilter (from both aspects), and show batting options, including some of the new fibers, one made from recycled plastic bottles.
In segment five, Mark and the crew travel to Langhorne, Pennsylvania to Claudia Chaback’s house for a surprise studio visit. Claudia shows Mark her colorful, heavily pieced quilts, plus the first quilt she ever made.
For the final segment of the show, Jodie and Mark are back in Sherry’s sun room to review books on machine appliqué and show off some nice quilts.
For complete episode information and resources, visit QuiltOutLoud.com and click on “Episode Notes.”
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- Episode 02 - We hope you enjoy episode 2! We begin as Jodie shares the quilt she just finished to enter in the Crazy for Quilts! contest to benefit the Alliance for American Quilts. She also surprises Mark with his new line of fabric, Oakdale, that he designed for Northcott Fabrics. Then, Mark shows Jodie how to turn plain cupcakes into cute quilt blocks using colored icing and a pastry bag. It’s fun, quick, and easy and your quilting friends will get a kick out of them!
Later, Debbie Kalenty from Quilters Obsession, Patsy Thompson who has developed a line of videos on free motion work, and fabric designer and author Linda Lum DeBono join Mark & Jodie to discuss how they started their home businesses from their basements, and have grown them. Topics include, branding your business, using technology as tools to promote yourself and your business and connect with others in the industry, and how a home business impacts the family. The panel offers advice for getting started on your own dream business. Then, Mark travels to Suburban Philadelphia to knock on Liza Lucy’s door in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Meet Liza’s daughters and dogs, and see the quilt her daughter Alex is working on, hanging on the design wall. Find out how Liza designs. Plus, see a stunning quilt by Australian quilter Kim McLean that just arrived. Learn Liza’s story of how she met Kaffe Fassett and starting designing quilts with him. Take a tour of her house which displays Kaffe’s designs in everything from table covers to upholstered chairs to his originals paintings. Then tour the addition to her house that houses her business, Glorious Color.
Join Jodie in Sherry Cowley’s adorable sewing room to stitch up a snuggly quilt. Made from the Chapel Hill flannel collection by Ro Gregg for Northcott Fabrics, Gentle Spring is pieced with mix-and-match florals and the handle is easy appliqué. Find the pattern for Gentle Spring in the Summer 2009 issue of Easy Quilts magazine. Lastly, Mark and Jodie review their favorite new books on machine quilting. From technique to design, these titles guide you through the ins and outs of machine quilting. For information about the segments, including sources for the project and books shown, visit Episode Notes.
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- Episode 03 - Segment 1: What’s Up?,
Segment 2: Irons for Quilters,
Segment 3: Color Cues From The Greenhouse,
Segment 4: Home Made Butter,
Segment 5: Divine Vines Applique Maestro with Pat Sloan,
Segment 6: Book Review Scrappy Quilts,
Click here for full episode notes!
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- Episode 04 - In the What’s Up? segment visit Jodie’s home brewery and learn some tips from Jodie for enjoying beer for chicks. Then travel to Princeton, New Jersey to meet Meg Cox, author of The Quilter’s Catalog (and since then, the new president of the Alliance for American Quilts) and see Meg’s growing collection of small auction quilts.
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- Episode 04 - Meet Michelle Bencko of Cicadia Studios and Cloud Nine Fabrics and designer for Henry Glass, and Gail Kessler marketing director and designer for Andover Fabrics and owner of Ladyfingers Studios in Oley, Pennsylvania. Both come to their roles as quilt designers from very different routes. They talk about such issues as: Why do fabrics start looking the same? Who determines trends, both in fabric pattern and in color? What about knock-offs? Then learn how Rosie, Gail’s Golden Retriever, became the first canine fabric designer.
Discussions continue about the business of fabric and fabric design with Gail Kessler and Michelle Bencko. Topics discussed are how to get started in fabric design, what design rules the guests break, and the trend to new fibers and how this relates to quilting fabrics. Gail mentions the Nancy Murta Country Blessings pattern. Be sure to read Michelle’s blog.
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- Episode 04 - Joyce Hughes joins Jodie in “Quilt Out Loud’s” Studio at Byrne Sewing Connection in Doylestown, Pennsylvania to sew quilted bags. But these aren’t just any old bags-Joyce’s creations will soon be shown in the Smithsonian! Yes, several of her creations will appear in the Artist’s Review in Washington in April of 2010.
Then the hosts share their favorites (and maybe someone’s least favorite) from the latest crop of sewing project books! Read More Here!
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- Episode 04 - In the premier episode of Quilt Out Loud! Jodie invited viewers into her garden to learn how she grows cotton in her Georgia garden each year. In the short video, Jodie gives you an update on the progress of her plants in late summer. The plants are blooming and forming some pods that will soon be cotton bolls.
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- Episode 04 - In the aisles at Quilt Market in Pittsburgh Jodie runs into her friends Jinny Beyer and Pat Sloan who were on their way to the Aurifil thread booth. Ginny and Pat explain why Aurifil threads are all the buzz in the quilting world—they sew beautifully. And while at the booth admiring the threads Jodie meets Aurifil Product Manager Alex Veronelli.
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- Episode 05 - Segment 1: What’s Up?
It’s October, so it must be International Quilt Market time! And this is a very special Quilt Market for a number of reasons. First, “Quilt out Loud!” taped an entire episode at Market. And even better, because Jodie is joined by a special co-host, Patrick Lose. Known for his whimsical cats, birds, and holiday-themed quilts, Patrick wears many hats at Market, including designer, author and exhibitor. Jodie and Patrick reminisce about their first Markets-they have been coming for over 30 years combine-and tell the story of how Market was started, this one being the 30-year anniversary. International Quilt Festival celebrates 35 years!
Segment 2: Five Things to Know to get Published
Jodie and Patrick visit the That Patchwork Place booth during setup day at Quilt Market to talk with Acquisitions Editor Karen Soltys about the five important things one should know to get their book published. Afterwards, they are joined by author Cynthia Tomaszewski to learn what she does to help her promote her books.
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- Episode 05 - Segment 3: Hand Stitching by Machine!
Amid the hubbub of setup day at International Quilt Market, Jodie meets Kelly Laws at the Baby Lock booth to learn about an intriguing new machine she’d heard about. Using just one thread in the bobbin, the Sashiko machine mimics the look of hand sewing, like that of traditional Japanese hand stitching or hand quilting. Kelly puts the Sashiko machine through its paces.
Segment 4: After Hours at Quilt Market
Quilt Market doesn’t end when the show floor closes. Business moves to other locations. The place to be after hours during Quilt Market is the Hyatt bar, so Jodie and Patrick head there to see who they might run into. As they sat down with her, Heidi Kaisand, National Sales Manager for APQS (American professional Quilting Systems), was just getting her meal after travelling to Houston and then working all day to set up the booth—and it was after 9 PM! Designer and author Kay Caps Cross of Cross Cuts Quilting and the Fons & Porter team all chatted with Jodie and Patrick, telling them what they do on those long days at Market.
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- Episode 05 - Segment 5: The Newest Books Unveiled at Market
Back from scouring the exhibit hall for their favorite hot-off-the-press books, Jodie and Patrick Lose meet up on Patrick’s booth to share their finds. From technique titles to stash-busting project books, they found a wide variety of great titles to share, including some that are so new the author hasn’t even seen a copy yet! And, a very special celebrity happens to walk by and Patrick pulls her in for a visit.
Segment 6: Jodie and Patrick’s Finds at Market
Jodie and Patrick meet at the QNNtv.com booth toward the end of the weekend to share their discoveries from the show. While Patrick was busy at his booth over the weekend, Jodie taped some of her discoveries and now shares them with Patrick on her Flip camera. See the machine Gammill made to honor the Quilts of Valor project, John Brady introduces his latest Guidelines 4 Quilting tool, and Alex Veronelli introduces four new “Kit Art” designer thread collections from Aurifil.
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- Episode 06 - Segment 1 & 2: With Christmas a few weeks away, Jodie and Mark present their finds for the holidays. Jodie shows the gifts she plans to give, and Mark, those he’d like to get!
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- Episode 06 - In Segment 3 Mark stitches and glues up scraps into a festive holly wreath.
Segment 4: Dueling Slow Cookers
Jodie and Mark (Child) cook up two great recipes that give you time to quilt. Prepare a meal in the morning, let it cook all day, and serve up a delicious homemade meal to your family that evening. As a bonus, have leftovers for another meal - and even more sewing time! Mark prepares a pork roast with red cabbage, apples, and onions. Jodie cooks up the Cook’s Country magazine recipe for Guinness Beef Stew with parsnips, carrots, red potatoes and even some chocolate.
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- Episode 06 - Segment 5: Machine Applique with Wool Thread with Michele Scott
Michele joins Jodie at Byrne sewing center to show Jodie her tips to blanket stitch applique her Sunflower quilt from easy Quilts magazine.
In Segment 6 Jodie and Mark review books so fresh that they aren’t even books yet! These titles will be released in January through March of 2010. All are published by That Patchwork Place.
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- Episode 06 - Read full episode details at QuiltOutLoud.com!
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- Episode 06 - Follow Jodie Davis as she teleports herself into the dream quilting world of Caravane, a village created just for quilters in the 3D virtual world of Second Life. Jodie takes you on a tour of the town, and then into a skybox just in time for a gala holiday event attended by people from all over the world, complete with a quilt exhibit, booths, virtual fun and real world prizes. Meet architect Alex Veronelli of Aurifil Threads and designers Pat Sloan and Marianne Byrne-Goarin as they explain “Why a Second Life for quilters?” Watch the video and you’ll even see QNNtv.com on You Tube in Second life!
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- Episode 07 - The New Year finds Jodie and Mark in picturesque Winterset, Iowa, sitting on a bench in front of the Fons & Porter Quilt Shop. They illustrate the differences in their personalities when they answer a viewer question about UFO’s, and when they describe their sewing spaces. In fact, with her Jodie Cam Jodie gives you a tour of her sewing studio back at home to invite you to answer the question, “Is Jodie a slob?” and thus introduce the show’s theme: organization.
Later, Mark meets up with Janeen Pearson and Tamara Watts of the Ankeny Quilt Guild for a shopping spree at Lowe’s to fulfill their New Year’s resolutions to get organized! From paint buckets to PVC pipe, you’ll be amazed at how many organizational treasures you’ll find at your local home improvement store.
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- Episode 07 - Jodie meets up with That Patchwork Place author and friend Cathy Wiersbicki at Office Max to make good on their promise to one another to get organized in the New Year. An office supply store is a quilt studio’s best friend. Jodie and Cathy find lots of items to get the clutter under control so they can get back to sewing!
Later Jodie and Mark find themselves at Scheel’s, a sporting goods store. “Sporting goods?” Jodie asks Mark. While Jodie doesn’t go off to buy a new workout outfit (but finds something much better-yum!) Mark heads out to fill up his cart with some great gear for organizing.
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- Episode 07 - This segment is devoted the quilters’ candy: Threads, glorious threads! Mark brings a rainbow of thread colors and types to the Fons & Porter conference room. Learn about different types of threads, thread weight, and their uses, and see Jodie stitch up samples. Download the chart to guide you in broadening your thread horizons.
Bags are great quick projects and a good way to try out techniques and express yourself. Mark and Jodie review their favorites from the latest crop of books and patterns for making bags.
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- Episode 07 - Read the full episode details here!
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- Episode 08 - Jodie and Mark open the show from one of the famed bridges of Madison County in Winterset, Iowa. Yes, that Madison County! As in the book by Robert J. Waller and the movie starring Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep. They sample a mid-west favorite, cheese curds, which these two Easterners have only heard about. They sound unappetizing, but are great, especially fried!
Next stop, Jethro’s BBQ (yes, that Jethro of Beverly Hills) to try Iowa’s own take on fried cheese. Mike Booth, chef at Jethro’s, shows Mark and Jodie how they prepare fried cheddar cheese blocks—a customer favorite!
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- Episode 08 - Jodie and Mark arrive at the Iowa Public Broadcasting Studios to surprise Liz Porter on the set of Love of Quilting. Before they enter the building, Jodie and Mark swap stories about their first time on television.
Then, they make their way through the backrooms of the building, and pop out of the dark while Liz is taping the show. After a quick greeting Liz invites Jodie to stay and help her on the show, and sends Mark off to the control room.
Mark interviews Liz Porter on the set of Love of Quilting, giving viewers a candid glimpse at the real Liz, a rock star in the quilting world. The spa Liz mentions in Pappalacta. And you all know what Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are!
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- Episode 08 - Join Jodie and Mark at the famed Northside Café. Remember that scene in the Bridges of Madison County movie? Well, it’s not quite the same with our pair, though Mark is most definitely a stand in for Clint Eastwood.
Mark and Jodie share their “quiltspiration.” As designers, they find quilt ideas everywhere they go: sidewalks, the brickwork on buildings, even doorknobs. See the blocks they made from inspiration in their travels.
Jodie and Mark take a seat on the bench in the Fons & Porter Quilt Supply shop to share their five favorites books–not necessarily quilting.
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- Episode 09 - From outside the picturesque courthouse in Dahlonega, Georgia where gold was first discovered in the United States, Jodie introduces her friend Rob Appell as co-host for this episode. Rob teaches and works with his mom at The Cotton Ball in Morro Bay, California. He’s an author, and is designing an ongoing line of striking quilts featuring endangered species. Proceeds from his patterns support organizations working for these animals. Jodie shows two of her gold quilts. The first, is a batik log cabin from one of her out-of-print books, and the second uses her curved piecing technique. (Click for a free sample block for this technique.) Jodie and Rob introduce the theme of the show: gold fever! Dahlonega is where the saying, “There’s gold in them there hills” was born.
Visit Gold Rush Days in Dahlonega in third week in October and enjoy this gateway to the Appalachians.
Then Jodie and Rob are greeted at the Consolidated Gold Mine by Miner Mike, who appears to have just stepped out of the past. Miner Mike proceeds to lead our co-hosts into the past, down into the Georgia mountain where gold was mined. The mine is complete with hibernating bats, which sent one of the crew above ground real fast. (We had mercy, that wasn’t caught on tape!) Back above ground, Miner Mike shows Jodie and Rob how gold is panned. Our co-hosts find that there is skill involved in getting rich. Or, earning one’s lunch!
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- Episode 09 - Watch out, Sew-mando has arrived! Jodie and Rob arrive at Magical Threads, which is just off the square in Dahlonega, housed in an adorable Victorian house. Rob dons his Sew-mando vest and Jodie quickly takes her leave to shop for fabric.
A sewing machine dealer and repair person himself, Rob takes the opportunity to show you five tips to keep your sewing machine running smoothly between visits to your sewing machine dealer. Remember that your sewing machine manual and your dealer are your machine’s best friends. Be sure to refer to them often for many hours of happy sewing.
With the Baby Lock sewing machine cleaned and ready for sewing, Rob joins Jodie in another room at Magical Threads to see what the sewing project is for the day. And it’s a beauty! “Flowing Lines” by Elizabeth Rosenberg is from Skinny Quilts and Table Runners II. Rob and Jodie demonstrate cutting and sewing the free form curves of this easy, fun, and oh-so pretty table topper. The original is made of gorgeous silk. Jodie chose batiks for her edition of the project, to give you a different look.
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- Episode 09 - Jodie and Rob arrive at the courthouse in the town square which is now home to the Dahlonega Gold Museum . Ranger Julie Autry gives them the gold tour, including a water cannon that excited Rob, and one of those treasured nuggets which both Rob and Jodie covet. Julie served up some colorful stories of townsfolk of the time. Superstitions and colorful characters abounded wherever gold fever struck!
Next, it was time for lunch and there’s no better place to catch a bite than the family-style Southern cooking of The Smith House, which was also home to one of the town’s most enduring personalities. (Jodie recommends the fried okra.)
Rob finally gets his dessert at Jodie’s favorite stop in Dahlonega The Fudge Factory. (Just as yummy as Magical threads, though way more fattening.) The Nuggets truly are the best turtles Jodie has ever tasted. And yes, they do mail order!
But first, it’s time for some book reviews. The theme is quilts made using strips, like sweet treats.
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- Episode 10 - Inspiration is everywhere, but what better place to find it than through the eyes of a child. The Center for Puppetry Arts is the place for puppetry. None other than Jim Henson cut the ribbon at the dedication ceremony! Jodie and her guest host Rob Appell introduce the show from the atrium, both having brought their own side kicks. Jodie’s is, of course her rubber duckie. She is hoping to find Ernie the puppet at the Center. Rob is accompanied by the puppet he has had since his childhood.
Jodie heads off on a tour of the exhibits at the Center with curator Jeremy Underwood. From historical puppets to new age “This is a puppet?” puppets, Jodie learns the definition of what a puppet is, and has her eyes opened to the incredible imagination of puppet makers and puppeteers. At their last stop, Jeramy and Jodie find out where AWOL Rob has been during the tour—and it is off limits to the general public!
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- Episode 10 - Maria Peagler joins Rob in the classroom to, appropriately enough, get some wisdom on teaching kids to quilt. Maria throws quilt teas for mothers and daughters and runs Quilt Camps for kids, plus she has taught her own boys to quilt, so she knows of that she speaks!
Then, Jodie and Rob hand their tickets to the usher and sit down in the theater for pleasant surprise. Who knew this is what a puppet show is?
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- Episode 10 - Jodie and Rob show you some of the many ways to make half square triangles for the show project, “It’s in the Stars” by Michele Scott. And they tell you why they prefer their favorite method. Having perfected half square triangles, pair them up with some squares to make this colorful quilt. You will find it in the 2010 issue of Kids Quilts magazine.
The book review segments finds Jodie and Rob in the fascinating exhibits at the Center for Puppetry Arts. It’s the perfect setting to review quilting books for kid’s projects!
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- Episode 11 - Jodie and Mark introduce the show from the Turning Point exhibit at the Atlanta History Center. One of the nation’s largest and most complete Civil War exhibitions, Turning Point depicts the war through the eyes of soldiers and civilians. One of the civilians was Carrie Berry, a little girl whose story of remaining in Atlanta through the war and tending to daily chores such as sewing, is preserved here in her diary. The theme of “preserving the pieces, preserve the stories” continues throughout the episode.
Susan Neil, VP of Collections and Exhibitions at the Atlanta History Center, invites Mark to her workroom, a rare opportunity. Susan has chosen a few quilts to show Mark, each of which has a story to tell. Susan shares those stories and addresses some truths and myths surrounding quilts and their history.
The quilt by Harriet Powers can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts. Kyra Hick’s book, “This I Accomplish: Harriet Powers’ Bible Quilt and other Pieces “ is available from Black Threads.
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- Episode 11 - Jodie visits the Tullie Smith Farmhouse, a charming and typical example of a Georgia Piedmont architecture of the Civil War period. Jodie shows the reproduction Rose of Sharon quilt on the bed and then invites viewers to follow her to her sewing room to make an updated stuffed applique table topper inspired by the quilt.
Mark drops in on industry icon Mart Michell at her offices in the quaint town of Chamblee, Georgia just outside of Atlanta. Marti gives Mark the tour, from her office to her workroom and the shipping department all the while learning about her fascinating and productive career. You’ll even meet her husband Richard, the behind-the-scenes half of the business!
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- Episode 11 - Should you get your quilts appraised? What makes a quilt valuable? Can we predict which quilts will become valuable? What should you collect? Holly Anderson, President of The Professional Association of Appraisers, joins Jodie and Mark to answer these questions and more. Mark and Jodie bring quilts from of their own as examples.
From the front steps of the Tullie Smith House, Jodie and Mark share their picks for quilting books from the Civil War period. From how-to to a period diary of a young quiltmaker in Illinois, these choices are sure to inspire!
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- Episode 12 - June is birthday month for both Jodie and Mark, so what better way to celebrate than throw a party? Mark flies down from New Jersey (north) to join Jodie in her garden in Georgia (south) where they show some great, inexpensive, birthday gifts for quilters and introduce the show with its birthday and north/south themes.
Crafty, crafty, crafty… Up in the crafts room, Mark shows how to make some cute cupcake decorations (Mark and cupcakes?) and Jodie makes a Happy Birthday banner from fabric scraps. And Mark reveals maybe a little too much. But what’s new about that?
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- Episode 12 - First thing in the morning Mark took off in Jodie’s truck to nock on Jodie’s Bee Buddy Jennifer Yacola’s door. Another northerner turned Southerner, Jennifer wows her Bee friends with every new quilt she makes. And she wowed Mark. She numbers each quilt show makes and calls them “practice quilts” which is why Jodie wanted mark to meet her. Each one is hand quilted, from her original Mariner’s Compass design to her needle turn appliqué album quilt.
Jodie spirits Mark away from quilting to her favorite restaurant, Milton’s in the newly incorporated Milton, Georgia. There Katherine DeSantis, bar tender extraordinaire, mixes up signature drinks from the south and then from the north for the duo to sample. Find out which ones they liked and which received a thumbs down.
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- Episode 12 - Jodie spirits Mark away from quilting to her favorite restaurant, Milton’s in the newly incorporated Milton, Georgia. There Katherine DeSantis, bar tender extraordinaire, mixes up signature drinks from the south and then from the north for the duo to sample. Find out which ones they liked and which received a thumbs down.
Join Jodie in her sewing room to learn both regular paper piecing and her curved technique while making a cupcake block that you can then sew into a placemat. Jodie shows her tricks for making paper piecing easy. Prefect for a birthday celebration!
Mark and Jodie celebrate their birthdays at Jodie’s kitchen table, review books with great gift projects, and exchange their own gifts to one another. Alas, they are loved and don’t end up spending their birthday party alone. Three of Jodie’s friends from boot camp arrive to celebrate the occasion!
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