April 2013 Calendar
WEEK ONE
Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show #401
How to Construct a Quilt on Your Longarm! with Debbie Wendt
In this episode Debbie shows us her quilt-as-you-go method of making contrasting strippy quilts, an Amish Bars, and even a crazy quilt completely on the longarm. In this episode she shows us the first steps in constructing a quilt entirely by machine. Using her Brilliant Bindings© toolDebbie Wendt shows us how easy it is to bind your quilt right on the longarm.
Quilt Out Loud! #410
Secrets of a Successful Guild
Mark Lipinski interviews Paula Kennedy, president of the huge guild in New York, asking her how to keep quilters involved and other keys to the success of her guild. Quilters from guilds large and small can learn a lot from Paula’s successful strategies.
Quilty #308
How to Make the Easiest Cloth Napkins Ever!
Make any dinner table extra special and bust through those scraps with elegant cloth napkins so easy you can do it with curlers in your hair! We show you how to make super easy elegant cloth napkins. If you would like printed instructions and more Quilty instruction, check out our March/April issue!
WEEK TWO
Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show #401
How to Construct a Quilt on Your Longarm: From Piecing to Binding! Part 1
Debbie Wendt shows us you can both piece a quilt and bind it on your longarm. In this episode Debbie shows us her quilt-as-you-go method of making contrasting strippy quilts, an Amish Bars, and even a crazy quilt completely on the longarm. When you take the quilt off your longarm, all you need do to finish your quilt is handstitch the binding to the back! Check out the Spring 2008 issue of Easy Quilts Magazine! It features an easily adjustable Amish Bars Pattern.
Quilt Out Loud! #410
How to Embrace Your Machine’s Decorative Stitches!
Remember when you bought your sewing machine and marveled at all those pretty stitches it can make? It’s time to try them! Jodie Davis walks Ellen Rushman through using decorative stitches on the Baby Lock to enhance projects.
Quilty #309
How to Use Triangle Papers with Marianne Fons
Learn a fast and fun way to make a LOT of half square triangles in this fun and useful show. Hello Handsome by Nancy Downey is a fabulous example! Hello Handsome’s full article may be found in the March/April issue of Quilty magazine. Don’t forget to check out Hello Handsome’s kit and digital pattern at FonsandPorter.com!
WEEK THREE
Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show #401
How to Construct a Quilt on Your Longarm: From Piecing to Binding! Part 2
This episode shows us the first steps in constructing a quilt entirely by a longarm machine. First, we learn how to plan the piecing and how to piece with and without channel locks for nice straight seams.
Quilt Out Loud! #410
How to Preserve Stories with the Quilt Alliance
Quilters and quilts have amazing stories. Jodie conducts a short “Got Tell It” interview with Ellen Rushman to illustrate how easy it is to preserve the story of quilts and quilters. Then Mark and Jodie review Solids, Stripes, Circles, and Squares by new author Pippa Eccles Armbrester and Quilts from Sweet Jane by Susan Pfau!
Quilty #310
Let’s Make Quarter Square Triangles!
You’ll need “QSTs” again and again in your quilts. Learn what they are and how to make them easily on today’s essential episode. Cut half-square and quarter-square triangles from the same width strips using Fons & Porter Half & Quarter tool!
WEEK FOUR
Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show #401
How to Construct a Quilt on Your Longarm: From Piecing to Binding! Part 3
Using her Brilliant Bindings© tool Debbie Wendt shows us how easy it is to bind your quilt right on the longarm. She even finishes the tails, when her project is still on the frame! All that’s left to do is hand stitching the binding to the back of the quilt. Then Debbie treats us to a trunk show of quilts.
Quilt Out Loud! #411
Let Your Creativity Loose with Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Mark Lipinski interviews author and fabric designer Victoria Findlay Wolfe. The amazingly prolific and talented Victoria seems to be everywhere these days. Learn about her pet projects and see the smashing shoes she has decorated for charity.
Quilty #311
Blocks-A-Go-Go: “Houndstooth
We LOVE easy blocks like this one and we love to experiment with patchwork units to create new designs. Hang out with Rebecca and Mary while they play. Learn how to make other “Houndstooth” inspired quilts, such as Chevron and On, in the March/April issue of Quilty magazine. Chevron and On’s kit and digital pattern are now available at HeyQuilty.com!
