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April 2008 Volume 4/2008 WUSF TV/DT
 
 

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Monday, April 14
   

8:00 am Sewing with Nancy "Fusing Art Quilts" Part 1 #2116 Nancy demostrates how to create whimsical, stylized quilts by using fusible web as a tool. Nancy and quilter/artist Frieda Anderson combine hand dyed fabrics, paper-backed fusible web and decorative threads in vibrant art quilts. They guide you through the design process, then fuse the fabrics and add simple machine stitching.

8:30 am America Sews with Sue Hausmann "More Couture Sewing" #2405 See how to prep and sew perfect bias binding, darts and collars; also get useful tips for pressing from guest Louise Cutting.

9:00 am Knit & Crochet Today "Cables" #105 Our expert demonstrates how to make both knit and crochet cables to use in easy project also enjoy our interview with knitwear designer Wenlan Chia.

Tuesday, April 15
   

8:00 am Sewing with Nancy "Fusing Art Quilts" Part 2 #2117 Nancy and artist Laura Wasilowski use fabrics with complementary colors and assorted values, free form cutting and improvisational placement to their designs, and then fuse these elements together. As a final touch, Laura adds hand embroidered accents to the shimsical quilts.

8:30 am Quilting Arts "Quilting Collages - Getting Scrappy" #110 Explore fabric rubber stamping - what to look for and how to make your own. Guest and fabric artist, Elin Waterston demonstrates a special project. Then, Sue Hausmann uses pipping to set off individual quilt blocks and Wendy Richardson applies a special take on quilted collage by using over dyed fabrics.

9:00 am Martha’s Sewing Room "Wing Needle Stitching" #2802 Martha Pullen returns for this popular series featuring a wide variety of sewing, craft, and decorating activities that are easy and fun to do.

Wednesday, April 16
   

8:00 am Sewing with Nancy "Fusing Art Quilts" Part 3 #2118 Nancy and guests Frieda Anderson and Laura Wasilowski offer fusible options for finishing the edges of their quilts by using bindings cut with rotary blades.

8:30 am Kaye’s Quilting Friends "Heart Quilt" #1907 This classic quilt pattern is simplified the Kaye Wood way. Kaye demonstrates how to make this design and shows how to eliminate the curved piecing usually applied to this shape.

9:00 am Needle Arts Studio with Shay Pendray #1707 Kristen Nicholas demonstrates how to decorate knitted projects with lazy daisy, chain stitches and spider webs. Shay features silk stitch embroidery from China on the Around the World Sampler.

Thursday, April 17
   

8:00 am Sewing with Nancy "My Style My Plan" Part 1 #2119 Fashion design student Allyce King and her Mom find an easy to teach a younger person how to sew, and they share their successful techniques with Nancy. See the unique fashions this team created and learn ways to encourage the creative process with your family members.

8:30 am Linda MacPhee's Workshop #105 Linda is joined by guest, Carol Todd, and together they make a jacket with free-motion embroidery. Then, they whip up some fabric fringe and test a pair of electric scissors.

9:00 am
Fons and Porter’s Love of Quilting "Celebrate a New Star" #1113 See how to make a personalization baby quilt using a special ruler to make a patchwork ribbon design that is used in the quilt center as well as the border.

Friday, April 18
   

8:00 am Sewing with Nancy "My Style My Plan" Part 2 #2120 Learn more ways to bridge the age gap and think outside the box as you teach someone to sew. The 20-something generation is intrigued with sewing, but don't expect the projects or the learning process to be traditional. Nancy enlists the help of fashion design student Allyce King and her mom in showing how they bridged the sewing gap with a nontraditional approach.

8:30 am Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel "From Georgia to Germany" #1103 Compare two unique shops from across the globe as we visit the Snail Trail, a renovated farmhouse in Lellwangen, Germany and Georgia's own Little Quilts Shop in Atlanta.

9:00 am Quilt In A Day "Flying Geese Quilts" #2205 Flying geese heading north for the summer also represented slaves heading north. Slaves were directed to follow the geese and stop at the same waterways for rest and water. Follow Eleanor as she demonstrates a quick way of making four geese from two squares.

 
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