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| | | | | Free Shows for Everyone | Episode 606 – Showstopping Trapunto (Philippa Naylor)
Posts on March 15, 2010
 Award-winning quiltmaker Philippa Naylor brings it “all to the table” in this inspiring show. Philippa, who has returned to her native Yorkshire, England, after living for fifteen years in Saudi Arabia, describes how she became interested in quilting and how living in the Middle East influenced her life and her work. She also shares a show and tell of her heart-stopping quilts and demonstrates the techniques she has developed for creating the amazing trapunto that is a hallmark of her style. For the piecers among us, Alex demonstrates a simple method that yields a perfect set-in seam for a Split Lemoyne Star or other similar block.
  |  | | | | Free Shows for Star Members | Episode 113 – 2007 TQS Legend Celebrates Virginia Avery
Posts on November 26, 2007
 We join Virginia Avery at her home in NY State. Jinny became one of the early quilt teachers and is noted for her sense of humor, style and incredible fortitude. Jinny not only let us take a peek in her home but offered a special view into her quilted clothing collection. You also have a special seat as Jinny jams with fellow jazz enthusiasts. We salute Jinny and thank her for her incredible contribution to our quilting industry.
| | Episode 313 – TQS Quilt Legend (Jinny Beyer)
Posts on December 22, 2008
 Together we will celebrate the life and work of Jinny Beyer. Jinny has been on the quilting scene since the beginning of the Renaissance of quilting that we are enjoying today. Her books, fabrics and quilts reflect her tremendous talent. In addition, her generous spirit has opened the door to thousands of quilters over the decades. In this incredible Special Edition of TQS we get to visit Jinny in her historic home and see how a true legend lives, works and thinks! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity you do not want to miss. Sit back and enjoy this tribute to one of our most legendary quilters, Jinny Beyer.
| | Episode 513 – TQS Quilting Legend 2009
Posts on December 21, 2009
 Join Alex and Ricky as they visit the home and workspace of legendary quilter and good friend, Libby Lehman. Libby has a rich history of quilting in her family and to her credit has one of the Top 100 Quilts of the Century. You will also learn how she gets so much accomplished in spite of her incredible traveling schedule. Libby has a deep knowledge of sewing machine capabilities, an artist’s feel for color, movement, and design, as well as a wonderful sense of humor. Join TQS as we celebrate Libby Lehman as our 2009 Quilting Legend.
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Episode 701 – Animal Magnetism (Nancy Brown)
Posts on July 05, 2010
 Join Alex and Ricky as they meet quilt artist Nancy S. Brown on location in the Oak Barrel room at Northern California’s Wente Winery. Nancy, best known for her amazing, award-winning, hand-appliquéd animal portraits, explains how childhood outings to the zoo inspired her choice of subject matter, and reveals a surprising secret about her wedding dress. She also shares the thought process that goes into each design, the various techniques she employs to translate the design to fabric, and some of her favorite hand-appliqué tips... and wait ‘til you see the gifts exchanged between guest and hosts!
| | Episode 702 – Quilting in the Digital Age (Lura Schwarz Smith/Kerby Smith)
Posts on July 19, 2010
 The lovely Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore, CA, provides an inspirational backdrop for this info-packed episode, which features the talented creative duo of textile artist Lura Schwarz Smith and her husband, Kerby C. Smith. First Kerby, a professional photographer, demonstrates how to adjust a photo image with the aid of a computer program to produce a crisp, clear, true-in-color image on fabric. Next, Lura shows how to enhance digitally printed fabric images with a variety of media, including water-soluble oil pastels, pencils, and inks. Finally, Ricky puts the “bow on the package” by performing an American Folk Medley for the nursery customers—and for us!—on an antique piano owned by the original owner of Alden Lane.
| | Episode 703 – Tools of the Trade (Rachel Clark/Renae Haddadin)
Posts on August 02, 2010
 There’s a ton to learn in this show! For starters, with the help of quilter and product designer Renae Haddadin (via WebTV), Alex and Ricky play with the Mariner’s Compass and other circular designs using Renae’s Amazing Ray tool. Next, we catch up with folk artist, teacher, and lecturer Rachel D.K. Clark, who is especially well known for her quirky and colorful wearable art. After giving us a taste of her work, Rachel demonstrates a variety of her favorite piecing techniques, all of which can be used in garments or quilts. Keep a pencil and notepad handy! | | Episode 704 – Circles, Curves, and Chocolate (Dale Fleming)
Posts on August 16, 2010
 You’ll be going around in circles—the good kind!—when quilt artist, teacher, and author Dale Fleming reveals how she came to design her famous “6-Minute Circle.” In addition, she shares her nifty technique for soft-curve piecing, offers some “gotta-try-‘em” tips for designing quilts that incorporate large-scale prints, and shows a variety of fabulous quilts to whet your creative appetite. Not only will you be informed and inspired, but you’re sure to be motivated by Dale’s “just do it” approach! | | Episode 705 – Tips, Techniques... and a Special Tribute (Frieda Anderson)
Posts on August 30, 2010
 If you love to collect tips—and to fuse—you’ll love this show! First, Jennifer Keltner, editor of American Patchwork & Quilting, shares “Tricks in Your Toolbox: Top 10 Quilt Tips”—a sampling of great ideas for making your quilting experience even more enjoyable, accurate, and efficient. Next, quilt artist and teacher Frieda Anderson joins us for a show and tell of her fabulously fused quilts and to demonstrate how she builds a fusible appliqué design and how to make a decorative-edged fused binding. Finally, in a moving field piece, TQS visits New York City to view The National Tribute Quilt, conceived and orchestrated by the Steel Quilters of United States Steel Corporation in response to the events of September 11, 2001. Keep the Kleenex handy. | | Episode 706 – Quilting Through Fresh Eyes (Camille Roskelly/Susan Woods)
Posts on September 13, 2010
 Wondering what’s hot on the quilting scene these days? You’ve come to the right place! In this episode, designer Camille Roskelly, a fifth-generation quilter and author of the new book, Simplify with Camille Roskelly: Quilts for the Modern Home, demos three fast, fun, and fresh directions for spicing up your work using monograms, blanket stitch, and rickrack. Then Ricky chats with Susanne Woods, the acquisitions editor from C&T Publishing, about what to watch for in the sewing and crafting book market in the coming months. All this—and more!—from our on-location “studio” at beautiful Alden Lane Nursery. | | Episode 707 – Stellar Star Circles (Judy Mathieson)
Posts on September 27, 2010
 Where do we begin? Award-winning quilt artist? Best-selling author? World-traveled teacher? NQA-certified judge? Quilting icon Judy Mathieson does it all... and in this episode, she demos some of the techniques that she is famous for, including her precision paper-piecing method—no paper to remove!—and how she builds her characteristic star circles, segment by segment. If that’s not enough, Judy also offers valuable pointers on what judges look for in a quilt when judging a quilt show. This not-to-be-missed episode was shot on location at the beautiful Wente Winery in Northern California, and also features a brief winery tour, a lovely redwork pattern featuring grapes, vines, and leaves, and Ricky singing opera... in a cave! | | Episode 708 – Surface Delights (Terrie Hancock Mangat/Gayle Hillert)
Posts on October 11, 2010
 In this “dazzling” show, Alex and Ricky chat with textile artist, embellishment pioneer, and repeat Quilt National exhibitor Terrie Hancock- Mangat about the evolution of her art, and enjoy a show and tell of her unique, inventively embellished quilts. Then Terrie teaches Alex (and us!) her reverse- appliqué technique, including how she uses floss as an accent. In the spirit of the embellishment “thread,” Bernina educator Gayle Hillert returns to share more ideas for using the decorative stitches on the sewing machine to embellish children’s clothing. | | Episode 709 – Quilting with Personality (Marcia Stein)
Posts on October 25, 2010
 Learn to “plant your fabric stash with interest” as Alex and Ricky use colorful window boxes to demonstrate the concept of visual texture, and how mixing the patterns and print scale in the fabrics you choose can add interest and personality to your quilts. Then, TQS welcomes quilt artist Marcia Stein, who talks about developing a personal style, and demonstrates how she builds a quilt based on a photograph. Lots of juicy details here, including “the skinny” on needles, thread weight and color, stitch length, and Marcia’s virtually invisible, super-tiny zigzag, machine-appliqué technique. | | Episode 710 – Conquering the Y-seam Tumble (Laura Nownes)
Posts on November 08, 2010
 Beloved quilt teacher, author, and designer Laura Nownes comes to Alex’s hometown, to show a selection of her charming quilts AND to share her simple, two-pin technique for stitching a Y-seam, a must for constructing the Tumbling Blocks block. Laura also talks about her long-time collaboration with quilter and friend, Diana McClun, including the story behind their best-selling, quilt-library staple, Quilts! Quilts!! Quilts!!! As an added bonus, Alex and Ricky draw upon the Alden Lane Nursery location to inspire you with tips on color and composition for quilts. Don’t miss it! | | Episode 711 – Quilting: Where Imagination and Reality Meet (Rosalie Dace/Jennifer Chiaverini/Michael Cummings)
Posts on November 22, 2010
 You’ll no doubt want to be “front and center” as quilt artist Rosalie Dace brings us a touch of her native South Africa through her quilts and photos, shares the secrets of how she creates focal points in her work, and demonstrates how to stitch “super-skinny” straight and curved lines on a quilt surface using a 1/4" foot. In another segment, we chat with best-selling author Jennifer Chiaverini about her Elm Creek novels to discover how she weaves her quilting knowledge into her novels and how the novels have led to a series of quilting books. In addition, Alex uses the House block from her Welcome Home quilt to demo the flip-and-sew piecing method, and we go on location to visit artist and quilter Michael Cummings to see how he constructs his folk-art-style narrative quilts in the dining room of his 1860s “shotgun” home in New York City. | | Episode 712 – To Be Announced
Posts on December 06, 2010
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Posts on December 20, 2010
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