Video Shows

Decorating the Heart of the Home Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#101 Decorating the Heart of the Home Description: We start out this episode with a preview of the rooms we will decorate throughout this series.Then Bethany Reynolds, an American Quilters Society (AQS) author creates a beautiful fan quilt using FreeSpirit Fabrics "Le Chateau" fabric and her Stack N Wack TM technique as demonstrated in her newest book "Stack and Wackier". Learn Janies secrets to featherwork on the Gammill longarm whether you freehand them or use a feather stencil. At the Bernina sit-down quilter, Janie shows us how she freehand quilted the Quilt Central logo banner using Sulky of America's varigated rayon threads.
Delicious Dining Room Decor Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#102 Delicious Dining Room Decor Description: In this episode we decorate the dining room. Our theme fabric is "Birds of Paradise" by FreeSpirit Fabric. Cindy Walter demonstrates how she creates a landscape wallhanging with snippets of fabric. Her secret is in using Steam-A-Seam 2, a pressure sensitive fusible made by The Warm Company, which she applies to the fabric then freely creates with snippets of fabric. Cindys book "More Snippet Sensations" published by Krause Publications has many ideas and great instructions for snippet art. Anyone who loves thread will love ribbonwork. Janie shows how fun and easy this techniqe is on the longarm quilting machine using Sulky threads. Enjoy a little Paducah history when we visit the Paducah floodwalls. Murialist Robert Dafford transformed the grey concrete walls into spectacular documentation of Paducah history. Karna Lackey from Bernina of thread painting. Karna cuts out a motif from the "Birds of Paradise" and on the Bernina 180 she free motion quilts it to achieve this effect. Lastly, Karna demonstrates the Bernina Embroidery module with its 25 built in designs plus alphabet.
Cute Clown Theme for a Childs Bedroom Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#103 Cute Clown Theme for a Childs Bedroom Description: Joyce Drexler creates a clown applique wallhanging using Sulky of America's threads to add dimension to the fun Alphabet Clown fabric by FreeSpirit Fabric. Joyce uses Sulky Solvy, a heavy water soluable stabilizer to stabilize the fabric and to trace the pattern onto the wallhaging. Nancy Knaus, from Pennywinkle Valley Ranch, shares her husbands new invention - a portable longarm quilting frame. Using her frame and a Bernina sewing machine, Nancy sews pantographs. Donna has an interview with Patricia Chatham Bolton, editor of Quilting Arts Magazine, a magazine totally dedicated to embellished quilting. And Pat DeSantis from EZ Quilting (Wrights) shows us easy to make accessories for our clown bedroom. Window treatments are made quickly using EZs Valance (styrofoam board) and EZs curtain tape. The dresser runner quilting pattern is marked using the EZ Sliding Stencil.
Serene Southwestern Bedroom Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#104 Serene Southwestern Bedroom Description: Join Victoria Faror for a wonderful tour of the Museum of the American Quilter’s Society. For more information on MAQS visit www.quiltmuseum.org. Joyce Drexler makes a southwestern thread sketch wallhanging. She uses Sulky Sovly, a water soluable stabilizer, to trace the pattern on and KK 2000, a spray adhesive to hold the Solvy onto the fabric. For her palette, she chose "Leonardos Choice", a fabric with a hand-dyed look from FreeSpirit Fabric. To do the actual thread sketching, Joyce sews with Sulkys 30 wt. rayon thread. Janie demonstrates how to quilt perfect circles on the Gammill longarm quilting machine using a circle maker attachment.
Floral Fantasies Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#105 Floral Fantasies Description: Learn to make a floral bouquet Snippet Art wallhanging with Cindy Walter. Her secret to the ease of snippet art is in applying Steam-A-Seam 2, a pressure sensitive fusible made by The Warm Company, to the fabric. Cindy has 2 books with great ideas and instructions, "Snippet Sensations" and "More Snippet Sensations". Janie shows whole cloth quilting on a bed quilt she made from FreeSpirit Fabrics "Once Upon A Time" designed by Annie Danielson. Janie outline quilts around the beautiful hydrangeas then adds extra batting from Fairfield to accomplish the trapunto technique on the longarm quilting machine. Donna interviews Patricia Chatham Bolton, editor of Quilting Arts Magazine. This upscale publication is dedicated entirely to embellished quilting. Janie designs and plants a true flower bed using a quilt design and flowers brought to her by Michael Davis from Lawn Tamers Nursery.
Nautical for the Bed and Body Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#106 Nautical for the Bed and Body Description: Make a nautical theme wallhanging with Pat Yamin using Come Quilt With Me's "I Spy" templates and turntable called the "Brooklyn revolver." Janie shows how to emphasis the mariners compass quilt pattern with straight line quilting using the GamGuide and a large throat plate on the Gammill longarm. Janie demonstrates many quilting techniques using the 1/4" foot as a guide to free motion quilt a "c" pattern, comet, geometrics, flames and eco quilting. Have fun with Donna and Janie in Paducah at the Waterfront Music Festival and After dinner downtown Paducah. Joyce Drexler from Sulky of America embellishes a ready made jean overshirt with a lighthouse design. She uses Sulky Stabilizers, KK2000 and Sulky Sliver thread.
Oh! What a Doll! Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#107 Oh! What a Doll! Description: Donna creates an adorable appliqued wallhanging with a doll theme. She uses FreeSpirit Fabrics "Victorias Treasure Chest" fabric and a doll applique pattern from Custom Creations. Nancy Knaus quilts the wallhanging on the Pennywinkle Valley Ranch quilting frame. She uses the Bernina 180 on the frame and quilts bricks and leaves, does outlining, embellishing and stippling. Ann Driscoll, from Fairfield Processing, brings two dolls with her. An art doll by Barbara Willis and Poly by Marsha Evans Moore. Ann demonstrates how to make Poly, stuffing her with polyfil and pellets and creating clothing for her from "Victoria's Treasure Chest" fabric. Fairfield offers a free pattern for Poly. An interview with Dee Pittham of the National Quilters’ Association is interesting and informative. New NQA members are always welcome. The next NQA Quilt Show "Patterns of Our Lives" will be held at Charlotte Convention Center & Hilton Charlotte and Towers in Charlotte, North Carolina from June 27-30, 2002.
Making an Entrance Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#108 Making an Entrance Description: Enjoy making a button-on spare patch wallhanging with Ann Driscoll from Fairfield Processing. Ann strip pieces FreeSpirit Fabrics "Le Chateau" and "Leonardos Choice" together. You could also use up your own stash of scraps for this wallhanging. What you will want to use though are creative buttons from Blumenthal Lansing Company to decorate and attach your seasonal interchangable center piece of the wallhanging. Ann chose Fairfield Processings low loft batting. Using a pattern she created, Janie shows us reverse applique on the longarm quilting machine. Fabric shopping is alot of fun but can also be quite overwhelming. Janie takes us fabric shopping at Hobby Lobby and gives helpful hints for fabric selection. Mary Edwards, representing The Warm Company, makes a fusible glass bead window hanging. She chose "Leonardos Choice" for the background and fuses The Warm Company's glass beads to it to create the faux stain glass. Pattern and complete instructions are available.
All Methods of Quilting Allowed Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#109 All Methods of Quilting Allowed Description: You must have heard about "Dear Helen". Today she is the guest on our show. Helen Squire, an AQS author of the "Dear Helen" book series and her latest book "Helens Copy And Use Quilting Patterns", shows how to use her patterns, how to mark your quilt and patterns and how to quilt by hand. Janie demonstrates how the laser light attachment for the longarm quilting machine easily guides the pattern onto the fabric. Using Sulky metalic threads to add sparkle, Janie shows a technique similar to the zigzag called jetting. Donna interviews Patricia Chatham Bolton editor of Quilting Arts Magazine. They talk about the history of crazy quilting to modern times. Janie shows how to make your own binding on the Bind-All using a special attachment and then how to bind your quilt.
Wearable Quilts Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#110 Wearable Quilts Description: Learn all about quilting fabric for use in garments with designer Jessy Beekman-Smalley. Representing Fairfield Processing, Jessy demonstrates how she creates a jacket using crazy patch and channeling and a creative button closure. She used Fairfield low loft batting. Jessy has her own design studio, JB-Designs in West Allis, Wisconsin. Quilting small or non-square pieces on the longarm quilting machine is what Janie shows. Along with channeling techniques to shape fabric for a better garment fit. For all the quilt and fiber art lovers we have a tour of the Yeiser Art Center’s fiber art exhibits. Yeiser Art Center brings high quality art to the hometown venue. Joyce Drexler, from Sulky of America, shares a zebra vest with a cameo effect designed by Carol Ingram. Joyce freemotion quilts the Zebra with Sulky Sliver. She uses Sulky Solvy, a water soluable stabilizer, for the add on tree. Complete instructions along with other great ideas can be found in "Sulky Dimensional Concepts".
Out on the Back Deck Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#111 Out on the Back Deck Description: Luella Doss, representing Bernina of America, decorates the deck with a chicken theme. Luella takes us from fabric design to quilt. The fabric Luella designed for FreeSpirit Fabric is called "Fowl Play." Using the Bernina 180 she constructs a quilt she calls "Poultry in Motion." A free pattern for this quilt is available. Janie teaches how to quilt the "versitle" leaf design on the longarm using Sulky threads. Then she instructs how to quilt blocks in continuous line to make a perfect grid. All this is done on the fabric for the patio seat cushions. Ann Driscoll, from Fairfield Processing, introduces Fairfield's densified batting cushions which we covered for our chair cushions. Ann also demonstrates how to make a bolster chicken pillow designed by Luella Doss using Luellas "Fowl Play" fabric line and Fairfields pre-made bolster pillow. Ann then stuffs the chicken legs and head with Faifields Polyfil. NQA President Dee Pittham tells about NQA Quilt Shows. New NQA members are always welcome. The next NQA Quilt Show "Patterns of Our Lives" will be held at Charlotte Convention Center & Hilton Charlotte and Towers in Charlotte, North Carolina from June 27-30, 2002.
Log Cabins Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#112 Log Cabins Description: Decorating the Master bedroom was a challege but lots of fun. The log cabin is a cozy traditional pattern perfect for the master bedroom. On the Bernina 180 Janie sews each step giving a little history on the log cabin block as she constructs it. Hal Zeller from Displayaway shares his professional quilt display units and demonstrates how easy they are to use. Then off to Pattis 1880s Settlement, a true log cabin village that decorates with quilts, flowers and stain glass. While in Paducah, Pattis is a wonderful place to spend the day or even a few hours and with two restuarants has food to suit anyones palate. Janie shows how to quilt the log cabin design for best results. She mianders or outlines the dark area and emphasises the light area by a pantograph with the laser light on the longarm. To aid you in creating your own design you can use "Discover Designs."
Award Winning Quilts Format: VHS Price: $16.95 Featured Items	Show Number#113 Award Winning Quilts Description: Take a carriage ride with Tom Erwin on Annie's Horsedrawn Carriage through historical downtown Paducah to The Executive Inns Convention Center where American Quilters Society holds its annual Quilt Show and Contest. Get an abbreviaed tour of AQSs Quilt Show and many of the events that go along with it. Meet Diane Gaudynski, a Bernina of America Machine Quilting Award Winner. Learn some of her secrets to making an award winning quilt. Janie demonstrates Statler Stitchers automation that goes on any longarm quilting machine. Then sit back and awe at Janies gallery of spectacular quilts.

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