Everything Old is New Again Format: VHS Price: $16.95Featured Items
Show Number#301 Everything Old is New Again
Description: Maddie Bushman of
Janome America shows Donna how the age-old basket weave quilt
is a wonderful
design for beginners, with a technique using tubes of fabric.
The Janome Quilter’s Companion 6125 allows you to do
some beautiful stitching, including the sculpture stitch, to
customize your art. Janie demonstrates the method of dime tacking
a quilt on the longarm, for tying the old-fashioned, thick
English style comforters that are becoming so popular again.
A clever pattern marking system assures accuracy in placing
your preference of tacking materials. Background Quilt: by
Jane Donaldson A trip to the elegant and historic Fischer Mansion
Bed and Breakfast in Paducah showcases this restored 19th century
mansion. Owners Pat and Richard Mathis have created an authentic
atmosphere decorating with antiques. Donna and Janie give helpful
hints on how to organize your sewing space using efficient
cabinets by Sylvia Designs
Sewing Furniture. We get a sneak
peak at Janie’s new and exclusive quilter’s ruler
(name??) The sewing room at the Quilt Central house is ready
for up to 10 students to attend the new Quilt Central Quilter’s
Retreat. Everyone will have their own sewing station, and longarm
quilting lessons will be held at the nearby Quilting
Machines International location.
Description: Cathy Franks inspires the artist
in all of us to have fun when she throws out the rule book
on longarm quilting.
She shows Janie how to pour on the thread with the long satin
stitch, and makes needle lace and custom embroidery using a
boil-away stabilizer. Cathy will be a celebrity longarm teacher
at the Quilt Central Quilter’s Retreat January 18-20,
June 9-11, and August 30-September 1, 2003. Background Quilts:
all by Cathy Franks Maddie Bushman of Janome
America is back
to create a gorgeous neck roll pillow with an incredible mix
of fabrics on the serger. Creating pleats, flat locks and puffing
are easy with this design and this machine, the Janome 644D
Serger.
Description: Where to start in preparing for
your hand quilting project? Cindy Walter of JT
Trading Corporation and F.A.
Edmonds & Company will help you select the right batting and hoop for in this
first of two installments on her hand quilting tips and techniques.
An internationally exhibited Paducah artist, Freda Fairchild
makes art for art’s sake, featuring printmaking and fiber
art. Her home and workshop are part of Paducah-McCracken County’s
Artist Relocation Program. Penny McMorris from the Electric
Quilt Company utilizes computer software to design everything
from the actual fabric to the quilting pattern. She makes a
memory quilt by importing family photographs and printing them
on fabric. Donita Reeve guides you through the tool choices
for unlimited designs in longarm machine quilting. She loves
to use templates, and she shows how to use a 4-in-1 tool, star
template, and how to put a spine in your feather design. Donita
will be a celebrity longarm teacher at the Quilt Central Quilter’s
Retreat January 18-20, June 9-11, and August 30-September 1,
2003. Background Quilts: all by Donita Reeve
From Feathers to Flowers Format: VHS Price: $16.95Featured Items
Show Number#304 From Feathers to Flowers
Description: Feather designs are a great way
to add an elegant touch to your quilting projects, and Judy
Allen of Golden Threads
will show you how to do it like an expert on the American
Professional Quilting Systems Millennium longarm quilting machine. Judy
will be a celebrity longarm teacher at the Quilt Central Quilter’s
Retreat on June 9-11, 2003. Background Quilts: all by Judy
Allen A visit to an historical carriage house reveals how Paducah artists Nathan and Nicole Brown are creating a community within
their workplace. They share a gallery space for both displaying
Nathan’s pottery work and teaching Nicole’s yoga
classes, made possible by Paducah-McCracken County’s
Artist Relocation Program. Sit down and quilt with Bonnie Saxby,
using free motion quilting and the Broderie Perse applique
method to compose a floral bouquet. Fussy cutting objects out
of fabric designs and appliquéing them to a beautiful
background fabric creates a richly textured wallhanging. Background
Quilts: left and center: by Bonnie Saxby right: pieced by Robin
Banko, quilted by Sherri D. Roger Cindy Walter of JT
Trading Corporation and F.A.
Edmonds & Company demonstrates hand
quilting basics. Knowing your tools is key to successful stitching,
and Cindy shows how to make and sink knots, and to make even,
consistent stitches.
Description: Every quilt tells a story and
you won’t
want to miss the tales we have to tell. Ellie Joos was inspired
by a line of artist Mary Englebreits whimsical hand painted
buttons by Blumenthal
Lansing Company to create an entire quilted
wall hanging. Using more buttons, the details pop into a very
dimensional effect. Shirley Greenhoe shows Janie her unique
freestyle technique on the longarm quilting machine. Creating
an echo effect, her stitching mimics the water or wind, from
one edge of a quilt to the other. (sponsor?). Shirley will
be a celebrity longarm teacher at the Quilt Central Quilter’s
Retreat June 25-27, 2003. Background Quilts: all by Shirley
Greenhoe The Fox Briar Bed and Breakfast, part of Paducah-McCracken
County’s Artist Relocation Program, is like coming home
to grandma’s house. Sue Clark has made it feel this way
with an exquisite collection of vintage quilts and antiques.
Maddie Bushman of Janome
America makes a clothespin hanger
that is ideal for organizing sewing and craft supplies. The “tumbling
block” pattern and pretty machined flower embroidery,
using the Janome Memory Craft 10,000, customize the quilted
piece.
Patterns and Textures Format: VHS Price: $16.95Featured Items
Show Number#306 Patterns and Textures
Description: Janie shows Donna how her “Add-a-Line” quilt
patterns, published by American
Quilter’s Society, can
be worked to create a continuous line design for quilting on
the longarm, for either borders or overall quilts. Dawn Cavanaugh
will show us, on the American
Professional Quilting Systems Millennium, how to add interest and texture to the background
of a quilt, especially miniatures. She specializes in freehand
longarm quilting, using all sorts of basic shapes and geometric
designs to create more complex schemes. Dawn will be the celebrity
longarm teacher at the Quilt Central Quilter’s Retreat
February 15-17, 2003. Background Quilts: left: by Mary Eddy
right: by Shirley Greenhoe Swing in to downtown Paducah to
visit with William Renzulli in his Artist Relocation Program
gallery, working and living space, in a beautifully restored
historic building. And, a quick gift idea from Maddie Bushman
of Janome
America - a pocket pal to keep all your notions and
tools right where you need it – at the edge of your sewing
table! Sewn on the Janome 6019 Quilter’s Companion. A
free pattern is available on the Janome
website.
Life as a Picnic Format: VHS Price: $16.95Featured Items
Show Number#307 Life as a Picnic
Description: Maddie Bushman of Janome
America makes a sturdy quilt that can be used as a picnic blanket.
Using the Janome
644D serging machine, the seams are flat locked for strength
and durability. Debbi Trevino tells us her tips for choosing
the correct batting for your particular project. Learn what
scrim, bonding and bearding have to do with batting, and how
the different properties will affect your quilting. Debbi will
be a celebrity longarm teacher at the Quilt Central Quilter’s
Retreat June 3-5, 2003. Background Quilts: left: pieced by
Elaine Plastino, quilted by Debbi Trevino rest: by Debbi Trevino
Mark Barone is creating narrative paintings, charcoals, drawings
and etchings at St. Luke’s Press in downtown Paducah.
This Artist Relocation Program gallery and studio is named
for the patron saint of the arts. Donita Reeve of Lakeside
Quilt Company reveals the secrets of selecting thread for your
project, from lightweight for seams and hand applique, to heavyweight
for machine quilting.
Variety is the Spice of Life Format: VHS Price: $16.95Featured Items
Show Number#308 Variety is the Spice of Life
Description: Learn how to make a wallhanging
with the churn dash block with Maddie Bushman of Janome
America.
She shows
Donna some quick and easy techniques to sew this block on the
Janome 6260 Quilter’s Companion. Sherry Rogers is famous
for a class called “Easy Brainless Borders”, but
today she shows us shadow quilting on the A-1
Quilting Machines longarm, and 15 different ways to use a clam shell pattern.
Sherry will be a celebrity longarm teacher at the Quilt Central
Quilter’s Retreat February 15-17, 2003. Background Quilts:
left: pieced by Terri Hallauer center: pieced by Patty Sauter
right: pieced by Robin Banko Lynn Damelio of Delta Technical
Coatings shows Donna a great technique for customizing fabric.
Using foam decorative stamps and acrylic paint treated with
a textile medium, create your own fabric designs, from formal
to fun. Jennifer O’Brien of JT
Trading puts together
a quilt with lots of hearts. A simple block paired with simple
heart cutouts that were sprayed and fixed before stitching
- a perfect project for a beginner.
Description: Learn how to make a wallhanging
with the churn dash block with Maddie Bushman of Janome
America.
She shows
Donna some quick and easy techniques to sew this block on the
Janome 6260 Quilter’s Companion. Sherry Rogers is famous
for a class called “Easy Brainless Borders”, but
today she shows us shadow quilting on the A-1 Quilting Machines
longarm, and 15 different ways to use a clam shell pattern.
Sherry will be a celebrity longarm teacher at the Quilt Central
Quilter’s Retreat February 15-17, 2003. Background Quilts:
left: pieced by Terri Hallauer center: pieced by Patty Sauter
right: pieced by Robin Banko Lynn Damelio of Delta Technical
Coatings shows Donna a great technique for customizing fabric.
Using foam decorative stamps and acrylic paint treated with
a textile medium, create your own fabric designs, from formal
to fun. Jennifer O’Brien of JT
Trading puts together
a quilt with lots of hearts. A simple block paired with simple
heart cutouts that were sprayed and fixed before stitching
- a perfect project for a beginner.
Quick and Simple Format: VHS Price: $16.95Featured Items
Show Number#310 Quick and Simple
Description: Lynn Damelio of Delta Technical
Coatings mixes a textile medium with acrylic paint to stencil
on to fabric
to create permanent, one of a kind fabric designs for your
quilting projects. Coordinating your décor is easy when
you’re the designer! Pam Clarke teaches us designs with
lines to speed up our longarm quilting. By learning a few simple
shapes with minimal marking you can complete a quilt in almost
no time, using continuous line quilting. Pam will be a celebrity
longarm teacher at the Quilt Central Quilter’s Retreat
(date ???) Background Quilts: all by Pam Clarke A small, quick
project by Maddie Bushman of Janome
America– the “Friendship
Scroll” wallhanging, using cross stitch embroidery on
the sewing machine. Computer card readers offer a large variety
of designs to choose from. Twin needles provide a density that
mimics hand stitching on the Janome Memory Craft 10,000.
Description: Maddie Bushman of Janome
America reveals the real trick to the Card Trick block. Accuracy
and precision
are key to creating this cute supply tote bag, and it’s
easy with the Janome 4800 Quilter’s Companion. Free instructions
for this project are available on the Janome
website. Kathy
Olson often says “If it’s not moving, feather it!” Freehand
longarm machine feathering is foolproof with Kathy’s
method: take a spine, add half a heart, plus a question mark
to equal a perfect feather. Kathy will be a celebrity longarm
teacher at the Quilt Central Quilter’s Retreat June 25-27,
2003. Background Quilts: left: pieced by Glenda Stephens right:
pieced by Glenda Stephens, quilted by D’Andrea Kral Phil
Phillips founded Dixie Leather Works in an 1895 house in lower
town Paducah as part of the Artist Relocation Program. His
modern creations grace a lady’s shoulder or a business
person’s desk, while his historic reproductions are used
as props in museums and on movie sets. Jennifer O’Brien
of JT Trading Corporation shows us a great way to display vacation
snapshots: as a photo transfer wallhanging. She takes a photo
of a beautiful building, creates a fabric template, puts photo
transfers in the windows, and embellishes it with fancy stitching.
Through Our Windows Format: VHS Price: $16.95Featured Items
Show Number#312 Through Our Windows
Description: Sally Terry loves thread, and
Golden Threads can attest to that. But her specialty is continuous
line redwork,
and she does it beautifully on the American
Professional Quilting Systems Millennium longarm machine. Her patterns are easy to
work with, and she shares some great tips for duplicating and
sizing the designs to fit whatever space you have to quilt.
Sally will be a celebrity longarm teacher at the Quilt Central
Quilter’s Retreat July 20-22, 2003. Background Quilts:
left: by Judy Allen center: pieced by Marian Dodge, quilted
by Judy Allen right: by Judy Allen Cindy Walter of Krause
Publications shows us how to create an attic window quilt with a view. Window
panes with perfectly mitered corners are a breeze with her
foolproof technique. Janie shows us how to turn the corner
with any pantograph, using the Penny
Winkle Valley Ranch quilt
frame. Plus, penny size patterns are a great way to quilt a
small border, or even a whole wallhanging. Background Quilts:
all by Kathy Olson
Wearable Art and More Format: VHS Price: $16.95Featured Items
Show Number#313 Wearable Art and More
Description: Laura Lee Fritz has quilted over
15,000 quilts in her career, and she is still experimenting!
Today she teaches
how to reverse applique with wool felt to create bold and beautiful
garments and accessories. Laura Lee will be the celebrity longarm
teacher at the Quilt Central Quilter’s Retreat April
19-21, 2003. Background Quilts and Garments: all by Laura Lee
Fritz Ellie Joos from Blumenthal
Lansing Company shares winners
in the “Button It On” Quilt Contest. The challenge
was to create quilts that feature interchangeable, seasonal
centers that button in place. Sponsors of “Button It
On”: Blumenthal Lansing Company, FreeSpirit Fabric, Sulky
of America, Husqvarna Viking, and Fairfield Processing Corporation.
Maddie Bushman of Janome America teaches Donna how to incorporate
lace into a pillow sham by making a 3 layer fabric sandwich
on the Janome 4800 Quilter’s Companion. But please, no
eating in bed! Sewing cabinet by Sylvia
Designs Sewing Furniture.
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