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Season 31 – Quilting Arts

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Host Susan Brubaker Knapp provides innovative tips and stitching techniques for making one-of-a-kind art quilts. Offering something for everyone, "Quilting Arts" explores art and design concepts for quilts which include surface design techniques, fabric collage and quilted home decor. Episodes include short features that relate to the show's theme and weekly digital segments. Some projects include hand-painting fabrics with silk screening paints, fabric marbling using stencils, and frameless screen printing.
Quilting Arts — Season 31

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Susan Brubaker Knapp

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 29, 2024 Traditions of Texture Sekka shibori; dyeing to create collisions of color; tufting involves layering yarns over a template. Details Episode 2 Aired Nov 14, 2024 The Spiritual Impulse Vivika Hansen DeNegre uses vintage studio photographs in her art, creating mandala artwork. Details Episode 3 Aired Nov 21, 2024 Creating With Resists Exploring dextrin from corn and potatoes to create a resist for fabric dye; using tape as a resist with paint to incorporate words into art. Details Episode 4 Aired Nov 28, 2024 Fold & Twist Applique technique that relies on folding and twisting cloth to mimic tree bark; "Black Magic" reverse dyeing, using products at home combined with any tie-dye twist or shibori fold. Details Episode 5 Aired Dec 5, 2024 Out-of-the-Box Possibilities "Skinny quilts"; creative prompts that combine technique, form, subject matter and embellishment. Details Episode 6 Aired Dec 12, 2024 Stitching Realism Two approaches to stitching from real-life imagery; creating photo-realistic subject matter by creating the highlight, midtone and shadows; stitching on a fabric picture. Details Episode 7 Aired Dec 19, 2024 Applique Two Ways Creating captivating narrative quilts; broderie perse, an applique technique that can be used with commercially available fabric or custom appliques. Details Episode 8 Aired Dec 26, 2024 Dynamic Dimension Dimensional fabric tabs; using traditional smocking in non-traditional ways. Details Episode 9 Aired Jan 2, 2025 Inspired by Nature Geode quilt designs using foundation piecing; using ombre fabric and foundation piecing to create skyscapes. Details Episode 10 Aired Jan 9, 2025 Construction Contrasts A turned-edge machine piecing technique that is not applique; raw edge applique. Details Episode 11 Aired Jan 16, 2025 Re-Thinking Patchwork Creating from a basic, standard square of quilting fabric; using precisely cut-and-stitched traditional Dresden Plate patchwork in a modern art quilt. Details Episode 12 Aired Jan 23, 2025 Free-Motion Couching Working on a domestic sewing machine, showcasing several options for presser feet; methods for preparing a surface as well as fiber possibilities; working on a mid-arm quilting machine, using couching to complement the quilting. Details Episode 13 Aired Jan 30, 2025 Color Practice Exploring multiple methods for applying color to stamped designs, blending and building with different tools; playing with value in monochromatic color waves. Details

Season Info

Network
PBS
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Special Interest
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 29, 2024