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Making portrait quilts is discussed with textile artist Esterita Austin and art quilter Vivika DeNegre. Also: tips for adjusting tension on one's machine.
How to transform photographs into quilts; and create a dynamic design from a simple spiral shape.
Embellishing whole cloth quilts with free-form painting and colorful stitching; using still-life artistry to create with sheer organza transfers; and printing with dye using sunlight.
A technique for raw edge appliqué that doesn't fray. Also: adding binding to quilts on the long arm; and creating a bold abstract design with raw edges.
Randomly piecing backgrounds; plotting every step in the design process; and blocking a quilt.
Building a textured bird's nest with fibers and threads; and making a nest full of felted eggs.
Using leather panels to create richly-textured garments and accessories; and thread-painting and embellishing fabric on the long-arm machine to create a 3D sculptured bowl.
The Season 18 finale shows how to create art textiles by painting bold colors onto plain white fabric; make lush prints; and select paints to create colors and effects.
The Season 19 premiere focuses on feathers. Included: designing and drawing feathers and fills; and creating dimensional quilt art by combining fabric and fibers.
Working with photographs is discussed. Included: creating wall hangings; and translating outdoor photos into lush art quilts.
Quilt artist Mary Lou Donahue-Weidman creates a self-portrait; and Susan Brubaker Knapp uses a pattern and paint to create a detailed portrait of her cat.
How to create fabric bowls; and design and select fabrics to quilt a magical VW bus.
How to build a quilt narrative; and translate everyday moments into compelling story quilts.
Creating a 10-foot, multi-panel panorama quilt; and translating color values and harmonies in quilt designs.
How to double-reverse appliqué on a machine; and create an appliqué wall hanging. Also: needle-turn appliqué tips.
Working with letters and shapes; creating watercolor fabrics using colored ink blocks; and making original fabric designs.
The Season 19 finale explores how to start and finish every quilt with artistic flair. Included: creating focal points, balance and composition when designing quilts; and using buttons and blanket stitches instead of traditional binding.
Making origami designs from sheer organza; and celebrating the Korean art of pojagi with printed and painted organza.
Translating ancient Norse sagas into story quilts; and creating wrapping cloths called furoshiki with patchwork and sashiko.
Using modern tools to dye fabrics in the Arashi style of shibori; following the concept of kintsugi.
Using organza, pastels and sparkling fibers to create new color values; combining soft fabrics and hardware for special effects; stitching a zippered pouch with patches of Asian fabrics.
Quilt designs go ‘pop’ when two artists add their own spin on the word. Whether adding a clean – almost cartoon – quality to quilts with pop art or literally making them pop up, you will be inspired to create your own works of art.
There are many elements that come together to influence art quilting designs and style. Let’s start with printing, one of the primary building blocks for many art quilts.
Color is one of the most important tools used in art quilts. Take your knowledge one step further with new terminology and concepts about color.
Season's first episode features Painting and Printing
In this episode, three artists share ideas for alternate ways to express artistry.
Examine, experiment, and explore—This episode explores different fabrics from denim to duck! What different effects can you achieve when you change fabrics?
Learn how to make your mark in the quilting world with different dye and paint techniques.
This episode explores design principles.
Paint is a basic material until you put it in the hands of an art quilter. If you are new to painting on fabric or want to try a unique technique, this episode of Quilting Arts TV will be sure to please
Throw away your preconceptions about design and learn how to add texture to your art quilts with this episode. There are loads of options demonstrated, including surface design, printed texture, and even fabric manipulation.
It's time to release your inhibitions and go all out with shine and shimmer.
It's all about escaping the confines of our normal processes as wearables and clothing notions are featured. Learn how add dimension to your designs.
When you go beyond the normal boundaries you are bound to find the unexpected, especially under the surface.
If you are a strip quilter, it's time to go beyond the design restrictions you might have placed on your art.
Travel to far off places and learn about other cultures to expand your creativity.
Combining two elements in a new way can lead to breaking out of a creative rut. Color and texture shake hands and complement each other on this episode.
Small projects can break down big boundaries when you explore the details.
This episode features some new stitch variations to try.
Start building your creative confidence with terrific texture.
Learn how your creative muscles respond to nature when you add different elements to your artwork.
Flex your creative muscles creating imagery with new techniques.
Hands and sewing machines get a workout on this episode.
Learn how to add variety to your art quilt projects by changing up your materials.
In this episode the artists add colorful details to brighten up their creative strength training.
The guest artists demonstrate projects for your studio and even host a visit.
Practice makes perfect with free-motion quilting.
Learn how to plan your art quilt projects on this episode.
This episode incorporates some of our childhood play into art quilting designs.
Learn how to use unique embellishment for your art quilts.
This episode offers tips and techniques for piecing.
The guest artists show how fun and easy it can be to add a potentially messy aspect to your art quilting.
The new season of Quilting Arts opens as host Vivika Hansen DeNegre introduces painting techniques.
Fan the flames of creativity with inspiration on this episode of Quilting Arts.
Discover new ways to spark creativity using a sewing machine.
Learn some ideas for finishing up and mounting your art with the artists on this episode.
Surface design can be the layer that adds fuel to your creative fire.
Ignite your creative fire with fabric additions.
Stitched embellishments add a special element to your quilt designs. Catherine Redford demonstrates how to make Dorset buttons, a traditional English craft. Learn a little bit of history plus the steps to making a basic Cartwheel button and variations. Then, Beth Schillig shows Susan Brubaker Knapp a method for enhanced appliqués using a turned-edge technique on your machine.
You don’t need to go far to light up your creativity. The episode begins with Vivien Zepf as she discusses with Susan Brubaker Knapp how she raids the recycling bin for plastic soda bottle rings to use in her project. Then, Karol Kusmaul introduces the group Cloth in Common. Learn how they got started, what they do, who they are, and where they’re from plus their struggles, joys, and accomplishments.
Learn about the importance of backgrounds and how they sometimes become stand-alone pieces. First is Candy Glendening. She shows Susan Brubaker Knapp how to use glue resist on mudcloth to create simple designs and lines for interesting backgrounds. Then, Karen Hull Sienk shares a peek at her Pieces of the Past winning quilt and her technique to make a pieced background.
Even an everyday item can benefit from a little spark of creativity to make them fun to use. Catherine Redford is first with a ladybug appliqué featuring folk art embroidery. She offers her thoughts on folk art, plus steps to make a stand-alone appliqué using the sewing machine. Then, Donalee Kennedy makes an oven mitt that’s almost too pretty to use and has a true designer look.
Sometimes all you need is a mirror to fan the flames of creativity. The artists on this episode are known for their fabric portraiture. First, Earamichia Brown discusses mood-inspired portraits with Susan Brubaker Knapp. Then, it’s time for Karol Kusmaul and non-stop faces. These are machine-quilted portraits finished with paint and embellishments.
Learn about new and traditional printing techniques. First, Sue King uses serigraphy or screen printing. She shows how to create depth using surface design to build up layers of screen printing with both dyes and paints. Then, Sharon Wall has captured the illusive trout, using breakdown printing with thickened dye paste highlighted by free-motion stitching.
The last episode of Quilting Arts features marbling and dyeing. First is Melissa DeLisio showing creative ways to use marbled fabric. Then, Beth Schillig demonstrates dyeing quilt labels and bamboo socks.
First, Karol Kusmaul creates an improvisational collage composition. She demonstrates how to use compositional guidelines to create an effective portrait quilt, creating balance and interest with color and value. Then, Sue King shows how to make enhanced cyanotypes. Learn the difference between wet and dry cyanotypes and how to enhance them with free-motion stitching. Sue also shows how to add photographic images, beading, and more to create innovative artwork.
In this episode, our creative adventure includes revisiting some traditional techniques. First, Melissa DeLisio takes a step beyond the basics and manipulates the marbling tray to create traditional marbled patterns. Then, join Susan Brubaker Knapp as we revisit free-motion quilting motifs she demonstrated in “52 Free-Motion Quilting Motifs and Fillers.” Susan’s bonus content is part of a video in our library, available for purchase here.
Learn some new layering techniques in this episode. Machine quilting expert Beth Schillig demonstrates how to add couched fibers as elegant embellishment to your quilts. Beth often couches and quilts at the same time, an efficient and creative idea. Ann Rebele’s background as a painter came in handy when she could not find the fabric she wanted in a store—she painted her own! Ann shares her tips for painting on cotton with a wet-on-wet technique.
It’s always the details that make memorable art quilt projects. First, Donalee Kennedy creates a small improv piece featuring threads, yarn, and ribbons. Gather bits, bobs, and precious scraps to create your own improvisational art project. Then it’s little block prints with Sharon Wall. Learn to transfer designs, cut, and print using vinyl block scraps to create what Sharon calls ‘charms’ and then incorporate them into a quilt as personal expressions of art.
Learn how to look for inspiration in simple objects on this episode. First see how Lyric Montgomery Kinard is inspired by autumn leaves, capturing their essence by scanning, printing, and stitching. The resulting mixed-media textile art is a reminder of nature’s beauty. Then, Karol Kusmaul talks about still life artwork and shares the many sources of design inspiration for her fiber art and art quilts.
This episode focuses on a quilting essential—thread. First up is Catherine Redford with walking foot quilting tips for wholecloth quilts. Go ‘beneath the surface’ with Catherine’s organic curves, sharp points, and grid work—a few of the many techniques she demonstrates. Then, Nina McVeigh creates a bag on the longarm with ruler work featuring double needles, appliqué, and zipper insertion. Nina also demonstrates that a longarm is not just for machine quilting!
Printing techniques are featured in this episode. Sharon Wall begins the episode with a multicolored silk screen design accented with stencils and free-motion quilting. This is a fun and playful technique that is sure to delight all ages. Then, Sue King demonstrates screen printing as a base layer for textile artwork using both deconstructed printing and applying thickened dyes inks through a Thermofax screen directly on the surface.
This episode offers lessons on using color and collage. The first lesson with Sarah Ann Smith is about mixing paint colors. Sarah has years of experience as a painter and color expert—accept Sarah’s invitation to play with and mix paint colors to learn oh so much about color placement in your quilts.
Learn how to create over-the-top designs on this episode. Lyric Montgomery Kinard show how she uses actual vacation photos—printed on fabric—that she enhances with quilting and embroidery to create a lasting memory. Lyric also demonstrates how she mounts these pieces of artwork on gallery wrapped canvas. Then, Ann Rebele shares a lesson on painting with a dry brush technique. She uses a quilting weight muslin and when the painting is done, it is cut, rearranged, and sewn into a pieced quilt.
The artists on this episode share different and unique visions for their materials. Ann Rebele demonstrates painting on silk organza, creating a beautiful and ethereal fourth layer—a different vision for a new material. Then, Donalee Kennedy shows her approach to create mounted mini improv art. Following a few art principles and jumping in with enthusiasm, Donalee shows that good things really do come in small packages.
This episode features new ideas for surface design. First, Sarah Ann Smith demonstrates paint techniques with sour cream consistency paint for wearables and quilts using printing, monoprinting, and screen printing. Let Sarah share her vast experience with paints to help you create something fabulous. Then, Sue King begins with a whole quilt from an earlier episode that used various layers of screen printing. On this episode she shows you what to do with that creation by building up layers and adding depth with free-motion and decorative stitching.
On this episode, the artists show how they take creative risks but still honor tradition. First, Catherine Redford makes a wool crazy quilt pincushion inspired by a vintage quilt. She demonstrates making the blocks, embroidering with feather stitch, and finishing while also showing how she used the same technique to create a pieced border on a quilt. Then, Melissa DeLisio breaks all the rules when it comes to marbling by demonstrating how to manipulate the print bath, use compressed air to create a new design, and how to enhance marbled fabric with resists. So many techniques to try!
In this episode, the guest explore shapes. First, Sharon Wall with free-form circles. She’s paints on fabric with layers and patterns of circles in a fun and freeing way. This is a great technique for varied skill levels and ages. Sharon uses the resulting fabric in wholecloth quilts and, after cutting, pieced quilts as well. Then, Beth Schillig creates appliqué frames and shapes with a multi-purpose stabilizer also known as washable appliqué fiber. The product is firm and easy to work while sewing the appliqué but softens when the final quilt is washed. A win-win for large and exciting appliqué projects!
Today’s guests add depth and dimension to their artwork by building their quilted compositions one layer at a time
Technology plays a role in this episode as Valerie S. Goodwin works with a laser cutter to precisely cut fabric for her intricate map quilts
Artistry is enhanced by the depth and complexity achieved through transparency.
Artistry abounds when art quilters stitch and sew by machine!
It’s back to school—art school, that is!—for refreshers in creativity that every artist can use.
Meaningful artwork comes from thoughtful expression.
Taking great photos is the first step for these quilters.
Travel can have an enormous influence on the work of any artist.
This episode features artistic appliqué techniques.
Art quilters explore many ways of applying color to fabric.
Pattern your own cloth with surface design!
There are many ways to apply imagery to a piece of quilted art.
Color is a big part of every artist’s work.
First, Teresa Duryea Wong demonstrates how to make an elegant, quilted coat you’ll wear for years. Her tips are not to be missed! Eleanor Levie creates a charming vase cover out of fabric and recycled materials. Finally, Vivika Hansen DeNegre and host Susan Brubaker Knapp share quilts created by members of the Quilting Arts community.
New quilters love Jenny K. Lyon’s techniques that show even ‘sloppy-woppy’ free-motion quilting is ok! Then, Valerie C. White shares her expertise using machine quilting techniques with variegated thread to create texture and movement. Finally, Vivika Hansen DeNegre and host Susan Brubaker Knapp share quilts created by members of the Quilting Arts community. It’s all about the stitch on this episode of Quilting Arts.