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Quilting Arts

Description

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.

Upcoming Episodes

  • Layers

    Adding depth and dimension by building quilted compositions one layer at a time; adding elements from background to foreground, stitching each layer before adding the next; creating pieced strata from short strips. (30 minutes)

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  • Construction Contrasts

    A turned-edge machine piecing technique that is not applique; raw edge applique. (30 minutes)

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  • Slicing and Dicing

    Working with a laser cutter to precisely cut fabric for intricate map quilts; reinventing quilts by isolating focal images, cutting them apart, and assembling the pieces into entirely new works. (30 minutes)

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  • 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. (30 minutes)

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  • Creating Transparency

    Enhancing artistry with the depth and complexity achieved through transparency. (30 minutes)

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