Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

Description

Hosts Sara Gallegos and Angela Huffman work with guests to explore quilting ideas, both old and new, in this series from Iowa Public Television. Whether a beginner or an expert, quilters of all levels will learn something from the tips, techniques and designs featured on this show. Segments from the series include two quilts that feature a diagonally set log cabin design, a small quilt constructed with English paper piecing, a breakdown of a medallion-style quilt into simple lessons, and how to resize a quilt block into larger and smaller versions.

Upcoming Episodes

  • Composing a Cover

    A composition notebook cover embellished with stitching. (30 minutes)

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  • Heartfall

    The wrapped heart quilt block is fun to make and easy to adapt; creating setting triangles and corner triangles; strategies for skinny sashing; addressing bias edges with stay-stitching. (30 minutes)

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  • Hexagon Happiness

    Different methods for working with hexagons; different styles of decorative stitching; adding ribbons and bling. (30 minutes)

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  • Rainbow Geese

    The rainbow geese quilt, which includes half-square triangles, flying geese units and split-point flying geese units, can support a wide range of looks, from patriotic to traditional to contemporary. (30 minutes)

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  • Material Nation

    To celebrate 250 years of American patchwork, the International Quilt Museum delves into the quilts and objects that made this art possible. (30 minutes)

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