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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

  • Dresden Plates and Partial Seams

    A floral quilt with a pinwheel effect; making Dresden plate blades; framing the final blocks with Irish chain blocks in a "controlled scrappy" style. (30 minutes)

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  • Stitch Modes 101

    Demystifying the various settings on longarm and midarm-style quilting machines. (30 minutes)

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  • Applique Frayed-Edge Style

    A quilt using raw-edge applique features a homespun look that is underscored by three non-traditional fabrics -- flannel, linen and "dobby" wovens -- tacked down with black thread. (30 minutes)

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  • Sew Happy

    A row quilt featuring three fun-to-piece quilt blocks, each with special lessons about cutting, sewing and pinning; clever tricks for attaching borders. (30 minutes)

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  • Piecing With Patriotic Panels

    Selecting fabrics to coordinate with a panel; when and how to miter strips; making sawtooth star blocks that can be swapped into almost any design. (30 minutes)

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  • Peppered Cotton Bed Quilt

    Handling peppered cotton, a shot cotton fabric with a distinct warp and weave; the correct way to attach long strips to prevent waviness. (30 minutes)

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  • Quilting Ghost Blocks

    Straight-line quilting with channel locks; "ghost blocks" that mirror the patchwork. (30 minutes)

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  • Dimensional Patchwork Pinwheel

    A "gift box" quilt block features a three-dimensional pinwheel as a bow; how to audition free-motion designs using a vinyl cover sheet and dry erase marker; a unique approach to facing a quilt for a clean edge. (30 minutes)

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  • Creative Quilting With Your Walking Foot

    Using a walking foot; exploring organic curves, serpentine stitches and spirals. (30 minutes)

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  • Chocolate Cherry Pie

    The original chocolate cherry pie quilt along with a twist to switch up the "ingredients"; using classic patchwork techniques for a sweet design. (30 minutes)

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