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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

  • 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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  • Creating Transparency

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

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  • Exploring the Quilted Stitch

    Stitching and sewing by machine; using knowledge of the human facial structure to guide quilting and create contour lines; using a longarm machine to introduce couching work into free-motion quilting. (30 minutes)

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    WNIT HDTV 34.1 Stereo HD
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