Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting.

Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

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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UPCOMING EPISODES

Sat, 11/29 at 6:00 am on Austin PBS Create

Embellished Springtime

Two quilts -- the springtime flutters and tulip tour -- feature unusually embellished quilt blocks: a satin-stitched hot air balloon and a butterfly with a ribbon body; adding trim to binding. (30 minutes)

Sat, 11/29 at 9:00 am on Austin PBS Create

Serging Techniques for Quilters

Using a serger to quilt-as-you-go and bind edges; Sadie's patchwork vest. (30 minutes)

Mon, 12/1 at 6:00 am on Austin PBS Create

Tied to You

A sentimental keepsake table runner made from men's ties; deconstructing ties; creating an unusual template. (30 minutes)

Mon, 12/1 at 12:00 pm on Austin PBS Create

Tied to You

A sentimental keepsake table runner made from men's ties; deconstructing ties; creating an unusual template. (30 minutes)

Mon, 12/1 at 2:00 pm on Austin PBS Create

Tied to You

A sentimental keepsake table runner made from men's ties; deconstructing ties; creating an unusual template. (30 minutes)

Thu, 12/4 at 6:00 am on Austin PBS Create

Creative Quilting With Your Walking Foot

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

Thu, 12/4 at 12:00 pm on Austin PBS Create

Creative Quilting With Your Walking Foot

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

Thu, 12/4 at 2:00 pm on Austin PBS Create

Creative Quilting With Your Walking Foot

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

Fri, 12/5 at 9:00 pm on Austin PBS Create

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)

Sat, 12/6 at 12:00 am on Austin PBS Create

Sewing a Rope Bowl

Methods for constructing a three-dimensional rope bowl on the sewing machine; embellishing the bowl. (30 minutes)

Sat, 12/6 at 6:00 am on Austin PBS Create

Bead Boards and Piano Keys

Piano key and beadboard-style lines. (30 minutes)

Sat, 12/6 at 9:00 am on Austin PBS Create

Tulip Dance

Playing with curved piecing to make a Tulip Dance runner; testing two methods -- a three-pin method and a freezer paper template method. (30 minutes)