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Quilting Arts

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.

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Sat, 2/28 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Stitching Nature

Improvisational techniques bring naturescapes to life; natural, textural and complex backgrounds.

Thu, 3/5 at 6:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Off the Wall

Making an elegant quilted coat; creating a charming vase out of upcycled "fabric."

Thu, 3/5 at 12:30 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Off the Wall

Making an elegant quilted coat; creating a charming vase out of upcycled "fabric."

Sat, 3/7 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Surface Design Workshop

The basics of block printing, from carving the stamps to printing on different substrates; incorporating metallic foil, felting with wool roving and using thicker machine stitches for a textured look.

Thu, 3/12 at 6:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Free-Motion Quilting

"Sloppy-woppy" free-motion quilting; using machine quilting techniques with variegated thread to create texture and movement.

Thu, 3/12 at 12:30 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Free-Motion Quilting

"Sloppy-woppy" free-motion quilting; using machine quilting techniques with variegated thread to create texture and movement.

Sat, 3/14 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Your Machine Quilting Plan

Using simple tools like vellum and markers to test layered designs that complement the piecing; a free-form approach using free-motion, also complementing the fabrics and piecing.