♪ male announcer: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GRANTS FROM GINGHER, INCORPORATED, MAKERS OF SCISSORS AND SHEARS FOR HOME AND INDUSTRY.

AND: [upbeat acoustic guitar music] ♪ ♪ >> WELCOME TO OUR SHOW, CHRISTMAS IN JULY.

GIVING YOUR BEST MEANS GIVING SOMETHING MADE BY HAND.

AND TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FEATURE A LOT OF FUN ITEMS FOR YOU TO MAKE ALL YEAR ROUND.

OUR THEME IS BASED ON PLAID TAFFETA FABRIC.

AND WE START OFF WITH A FAMILY OF TEDDY BEARS SITTING ON TOP OF A LOVELY APPLIQUE QUILT.

THE QUILT WAS MADE BY PENNY WORTMAN, AND SHE FEATURES IT ALL YEAR ROUND.

BUT WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO HAVE DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON?

WE'LL SEE MORE OF PENNY'S QUILT ON OUR APPLIQUE SHOW, AND WE'LL STUDY IT A LITTLE BIT MORE CLOSELY.

NOW FOR SOME-- I'M SITTING HERE IN A WEALTH OF WREATHES.

AND FOR A NICE PROJECT FOR YOUR CHILD TO DO, LITTLE BUSY FINGERS TO KEEP THEM BUSY WHILE YOU'RE PUTTING THE LAST STITCHES ON YOUR QUILT, YOU CAN MAKE THIS LOVELY WREATH BASED ON A STYROFOAM WREATH THAT HAS BEEN COVERED WITH FABRIC.

YOU WILL NEED FOR THE PROJECT JUST SOME PLAID TAFFETA FABRIC, SOME PINKING SHEARS, AND SOME OLD-FASHIONED CLOTHES PINS.

ONCE YOU HAVE CUT YOUR FABRIC INTO RECTANGLES ABOUT 8 INCHES BY 6-- AND YOU CAN USE SOME LACE, ANY EYELET OR LACE THAT YOU HAVE LEFTOVER ON TOP OF THAT-- YOU SIMPLY SLIDE THAT ON TO THE OPEN END OF THE CLOTHESPIN.

AND ONCE THAT HAS BEEN SLID ALL THE WAY ON, THEN YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME OF THE FLORIST PINS, THE U-SHAPED PINS THAT WILL PUNCH READILY INTO THE STYROFOAM, PUSH THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN.

AND THEN THE OPEN END JUST FORMS ALL THE WAY OVER.

YOU'LL NEED TWO FOR EACH CLOTHESPIN.

AND THEN AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'LL JUST PUNCH RIGHT IN THERE.

AND THAT WILL HOLD IN PLACE, AND YOU CAN SIMPLY FILL YOUR ENTIRE WREATH WITH THE FLUFFY PLAID TAFFETA.

AS YOU DO YOUR SHOPPING AND WRAP YOUR PRESENTS, WHY DON'T YOU WRAP THEM WITH FREEZER PAPER?

IT'S VERY ECONOMICAL, AND THEN YOU CAN REUSE THE FREEZER PAPER AFTERWARDS.

I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY THE WORLD'S LARGEST TOTE BAG.

IT'S FINE WHEN IT'S JUST LIKE THIS.

IT LOOKS LIKE ANY ORDINARY TOTE BAG.

BUT THEN AS YOU GO SHOPPING AND SPEND A FEW MORE PENNIES, YOU CAN JUST OPEN IT UP AGAIN.

OR WHEN YOU'VE DONE ALL YOUR SHOPPING, ALL THE WAY FULL.

YOU COULD PRACTICALLY CRAWL INSIDE THAT.

ACTUALLY, IT'S A SLEEPING BAG.

NO, IT WOULD BE A GREAT PRESENT, GRADUATION PRESENT FOR THAT YOUNGSTER GOING OFF TO COLLEGE.

AND ALL YOU NEED IS PREQUILTED DOUBLE-FACED FABRIC.

AND ONCE THAT HAS BEEN PURCHASED, A YARD AND A 1/4, TAKE OFF 9 INCHES ACROSS THE WIDTH OF IT.

THAT WILL FORM THE TWO POCKETS TO BE PLACED AT EACH BOTTOM END.

HEM THE TOP OF EACH POCKET.

SEW AND FLIP IT BACK UP ABOUT 5 INCHES.

CENTER IT ON EACH PANEL SIDE OF YOUR TOTE.

AND THEN ONCE THAT HAS BEEN POSITIONED, YOU WILL NEED SOME TWILL TAPE.

YOU'LL NEED 6 YARDS OF TWILL TAPE.

AND THEN CUT THAT IN HALF, AND THEN CUT OFF FOUR 9-INCH STRIPS FOR YOUR CROSS HANDLES.

THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED EACH TIME WHEN YOU OPEN IT UP.

ONCE YOU'VE POSITIONED YOUR CROSS HANDLES, THEN YOUR TWILL TAPE ON EITHER SIDE TAKES IN THE RAW EDGES OF BOTH THE TAPE AND THE POCKET.

SEW IT ALL THE WAY UP.

OF COURSE, LEAVE A HANDLE AT THE TOP PORTION.

AND THEN YOUR LAST STEP WOULD SIMPLY BE TO SEW YOUR TOTE ON THE SIDES AND ACROSS THE BOTTOM.

AND I LIKE A FRENCH SEAM FOR DOING THAT.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SQUARE OFF THE BOTTOM INSIDE BY SIMPLY REACHING IN AND SEWING ONE OF OUR TRIANGLES ACROSS THE BOTTOM.

THAT WILL GIVE YOUR BAG A BASE AND MAKE IT SIT NICELY.

NOW, IT WOULD ALSO BE FUN TO MAKE PILLOWS FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

A WHOLE LINE OF OUR ROUND TREE PILLOWS WOULD BE VERY NICE.

THIS IS BASED ON THE LOG CABIN IDEA OF SEW AND FLIP.

IT DOES NEED TO START OUT WITH A CENTER PORTION, AND YOU WILL NEED FIVE TEMPLATES PLUS YOUR LOG CABIN STRIPS FOR THIS BLOCK.

IT STARTS OUT WITH A TRIANGLE WITH SMALL TRIANGLES SEWN AND FLIPPED AT THE CORNERS.

AND THEN WHEN THAT IS SEWN TOGETHER, THAT FORMS THE PORTION OF THE CENTER OF YOUR PILLOW, THE TREE, AND THIS IS THE BACKGROUND.

THE FIRST TIME AROUND, I WOULD SEW YOUR RED STRIPS 1 1/2 INCH WIDE AS IN LOG CABIN.

JUST SEW AND FLIP BACK.

THE NEXT TIME AROUND BEFORE YOU SEW YOUR RED FLIPS, TAKE 4-INCH SQUARES, FOLD THEM IN HALF, AND THEN SIMPLY PLACE THOSE TRIANGLES IN ALL FOUR CORNERS.

AND THEN CONTINUE SEWING.

YOU GET THE OPEN TRIANGLES, AND I'VE GONE AHEAD AND USED A DECORATIVE STITCH ON THE MACHINE TO SET OFF THE QUILTING IN THE PILLOW.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE A WHITE DOUBLE-FACED BIAS RUFFLE AND ALSO A FLAT MITERED BACKING.

FOR THE PILLOW SHAM, I USE A 3-INCH OVERLAP IN THE BACK, SO IT MAKES IT EASY FOR YOU TO GET YOUR INSIDE PILLOW OUT EVERY TIME YOU WANT TO USE IT.

I DON'T THINK OUR SHOW WOULD BE COMPLETE UNLESS WE LOOKED AT A CHRISTMAS QUILT.

WE HAVE A DOUBLE IRISH CHAIN THAT WAS MADE BY VIVIAN LEVEAUX, AND SHE'S DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF VERY VIVID COLORS.

ISN'T IT NICE TO KNOW THAT AN IRISH CHAIN CAN BE LAP QUILTED?

YOU CAN SEE THE TAPE INDICATES WHERE OUR BLOCK IS SET OFF.

AND IT'S REALLY A BASIC FOUR-PATCH COMING ALL THE WAY UP LIKE SO AND LIKE SO.

IRISH CHAINS TRADITIONALLY ALWAYS HAVE A WHITE BLOCK AND A GREEN IN THE FOUR CORNERS.

SOMETIMES YOU SEE THEM APPLIQUED.

AND THEN IN THIS INSTANCE, THEY ARE ACTUALLY PIECED.

THERE IS A SQUARE, AND WE HAVE A RECTANGLE ON THE FOUR SIDES.

THE SEPARATE PIECED PATCH IS A 25-PATCH BLOCK WITH FIVE GOING THIS WAY AND FIVE GOING THIS WAY.

I THINK HER PRAIRIE POINTS REALLY HIGHLIGHT THE ENTIRE QUILT.

NOW OUR NEXT PROJECT WILL BE PLACE MATS.

OUR PLACE MATS ARE ENTITLED YOU'RE AN ANGEL.

AND OF COURSE, THEY CAN BE MADE INTO RECTANGLES, WHICH ARE THE MORE POPULAR SIZE.

YOU COULD LEAVE THE CORNERS SQUARE, OR YOU CAN CURVE THEM OFF, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE A ROUND TABLE.

BUT I ALSO LIKE THE LARGE MITERED CORNERS ON THE PLACE MATS, BECAUSE THEN YOUR TRIANGLE CAN FALL OFF THE FRONT OF YOUR TABLE.

I WANT TO GIVE US A REFRESHER COURSE ON MITERED CORNERS.

IN THE CASE OF OUR ANGEL BLOCK, IT DOES RELY ON THREE TEMPLATES: A LARGE SQUARE AND THEN TWO TRIANGLES.

THE LITTLE HEAD WOULD BE THE FOURTH TEMPLATE THAT WE WOULD NEED.

AND OF COURSE, THAT'S THE ACCENT IN OUR BASIC FOUR-PATCH.

ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR BLOCK PUT TOGETHER, WE WANT TO REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING A 12-INCH SQUARE OR ANY SIZE SQUARE THE SIZE OF YOUR FINISHED BLOCK AND PLACE THAT ON THE BACK OF YOUR PIECED BLOCK AND DRAWING AROUND IT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE YOUR FULL 1/4 INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE ON ALL FOUR SIDES.

FOLLOWING THAT LINE, I WOULD ADD THE FOUR MITERED BORDERS.

ONCE THEY HAVE BEEN MITERED, AND I'VE SEWN ALL OF THEM, BUT I HAVE LEFT ONE FREE AS A REMINDER HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE IN A MITERED CORNER NOT TO SEW OFF THE RAW EDGE.

WE SEW JUST UP TO THE 1/4 INCH, STOP, AND BACKSTITCH.

AND THAT LEAVES US SOME FREE-FLOATING ENDS.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THEN WE USE OUR STRAIGHT EDGE AS A GUIDE TO GO AHEAD AND CUT OFF EACH SIDE, ONCE THERE, AND THEN ON THIS SIDE SO THAT WHAT YOU GET ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE OF YOUR CORNERS IS A PERFECT OVERLAPPING RIGHT ANGLE.

THEN YOU TAKE AND PUT THE TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER.

AND HOLDING YOUR BLOCK EITHER LIKE THAT OR SOMETIMES, REMEMBER, IT'S NICE TO HOLD IT LIKE SO, BECAUSE THEN ON A FLAT SURFACE FROM WHERE YOU HAVE STOPPED BACKSTITCHING OUT TO THIS CORNER-- YOU WANT TO LINE THESE EDGES UP-- YOU CAN DRAW YOUR STRAIGHT LINE.

THAT BECOMES YOUR STRAIGHT LINE TO FOLLOW WHEN MITERING.

THESE HAVE ALL BEEN SEWN.

AND OF COURSE, ONCE THEY'VE BEEN MITERED PERFECTLY, THEN YOU CAN CUT OFF THOSE TRIANGLES.

NOW, REMEMBER, SAVE THESE TRIANGLES FOR A GYPSY DRESS.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THEN YOU'RE READY TO PUT YOUR BACKING ON YOUR ENTIRE PLACE MAT.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT BATTING INSIDE, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND PUT YOUR BACK MATERIAL WITH YOUR BATTING, COMBINE THE TWO.

PUT PINS ON THE OUTSIDE.

AND THEN WITH ALL THE RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER, I WOULD MACHINE STITCH AROUND YOUR ENTIRE PLACE MAT, LEAVING ABOUT A 7-INCH OPENING.

TRIM ALL YOUR EDGES, TURN IT INSIDE OUT, AND THEN YOU'RE READY TO FINISH YOUR PLACE MAT.

I FINISHED THIS PLACE MAT ON THE SEWING MACHINE.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT MACHINE QUILTING.

BUT IT WAS A NICE, QUICK PROJECT.

AND THEN I COULD EVEN PUT A LITTLE HALO ON THE TOP OF THE ANGEL.

OUR CHRISTMAS PROJECTS CONTINUE ALL SPREAD OUT ON A LOVELY POINSETTIA QUILT.

IT WAS JUST RECENTLY FINISHED-- TWO YEARS IN THE FRAME-- BY KAREN PREVIER, AND WAS A QUILT THAT WAS PASSED ON DOWN IN HER FAMILY.

ONE GENERATION APPLIQUED IT.

ANOTHER GENERATION PUT THE FRENCH KNOTS ON IT.

AND THEN FINALLY, SHE FINISHED IT.

IT WAS CROSSHATCHED IN THE CENTER, AND THEN THE OUTSIDE EDGES HAD FAN QUILTING.

AND IT REALLY IS LOVELY FOR OUR ENTIRE SETTING.

ALSO FEATURED ARE SOME BEAUTIFUL HANDCARVED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS THAT WERE MADE AT THE JOHN CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL.

WE'LL START OFF OUR PROJECTS THIS TIME WITH A CHRISTMAS SKIRT.

AND THE NICE PART ABOUT THIS SKIRT IS THAT IT CAN BE USED DURING THE HOLIDAYS AND THEN EVERY OTHER DAY OF THE YEAR CAN BE A NICE PASTEL SETTING ON YOUR WOODEN TABLE.

IT TAKES 16 SEGMENTS ON ONE SIDE AND THEN 16 PASTEL ON THE OTHER.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S UP TO YOU WHETHER YOU ALTER THEM WITH YOUR TAFFETA IN WHITE.

OR MAYBE YOU'D WANT A SOLID COLOR.

TO MAKE YOUR OWN PATTERN, YOU NEED TO SIMPLY TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER AND DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE THAT'S 20 INCHES LONG.

AT ONE END, YOU NEED TO DRAW A 9-INCH LINE.

THAT WOULD BE 4 1/2 INCHES MIDPOINT PERPENDICULAR TO THAT ORIGINAL LINE.

AT THE OTHER END, AN INCH AND A 1/4.

THEN CONNECT THOSE OUTSIDE LINES.

GIVE YOURSELF A 1/4 INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE AROUND THE OUTSIDE.

AND THAT BECOMES YOUR OWN TEMPLATE.

NOW, TO FINISH IT, WE'RE GOING TO TREAT THE OUTSIDE EDGES JUST LIKE WE DID THE GRANDMOTHER'S FAN.

ONLY THIS IS GREATLY ENLARGED.

MACHINE STITCH ACROSS ONE END.

AND THEN TURN IT INSIDE OUT, FORMING YOUR FINISHED TRIANGLES.

THE NICE PART ABOUT THIS IS THAT IT'S CALLED SEW AND EXTEND.

AND AS YOU'RE FINISHING IT, YOU COMPLETE THE ENTIRE PORTION.

PUT THE RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER.

AND I LIKE TO INCLUDE BATTING ON ONE-- ON THE BOTTOM SIDE.

IT GIVES IT A LITTLE BIT OF OOMPH.

AND REMEMBER THAT YOUR BATTING WILL SEW VERY NICELY AGAINST THE FEED DOGS OF YOUR MACHINE.

BUT LINE ALL THIS UP, MAKING SURE THAT YOUR TRIANGLES LINE UP AT THE END.

MACHINE STITCH, AND THEN EXTEND.

EACH TIME, THE PREVIOUS PORTION IS ALL FINISHED.

THE LAST ONE, AS YOU CAN SEE, BECAUSE I HAVE AN OUTSIDE EDGE, I HAVE GONE AHEAD AND FINISHED THAT EDGE SO THAT THIS PORTION WOULD MACHINE STITCH ON THIS SIDE.

AND WHEN THIS SWINGS AROUND THE BACK, I WOULD HAVE A LITTLE HANDWORK ON THE BACK SIDE.

BUT THAT'S YOUR CHRISTMAS SKIRT.

AND IT'S ALL FINISHED IN ONE PROCESS.

LET'S GO ON TO MAYBE A DECORATIVE FRONT DOOR FEATURING THE HOLLY LEAF.

THIS SAME IDEA WOULD ADAPT FOR AN OAK LEAF FOR THE FALL.

YOU WOULD SIMPLY TAKE A YARD OF FABRIC, ANY GREEN FABRIC.

YOU COULD HAVE IT ALL THE SAME.

OR IN THIS CASE, I HAVE A RANDOM SELECTION.

THIS MIGHT BE A NICE PROJECT TO GET TOGETHER WITH SEVERAL OF YOUR LADY FRIENDS.

AND YOU COULD EXCHANGE FABRIC ONCE YOU HAVE SEWN IT TOGETHER.

TAKE A YARD OF FABRIC AND FOLD IT IN HALF WITH THE RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER AND A FULL PIECE OF BATTING UNDERNEATH.

TRACE YOUR HOLLY LEAF PATTERN ON THE ENTIRE TOP.

AND OF COURSE, ALLOW FOR A SEAM ALLOWANCE.

THEN MACHINE STITCH, LEAVING AN OPENING, OH, ABOUT 2 INCHES ON ONE SIDE.

WHEN YOU COME TO THE POINTS ON YOUR HOLLY LEAF, INSTEAD OF JUST TURNING OR PIVOTING WITH THE NEEDLE IN THE MACHINE, GIVE YOURSELF ONE EXTRA STITCH AT A RIGHT ANGLE.

THAT WILL MAKE THAT-- WHEN YOU INVERT THIS, THAT'LL MAKE NICE POINTS FOR YOU.

ONCE THAT'S BEEN INVERTED, I LIKE TO HAND WHIPSTITCH THE OPENING CLOSED.

AND THEN WITH A DECORATIVE STITCH ON YOUR MACHINE, GO RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER OF YOUR MACHINE.

IT COULD BE JUST A ZIGZAG.

BUT THAT GIVES IT THAT LITTLE BIT OF DIMENSION AND THAT OOMPH.

YOU NEED A BASE IN THE BACK, WHICH IS JUST A RECTANGULAR PIECE.

AND THEN POSITION YOUR HOLLY LEAVES.

AND UNDERNEATH, YOU ARE GOING TO MACHINE STITCH THOSE IN PLACE.

AND THEN YOUR LAST HOLLY LEAF COVERS UP YOUR MACHINE STITCHING.

A NICE PLAID TAFFETA BOW CAN ACCENT THE ENTIRE LEAF.

THIS WOULD BE A NICE PROJECT.

YOU COULD JUST KEEP MAKING HOLLY LEAVES AND USE IT ACROSS THE MANTLE ALSO.

FROM THERE, WE'RE GONNA GO ON TO A ROPE CUMMERBUND.

THESE HAVE BEEN VERY POPULAR LATELY.

AND AT YOU CAN SEE, I'VE MADE ONE TO DECORATE AND MATCH MY BLOUSE.

I HOPE YOU NOTICE THE FLYING GEESE GOING ON AND ON.

WE'VE HAD OUR LESSON IN FLYING GEESE.

TO MAKE THE CUMMERBUND, YOU NEED A LENGTH THAT WOULD EQUAL FOUR 20-INCH LONG BIAS PIECES FOR YOUR ROPE.

NOW, TO MAKE THIS, YOU NEED SOME JUMBO TUBING FOR THE INSIDE.

IT CAN BE A SYNTHETIC, A POLYESTER, OR SOME SIMILAR THAT THEY USE IN UPHOLSTERY.

YOU NEED AN INCH AND A 1/2 WIDE BIAS.

AND THIS REALLY WORKS BEST WITH BIAS TAPE.

YOU ALSO NEED SOME STRONG SELVAGE OR SOME MACRAME CORD, SOMETHING THAT IS VERY TAUT, AND IT WILL NOT RIP OR HAVE A LOT OF GIVE TO IT.

PLACE THAT IN THE CENTER OF YOUR BIAS AND FOLD IT IN HALF.

NOW, THAT'S GOING TO RIDE IN THAT FOLD.

YOU DON'T WANT TO CATCH THAT IN THE MACHINE.

THEN YOUR FAT TUBING.

THAT WILL BE PLACED UNDERNEATH.

AND ALL THREE OF THESE NEED TO BE SEWN REPEATEDLY.

I WOULD BACKSTITCH AT THE MACHINE TO START OUT.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN SEWN, THEN YOU CAN FLIP THIS ASIDE.

AND DON'T TRY TO INCORPORATE THAT WHEN YOU SEW DOWN.

BUT YOUR CORDING NEEDS TO STAY IN THE FOLD.

I WOULD MACHINE STITCH THE RAW EDGE ALL THE WAY DOWN.

I WOULD USE EITHER A VERY NARROW ZIGZAG OR A VERY TIGHT STITCH, MAYBE A LOCK-KNIT STITCH OF SORTS ON YOUR MACHINE, BECAUSE THAT WILL HAVE A LOT OF GIVE.

ONCE YOU INVERT THAT-- AND YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A FRIEND TO HELP YOU HOLD THIS END, AND IT'S HARD TO START WHEN YOU FIRST BEGIN.

BUT AFTER YOU GET IT ALL STARTED, THEN YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU JUST CAN KEEP PULLING ALL THE WAY DOWN.

AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR CLEAN PORTION.

AND IT WILL SIMPLY INVERT.

YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE TROUBLE WHERE THE BIAS HAS BEEN SEWN TOGETHER.

AND IT JUST TAKES SOME LICKING OF THE FINGERS AND SOME PULLING.

BUT YOU WILL GET IT ALL INVERTED AND HAVE YOUR NICE CORDING.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, CUT IT INTO FOUR 20-INCH LENGTHS.

AND BY FOLDING TWO OF THEM LIKE SO AND TWO OF THEM LIKE SO, YOU'RE GOING TO INTERLOCK THEM.

PUT ONE INSIDE THE OTHER, AND THEN THE BOTTOM TWO COME OUT.

AND THE OTHER TWO COME OUT.

AND YOU FORM YOUR DOUBLE KNOT ALL THE WAY LIKE SO.

ONCE YOU GET THAT POSITIONED, MAKE SURE THAT YOUR SEAMS ARE TURNED TO THE BACK SIDE.

THERE WILL BE A FRONT AND A BACK OF THIS.

AND THEN ALSO, YOU'RE GOING TO-- WITH A RED NEEDLE AND THREAD, I WOULD GO TO THE BACK SIDE AND STITCH THOSE IN PLACE SO THEY'RE ANCHORED.

THEY'RE NOT GONNA SLIP AROUND.

THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO MAKE A BAND ON THE BACK SIDE OF YOUR BELT.

AND I THINK VELCRO IS ENOUGH TO USE.

I INCLUDE SOME BATTING IN HERE, AND THEN SOME VERY TIGHT MACHINE STITCHING WILL GIVE IT BODY.

AND THAT WOULD COMPLETE YOUR CUMMERBUND.

NOW, WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT LIDS ON BASKETS, AND I THINK THIS IS A NICE WAY TO COMPLETE A BASKET.

IT'S SIMPLY AN OPENING IN A PATCHED BLOCK.

IT WORKS BEST WITH A FOUR-PATCH.

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, YOU THEN HAVE YOUR HANDLE, BECAUSE THERE'S A CLEAN OPENING.

ONCE YOU'VE DECIDED ON YOUR FOUR-PATCH-- IN THIS CASE, WE'VE USED THE SWIRL DESIGN.

AND THIS HAPPENS TO BE OUR BLOCK OF THE DAY FOR OUR SPINNING SPOOL QUILT-- YOU WOULD MEASURE THE OPENING ACROSS YOUR BASKET.

AND ONCE-- OH, LOOK.

WE'RE ALL SET HERE FOR CHRISTMAS: PICKLES AND JAMS AND JELLIES.

WOULDN'T THIS MAKE A NICE PRESENT?

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN-- YOU HAVE FIGURED THAT, THEN I WOULD MACHINE STITCH YOUR BLOCK AS MUCH AS YOU NEED, SAY, AN INCH OR A 1/2 AN INCH, AS LONG AS YOU'VE GOT THAT OPENING TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.

THEN FOUR TRIANGLES SEWN ON THE FOUR SIDES WOULD COMPLETE THE TOP.

BUT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A FINISHING TOUCH TO DO THIS.

AND WE NEED TO GO TO THE MACHINE TO SHOW YOU THE PROPER FINISH.

ONCE YOUR BLOCK HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND THE FOUR TRIANGLES HAVE BEEN SEWN ON, I USE THAT AS A PATTERN TO CUT OUT MY BACKING.

AND IT DOESN'T HURT IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER, BECAUSE YOU'RE GONNA TRIM THAT OFF AS SOON AS YOU HAVE THE LID PART COMPLETED.

I'VE GONE AHEAD AND SEWN ONE PORTION, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

REMEMBER, YOU BACKSTITCHED AFTER YOU SEWED MAYBE JUST AN INCH ON EACH SIDE OF YOUR FOUR-PATCH.

SO THEN YOU ALIGN YOUR LINING, MACHINE STITCH DOWN RIGHT TO THAT POINT AND BACKSTITCH.

I'M GONNA DO THE SAME THING WITH THE OTHER SIDE.

PUT THE RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER.

MAKE SURE THAT YOUR TRIANGLE COVERS THE WHOLE PORTION.

AND THEN MACHINE STITCH ALL THE WAY UP RIGHT TO THERE AND THEN STOP.

I'M GONNA PUT A PIN HERE, AND I THINK THAT WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN SEWN, I WOULD TURN IT TO THE INSIDE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A NICE CLEAN OPENING FOR YOUR LID PORTION.

TO COMPLETE THAT, ONCE THIS COMES ALL THE WAY BACK, YOU WOULD SIMPLY TURN THIS, AND THEN MACHINE STITCH THAT SEPARATE TRIANGULAR END ON THIS END AND THAT SIDE ALSO.

THEN I THINK A NICE FINISHING TOUCH HERE WOULD BE SIMPLY TO TURN THE TWO RIGHT SIDES IN ON LIKE THAT ON THE BACKING AND THE FRONT AND MACHINE STITCH THOSE TOGETHER.

YOU COULD EVEN ADD SOME EYELET IF YOU WANTED TO TO ACCENT YOUR BASKET LID.

WE HAVE REALLY BEEN GOING STRONG ON OUR SPOOL BLOCK, AND I WANT TO HELP YOU COME TO AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE CENTER PORTION.

AND I HAVE SOME BLOCKS THAT ARE HOT FROM A CLASS.

WE CALL THESE STILL WARM.

AND I THOUGHT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE SOME VARIETIES OF THE SPOOL PATTERN.

AS YOU STUDY THESE, NOTICE HOW THE LIGHTER COLORS TEND TO RECEDE.

I THINK IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT CONCEPT OF THE SPOOL PATTERN.

THEY'VE ALL CHOSEN A LIGHTER PORTION AROUND THE OUTSIDE EDGE.

NOW, THIS IS INTERESTING.

I LIKE WHAT SHE'S DONE HERE.

NOTICE WHEN THE SPOOL IS DARKER HOW IT COMES FORWARD MORE.

ISN'T IT INTERESTING HERE USING A BORDER PRINT?

A NEW DESIGN EMERGES ALMOST UNDER THE BROWN.

THESE ARE FUN.

I SEE SOME VERY OLD FABRICS HERE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THE DARKER COLORS MAKE AN ENTIRE NEW PATTERN.

THIS IS PRETTY, A NICE COMBINATION.

NOW, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO HAVE MORE OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE SIZE OF THE TRAPEZOID THAT YOU NEED TO COMPLETE YOUR SPOOL PATTERN.

YOU REMEMBER WE DID THE SPOOL BLOCK FOUR TIMES AND SEWED THAT TOGETHER.

AND IN DOING THAT, WE COME UP WITH A GRAPHING PORTION OF THE WHOLE QUILT.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN SEWN TOGETHER, WE HAVE A 24-INCH SQUARE.

YOU THEN NEED TO ADD A BAND ON ALL FOUR SIDES, A 3/4 INCH BAND, WHICH WOULD MEAN CUTTING THAT BAND AN INCH AND A 1/4 WIDE.

YOU NEED TO INCREASE THE SIZE OF THIS OFFSET PORTION TO REACH 36 INCHES.

REMEMBER, TWO BLOCKS ABOVE AND TWO BELOW THAT ARE 18 INCHES.

SO WE KNOW WE'RE WORKING WITH A 36-INCH SPAN ACROSS HERE.

THREE BLOCKS ON EACH SIDE MEANS 54 INCHES.

SO THEN WE WANT TO KNOW OUR TRAPEZOID SHAPE TO GO IN THIS PORTION.

YOU NEED FOUR OF THEM.

AND THE SIZE THAT YOU NEED WOULD BE 18 INCHES ACROSS THE TOP, 27 ON ONE SIDE, AND 9 ON THE OTHER.

PERHAPS THE BEST WAY FOR YOU TO DO THIS AND UNDERSTAND IT COMPLETELY IS TO MAKE YOUR OWN PATTERN.

WITH THESE DIMENSIONS, I WOULD GO AHEAD ON A PIECE OF PAPER AND DRAW YOUR 18 INCHES, YOUR 9 DOWN, AND YOUR 27 ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THEN CONNECT THESE TWO FOR YOUR TRAPEZOID.

NOW, DON'T FORGET TO ADD YOUR 1/4 OF AN INCH ON ALL FOUR SIDES.

AND THIS WOULD BE YOUR PATTERN FOR YOUR FOUR TRAPEZOIDS TO COMPLETE ALL AROUND YOUR SPINNING SPOOL'S CENTER RECTANGLE.

NOW, OUR BLOCK OF THE DAY IS A SWIRL PATTERN.

AND LET ME PICK IT UP AND BRING IT OVER.

IT RELIES ON THREE TEMPLATES.

AND WE'RE GONNA SHOW YOU YOUR QUILTING LINES ALSO TODAY.

IT IS A BLOCK THAT CAN BE MADE IN HALF.

IT IS-- I WOULD GET ONE PORTION DONE AND THEN DO THE OTHER.

YOU HAVE A PARALLELOGRAM.

YOU HAVE A TRIANGLE, A SMALL TRIANGLE INSIDE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE A LARGER TRIANGLE ON THE OUTSIDE.

NOW, NOTICE YOUR LARGE TRIANGLE, THE DIAGONAL, IS ON THE OUTSIDE, AND IT IS ON THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN.

IT ALSO RELIES ON TWO MORE ON THE INSIDE.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN CUT OUT, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR FOUR CORNER SEGMENTS TOGETHER.

IN OTHER WORDS, THIS HAS TO BE SEWN HERE TO COMPLETE IT.

AND MAKE SURE YOU PIN AND PIQUE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT ALIGNS CORRECTLY.

YOU WANT THAT PERFECT CONNECTION TO HAPPEN.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MACHINE STITCH THIS AND COME UP TO A POINT, STOP, AND BACKSTITCH.

THIS WOULD BE A TIME TO RELY ON THAT HOLE PUNCH.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE EDGE, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO END UP HAVING TO DO SOME PIVOTING HERE.

IF THIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED HERE AND THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED, WHAT HAPPENS IS, THIS PORTION HAS TO SET IN ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE.

AND WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE ANGLES THAT IS VERY HARD TO TURN ON THE MACHINE.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO COME UP, SEW, BACKSTITCH, TAKE IT OFF THE MACHINE, AND THEN TURN.

THIS HALF WOULD THEN BE SEWN TO THE OTHER HALF.

LET'S LOOK AT SOME OTHER IDEAS WITH OUR SWIRL PATTERN.

SHIRLEY'S HAS A BLOCK THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

AND IT HAS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT FOCUS.

SHE HAS A LIGHT CENTER, AND THEN SHE HAS COMBINED THESE COLORS ON THE OUTSIDE TO MAKE EVEN A LARGER TRIANGLE.

I THINK IT HAS A NICE ACCENT.

LOOK HOW SHE HAS QUILTED ALSO.

IT HAS A NICE RADIATING FEATURE IN THE CENTER.

AND THEN ON THE CORNERS, SHE HAS USED HER MASKING TAPE TO HAVE A SMALLER TRIANGLE TO OFFSET HER LARGER TRIANGLE.

I'M QUILTING IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

AND I THINK YOU CAN FOLLOW.

AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE JUST STARTED IN THE CENTER PORTION.

BUT YOU CAN FOLLOW THE LINES.

IT'LL BE VERY SIMILAR TO SHIRLEY'S IN THE CENTER.

THEN I PLAN ON USING THE 1/4 INCH MASKING TAPE IN THE LARGE PARALLELOGRAMS AND IN THE SMALL TRIANGLE.

AND THEN ON THE OUTSIDE TRIANGLES, I'M GONNA PICK UP ON THE PROTRACTOR AND USE THAT CURVE ALL THE WAY ON THE OUTSIDE TO KIND OF ACCENT ALL THE WAY AROUND.

NOW, I'M GOING TO-- WE HAVEN'T QUILTED FOR A WHILE, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD PUT MY THIMBLE ON AND DO SOME QUILTING FOR A FEW MINUTES.

WE WANT TO REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE, AS ALWAYS, OF STARTING IN THE CENTER OF ALL OF OUR BLOCKS WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR LAP QUILTING.

AND ALSO, I HAVE FOUND THAT IT REALLY HELPS TO HAVE THIS OFF HAND COME AT THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF YOUR THIMBLE FINGER.

THAT IS A NICE BALANCE.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU WOULDN'T BE QUILTING LIKE THIS OR LIKE THIS.

THIS HAND WOULD BE COMING IN.

AND START ON THAT OUTSIDE EDGE.

REMEMBER, YOUR THREE LAYERS ARE BASTED ALL THE WAY TOGETHER.

AND I GET VERY DISTURBED WHEN I SEE QUILTING THAT HAS STARTED TO ACCUMULATE ON THE BACKSIDE.

PERHAPS THAT MEANS THAT YOU NEED TO USE A HOOP WHEN YOU QUILT, OR PERHAPS THAT MEANS YOU NEED MORE QUILTING.

BUT THE MINUTE THAT HAPPENS AND YOU CAN FEEL IT HAPPENING ON YOUR OFF HAND UNDERNEATH, YOU NEED TO STOP AND TAKE THOSE STITCHES OUT AND START OVER AGAIN.

YOU WILL NOT BE HAPPY WITH THEM IN THE END.

NEXT WEEK, WE ARE GONNA STUDY THE RECTANGLE AND LEARN ABOUT MAKING A CHURCH WALL HANGING AND AN ADD-A-MEMBER BANNER.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THEN.

GOOD-BYE.

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AND: GEORGIA BONESTEEL IS THE AUTHOR OF LAP QUILTING AND MORE LAP QUILTING, PUBLISHED BY OXMOOR HOUSE AND AVAILABLE IN LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES NATIONWIDE.