♪ CUT AND STITCH TODAY FOR OUR THREE QUILTS-- COPYCAT, THE ULTIMATE POSTAGE STAMP QUILT, AND BABY BUGGY BOOMERS.

YES, MANY BRIGHT IDEAS FOR PIECEWORK MAKE EACH OF THESE QUILTS A PIECE OF CAKE.

THEN EXAMINE THE NUMEROUS METHODS FOR QUICK PIECING.

I AM SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY ON "LAP QUILTING," ESPECIALLY OUR STUDIO AUDIENCE.

♪ IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GRANTS FROM GINGHER, INC., MAKERS OF SHEARS FOR THE HOME, BUSINESS, AND INDUSTRY.

AND BERNINA, MAKERS OF SEWING MACHINES MANUFACTURED WITH THE CARE OF TRADITIONAL SWISS WORKMANSHIP.

YOU MIGHT REMEMBER BARGELLO FROM OUR LAST SERIES.

THIS IS THE SORT OF THING, THIS TECHNIQUE, THAT IS ADAPTED FOR OUR COPYCAT QUILT.

WE'RE STARTING WITH THAT TODAY, AND IN THE WAY OF A REVIEW, I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THE AMOUNT OF FABRIC THAT YOU NEED FOR THAT QUILT.

REMEMBER WE NEED 4.

START WITH 3/4 YARD OF A DARK, MEDIUM, AND A LIGHT FABRIC.

AND THEN YOUR BACKGROUND FABRIC, WHICH CAN BE EVEN LIGHTER, YOU NEED 4 3/4 YARDS OF THAT.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN PRE-SHRUNK AND WASHED AND PRESSED, THEN YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT 3/4 LENGTH AND LAYER IT--YOUR DARK, YOUR MEDIUM, YOUR LIGHT, AND YOUR BACKGROUND FABRIC ALL TOGETHER.

YOUR SELVAGE IS OVER HERE.

YOU'RE THEN READY TO MAKE YOUR 5 1/2" CUTS.

YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE THREE OF THEM.

CUT ONCE, CUT TWICE, AND THEN A THIRD TIME.

WHEN I DO THAT, I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GET A CLEAN CUT FIRST.

SOMETIMES THERE'S SOME RAVELS FROM WHERE YOU'VE PRE-SHRUNK IT, SO HOLD THIS IN PLACE, RELEASE YOUR ROTARY CUTTER, AND THEN YOU ARE READY TO COME.

YOU WANT TO HOLD THAT VERY, VERY TIGHT SO YOU CAN MAKE ALL OF THOSE CUTS ALL THE WAY DOWN.

OH, ISN'T THAT WONDERFUL?

THEN YOU'RE GOING TO COME OVER 5 1/2.

LINE IT UP AT BOTH END.

ON A 6" RULER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 1/2" THAT'S GONNA STICK OUT, SO THAT THAT HELPS YOU TO GAUGE THAT.

ALL THE WAY DOWN ONCE, AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF MOVE THAT ASIDE BECAUSE YOU WANT, EACH TIME, YOU WANT TO LOOK RIGHT THROUGH HERE AND SEE THAT.

ALL RIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA COME HERE AGAIN.

YOU NEED THAT FOR YOUR POINT OF REFERENCE, DON'T YOU?

ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND THEN ONCE MORE, AND YOU'RE READY TO GO TO THE SEWING MACHINE AFTER ONE MORE CUT.

THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF MAKING YOUR STRIPE FABRIC.

NOW TO THE SEWING MACHINE.

WELL, GREMLINS HAVE BEEN HERE-- THANK HEAVENS-- AND THEY HAVE GOTTEN IT PARTIALLY PUT TOGETHER.

YOU CAN SEE THAT IT REALLY DOES HELP TO PUT YOUR DARKER COLORS TOGETHER.

THEN THAT BACKGROUND, THAT LIGHTER ONE, IS NEXT TO THIS DARKEST ONE, AND THAT GIVES YOU A GOOD IMPACT FOR YOUR BARGELLO.

I'VE TAKEN A 1/4" SEAM ALLOWANCE ON ALL OF THESE, THEN I'M GOING TO ALIGN THE RAW EDGES AGAIN AND STITCH THIS ALL THE WAY DOWN.

I'D USE A COORDINATING THREAD.

ALL THE WAY, THIS IS STRAIGHT-- JUST STRAIGHT STITCHING ALL THE WAY DOWN.

YOU CAN BE PLANNING ON THE ACCENTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ON THIS QUILT AS YOU'RE STITCHING.

THIS IS A GOOD WAY TO LEARN ABOUT TAKING A 1/4" SEAM ALLOWANCE.

THERE'S NOTHING EASIER THAN JUST STRAIGHT STITCHING IN PATCHWORK.

BUT YOU HAVE CHOSEN YOUR FABRICS CAREFULLY... AND THAT'S JUST PART OF WHAT WE DO-- STITCHING THEM UP AND THEN CUTTING THEM UP AGAIN.

JUST FINISHING THIS LAST PIECE, AND ONCE THAT'S DONE, A KEY FACTOR IN REALLY FINISHING THIS QUILT IS TO CONSIDER THE SEAM ALLOWANCES ON THE BACKSIDE.

IN PATCHWORK, QUITE OFTEN, WE WILL PRESS ALL THE SEAMS IN ONE DIRECTION.

IT REALLY HELPS WITH THE COPYCAT QUILT FOR YOUR STRIPED FABRIC, TO PRESS THE CLOSED SEAMS OUTWARD THE FIRST TIME, AND THEN THE NEXT TIME, THEY WANT TO BE FACING EACH OTHER, SO YOU JUST ALTERNATE THOSE ALL THE WAY DOWN THE BACK.

ONCE THAT'S DONE, YOU'RE READY TO MAKE YOUR SECOND CUT WITH YOUR BARGELLO.

WE'LL GO BACK TO THE CUTTING BOARD.

NOW THAT WE'RE CUT AND STITCHED AND PRESSED, WE'RE READY TO FOLD THIS IN HALF AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET RID OF THAT LITTLE PIECE OF SELVAGE ALL THE WAY DOWN.

THAT'S USUALLY JUST ABOUT 1/2" ALL THE WAY DOWN.

AS YOU'RE CUTTING, YOU REALIZE THAT EVEN THE CLOSED SEAMS ARE STAGGERED, AND THAT MAKES IT EXTRA SPECIAL THAT THERE IS NOT THAT EXCESS OF FABRIC.

ONCE THAT'S GONE-- JUST SAVE THAT FOR A STRING QUILT-- THEN YOU'RE READY TO COME AND LINE UP 3 1/2" ALL THE WAY ACROSS THIS WHOLE SWOOP HERE.

YOU'RE GOING TO START 3 1/2 ALL THE WAY HERE, MOVE THAT RULER UP AND CONTINUE.

CUT THIS APART ALL THE WAY DOWN.

3 1/2" CUTS.

ONCE, TWICE, JUST KEEP GOING.

AND YOU'RE THINKING, "HOW NICE THAT I HAVE A SEWING MACHINE, "THAT I CAN CUT RIGHT INTO THAT LOCK STITCH, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO UNRAVEL OR GO ANYWHERE."

SEE HOW NICE THAT IS?

ONCE YOU'VE MADE THOSE CUTS, THOSE 3 1/2"-WIDE CUTS, YOU WILL HAVE 12 ROWS.

SAVE ONE ROW FOR LATER ON AND GO AHEAD AND DROP EACH ROW ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MAKE YOUR DESIGN, ONE RECTANGLE EACH TIME.

YOU WILL GO DOWN FIVE, STOP AT SIX, AND BACK UP.

NOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY NOTICING SOMETHING.

YOU HAVE A VOID HERE.

GO AHEAD AND PULL THIS ALL THE WAY-- IT HELPS TO PIN THOSE TOGETHER.

AND COUNT DOWN ON EACH OUTSIDE PANEL 10 RECTANGLES.

WHEN YOU COME ALL THE WAY DOWN, YOU NEED TO START RIPPING OUT.

YES, THERE ARE ALWAYS GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS HERE.

BUT IF YOU WILL NOTICE, THIS ROW RIGHT HERE-- IF YOU WILL RIP OUT ALL THE WAY ACROSS HERE AND THEN COME DOWN TWO ROWS AND RIP OUT THIS ROW-- SAVE THESE RECTANGLES FOR YOUR COPYCATS-- AND THEN THIS BOTTOM SECTION WILL ALL COME AND FILL IN THAT TOP.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY LIKE THE WAY EACH TIME IT MATCHES.

HERE'S ONE THAT I'VE ALREADY RIPPED OUT.

SO KNOWING THAT THAT WILL COME TO THE TOP AND THIS ONE WILL COME HERE.

LET'S GO UP HERE AND SEE IF THAT WILL WORK.

ONCE YOU GET UP HERE, THIS WILL BE RESTITCHED HERE.

AND I THINK IT REALLY HELPS TO GO AHEAD AND PIN FIRST, BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN STITCH ALL OF THEM AT THE SAME TIME.

WE'RE MISSING THE COPYCATS AT THE TOP.

LET'S SEE HOW THEY WORK.

THE COPYCAT RECTANGLE WAS BASED ON 3" x 5" RECTANGLES.

ONCE IT'S SHADED IN, I THINK YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE TO POSITION EACH PIECE.

I'VE GONE AHEAD AND CUT THESE OUT IN THREE ROWS, AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A FEW POINTERS IN CUTTING THOSE OUT.

WE HAD OUR FOUR TEMPLATES, WE HAVE OUR GRAIN LINES ALL INDICATED, KNOWING THAT THE "A" TEMPLATE WILL GO FOR THE BODY AND ALSO THE BACKGROUND.

BUT THEN IN EACH ROW-- I WOULD WORK ONE ROW AT A TIME-- WE HAVE THIS "C" TRIANGLE THAT IS SOMETIMES REPRESENTED THIS WAY.

ONE DARK AND THEN A DARK UP HERE.

BUT LOOK, IT WON'T GO THAT WAY, SO YOU HAVE TO TURN IT OVER.

SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO FLIP THESE TEMPLATES, ESPECIALLY THE "C" TRIANGLE.

THE SMALLER TRIANGLE IS REPRESENTED IN DARK AND LIGHT, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR "D" TEMPLATE.

SO I WOULD WORK ONE ROW AT A TIME.

WHEN YOU GET READY TO ACTUALLY TO CUT OUT THESE TEMPLATES-- FOR INSTANCE, WITH THE MIRROR IMAGE OR THE REVERSE HERE, IT DOES HELP TO GO AHEAD AND PUT THE TWO FABRICS TOGETHER.

THERE ARE MANY TOOLS WE USE TODAY FOR MARKING.

WHILE WE'VE GOT SO MANY GOOD THINGS, THERE'S ALWAYS A PENCIL.

THERE'S A WHITE FABRIC MARKER.

ALL THE CHALK RULERS.

THIS LITTLE TRIANGLE WORKS VERY NICE OR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, BUT WHATEVER YOU'RE DOING, YOU DO WANT TO HOLD THAT IN PLACE, ALWAYS REMEMBERING THAT THE LINE THAT YOU TRANSFER TO THE CLOTH BECOMES NOT ONLY YOUR CUTTING GUIDE, BUT THEN ALSO BECOMES YOUR LINE TO SEW IN 1/4".

I LIKE TO, WHEN YOU'RE CUTTING OUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, TO GO AHEAD AND CUT AT LEAST TWO AT A TIME.

IT REALLY DOES HELP, AND OF COURSE, THAT LINE IS TRUE AND IS LINED UP TO EITHER THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN OR THE CROSSWISE.

AND WITH ALL YOUR PIECES THEN CUT OUT AND IN PLACE, YOU'RE READY TO GO TO THE SEWING MACHINE.

IT HELPS TO USE A PLASTIC TEMPLATE ALSO THAT HAS THE HOLE PUNCH IN IT AT THOSE 1/4"-INCH TURNS.

LET'S GO TO THE MACHINE AND SEE HOW THOSE ARE USED.

WE'RE GOING TO CONCENTRATE HERE ON ONE ROW, AND I'D LIKE TO JUST GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THAT IS PUT TOGETHER.

SEE, I LOST A FEW COMING OVER HERE.

THERE WE GO.

FLIP THOSE BACK.

ONCE YOU HAVE THE HOLE PUNCHED WITH A TINY LITTLE HOLE PUNCH, PROBABLY 1/8 OF AN INCH, YOU CAN THEN INDICATE THAT.

YOU SEE THE WHITE MARK I'VE PUT AT EACH CORNER?

THAT'S MY 1/4", AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY TO SEW UP TO THAT, BUT IT GIVES YOU A GAUGE TO SEW ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

IT ALSO ALLOWS YOU TO POKE HERE AND POKE HERE.

DO YOU SEE HOW THAT'S LINED UP?

OH, YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY LIKE THAT, BECAUSE THEN YOU'LL KNOW HOW MUCH TO EKE OUT EACH TIME YOU PUT TWO TRIANGLES SUCH AS THIS TOGETHER.

START AT THE RAW EDGE, COME ALL THE WAY DOWN, TAKING YOUR 1/4" SEAM ALLOWANCE.

OF COURSE, I WOULD JUST CONTINUE THIS IN A WHOLE FACTORY SYSTEM.

YET EVERY TIME YOU NEED TWO TRIANGLES TO GO TOGETHER, PICK THEM UP, KNOWING THAT YOU'VE GOT THESE LINED UP SO YOU CAN COME BACK EACH TIME AND GO LIKE THIS.

NOW, I ALSO LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND PRESS THAT DARK, RIGHT TO THE DARK.

YOU'VE GOT THE CLOSED SEAMS GOING TO THE DARK.

I WOULD ALSO GET IN THE HABIT OF USING WHAT I CALL A MASTER TEMPLATE.

TAKE THIS TEMPLATE, WHICH IS YOUR 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" RECTANGLE.

PLACE IT RIGHT ON TOP.

OH, YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT.

DO YOU SEE HOW I'VE DRAWN A LINE RIGHT THROUGH HERE, AND THAT IS YOUR GUIDE TO JUST LINE RIGHT UP THERE.

IF THERE'S ANY EXCESS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT HAS TO BE TRIMMED OFF, THOSE DOG-EARS, YOU KNOW ABOUT THOSE, COME AND GET RID OF THEM.

AND I QUITE OFTEN JUST HOLD THE TEMPLATE RIGHT ON THERE.

COME LIKE THIS.

YOU'RE READY TO GO AND CONTINUE GOING FOR EACH ROW.

NOW, I'VE GONE AHEAD AND PIECED PART OF THE CAT TOGETHER, AND YOU CAN GET A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS, ALL THREE CATS.

KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU WILL SOMETIMES HAVE PART OF THE CAT FABRIC IS GOING TO FLOW INTO THE BARGELLO, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO MOVE YOUR CATS AROUND AND REPOSITION THEM AT DIFFERENT PLACES.

REMEMBER, ONCE YOU GET THESE ALL PUT TOGETHER, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 13 ROWS ACROSS AND 13 ROWS DOWN.

THAT MEANS THAT YOUR QUILT, INCLUDING THESE SIDE BORDERS, WILL MEASURE 39" x 65".

YOU'RE GOING TO NEED THREE EXTRA PANELS.

LET ME SEE.

ONE, TWO-- FOUR--EXCUSE ME-- FOUR EXTRA PANELS.

ONE IS 15 1/2" LONG x 3 1/2".

ANOTHER ONE JUST LIKE IT OVER HERE IN BETWEEN THE CATS, AND THEN YOUR SIDE PANELS NEED TO BE CUT 67 1/2" LONG.

TWO OF THOSE.

THEY KIND OF FRAME YOUR QUILT.

GO AHEAD AND STITCH THOSE ALL TOGETHER.

DO YOU SEE WHAT'S HAPPENED OVER HERE?

VERTICALLY PIECED ALL THE WAY DOWN.

THAT PREPARES YOU FOR NEXT WEEK WHEN YOU WILL COME TO OUR SET, TO OUR STUDIO WITH A BACKING THAT IS CUT-- JUST GO AHEAD AND KEEP IT SELVAGE TO SELVAGE-- 45" WIDE, AND THE BACKING NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST 67" LONG, AND A PIECE OF BATTING THE SAME SIZE, AND YOU'LL BE READY TO FINISH THE COPYCAT.

DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE NOSE, WHISKERS, AND EYES.

WE'LL DO THAT NEXT WEEK.

HERE WE ARE WITH OUR LITTLE GEM, THE POSTAGE STAMP QUILT, ALL SHADED IN.

WE TRIED DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS AND DECIDED ON THE COLOR WHEEL, STARTING IN THE CENTER WITH LIGHTS AND RADIATING OUT TO OUR REDS AND OUR DARKS AROUND THE OUTSIDE.

NOW, IT LOOKS RATHER THE WAY WE LEFT IT LAST WEEK, BUT INSTEAD, WE HAVE PINNED ALL OF THESE ROWS TOGETHER.

AND I COULD IMAGINE THAT MIGHT BE ONE BAD TV SHOW WHEN YOU'RE IN THE ROOM, BUT YOUR HEAD'S DOWN.

SO YOU CAN CONCENTRATE AND JUST UNPIN THEM.

REMEMBER, WE HAD THEM PINNED-- THE 1 1/2" SQUARES-- WERE PINNED ON EACH OF THESE SQUARES TO CREATE THAT PALETTE THAT WE WANTED.

NOW, THE ACCENT THAT HAPPENS ON THESE SQUARES ARE THE NAVY AND MUSLIN THAT COMES TOGETHER.

IT SEPARATES AND ALSO ISOLATES THESE 11", 9", 7", 5", AND 3" ROWS.

THAT'S A LITTLE RELIEF RIGHT IN THERE, ISN'T IT?

BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A QUICKIE PIECING TECHNIQUE TO HELP YOU WITH THESE ACCENTS.

GO AHEAD AND LAYER YOUR NAVY AND YOUR MUSLIN TOGETHER, THE TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER, AND I ALWAYS FEEL IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE STITCHED TOGETHER, GO AHEAD AND CUT THEM OUT TOGETHER.

AND ONCE YOU'VE GOT THIS DONE WITH YOUR 1 1/2" STRIPS, ALL THE WAY DOWN, TAKE THEM TO THE MACHINE, SEW THEM TOGETHER, AND THEN, OF COURSE, PRESS THEM TO THE DARK SIDE.

THEN YOU'RE READY TO GO AHEAD AND CUT OUT YOUR 1 1/2" THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU NEED THEM FOR EACH SQUARE.

IN SOME CASES, YOU WILL HAVE TO-- FOR INSTANCE, UP HERE-- PULL IT APART AND SEW ANOTHER NAVY ONTO ONE SIDE OF THE WHITE.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS RIGHT THERE AS THEY COME TOGETHER.

NOW WE'RE READY TO DO OUR STITCHING AT THE SEWING MACHINE.

I PULLED THESE APART.

THERE ARE 5 SECTIONS IN EACH 25" SQUARE THAT YOU NEED TO PIECE TOGETHER.

AND WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS PULL THE PINS OUT OF THE END-- NOW REMEMBER, THESE ARE ALL PINNED TOGETHER-- THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO ANYWHERE-- AND THEN TURN THIS OVER.

FOLD THIS PAPER BACK, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT YOU'RE NOW READY TO START STITCHING.

AND YOU CAN SIMPLY TURN THIS UP, AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE STITCHING ONE, TWO PATCHES TOGETHER AT A TIME FROM EACH OF THESE FIVE ROWS.

AND IT REALLY DOES HELP YOU IF YOU CAN GET YOUR FACTORY GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN.

IT DOESN'T HURT YOU TO SEW ON AIR FOR A FEW MINUTES.

OF COURSE, THE PINS SLIP RIGHT OUT.

THIS IS SOMEWHAT A SPEED PIECING.

YOU STILL HAVE QUITE A FEW SQUARES.

I HAD A SUGGESTION.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE THAT JIM KELLISON, OUR SET DESIGNER, HAS REALLY GOTTEN TURNED ON TO THIS QUILT?

AND HE'S GOT A PLAN-- HIS MASTER PLAN IS THAT HE'S GOING TO MAYBE RETIRE IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS, SO HE SAID THAT MAYBE IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS, HE WOULD HAVE ALL THESE SQUARES CUT OUT, AND THEN HE THINKS THAT HE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO DO ONCE HE RETIRES.

SO IT'S GOING TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE GOAL IN LIFE, SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED, KNOWING THAT HE'LL MAKE THIS QUILT SOMETIME.

PULL THAT BACK, PULL THIS, AND WE'RE READY TO GO AGAIN.

OF COURSE, SAVE THOSE PINS FOR YOUR NEXT PROJECT.

AND THERE YOU GO.

DO YOU SEE HOW NICE THAT'S GOING TO GO TOGETHER?

YOU'RE AT LEAST SEWING A PART OF EACH ONE.

JUST COME DOWN ONE, AND I'LL SEW ONE MORE ROW, AND THEN I'D JUST LIKE TO MENTION IT DOES HELP WHEN YOU'RE STITCHING-- ONCE THESE ARE STITCHED TOGETHER, THEN YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT PRESSING THEM, AND I LIKE TO WORK IN EACH OF THESE FIVE SECTIONS AND COMPLETE IT.

OF COURSE, YOU CAN SET ALL KIND OF LITTLE GOALS FOR YOURSELF.

YOU'LL GET THIS ONE DONE BEFORE BREAKFAST, AND YOU'LL GET THE OTHER ONE DONE AFTER YOUR GAME OF TENNIS, WHATEVER.

BUT ONCE YOU'VE GOT THIS ALL DONE-- AND LET'S PRETEND THEY'RE ALL SEWN TOGETHER-- I WOULD DEFINITELY TAKE THIS TO THE IRONING BOARD AND PRESS ALL THESE CLOSED SEAMS IN ONE DIRECTION AND THEN THE NEXT ROW IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

AND, OF COURSE, YOU'D WANT TO GET THAT LINED UP SO THAT THIS WOULD MEET-- THESE CLOSED SEAMS GOING IN THIS DIRECTION WOULD MEET THE OTHER SECTION OF YOUR QUILT.

STAGGER THOSE ACCORDINGLY.

THEN I MAKE CERTAIN TO AT LEAST HAVE THE OUTSIDE EDGES EVEN.

YOU HOPE, IF THEY'RE STAGGERED, THESE 1" SQUARES WILL COME TOGETHER AUTOMATICALLY, BUT IF THEY'RE OFF A LITTLE BIT THERE, WE KNOW THE GALLOPING HORSE ROUTINE.

IT WON'T REALLY SHOW BECAUSE YOUR COLORS ARE BLENDED TOGETHER.

ALL RIGHT, ONCE YOU GET THAT DONE, I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

THIS HAS TO COME TOGETHER HERE.

I THINK WITH THESE ROWS IN PLACE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS SECTION WOULD SEW HERE, THIS ONE HERE, AND THEN OUR FINAL ONES.

THAT WILL MAKE OUR 25" SQUARE.

NOW, NEXT WEEK, I WILL SPEND TIME SHOWING YOU HOW TO FINISH THE PILLOW.

MAYBE YOU WANT TO GO JUST THIS FAR.

AND YOU WILL BE REAL HAPPY WITH THIS THROW PILLOW, OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO MAKE THE VEST.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO FURTHER AND DO THE WHOLE QUILT, YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK IN HORIZONTAL ROWS.

WE LAP QUILTED IT IN HORIZONTAL ROWS.

EACH ROW HAS 3 OF THESE 25" SQUARES.

YOU WILL NEED WHAT I CALL SASHING STRIPS IN BETWEEN THAT CONNECT THESE ROWS HORIZONTALLY.

YOU'LL NEED FOUR OF THEM.

EACH OF THESE ARE 13 1/2" LONG.

YOUR ACCENT SQUARES AND THEN FOUR AT EACH END.

THERE ARE THE FOUR-- ONE, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR.

NOW, ONCE THE ROWS ARE CONNECTED-- AND YOU'LL HAVE FOUR OF THOSE-- YOU THEN HAVE SETTING STRIPS THAT GO ON THE TOP AND BOTTOM.

THOSE ROWS STILL USE THOSE 13 1/2"-LONG STRIPS, AND YOU'LL NEED THREE OF THOSE.

ON EITHER SIDE WILL BE YOUR ACCENT ROWS AGAIN.

ON THE OUTSIDE WILL BE FIVE OF THESE LITTLE DOOBIES.

I WILL NOT CALL THEM LITTLE DEVILS HERE, AND THERE WILL BE FIVE MORE OVER HERE.

IN THE CENTER, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED NINE OF THOSE.

JUST JOT ALL THOSE NUMBERS DOWN, KNOWING THAT THIS BAND WILL CONNECT TO THE TOP OF ONE ROW, AND IT WILL GO TO THE TOP OF THE NEXT ROW AND THE THIRD ROW, AND THAT BOTTOM ROW HAS TWO OF THESE, ONE ON THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM OF THEM.

CONNECT THOSE, AND THEN YOU'LL BE READY TO WORK ON THE BORDERS NEXT WEEK AND THEN LAP QUILT IT.

SO THAT TAKES CARE OF OUR POSTAGE STAMP FOR THIS WEEK.

THE BABY BUGGY BOOMERS QUILT, OR OUR STRING QUILT, IS IN PROGRESS.

THE GOAL HERE IS TO DEVELOP ROWS.

THESE ROWS ARE BASED ON 50 MAIL-ORDER CATALOGS.

JUST TEAR THOSE PAGES OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO STRING-PIECE THEM ON THE DIAGONAL.

NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO DO 25 IN ONE DIRECTION, AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO 25 IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

THESE WILL BE SEWN TOGETHER INTO FOUR PATCHES FOR EACH OF THOSE OUTSIDE ROWS.

YOU'LL NEED FIVE OF THESE FOUR PATCHES.

DO NOT TEAR OFF THE PAPER UNTIL WE'RE ALL DONE.

GO AHEAD AND JUST STITCH THOSE BLOCKS UP.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BORDERS ON EACH OF THE SIDE PANELS, 2 1/2"-WIDE BORDERS ALL THE WAY AROUND.

ON THOSE INSIDE ROWS, JUST CUT THOSE 1 1/2" WIDE.

ONCE THOSE ARE SEWN TO THOSE PANELS, THEN YOU CAN RIP THE PAPER OFF.

WE'LL DO THAT LATER.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE YOU TO THE SEWING MACHINE AND SHOW YOU HOW WE DO THIS STRING PIECING.

WE'VE GOT STRINGS EVERYWHERE HERE TODAY.

I HOPE YOU'RE SAVING YOUR LEFTOVERS AND, OF COURSE, SAVE THOSE SELVAGES.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE LATER.

THERE ARE TWO THINGS I LIKE TO DO WHEN I'M STRING-PIECING.

OF COURSE, TIGHTEN YOUR STITCH LENGTH, BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO BE RIPPING THE PAPER OFF LATER ON.

AND THEN YOU ALSO WANT TO USE A STILETTO.

THAT HELPS YOU TO SCOOCH THAT FABRIC THROUGH, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S ANY SLIP AND SLIDING.

JUST PLACE ONE STRING ON THE DIAGONAL FROM CORNER TO CORNER WITH THE TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER ALL THE WAY OUT TO WHERE THE PAPER IS, AND THEN START STITCHING.

TAKE YOUR NORMAL 1/4" SEAM ALLOWANCE.

GO RIGHT THROUGH THE PAPER.

YOU WANT SOMETHING TO ANCHOR THAT IN PLACE.

AFTER ALL, YOU'RE GOING TO END UP WITH WEIRD BIAS EDGES ON THE OUTSIDE OF THIS PAPER.

BUT GO AHEAD AND STITCH THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN.

ONCE THAT IS DONE, I WOULD THUMB-CREASE THAT ALL THE WAY BACK.

PUT ANOTHER PIN, AND YOU'RE READY TO CONTINUE ADDING.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO ADD ONE ON THIS SIDE, SEW AND FLIP, THEN COME ON THE OTHER SIDE.

IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE WHICH WAY YOU'RE GOING.

BY THE WAY, I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOMETHING TO YOU.

QUITE OFTEN-- IN FACT, I NEVER PUT MY HAND BACK HERE TO RAISE OR LIFT MY PRESSER FOOT BECAUSE I HAVE A PRESSER LEVER THAT ALLOWS ME TO DO THAT.

IT BECOMES MY THIRD HAND, AND WHEN THAT'S IN PLACE, THEN ALL I NEED TO DO IS GO LIKE THAT, AND I CAN LIFT MY PRESSER FOOT.

IT REALLY MAKES IT NICE.

NOW, ONCE YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED ALL THOSE, YOU NEED TO TRIM THOSE TO 10 1/2" x 7 1/2".

JUST TURN YOUR BLOCK OVER TO THE BACKSIDE.

PUT YOUR RULER ON TOP AND TRIM THOSE TO 7 1/2 X 10 1/2.

WHEN YOU FINISH THAT, YOU CAN START ON THE BABY BUGGY.

REMEMBER, THE BABY BUGGY IS BASED ON AN 11" SQUARE.

WE DREW AN ARC FOR THIS QUARTER CIRCLE.

THE QUARTER CIRCLE THEN HAS THE BACKGROUND MATERIAL.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIP ON THAT.

MAKE CERTAIN WHEN YOU ADD YOUR 1/4" SEAM ALLOWANCE AROUND THAT, START AT THE RIGHT ANGLE, AND COME ALL THE WAY FROM THAT CORNER, THE 11", DOWN.

THERE IS A VANISHING POINT HERE, AND YOU NEED TO NOT ONLY MARK THE 11", BUT THEN GIVE YOURSELF 1/4" ON EACH END.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, WE WOULD THEN TRANSFER THIS TO SOME SORT OF PAPER THAT YOU CAN SEW ON.

ONCE AGAIN, ADD YOUR 1/4" ON ALL 3 SIDES, INCLUDING THAT QUARTER CIRCLE.

ONCE THAT IS DONE, STRING-PIECE-- AND I DO HAVE A LITTLE ACCENT HERE-- SOME CORDING THAT GOES AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE BABY BUGGY.

I ALSO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO USE YOUR ZIPPER FOOT THERE, OF COURSE.

I WANT TO PLACE THAT ON AND THEN SHOW YOU THAT WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS TO PINCH THIS QUARTER CIRCLE, FIND THE MIDPOINT, PUT A PIN, AND DO THE SAME THING ON THIS AREA.

ONCE THAT'S BEEN LINED UP AND PINNED IN PLACE, YOU CAN SEE THAT I'VE STITCHED DOWN HERE, AND THEN I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND FINISH STITCHING.

LET'S SEE WHERE I ENDED OFF-- ABOUT RIGHT HERE-- SO I CAN JUST BE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT CORDING.

I'M GONNA PULL THAT PIN OUT ONCE I KNOW THOSE ARE MET.

THEN ONE LITTLE THING I LIKE TO DO IS GO AHEAD AND BRING THAT ALL THE WAY AROUND.

YOU SEE HOW I'VE BROUGHT THAT HERE AND PUT A PIN?

I KNOW IT'S GOT TO COME ALL THE WAY OUT THERE, SO THERE MIGHT BE SOME EASING THAT TAKES PLACE RIGHT IN THIS AREA.

CAN YOU SEE HOW I'M DOING THAT?

OH, IT FITS, AND YOU'RE SO HAPPY WHEN THAT HAPPENS.

SO CONTINUE PIECING ALL THE WAY THE AROUND ALL THE WAY TO THE END, KNOWING THAT THEN THIS IS GOING TO BECOME YOUR POCKET.

DO YOU SEE HOW THAT WOULD GO AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BABY BUGGY?

AND YOU'D COME AND PUT THE TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER.

STITCH ACROSS, TURN THIS INSIDE OUT, AND THEN ANOTHER 11 1/2" SQUARE WILL GO UNDERNEATH THAT, AND YOU CAN TREAT THAT AS ONE.

MAKE SURE WHEN YOU LINE THAT UP, IT COMES DOWN AT LEAST THAT 1/4" TO ALLOW TO GO INTO YOUR POCKET AND THEN TO SEW THAT INTO PLACE.

THAT WILL BECOME ON THIS SIDE, AND THEN THIS WILL COME OVER HERE, THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BABY BUGGY, AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE TOP.

NOW, WE HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THE WHEELS.

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT, ALSO.

GONNA BRING THIS OVER SO YOU CAN SEE THAT YOUR POCKET IS ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE.

YOU DO HAVE WHEELS, AND YOU HAVE A HANDLE UP HERE.

THOSE ARE ATTACHED TO AN 11 1/2" x 13 1/2" RECTANGLE, AND BUY SOME NAVY BLUE DOUBLE FOLD BIAS.

I OPEN IT UP FOR THE WHEELS, AND THEN I USE PART OF IT FOR SPOKES.

AND WE'LL COVER THAT NEXT WEEK IN OUR APPLIQUÉ SECTION.

I WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE ABOUT QUICK PIECING.

IT'S GOING TO START TODAY AND CONTINUE NEXT WEEK.

WHAT I'D LIKE YOU TO DO IS MAKE A MASTER TEMPLATE-- A 6" SQUARE THAT HAS 1/4" ALL THE WAY AROUND 4 SIDES.

MAKE YOURSELF A TEMPLATE.

THEN MAKE SOME GEOMETRIC SHAPES THAT ARE COMPONENTS OF THAT.

YOU KNOW THE QUARTER SECTION OF THAT WOULD BE A 3" SQUARE WITH A SEAM ALLOWANCE AROUND.

MAKE A RECTANGLE, AND THEN MAKE YOUR FLYING GEESE COMPONENT THAT GOES WITH THAT.

THAT WOULD BE COMING ACROSS HERE AND ACROSS HERE, OR WE THINK OF THIS AS THE OHIO STAR COMPLEX, AND THEN A RIGHT ANGLE TRIANGLE.

MAKE ALL THESE, AND THEN YOU'LL BE READY FOR US TO DO SOME QUICKIE PIECING AND AS A REVIEW NEXT WEEK.

WE KNOW THAT ONCE WE HAVE THE RECTANGLE TOGETHER, WE KNOW THAT WE CAN CUT OUT TWO PIECES OF FABRIC WITH THE RIGHT SIDE TOGETHER, STITCH THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN, AND THEN THAT BECOMES A GUIDE FOR US TO THEN SIMPLY CUT OFF BARS.

ISN'T THAT NICE?

WE COULD COME HERE AND THEN JUST STITCH OFF ENDLESS BARS TO GO INTO OUR QUILT.

OF COURSE, WE TURN THAT EITHER WHICH WAY.

THAT'S ABOUT YOUR SIMPLEST OF QUICK PIECING.

WE CAN ALSO DEVELOP FOUR PATCHES FROM THAT.

WITH FOUR PATCHES, WE WOULD DO THOSE SAME BARS, AND THIS TIME, GO AHEAD AND PRESS OUR SEAMS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.

LINE UP THESE TWO BANDS-- CONTRASTING, AND THIS TIME, TAKE THAT SAME RECTANGLE AND PLACE THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN, DRAWING ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT OPEN BAND.

YOU SEE IT'S GOING TO MEASURE 6 1/2".

DRAW A STRAIGHT LINE ON EITHER SIDE, BUT STITCH ONE TIME IN BETWEEN.

WHAT HAPPENS IS THEN WHEN YOU COME AND CUT THAT APART-- OH, IT'S SO EXCITING-- WHEN YOU CUT THAT APART, IT'S LIKE MAGIC.

YOU'VE GOT YOUR FOUR PATCH.

SO, WE'LL DO MORE OF THAT NEXT WEEK WITH A REVIEW AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ON "LAP QUILTING" NEXT TIME.

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