♪ YES, WE ARE DOWN UNDER IN AUSTRALIA.

THE COUNTRY IS A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THE UNITED STATES, WITH A POPULATION OF 17 MILLION THAT WOULD EASILY FIT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

THERE ARE SIX STATES AND TWO TERRITORIES, ALL REPRESENTED HERE AT THE AUSTRALIAN QUILTERS SYMPOSIUM.

WE ARE GATHERED AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY FOR A WEEK OF CLASSES AND CAMARADERIE.

MEET THE QUILTERS AND THE TUTORS FROM EACH OF THESE AREAS, DISCOVER THEIR INTERESTS, AND SEE THEIR HANDIWORK.

All: YAY!

[LAUGHTER] ♪ "LAP QUILTING WITH GEORGIA BONESTEEL" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GRANTS FROM OMNIGRID, THE ORIGINAL, PATENTED BLACK AND YELLOW RULER, BY FAIRFIELD PROCESSING, MAKER OF POLY-FIL BRAND PRODUCTS, AND BY COATS & CLARK, SERVING AMERICA'S SEWING NEEDS FOR OVER 125 YEARS, FEATURING COATS DUAL DUTY PLUS SEWING AND QUILTING THREAD.

AUSTRALIA, THE LAND DOWN UNDER, IS A VAST COUNTRY ALMOST AS LARGE AS OUR OWN.

USING THIS MAP AS OUR GUIDE, LET'S TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO MEET QUILTERS FROM ALL REGIONS AND SEE HOW THEIR WORK REFLECTS THEIR VIEWS OF THIS INTRIGUING CONTINENT.

IT IS A PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE BARBARA MEREDITH, THE GRANDE DAME OF THIS WHOLE SYMPOSIUM.

HOW DID YOU GET STARTED DOING THE AUSTRALIAN QUILT SYMPOSIUM, AND WHERE DO YOU COME FROM?

COME FROM LISMORE IN NORTHERN NEW SOUTH WALES AREA NEAR THE QUEENSLAND BORDER.

I STARTED THE SYMPOSIUM SOME YEARS AGO AFTER ATTENDING A SMALL CONFERENCE.

WE DECIDED WE NEEDED THIS ANNUALLY FOR AUSTRALIAN QUILTERS.

AND NOW THE WHOLE FAMILY'S INVOLVED IN THIS.

YES, IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR NOW.

TELL ME WHAT MAKES THIS SYMPOSIUM UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS?

IT'S COMMUNICATION WITH THE TEACHERS AND THE PARTICIPANTS.

WE PRINT AT LEAST SEVEN NEWSLETTERS A YEAR.

AND WHEN THEY GET TO THE SYMPOSIUM, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, AND THEY'RE ALL PREPARED.

AND YOUR TEACHERS-- WHERE DO THEY COME FROM?

WE GET TEACHERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

WE HAVE AT LEAST FIVE EVERY YEAR, MOSTLY FROM AMERICA, AND WE GET THEM FROM EVERY STATE IN AUSTRALIA.

AND THAT ALLOWS THEM TO INTERACT AND...

THERE'S GREAT INTERACTION BETWEEN THE TEACHERS, AND OUR TEACHERS LOVE TO HAVE THE INTERNATIONALS HERE.

I UNDERSTAND THEY LEARN VERY QUICK HERE.

OH, OUR PARTICIPANTS ARE WONDERFUL.

THEY'RE LIKE SPONGES.

THEY SOAK UP EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN LEARN.

I SEE YOU HAVE A WONDERFUL QUILT SHOW.

HAVE YOU NOTICED THE QUILTS CHANGE OVER THE YEARS YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS?

YES, THE QUILTS ARE CHANGING CONSIDERABLY.

THERE'S A BIG EMPHASIS NOW ON AUSTRALIANA AND OUR FLORA AND FAUNA.

AND THIS ONE HERE IS "TORTOISE IN THE GARDEN," MADE BY ONE OF OUR TEACHERS THIS YEAR FROM THE BARRIER REEF AREA-- DENISE SPENGLER.

RIGHT.

NOW, ARE MERCHANTS A PART OF YOUR QUILT SYMPOSIUM?

AH, YES, OUR MERCHANTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

A LOT OF OUR PARTICIPANTS COME FROM VERY ISOLATED COUNTRY AREAS, AND THEY NEVER GET TO SEE A SHOP.

WE HAVE ONE GIRL THAT'S BEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS, AND LAST YEAR, SHE FOUGHT FLOODED CONDITIONS FOR THREE DAYS JUST TO GET TO THE SYMPOSIUM.

THIS YEAR, IT DEPENDED ON HOW MUCH THEY GOT FOR THEIR WOOL CROP, BECAUSE OF THE DROUGHT, WHETHER SHE COULD COME OR NOT.

THAT'S AMAZING.

NOW, THERE IS A FINALE AT EVERY QUILT SHOW, AND I THINK YOU MUST TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE.

IT IS JUST LOVELY.

TELL US ABOUT IT, BARBARA.

THIS IS A QUILT I DESIGNED, AND RUTH SUMMERS QUILTED IT FOR ME.

IT'S OUR RAFFLE QUILT, AND EVERYBODY LOOKS FORWARD TO WINNING A RAFFLE QUILT.

I'M CERTAINLY GONNA PUT MY DOLLAR IN ON THIS ONE, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

I THINK WE'RE ALSO GONNA HAVE TO INVEST IN SOME QUILTER'S STRESS CONTROL PILLS.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO YOUR QUILT MALL.

IT'S DONE BY DR. CORA NARY.

AND I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE MULTI-COLORED JELLYBEANS.

YES.

THIS IS A FUN THING FOR THIS YEAR'S SYMPOSIUM.

IT'S GREAT, AND WE WISH YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS FOR ALL THE AUSTRALIAN QUILT SYMPOSIUMS.

THANK YOU.

MEET LORRAINE DOWNEY FROM AUSTRALIA.

EXACTLY WHERE IN AUSTRALIA?

GEORGIA, I'M FROM SYDNEY, WHICH IS THE LARGEST CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA.

AND I'M RIGHT NEAR WHERE CAPTAIN COOK FIRST LANDED ON THOSE SHORES.

HISTORY RIGHT IN YOUR BACKYARD.

THAT'S CORRECT.

NOW, WHY ARE YOU A QUILTMAKER IN AUSTRALIA?

I GOT INVOLVED WITH QUILTMAKING ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO.

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED HANDCRAFTS.

WHEN THE LOCAL STORE OFFERED CLASSES, I SIGNED UP, AND I'VE LOVED IT EVER SINCE.

CAN I SEE YOUR WORK?

CERTAINLY.

SURE.

GEORGIA, THIS IS MY CHARM QUILT I'M QUILTING AT PRESENT.

IT WAS MACHINE-PIECED, AND I'M USING THE NEW AUSTRALIAN WOOL BATTING, WHICH IS JUST LOVELY TO QUILT WITH.

WITH ALL THESE SHEEP, NO WONDER YOU USE WOOL BATTING, NOW, DO YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH BUGS?

IT HAS BEEN TREATED, SO IT'S QUITE SAFE.

I HOPE IT WILL LAST FOR MANY YEARS.

I DO, TOO.

I RECOGNIZE A LOT OF AMERICAN FABRICS IN YOUR QUILT.

I RESPOND TO MANY OF THEM.

I SEE THINGS THAT I'VE ALREADY MADE QUILTS FROM.

IS IT EASY FOR YOU TO GET FABRIC IN THIS COUNTRY?

VERY EASY.

I ALSO HAVE A QUILTING STORE, SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH OBTAINING FABRIC, BUT THIS IS A CHARM QUILT, AND I'VE TRADED WITH FRIENDS AND SWAPPED FABRICS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET ALL THE FABRICS THAT ARE IN THIS QUILT.

SO YOU'RE MAINLY A TRADITIONAL QUILTMAKER?

I LOVE TRADITIONAL WORK, YES, BUT I LIKE TO GIVE IT A MODERN FEEL.

I ALSO LOVE TO HAVE CHECKS AND PLAIDS, AS YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS SMALL QUILT HERE THAT I'VE DONE.

IT HAS THE TRADITIONAL BOW-TIE PATTERN, AND IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

NOW, DID YOU LINE UP ALL THOSE PLAIDS?

HOW DID YOU DO THAT?

I JUST CHOSE THEM AT RANDOM AND LET IT HAPPEN, AND I'M VERY HAPPY WITH THE END RESULT.

ANOTHER STATE OF AUSTRALIA IS REPRESENTED BY PAULINE ROGERS WHO IS FROM...

I'M FROM DALBY IN QUEENSLAND.

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR QUILT ENDEAVORS AND HOW IT RELATES TO WHERE YOU LIVE.

WELL, DALBY IS THE GATEWAY TO THE WEST, WHICH LEADS RIGHT OUT INTO THE OUTBACK OF AUSTRALIA.

I TRAVEL TO ALL THOSE OUTBACK STATIONS, TEACHING ALL THE LADIES WHO HAVEN'T THINGS AVAILABLE TO THEM LIKE THE SUBURBIA PEOPLE HAVE.

I DO MOST OF MY TRAVEL ON THE TRAIN, AND WHILE I'M ON THE TRAIN, I SET UP MY SEWING MACHINE, AND I SEW MY WAY TO MY DESTINATION.

I COULD BE ON THE TRAIN FOR TWO TO THREE DAYS.

I GET LOTS OF QUILTS AND THAT PIECED TOGETHER ON THE TRAIN.

THEN I GET TO THE OUTBACK STATIONS.

THE LADIES--THEY ALL FLY IN OR DRIVE IN.

SOME OF THEM COME 500 KILOMETERS.

THEY ARRIVE WITH THEIR CHILDREN, THEIR GOVERNESSES, AND ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT, AND WE ALL STAY AT THE ONE HOMESTEAD.

WE HAVE A LOVELY TIME FOR THAT WEEK, AND THEY GO HOME WITH THEIR PROJECT MAINLY NEARLY ALL FINISHED, AND THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL TIME.

YOU'RE SO BUSY TEACHING, BUT YOU DO HAVE TIME TO FINISH THINGS YOURSELF.

TELL US ABOUT THIS PIECE.

YES.

THIS IS MY QUILT.

I WAS INSPIRED TO DO THIS QUILT MAINLY BECAUSE WHERE I COME FROM IN THE DARLING DOWNS, WE GROW ALL SMALL CROPS-- WHEAT, SORGHUM, AND ALL THOSE THINGS-- AND IT'S ALWAYS VERY GREEN, BUT WHERE I TRAVEL, I'M OUT IN THE DESERT AND THE REMOTE AREAS, AND IT IS SO DRY, AND ALL THE EARTHY TONINGS COME INTO THIS QUILT FROM THAT INSPIRATION.

THERE ARE OTHER QUILTMAKERS IN QUEENSLAND.

LET'S REFER TO THOSE.

YES.

WE HAVE SOME LOVELY QUILTMAKERS IN QUEENSLAND.

THIS LOVELY QUILT OVER HERE WAS MADE BY ROSEMARY DONAHUE.

ROSEMARY'S TAKEN ALL THE PICTURES FROM CHILDREN'S STORYBOOK, AND SHE'S USED ALL THE LOVELY ANIMALS WHICH ARE FEATURED ON THIS QUILT, AND ALSO, SHE'S USED BEAUTIFULLY QUILTING IDEAS AROUND THE BORDERS TO BRING THIS ALL TOGETHER.

AND WE HAVE SOME MINIATURES.

THEY'RE ALWAYS FUN TO SEE.

YES.

THESE MINIATURES ARE BEAUTIFUL.

THEY'RE MADE BY ANN WHITSTED, AND SHE'S REALLY DOING A LOT WITH MINIATURES AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TURNING OUT SO MUCH PERFECT WORK IN THIS SMALL AREA.

EACH ONE IS VERY NOVEL IN ITSELF.

THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.

AND WE LIKE THIS IDEA, THE ADVENT CALENDAR IDEA, WITH THE RIBBONS FOLDED BACK AND THEN REVEALING A DIFFERENT WINDOW EACH TIME.

YES.

IT'S LOVELY, ISN'T IT?

AGAIN, IN AUSTRALIA, THIS TIME A QUILT TEACHER, RUTH WALTER, IS GONNA TELL US WHERE SHE'S FROM AND HOW SHE GOT INTO QUILTMAKING.

THANK YOU.

I'M FROM VICTORIA, FROM HAMILTON, WHICH IS IN THE WESTERN DISTRICT.

THAT'S A RURAL COMMUNITY, A TOWN OF ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE WITH A REGIONAL DISTRICT POPULATION OF ABOUT 25,000 AND MANY MILLIONS OF SHEEP.

I GOT INTO QUILTING BECAUSE I WENT TO THE STATES WITH MY HUSBAND FOR TWO YEARS WHO WAS STUDYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, AND SO I TOOK UP QUILTING TO HELP ME PASS THE TIME WHILE MY CHILDREN WERE AT SCHOOL.

AND THEN YOU BROUGHT THAT BACK TO YOUR COUNTRY HERE.

YES, I DID, AND I STARTED GROUP, STARTED TEACHING AT HOME, AND WE BEGAN A GROUP.

WE CALL OURSELVES HAMILTON QUILTERS, AND ONCE EVERY TWO YEARS, WE HAVE AN EXHIBITION IN THE LOCAL ART GALLERY, AND WE DEPICT ON OUR GROUP QUILT, WHICH IS ABOUT 40 PAIRS OF HANDS, FIRST OF ALL, WE-- BUILDINGS, AND THEN WE HAD THE EASTERN BARRED BANDICOOT, WHICH IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.

AND WE DO ONE OF THESE EVERY TWO YEARS.

THAT REFLECT YOUR REGION.

YES.

NOW, PERSONALLY, I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR WONDERFUL QUILT HERE.

WELL, THIS IS CALLED "EGRET'S CYCLE."

IT GREW BECAUSE MY HUSBAND HAS A GREAT INTEREST IN BIRD WATCHING, BUT I ALSO ENJOY WORKING WITH CURVES AND APPLIQUÉ AND WITH TOUCHES OF EMBROIDERY, SO THIS SATISFIED BOTH OUR NEEDS.

ANOTHER AUSTRALIAN QUILT OR VICTORIAN QUILT WHICH SHOWS AUSTRALIAN BIRDS IS THIS LOVELY LITTLE PIECE MADE BY EILEEN CAMPBELL, WHO COMES FROM KEW IN MELBOURNE.

AND WHAT IS THIS?

WELL, THIS IS BY DIANE PETTIGREW.

IT'S VICTORIA'S FLORAL EMBLEM, THE PINK HEATH.

AND A LOT OF LOOSE WORK.

YES.

WELL, IT HAS A VERY PRICKLY STEM, AND I THINK SHE WAS TRYING TO GET THAT ACROSS.

MM-HMM.

THIS IS A RATHER DELIGHTFUL LITTLE QUILT.

A LOT OF AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN GREW UP WITH THIS, THE FAIRY STORIES OF SNUGGLEPOT AND CUDDLEPIE, WHO WERE GUMNUT BABIES, BASED ON BOOKS BY MAY GIBBS.

AND FINALLY, THIS IS ANOTHER QUILT FROM VICTORIA, BY SUE LONGMORE, AND IT DEPICTS A COASTAL SCENE, SO IT'S MORE OF A PICTORIAL QUILT.

BUT ALL KEYED INTO NATURE.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

YES, THEY ARE VERY REGIONAL.

WE'RE TRYING TO DEPICT OUR AREA AND HOW WE RESPOND TO IT.

WELL, THANK YOU, RUTH, AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU IN YOUR QUILTING.

WELCOME TO JENNY ARMOUR, A QUILTMAKER FROM THE NORTHERN TERRITORY.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR HOMETOWN AND THE INSPIRATION YOU GET FOR QUILTING THERE.

WELL, I COME FROM HUMPTY DOO, WHICH IS NEAR DARWIN IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY ON THE ROAD OUT TO THE KAKADU NATIONAL PARK.

IT'S A LOVELY PLACE TO LIVE.

IT'S A TROPICAL CLIMATE WITH WET AND DRY SEASONS, WITH BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPES, INTERESTING ANIMALS, WILDLIFE, AND AN INTERESTING ABORIGINAL CULTURE, WHICH I FIND IS QUITE INFLUENTIAL.

THAT LEADS US TO YOUR QUILT.

TELL US ABOUT ITS NAME.

WELL, I CALL IT "GECKOS" BECAUSE THE SHAPE OF THE LITTLE LIZARDS WHICH ESCHER DESIGNED-- I'M SURE HE DIDN'T THINK OF THEM AS GECKOS, BUT THEY RUN AROUND HOUSES IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AND THE NORTHERN PART OF AUSTRALIA, AND THEY CATCH INSECTS, MOSQUITOES, AND SO THEY'RE VERY WELCOME HOUSEHOLD PETS.

MM-HMM.

AND NOT ONLY THE DESIGN, BASED ON TRIANGLES, BUT THEN THE WHOLE THEME IS CARRIED OUT INTO THE BORDER.

CAN I ORDER A YARD OF THAT FABRIC, DO YOU THINK?

TELL ME ABOUT THAT.

I'M SURE THAT YOU CAN.

IT WAS MADE FOR ME BY THE PEOPLE ON BATHURST ISLAND.

THEY'RE ABORIGINAL PEOPLE WHO, OVER RECENT YEARS, HAVE LEARNED SCREEN PRINTING AND HAVE ADAPTED THEIR ART FORMS TO THAT.

THE COLORS WERE SUGGESTED TO THEM BY ME TO GO WITH THE CENTER PART OF THE QUILT, AND THE DESIGN IS A FAVORITE OF MINE WHICH THEY'VE BEEN DOING FOR SOME YEARS NOW.

WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE REALLY HAPPY BECAUSE THEY HAVE HUNG IT CORRECTLY HERE AT THE QUILT SHOW.

YES, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, IT'S HUNG THE RIGHT WAY UP.

JENNY'S QUILT, "GECKOS," HAS A NEW HOME.

IT'S RIGHT HERE IN THE STATES, SINCE IT WAS PRESENTED TO PRESIDENT AND MRS. BUSH AS GIFT FROM PRIME MINISTER KEATING ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTRALIAN PEOPLE.

NOW FOR OUR HOW-TO SECTION TODAY.

WE'LL START WITH A 12-INCH BLOCK.

IT'S CALLED "BEAR'S PAW."

IF YOU LOOK AT THE BLOCK, IT DOES HAVE A CLAW-LIKE CORNER.

IT'S MADE UP OF FIVE TEMPLATES, FROM TRIANGLES TO RECTANGLES TO THREE SIZES OF SQUARES.

THIS IS A PLACE TO REALLY PUT YOUR QUICKIE-PIECING TECHNIQUES TO THE REAL TEST.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU START ADDING IT UP, THERE ARE 32 TRIANGLES AROUND THE OUTSIDE.

AND I HAVE A NEW WAY FOR YOU TODAY.

IF YOU'LL TAKE THE TRIANGLE AND MEASURE THE DEPTH FROM THE OUTSIDE TO THE RIGHT ANGLE AND CUT BIAS STRIPS, YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOING TO BE EXACTLY THE SAME WIDTH FROM HERE TO HERE.

AND BY THE WAY, I HAVE A LITTLE TIP FOR YOU.

WHEN YOU'RE DOING THAT CUTTING, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO PIECE THE BIAS.

I HAVE FOUND A NICE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO SIMPLY LAYER THE BIAS STRIPS RIGHT ON TOP OF EACH OTHER WITH THE RIGHT SIDE UP, AND THEN, TAKING A RULER, LINE UP YOUR 45-DEGREE ANGLE.

IF YOU'LL CUT THAT, EVERY TIME, YOU CAN SWING THOSE STRIPS AROUND, AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE ABLE TO PIECE THEM.

EACH TIME, THEY'LL BE READY TO BE PIECED THE WAY YOU WANT THEM.

ALL RIGHT, YOU'VE CUT YOUR BIAS STRIPS.

THEN YOU'RE GOING TO MACHINE-STITCH ON EITHER SIDE, ONE TIME HERE, AND ONE SIDE HERE.

REMEMBER, YOU'VE PLACED THE FABRIC WITH THE RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER.

THEN ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS PUT YOUR TRIANGLE ASIDE, AND TAKING, OF COURSE, YOUR THICK RULER, YOU CAN COME AND LINE THIS UP AND SIMPLY CUT THIS APART.

AND IT WOULD MEAN GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN EACH TIME, JUST LINING THIS UP AND CUTTING A PART.

AND I'M GOING TO DO-- I'VE DONE TWO.

LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS.

ON ONE SIDE, IT WILL BE SEWN.

YOU JUST EASE THAT A BIT, AND IT'LL COME RIGHT OPEN.

AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR TEMPLATE TO CHECK THAT.

I'D LIKE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ACTUAL PIECING OF THE BLOCK AND STUDY IT A MINUTE.

AND I WAS WORKING HARD TO GET THIS ALL SET FOR YOU TODAY AND NOTICED THAT I HAVE A MISTAKE.

CAN YOU FIND IT?

WELL, IT'S THE TYPICAL THING THAT CAN HAPPEN.

THIS RECTANGULAR SECTION RIGHT HERE JUST GOT TURNED.

WHAT YOU REALLY WANT IS THAT.

SO GOING TO THE SMALLEST PIECES FIRST, YOU'RE GOING TO SEW THESE SECTIONS TOGETHER TO CREATE THE RECTANGLE.

IT WILL BE SEWN TO THE SQUARE, BOTH THE LARGER ONE AND THE SMALLER ONE.

THAT ALLOWS THESE TO BE SEWN TO CREATE THOSE FOUR CORNERS.

SO THEN THIS IS ONE PART OF THE BLOCK THAT WE'LL PIECE TO THIS SECTION, AND THEN THIS SECTION COMES TOGETHER.

LET'S LOOK AT THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE BEAR'S PAW, NOT ONLY IN THE CLUB SANDWICH QUILT, BUT WE COULD SEE IT IN ALTERNATING BLOCKS WITH DIFFERENT COLORS, PRESENTING THOSE DARK BORDERS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE OUTSIDE.

THEN KATHY MUNKELWITZ, FROM ISLE, MINNESOTA, DID THE WHOLE QUILT TURNING THE BEAR'S PAW ON-POINT AND COMBINING IT WITH A BASKET APPLIQUÉ PATTERN.

FRANCES GUARDINA HAS A BEAR'S PAW IN HER COLLECTION.

IT'S AN OLD ONE, AND THE BLOCKS HAVE BEEN ENLARGED, BUT IT STILL HAS THAT WONDERFUL CHARACTER OF A BEAR'S PAW QUILT.

MOTHER'S DREAM IS OUR NEXT BLOCK.

IT'S SUCH A PRETTY ONE AND SO MUCH GOING ON, BUT I KNOW YOU CAN DO IT IF YOU'LL FOLLOW STEP BY STEP.

IT TAKES FOUR TEMPLATES, SIMILAR ONES AS TO BEAR'S PAW, BECAUSE THEY'RE TRIANGLES, SQUARES, AND RECTANGLES, BUT WHEN THEY ALL COME TOGETHER IN THIS 15-INCH BLOCK, IT CHANGES.

THIS TIME, WE HAVE OUR TRIANGLES TOWARDS THE CENTER OF OUR BLOCK.

AND THEN, IN THE CORNERS, BECAUSE IT'S A NINE PATCH, WE HAVE FIVE SECTIONS THAT ARE ALL THE SAME.

AND WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS THAT THE SQUARE IS TURNED ON-POINT, AND YOU HAVE FOUR TRIANGLES THAT SEW ON ALL FOUR SIDES.

AND I LIKE TO DO THAT BY LINING UP THE TRIANGLE WITH THE SQUARE, MAKING CERTAIN THAT THE SAME AMOUNT OF DOG-EAR IS ON EACH END.

THEN I SEW THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN FROM THAT RAW EDGE TO THE NEXT RAW EDGE.

AND, OF COURSE, IF I WERE DOING ALL FIVE OF THESE, THE CORNER AND THE CENTER, I'D JUST KEEP MY LITTLE STRING GOING.

COME AND OPEN THAT UP, THUMB CREASE THAT TO THE BACK, AND THEN I GO TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE.

I FIND THAT THAT REALLY HELPS ME TO KEEP IT CENTERED.

SAME AMOUNT OF DOG-EAR AND SEW THAT.

AND THEN ONCE THAT'S BEEN THUMB-CREASED TO THE BACK SIDE, I'M READY TO START ADDING MY OTHERS-- THIS SIDE AND THIS SIDE.

WHAT YOU HOPE YOU'LL COME UP WITH IS THIS NICE SQUARE WITH THAT WONDERFUL 1/4 INCH FROM THE RAW EDGE INTO THE RIGHT ANGLE HERE.

TO CHECK THAT, YOU WOULD MAKE CERTAIN TO USE EITHER YOUR RULER, YOUR SEE-THROUGH, OR EVEN MAKE YOURSELF A 5 1/2-INCH SQUARE.

YOU CHECK ALL OF THOSE, AND THEN GO TO THIS SECTION.

NOW LOOK WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

YOU'VE GOT A STRING OF SQUARES.

USE ANY QUICKIE-PIECING METHOD WE'VE SHOWN YOU ALREADY.

PUT THE TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER, KNOWING THOSE HAVE TO BE STITCHED.

AND WE'VE ALREADY SEWN ONE, BUT LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.

IN LOOKING AT THIS, WE ALMOST HAVE A FLYING GEESE SET-UP.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF YOU GO TO THE MACHINE THIS WAY, YOU'LL HAVE THIS SORT OF A STRING COMBINATION.

ONE THERE, ONE THERE, AND ONE THERE.

AND NOW THESE ARE NOT THESE COLORS, SO LET'S FIND OUT AND TURN AND SEE WHERE THESE ARE GOING.

I'VE BEEN HAVING FUN WITH THE MOTHER'S DREAM BLOCK, THINKING THAT I WOULD DO WHAT I CALL A PROGRESSION OF A QUILT.

IT WILL BECOME A SMALL WALL HANGING.

AND STARTING UP IN THE LEFT-HAND CORNER, I SIMPLY CREATE THE BARS THAT MAKE UP A NINE PATCH.

AND EVERY BLOCK, IT SLOWLY PROGRESSES AS WE GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.

EACH TIME, YOU COULD STOP AND MAKE THAT PARTICULAR BLOCK THE BEGINNING OF A WHOLE QUILT.

THEN WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THIS LAST CORNER, DO YOU SEE WHEN I SNIP THIS APART RIGHT HERE, THIS FLYING GEESE COMPLEX THAT THEN PULLS APART WILL BE SEWN ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT GREEN BAR.

THEN I'LL COMPLETE THAT BLOCK FOR MY WHOLE WALL HANGING.

I KNOW YOU'LL ENJOY THIS MOTHER'S DREAM BLOCK.

PLUS, I KNOW YOU'LL ENJOY MEETING MORE QUILTERS.

WE BEGIN WITH TWO FROM THE CANBERRA AREA WITH VERY UNIQUE QUILT INTERESTS.

WE ARE HERE IN THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA WITH TWO MORE QUILTERS-- JENNIE STEVENS AND CHRISTA ROKSANDIC.

NOW, WHERE WERE YOU BORN?

I WAS BORN IN CANBERRA, AND IT'S A GREAT PLACE TO BRING KIDS UP IN.

AND THAT IS THE CAPITAL OF AUSTRALIA.

AND, CHRISTA, WHERE DID YOU COME FROM?

WELL, I ORIGINALLY COME FROM AUSTRIA, BUT I HAVE SPENT HALF MY LIFE IN CANBERRA.

SO IT'S HOME FOR BOTH OF YOU, AND YOU'RE VERY ACTIVE QUILTERS IN THIS AREA.

WHY?

I JUST LOVE QUILTING.

I WAS INSPIRED BY A NEIGHBOR WHO WAS AN AVID QUILTER WHEN THERE WERE NO QUILTERS IN AUSTRALIA AND NO BOOKS OR STORES.

AND JUST SHE INSPIRED ME, SO I JUST STARTED FROM HER.

AND WHAT GOT YOU STARTED, CHRISTA?

I THINK I HAD A GREAT NEED TO BE CREATIVE, AND APART FROM THAT, I REALLY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WHAT GAVE ME A VOICE.

I WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING AS WELL.

AND I THINK THIS HAS COME OUT IN YOUR FABRICS BECAUSE-- AND IN YOUR QUILTS-- BECAUSE YOU'VE TURNED TO UNUSUAL FABRICS.

BOTH YOU, IN YOUR MARBLING AND YOUR STENCILING, AND, CHRISTA, YOU HAVE TURNED TO SATINS AND SILKS, EVERYTHING.

ALL SORTS OF UNUSUAL FABRICS.

I JUST ABOUT USE ANYTHING SO LONG IT HAS GOT THE RIGHT COLOR.

I AM SELF-TAUGHT, AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT.

I STRUGGLED FOR A LONG TIME WITH MY TECHNIQUE, AND IT'S ONLY NOW RECENTLY THAT IT'S GETTING A LITTLE EASIER FOR ME.

I CAN NOW SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME BEING CREATIVE.

AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR NEED NOW, JENNIE, TO TURN TO STENCILING.

I JUST FIND CALICO VERY RESTRICTIVE, SO I GUESS ONCE I WAS IN THE STATES AND SAW THAT YOU COULD COMBINE STENCILING WITH QUILTMAKING, I WAS HOOKED, IMPRINTING FABRIC.

AND SO THIS QUILT HERE HAS GOT A STENCILED DESIGN WITH A MARBLED BACKGROUND, WHICH I'VE ALSO EXPERIMENTED WITH.

IT'S A WHOLE CLOTH SILK QUILT, AND IT'S GOT THE AUSTRALIAN WOOL BAT IN IT.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL TO QUILT.

YOUR DAUGHTER MUST BE VERY HAPPY NOW WITH THE WONDERFUL QUILT YOU'VE DONE FOR HER.

SHE LOVES IT.

SHE LOVES FLOWERS.

I GUESS THAT'S WHY I STARTED DESIGNING AUSTRALIAN FLOWERS.

AND IT'S ALL STENCILED, AND THEY'RE MY OWN DESIGNS.

FROM WESTERN AUSTRALIA, WE HAVE FAYE CUNNINGHAM.

WELCOME TODAY, FAYE.

THANK YOU.

HOW FAR WEST?

WELL, WE'RE RIGHT OVER ON THE WESTERN SIDE.

OVER THERE.

I LIVE IN PERTH.

IN PERTH.

YES.

IT SEEMS AT THE END OF THE WORLD.

HOW FAR IS IT ACROSS THAT WHOLE COUNTRY?

IT'S A GOOD 5 1/2 HOURS FLYING TIME.

TAKES QUITE A WHILE TO GET THERE BY PLANE.

YOU'RE A QUILTMAKER IN THE AREA, BUT ALSO REPRESENTING MANY QUILTMAKERS FROM PERTH.

TELL US ABOUT THIS FIRST PIECE.

THIS QUILT IS BY ONE OF OUR UP-AND-COMING FIBER ARTISTS.

HER NAME'S WENDY LUGG.

SHE USES A LOT OF SPATTER PAINT WORK WITH HER WORK, THEN SHE STRIPS HER QUILTS AND MAKES VARIOUS PATTERNS.

THIS ONE'S CALLED "GOLDEN FOREST" AND HAS A WONDERFUL OVERALL FEELING BECAUSE OF THE SPATTER WORK.

YES.

SHE GETS A LOT OF HER WORK IS FROM NATURE.

ANOTHER WENDY LUGG QUILT IS CALLED... "MULLALYUP AUTUMN LEAVES."

AND I THINK WENDY HAS GONE INTO THE FOREST TO GET IDEAS OF COLORS TO PAINT THE FABRIC, THEN SHE DECIDED TO PRESS VARIOUS TYPES OF LEAVES ONTO THE CLOTH.

SHE'S USED LEAVES THERE AND THERE, AND NOTICE THERE ONE OF OUR LOCAL WRENS.

IT'S CALLED THE BLUE WREN.

THIS IS A COMMISSIONED PIECE, AND SHE SHOULD FEEL VERY PROUD.

WENDY IS VERY PROUD OF HER QUILT.

SHE'S A GREAT TEXTILE ARTIST.

YOU'RE A QUILTMAKER, TOO.

I'M ANXIOUS TO SEE YOUR WORK.

THIS IS LOVELY, FAYE.

TELL ME THE NAME OF IT AND HOW YOU MADE THIS.

THIS IS A QUILT I CALL "I LIKE PINKS AND GREENS."

I FOUND THE FABRIC IN A FURNISHING SHOP ABOUT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO.

AT THAT TIME, YOU COULDN'T FIND ANY FABRIC WITH AUSTRALIAN PRINTS ON IT.

AND I FOUND THE FABRIC, AND I LIKED THE PINKS AND GREENS, SO I DECIDED TO BUILD UP FROM THE BOTTOM OF DEEP GREEN UP TO A VERY LIGHT GREEN AT THE TOP.

IT'S MOST EFFECTIVE.

IT REALLY IS.

WHAT A BOLD COLLECTION OF QUILTS WE HAVE HERE, ALL BY ONE QUILTMAKER.

THIS QUILTMAKER'S NAMED MARJORIE COLEMAN.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S CALLED "GRINDANA."

AND SHE'S USED VERY VIBRANT FABRIC AGAINST A DULL BACKGROUND.

THERE'S A LOT OF EXTENSIVE QUILTING, AND SOME OF HER QUILTING ARE ABORIGINAL MOTIFS.

SO NICE, AND I LOVE THE TWO IN THE BUSH, WITH A LOT OF CURVES, STRIP PIECING, SO TO SPEAK.

VERY VIBRANT.

YEAH.

SHE'S USED A LOT OF LOVELY SOLID COLORS THERE, AND THAT BIRD LOOKS LIKE IT'S REALLY FLYING AWAY OFF THE CURVES.

AND THIS IS HER DOLL FLOWER SERIES, SHE'S DONE 4 SERIES, AND THIS IS ONE CALLED "DOLL FLOWER" WITH THE GUM BLOSSOM GOING THROUGH, AND THIS PINK GIVES IT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF LIFE AROUND THE EDGE.

THAT ONE'S CALLED "SALADE IN THE BUSH II."

A NEW PART OF AUSTRALIA AND A NEW TEACHER.

LEESA SIEGELE, WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

TELL US WHERE YOU'RE FROM.

I'M FROM ADELAIDE IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, KNOWN AS THE CITY OF CHURCHES.

MY GOODNESS.

AND ALSO KNOWN FOR THE WONDERFUL QUILT THAT YOU'VE MADE, INSPIRED BY YOUR HOMETOWN.

TELL US ABOUT IT.

IT'S A QUILT I MADE FOR AN EXHIBITION WITH A NUMBER OF ARTISTS.

AND THIS IS MY FRIEND, AN ARTIST, AND IT'S PLACES THAT ARE FAMILIAR TO BOTH OF US.

AND ANOTHER PIECE IN THAT COLLECTION, TELL US ABOUT THE WONDERFUL CIRCULAR PIECE.

THAT WAS A PIECE MADE BY RACHEL DEATHMON FROM A PRINT BY A LADY CALLED BARBARA HANRAHAN, AND IT'S JUST VERY EXQUISITE.

THE EMBROIDERY'S JUST WONDERFUL.

THE WHOLE--IT'S STYLIZED, BUT YET IT HAS A REAL FOLK FEELING TO IT.

LEESA, TELL US ABOUT THE WEIRD NOISES WE'RE HEARING EVERY MORNING OUTSIDE OUR WINDOW.

I THINK THEY'RE THE BIRDS, AND I THINK IT'S THE MAGPIE YOU'RE HEARING IN THE MORNING.

THEN WE SEE THEM ALL WONDERFULLY DEPICTED IN THIS COLORFUL LITTLE BIRD WALL HANGING I GUESS WE WOULD CALL IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY'RE BIRDS FROM ALL AROUND AUSTRALIA, MADE BY JOSIE FRED.

AND FROM BIRDS, WE GO TO KANGAROOS ON FEED SACKS.

A TOUCH OF THE UNUSUAL RIGHT HERE IN AUSTRALIA, AND THEY'VE PUT THIS TOGETHER IN JUST A SPREAD.

JUST A SPREAD--IT'S TO COVER A BILLIARD TABLE.

OH, MY GOODNESS!

BILLIARD TABLES MUST KEEP WARM.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO TALK TO YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT WEEK, JOIN US FOR OUR FLOWER POWER SHOW, AND WE WILL FEATURE TWO BLOCKS THAT PERTAIN TO THE GARDEN.

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