- SO YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A QUILT BUT YOU JUST CAN'T FIND THE RIGHT FABRIC IN YOUR ENORMOUS STASH.

WHAT YOU ALREADY HAVE, WELL IT NEEDS A FACELIFT.

IT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED.

OF COURSE A QUILTER ALWAYS HAS MUSLIN SO LET'S CHANGE IT BY DYEING IT.

CONDITIONS ARE JUST RIGHT TODAY.

WE HAVE A CAROLINA BLUE SKY.

THE FLOWERS ARE IN BLOOM.

WE'RE ALL SET TO WORK OUTSIDE BUT MOST IMPORTANT WE HAVE AN EXPERT HERE.

STAY TUNED AND MEET ELIN NOBLE.

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♪ ♪ A CHILD SLEEPS UNDER MOTHER'S CREATION ♪ ♪ TOGETHER FOREVER.

♪ ♪ THE ART OF THE HEART AND DESIGN OF THE MIND ♪ ♪ PUTS YOU TO BED ONE DAY AT A TIME.

♪ ♪ THE ART OF THE HEART AND DESIGN OF THE MIND.

♪ ♪ - LAP QUILTING WITH GEORGIA BONESTEEL IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GRANTS FROM BERNINA, MAKERS OF SEWING MACHINES MANUFACTURED WITH THE CARE OF TRADITIONAL SWISS WORKMANSHIP.

NOTHING SEWS LIKE A BERNINA..

NOTHING.

BY GAMMILL QUILTING MACHINE COMPANY, OFFERING FOUR SIZES OF LONG ARM HAND GUIDED MACHINES TO QUILTERS WORLDWIDE.

BY COATES AND CLARK, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NAME IN SEWING, HAND KNITTING AND CRAFT PRODUCTS.

BY MARTINGALE AND COMPANY, HOME OF THAT PATCHWORK PLACE, PUBLISHER OF AMERICA'S BEST LOVED CRAFT AND HOBBY BOOKS.

BY HOBBS BONDED FIBERS, MAKER OF HEIRLOOM PREMIUM COTTON AND WOOL BATTING WITH A PACKAGE LABELING SYSTEM TO HELP QUILTERS SELECT THE CORRECT BATTING FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS.

AND BY HORN OF AMERICA, CABINETS OF THE FUTURE TODAY.

- ELIN, GIVE US A SHORT BACKGROUND INTO WHAT LED TO YOUR INTEREST IN FABRIC DYEING.

- WELL IT WAS IT ENDED UP BEING A ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS I WAS A PRE-MED STUDENT AND NEEDED HUMANITIES CREDITS AND ENDED UP IN THE ART DEPARTMENT FOR THE SUMMER NOT WANTING TO CHANGE BUILDINGS ALL SUMMER LONG AND I TOOK ART HISTORY AND DRAWING AND DESIGN AND I LOVED IT.

I NEVER SWITCHED BACK TO PRE-MED.

- AND NOW ELIN NOBLE HAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE TITLE AT PROCHEM.

TELL US ABOUT THAT.

- YES I MANAGE THEIR LAB AND IT'S A LAB THAT TEACHES PEOPLE HOW TO USE THESE THINGS.

WE DO SOME RESEARCH WORK THERE BUT MOSTLY WE WRITE DIRECTIONS AND HELP TROUBLESHOOT AND MATCH COLORS AND AND HAVE OUR FINGERS IN ALL THESE THINGS.

- TODAY'S INTEREST IS HOW TO CHANGE FABRIC COLOR AND I KNOW THAT THERE ARE MANY BOOKS OUT TODAY AND I KNOW THAT YOU ARE THE AUTHOR OF DYES AND PAINTS WHICH IS A WONDERFUL INTRODUCTION INTO CHANGING FABRIC AND I TRIED IT ONE TIME.

I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I HAD MASON JARS I HAD THE PROCYON DYES AND I ENDED UP WITH A WONDERFUL ARRAY OF LITTLE THINGS.

I HAD THE MASK AND THE APRONS AND I UNDERSTAND WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.

PEOPLE STILL USE PROCYON.

- OH DEFINITELY AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE A PLACE FOR PROCYON DYES BECAUSE THEY DO THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS THAT IT CAN DO THAT NOTHING ELSE CAN DO SO IT HAS ITS OWN PLACE.

BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH TODAY IS EVEN SIMPLER.

YOU DON'T NEED ALL OF THESE EXTRA MASON JARS.

YOU DON'T NEED ALL THE ACCOUTREMENTS TO GO WITH WITH THE PLAYING WITH PROCYON.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO USE TODAY IS A PRODUCT CALLED SETACOLOR.

IT'S A PAINT TECHNICALLY BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A DYE AND IT CAN KIND OF ACT LIKE A DYE IN THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT VERY WATERY AND PAINT IT ON AND IT'S VERY FLUID AND YOU CAN CONTROL IT OR YOU CAN LET IT CONTROL WHATEVER THE PATTERN TENDS TO MOVE TO.

- WELL LET'S GET TO IT.

- OKAY.

- AND I THINK THE BEST WAY YOU HAVE SUGGESTED STARTING WITH WHAT WE CALL A STARTER FABRIC OR A BASIC FABRIC.

- YES WHAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH TODAY IS IS JUST A COTTON MUSLIN AN UNBLEACHED MUSLIN AND WE'RE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A PIECE OF IT SOAKING HERE IN THE WATER BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S WET BUT OTHER THAN THAT WE HAVE MUSLIN, WE HAVE SETACOLOR AND WE HAVE WATER AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL WE NEED -- - OKAY.

-- RIGHT NOW.

THE SETACOLOR TO PREPARE IT FOR THE FIRST THING WE'RE GOING TO DO WHICH IS A COLOR WASH AND THAT'S JUST PUTTING A WASH OF CAN BE ONE COLOR CAN BE MULTIPLE COLORS DOWN ON YOUR FABRIC.

AND TO DO THAT YOU WANT THE SETACOLOR REALLY FLUID.

YOU WANT IT VERY WATERY AND SOME OF THE COLORS WE'VE ALREADY MIXED UP AND ONE COLOR I'M GOING TO MIX UP FOR YOU SO WE CAN GET AN IDEA OF JUST HOW EXACTLY SCIENTIFIC IT IS.

WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS POUR SOME IN.

- SO IT'S NOT REAL FLUID RIGHT NOW.

- NO.

- IT'S ACTUALLY PERFECT FOR STAMPING OR FOR STENCILING.

POUR SOME WATER IN.

EASIER THAN COOKING.

- OH YES.

- WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS JUST IN CASE I'VE DONE THIS BEFORE WHERE I HAVE NOT HAD THE TOPS ON TIGHT ENOUGH I PUT A PIECE OF PAPER OVER IT AND SHAKE IT TILL IT'S ALL SHAKEN UP.

AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST WHEN THE TOPS HAVEN'T BEEN TIDY.

- I DON'T WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.

[BOTH LAUGH] - I FLIP IT OVER AND I CAN SEE SOME OF THE COLOR STILL ON THE BOTTOM SO SHAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

AND THIS IS WHERE SOMETHING CLEAR IS KIND OF NICE TO WORK WITH OR EVEN WHITE BECAUSE WHITE YOU'LL SEE YOUR COLOR BETTER WITH BUT WHEN IT'S CLEAR YOU GET TO SEE WHAT COLORS THROUGH IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO PEEKING IN THE TOPS.

- NOW ONCE YOU'VE SHAKEN IT, SHOULD I SHAKE THIS AGAIN OR.. ONCE IT'S DILUTED IT'S - IT'S PRETTY GOOD UNLESS YOU'VE -- YOU'RE GOING FROM ONE DAY TO THE NEXT BECAUSE THESE WILL JUST KEEP AND KEEP AND KEEP UNTIL UNTIL YOU USE THEM ALL UP.

BUT IF YOU'RE GOING ONE DAY TO THE NEXT THEN YES IT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA TO SHAKE THEM UP BECAUSE THEY DO SETTLE OUT A LITTLE.

- ALL RIGHT NOW IF YOU GET ANY OF THIS ON YOU WILL IT WASH RIGHT OUT?

- IT WILL WASH RIGHT OFF YOUR HANDS.

IT WILL WASH RIGHT OFF OF PLASTIC.

IT DOES A GREAT JOB OF STAINING ANYTHING YOU DON'T WANT IT TO STAIN.

- OH.

[LAUGHS] - FORMICA.

- OKAY.

- CLOTHING.

- OH YEAH.

- IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS AS WE HAVE HERE WE PUT THE PLASTIC ON THE TABLE.

WE'VE EVEN PUT PLASTIC ON THE FLOOR SO THAT SO THAT SO THAT WE DON'T.

AND IT'S IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE MURPHY'S LAW ALWAYS KICKS IN.

- OKAY.

- AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS IT'S VERY EASY TO WASH IT OFF YOUR HANDS BUT I'M GOING TO WEAR GLOVES JUST FOR THE SAKE OF NOT WANTING TO HAVE TO SCRUB THEM LATER.

- OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M GOING TO PULL THIS OUT OF THE WATER.

IT'S NOT HOT WATER, IT'S NOT COLD WATER.

IT'S JUST TAP WATER.

ROOM TEMPERATURE WATER.

SOME PEOPLE LIKE TO STRETCH THEIR FABRICS ON STRETCHER FRAMES OR EVEN ON A BOX OR NOT EVEN ON ANYTHING.

I LIKE TO WORK ON PLASTIC BECAUSE THEN IT GIVES ME SOMETHING I CAN PICK IT UP AND MOVE IT OFF MY TABLE WITH AND KEEP GOING TO THE NEXT PIECE.

OKAY.

- SO WE HAVE ANOTHER VERY SCIENTIFIC APPROACH HERE.

- MM-HMM.

- SPONGE BRUSHES.

- WOW.

INSTANT.

- INSTANT GRATIFICATION.

THE FUN THING ABOUT WORKING WITH SETACOLOR IS THAT AND AND AND MANY PAINTS IS THAT WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET.

WHEN THIS IS DRY THIS IS THE COLOR YOU GET.

AND UNLIKE WITH DYES WHERE YOU HAVE TO ALWAYS WASH SOMETHING OUT AND THERE'S ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF SHADE SHIFT AND COLOR CHANGE AND VALUE CHANGE MOSTLY.

WITH THIS IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.

- OH MY.

AND IT DOESN'T HURT IF IT BLEEDS INTO... - NO THAT'S ACTUALLY PART OF THE BEAUTY.

- AND LOOK YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE RED DOT RIGHT THERE.

I BET YOU'RE GOING TO COVER THAT UP.

- NO, NO, BECAUSE WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS THIS WHOLE THING DRIES WE'RE JUST GOING TO TO MAKE IT DRY QUICKLY.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO YOU CAN JUST LET IT JUST SIT HERE AND DRY ON ITS OWN.

BUT WHAT WHEN THERE'S SOME SUNSHINE I PREFER TO JUST GO PUT IT OUT IN THE SUN.

AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS THESE YOU CAN SEE THE THE LINES ARE ALREADY STARTING TO TRAVEL AND THERE'S SOME VERY INTERESTING KIND OF FEATHERING THAT BEGINS TO HAPPEN.

- NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS RIGHT AT THE VERY BEGINNING ELIN BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S A CONCERN.

WHAT SETS THIS PAINT?

DO YOU NEED TO SET IT?

- YES YOU DO NEED TO SET IT AND IT IS SET WITH HEAT.

AND HEAT CAN BE FROM A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT SOURCES.

IT CAN BE FROM FROM AN IRON.

ONCE YOU FIRST YOU INITIALLY LET IT DRY TO THE TOUCH ALL ON ITS OWN AND THAT ALL ON ITS OWN CAN ALSO MEAN FROM THE SUNSHINE.

BUT YOU LET IT DRY AND AFTER IT'S DRY THEN YOU HEAT SET IT EITHER WITH AN IRON OR YOU CAN AGAIN LEAVE IT IN THE SUN LONGER.

THE SUN CAN KIND OF BAKE IT FOR YOU OR YOU CAN THROW IT IN IN A DRYER.

IN THE CLOTHES DRYER.

- SURE.

- AND THEN SHOULD YOU PRE-WASH IT BEFORE YOU PUT IT INTO A QUILL?

WOULD IT HELP TO DO THAT OR IT'S NOT NECESSARY?

- NOT NECESSARY.

NOT WITH THIS PARTICULAR TECHNIQUE.

IT'S NOT NECESSARY.

SOME PEOPLE DO LIKE TO WASH THINGS JUST TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NOTHING WHATSOEVER ON THEM AND IT'S PROBABLY NOT A BAD IDEA.

OKAY.

BUT IT'S NOT ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

ONCE WE GET INTO A COUPLE OF OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE WITH THE SETACOLOR THEN YES IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO WASH IT BEFORE PUTTING IN YOUR QUILT BUT NOT THIS PARTICULAR ONE.

AND FROM HERE I'LL JUST TAKE IT OUT AND PUT IT IN THE SUN.

LET IT DRY.

- ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

OKAY ELIN IT'S ALL DRY.

- YES, YES AND NOW THAT IT IS DRY CAN YOU LOOK AT HOW THE COLORS HAVE MIGRATED.

THEY'VE REALLY CHANGED.

THINGS HAVE MOVED IN TO ONE ANOTHER AND THEY'VE KIND OF FEATHERED AND AND GIVEN IT A WHOLE NEW CHARACTER.

- WELL WE HAVE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE OTHER COLOR WASHES BUT I THINK WHAT A QUILTER WANTS TO SEE, OF COURSE, IS HOW IT ENDS UP IN A QUILT.

AND THIS IS ONE A VERY CONTEMPORARY QUILT THAT HAS USED THE COLOR WASH AND THERE'S SOMETHING ALSO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS.

- I DON'T QUILT.

MY MOTHER DOES AND SHE SAW THIS PIECE IT WAS JUST KIND OF A TOP.

I WAS GOING TO TURN UNDER THE EDGES AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE IT.

AND SHE SAID, "NO NO NO NO NO IT HAS TO BE FINISHED."

AND TWO WEEKS LATER A BOX CAME IN THE MAIL AND THERE IT WAS.

ALL QUILTED.

[LAUGHS] - THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

YOU COLOR THE FABRIC AND YOU'VE GOT SOMEONE TO QUILT IT.

- SOMEONE TO DO MY QUILTING, YES.

- WELL WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE NEXT EFFECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON TODAY AND THAT'S THAT SUN TREATMENT.

YEAH SUN PRINTING, WHICH IS REALLY IT'S LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC.

YOU HAVE TO ALMOST YOU KNOW GO BACK TO BEING REMEMBER THE CHILD IN YOU.

- YES.

WELL A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS RIGHT IN THIS QUILT.

- IT TENDS TO BE SENSITIVE TO HEAT SO IT'S NOT ONLY SUNLIGHT BUT IT'S THE HEAT THAT THE PAINT IS SENSITIVE TO.

AND WHEN WE -- WELL WE'LL SEE WE'LL DO IT AND I'LL SHOW YOU I'LL EXPLAIN ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHILE I'M DOING IT.

- ELIN THIS SUN PRINTING IS AMAZING.

- IT IS THAT LITTLE BIT OF MAGIC.

IT REALLY IS, BECAUSE THE WHOLE FABRIC GETS PAINTED FIRST AND IN THIS CASE WITH YELLOW AND GREEN.

LEAVES PUT DOWN AND TRUCKED OUT TO THE SUN UNTIL IT'S DRY AND YOU PEEL OFF THE LEAVES AND YOU HAVE YOUR IMAGERY.

BUT IN THIS CASE YOU STARTED WITH BLUE FABRIC.

STARTED WITH BLUE FABRIC AND ALSO THIS HAPPENS TO BE A COTTON POLY BLEND.

IT WASN'T EVEN IT'S NOT EVEN A HUNDRED PERCENT COTTON SO SHOW ME HOW A LOT OF VERSATILITY.

SHOW ME HOW IT'S DONE.

WE HAD ALREADY STARTED PAINTING THIS ONE AND AGAIN TO KEEP MY NAILS SO NICE AND CLEAN.

- YES.

- I MIXED UP SOME GREEN THINKING THAT AFTER OUR NATURE WALK AND PICKING UP FERNS AND LEAVES OUTSIDE I WANTED MOST OF IT TO BE GREEN SO I MIXED SOME YELLOW AND SOME BLUE JUST IN A LITTLE CUP.

- NOW HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT ON?

ELIN HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WHAT PROPORTION TO PUT WHEN FOR INSTANCE WHEN YOU PUT SOME OF THE COLOR IN THERE HOW MUCH WATER DO YOU ADD?

- YOU KNOW IT'S IT'S IT'S IT ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE REALLY AND TRULY SO WHATEVER YOU ADD IS ALWAYS GOING TO WORK BUT WHAT'S GOOD TO KEEP IN MIND IS THE MORE WATER YOU ADD THE PALER THE SHADE.

- I SEE.

- SO THE MORE WATER WE ADD TO THIS THE MORE PASTEL OUR OUTCOME WILL BE.

THE LESS WATER WE ADD THE DARKER THE RESULTS WILL BE.

SO IT'S A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP AND NEITHER ARE RIGHT OR WRONG IT JUST IS YOU KNOW WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE AFTER.

SO IN THIS CASE I'M JUST GOING TO TAKE THESE FERNS.

THESE FERNS THEY'RE VERY SOFT FERNS WHICH WHICH SOME OF THEM ARE MUCH CRISPER AND DENSER AND THEY WON'T LAY QUITE AS FLAT ON THE FABRIC BUT THESE SINCE THEY'RE SO SOFT THEY'RE EASY TO MASH.

I'M GOING TO CUT THAT LITTLE END OFF.

- SO THEY ARE REALLY ADHERING TO THE MOISTURE ON THIS ON THE GREEN FABRIC.

- GOOD OCCLUSIVE SEAL THERE.

- ALL RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT THIS OUT IN THE SUN WHAT IF YOU'VE GOT A DAY THAT IS SUNNY BUT IT'S WINDY?

IS THE WIND GOING TO LIFT THESE UP OR?

- IT WILL SAIL THEM AWAY, YES.

SO WHAT WHAT WORKS VERY VERY WELL ON A WINDY DAY IS JUST TAKE TAKE YOUR FABRIC ONCE YOU HAVE ALL YOUR LEAVES DOWN AND PUT IT IN A SUNNY WINDOW.

THE WINDOW WILL LET THE LIGHT IN OR LET THE HEAT IN.

IT'S REALLY NOT A LIGHT THING IT'S A HEAT THING.

SOMETIMES WE'VE ALSO BEEN I'VE ALSO BEEN KNOWN TO USE HEAT LAMPS THE KIND THAT YOU'D FIND IN A MCDONALD'S HEATING THE FRENCH FRIES.

OH THOSE ALSO WORK JUST AS WELL.

SO THESE ARE SOME LEAVES FROM -- - SO YOU'RE REALLY PUTTING THEM ON UPSIDE DOWN I'M WATCHING HOW YOU'RE DOING THAT.

YES SOME IT DEPENDS ON THE LEAF IF I CAN PUT IT ON WITH THE STRONGEST VEIN TO THE FABRIC YOU'LL GET MORE PATTERN.

OKAY.

- MORE DEFINITION OF WHAT IS GOING ON HOW THE LEAF GROWS.

IT'S A GREAT BOTANICAL STUDY FOR KIDS.

- BUT YOU COULD ALSO DO A LITTLE FOUR PATCH WITH LEAVES COULD YOU?

- SURE.

- MAKE YOUR OWN GEOMETRIC DESIGN.

THIS IS A THIS IS A PRETTY LOOSE ONE BUT YOU CAN BE VERY VERY CONTROLLED.

THAT'S IT.

NOW HERE GOES TO THE SUN.

- OKAY.

- I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

- ALL RIGHT.

- THE SUN HAS DONE ITS THING.

- OH NOW THE MAGIC.

- NOW COMES THE FUN PART.

SEE SOME WERE NOT QUITE AS TIGHT SO THEY THEIR THEIR SHADOWS ARE NOT QUITE AS WELL DEFINED BUT THESE FERNS.

- HOW BEAUTIFUL!

LOOK AT THAT!

- AND THE HARD PART REALLY ABOUT SUN PRINTING IS WAITING FOR IT TO DRY.

- YOU JUST CAN'T.

YEAH YEAH.

THAT'S THE LOVELY PART.

- OH!

IT IS BEAUTIFUL!

THE SALT TREATMENT ON FABRIC GIVES ANOTHER EFFECT.

IT CONDENSES THE COLOR, SOMETIMES IT MAKES A HARD DARK SPOT OR EVEN DISPERSES THE COLOR FOR SOME LOVELY RESULTS.

ALMOST AS IF RAIN HAS HIT THE SURFACE.

SALT IS SPRINKLED ON THE COLOR WASHED WET FABRIC.

NOW YOU CAN USE STARBURST SALT OR EVEN KOSHER SALT.

IT IS THEN BRUSHED OFF ONCE THE FABRIC HAS FINALLY DRIED.

REMEMBER THAT THE FABRIC HAS TO BE HEAT SET AND WASHING IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY BEFORE YOU PUT IT INTO A QUILT OR MAYBE EVEN A GARMENT.

ELIN, QUILTERS ARE REALLY GOING TO IDENTIFY WITH THEIR STASH OF FABRIC HERE AND AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'VE LEARNED ALREADY TO WORK WITH THEM.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST START WITH THIS OLD-FASHIONED FAVORITE AND SHOW US WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

- IT IS AN OLD-FASHIONED FAVORITE.

IN FACT I THINK MY MOTHER SENT THIS TO ME AND IT WAS PURCHASED IN THE 70S.

AND WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THIS WE WENT WITH A STRAIGHT COLOR WASH STARTED WITH THAT AND THEN ADDED THE SALT TECHNIQUE AND ADDED SOME SUN PRINTING TO IT WITH SOME WITH SOME FERNS.

AND HERE WE'VE JUST TAKEN A CALICO AND DONE THE SAME.

HERE'S TWO SUN PRINTING EXAMPLES ONE WITH VERY SMALL LEAVES FROM A FROM A ROSE BUSH AND THE OTHER IS USING THE PLASTIC MESH THAT IS USED FOR CROSS STITCH THAT YOU CAN FIND.

IT GIVES YOU A NICE REGULAR PATTERN AND THIS IS ALSO A COLOR WASH THAT HAD HAS A LITTLE VARIATION TO IT AND ANOTHER COLOR WASH THAT AS IT WAS DRYING WHEREVER THERE WAS LITTLE RIDGES AND VALLEYS THE RIDGES WOULD COLLECT THE COLOR A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSELY.

- YOU CAN STAMP ON THE FABRIC WITH STORE-BOUGHT STAMPS OR YOU CAN MAKE YOUR OWN WITH WEATHER STRIPPING THAT IS VERY EASY TO CUT.

YOU SET A COLOR FULL STRENGTH WHEN YOU DO THIS TECHNIQUE STRAIGHT FROM THE JAR.

AN ORDINARY ROLLER THE KIND YOU GET AT A HARDWARE STORE OR A PAINT SHOP MAKES IT VERY EASY.

THIS METHOD CONCLUDES WITH DRYING AND HEAT SETTING ONCE AGAIN.

ELIN, NOW FOR THAT SPRAYED EFFECT SHOW ME HOW THAT HAPPENS.

- JUST AS EASY AS ALL THE REST OF THEM HAVE BEEN.

WE JUST HERE WE'RE STARTING WITH BLUE FABRIC THIS TIME WE'RE NOT GOING TO DUNK IT IN THE WATER BUT INSTEAD WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE A SPRAY BOTTLE OF WATER MIST IT DOWN YOU DON'T WANT IT SOPPING WET YOU JUST WANT IT DAMP.

I'M GOING TO TAKE IT AND MAKE LITTLE PEAKS AND VALLEYS OUT OF EVERYTHING.

COMPRESS IT AND IT WILL STAY THAT WAY BECAUSE YOU'VE DAMPENED IT A LITTLE BIT.

- EXACTLY.

- YOU DON'T WANT TO COMPRESS IT FLAT YOU JUST WANT TO COMPRESS IT INTO FOLDS.

WHAT I'VE JUST TAKEN IS THAT I'M USING PURPLE AND ORANGE KIND OF A VERMILION COLOR AND THESE ARE THE SAME CONCENTRATION WE'VE BEEN USING ALL DAY SO FAR.

YOU START WITH ONE SIDE.

- I'M GOING TO STAND BACK HERE.

THERE TENDS TO BE OVER SPRAY THIS IS A GOOD TECHNIQUE TO USE OUTSIDE IDEALLY NOT ON A WINDY DAY BUT YOU WORK WITH ONE DIRECTION.

IT'S AN AIR BRUSHING TECHNIQUE ACTUALLY.

YOU CAN SEE THE OVER SPRAY AROUND IT.

TURN YOUR FABRIC AROUND ON YOUR PLASTIC AND YOU TAKE YOUR OPPOSITE COLOR YOUR OTHER COLOR YOU SPRAY THE OTHER DIRECTION AND IT HITS THE OTHER SIDES OF THE MOUNTAINS.

ONCE YOU FINISH SPRAYING YOU JUST LET IT DRY.

AGAIN IT DOES NOT HAVE TO GO IN THE SUN JUST LET IT DRY JUST AS YOU HAVE IT HERE.

ONCE IT'S DRY.

- HERE IT IS.

THAT'S IT.

- EXCITING!

- AGAIN IT NEEDS TO BE HEAT SET.

ONCE IT'S AIR DRIED IT'S HEAT SET.

- RIGHT DOWN HERE IS THE VALLEY WHERE THE PAINT DID NOT GET TO.

- THAT'S THE VALLEY.

- I'M GOING TO LET YOU TAKE YOUR GLOVES OFF BECAUSE I'M ANXIOUS TO END OUR LITTLE SESSION BY SHOWING ANOTHER EFFECT THAT I HAD NEVER DAWNED ON ME.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE A PATCHWORK BLOCK AND THEN PAINT IT.

- YOU CAN MAKE A PATCHWORK BLOCK AND SAY OH GOSH THAT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE.

I WANT IT TO BE A WHOLE OTHER COLOR SCHEME.

WHAT WE DID WAS TAKE THE DILUTED SETACOLOR AND THIS ONE WAS PAINTED WITH ORANGE AND ANOTHER ONE UNDERNEATH WAS PAINTED WITH BLUE.

YOU CAN CHANGE TOTALLY SHIFT WHAT YOU HAVE GOING ON.

- IT LOOKS LIKE YOU BOUGHT ALL DIFFERENT FABRICS.

- THAT'S TRUE.

- TELL ME ABOUT THIS.

- THAT'S ACTUALLY A DYE TECHNIQUE.

THIS IS GOING BACK TO USING PROCYON DYES.

YOU CAN DYE THREADS.

GREAT FOR BOBBIN QUILTING.

GREAT FOR HAND QUILTING.

- ELIN YOU HAVE OPENED SO MANY DOORS FOR US.

I KNOW OUR AUDIENCE IS GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

DID I ASK YOU WHERE WOULD YOU BUY THESE?

- OH SETACOLOR?

YOU CAN FIND IT AT MANY MANY QUILT STORES.

SO MANY QUILT STORES ARE NOW CARRYING IT.

ALSO A CRAFT STORE IF YOU'RE NOT HAVING LUCK WITH YOUR LOCAL QUILT STORE.

THERE'S ALWAYS MAIL ORDER.

- THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY.

- YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE.

- FROM A SUMMER DAY TO A FALL DAY IN NORTH CAROLINA I HOPE YOU ENJOYED ELIN'S FABRIC DYEING.

WASN'T IT GREAT?

I'M ANXIOUS TO TRY IT BUT IN THE MEANTIME LOOK WHAT SHE LEFT ME.

THE SAMPLES THAT SHE DID.

I ENJOYED TAKING ONE PIECE AND MAKING IT INTO A WALL HANGING A LA LOG CABIN STYLE.

THE OTHER PIECE I CUT IN TWO AND SIMPLY MADE A MANTEL DECORATION.

NOW TO OUR QUILTER'S ALPHABET.

G IS FOR GRAIN LINE.

THE DIRECTION OF THE THREADS IN FABRIC.

THE WARP LINES FORM THE LENGTHWISE THREADS IN A PIECE OF FABRIC AND THEY RUN PARALLEL TO THE SELVAGE.

THE CROSSWISE HAVE A LITTLE MORE GIVE AND THEY ARE THE WEFT LINES IN FABRIC.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR A QUILTER TO UNDERSTAND THESE.

H IS FOR HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE.

A RIGHT ANGLE TRIANGLE WHICH WHEN JOINED TO ANOTHER ALONG ITS MATCHING BIAS EDGE FORMS A SQUARE.

NOW WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE SINCE DAY ONE IN PATCHWORK BUT WHAT'S SO NICE TO KNOW TODAY THAT FOR ANY SIZE SQUARE OR HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE THAT WE WANT TO END UP WITH THE ADDITION OF 7/8 GOES FOR ANY SIZE.

7/8 GIVES YOU THE SEAM ALLOWANCE ON THE TWO RIGHT ANGLES AND DOWN THE DIAGONAL OR THE BIASED EDGE.

AND THAT WORKS FOR NOT ONLY CUTTING OUT THOSE HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES AND FOR SEWING THEM TOGETHER.

I'VE DRAWN ONE LINE.

I'VE STITCHED ON EITHER SIDE.

AND THEN WHEN YOU CUT THIS DOWN THE MIDDLE AND OPEN IT UP YOU'VE GOT YOUR HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE.

REMEMBER GET RID OF THOSE DOG EARS.

NOW I KEEP THAT ON THE BACK OF MY CALCULATOR SO I ALWAYS KNOW AND I EVEN PRINT IT ON A T-SHIRT.

IF YOU LOOK REAL CAREFULLY IT SAYS FOR ANY HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE ADD 7/8.

A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES IS "PROGRESSION 1" BY GENEVIEVE GRUNDY.

JUST LOOK AT ALL THOSE HALF SQUARE TRIANGLES.

"H" IS FOR HOOP.

A CIRCULAR BAND QUITE OFTEN MADE OF WOOD USED TO SUPPORT THE QUILT LAYERS FOR HAND OR MACHINE QUILTING.

THEY COME IN PLASTIC.

I DO LIKE THIS WOODEN ONE THAT IS SUPPORTED.

IT DOES GO FLAT WHEN I'M TRAVELING.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE SUPPORT SO THAT THE HOOP DOESN'T REST IN THE CROOK OF YOUR ARM ALL THE TIME.

THERE ARE SQUARE HOOPS IN PLASTIC TODAY.

AND THEN FOR MACHINE QUILTING I LIKE A NARROW WOODEN HOOP.

SOMETIMES THE INDENTION IS NICE FOR SLIPPING IT UNDER THE PRESSER FOOT.

MY LATEST HOOP IS AN OVAL ONE THAT'S THIN AND IT'S WOODEN TOO.

I'M ALL SET TO DO SOME MACHINE QUILTING.

MACHINE QUILTING ON PRE-STAMPED FABRIC IS THE BEST WAY TO GAIN EXPERIENCE AND CONFIDENCE.

NOW I'M ALL SET TODAY.

I'VE GOT RAYON TWIST THREAD ON MY MACHINE.

THE FEED DOGS ARE DROPPED.

A METAFIL NEEDLE IN THE MACHINE WHICH IS AN EYE WITH A LARGER OPENING.

AND I'M ALL READY TO BRING UP THAT BOBBIN THREAD.

BUT I'M GOING TO DO ONE THING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AND IT'S A LITTLE SECRET I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.

AND THAT IS THAT WHEN I'M CONSTANTLY DOING STRAIGHT LINE OR FEED DOG DROP WORK I FIND THAT A STRAIGHT LINE IS VERY UNFORGIVING.

BUT IF I INTRODUCE A ZIGZAG STITCH AND NOT A BIG ONE BUT JUST VERY NARROW, BRING IT DOWN TO SAY BELOW A ONE, ABOUT A HALF, THAT YOU WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

IT'S A VERY FORGIVING STITCH.

IT WILL JUST, I'M GOING TO DO THE VEIN OF THIS LEAF.

AND CAN YOU SEE HOW IT JUST ADDS THAT LITTLE BIT OF PIZZAZZ.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE THAT NERVOUS, NORVUS THING.

BUT ESPECIALLY WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT RELATES TO NATURE, YOU DON'T WANT ALL THOSE STRAIGHT LINES.

AND OF COURSE THE FUN PART OF MACHINE QUILTING IS THAT I CAN GO ANYWHERE.

I'M JUST KEEPING THE EDGES OF MY HAND, MY FINGERTIPS ON THE EDGES OF THIS HOOP, AND I WOULD JUST CONTINUE GOING ANYWHERE I WANTED TO.

DO TRY IT.

NOW, WE HAVE OUR FEATURE BLOCK OF THE DAY WHICH IN KEEPING WITH ALL OF ELIN'S WORK I CALL COLOR RAYS.

BEAUTIFUL COLOR TODAY.

IT'S DONE WITH A TWO PATCH BLOCK.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF SEWING TWO SIZES OF TRIANGLES ON EACH OF THESE BRIGHT COLORS.

AND THEN IT'S JUST SEWING TWO TRIANGLES TOGETHER.

AND I KNOW YOU CAN DO THAT.

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