♪ FOCUS ON FABRIC FOR TODAY.

FROM BATIK, SILK-SCREENING, TO PRINTED FUN DESIGNS-- WHERE WOULD WE BE WITHOUT OUR FABRIC STASH?

LEARN SOME SPECIAL WAYS TO USE SPECIALTY FABRICS.

SOMETIMES WE TRAVEL FAR AND WIDE IN THIS FABRIC SEARCH.

TODAY WE'LL GO TO THE ISLAND OF SAINT LUCIA IN THE WEST INDIES TO SEE HOW BATIK IS MADE.

LAP QUILTING WITH GEORGIA BONESTEEL 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.

MAKE A MEMORY WHEN YOU MAKE A QUILT.

THIS SHOW IS ABOUT HOLIDAYS, VACATIONS, AND THE INSPIRATION WE GET WHEN WE LEAVE HOME.

IT'S ABOUT DISCOVERING NATIVE DRESS, UNUSUAL FABRIC STORES, ABOUT TAKING PICTURES AND THEN RECREATING THOSE MEMORIES.

WHY, WE WOULDN'T LEAVE OUR QUILTING AT HOME.

WE CARRY THAT THINK TANK WITH US EVERYWHERE, AND I TOOK MY OWN QUILTER'S FLAG ON MY LAST QUILTING CRUISE.

IF YOU GO TO THE NAUTICAL ALPHABET, YOU CAN SPELL Q-U-I-L-T-S.

I ALSO TOOK THE BIG SHIP BANNER.

IT'S BASED ON THE 12-INCH BLOCK, AND YOU REMEMBER THE SAILBOAT BLOCK-- A 16-PATCH THAT USES A 3-INCH SQUARE.

ON THE BIG SHIP... A 12-INCH SQUARE WAS USED.

AND WHAT REALLY IS HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE SAILS DEPICTING WHAT EACH OF THE TEACHERS TAUGHT ON THE CRUISE.

DOREEN SPECKMANN TAUGHT HER STORM AT SEA WITH HER SPECIALTY, LITTLE SPIKY FIGURE.

VIRGINIA AVERY DID WONDERFUL APPLIQUE IN HER FREE-FLOWING MATISSE DESIGNS.

HELEN KELLEY TAUGHT HAND APPLIQUE, AND KAREN PERVIER TAUGHT QUICK PIECING.

AND WE MADE LITTLE FISH.

I TAUGHT THE COMPASS DESIGN CALLED THE SPLIT STAR.

NOW, YOU MIGHT NOTICE THAT THIS FABRIC IS JUST PRINTED.

IT WAS BOUGHT THAT WAY, NOT PIECED.

RIDING THE WAVES ARE THE NAMES OF ALL THE LADIES THAT WENT ON THE CRUISE.

AND, OF COURSE, RIGHT ABOVE IT-- FLIPPER.

LOOKING AT OUR HOUSE ON THE HILL BLOCK, IT'S NEVER LOOKED SO TROPICAL.

SEARCH LONG AND HARD FOR THAT SPECIAL PALM TREE THAT YOU CAN CUT AND PUT RIGHT BESIDE THE HOUSE ON THE HILL.

MAYBE IN LARGE FLOWERS.

MAYBE A LITTLE INDIAN MADRAS THAT YOU CAN CUT UP.

TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE SPECIAL, YOU COULD FIND SOME PINK CADILLACS TO GO ALL ACROSS THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE.

PATCHWORK POLLY IS DONE INTO A WALL HANGING.

AND, ONCE AGAIN, THE BORDER BECOMES PREPRINTED PARROT FABRIC.

WHY NOT?

REMEMBER, THIS IS HORIZONTALLY STRIP-PIECED.

WHEN I DID THAT, IT'S VERY EASY TO USE THE GRID-GRIP, PUTTING ALL OF OUR TEMPLATES ON THE BACK OF OUR FABRIC AND USING THAT GRID-GRIP AS A LINE TO SEW.

WHEN I FINISHED, I DECIDED THAT I WANTED TO DO A MIRROR IMAGE-- ANOTHER PARROT-- BOTH OF THEM LOOKING TOGETHER.

KNOWING THAT I'D HAVE TO MAKE ANOTHER SET OF TEMPLATES SEEMED LIKE A LOT TO DO.

INSTEAD, I JUST TOOK THOSE SAME TEMPLATES AND IRONED IT ON THE FRONT OF THE FABRIC AND FOUND THAT WORKED JUST AS WELL.

SEWING ON THE BACK AND USING THAT AS A GUIDE TO CUT OUT AND THEN LINING UP MY GRID.

WE HAVE ALL KINDS OF FABRIC TODAY.

WE'RE STILL USING CALICO, BUT LOOK WHAT'S ENTERED THE FABRIC STORES-- FISH, BICYCLES, WILD ANIMALS.

THEN WE'VE GOT TO FIND A WAY TO USE THEM.

FOR THE BABY QUILT, GO AHEAD AND PUT LITTLE WINDOWS OR PATCHWORK SQUARES AND TRIANGLES THAT OPEN UP.

AND THEN UNDERNEATH, HIDE THAT FUN FABRIC.

STITCH TWO OF THE EXTRA SQUARES TOGETHER, LEAVING ONE SIDE OPEN.

INVERT IT, SO THAT ALL THE SIDES ARE FINISHED.

AND THEN WHEN YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER, STITCH IT IN PLACE.

THE SAME THING FOR THE TRIANGLE.

WELL, OUR PRINTS JUST CAN'T GET BIG ENOUGH, CAN THEY?

OUR LESSON TODAY IS THE INTERLOCK QUILT.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT MADE THREE WAYS.

THIS PARTICULAR RENDITION WAS MADE BY TOMMYE CASHIN FROM SAINT SIMONS ISLAND, GEORGIA.

MINE IS MADE WITH BATIK, MUCH LIKE I'M WEARING RIGHT HERE.

BATIK IS SOMETIMES SPELLED WITH TWO Ts.

THE WORD MEANS "WAX PAINTING" IN MALAYAN.

THIS FABRIC ART WAS FIRST PRACTICED BY THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS, BUT REALLY REACHED ITS HIGHEST DEVELOPMENT IN JAVA.

EUROPE, CHINA, AND INDIA HAVE ALL EXPERIMENTED WITH BATIK, AND SO HAVE THE PEOPLE ON THE ISLAND OF SAINT LUCIA.

ON MY LAST QUILTER'S CRUISE, WE VENTURED DOWN TO THE WEST INDIES IN OUR CONSTANT QUEST FOR UNUSUAL FABRIC.

THIS TIME, WE MADE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS AHEAD OF TIME TO VISIT AND EXPLORE TWO FACTORIES-- CARIBELLE BATIK AND BAGSHAW STUDIOS.

THE FIRST BUSINESS WAS CARIBELLE BATIK.

THE BUILDING WAS SO PRETTY-- WHITE WITH A GOLDEN YELLOW TRIM, SO LIGHT AND AIRY WITH SUNSHINE EVERYWHERE.

THE BRILLIANT COLORS OF BATIK WAVED IN THE BREEZE ON THE CLOTHESLINES OUTSIDE.

AS WE ARRIVED FOR OUR TOUR, THE EMPLOYEES WERE EAGER TO SHARE WITH US THE STEPS IN MAKING BATIK FABRIC.

THE WAXING AND DRAWING WERE DONE IN A ROPED-OFF AREA ON THE FIRST FLOOR WITH THE COTTON SECURED ON FRAMES.

THE ARTIST HERE IS APPLYING A FREEHAND PATTERN-- NOTHING TO FOLLOW ON THE FABRIC-- USING A HOT WAX.

THIS WAX IS A COMBINATION OF BEE AND PARAFFIN.

THE WAX IS RESISTANT TO THE DYE.

SO, THE AREA UNDER THE WAX WILL REMAIN WHITE ONCE THE FABRIC IS DYED.

MOST OF THESE DESIGNS ARE DERIVED FROM NATURE-- FERNS, FLOWERS, BAMBOO, OR PALM LEAVES.

AND ALL THE LADIES LEARN THESE MOTIFS.

THEN EACH PALM LEAF WAS UNIQUELY HER OWN.

BECAUSE THE PROCESS, AND EVERY ITEM IS INDIVIDUALLY AND HAND CREATED.

NO TWO OUTFITS ARE IDENTICAL.

THEY ALL HAVE THEIR OWN CHARACTER AND PERSONALITY IN THEM...

THIS WAXING CAN BE APPLIED WITH A BRUSH OR THEN WE WERE SHOWN A JANTIN.

WE THEN WANDERED DOWNSTAIRS TO THE DYE POTS WHERE THE FABRIC WAS SOAKED IN BRIGHTLY COLORED DYES.

FINALLY, THE FABRIC WAS BOILED TO REMOVE THE WAX.

SEEING THE FINAL PRODUCT STRETCHED OUT AND THEN DRYING ON THE CLOTHESLINE SURE WAS TEMPTING FOR ALL OF US QUILTERS.

THE GARMENTS ARE THEN SEWN UPSTAIRS.

WE VIEWED THE PRODUCTION AREA FROM THE STACKING AND CUTTING TO THEN THE SEWING MACHINES.

WHY, THEY EVEN HAD OVERLOCKS TO CREATE THE WONDERFUL CLOTHES THAT ARE THEN AVAILABLE DOWNSTAIRS.

THEN WE WENT TO THE SALES SHOP TO VIEW ALL THE VARIETY OF GARMENTS.

IT WAS HARD NOT TO TOUCH EVERY SINGLE PIECE.

THE FABRIC WAS SO SOFT AND SILKY BECAUSE THE BATIK IS DONE ON IMPORTED ENGLISH PIMA COTTON.

OUR NEXT VISIT WAS TO BAGSHAW STUDIOS, 2 MILES FROM THE CITY OF CASTRIES, NEXT TO THE LaTOC HOTEL-- A TRUE PICTURE POST CARD SETTING.

HERE SILK-SCREENING IS PERFORMED ON FABRICS STRETCHED ON LONG TABLES.

THESE DESIGNS ARE BY SYDNEY BAGSHAW HIMSELF.

ALL OF THESE ORIGINAL MOTIFS ARE PRODUCED IN A LIMITED AMOUNT SINCE IT IS HAND SILK-SCREENED.

EACH COLOR HAS TO BE ADDED ONE STEP AT A TIME.

THE MATERIAL IS USED FOR EVERYTHING FROM TOTE BAGS TO GARMENTS AND SOLD IN THEIR GIFT SHOP.

THE MATERIAL IS SEWN IN LOCAL HOMES ON THE ISLAND FOR A REAL COTTAGE INDUSTRY.

THE PLAID HATS IN THE ISLANDS WERE GREAT.

THEY WERE FOLDED ONTO PAPER, WHICH GAVE THEM BODY, AND WORN UP FRONT.

EVEN THE WAY THEY WERE TWISTED HAD CERTAIN MEANINGS.

THAT REMINDS ME, I DIDN'T SHOW YOU HOW TO DO THE ENGLISH COUNTRY HAT.

IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAT, YOU NEED TO START WITH A 15-INCH CIRCLE.

YOU CAN JUST USE A PAPER SACK.

AND GO AHEAD AND DRAW THAT CIRCLE WITH A YARDSTICK BEAM COMPASS.

IT WILL FIT RIGHT ON YOUR YARDSTICK OR A 1-INCH RULER.

15 INCHES SO THAT YOU HAVE THAT 7 1/2-INCH RADIUS.

AND THEN FOLD THAT CIRCLE INTO PIE SHAPES.

DIVIDE IT EIGHT TIMES.

THEN DRAW A 2 1/2-INCH CIRCLE IN THE MIDDLE.

WITH THAT PULLED OUT SO YOU HAVE A 2 1/2-INCH RADIUS, THEN PUT YOUR COMPASS DOWN ON THAT EDGE, ON THE PIE, AND COME ALL THE WAY AROUND, HALFWAY.

GO TO YOUR NEXT PIE AND MARK ALL THE WAY AROUND HALFWAY.

MAKE THAT CIRCLE SO THAT THAT BECOMES THE WEDGE THAT YOU CUT OUT ON THE ACTUAL FABRIC.

GET TWO PIECES OF CALICO AND FUSE IT TOGETHER.

YOU MIGHT ADD SOME EXTRA DECORATIVE FLORAL ON THE TOP, AND THEN, OF COURSE, TRANSFER THESE LINES ONTO YOUR HAT.

USE THE ROTARY CUTTER TO CUT THROUGH THAT WEIGHT.

IF YOU USE A POPLIN FABRIC, THAT'S NICE AND HEAVY.

DONNA BENNING DID THIS HAT, AND SHE USED PINKING SHEARS ON THE OUTSIDE.

AND I PUT BINDING ON MINE.

HOW PRETTY.

THE INTERLOCK QUILT IS MADE WITH ONE PIECED BLOCK THAT IS REPEATED NINE TIMES.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE STEPS TO MAKE ONE OF THOSE SECTIONS, AND, OF COURSE, YOU WOULD HAVE TO REPEAT THAT.

YOU START WITH A 25-INCH SQUARE.

AND I WOULD GO AHEAD AND FOLD THAT ON THE DIAGONAL AND PRESS IT.

AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE HAD TO PIECE THIS BLOCK.

AND THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'M GETTING LOW ON BATIK.

YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO NEED THE CONTRASTING BANDS.

YOU WILL NEED ALL OF THESE CUT 2 1/2 INCHES WIDE.

YOU WILL NEED 4 THAT ARE 31 INCHES LONG.

YOU WILL NEED 2 THAT ARE 26 INCHES LONG AND 2 THAT ARE 36 INCHES LONG.

ONCE YOU HAVE FOLDED THAT ON THE DIAGONAL, YOU ARE READY TO MAKE TWO MAJOR CUTS FOR THIS FIRST 25-INCH SQUARE.

THIS IS A LONG CUT.

SO, I DO THINK IT'S EASIER TO GO AHEAD AND FOLD THAT IN HALF, MAKING CERTAIN THAT YOU'VE GOT ALL YOUR FOLDS LINED UP.

THEN, WITH YOUR RULER, COME OVER AND FIND YOUR 2 3/4 INCH, NOT ANYTHING MORE OR ANYTHING LESS.

YOU WANT TO COME FROM THIS EDGE OVER 2 3/4.

I LIKE TO HOLD MY RULER AND CHECK UP ABOVE AND DOWN HERE AT THE SAME TIME.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT CUT.

PULL THAT OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT SO THAT YOU CAN SEE EXACTLY WHERE YOU'VE CUT.

YOUR SECOND CUT IS GOING TO BE 2 1/2.

I ALWAYS CHECK UP HERE AND DOWN HERE AT THE SAME TIME.

IT HELPS TO HAVE THIS PINKIE ON THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR RULER.

THAT HELPS TO STABILIZE AND ALSO THIS GRIPPER IN THE CENTER.

SO THAT YOU HAVE AN "A," "B," AND A "C" SECTION.

NOW GATHERING THESE AND OUR STRIPS, WE'RE READY TO GO TO THE MACHINE.

WE HAVE OUR "A," "B," AND "C" SECTIONS OF BATIK.

THIS ONE'S ON THE FOLD-- 2 3/4.

THIS IS 2 1/2.

AND YOU HAVE YOUR TRIANGLES.

I'D MOVE THOSE ASIDE AND THEN OPEN THIS UP.

AS I OPEN THIS UP, I'D GO AHEAD AND EITHER PINCH THE MIDPOINT OR SOMETIMES IT REALLY HELPS TO PUT A PIN IN THE CENTER SECTION HERE BECAUSE AS YOU'RE ADDING YOUR WHITE STRIPS, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CENTERED EACH TIME.

BECAUSE YOU CUT THIS ON THE FOLD, YOU REALIZE THAT YOU HAVE CUT BIAS, HAVEN'T YOU?

YOU'RE THEN GOING TO PICK UP 2 OF YOUR STRIPS THAT ARE 31 INCHES LONG.

AND I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND FOLD THOSE IN TWO.

FIND THE MIDPOINT AND PINCH THAT ALSO.

AND THEN LINE THAT UP RIGHT WITH THAT PIN ON YOUR BATIK ON EACH RAW EDGE.

AND PUT A PIN.

DO THE SAME THING OVER HERE.

SEE THE PIN RIGHT THERE?

I'M GOING TO COME OVER, PINCH, FIND THE MIDPOINT, AND THEN LINE THAT UP.

REMEMBER, IF I WERE DOING ALL NINE OF THESE, THIS FIRST SEWING THAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING WOULD BE REPEATED NINE TIMES ON EITHER SIDE OF THIS CENTER, "A," SECTION.

ONE OF THE TIPS I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU IS BECAUSE THIS IS BIAS AND THIS IS STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN, IT REALLY DOES HELP WHEN YOU START YOUR SEWING, TO GO AHEAD AND PUT YOUR BLUE, OR YOUR BIAS, AGAINST THE FEED DOGS.

THAT WAY YOU HAVE THE BANDS THAT ARE THE ACCENT IN YOUR QUILT TO STABILIZE AS YOU'RE STITCHING ALL THE WAY DOWN.

NOW THIS IS JUST STRAIGHT LINE STITCHING.

AS YOU'RE DOING THIS, YOU CAN BE THINKING, "WELL, NOW HOW AM I GOING TO QUILT THIS?"

OF COURSE, THAT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER.

BUT YOU DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE BANDS THAT ARE ADDED ARE CENTERED EACH TIME.

AND TRY AND TAKE YOUR 1/4-INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE.

I THINK THIS IS A GOOD BEGINNING QUILT BECAUSE IT GIVES YOU THE EXPERIENCE OF SIMPLY DOING A 1/4-INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE.

AND THAT, OF COURSE, IS WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT IN PATCHWORK.

YOU ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER THAT THESE SEAMS WILL BE CLOSED.

AND AS YOU STITCH EACH ONE OF THEM, I'D GO AHEAD AND PRESS THESE CLOSED SEAMS TO THE BLUE.

NOW YOU'VE DONE ONE.

COME AND DO THE OTHER ONE.

YOU'VE GOT THAT AS A REFERENCE POINT HERE TO PIN.

COME ALL THE WAY OUT.

YOU KNOW THAT'S BEING HELD IN PLACE.

YOU MIGHT ALSO CONSIDER THE OTHER COLORS AND THE OPTIONS THAT YOU HAVE WITH THIS INTERLOCK QUILT.

I LOVE MINE IN BATIK AND I LOVE THE WHITE BECAUSE IT HAS SUCH A LIGHT, AIRY FEELING FROM THE ISLANDS ITSELF.

BUT YOU WILL SEE ANOTHER VARIATION TODAY THAT HAS A DARK BACKGROUND, OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST TRY A SAMPLE FIRST.

I DID ONE JUST IN BROWN PIN DOT TO SEE IF I LIKED THE IDEA.

AND THEN I LOVED TOMMYE CASHIN'S BECAUSE SHE CHANGED THE COLOR OF THE BANDS.

I THINK THAT'S ALSO VERY INTERESTING.

YOU REALLY GET THAT PLAY OF THE INTERLOCK BANDS.

ANOTHER IDEA WOULD BE TO CUT YOUR FABRIC WITH A LARGE PLAID AND INSTEAD OF CUTTING THESE BANDS ON THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN, YOU CAN CUT ON THE BIAS.

NOW, ANOTHER CONSIDERATION WOULD BE TO USE A SOFT, FLORAL PRINT.

THIS COULD BE A VERY FEMININE DESIGN.

IN THAT CASE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE A LITTLE TINY CHECK TO GO WITH THAT.

SO, ONCE YOU HAVE BOTH OF THESE BANDS SEWN ON EITHER SIDE, THEN OPEN THIS UP.

AND I WOULD GO AHEAD AND PINCH THIS AGAIN.

FIND YOUR MIDPOINT.

AND PUT A PIN ON EITHER SIDE.

AND ONCE THAT HAS BEEN PINNED, YOU ARE READY TO THEN ADD YOUR BLUE.

NOW, LET ME GIVE YOU A LITTLE HINT ABOUT ADDING THAT.

REMEMBER THESE 2 1/2-INCH WIDE CUTS?

YOU'VE GOT TWO OF THEM.

IF YOU ADDED THIS OVER HERE, WHAT'S HAPPENING?

THAT'S WRONG.

MAKE SURE YOU TURN THIS.

ONCE AGAIN, PINCH RIGHT HERE.

PUT THAT UP HERE.

FIND THE MIDPOINT AND ADD.

DON'T WORRY THAT YOU'VE GOT THIS FUNNY EXCESS OF WHITE UP HERE.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKE CARE OF THAT PRETTY SOON.

THE SAME THING OVER HERE.

YOU'RE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER BLUE, RAW EDGE HERE.

TURN THAT OVER.

YOU WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN YOU'VE GOT THAT NICE ANGLE THAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT HERE.

ONCE YOU'VE ADDED THAT ON, YOU ARE THEN GOING TO GO TO YOUR 26-INCH.

YOU'VE GOT THAT PINCHED IN THE CENTER.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDED ON EITHER SIDE.

THE LAST ONE TO BE STITCHED, TO MAKE THIS FIRST SET, WILL BE THE TRIANGLES.

AND I WOULD DO THE SAME THING.

PINCH AND FIND THE CENTER.

PUT A LITTLE PIN... AND COME OUT OVER HERE.

I HAVE THIS SECTION ALL SEWN SO THAT YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THIS COMPLETELY.

SO, LET'S GO BACK TO THE DRAFTING TABLE, AND YOU'LL SEE EXACTLY HOW THAT WORKS.

I HAVE ONE ALREADY DONE.

AND REMEMBER WE'LL JUST DO A LITTLE REVIEW.

WE STARTED WITH A 25-INCH SQUARE.

THIS IS OUR "A" SECTION WITH OUR BANDS SEWN ON.

THESE WERE 31 INCHES.

WE SEWED THE 2 1/2-INCH STRIPS, AND THEN WE WENT TO THE 26.

OUR LAST ONES WERE OUR TRIANGLES.

NOW, WE START THAT AGAIN, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, REMEMBER WE WANTED TO PRESS.

GET THOSE CLOSED SEAMS GOING OUT TO THE DARK.

THAT REALLY MAKES IT NICE.

WHEN YOU'RE DOING YOUR PRESSING, MAKE SURE YOU GET ANY LIPS THAT MIGHT BE-- YOU KNOW HOW YOU GET THAT LIP, A LITTLE OVERHANG HERE-- REALLY GET THE POINT OF THAT IRON IN.

AND, OF COURSE, A LITTLE STEAM REALLY HELPS.

I WOULD GO AHEAD AND FOLD THAT.

DON'T BE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE LITTLE WHITE EXTENSIONS.

THAT'S NOT GOING TO HURT YOU ONE BIT.

COME AND GET THIS ALL LINED UP ON EACH EDGE.

A LITTLE FINGER WETTING HELPS A LITTLE BIT ALSO.

AND THEN YOU'RE READY TO FOLD THIS AGAIN BECAUSE THE SAME CUT THAT YOU MADE INITIALLY, YOU ARE NOW GOING TO MAKE AGAIN.

I WOULD LINE UP THOSE WHITES.

SEE HOW THESE WHITES ARE NICE AND LINED UP?

OH, I JUST LOVE THE FEEL OF THIS BATIK.

IT'S SO NICE.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO COME OVER 2 3/4.

SAME THING WE DID BEFORE.

WE'RE CHECKING UP HERE, AND WE'RE CHECKING DOWN HERE.

AND WE'RE COMING THROUGH ALL LAYERS.

HERE'S WHERE YOU LOVE THAT ROTARY CUTTER-- THE WIDE ONE.

ALL RIGHT?

COME OVER HERE 2 1/2.

THE SAME CUT WE DID BEFORE.

COME ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

NOW WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE SEWING MACHINE FOR ONE MORE STITCHING.

ALL THE WAY BACK HERE.

AND WE'LL MOVE OUR OTHERS.

AND WE'RE READY TO SEE WHAT ELSE HAS TO BE DONE HERE.

AND WHAT DO WE HAVE LEFT HERE?

WE HAVE TWO MORE SETS.

BECAUSE THIS IS OUR LONGEST AREA, AND WE KNOW WE'VE GOT THIS PINCHED RIGHT HERE, WE KNOW THAT, AT THIS POINT, WITH OUR PINS IN PLACE, WE ARE NOW GOING TO-- AND ON EITHER SIDE I PINCH BOTH PLACES AND PUT A PIN-- WE'RE GOING TO COME TO OUR 36-INCH LENGTH.

SO, COME TO THIS ONE.

AND WITH OUR PINCHING, MAKE SURE THAT'S CENTERED RIGHT THERE.

TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER, AND WHAT ARE WE REMEMBERING?

THAT WE'RE GOING TO STITCH ON THE WHITE WITH THE BIAS EDGE AGAINST THE FEED DOGS.

SO, YOU GO LIKE THAT AND THE SAME ONE OVER HERE.

PINCH AND PLACE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE PIN MARKED.

ANOTHER WAY YOU CAN DO IT IS SIMPLY STRETCH THIS WHITE OUT AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU'VE GOT THE SAME AMOUNT THAT'S HANGING DOWN AT THIS POINT.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OVER HERE.

SO, YOU'LL HAVE EACH OF THESE SEWN ON.

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO COME-- AND THIS--ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU START SEEING YOUR BLOCK COME TOGETHER.

AND THEN THIS ONE COMES ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE.

WHEN YOU SEW THESE ON, DON'T LET THIS HAPPEN.

YOU SEE HOW THIS IS OUT OF KILTER?

MAKE SURE WHEN YOU PUT THIS IN PLACE, YOU LINE UP THAT SEAM RIGHT HERE.

AND YOU'RE READY TO CONTINUE.

THE SAME IDEA OVER HERE.

DON'T LET THIS TURN.

I'M SHOWING YOU ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN.

BECAUSE I HAVE HAD TO USE THE SEAM RIPPER A LITTLE BIT ON THIS ONE AT TIMES, AND THIS IS WHAT COULD HAPPEN.

YOU DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

YOU WANT THIS NICE LINE HERE, SO THEN YOU KNOW THAT THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE.

YOU THEN HAVE-- EXCUSE ME--ONE MORE WHITE THAT'S GOING TO BE SEWN ON.

AND THEN YOU'LL END UP WITH A TRIANGLE.

EACH TIME CENTERING SO THE SAME AMOUNT OF WHITE IS ON THE OUTSIDE.

WE HAVE ONE MORE CUT, AND YOU'LL SEE HOW IT'S ALL FINISHED.

HERE IT IS ALL COMING TOGETHER.

AND OUR LAST TIME TO SEW.

I'M GOING TO SQUARE THIS UP FOR YOU SO YOU REALLY GET A GOOD IDEA.

OUR LAST TIME TO SEW WOULD BE WITH THIS COMING RIGHT HERE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, CAN YOU SEE HOW I'VE GOT THAT CREASED RIGHT HERE?

WE'VE GOT A MIDPOINT.

AND ONCE THAT FALLS OVER, YOU ALSO HAVE THESE LINES RIGHT HERE.

THESE SEAM LINES-- SEE HOW I'M LINING THAT UP RIGHT THERE?

OK.

I GO AHEAD AND PIN THIS.

AND WHEN YOU GET YOUR BLOCK ALL DONE, YOU WILL END UP WITH A 29-INCH SQUARE.

NOW, THAT'S INCLUDING THE SEAM ALLOWANCES.

YOU KNOW THAT YOUR BLOCK, ONCE IT'S TRIMMED, WILL BE 28 1/2-- ONCE IT'S SEWN, WILL BE 28 1/2 INCHES, BUT TRIMMED, IT WILL BE 29.

PULL THIS ALL THE WAY BACK.

AND YOU SAY, OH, MY, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

THE PROBLEM IS THAT YOU NEED TO TAKE YOUR LONG RULER AND LINE THIS UP AND LINE THIS UP.

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU'RE READY TO TRIM ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

COME HERE AND HERE HOLDING ON TIGHT.

HOLDING ON.

AND THEN ONCE THAT IS OFF, YOU CAN TURN IT AND KEEP GOING UNTIL YOU'VE GOT THAT 29 INCHES ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

YOU SEE HOW THAT LINES UP WITH THAT?

THIS IS YOUR EXCESS.

SAVE THIS FOR YOUR VEST OR YOUR TOTE BAG OR WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE.

BUT I'LL MAKE ONE MORE TRIM.

AND ONE THING THAT YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED IS THE BLUE, OR THE BATIK, IS ON THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN.

YOU HAVE SOME BIAS PLAY HERE BECAUSE THESE BANDS WERE CUT ON THE STRAIGHT.

IT MAKES IT VERY NICE WHEN YOU SEW IT TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE IS SOME PLAY BETWEEN THESE TWO SECTIONS.

LET'S GO OVER AND TAKE A LOOK AND HOLD IT UP AND SEE EXACTLY WHERE IT WOULD GO ON THE QUILT.

HERE WE GO.

TURNING BACK, A LITTLE SEAM ALLOWANCE RIGHT HERE, AND THERE IS YOUR BLOCK.

EVERY TIME IT GOES TOGETHER, IT'S GOING TO WORK.

I PROMISED YOU ONE OTHER VERSION OF THE INTERLOCK QUILT.

LET'S LOOK AT THAT.

ANOTHER RENDERING OF THE INTERLOCK QUILT IS DONE BY CAROL ROBINSON FROM HICKORY, NORTH CAROLINA.

IT HAS AN AMISH FLAVOR.

AND WITH HER LEFTOVERS, SHE PUT THAT ON THE BACKSIDE.

TO COMPLETE IT, SHE MACHINE STITCHED IT IN THE DITCH.

IT'S FOR HER SON, AND IT'S A HANDSOME QUILT.

WELL, SHIPS EVERYWHERE, NO PLACE TO SIT DOWN, BUT THERE IS ROOM FOR ME TO SHOW YOU MOONBEAMS OVER MANY PORTS.

THE EIGHT SHIPS AND THE MOONBEAM SKY REPRESENT THE EIGHT PHASES OF THE MOON.

AND IF YOU CAN SEE, I DID QUILT THOSE EIGHT PHASES IN THE MOONBEAM SKY.

ON ANOTHER SHOW, I'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT HOW TO DO THE MOONBEAMS.

THE SHIP ITSELF IS A 12-INCH BLOCK.

AND IT'S DONE IN THREE ROWS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SMOKESTACK, ONE ROW.

PART OF THE SHIP GOES ACROSS HERE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THAT GENTLE CURVE FOR THE SIDE OF THE SHIP.

I WOULD GO AHEAD AND GET THE OTHER POSITIVE-NEGATIVE PART OF THE SHIP PUT ON THIS SIDE SO THAT YOU CAN STITCH ALL THE WAY DOWN.

WHAT I REALLY LIKE IS THOSE EXTRA TRIANGLES THAT FALL RIGHT INTO THE BORDER.

DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE?

THAT GIVES YOU THAT SHIP COMING RIGHT TOWARDS YOU.

THE BORDER FABRIC CAME FROM THE ISLAND OF GRAND CAYMAN COMPLETE WITH THE BRITISH FLAG, AND PIRATES AND PARROTS.

GATHER TOGETHER ALL YOUR TROPICAL FABRIC AND MAKE A MEMORY.

MAKE A QUILT.

THEN JOIN US NEXT TIME WHERE WE WILL HAVE A FOUR-PART SERIES ON MAKING THREE QUILTS.

SEE YOU IN THE LAP QUILTING STUDIO.

♪ LAP QUILTING WITH GEORGIA BONESTEEL 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.

GEORGIA BONESTEEL IS THE AUTHOR OF BRIGHT IDEAS FOR LAP QUILTING.

THE BOOK CONTAINS DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS AND PATTERNS FOR THE QUILTS IN THIS SERIES.

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