♪ WELCOME TO THE FINAL SHOW OF OUR SERIES CALLED "GOOD FRIENDS."

IT'S OUR CHANCE TO REVIEW SOME FAVORITE TECHNIQUES, VISIT WITH MORE QUILTING FRIENDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, AND SHOW NEW QUILT-FINISHING METHODS.

♪ 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.

INDIAN MEADOWS IS A 12-INCH BLOCK THAT HAS FIVE TEMPLATES.

ON CLOSE EXAMINATION, IT HAS A DOUBLE STAR INSIDE.

HOWEVER, I STARTED PLAYING WITH MY SEGMENTS WHEN I PIECED IT, AND, AS YOU CAN SEE, I TURNED THE DARK TRIANGLES SO THE LIGHT WAS INSIDE AND THEN WENT FURTHER, AND INSTEAD OF DOING IT THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, LIKE THIS, I TURNED IT THIS WAY, SO THAT I REALLY CREATED ANOTHER BIG FLYING GEESE SEGMENT INSIDE.

BUT LET'S SEE HOW IT REALLY SHOULD BE DONE.

I THINK IT'S NICE IF THESE DARKER TRIANGLES GO INSIDE, BECAUSE THEN YOU CREATE THAT DOUBLE STAR.

NOTICE THAT YOU'VE GOT FOUR FLYING GEESE COMPLEXES, HERE AND OVER HERE, AND YOU'D GO AHEAD AND JUST GET THESE SEPARATE CORNERS PIECED, MAKING CERTAIN THAT WHEN YOU GOT READY TO PIECE THIS TOGETHER, YOU HAD YOUR 1/4-INCH STOPPING POINTS MARKED, BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T SEW TO THE RAW EDGE.

THAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO THEN SET IN YOUR CORNERS.

I REALLY LIKE THIS BLOCK TURNED ON POINT.

BACK TO NATURE WITH OUR TALL PINE TREE BLOCK.

IT'S A 12-INCH BLOCK WITH ONLY 3 TEMPLATES, ESPECIALLY COLORFUL WHEN PUT TOGETHER WITH SIX BLOCKS RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.

THE TRIANGLE IN THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK IS VERY ELONGATED, AND NOTICE THAT FOR THE BIG PIECE UP ABOVE, IT IS PUT ON THE FOLD, SO YOU'D ELIMINATE THAT 1/4-INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE.

THEN DOWN HERE, WHEN YOU GET READY TO STITCH THESE, I'D LIKE TO CAUTION YOU THAT ONCE AGAIN YOU DO NOT LINE UP THE POINTS HERE.

IF YOU DID, LET'S JUST PIN AND PEEK, AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.

AND IF YOU WENT AHEAD AND SEWED RIGHT LIKE THAT, AND THEN WHEN YOU OPEN THIS UP, YOU WOULD HAVE THIS BIG GAP OVER HERE.

YOU WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MARKING YOUR TEMPLATE-- YOUR 1/4-INCH THERE AND DOWN THERE-- SO THEN YOU CAN, WITH THOSE STICKY FINGERS, SCOOT THAT DOWN SO YOU ARE ACTUALLY PINNING THOSE POINTS RIGHT THERE.

ONCE THOSE ARE LINED UP, THEN YOU'RE READY TO DO YOUR STITCHING.

THAT ALLOWS YOU-- WITH THAT SEWN IN PLACE... AND YOU'D NEED FOUR OF THOSE FOR THE BOTTOM OF YOUR BLOCK-- THAT ALLOWS YOU TO OPEN THAT UP AND GET THAT NICE CORNER HERE.

OF COURSE, I'D TRIM OFF THE DOG-EARS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE STACKED AND SEWN TOGETHER.

WITH THESE TRIMMED, I WOULD STACK AND SEW HERE.

AND THEN THE SAME THING WOULD GO ON UP HERE.

NOTICE THAT YOU WANT TO ESTABLISH THAT NICE 1/4 INCH FROM HERE TO HERE.

SO, ONCE THEY'RE SEWN AND YOUR SIDES, YOU HAVE A VERY NICE TALL PINE TREE BLOCK.

WITH OUR LAST BLOCK COMPLETED, WE CAN THINK ABOUT THE EDGES OF OUR QUILT.

OF COURSE, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME QUILTING IN BETWEEN THAT, BUT I KNOW YOU'LL WANT TO PUT A NICE, FIRM EDGING ON THE OUTSIDE.

IT MAKES YOUR QUILT WEAR LONG AND IT CAN BE A NICE, BRIGHT ACCENT ON THE OUTSIDE, TOO.

MOST OF US THINK OF A DOUBLE-FOLDED, 2 1/2-INCH-WIDE--EITHER A BIAS OR ON THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN--EDGING.

IT WOULD BE SEWN ON THE FRONT PART OF YOUR QUILT, WITH THE RAW EDGES TO THE OUTSIDE, ROLLED OVER AND THEN SECURED WITH JUST A SLIP STITCH ON THE BACKSIDE.

LET'S REVIEW SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN PUT ON THIS EDGING.

WE CAN DO THE SAME IDEA, BUT USE THE SEWING MACHINE WITH A SERPENTINE STITCH, OR WE CAN LEAVE THE BACKING EXTENDED ABOUT AN INCH, AND THEN ROLL IT OVER WITH EITHER HAND OR MACHINE STITCHING.

I CALL THAT AN EDGE-OVER LOOK.

YOU COULD PUT THE TWO 1/4-INCH SEAMS INSIDE, AND THEN SLIP-STITCH THAT IN PLACE OR JUST A LITTLE MACHINE WORK HERE.

MOST OF US THINK OF DECORATOR QUILTS AS HAVING A SERGED EDGE, THEN JUST FOLDED, AND A STRAIGHT LINE OF STITCHING.

THAT'S VERY NICE, WHEN YOU WANT MORE OF A DECORATOR LOOK, PUT THAT CORDING INSIDE.

THE CLUB SANDWICH QUILT IS FINISHED WITH A RUFFLE PLUS A CORDING.

NOW, TO DO THAT, I CUT A LOT OF BIAS.

I ACTUALLY USE THE SAME FABRIC FROM THE BACK, OR IT WOULD BE SOMEPLACE WHERE IT'S BEEN REPEATED IN YOUR QUILT.

I CUT IT 1-INCH WIDE.

AND THEN I COVERED THE CORDING WITH A ZIPPER FOOT.

JUST COVERED ALL OF MY CORDING.

THEN I APPLIED THAT TO THE FRONT PART OF MY QUILT.

A ZIPPER FOOT IS REALLY GOOD HERE.

AND I DIDN'T GET TOO CLOSE TO THE CORDING BECAUSE THEN I WAS GOING TO TAKE MY RUFFLE AND PUT THAT ON AGAIN.

AND SO I WANTED TO LEAVE A LITTLE SPACE THERE, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WITH THAT BULK, THAT I WAS PULLING ALL OF THAT AROUND TO THE BACKSIDE.

AND TO DO THAT, I THEN APPLIED MY 1-INCH BIAS BUT SEWED IT RIGHT HERE, MAKING CERTAIN THAT I COULD STITCH ON THE INSIDE OF WHERE THE PREVIOUS LINE OF SEWING WAS.

THAT WAS THEN ROLLED OVER AND YOU CAN SEE HOW I THEN FINISHED THAT WITH A TINY SLIP STITCH.

AND IT JUST PULLED IT OVER AND MADE IT SUCH A NICE EDGE ON MY QUILT.

I THINK YOU'LL LIKE THE WAY I DID THE TRUE COLORS, ALSO.

IT HAS A VERY FLAT, TAILORED LOOK, WITH ALMOST A FALSE BINDING OR CORDING RIGHT OUT IN BETWEEN THAT EXTENSION.

I SIMPLY CUT THE FABRIC 6 INCHES WIDE-- NOT ON THE BIAS, JUST ON A STRAIGHT-- FOLDED IT DOWN HERE SO THAT THERE'S A CLEAN EDGE HERE, AND MACHINE STITCHED IT 1/4 INCH ALL THE WAY, ROLLED IT OVER, AND THEN MACHINE STITCHED RIGHT HERE IN THE DITCH.

LET ME RERUN THAT ONE BY YOU ONCE MORE.

PLACE IT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR QUILT, MACHINE STITCH 1/4 INCH, ROLL IT OVER SO IT'S ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK, WITH YOUR ZIPPER FOOT OR YOUR EDGE-- STITCH FOOT IN THE DITCH RIGHT ALONG THERE, AND YOU HAVE A NICE FINISH ON YOUR QUILT.

TO COMPLETE THE QUILT, OF COURSE, YOU WOULD SIGN IT, AND THERE'S SO MANY NEW WAYS-- LABELS THAT YOU CAN SIGN AND MAKE CERTAIN YOU PUT THE DATE.

AND PUT IT EITHER ON THE BACK OR RIGHT IN THE FRONT OF YOUR QUILT.

NOW COMES THE PART OF OUR SERIES ENTITLED "LOOSE ENDS," OR WRAP-UP, WHERE I HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW EACH OF OUR SHOWS, PICK UP ON HINTS THAT MAYBE I FORGOT TO SHARE WITH YOU, OR SEE FABRIC SAMPLES AS THEY HAVE PROGRESSED.

WE STARTED OUR LAP QUILTING SERIES WITH "A PEEK AT THE PAST," WHERE WE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE SEWING AND QUILTING PARAPHERNALIA.

NOW, I CARRY ALL MY NEW STUFF IN MY QUILTER'S TOTE, AND THIS TIME, AND I'VE MADE ALL THE POCKETS OUT OF FIBERGLASS SCREENING.

IT SURE MAKES IT'S NICE TO SEE WHAT I'VE GOT INSIDE EACH LITTLE AREA.

WE'RE GOING TO GIVE EQUAL TIME TO THE GENTLEMEN TODAY.

THE WIVES OF THE M.W.T.C.A.-- THAT STANDS FOR THE MID-WEST TOOL COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION-- HAVE MADE A WONDERFUL BIG QUILT DISPLAYING ALL THE TOOLS THAT THEIR HUSBANDS HAD BEEN USING AND COLLECTING OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

I SEE ALL KINDS OF GOOD THINGS IN THERE--PLUMB BOBS AND FROES.

IT'S ALL SET ON A MUSLIN BACKGROUND WITH BROWN CALICO IN THE BORDERS.

WE STUDIED THE SPINNING SPOOL STAR, OR THE 60-DEGREE DIAMOND ON THAT FIRST SHOW, LEARNED HOW TO PUT IT IN JUST A STAR ARRANGEMENT, OR REVERSING THE IMAGE, IT CAN GO INTO LONG ROWS AS I'VE GOT HERE IN THIS SWEATER.

IT'S STILL COMING ALONG, AND HOPEFULLY, IT WILL HAVE SLEEVES ONE OF THESE DAYS.

BUT I WANTED YOU TO SEE THAT I DID USE THE SERGER TO COMBINE THE PATCHWORK AND THE BACK OF THE KNIT PART.

ONCE I'VE GOTTEN THAT SERGED AND ATTACHED TOGETHER, I AM GOING AHEAD AND COVER WITH SOME BINDING JUST THE SELF-BINDING ALONG THE SHOULDER AREA.

AND THEN I'LL FINISH OFF THE SLEEVES AND THE SWEATER WITH JUST THE SERGER.

THEN ON OUR SECOND SHOW, WE WENT TO THE SHELBURNE MUSEUM.

OUR GOOD FRIEND POLLY MITCHELL SHARED WITH US A WONDERFUL TIP FOR HANGING QUILTS.

WHEN THEY SEND QUILTS OUT ON THE ROAD, THIS IS HOW THEY HANG THEM.

THEY BUY RUG BINDING.

IT'S AN INCH AND A QUARTER WIDE.

AND SHE MACHINE STITCHES THE SOFT SIDE OF VELCRO RIGHT TO THE CENTER OF THAT BINDING.

THEN THEY ATTACH THAT ON THE TOP OF THE QUILT.

AND THEY USE A HERRINGBONE STITCH TO DO THAT.

AND IT'S THAT STITCH THAT COMES DOWN-- I'LL JUST DO A COUPLE, AND I KNOW YOU'LL REMEMBER-- COMES THIS WAY AND THEN IT GOES BACK UP.

SHE SAID THAT GIVES A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY.

AND, OF COURSE, YOU'D STITCH THAT BOTH AT THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM.

AND THEN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VELCRO, THE MORE STIFF SIDE, YOU COULD THEN ATTACH TO YOUR MOLDING OR JUST YOUR WALL WITH SOME STAPLES.

AT THE SAME TIME WHEN WE WERE IN SHELBURNE, WE SAW AN OLD FRIEND OF MINE, RICHARD CLEVELAND, WHO HAS LONG BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH QUILTMAKING IN VERMONT.

WE COULDN'T COME TO VERMONT WITHOUT MEETING RICHARD CLEVELAND AND HIS COAUTHOR DONNA BISTER, AUTHORS OF PLAIN AND FANCY.

WE ARE HERE AT THE SHELBURNE MUSEUM STORE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT VERMONT QUILTMAKERS AND HOW BOTH OF YOU GOT STARTED IN QUILTMAKING.

I FOUND TOPS IN THE ATTIC AFTER MY GRANDMOTHER DIED AND HAD THEM FINISHED BY A LOCAL WOMAN, AND, IN 1977, HELPED ORGANIZE THE FIRST VERMONT QUILT FESTIVAL.

IT WAS A ONE-DAY SHOW AT THE BEGINNING, AND GRADUALLY, IN THE 15 YEARS SINCE, WE HAVE ADDED EVENTS, AND TODAY IT'S THE LARGEST ANNUAL QUILT SHOW IN NEW ENGLAND.

WE DRAW PROBABLY 6,000 PEOPLE A YEAR FROM ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES AND VARIOUS FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

WE DO A LOT WITH ANTIQUE QUILTS, AND THAT REALLY IS HOW OUR QUILT DOCUMENTATION PROJECT STARTED.

WE HAD A TRAINED CORPS OF PEOPLE TO WORK ON THAT, SO THAT IN 1989, WHEN WE BEGAN THE PROJECT, WE KNEW WHAT TO DO AND HOW IT SHOULD BE DONE.

AND HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED, DONNA?

I VISITED ONE OF THE SHOWS AND FILLED OUT A QUESTIONNAIRE SAYING I WOULD LIKE TO HELP, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FESTIVAL IN VARIOUS WAYS EVER SINCE.

DO YOU HAVE A BACKGROUND IN WRITING OR EDITING OR... NOT AT ALL.

I WAS A QUILTMAKER AT ONE TIME.

NOW I'VE BEEN DOING MORE WITH DOCUMENTATION AND THE HISTORICAL ASPECT OF QUILTING THAN THE ACTUAL MAKING OF THEM.

WELL, WHAT MAKES YOU THE MOST PROUD ABOUT THE BOOK?

AND IS IT THE STORIES OR--OR--OR...

I THINK FOR ME, KNOWING THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN RECONNECTED WITH OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS AND WITH THEIR OWN HISTORY BECAUSE A QUILT FROM THEIR FAMILY WAS IN THE BOOK AND IN THE TOURING SHOW.

IT'S MADE THEM REALIZE THAT THEIR FAMILY TREASURES ARE REALLY TREASURES TO OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL.

AND YOU HAD A PARTICULAR STORY THAT YOU'RE FOND OF, RICHARD, IN THE BOOK.

WELL, THIS QUILT, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF OVER 3,800 PIECES-- LITTLE TRIANGLES-- MOST OF WHICH WERE ABOUT 2 1/2 INCHES ON A SIDE-- WERE MADE BY THIS WOMAN, HANNAH CRESSEY, SHOWN HERE WITH HER BROTHER GEORGE.

HANNAH WAS BORN WITH SIGHT, BUT BOTH SHE AND HER BROTHER LOST THEIR VISION IN THEIR TEENS.

AND FAMILY MEMBERS WOULD CUT THE PIECES OUT FOR THE QUILT, STRING THEM TOGETHER ON A THREAD, AND ARRANGE THEM IN HER SEWING BOX BY COLOR VALUE.

SO AS LONG AS NO ONE TAMPERED WITH THE SEWING BOX, HANNAH COULD FIND THE PIECES AND SEW THEM TOGETHER TO MAKE HER QUILT.

SHE WAS ABOUT 60, PROBABLY, WHEN SHE MADE THE QUILT.

SO QUILTS HAVE A LOT MORE-- A STORY TO EVERY QUILT, RIGHT?

WELL, I DISCOVERED FOR MYSELF THAT I COULD NEVER LOOK AT ANOTHER QUILT WITHOUT WONDERING ABOUT THE PERSON WHO MADE IT AND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN HER LIFE.

SOMEBODY WHO WAS LOOKING AT THE QUILTS RECENTLY SAID THAT A QUILT IS A LETTER TO THE PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT IT.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD DESCRIPTION.

MESSAGES.

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE WORK AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE CONTINUING YOUR INVOLVEMENT WITH QUILTMAKING, SO WE WISH YOU LOTS OF LUCK.

THANK YOU.

THANKS, GEORGIA.

THANKS.

DO YOU REMEMBER THE POMEGRANATE QUILT, THE ONE WITH THE HOLE IN IT THAT A CAT COULD JUMP THROUGH?

WELL, IT'S ALL MENDED NOW, AND I THINK IT LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

HOWEVER, I AM NOT GOING TO GO INTO BUSINESS REPAIRING QUILTS.

I'D RATHER START FROM SCRATCH.

ALL THE BLOCKS ON OUR SERIES, LIKE THE PINWHEEL, CAN BE DONE ON AN OVERLOCK, OR A SERGER, MACHINE.

IT GIVES A NICE, FINISHED EDGE ON THE INSIDE.

AND BY PUTTING FOUR OF THESE BLOCKS TOGETHER, I COULD MAKE JUST A PATCHWORK PILLOW WITHOUT EVEN ANY QUILTING.

THEN WE WERE OFF TO AUSTRALIA.

SO MANY SIGNATURES AND WRITTEN THINGS ON QUILTS.

THAT MEANT THAT WE HAD TO TAKE OUR JOSEPH'S COAT, BLOCK OF MANY COLORS AND DO IT INTO A SPECIAL BLOCK JUST FILLED WITH SIGNATURES.

THEN I HAD A CHANCE TO MEET DENISE VANDERLUGT.

WE HAVE INTERRUPTED A CLASS ENTITLED "FREEDOM IN APPLIQUE" TO FIND OUT THE RESULTS OF TWO INTENSIVE DAYS OF STUDY WITH DENISE VANDERLUGT, THE INSTRUCTOR, AND SHE'S GOING TO TELL US WHERE SHE'S FROM AND HOW THAT IS REFLECTED IN YOUR QUILTMAKING.

DENISE?

I LIVE IN THE WHITSUNDAYS, WHICH IS ON THE CENTRAL QUEENSLAND COAST.

IT'S A GROUP OF ISLANDS ON THE GREAT BARRIER REEF, AND LOTS OF BRIGHT AQUAS AND GREENS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE CANE FIELDS OF PROSERPINE, WHICH VERY MUCH INFLUENCED THE COLOR OF MY WORK, WHICH IS VERY BRIGHT AND VERY STRONG.

EVERYTHING GROWS BIG AND LARGE.

WHEN I START MY CLASSES, I ENCOURAGE MY STUDENTS TO LOOK AT SOME NATURAL OBJECTS FROM THE AREA IN WHICH I LIVE, AND THEY GET TO HAVE A LOOK AT, LIKE, SAY, A PIECE OF CORAL THROUGH A MAGNIFYING GLASS.

OH, WOW.

I ALSO TEACH ABOUT COMPOSITION AND DESIGN, AND I COVER COLOR THEORY AND HOW IT RELATES IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE AND WHERE YOU CAN FIND COLOR THEORY BEING USED.

DOES IT ALL START ON PAPER FOR YOU?

SOME OF--YES.

IT STARTS ON A BACKGROUND OF PAPER WITH DESIGN ELEMENTS THERE, BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE.

I ENCOURAGE MY STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY CUT FREEHAND.

THEY'RE USING SCISSORS LIKE A PAINTBRUSH, AND THEN THE FABRICS ARE THE PAINTS.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF YOUR FINISHED WORKS?

YES, THE PIECE ON THE WALL HERE IS CALLED FISHING FOR FROGS.

AND IT IS A STUDY FROM WATCHING LARGE WHITE EGRETS STANDING IN THE PROSERPINE RIVER, AND THEY'RE PERFECTLY REFLECTED IN THE WATER.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THEY'RE FISHING FOR FROGS.

IT IS MAGNIFICENT.

IT REALLY IS.

NATURE PLAYS A BIG PART IN ALL THE QUILTMAKING THAT GOES ON IN AUSTRALIA, ESPECIALLY THE BIRDS-- STRANGE NOISES AND NEW KIND OF FEATHERS.

I BROUGHT BACK SOME BIRD FABRIC.

GAVE SOME TO JOANN FULLER, AND LOOK WHAT SHE CAME UP WITH-- A DARLING LITTLE 3-D BIRDHOUSE.

SHE'S FROM CLEARWATER, FLORIDA.

THEN ON OUR NEXT SHOW, WE WENT TO ATHENS, OHIO.

I HOPE THEY KEEP THOSE GREAT QUILT SHOWS COMING BECAUSE WE'LL BE BACK.

AND HERE'S A POSTER FROM THE DAIRY BARN.

I EVEN LIKE THIS IDEA FOR A QUILT POSSIBLY.

THEN WE WENT TO LOG CABIN QUILTS.

AND DO WE HAVE A LOT TO SHOW YOU TODAY.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

THIS IS PROBABLY THE SCRAPPIEST LOG CABIN QUILT YOU'LL EVER SEE.

A DIFFERENT FABRIC IN EVERY LOG.

AS I COMPLETED THIS QUILT, I COULDN'T DECIDE WHAT TO NAME IT OR HOW TO QUILT IT.

[MUSIC PLAYING] THEN I REALIZED OUR SON PAUL HAD BEEN WORKING ON A RUSSIAN DOCUMENTARY THE WHOLE TIME I WAS MAKING THIS, SO IT SEEMED TO BE A NATURAL TO NAME IT RED SQUARE.

AND THEN TO QUILT IT, I PUT IT ON OUR BIG MACHINE, AND I MACHINE QUILTED THE ENTIRE LYRICS OF HIS SONG-- IF THE PEOPLE WILL LEAD, THE LEADERS WILL FOLLOW.

SO THIS WILL GO TO PAUL, AND I GOT A RIBBON FOR IT.

WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU NOW A WONDERFUL SELECTION OF LOG CABIN SETTINGS.

THE FIRST QUILT IS BY DAVID TAYLOR.

AND HE MADE THIS QUILT BECAUSE THE ONE HIS GRANDMOTHER GAVE HIM WASN'T LONG ENOUGH.

HE'S A TALL GENTLEMAN.

AND I THINK IT HAS A CHRISTMAS FEELING TO IT.

THEN AS A RESULT OF MY CLASS, BETTY NICHOLS, HER FIRST QUILTING CLASS, MADE THIS ONE.

BARBARA LEETCH DECIDED THAT LIVING IN THE MOUNTAINS, SHE WOULD DO MOUNTAINS IN LOG CABINS AND REPRESENT THE SEASONS AS IT SPANS ALL THE WAY DOWN THE QUILT, AND THEN BONNIE SHAW DID THIS FOR HER SON.

AND OF COURSE, HE'S HELPED HER DECIDE THE COLORS AND EXACTLY HOW TO QUILT IT.

THE LAST ONE IS DONE BY SALLY, OR SARAH, MUSOLS.

AND IT'S A VERY TRADITIONAL LOG CABIN WITH DARKS AND LIGHTS.

NOW, OUR NEXT FEW SHOWS CAME FROM HOLLAND, AND I TRIED VERY HARD TO OPEN ONE OF THE SHOWS IN A TULIP FIELD.

QUILT GREETINGS FROM THE LAND OF LACE CURTAINS IN THE WINDOWS, BICYCLES EVERYWHERE-- AGAIN!

OK.

I JUST ALMOST LIFTED UP.

[LAUGHTER] I'LL SAY IT'S WINDY.

IT'S WINDY!

BETWEEN THE TULIPS AND BLUE AND WHITE DELFT WARE, WE DID SEE LOTS OF QUILTS IN HOLLAND.

I MADE A SPECIAL WALL HANGING I'VE ENTITLED YACKETY-YAK.

THE LITTLE TESSELLATED FACES ALL ENDED UP WITH ONE LARGE ONE THAT ALLOWED ALL THE TEACHERS TO SIGN.

IT NOW BELONGS TO KAREY BRESSENHAN.

SHE WAS THE COORDINATOR FOR THE QUILT EXPO.

NOW MEET ALBERT AND YANNI MULLER, SOME VERY GOOD FRIENDS WHO WERE MY HOSTS IN SOUTHERN HOLLAND.

HOW DO QUILTERS MAKE FRIENDS?

THROUGH ANOTHER QUILTER, OF COURSE.

HELEN KELLEY, WHO WE ALL KNOW, HAS PUT ME TOGETHER WITH THE WONDERFUL MULLER FAMILY.

AND I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR INTRODUCING ME TO HOLLAND, THE VERY FIRST TIME, AND EVEN SOME CYCLING.

RIGHT, ALBERT?

THAT'S OK.

YES.

ALBERT HAS LEARNED ABOUT QUILTING THROUGH HIS MOTHER.

AND WHY DID YOU LIKE IT?

I'D BE INTERESTED FOR YOU TO TELL PEOPLE.

YES.

I JUST LIKE IT BECAUSE YOU GET REAL RELAXED FROM IT.

AND YOU CAN PUT YOUR IDEAS AND YOUR FANTASIES IN IT.

AND IT'S JUST REAL OTHER WORLDS, TO DO FOR A BOY, OF COURSE, IT'S NOT VERY USUAL IN HOLLAND TO DO QUILTING OR WHATEVER.

BUT DO SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU MADE FOR YOUR MOTHER, AND TELL US THE STORY BECAUSE I THINK IT'S INTERESTING.

OF COURSE.

THIS IS SARAH.

SARAH.

SARAH, YES, AND WHEN SOMEONE BECOMES 50 IN HOLLAND, WE SAY YOU HAVE MET SARAH.

THAT'S FOR A WOMAN, OF COURSE, AND WHEN YOU ARE A MAN, YOU HAVE MET ABRAHAM.

THIS MEANS YOU'RE VERY SMART, OR WHAT IS IT EXACTLY, YANNI?

THEY EXPECT YOU TO BE THIS SOURCE OF WISDOM-- THAT YOU HAVE REACHED THE SOURCE OF WISDOM WHEN YOU BECOME 50.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU GIVE A SARAH OR AN ABRAHAM TO A MAN IN HOLLAND.

ALBERT HAD A FULL-SIZE QUILT HANGING IN AN EXHIBITION AT THE GROTE KERK.

THANK YOU.

ISN'T THAT NICE?

WE ARRIVED THERE LATE IN THE DAY, JUST AS THEY WERE CLOSING, BUT WE WERE GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED THE CHANCE TO TAKE A FEW PICTURES FOR YOU.

THIS MAKES UP FOR BEING LOST IN THE CAR FOR SO LONG.

AND I DID RETURN WITH SOME BLUE-AND-WHITE CUPS AND SAUCERS.

OUR THEME FOR THIS SERIES HAS BEEN ODD-SIZE BLOCKS AND FINDING A HOME FOR THEM IN A FULL QUILT.

YOU SAW THE DISCOVER AMERICA BLOCKS IN AN EARLIER SHOW.

NOW, LOOK AT THEIR SETTINGS.

THESE BLOCKS HAVE ENDED UP INTO TWO QUILTS WITH 15 BLOCKS IN EACH.

NOTICE THAT THE BLOCKS RANGE IN SIZE FROM 10 TO 14 TO 18 INCHES.

I SET THIS QUILT WITH THE THEME FROM THE CENTER STAR PATTERN, WITH THE ELONGATED TRIANGLES ALL THE WAY TO THE OUTSIDE.

WITH THIS QUILT, I AM OVERLAPPING THE BLOCKS.

THE INSPIRATION HERE WAS JUST A PIECE OF POTTERY I SAW IN A MAGAZINE.

TO DO THAT, I'VE HAD TO ENLARGE THE BLOCKS SOMETIMES INTO RECTANGLES AND THEN PUT SASHING AROUND IT SO IT OVERLAPS, AND IT'S ALMOST DONE.

NOW LOOK AT THE TWO QUILTS I'VE MADE FROM THE SAMPLER BLOCKS WE'VE BEEN STITCHING WEEK BY WEEK.

EACH QUILT HAS 20 BLOCKS.

NOTICE THAT BY ADDING THE SPACER STRIPS, I'VE BUILT THE ODD-SIZE BLOCKS UP INTO 18-INCH PANELS THAT THEN COME TOGETHER TO MAKE THE WHOLE QUILT.

SOMETIMES THE SPACER STRIPS ARE WILD GEESE.

SOMETIMES THEY ARE UNPIECED RECTANGLES.

JUST AS QUILTS DON'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, IT TAKES ME ABOUT TWO YEARS TO DEVELOP THESE LAP QUILTING SERIES.

I HAVE SO MUCH FUN GETTING READY, THINKING UP THE IDEAS, MEETING QUILTERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, AND THEN TRYING TO SQUEEZE EVERYTHING INTO A HALF AN HOUR SHOW.

I HOPE THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED SOMETHING, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, PICK UP YOUR SCRAPS, GO TO THAT SPECIAL QUILT SHOP, AND BUY A WHOLE MEDLEY OF COLORS FOR A QUILT.

THEN MAKE ALL OF OUR CLUB SANDWICH BLOCKS OR EVEN ADD TO THE COLLECTION OF ODD-SIZE BLOCKS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY STARTED.

MAKE A QUILT.

IF YOU'VE BEEN A VIEWER SINCE OUR FIRST SERIES IN 1979, PONDER ALL OF THE FRESH, NEW WAYS TO APPROACH THE CLASSIC SAMPLER BLOCKS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED, THINGS LIKE MARBLING, OR HOW ABOUT SOME METALLICS, USING HALF-BLOCKS THAT HAVE BEEN STAGGERED?

AS I TRAVEL, TEACH, AND TAPE THESE SHOWS, I'M AMAZED BY THE BOND AND NETWORKING THAT QUILTMAKERS SHARE.

IT CAN BE DUTCH, GERMAN, FRENCH, OR ENGLISH.

WE ALL SPEAK THAT SAME LANGUAGE, AND THAT IS, TO DESIGN, CUT, AND STITCH TO MAKE BEAUTIFUL QUILTS.

SO, JOIN OUR SPECIAL CIRCLE OF CREATIVITY.

INCIDENTALLY, IF YOU'VE MISSED ONE OF OUR SHOWS, COUNT ON THE RERUNS.

LET YOUR LOCAL PROGRAM DIRECTOR IN YOUR OWN AREA KNOW THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE LAP QUILTING SHOWS AGAIN.

ONCE AGAIN, MY THANKS TO A GREAT TAPING CREW, TO MY STEADFAST PRODUCER, WHO MANY OF YOU'VE MET BY NOW-- BILL HANNAH.

HE UNDERSTANDS OUR NEED TO MAKE QUILTS AND TO SEE IT IN PROGRESS-- AND TO MY TOLERANT FAMILY WHO WATCHED THE BEDS PILE HIGHER AND HIGHER WITH QUILTS AT HOME.

WHAT'S AHEAD?

BEFORE WE SIGN OFF, YOU MIGHT WANT TO SEE WHAT I'M WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

I MUST MAKE THAT TIE QUILT WITH LEFTOVER MEN'S TIES.

IT MIGHT EVEN HAVE A DIMENSIONAL CENTER TO IT.

WHEN I WAS IN SCOTLAND, I DISCOVERED SQUARE YO-YOs.

THEN I'M OFF TO THE SAN BLAS ISLANDS, AND WE'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT MOLAS.

I MADE A CIRCLE SAMPLER FOR OUR OWN BED.

IT'S IN BLACK AND WHITE, AND IT'S KING-SIZE.

SO, I MUST RE-CREATE THAT QUILT IN BLUES.

AND THIS TIME, I GUESS WE'LL CALL IT DUTCH TREAT.

THESE PROJECTS WILL ALL BE DONE FOR OUR NEXT SERIES.

SO WE'LL SEE YOU THEN, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.

GOOD-BYE.

♪ 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.