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WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO WEAR A PART OF YOUR QUILT ON YOUR BACK?

TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT PATSY ZERN HAS DONE FOR HER MOTHER.

CAN YOU GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE LOVELY IRIS STENCIL THAT HAS BEEN DONE ON A BLOCK ON THE FRONT OF A VEST?

PATSY'S MOTHER, WHO LIVES DOWN IN SALUDA, NORTH CAROLINA, GROWS IRISES.

SHE'S KNOWN FOR HER IRISES.

AND LOOK HOW SHE COMPLETED IT-- I'M GONNA MOVE SUZY Q.

HERE.

SHE'S COMPLETED HER VEST WITH AN ENTIRE FIELD OF IRISES ON THE BACK.

AND I THINK THAT'S JUST A GREAT WAY, A VERY WARM AND LASTING GIFT FOR HER MOTHER.

WHERE IN THE WORLD DO YOU START IN MAKING A VEST?

YOU'VE GOT TO START WITH MORE OR LESS A COLOR SCHEME, AN OUTLINE IN YOUR MIND THAT YOU WANT TO GO TO.

AND OF COURSE, THE SECOND THING IS, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED A PATTERN.

NOW, WE CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT NUMBER, BECAUSE OVER THE SEASONS, YOUR VEST PATTERNS WILL CHANGE, BUT THERE IS A GOOD VARIETY AVAILABLE TO YOU.

AND YOU MUST KEEP IN MIND THAT YOU REALLY, BASICALLY NEED A BOX STYLE IN YOUR PATTERN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE COVERING THESE VESTS WITH DESIGN, AND THEN WHEN YOU TAKE UP AND WOULD, YOU KNOW, PUT A DART IN IT, YOU'RE GOING TO RUIN THAT DESIGN.

AND IT WOULD GET AWFUL BULKY.

IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A MORE FITTED VEST, THEN GO WITH MORE OR LESS WHAT I REFER TO AS THE OLD PRINCESS LINE IN A VEST, THE ONE THAT WOULD HAVE A SEAM, A CURVE, DOWN THE FRONT AND THE BACK, AND THEN WOULD GO IN AT THE SIDE SEAM ALSO.

NOW, THE VARIATIONS IN SEWING TECHNIQUES ARE REALLY, BASICALLY THREE THAT I'M GOING TO EXPLORE.

THE FIRST ONE--AND OF COURSE, YOU'VE GOT TO DECIDE, DO YOU WANT A VEST TO KEEP YOU WARM, OR DO YOU WANT ONE THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL YEAR ROUND?

YOU TAKE YOUR VEST PATTERN AND CUT IT OUT OF EITHER YOUR MUSLIN, OR YOU COULD USE PELLON FLEECE.

AND THIS IS THE SORT OF THING THAT WILL BE AT A FABRIC STORE THAT IS IN LINING FOR PLACE MATS.

AND IT'S POLYESTER.

OR YOU COULD SIMPLY USE A LIGHTWEIGHT BATTING, OR A VERY THIN FLANNEL CAN BE USED ALSO.

BUT YOUR FIRST WAY WOULD BE TO CUT OUT THE BACK AND THE TWO FRONTS AND SIMPLY DECORATE THESE.

WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN DONE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEW THE SHOULDER AND THE SIDE SEAMS TOGETHER.

YOU'LL USE YOUR PATTERN, THE SAME PATTERN OF COURSE, TO CUT OUT YOUR LINING.

THEN YOU'LL BE PUTTING THE TWO INSIDE SIDES TOGETHER AND THEN COMPLETING THIS VEST WITH WHAT I REFER TO AS YOUR BIAS EDGING, WHICH COULD BE AN ACCENT COLOR.

NOW, THE OTHER WAY IS WHAT I REFER TO AS THE CONCEALED SEAM VERSION.

AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH INVERTING YOUR VEST.

YOU WOULD CUT YOUR VEST OUT OF EITHER THE PELLON FLEECE OR YOUR MUSLIN.

NOW, THIS IS GONNA BE INSIDE.

THIS WILL NEVER BE SEEN.

AND YOU WOULD SEW THIS SIDE SEAM TOGETHER.

AND WHEN YOU DO THAT, ELIMINATE YOUR 5/8 SEAM ALLOWANCE AND WHIPSTITCH THAT CLOSED.

YOU WOULD CUT OUT THE LINING IN THE SAME SIZE.

AND ONCE YOU HAD DECORATED THE WHOLE FRONT OF THIS, YOU'LL PUT THE RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER AND MACHINE SEW THAT ENTIRE SPAN TOGETHER, BUT LEAVE THE FOUR TOP SHOULDER SEAMS OPEN SO THAT THEN YOU CAN INVERT THIS WHOLE VEST.

AND WE'LL DO THAT IN A FEW MINUTES.

THE OTHER WAY WOULD BE TO SEW THE SHOULDER SEAMS TOGETHER SO THAT THAT ENTIRE-- YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DECORATED.

AND THEN YOU WOULD DO THAT ENTIRE INVERSION DOWN HERE ON THE SIDE SEAMS.

NOW, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE ALL FOUR OF THOSE SEAMS OPEN, AS YOU CAN SEE.

HERE ARE THE TWO, AND HERE ARE THE OTHER TWO.

NOW, AS FAR AS DECORATING AND FILLING UP THIS PELLON FLEECE, I HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF DOING IT.

THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT I CALL THE BLOCK ACCENT.

PERHAPS YOU'VE ADMIRED A SPECIAL BLOCK AT ONE POINT, BUT DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE A WHOLE QUILT.

NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO PUT IT ON THE BACK OF A VEST.

THEN I ALSO WILL BE SHOWING YOU ONE THAT I REFER TO AS, OF COURSE, THE OLD CRAZY PATCH.

THIS WAS THE WAY I ALWAYS MADE MY VESTS TO BEGIN WITH.

ANOTHER STYLE WOULD BE YOUR STRING.

ANOTHER VARIATION THAT WE WILL COVER IN ANOTHER SHOW WOULD BE WORKING WITH YOUR SEMINOLE.

THE LAST ONE IS WHAT I REFER TO AS YOUR STENCIL STUDY.

AND THIS IS A GREAT IDEA, I THINK, FOR MAKING A LIGHTWEIGHT JACKET FOR THE SUMMERTIME IN AIR-CONDITIONED BUILDINGS OVER A BARE DRESS.

THE LITTLE TOUCH OF POLYESTER BATTING IN THERE WILL JUST KEEP YOU WARM, AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH SIMPLY TAKING EITHER POLY-COTTON OR YOUR GLOSHEEN MATERIAL-- AND ONCE YOU'VE CUT OUT YOUR VEST, YOUR BACK AND YOUR TWO FRONTS, SO EITHER THIS SEAM TOGETHER OR YOUR SIDE ONE AND THEN COVER IT WITH YOUR STENCIL DESIGN, WHATEVER DESIGN YOU'D LIKE TO USE.

IT COULD BE A TRADITIONAL PATTERN, OR IN THIS CASE, THIS DESIGN CAME FROM AN ART NOUVEAU BOOK.

AND ONCE YOU HAVE DONE THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO THEN CUT OUT A LINING AND THE BATTING AND BASTE THOSE TOGETHER, PUT THE RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER, AND THEN TURN THAT INSIDE OUT.

THEN, WHILE THAT IS AT A FLAT STAGE IN YOUR VEST, GO AHEAD AND DO THE QUILTING.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU HAVE NOT JOINED ANYTHING YET.

AND IT'S EASIER TO WORK WITH.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO, AT THIS POINT, WORK WITH A HOOP.

BUT EITHER WAY, YOU'VE GOT TO BASTE THOSE THREE LAYERS VERY SECURE.

IN THIS CASE, I DID USE A VARIETY OF QUILTING THREADS.

YOU COULD USE ONE COLOR OR SEVERAL DIFFERENT ONES.

REMEMBER SUE MCCARTER'S LOVELY VEST SHE WAS WORKING ON WITH THE IRISES THAT WERE APPLIQUED.

NOW, THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER TYPE THING YOU COULD DO.

THIS WILL BE A JACKET.

AND I HAVE PUT A TOUCH OF APPLIQUE ON THE FRONT PANEL.

BUT THE IDEA HERE WAS AT THIS STAGE, WHEN THE JACKET, THE BACK, THE TWO FRONTS, AND THE SLEEVES WERE SEWN TOGETHER, THEN I SIMPLY, WITH MY LIGHT BOX, PUT THE DESIGN ON THE BACK.

I BASTED THE LINING AND THE PELLON FLEECE TOGETHER, PUT THE TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER, AND SEWED EVERYTHING EXCEPT ALL OF THIS EXPANSE HERE SO THAT I WILL LEAVE THAT OPEN, AND THAT WILL BE THE LAST THING I'LL HAVE TO DO ON THIS WHOLE JACKET.

I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF QUILTING LEFT TO DO ON THIS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BASTING IS STILL HERE.

WHEN I GO TO PUT THIS TOGETHER, I'LL SIMPLY LINE THIS ALL UP JUST AS SO, AND I WILL MACHINE STITCH EVERYTHING EXCEPT ONE.

AND THEN AFTER THAT HAS BEEN MACHINE STITCHED, OF COURSE, I'LL GO TO THE MACHINE LIKE THIS.

I WILL TRIM OFF SOME OF MY EXCESS IN LAYERS SO THAT IT WILL BE STAGGERED.

THEN THIS ONE LAYER CAN TURN UNDER AND SLIP-STITCH CLOSED, AND MY JACKET WILL BE DONE.

NOW, I'M GONNA GATHER UP ALL THESE THINGS AND GO TO THE SEWING MACHINE.

WITH THE BLOCK ACCENT, YOU CAN EITHER MAKE UP YOUR MIND AS YOU'RE WORKING WITH YOUR FABRIC WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT YOUR BLOCK TO BE ON THE DIAGONAL OR WHETHER YOU WANT IT STRAIGHT ON.

ON THIS PARTICULAR VEST, I'VE BEEN PLAYING AROUND WITH IT, AND I LIKE THIS CUBE ACCENT ON THE DIAGONAL.

SO THEN IT'S AT THIS POINT I REALIZE THAT I WANT TO COMPLETE THIS WITH MORE OF MY PAISLEY FABRIC THAT'S IN THE CENTER.

SO I WILL PIN THIS SECURELY, CENTER IT ON THE BACK OF YOUR BLOCK, EXACTLY YOUR FOUNDATION WHERE YOU WANT IT, AND THEN COME AND CUT YOURSELF A PIECE OF PAISLEY THAT IS GOING TO BE A TRIANGLE THAT YOU KNOW THAT THEN ONCE THAT HAS BEEN MACHINE SEWN-- NOW, THE NICE THING HERE IS, WHEN YOU PIN THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LINE THIS UP WITH THE RAW EDGE OF YOUR BLOCK AND THEN PIN THIS AND MACHINE SEW IT THROUGH NOT ONLY THE BLOCK BUT YOUR PELLON FLEECE ALSO.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN PINNED AND SEWN, I DO ONE AT A TIME, I WOULD SEW THIS AND FLIP IT BACK.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE CORE, YOUR FOUNDATION TO USE AS A GUIDE TO TRIM OFF ANY EXCESS THAT HANGS OFF.

YOU WANT IT TO, OF COURSE, REACH OUT AND BE THE SIZE OF YOUR WHOLE PATTERN.

THEN I WOULD COME AND JUST ONE AT A TIME ADD THIS ONE, MACHINE SEW, AND FLIP BACK.

SO THAT PRETTY SOON, YOU'RE GOING TO COVER THE BACK OF YOUR VEST.

NOW, WHEN IT COMES TO DOING THE FRONT OF YOUR VEST, I'M GOING TO USE ANOTHER TECHNIQUE.

BUT BEFORE I SHOW YOU THAT, LET ME ALSO MENTION THAT HERE IS A WHOLE VEST DONE WITH JUST THE BLOCK ACCENT.

IN OTHER WORDS, THERE'S A 12-INCH BLOCK ON THE FRONT OF THE VEST AND ALSO ON THE BACK.

AND THE WAY I COMPLETED THAT WAS SIMPLY, WHEN IT WAS IN THE RAW, WHEN IT WAS JUST THE FOUNDATION, I PUT MY VEST DOWN, THE BLOCK, ON THE VEST, AND IT WAS STRAIGHT ON, NOT ON THE DIAGONAL.

SIMPLY TOOK SOME OF THE MATERIAL-- AND I THINK IT'S NICE IF YOU USE SOME OF THE SAME CALICO THAT WAS PERHAPS IN THE BLOCK ITSELF-- SEWED AND FLIPPED IT BACK, SEWED AND FLIPPED, AND THEN I HAVE ONE LONG LINE-- YOU CAN SEE THE SEAM LINE RIGHT HERE-- WOULD TAKE A PANEL AND SEW AND FLIP IT OUT.

I THINK IT'S NICE WHEN YOU DO THAT, IF YOU USE THE SAME SIZE BLOCK ON THE FRONT, IF THEN YOUR SEAMS MATCH RIGHT UP HERE.

AND THEN WHILE IT WAS FLAT, I WENT AHEAD AND DID THE QUILTING AND THEN COMBINED IT UNDERNEATH AND DID MY HANDWORK AT THE SIDE SEAM AT THE BOTTOM.

NOW, TO GO TO THE FRONT OF THIS VEST, MY PLANS ARE-- THIS IS THE FRONT OF MY VEST.

I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE AT THIS POINT TO GO AHEAD AND THINK OF SOME STRING QUILTING.

SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS COMBINE OUR BLOCK ACCENT WITH STRING A LOT OF THE TIME.

AND SPEAKING OF STRING, I'VE GONE AHEAD AND WHEN I DID MY COVER FOR THE SEWING MACHINE, I DID THREE DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF STRING QUILTING.

STRING QUILTING REFERS TO THE LEFTOVER FABRICS THAT, FOR INSTANCE, A WOMAN HAD WHEN SHE MADE A QUILT.

SHE WAS LEFT WITH ALL THESE RECTANGULAR PIECES.

IN SOME CASES, THEY WERE IRREGULAR STRINGS, AND THIS IS THE EFFECT THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU WORK WITH IRREGULAR PIECES OF LEFTOVERS.

IN THIS CASE, I'VE WORKED WITH RECTANGULAR PIECES OF MATERIAL, BUT THEY ARE DIFFERENT WIDTHS.

WE WOULD CALL THIS, MAYBE, RANDOM WIDTHS.

AND LOOK AT HOW IT JUMPS AROUND.

YOUR HERRINGBONE EFFECT DOES NOT STAY STRAIGHT IN THIS CASE.

NOW, IF I WOULD WORK WITH STRINGS OR RECTANGLES THAT ARE ALL THE SAME WIDTH, YOU GET A HERRINGBONE EFFECT THAT GOES STRAIGHT DOWN.

AND BASICALLY, WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH THIS, IT IS A SEW-AND-FLIP METHOD.

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE MORE INTERESTING ON THIS VEST TO HAVE SOME OF MY STRING GOING THIS WAY AND SOME OF IT GOING THIS WAY IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.

SO IT JUST ADDS INTEREST ON THE FRONT OF YOUR VEST.

WHAT I DO IS, WHEN I HAVE MY LITTLE TRIANGLE-- AND IT'S NICE TO START WITH A TRIANGLE.

YOU'RE GONNA SEE OTHER TIMES WHEN WE START WITH A TRIANGLE TO START YOUR HERRINGBONE EFFECT WITH YOUR STRING.

I WOULD PLAY WITH YOUR FABRIC.

GO TO YOUR FABRIC BIN AND JUST DECIDE WHICH ACCENTS YOU WANT TO PUT WITH THAT.

I HAVE CUT THESE OUT BASICALLY ABOUT THE SAME WIDTH.

I'M EVEN GONNA INCLUDE A LITTLE BIT OF THE VELVET TO GO WITH THIS.

I LIKE THIS PLAID WITH IT ALSO.

AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SEW A COUPLE OF THESE SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS.

NOW, I WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT THAT RIGHT NEXT TO THE STRIPE, WOULD I?

I'D LOSE THAT DESIGN.

LET'S SELECT MAYBE ONE OF THE LITTLE FLORAL PRINTS.

AND I WANT TO SEW A COUPLE OF THESE AT THE MACHINE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS.

I LIKE TO USE THE EVEN FEED FOOT ALSO.

I THINK IT WORKS VERY NICELY.

IN WORKING WITH THIS.

I'VE GOT THIS SEWN PART WAY, AND I'M JUST GONNA COME RIGHT UP HERE TO WHERE WE ARE, AND ONCE AGAIN, PIN THIS IN PLACE SO IT'S NOT GOING TO MOVE ANYWHERE.

ONCE WE START OUR SEWING, I WOULD USE 1/4 INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE, AND YOU CAN PIN AHEAD OR LET IT JUST MORE OR LESS FALL INTO PLACE.

AND ONCE YOU'VE COMPLETED YOUR SEAM, THERE IS ONE LITTLE TRICK HERE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DO, AND THIS COULD BE A MISTAKE.

I LIKE TO GET RID OF ALL MY THREADS AS I'M GOING ALONG.

DON'T, AT THIS POINT, DON'T CUT NOW.

WAIT UNTIL YOU COME AND FLIP THAT BACK AND THEN DO YOUR TRIMMING.

IF YOU WOULD CUT THIS EVEN NOW, WHEN YOU FLIPPED IT BACK, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LITTLE GAP OF WHITE THERE.

AND IT WILL NOT--YOUR STRING WILL NOT GO ALL THE WAY OUT.

BUT YOU'VE GOT THAT STRING TO USE.

THE EXCESS HANGS OUT, AND THEN YOU CAN JUST CUT THAT, AND YOU'VE GOT YOUR FOUNDATION TO USE.

DOWN HERE, YOU'VE GOT THAT LENGTH OF YOUR LITTLE PATCHWORK PIECE TO COME AND JUST TRIM EVEN.

NOW, AT THIS POINT, I THINK I'LL GO OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE.

AND I'M GONNA SEW ANOTHER PIECE ON.

LET THIS COME ALL THE WAY OUT AND HANG.

AND I'M GONNA COME HERE-- AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT SOME PINS IN AT AN ANGLE.

I THINK THAT WORKS NICELY ALSO.

AND OF COURSE, ANY TIME YOU SEE THOSE--A PIN GOING STRAIGHT ON, THERE'S A CHANCE YOU'RE GONNA RUN INTO IT.

SO GO AHEAD AND PIN IT AT AN ANGLE.

START ALL THE WAY OUT AT THE RAW EDGE AND COME ALL THE WAY DOWN.

THE EVEN FEED FOOT REALLY KEEPS ANY OF THIS SORT OF ANGLING HAPPENING.

BUT YOU SEE, I CAN ALTERNATE.

I'VE GOT AN EXTRA THREAD THERE I'M GONNA GET RID OF.

YOU CAN EITHER ALTERNATE AS YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR PIECEWORK ON, YOUR STRINGS ON, OR I COULD HAVE JUST KEPT COMING THIS WAY, COULDN'T I, AND THEN ADDED ALL MY STRINGS THAT WAY.

I WOULD HAVE HAD AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LOOK.

BUT I'M GONNA COME ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PLAID, STOP, TAKE OFF MY MACHINE, AND THEN GET RID OF MY STRINGS.

AND THEN I KNOW I WILL NOT CUT THAT UNTIL I HAVE FLIPPED THAT BACK AND KIND OF THUMB CREASED THAT.

AND THEN THAT IS MY TIME TO COME AHEAD-- YOU CAN USE A RULER, OR YOU CAN JUST REALLY KIND OF SEE THAT.

AND I'D COME AHEAD AND CUT THAT.

NOW, I'LL JUST KEEP BUILDING MY STRING ON THAT.

NOW I'M READY FOR ANOTHER PIECE HERE.

SEW AND FLIP.

SEW AND FLIP.

BUT REMEMBER, DON'T TRIM THAT UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE FLIPPED THAT BACK, AND I DO THINK EACH TIME YOU'LL WANT TO THUMB CREASE AND PUT YOUR PINS IN AT AN ANGLE TO KEEP ANYTHING SLIPPING LIKE THAT.

AND THAT IS HOW YOU'RE GONNA WORK WITH THE STRING QUILTING.

NOW, THERE IS ANOTHER COMBINATION OF WORKING WITH NOT ONLY YOUR BLOCK ACCENT BUT WORKING WITH THE STRING COMBINATION TOO.

I THINK THAT MAKES IT VERY INTERESTING.

I'M WORKING ON TWO LITTLE VESTS FOR TWO LITTLE PEOPLE, AMY AND ELIZABETH, AND I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT WANT TO SEE EXACTLY AND REFRESH OUR MEMORY HOW THIS BLOCK WOULD GO TOGETHER.

THIS WOULD BE, OF COURSE, A SMALLER BLOCK AND SMALLER PATTERN WE'D BE WORKING ON.

I THINK ANYTHING LARGER WOULD BE OUT OF PROPORTION.

BUT THERE'S YOUR BASKET DESIGN THAT HAS BEEN PUT ON THE DIAGONAL THERE.

AND THEN I'LL DO THE SAME SEW AND FLIP METHOD HERE.

SEW AND FLIP BACK AND TRIM TO GO WITH YOUR PATTERN.

AND THEN ON THE FRONT OF THAT, I MIGHT DO SOMETHING USING SOME OLD LITTLE EYELET-- SOME NEW EYELET PIECES, OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE SOME OF YOUR OLD LITTLE DOILIES.

I PURCHASED THESE AT AN ANTIQUE STORE RECENTLY.

AND A FRIEND OF MINE WHO TEACHES ENGLISH REMINDED ME THAT THESE WERE ANTIMACASSARS, AND I, FRANKLY, HAD NOT HEARD OF THAT WORD, AND SHE FILLED ME IN ON THIS.

THE FACT THAT MACASSAR WAS A HAIR OIL THAT WOULD, OF COURSE, PENETRATE A SEAT.

AND SO THESE WERE ALWAYS THE DOILIES THAT COVERED THE BACK OF CHAIRS AND SEATS OR ON THE ARM.

SO THESE ARE YOUR OLD ANTIMACASSARS.

AND LOOK, LOVELY WHEN PUT ON SOME OF OUR CALICOS, AND COULD HIGHLIGHT THE BACK OF A VEST.

IN THIS CASE, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND USE SOMETHING ON THIS ORDER ON THE FRONT OF THE VEST.

AND I THINK YOU GET AN IDEA OF HOW THAT WOULD BE GROWING.

AND FOR HER SISTER, THE SAME IDEA.

AND THIS WOULD BE MORE OF A FITTED VEST.

AND IT BOTHERED ME THAT I WAS GONNA LOSE A CORNER OF THIS, SO I THOUGHT WHEN I CUT THIS OFF, I MIGHT USE THIS TO GO ON THE SIDE PANEL AND START MY STRING QUILTING UP FROM THIS PARTICULAR TRIANGLE.

SO YOU DON'T WANT TO WASTE ANYTHING.

LET'S REMEMBER HOW WE PUT THIS TOGETHER.

THIS IS-- THIS LITTLE BASKET BLOCK IS PUT TOGETHER WITH THREE LARGE TRIANGLES, AND YOU WOULD SIMPLY SEW THE BASE OF YOUR BASKET TO THE SQUARE AND THEN MACHINE SEW THAT AND FLIP, MACHINE SEW THIS AND FLIP, AND THEN THIS TRIANGLE SEWN TO THE BOTTOM.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU HAVE TO APPLIQUE THE HANDLE ON.

THAT'S THE WAY THAT ONE WOULD GO.

NOW, THERE'S ONE OTHER IDEA I WANT TO MENTION ABOUT DOING THE BLOCK FOCAL POINT.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO, OF COURSE, PUT YOUR BLOCK STRAIGHT ON AND NOT ON THE DIAGONAL, AND IN THAT CASE, I THINK I WOULD GO AHEAD AND-- IF THIS WERE GOING TO CONTINUE AND I WERE JUST GONNA PLAY WITH THIS BANDANA IDEA, I THINK I WOULD WANT ALL MY STRING QUILTING TO GO STRAIGHT AND NOT ON THE DIAGONAL.

I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE IN KEEPING.

IN OTHER WORDS, I THINK I'D DO SEW AND FLIP GOING LIKE SO, AND IT WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK.

AND THEN WE COULD GO AHEAD AND CUT OUT SOME BRIGHT STARS AND APPLIQUE THOSE ON TO COMPLETE OUR VEST.

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU MORE ON THE STRING QUILTING WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING WITH, SAY, A GENTLEMAN'S VEST.

THIS ONE WOULD USE LEFTOVER WOOLS, AND YOU COULD EVEN SNEAK IN A LITTLE PIECE OF POLYESTER.

I WANT TO COMPLETE THIS.

I'VE GOT IT ALREADY DONE.

I ONLY DID THE FRONT PANELS ON THE VEST, WHICH I THINK MAKES IT KIND OF INTERESTING.

BUT WHAT I DID WAS SIMPLY CUT THEM OUT ALL THE SAME WIDTH AND THEN SEWED THEM TOGETHER IN A PANEL AND THEN MORE OR LESS DID AN ELONGATED BRICK-TYPE SUGGESTION ON THE FRONT.

AND I'M GONNA TURN THIS INSIDE OUT IN JUST A MINUTE AND YOU CAN SEE IT ALMOST COMPLETED.

IT HAS SOME QUILTING TO BE DONE ON IT.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND USE THE EVEN FEED FOOT ON THE MACHINE.

IT CERTAINLY MAKES IT NICE WHEN WORKING WITH ANYTHING AS SLIPPERY AS OUR VELVET OR OUR SILK, AS THIS LINING IS GOING TO BE.

I WASN'T SURE IF I WANTED TO PUT A BATTING IN THE BACK OF THIS VEST, BUT I DID PUT A VERY THIN LINING INSIDE SO IT WILL HAVE SOME QUILTING ON THE BACK.

AND I THOUGHT, WHEN I DO THE QUILTING ON THE BACK SIDE, I MIGHT EVEN GO AHEAD-- NOW, I'M GOING TO SPREAD THIS ALL THE WAY OUT SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

NOW, I'M GOING TO REACH IN AND START PULLING, AND IT SHOULD COME FAIRLY EASY BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT SLIPPERY MATERIAL THERE, I THINK, WILL MAKE IT NICE.

BUT THIS TAKES SOME-- AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS WHOLE THING HAS TO INVERT, AND THIS IS KIND OF A PROCESS HERE.

YOU HAVE TO JUST KIND OF PULL.

AND IT MEANS GETTING THE BULK OF YOUR WHOLE VEST THROUGH, BUT I LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEN YOUR OUTSIDE SEAMS ARE ALL TAKEN CARE OF, AND ANY QUILTING THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IS GONNA BE WORKED ON A FLAT SURFACE.

I KNOW IT LOOKS KIND OF WEIRD RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.

IT'LL KEEP COMING.

NOW I THINK WE'VE GOT IT ALMOST TO THE POINT THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE THE BACK OF YOUR VEST-- NOW, I DID REMEMBER TO PUT SOME PELLON FLEECE IN THERE.

SO THAT IS GOING TO BE THE BACK.

NOW WE HAVE TO JUST KEEP PULLING INTO THE OTHER SIDE TO GET THE FRONT OUT.

AND THIS WILL BE KIND OF A DIFFERENT LOOK IN A MAN'S VEST.

SO WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

ONCE YOU HAVE MADE THIS INVERSION, THEN I THINK THE FIRST THING YOU REALLY NEED TO DO IS TO SET YOUR VEST AND TO KEEP ANYTHING FROM-- WELL, FROM THE LINING FROM SNEAKING OUT.

YOU HAVE TO TAKE EITHER A QUILTING THREAD, OR IT COULD BE JUST A DUAL DUTY THREAD IN A MATCHING COLOR, AND GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE OUTSIDE TO MORE OR LESS SET IT IN PLACE.

NOW, VOILA, WE'RE GONNA SEE THIS HERE.

AND OF COURSE, THE VEST DOES HAVE A POINT DOWN THE FRONT, AND YOU WANT TO TRIM ANY EXCESS BEFORE YOU WOULD TURN THAT.

NOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

THAT IS YOUR VEST IN THE ELONGATED BRICK-TYPE VERSION.

AND YOU COME HERE, AND YOU'LL NEED TO PUT THAT OUT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

SO NOW YOU REALLY HAVE A FLAT THING TO WORK WITH, DON'T YOU?

AND IT'S NOT-- BUT I THINK YOU NEED TO-- SO YOU DON'T WANT THAT LINING TO SHOW.

SO KIND OF EDGE THAT BACK.

AND THEN JUST BY HAND, MAYBE 1/4 INCH IN, SET YOUR WHOLE VEST IN PLACE.

AND THEN I WOULD HAVE THIS-- I'VE GOT SOME PINS IN HERE-- I'D HAVE THIS FLAT IF I WANTED TO DO SOME QUILTING HERE.

AND I THOUGHT THAT THIS HAS KIND OF A MODERN LOOK TO IT.

I MIGHT EVEN DO THE QUILTING IN ELONGATED BRICK DESIGN ON THE BACK SIDE.

AND THEN MY LAST STEP TO DO WOULD BE TO COME AND, OF COURSE, PUTTING THE TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER, I WOULD SIMPLY COMPLETE THIS BY HOLDING ALL THE EDGES HERE TOGETHER AND MACHINE SEWING EVERYTHING BUT ONE AND LETTING THE RAW EDGES FALL IN.

AND THEN THIS TURN UNDER MY 5/8 SEAM ALLOWANCE, AND THEN SLIP-STITCH THAT IN PLACE.

AND THAT WOULD COMPLETE MY VEST EXCEPT FOR BUTTONS AND BUTTONHOLES.

I WANTED TO SHOW YOU JUST A COUPLE OTHER IDEAS HERE WHILE WE'RE STILL ON VESTS.

I THINK THIS IS A REAL NIFTY IDEA AND I THINK THIS WOULD WORK BECAUSE-- SO WELL BECAUSE YOU END UP HAVING A REVERSIBLE VEST.

AND THE IDEA BEHIND THIS IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU CAN PUT TWO SQUARES TOGETHER AND INCLUDE THE BATTING INSIDE.

AND THEN EACH TIME YOU GO AND SEW MORE, YOU WOULD BE PUTTING-- THIS COULD ACTUALLY BE THE INSIDE OF YOUR VEST, AND YOU'RE CUTTING YOUR WIDTHS, AND YOU'RE GOING TO THE MACHINE WITH ONE LOG CUT OUT, YOUR BATTING UNDERNEATH, AND THAT'S RIDING AGAINST THE FEED DOG, AND THIS COULD BE THE TOP PART.

MACHINE SEW AND THEN EACH TIME, BRING THAT BACK AGAIN.

DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS?

YOU CAN--FOR INSTANCE, I DID THIS ON THE BACK OF THIS VEST.

I MADE A 12-INCH BLOCK WITH THE BATTING INSIDE AND THEN STARTED ADDING MY LOGS BUT INCLUDED THE BATTING AS I WAS GOING ALONG SO THAT WHEN YOU GET DONE, YOU HAVE A COMPLETELY REVERSIBLE VEST.

AND YOU ACTUALLY STUFF THE VEST AND MAKE THE LINING AT THE SAME TIME.

SO THAT WORKS OUT NICELY.

A VEST THAT I'M VERY, VERY PROUD OF-- I CALL THIS "I'VE STUDIED UNDER JENNY BAYER" VEST-- IS THE MEDALLION VEST THAT I MADE DOWN AT SEA PINES.

AND I THINK THAT IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU CAN LEARN UNDER JENNY BAYER.

SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER MEDALLION WORK AND HAS DONE SO MUCH IN QUILTING AND IS SOMEONE I REALLY ADMIRE IN THE FIELD.

AND THIS, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, IS THE BLOCK ACCENT COMPLETE, BUT IT'S A LARGER BLOCK, AND IT IS THE MEDALLION.

WE HAVE SO MANY OTHERS.

HERE'S ANOTHER VERSION OF THE STRING QUILTING AGAIN.

AND YOU SEE, THIS STARTED WITH THE TRIANGLE DOWN BELOW.

AND NOTICE THAT OUR RECTANGLES ARE IRREGULAR IN WIDTH.

SO LOOK AT THE HERRINGBONE EFFECT.

IT JUMPS AROUND.

AND THEN OF COURSE, RIGHT HERE, I'VE ADDED SOME EXTRA EYELET ON THE BACK TO GIVE IT MORE OF AN ACCENT.

WE WANT TO END WITH CRAZY PATCH TODAY.

DENIM ADAPTS SO NICELY TO CRAZY PATCH.

HERE I'VE INCORPORATED IT IN A CRAZY PATCH QUILT FOR MY SON GOING OFF TO COLLEGE.

AND, OF COURSE, YOU DO THE EMBROIDERY WORK IN THE SCHOOL COLORS, AND I'VE PUT AN AIRPLANE BLOCK IN IT.

HE ALWAYS HAD AN INTEREST IN AIRPLANES.

SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO USE HIS LEFTOVER JEANS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ADAPT IT TO CRAZY PATCH.

I HAVE A FRIEND WHO'S DOING A COURSE IN DENIM, AND SHE'S CALLING IT FROM RAGS TO RICHES.

ISN'T THAT A NICE WAY OF TALKING ABOUT DENIM ALSO?

IT DOES WORK NICELY IN CRAZY PATCH, AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN HIGHLIGHT THE VEST WITH ALL OF YOUR DIFFERENT EMBROIDERY STITCHES.

WE REMEMBER THAT CRAZY PATCH IS BASICALLY USING YOUR IRREGULAR SHAPES OF FABRIC, ATTACHING THEM TO A FOUNDATION PIECE OF MATERIAL WITH YOUR SEWING MACHINE, AND THEN SEW AND FLIP.

AND I THINK IT WORKS VERY NICELY.

YOU DON'T WANT TO TRY AND QUILT WITH TINY LITTLE STITCHES, BUT USE YOUR EMBROIDERY THREAD.

AND IT'S NICE TO KEEP THAT ALL SEPARATE.

AND I LIKE TO BRAID MINE ON LITTLE PLASTIC HOOPS AND KEEP IT ON A BIG SAFETY PIN.

I THINK THAT WORKS VERY NICELY TO KEEP YOU FROM HAVING A BIG MESS OF TANGLED THREADS.

LET ME SHOW YOU A FEW OTHER STYLES OF CRAZY PATCH USING DIFFERENT MATERIALS.

WE HAVE ONE WORKING IN ALL THE MAUVE AND DIFFERENT LAVENDER TONES.

AND ONCE AGAIN, IN THE EMBROIDERY STITCHES, YOU CAN EVEN INCORPORATE SOME BEADS IF YOU'D LIKE TO.

AND IN THIS CASE, I ONLY DID THE FRONT AND LEFT THE BACK JUST THE PLAIN MATERIAL.

SOMETHING FOR SUMMER-- I THINK IT'S KIND OF NICE TO HAVE A VEST FOR EVERY SEASON.

YOU COULD USE ONE IN THE DIFFERENT PASTEL SHADES.

AND THIS ONE, THE EMBROIDERY WORK HERE WAS DONE IN ALL WHITE.

AND I COMPLETED THAT ALSO ON THE BACK SIDE.

YOU CAN ALSO, WHEN YOU'RE DOING CRAZY PATCH, GO AHEAD AND PUT DARTS IN.

YOU'VE GOT LINES GOING IN EVERY DIRECTION, SO IT WON'T HURT TO REALLY PUT SOME DARTS IN AT THE SAME TIME.

NOW SOMETHING A LITTLE FANCIER FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

YOU CAN INCORPORATE YOUR LEFTOVER VELVETS AND YOUR SILKS AND THEN HIGHLIGHT THAT WITH A GOLD EMBROIDERY THREAD.

I THINK THAT PUTS IT INTO A VERY FESTIVE SEASON.

LET'S CLOSE TODAY WITH A VISIT WITH OUR MUSLIN FRIENDS.

THEY'RE ALL DECKED OUT IN VESTS, OF COURSE.

AND THESE BELONG TO MY SISTER JILL AND HER DAUGHTER MEGAN.

THIS IS MEGAN'S VEST, AND IT HAS STRING QUILTING ON THE FRONT, OF COURSE, AND THE BANDANA-TYPE MATERIAL DONE IN A SMALL 6-INCH ON THE BACK SIDE.

AND THEN JILL'S VEST IS DONE VERY MUCH THE SAME WAY, JUST IN A LARGER SIZE.

AND SHE HAS A RAINBOW ON THE BACK OF HER VEST.

SO HERE'S A WAY TO MAKE THIS REALLY A FUN THING TO MAKE A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER VEST.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME WITH MORE ON VESTS.

male announcer: GEORGIA BONESTEEL IS THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK, LAP QUILTING WITH GEORGIA BONESTEEL, BASED ON THIS TELEVISION SERIES.

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