♪ male announcer: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GRANTS FROM GINGHER, INCORPORATED, MAKERS OF SCISSORS AND SHEARS FOR HOME AND INDUSTRY, AND: [upbeat acoustic guitar music] ♪ ♪ >> WELCOME TO OUR SHOW TODAY, NORTH CAROLINA ALL-STARS.

WE ARE GOING TO BE VISITING WITH RUTH ROBERSON ON A SPECIAL QUILT SHOW ENTITLED COLD NIGHT BEAUTIES.

THIS SHOW WAS SUPPORTED BY A FINANCIAL GRANT FROM THE NORTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES COMMITTEE.

COME WITH US TO THE SHOW.

RUTH, LET'S BEGIN WITH THIS QUILT TODAY.

>> QUILT MAKERS HAVE OVER THE YEARS TRIED TO TRANSLATE THE SHAPE AND BRIGHTNESS OF STARS INTO FABRIC, AND ONE OF THE WAYS THEY OFTEN HAVE DONE THAT IS WITH AN EIGHT-POINTED STAR.

THERE ARE LOTS OF VARIATIONS OF THAT, BUT THIS IS THE SIMPLEST BEGINNING: AN EIGHT-POINTED STAR IN A BLOCK WITH THE SASHING.

>> NOW, THIS QUILT HAS A PARTICULAR INTEREST WITH US TODAY BECAUSE OF ITS AGE.

>> IT'S AN OLD QUILT.

THE FAMILY HISTORY SAYS THIS WAS FINISHED IN 1847 AND THAT IT WAS MADE BY AN 11-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

>> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.

MARVELOUS.

>> WELL, OTHER FOLKS WHO KNOW FABRICS BETTER THAN I TELL ME THAT THIS SASHING IS FROM ABOUT 1820 AND THAT THE FABRICS ARE KIND OF LIKE A SCRAPBOOK OF FABRICS FROM THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY.

>> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL MEDLEY.

NOW, WE CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM THE BACK OF THIS QUILT.

>> WE CAN SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE 11-YEAR-OLD STITCHES.

AND WE ALSO SEE CLOSE BY OTHER STITCHES WHICH LOOK AS IF THEY MAY HAVE BEEN DONE BY A MOTHER OR AN AUNT OR SOMEONE ELSE IN THE FAMILY.

THE 11-YEAR-OLD STITCHES ARE DONE ON THE SASHING PART, WHICH IS DARK AND WITH A DARK THREAD, SO THAT FROM THE FRONT, THEY DON'T SHOW UP AS MUCH.

>> AND PERHAPS AS SHE IMPROVED, SHE GOT TO MOVE INTO THE BLOCKS TO QUILT.

>> I WOULD THINK SO, IF SHE GOT A START LIKE THAT.

>> THAT WAS HER REWARD.

NOW, I ALSO SEE THERE HAS BEEN SOME RESTORATION AND CARE IN PRESERVING THIS QUILT.

DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED THERE?

>> THIS FABRIC WAS PRINTED IN STRIPS LIKE BORDER FABRIC, AND ONE OF THE STRIPS HAD DARK BROWN BACKGROUND.

AND THAT FABRIC DISINTEGRATED, LEAVING JUST THE MOTIFS BEHIND.

>> AND THE BATTING ALSO.

>> AND THE BATTING SHOWS QUITE CLEARLY.

AND WITH A QUILT THAT IS THIS OLD, WHEN YOU REPAIR IT, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS TO LEAVE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OF THE QUILT THERE AND NOT COVER IT UP.

SO WE USE A FINELY WOVEN FRENCH FABRIC CALLED CREPELINE AND JUST APPLIQUE A SHAPE OF THAT ON TOP OF THE SHAPE THAT HAS DISINTEGRATED.

AND THAT FABRIC IS OF SUCH A COLOR THAT THE FABRIC UNDERNEATH SHOWS THROUGH.

>> AND THEN HOW DO YOU STORE THIS AT HOME, RUTH?

IS THIS KEPT IN, SAY, A PILLOWCASE OF SOME SORT?

>> I HAVE SOME SPECIAL BOXES THAT ARE OF A PAPER THAT DOES NOT HAVE ACID IN IT.

AND SO I FOLD IT CAREFULLY AND KEEP IT IN THAT BOX.

>> IT'S WONDERFUL.

IT'S WORTH PRESERVING FOR A LONG TIME.

>> THIS IS THE NEXT STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EIGHT-POINTED STAR PATTERN.

THE QUILT WE SAW FIRST IS USUALLY CALLED A LEMOYNE STAR.

IN THIS VERSION, EACH POINT, EACH OF THE EIGHT POINTS, IS MADE UP OF FOUR SMALLER DIAMONDS.

AND WHEN THAT HAPPENS, WE CALL THIS A BLAZING STAR PATTERN.

>> IT'S JUST THE BEGINNING OF BREAKING THAT INITIAL DIAMOND DOWN INTO MORE SEGMENTS.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND THERE IS SOME SYMMETRY IN WHERE THE PINK PLACEMENT OF THAT DIAMOND IN EACH OF THE BLOCKS.

AND YOU CAN KIND OF TELL AT ONE POINT, SHE DID RUN OUT OF PINK, BUT IT REALLY DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE DESIGN AT ALL-- >> OH, NO.

>> IN FACT, MAYBE IT ADDS CHARACTER TO IT.

>> THIS QUILT CAME TO US WITHOUT A NAME.

AND BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE BASICALLY A BLAZING STAR WITH SOME EXTRA DIAMONDS IN IT, WE CALL IT BLAZING STAR VARIATION.

THIS IS ONE OF THE DIAMONDS THAT HAVE THE FOUR SMALLER DIAMONDS, AND THEN THIS QUILT MAKER HAS ADDED EXTRA DIAMONDS AND SET IN TRIANGULAR POINTS, MAKING A CIRCLE OUT OF THE STAR.

THEN THAT CIRCLE IS SET INTO A LARGER BLUE SQUARE.

AND THE SCRAP QUILT GAINS A KIND OF UNITY FROM THE BACKGROUND THAT MAKES A REALLY STRIKING QUILT.

>> AND I THINK THE FACT THAT IT'S PIECED, RUTH, YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THE NICE POINTS ON THE STARS THAT YOU CANNOT REALLY CAPTURE IN APPLIQUE.

>> I THINK SO.

>> THIS IS AN EIGHT-POINTED STAR THAT HAS GROWN, AND WHEN IT GETS TO BE THIS SIZE, WE CALL IT A LONE STAR OR STAR OF BETHLEHEM.

>> IT'S NICE TO NOTE THE PLAID ACCENTS, ESPECIALLY IN THE TIPS.

>> REALLY MAKES THE STARS STAND OUT, DOESN'T IT?

>> VERY GOOD.

>> GEORGIA, THIS IS THE OLDEST QUILT IN THE SHOW.

WAS MADE IN THE EARLY 1800s.

IT'S ALSO ONE OF THE MOST ELABORATE QUILTS IN THE SHOW.

AND I THINK IT ALSO HAS THE SIMPLEST NAME.

IT'S CALLED THE STAR QUILT.

>> THEY'VE EXPANDED SO MANY IDEAS.

TELL ME ABOUT THE CORNERS AND THE TRIANGLES.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED THERE?

>> WELL, THE WOMAN WHO MADE THIS QUILT SHOWS A HIGH DEGREE OF TECHNICAL SKILL IN PUTTING TOGETHER THIS HUGE EIGHT-POINTED STAR, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT ALWAYS EASILY DONE.

SHE HAS ADDED A STRIP AROUND THE EDGE OF THE STAR AND HAS CHOSEN A WONDERFUL FABRIC FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT PRINT GIVES A FEELING OF VIBRANCY TO THE STAR WHEN YOU SEE IT FROM A DISTANCE.

AND THEN SHE HAS FILLED THESE CORNERS UP WITH EQUALLY ELABORATE APPLIQUE.

THESE ARE MOTIFS CUT FROM CHINTZ FABRIC AND THEN SEWED TO THE BACKGROUND WITH A TINY, TINY BUTTONHOLE STITCH.

THESE ARE MOTIFS WHICH HAVE BEEN PIECED AND THEN APPLIQUED TO THE BACKGROUND.

>> IT IS REALLY AN INCREDIBLE QUILT.

AND I ALSO NOTE IN WHAT--IT'S IN SUCH GOOD-- SUCH A GOOD STATE OF PRESERVATION.

THERE AREN'T ANY FOLDS IN IT.

IS THERE ANY EXPLANATION FOR THAT?

>> THIS QUILT HAS BEEN IN THE SAME FAMILY FOR SEVEN GENERATIONS, AND THEY TELL US THAT THERE ARE TWO REASONS FOR IT BEING SO WELL PRESERVED.

ONE IS THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS KEPT IT ON A BED, SO IT'S NEVER DEVELOPED THE DAMAGE TO THE FABRIC THAT OCCURS WHEN YOU FOLD QUILTS AND PUT THEM IN A CLOSET OR ON A SHELF.

AND THE SECOND REASON IS THAT THEY HAVE ALWAYS GIVEN THE QUILT TO A DAUGHTER AND NEVER TO A SON.

>> VERY GOOD.

IT'S A LOVELY QUILT.

THANK YOU, RUTH.

[serene acoustic guitar music] ♪ ♪ >> CONTINUING OUR STUDY OF THE EIGHT-POINTED STAR BRINGS US TO--NOW, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PATTERN, RUTH?

>> THIS PATTERN IS CALLED BROKEN STAR OR CARPENTER'S WHEEL.

AND IT'S THE SAME PATTERN AS PEARLY'S STAR.

BUT THIS QUILT MAKER HAS MADE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHOICE OF COLORS, COMBINATIONS, AND HAS ADDED THE APPLIQUED CIRCLES IN THE SQUARES AROUND THE EIGHT-POINTED STAR AND THE APPLIQUE IN THE CORNERS OF THE BLOCK SO THAT YOU GET QUITE A DIFFERENT IMPRESSION.

AND IN THIS QUILT, WE SEE THE STAR DESIGN MUCH MORE CLEARLY THAN WE DO IN PEARLY'S STAR.

>> WHICH ONLY PROVES WE CAN TAKE THE SAME PATTERN AND INTERPRET IT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS.

>> IT TRULY DOES.

GEORGIA, THIS IS ONE OF THE NEWEST QUILTS IN THE SHOW.

THE OLDEST QUILT HERE WAS MADE IN THE EARLY 1800s, AND THIS ONE WAS MADE ONLY RECENTLY.

IT'S REALLY INTERESTING TO ME HOW WOMEN OF DIFFERENT TIMES AND PLACES RESPOND TO THE TECHNIQUES OF PATCHWORK AND QUILTING.

AND THIS QUILT MAKER HAS AGAIN STARTED WITH AN EIGHT-POINTED STAR BUT MADE SOMETHING QUITE CONTEMPORARY OUT OF IT.

>> THIS IS DEFINITELY A MODERN QUILT.

AND THE EXCITEMENT, THE FLOW OF COLOR.

AND WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS QUILT, RUTH?

>> WELL, IT STARTS WITH A STAR.

IT MAKES A KNOT.

IT'S CALLED STARRY KNOT.

>> VERY EXCITING.

>> RUTH, I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON YOUR BROCHURE.

I KNOW IT TAKES A LOT OF PRELIMINARY WORK TO BUILD UP TO THIS EVENT.

AND TELL ME ABOUT THE NAME COLD NIGHT BEAUTIES.

WHERE DID THAT COME FROM?

>> I FIRST HEARD THAT PHRASE IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA NEARLY THREE YEARS AGO.

A FRIEND OF MINE WAS TALKING WITH AN ELDERLY MAN AND ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT QUILTS.

HE SAID, "I CALL THEM COLD NIGHT BEAUTIES."

I LIKE THAT PHRASE BECAUSE I THINK IT EXPRESSES THE ESSENCE OF TRADITIONAL QUILT MAKING.

QUILTS ARE BEAUTIFUL THINGS WHICH PROTECT OUR BODIES ON COLD NIGHTS.

>> AND HENCE THE STAR IDEA ALSO, THE WHOLE-- >> RIGHT.

THE FOCUS OF THIS EVENT HAS BEEN QUILTS AND QUILT MAKING IN THE LIFE OF NORTH CAROLINA.

ONE ASPECT OF THAT FOCUS IS THE QUILT SHOW WHICH WE'VE JUST SEEN AND WHICH WE CALL A GALAXY OF NORTH CAROLINA STARS, BECAUSE ALL OF THESE QUILTS WERE EITHER MADE IN NORTH CAROLINA OR NOW LIVE HERE.

ANOTHER ASPECT, AND EQUALLY IMPORTANT WE THINK, ARE TALKS WHICH GO ON ABOUT QUILTS AND QUILTING MAKING IN NORTH CAROLINA.

WE HAD A TALK ABOUT REFERENCES TO QUILTS AND QUILT MAKING IN THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER MAGAZINE, 'CAUSE THAT WAS A NORTH CAROLINA-BASED MAGAZINE AND AN IMPORTANT INFLUENCE IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THIS CENTURY.

WE HAD A TALK ABOUT REFERENCES TO QUILTS AND QUILT MAKING IN LITERATURE WHICH HAS BEEN WRITTEN BY NORTH CAROLINIANS.

AND WE FEEL LIKE THAT QUILTS HAVE BEEN A PART OF OUR PRIVATE LIVES AND THAT HAVING THEM ON DISPLAY PUBLICLY AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THEM AND TO SHARE FEELINGS ABOUT THEM GIVES US A CHANCE TO WIDEN OUR PERCEPTIONS ABOUT QUILTS AND QUILT MAKERS.

>> I THINK WE'RE ALL HUNGRY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT QUILTS.

AND THE WAY YOU HAVE INCORPORATED THE COMBINATION OF THE VISUAL AND THE VERBAL HAS REALLY PROVED TO BE JUST LOVELY.

THE BUILDING ITSELF IS A PERFECT SETTING FOR HANGING THE QUILTS.

>> ISN'T IT BEAUTIFUL?

IT'S THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER.

THE NATIONAL HUMANITIES CENTER IS AN INSTITUTE WHICH WAS FOUNDED FOR ADVANCED STUDY IN THE HUMANITIES.

EVERY YEAR, 40 TO 45 SCHOLARS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COME TO THIS AREA TO LIVE AND TO THIS BUILDING TO WORK AND STUDY.

ANOTHER EMPHASIS OF THE CENTER IS TO ILLUMINATE ISSUES OF INTEREST TO ALL CITIZENS.

AND JUDGING BY THE RESPONSE THAT WE HAVE HAD TO THIS QUILT SHOW, QUILTS AND QUILT MAKING ARE OF INTEREST TO NORTH CAROLINA CITIZENS.

>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.

LET'S TAKE A LAST GLANCE AT ALL THE OTHER INTERPRETATION OF STARS IN THE SHOW.

[serene acoustic music] ♪ ♪ IT IS POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE THE CREPELINE.

IT'S A VERY THIN SILK ORGANZA.

IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND CAN BE FOUND AT SPECIALTY FABRIC STORES.

ANOTHER ITEM IS THE ACID-FREE TISSUE PAPER.

THAT IS AVAILABLE, AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU LIKE TO STORE YOUR QUILTS IN SOME SORT OF TISSUE PAPER.

AND IT IS AVAILABLE.

WE ARE GOING TO FEATURE SOME STAR PATTERNS ON THE SHOW, AND ISN'T IT NICE TO LOOK AT AN OVERALL DESIGN WITH ONE OF OUR BLOCKS OF THE DAY, THE MEXICAN STAR?

THIS QUILT WAS MADE BY BEA WARREN, AND IT HAS A VERY NICE WARM FEELING.

I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE SPECIAL INTEREST IN THE BORDER DESIGN, WHERE SHE HAS QUILTED IN BROWN QUILTING THREAD.

THIS WHOLE MOTIF IS CARRIED OUT IN HER PIECED BORDER.

WE ALSO ARE VERY PROUD TO SEE THAT SHIRLEY'S QUILT IS PROGRESSING.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SPECIAL FEATURE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES OF THE CENTER PANEL AND STUDY SOME OF THE MEASUREMENTS THAT GO INTO COMPLETING SHIRLEY'S SAMPLER.

PERHAPS THIS BLOCK AND SOME OF THE COLORATIONS IN THIS ARE FAMILIAR TO YOU.

WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH THE OHIO STAR PATTERN LAST TIME AND NOW HAVE DEVELOPED THIS INTO AN ENTIRE QUILT.

IT'S A SMALL QUILT WHICH WOULD BE ADAPTED FOR A BABY SIZE OR JUST A LAP THROW QUILT.

THE FOUR PATTERNS HAVE BEEN SEWN TOGETHER ONCE THE BORDERS HAVE BEEN MITERED WITH ANOTHER BORDER ON THE OUTSIDE, FOUR TRIANGLES ON EITHER CORNER, AND THEN A COMPLETE BORDER.

NOTICE HOW THE BORDER GOES UNDER THE CORNERS TO GIVE A MORE RECTANGULAR OR AN ELONGATED SETTING FOR THE ENTIRE QUILT.

LET'S GO TO THE MACHINE, AND I'M GOING TO TAKE SHIRLEY'S CENTER MOTIF WITH US, AND WE'LL HAVE A BETTER EXPLANATION OF HOW THIS IS WORKED OUT.

IF YOU STUDY HER QUILT AND TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT IT, I THINK YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT SHE HAS DONE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WITH HER DIAMOND PATTERN IN THE CENTER.

AND IT MIGHT BE A TIP FOR ALL OF YOU.

WE REMEMBER OUR STRING-A-LONG LILY BLOCK.

IT'S A 20 1/2 INCH SQUARE.

AND OF COURSE WE NEEDED A DIAMOND FOR EACH ONE OF THE POINTS.

WOULDN'T IT BE NICE TO GO AHEAD, AS SHIRLEY HAS DONE, AND SEW A BAND OF FABRIC TOGETHER?

THEN IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PLACING YOUR DIAMOND IN A REPEATED MANNER ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THEN SEWING IT TOGETHER.

YOU CAN SEE THE NEW DESIGN THAT IS CREATED IN THE POINTS OF THE LILY.

I THINK IT MAKES IT VERY INTERESTING.

AS WE STUDY THE SETTINGS OF QUILTS-- EXCUSE ME; I'M GOING TO PUT THAT IN THE BACK-- I THINK WE WANT TO REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF DRAFTING EVERYTHING OUT ON PAPER.

IT GIVES US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW OUR QUILT IS GROWING.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TRAPEZOID THAT WOULD GO ON ALL FOUR SIDES OF SHIRLEY'S OFFSET BLOCK IS A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS USED IN THE SPINNING SPOOLS.

THERE IS AN EXTRA PORTION DONE ON THE SIDE.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU KIND OF A TIP OF THE DAY, AND I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY KNOWING THIS FIGURE, SO IF YOU HAVE A PENCIL HANDY AND A PIECE OF PAPER.

AND THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO USE YOUR CALCULATOR TOO.

BUT QUITE OFTEN IN WORKING WITH BLOCKS, WHEN WE TURN THEM ON THE OFFSET, WE WANT TO KNOW THAT DIMENSION ALL THE WAY DOWN THE MIDDLE.

WE NEED TO KNOW THAT IN ORDER TO FIGURE THE DISTANCE FROM ONE END TO THE OTHER OF A MEDALLION CENTER.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IF WE KNEW THAT THE OUTSIDE RIGHT ANGLE OF A BLOCK WAS 12 INCHES, IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 1.414, YOU WILL COME UP WITH A FIGURE OF 16.968.

GO AHEAD AND ROUND THAT OFF TO YOUR 17 INCHES.

SO YOU WOULD ALWAYS KNOW THAT THE DIAGONAL, THE INSIDE DIAGONAL MEASUREMENT OF A 12-INCH BLOCK WOULD BE 17 INCHES.

AND OF COURSE, YOU COULD ADAPT THAT FIGURE TO ANY KNOWN OUTSIDE RIGHT ANGLE.

NOW, TO JUST REVERSE THAT, TO FIND THE RIGHT ANGLE OF A GIVEN AREA ALREADY KNOWING THE DIAGONAL MEASUREMENT, SIMPLY MULTIPLY THAT DIAGONAL TIMES .707, AND YOU WILL DISCOVER YOUR CORRECT OUTSIDE RIGHT ANGLE MEASUREMENT.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY KNOWING THOSE FIGURES.

I'VE ALSO ENJOYED WORKING WITH THESE OPEN TEMPLATES WHEN I'M USING DESIGNS.

FOR INSTANCE, IN DRAWING THIS, I CAN SIMPLY SET THIS ON TOP HERE AND THEN DRAW INSIDE THAT, AND THAT SAVES ME PICKING UP A RULER AND DRAWING FOUR SIDES.

THESE ARE NICE TO WORK WITH.

I WANT TO ALSO GIVE YOU A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON HOW THE ATTACHE CASES ARE COMPLETED AND HOW THEY ARE FINISHED.

PERHAPS YOU REMEMBER OUR BLOCKS FROM OUR BACK DOOR METHOD.

AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT I'VE GONE AHEAD AND COMBINED BOTH MACHINE AND HAND QUILTING IN ONE COMPLETE PROJECT.

WHERE THE PIECED BLOCKS GO, I HAVE DONE HAND QUILTING.

AND THEN IN THE BANDS THAT SET THESE GEOMETRIC SHAPES TOGETHER, I HAVE DROPPED THE FEED DOGS AND DONE SOME MEANDERING.

ONCE THESE ARE COMPLETED AND VERY COMPACT, YOU'RE READY TO PUT THESE INTO YOUR ATTACHE CASE.

WHEN THEY ARE OPEN, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND ATTACH YOUR ZIPPER ON THE TOP SIDE.

I HAD PREVIOUSLY-- WHEN ATTACHING THE ZIPPER, I HAD ADDED AN EXTRA BIAS PIECE ON THE INSIDE TO COVER THE SEAM ALLOWANCE.

BUT I HAVE FOUND THAT IT'S JUST AS EASY TO GO AHEAD AND DO A NICE ZIGZAG STITCH ON THAT AREA ALL THE WAY DOWN.

THERE ARE SOME RAW EDGES, BUT A CLOSE SATIN STITCH WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

AND I MIGHT GIVE YOU A LITTLE TIP FOR DOING ZIGZAG.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS, BUT WHEN YOU ARE DOING ZIGZAG, IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO KNOW THAT ONCE YOU HAVE SET YOUR MEASUREMENT THAT AS YOUR ARE DOING YOUR ZIGZAG, WHEN THE ZAG COMES DOWN THE MACHINE, THAT SHOULD BE GOING INTO THE MACHINE INTO WHAT I CALL AIR.

THAT SHOULD BE CLEARING THE FABRIC.

AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT IT GOES INTO AIR EACH TIME.

AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU A NICE SATIN STITCH, AND COMPLETE THAT JUST THE WAY YOU WANT IT.

ONCE YOU HAVE SECURED THAT-- AND AT THE SAME TIME WHEN YOU'RE SECURING THAT, YOU WOULD INCLUDE YOUR HANDLES.

THESE ARE NICE TO BE SEWN IN AS YOU'RE ATTACHING YOUR ZIPPER, AND I LIKE THAT MEASUREMENT TO BE ABOUT 10 INCHES.

YOU WOULD DO THAT, INVERT-- JUST AS WE HAD DONE BEFORE-- INVERT YOUR TUBE.

2 1/2 INCHES WIDE OF BIAS IS FINE.

AND ONCE THAT HAS BEEN INVERTED WITH THE POLYESTER BATTING INSIDE, YOU HAVE KIND OF A PUFFINESS TO IT.

I LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MACHINE QUILT RIGHT DOWN THE CENTER OF THAT, MAYBE EVEN THREE OR FOUR TIMES.

GIVES YOU A NICE COMPACT AND VERY STRONG FEELING.

AND I USE A BATTING, OH, ABOUT THAT SIZE, AND THEN DOUBLE IT TO GET THAT MUCH FULLNESS INSIDE.

BUT YOU WILL NEED THAT TAUT MACRAME CORD TO INVERT THAT.

SO ONCE THAT HAS BEEN MADE, INCLUDE THAT WITH YOUR ZIPPER.

AND THEN YOU'RE READY TO FINISH YOUR ATTACHE CASE.

YOU CAN EITHER FEATURE THE BIAS ALL THE WAY AROUND THE OUTSIDE, OR YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND PUT THE BIAS ON THE INSIDE.

THAT'S OPTIONAL.

YOU COULD PUT A LOOP AT THE CORNER, BUT I'VE TESTED BOTH OF THESE, AND I PREFER THE HANDLE IN THE CENTER OF THE ATTACHE CASE.

I WANT TO YOU GIVE YOU TWO TIPS FOR FINISHING THE OUTSIDE EDGE.

ONE WOULD BE THAT THE BIAS-- FOR A NICE, CLEAN START, THE BIAS SHOULD BE PULLED ALL THE WAY OVER, AND TAKE YOUR 1/4 INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE ALL THE WAY DOWN.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THAT IS COMPLETE ON ALL THREE SIDES OF YOUR ATTACHE CASE, YOU'RE GOING TO PULL THAT OVER AND SLIP-STITCH THAT BY HAND.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS UP ON TOP IS THAT, IF THAT HAS BEEN PULLED AROUND TO THE BACK SIDE AND INCLUDED, THEN LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU CAN PULL THAT ALL THE WAY OVER AND THEN PULL THAT BACK.

AND I CALL THAT A NICE, CLEAN START.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANY RAW EDGES COMING UP.

ANOTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THAT THIS IS A VERY TAILORED, SQUARED-OFF ATTACHE CASE, AND WE WANT RIGHT ANGLES.

AND TAKING A DOUBLE BIAS FOLD IS SOMETIMES HARD AROUND A CORNER.

LET ME GIVE YOU A TIP ON DOING A PERFECT RIGHT ANGLE.

WE ARE GOING TO MACHINE STITCH UP TO THE 1/4 INCH, STOP, AND BACKSTITCH.

I'VE GOT IT PARTIALLY STARTED, BUT I THINK THAT YOU CAN GET A GOOD IDEA.

AND PINS, OF COURSE, HELD AT A RIGHT ANGLE, HOLD THIS RIGHT IN PLACE.

BUT DO NOT GO ANY FURTHER THAN JUST YOUR 1/4 INCH, STOP, AND BACKSTITCH.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN TAKEN OFF, THEN YOU WANT TO LET YOUR FOLD, YOUR DOUBLE FOLD, COME UP IN THE AIR.

SWING THAT AROUND SO THAT YOU HAVE A PERFECT RIGHT ANGLE.

THEN YOU ALSO HAVE AN EXTENSION.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT EXTENSION IS THE WIDTH OF THE 1/4 INCH THAT'S GONNA BE PULLED OVER.

DO YOU SEE HOW MUCH THAT IS?

I WOULD SAY THAT'S A FULL 1/4 INCH.

THEN YOU MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT A NICE RIGHT ANGLE THERE.

AND I'M GONNA FOOL WITH THAT A MINUTE SO YOU CAN GET A GOOD LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS THERE.

I'M GONNA START AGAIN AT THAT 1/4 INCH, START, AND BACKSTITCH.

AND YOU'RE GONNA BE AMAZED AT WHAT HAPPENS IN JUST A MINUTE.

IT'S THAT LITTLE EXTRA THAT GIVES YOU THAT BREAK THAT YOU WANT.

NOW, I'LL MAKE SURE-- I WOULD HAVE, OF COURSE, PINNED OR BASTED THIS AHEAD OF TIME.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO DO.

BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT HAPPENS.

THEN WHEN YOU COME HERE, THIS COMING ALL THE WAY AROUND, LOOK AT THAT NICE-- YOU'VE BUILT IN THAT EXCESS THAT GIVES YOU THAT NICE MITERED.

AND WHAT'S EVEN MORE SPECIAL IS, ON THE BACK SIDE YOU HAVE IT, AND YOU GET THE SAME THING HAPPENING ON THAT SIDE.

AND WOULDN'T THAT BE A NICE FINISH FOR THE CORNERS OF YOUR QUILT ALSO WHEN YOU KNOT ONE AT THAT PERFECT RIGHT ANGLE?

SO TO COMPLETE THE ATTACHE CASE, COME ALL THE WAY AROUND.

AND EVEN AT THIS END, I WOULD SNIP OFF THE EXCESS FROM MY ZIPPER, BECAUSE YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COMPLETE THAT ALL THE WAY AROUND THIS SIDE.

NOW, IF I WALKED IN APPLYING FOR A JOB, CERTAINLY I'D BE HIRED CARRYING THIS ATTACHE CASE.

VERY NICE.

OKAY, OUR BLOCKS OF THE DAY ARE THE GLOW SHINE, WHICH IS A STAR PATTERN.

AND I THINK FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND IT, WE NEED TO SEE THE FINISHED BLOCK, YOUR GLOW SHINE BASED ON A 25-PATCH.

BUT NOTICE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT TOGETHER.

COMPLETE YOUR FOUR-PATCH IN THE CORNERS, AND THEN THIS RECTANGLE WOULD BE SET TO JOIN THIS PANEL, THIS RECTANGLE JOIN THESE PANELS, AND THEN ONE LONG, NARROW RECTANGLE IN THE CENTER SO THEY WOULD ALL JOIN TOGETHER.

ALSO, TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT HOW THE QUILTING STITCHES HAVE BEEN DONE.

IT JUST RADIATES, DOESN'T IT?

I LIKE TAKING THIS POINT HERE AND GOING OUT TO THESE POINTS OUT HERE.

SO YOU GET A GOOD LOOK AT HOW THE QUILTING STITCHES GO.

NOW, OUR DESIGN IN PURPLE AND BLUE IS GROWING.

LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF PATTERNS, BUT IF YOU TAKE IT ONE STEP AT A TIME, I DON'T THINK YOU'LL HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.

REMEMBER THAT TIP OF SEWING.

WE'RE GONNA SEW ONE ALL THE WAY DOWN OUR 1/4 INCH.

THERE IS AN EXTENSION THERE, LONG DOG-EARS.

ONCE ONE HAS BEEN SEWN AND FLIPPED BACK-- AND THIS ONE IS GOING TO GO ON THIS WAY-- KEEP THAT BACK AND USE THIS AS A GUIDE TO COME AND SEW BACK SO YOU MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THAT PERFECT 1/4 INCH.

OUR OTHER BLOCK OF THE DAY-- WE HAVE TWO TODAY-- IS THE MEXICAN STAR.

THE MEXICAN STAR IS ONE OF OUR CORNER BLOCKS, SO IT LOOKS A LOT LARGER.

AND IT HAS A NINE-PATCH GOING ON IN THE CENTER.

IF YOU CAN SEE, IT RELIES ON A CENTER NINE-PATCH THAT IS TURNED ON THE OFFSET.

AND I LIKE PICKING UP THE HINT OF GREEN THAT IS IN THE LARGER TRIANGLE, ALMOST AS IF IT'S SHOOTING UP UNDER THE CENTER PORTION.

IT'S A DIAGONAL BLOCK.

IF I CAN PUT MY HAND HERE, I THINK YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS PORTION COULD BE PLACED TOGETHER.

ACTUALLY, I THINK YOU'D BE BETTER OFF TO GET THIS PORTION DONE AND THIS PORTION DONE.

GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR CENTER NINE-PATCH DONE.

THIS WOULD SEW TO THIS, IN EACH CASE, AND THEN THIS PORTION TO HERE SEWN TO YOUR CENTER NINE-PATCH.

AND THAT WOULD BE HOW THAT QUILT WOULD DEVELOP.

I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE QUILTING LINES HERE ALSO.

ONCE AGAIN, I'VE RELIED ON THE PROTRACTOR FOR SOME TOUCH OF QUILTING LINES ON THE TRIANGLES.

IN THE CENTER, I HAVE SIMPLY DONE "Xs."

AND SOMETIMES THAT'S NICE BECAUSE YOU CAN ELIMINATE ANY SEAM ALLOWANCE, AND YOU WON'T HAVE THE WEIGHT OF THE EXTRA BULK OF THOSE SEAMS.

BUT I THINK THIS HAS A VERY NICE AIRY LOOK.

AND OF COURSE, THE STRONGER COLORS THAT YOU USE IN THIS, YOU'RE GONNA GET MORE OF A STAR DESIGN.

I'D LIKE TO PLAY WITH THIS DESIGN AND DO FOUR BLOCKS TOGETHER.

I THINK YOU'D HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THAT.

ON OUR NEXT SHOW, WE ARE GOING TO BE FEATURING DENIM.

MANY OF YOU HAVE WRITTEN AND SAID, "HOW DID YOU DO THAT DENIM QUILT?"

AND WE CANNOT NEGLECT OUR YOUNGSTERS GOING OFF TO SCHOOL OR OUT ON THEIR OWN FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, AND ALL THOSE JEANS THAT THEY HAVE WORN FOR A LIFETIME CAN NOW BE PUT INTO A QUILT.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT TIME.

GOOD-BYE.

[upbeat acoustic guitar music] ♪ ♪ Captioning by CaptionMax www.captionmax.com announcer: THE PRECEDING PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY GRANTS FROM GINGHER, INCORPORATED, MAKERS OF SCISSORS AND SHEARS FOR HOME AND INDUSTRY, AND: GEORGIA BONESTEEL IS THE AUTHOR OF LAP QUILTING PUBLISHED BY OXMOOR HOUSE AND AVAILABLE IN LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES NATIONWIDE.