- A BAKER'S DOZEN OF VESTS HIGHLIGHT EACH OF OUR SHOWS AS I PRESENT A SERIES REVIEW TODAY.

I'M SO GLAD I'M BACK.

I'M HAPPY I WENT.

BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE HOME.

OUR FINAL SHOW IN THE QUILT BUILT STUDIO INCLUDES AN INTERVIEW WITH DOTTIE MOORE AS SHE EXPLAINS HER PROJECT, PIECING A LIFETIME TOGETHER.

STAY TUNED.

[MUSIC] ♪ COULD YOU IMAGINE A MORE CLEVER OBJECT?

♪ ♪ WARMS A BODY, IGNITES THE MIND.

♪ ♪ 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 OXMOOR HOUSE, PUBLISHER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF NEEDLEWORK AND CRAFT PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING AN ASSORTMENT OF QUILT BOOKS AND RELATED PRODUCTS.

BY 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 LARGE THROAT, MOBILE, HAND-GUIDED QUILTING MACHINES.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY OMNIGRID, THE ORIGINAL PATENTED BLACK AND YELLOW RULER.

AND THE WARM COMPANY, MAKERS OF WARM AND NATURAL COTTON BATTING AND STEAM-A-SEAM FUSIBLE WEB.

- I'VE STIRRED UP A BAKER'S DOZEN OF VESTS FOR THIS SERIES.

EACH VEST REFLECTS A THEME, WELL, SORT OF, FOR EACH OF THE SHOWS.

NOW, TRAVEL, IDEAS, FABRIC, NEW TECHNIQUES, ALL COME TOGETHER TODAY TO INSPIRE NEW TRENDS IN QUILT FASHIONS.

WHY, QUILTS HAVE LEFT THE BED, AND NOW THEY ADORN WALLS AND ON OUR BODIES.

THE OPENING SHOW, I CREATED A, WHAT I CALL A SIGNATURE QUILT.

IT'S COAST-TO-COAST QUILTING, FULL OF SEASHELLS AND WAVES.

WE HAVE SOME WONDERFUL NEW PLASTIC TEMPLATES THAT ALLOW EASY TRANSFER TO JACKETS ALSO.

THIS IS THE JACKET I MADE.

HERE'S THE CONCH SHELL DESIGN.

REMEMBER WHEN YOU'RE WORKING WITH METALLIC THREAD, TO USE THAT METAFIL NEEDLE.

MAKES IT VERY EASY TO SEW, ESPECIALLY SO YOU CAN SEE YOUR WORK ON THE BACKSIDE.

HERE I'VE USED SOME OF THAT BATIK HAND-DYED FABRIC.

SO, SEASHELLS GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BACK OF THIS JACKET, AND I HAVE A NICE SIDE EASE OPENING HERE.

THE QUILT ITSELF IS MADE WITH WHAT I CALL THOSE SECRET STITCHES, IN THAT YOU QUILT ONE BLOCK AT A TIME, AND ONCE THEY'RE DONE, YOU SIMPLY MACHINE STITCH THIS TOGETHER, AND THEN THE OUTSIDE BORDER CREATES THE SASHING.

AND I THINK THAT OFFERS A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES FOR QUILTS TODAY.

FOR INSTANCE, HERE'S A CHRISTMAS BLOCK THAT STARTED.

JUST CONTINUE MAKING THESE AFTER THEY'RE QUILTED.

YOU WOULD THEN STITCH INSIDE, AND THEN SCALLOPS WOULD BE APPLIQUED IN PLACE, AND YOU'D HAVE AN ENTIRELY NEW DESIGN.

ON SHOW 1002, WE WENT MODERN.

WE DID A BLOCK CALLED THE TANGRAM BLOCK, AND MADE A TANGRAM QUILT.

NOW, I DID NOT SHARE WITH YOU ON THAT SHOW THE TEMPLATES.

THEY'RE VERY EASY TO MAKE TODAY.

WHILE YOU CAN DESIGN YOUR OWN, I TOOK THIS SAME MOTIF AND DROPPED IT INTO SQUARES, AND RECTANGLES, AND TRIANGLES.

AND THIS PARTICULAR VEST, WHERE I'VE TAKEN THAT SAME TANGRAM SQUARE, PUT THEM BLOCK TO BLOCK IN A REDUCED SIZE, I THINK YOU SEE THE EXPLOSION OF COLOR.

HERE'S THE LARGER BLOCK, AND LOOK AT THE FUN THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

THE TEMPLATES WORK WELL IN CARDBOARD, BUT THEY ALSO ARE NICE JUST TRANSFERRED ON TO CONTACT PAPER.

PULL OFF THE PAPER, AND THESE BECOME THE DESIGNS TO STITCH AROUND IN THE MACHINE.

SHOW 1003 FEATURED A MORE TRADITIONAL PATTERN.

WE CALL THIS PASTEL PEACEFUL PLEASURES.

IT WAS BASED ON AN ELONGATED HEXAGON, AND I WOULD SUGGEST MAKING A WINDOW TEMPLATE.

IT'S A GREAT WAY TO CHECK YOUR SEAM ALLOWANCES AND YOUR RIGHT ANGLES.

NOW, IN MAKING THIS VEST, I HAD A HARD TIME COMING UP WITH A DESIGN UNTIL I DISCOVERED A GROUP OF OLD BLOCKS THAT I HAD.

WELL, THEY ARE MORE OF THE ELONGATED HEXAGONS, BUT THIS TIME, LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.

THAT HALF SQUARE TRIANGLE IS TURNED ON POINT RATHER THAN A RIGHT ANGLE.

THESE WERE PROBABLY GONNA END UP IN A STORM AT SEA QUILT.

WELL, I TOOK THESE BLOCKS, THEY BECAME LAPELS AND COLLARS FOR THE VEST.

THAT'S WHY EVEN ONE OF THEM STITCHED AROUND ON THREE SIDES.

WELL, LET'S SEE, ONE, TWO, THREE, AND AN OPENING, TURNED INSIDE OUT, BECAME THE POCKET.

THEY MADE NICE COLLARS ON THE BACK, AND I SIMPLY LINED THE POINTS WITH MUSLIN.

HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM AT THE SHOULDER HERE WHERE THE PATCHWORK DIDN'T MEET, SO I JUST MADE AN EPAULETTE TO GO RIGHT HERE.

NEXT, WE WENT DOWN ON THE FARM.

YOU REMEMBER THAT JERSEY COW QUILT.

WELL, TOOK THAT JERSEY COW, STITCHED HIM WITH A LOT OF THREAD SKETCHING, AND HE BECOMES THE BUTTON CLOSURE ON THE FRONT OF THIS VEST.

WITH SKETCHES FROM A CHILD'S COLORING BOOK, I SIMPLY TRANSFERRED THOSE TO MY BLUE SKY AND HAD A LOT OF FUN THREAD SKETCHING.

THAT'S DROPPING THE FEED DOGS USING BLACK THREAD WITH THAT LITTLE TINY ZIGZAG, AND LOOK AT THE FUN LINING I'VE GOT FROM MY DOWN-ON-THE-FARM VEST.

THIS WAS SHOW 1004.

SHOW 1005 FEATURED HEART-TO-HEART, HAND-IN-HAND DESIGNS.

I'VE ADAPTED THOSE INTO LITTLE FOLKS' VESTS.

AFTER ALL, WITH PICTURES INSIDE THE HEARTS, GRANDCHILDREN DO NOT FORGET GRANDPARENTS.

I WANTED TO POINT OUT SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THIS TRAVELING ENSEMBLE THAT IS GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH FAIRFIELD PROCESSING.

THE DESIGN ON BOTH JACKETS ARE PUT TOGETHER WITH SOME NOVELTY BRAID THAT, AFTER SCRUTINIZING, I DO BELIEVE ARE THE SAME THINGS THAT YOU USE TO PUT ON THE BACK OF BRIDAL DRESSES BECAUSE THIS ELASTIC BECOMES THE BUTTONHOLE.

BUT IT'S WONDERFUL SEWN ON THESE INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS BECAUSE GROSGRAIN RIBBON CAN SIMPLY BE WOUND INSIDE TO MAKE ALL THE CONNECTIONS OF ALL THE PARTS.

NOW, SHOW 1006, WE WENT ALL THE WAY TO ILLINOIS AND FOUND THESE WONDERFUL BATIK KITTY CATS.

AND I PUT THESE INTO A VEST, AND ONCE I STARTED QUILTING IT, I DECIDED TO USE THAT IDEA FROM LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY.

AND WHAT I LIKE IS THAT MY MACHINE HAS A BUILT-IN REVERSE BUTTONHOLE STITCH.

I SIMPLY GO TO MY PATCHWORK DESIGN, AND ONCE I BRING THAT UP ON MY TOUCH-TONE SCREEN, I GO TO 329, AND I LIKE A LITTLE WIDER STITCH AND A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

AND THEN I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HOW NICE THIS IS.

I'VE PUT MY WALKING FOOT ON BECAUSE I AM QUILTING, AND I'VE GOT THAT OPEN TOE ON, WHICH GIVES A LOT OF VISIBILITY.

BUT WHAT I REALLY LIKE IS, IS I'M GOING FROM SIDE TO SIDE AND GET TO THAT CORNER, IF I TAKE THE TIME TO LET MY NEEDLE END ON THE OUTSIDE, AND THEN WHEN I TURN, IT FORMS A PERFECT RIGHT-ANGLE CORNER.

SO I NEVER HAVE ANY MESSY CORNERS AGAIN.

ENOUGH VESTS FOR A WHILE.

LET'S HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH DOTTIE MOORE.

MEET DOTTIE MOORE FROM ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA.

WHEN I FIRST MET DOTTIE, SHE WAS THE INITIATOR OF MACHINE QUILTING AND IN SOME VERY UNIQUE ART QUILTS.

DOTTIE, TELL US ABOUT YOUR EARLY BEGINNINGS AND HOW YOU HAVE PROGRESSED IN THE QUILT WORLD.

- WELL, NOW WE'RE GOING BACK A LONG WAY.

THIS WAS BACK IN 1980 WHEN I DID MY FIRST QUILT, AND I THINK YOU AND I MET MAYBE A YEAR OR SO AFTER THAT.

I WAS A WEAVER BEFORE I WAS QUILTING, AND I THINK I WAS IN LOVE WITH THE COLOR AND TEXTURE OF WEAVING, AND I BROUGHT THAT INTO MY CREATIONS AS A QUILTER, BUT YOU'LL ALSO REMEMBER I DIDN'T CALL MYSELF A QUILTER.

IT WAS LIKE QUILTING IS NOT WHAT I DO.

QUILTING IS SOMETHING ELSE, BUT I WAS USING THE SKILLS THAT I HAD.

I WAS USING THE SEWING MACHINE, WHICH I'D USED SINCE I WAS VERY YOUNG.

I WAS INTERPRETING MY SCENES OF NATURE THAT I LOVED SO MUCH.

OUTSIDE, I WAS LIVING ON A 115-ACRE FARM IN GREENVILLE, TENNESSEE, OVERLOOKING THE CHEROKEE NATIONAL FOREST AND WALKING ALONG THE TRAILS AND CLIMBING THE MOUNTAINS.

ALL OF THIS WENT INTO MY WORK, AND I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS IT, AND FABRIC HAD BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY PAST.

- BUT YOU THINK OF YOURSELF AS A QUILTER TODAY, RIGHT?

- IT TOOK ME A FEW YEARS TO CALL MYSELF A QUILTER, AND IT TOOK A FEW MORE YEARS TO USE THE "A" WORD, THAT ART QUILT.

BUT YES, VERY DEFINITELY.

AND WE ARE ALL ARTISTS, BUT IT TAKES US A LONG TIME SOMETIMES TO CLAIM THAT FOR OURSELVES.

- YOU'VE GONE ON TO A MOST UNIQUE PROJECT, "PIECING A LIFETIME TOGETHER."

TELL US ABOUT IT.

- WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THE PROJECT IS CALLED "PIECING A QUILT OF LIFE," AND IT BEGAN IN 1996 WHEN I DECIDED THAT IT WAS TIME FOR ME TO MEET SOME QUILTERS.

I HAD BEEN MAKING MY QUILTS AND TAKING THEM TO ART SHOWS.

AND SO MY SUPPORT GROUP WERE POTTERS AND SCULPTORS AND JEWELRY MAKERS, AND I DIDN'T KNOW MANY QUILTERS.

I HAD AN INVITATION TO TEACH IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, SO I DECIDED TO EXTEND MY VISIT IN THE SOUTHWEST AND INVITE QUILT GALS TO CONNECT ME WITH WOMEN QUILT ARTISTS OVER THE AGE OF 50.

SO THAT WAS A LITTLE OVER TWO YEARS AGO.

I HAVE NOW COLLECTED OVER 100 STORIES.

I'M GATHERING STORIES LIKE I GATHER FABRIC FOR QUILTS.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ONE PROJECT, IT'S MANY.

WE HAVE PRODUCED A NEWSLETTER THAT WE PUT OUT TWICE A YEAR CALLED "CREATIVE TRACES" THAT TELLS STORIES OF WOMEN QUILT ARTIST STORIES, BUT ALSO OTHER CREATIVE PEOPLE AND THEIR CREATIVE PROCESS STORIES.

AND WE HAVE A WEBSITE.

I'M WRITING A BOOK.

SO IT'S LIKE A STASH OF FABRIC.

IT IS A COLLECTION OF CREATIVE MATERIAL THAT WILL BE ONGOING.

THERE WON'T BE A COMPLETION TO THIS PROJECT.

IT WILL JUST BE ONGOING, LETTING IT HAVE A LIFE OF ITS OWN LIKE OUR QUILTS HAVE THEIR OWN LIVES.

- ABOUT THESE WOMEN, GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF A FEW OF THESE.

I THINK THAT'S MOST INTRIGUING.

- 18 YEARS AGO, I WAS VERY NAIVE AND I THOUGHT THAT I WAS MAKING THE QUILTS.

NOW I KNOW THE QUILTS HAVE BEEN MAKING ME ALL OF THESE YEARS.

AND I WANTED TO KNOW IF SOME OF THE WOMEN HAD HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE THAT I HAD HAD, THAT THE PROCESS OF CREATION IS TRANSFORMATIONAL.

AND SO IT BEGAN IN THE SOUTH, IN ALBUQUERQUE AND LOS ALAMOS.

AND ONE OF THE QUILTERS IN LOS ALAMOS IS FRAN ROGERS.

AND FRAN WAS IN HER 50S WHEN SHE BEGAN QUILTING.

SHE HAD JUST HAD A SERIOUS BOUT WITH CANCER AND FOUND HER CREATIVITY THROUGH THAT ILLNESS.

AND IT LED HER TO QUILTING.

AND NOW SHE'S AN AVID QUILTER AND ALL ORIGINAL WORK, ALL HER OWN EXPRESSION.

AND SO SHE'S ONE OF THE QUILTERS.

AND THEN I TRAVELED FROM ALBUQUERQUE OVER TO SANTA FE AND THERE WAS ANN PERKOVICH.

I LOVE VISITING ANN BECAUSE SHE LIVES SURROUNDED BY DESERT.

AND YET WHEN YOU LOOK AT HER QUILTS, THEY ARE FULL OF COLOR AND LIFE.

AND THE CONTRAST BETWEEN HER INNER WORLD AND HER OUTER WORLD, I THOUGHT WAS JUST INCREDIBLE.

- ANOTHER SOUTHWEST QUILTER, DOTTY.

- WELL, THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE CORRINE VANDERPLUG-NICHOLS.

THE DAY THAT I ARRIVED AT HER PLACE IN SANTA FE, SHE HAD JUST RESIGNED HER JOB AND WAS WANTING TO TAKE A LEAP INTO FULL-TIME QUILTING.

AND I TALKED TO HER JUST ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND SHE HAS DONE THAT AND EVERYTHING IS GOING VERY SMOOTHLY FOR HER.

SO THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT QUILTING TAKES US INTO NEW LIVES.

ANOTHER ONE THAT I STAYED WITH FOR FIVE DAYS WAS CHRISTA MANNING WHO GREW UP IN GERMANY AND HAD TO ESCAPE TO AUSTRIA DURING THE WAR.

HAS QUITE A DRAMATIC STORY.

DISCOVERED QUILTING AT THE SMITHSONIAN, LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE I'M SURE HAVE.

WAS DOING EXPERT TRADITIONAL QUILTS BECAUSE SHE IS A MASTER SEAMSTRESS FROM AUSTRIA.

BUT WANTING TO DO HER OWN ORIGINAL DESIGNS.

AND AFTER I LEFT, SHE STARTED SENDING ME PHOTOGRAPHS OF THESE BEAUTIFUL NEW QUILTS WHERE SHE'S BRINGING HER PERSONAL EXPRESSION INTO THE WORLD.

IT'S EXCITING TO SEE PEOPLE TAKE THAT LEAP.

- DID YOU ALWAYS STAY IN THE SOUTHWEST OR WHERE ELSE?

- THE FIRST TRIP I TRAVELED TWO MONTHS ALONE, CAMPING, SLEEPING UNDER THE STARS AND STAYING WITH WOMEN QUILT ARTISTS THAT I HAD NEVER MET BEFORE.

SO IT WAS INCREDIBLE TWO MONTHS.

BUT FROM THAT TWO-MONTH JOURNEY IN NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, COLORADO AND UTAH, I HAVE EXPANDED TO NATIONWIDE COLLECTING STORIES FROM CALIFORNIA TO MARYLAND TO THE SOUTHEAST, OVER A HUNDRED STORIES.

- OH MY, WELL TELL ME ANOTHER ONE.

- OH, MARLENE O'BRIEN SEABROOK IS A WONDERFUL QUILTER WHO BEGAN ALSO ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO.

SHE WAS ONLY GOING TO DO ONE QUILT.

IT WAS SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTED TO DO FOR HER HUSBAND.

AND LIKE THE REST OF US, THAT WAS ALL IT TOOK.

SHE IS A RETIRED EDUCATOR AND ALL OF HER QUILTS TELL STORIES.

AND MARLENE IS A WONDERFUL EDUCATOR THROUGH HER QUILTS AND THROUGH HER WORDS.

SHE LIVES IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

- WE'VE ENJOYED SEEING NORMA BRADLEY'S WORK AS SHE WORKS THROUGH THE SCHOOL SYSTEM, INSTITUTING GEOMETRIC DESIGNS OUTSIDE.

HAS SHE TURNED TO CLOTH INSIDE TOO?

- OH, SHE STARTED WITH CLOTH.

SO NORMA LIVES IN ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA AND IS COVERING THE EARTH WITH A QUILT.

SHE GOES INTO A COMMUNITY AND WORKS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE OR WORKS WITH SENIOR CITIZENS OR WITH GROUPS OF PEOPLE TO IMAGINE, DESIGN AND EXECUTE A QUILT GARDEN WHICH SHE LEAVES WITH THEM FOR THEM TO TAKE CARE OF.

- WHAT ABOUT OUR YOUNG ADULTS TODAY?

HOW ARE WE GOING TO INSTILL ALL OF WHAT WE LOVE AND DO TO THEM?

HOW IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN?

DO YOU SEE A-- - I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

THE STORIES THAT I'M COLLECTING, I NOW REALIZE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU BEGIN A PROJECT, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING.

I NOW REALIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF GIVING THESE STORIES BACK.

I SEE THESE WOMEN AS MENTORS AND I SEE OUR SOCIETY IS STARVING FOR MORE IMAGINATIVE WAYS TO LIVE.

WE HAVE BEEN DICTATED TO BY TELEVISION AND SOCIETY OF HOW-TO'S AND SHOULD'S AND OUGHT'S AND I THINK WE'RE NEEDING MENTORS FOR OUR IMAGINATION AND WHAT BETTER IMAGINED MENTORS DO WE HAVE THAN QUILT ARTISTS AND WOMEN, WOMEN WHO HAVE JUGGLED SO MANY THINGS AND BEEN CREATIVE ALL THEIR LIVES.

- THE WORD QUICK BOTHERS ME SOMETIMES.

I THINK THAT IF ANYTHING IN QUILT MAKING, WE LEARN THAT SOMETHING OF VALUE TAKES TIME TO CREATE AND THAT THAT PROCESS IS PART OF THE FUN AND JUST DON'T BE IN SUCH A HURRY TO GET IT OVER WITH.

DOTTIE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO VISITING WITH YOU AGAIN AND GETTING AN UPDATE ON THE PROJECT.

IS THERE ANYTHING MORE YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE ABOUT THAT?

- ONLY THAT IT'S AN ONGOING CONNECTION AND I INVITE PEOPLE TO CONNECT WITH ME THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND TO LET ME KNOW THEIR THOUGHTS ON CREATIVITY.

THE PROJECT IS ALSO FUNDED ONLY BY DONATIONS.

SO MY PERSONAL FUNDING'S RUNNING VERY LOW ON THIS AND I WOULD WELCOME THAT KIND OF SUPPORT ALSO.

- GREAT.

- THANK YOU.

- WELL, THIS IS NOT THE LAST TIME.

WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

MORE VESTS.

SHOW 1007 FEATURED THE OMNI-STRIPS AND THE SLASHING TECHNIQUE.

THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF LAYERING FABRICS AND SEWING DIAGONAL ROWS.

REMEMBER, THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE BIAS.

WITH THOSE OMNI-STRIPS, YOU SLIP THEM IN AT ONE END AND WITH A ROTARY CUTTER, CUT THEM APART.

WELL, I DID A PRINTED DENIM VEST AND THE SECRET UNDERNEATH HERE IS TO HAVE A LAYER OF BATTING.

IT ADDS A NEW DIMENSION.

IT'S OFF-CENTER, ONLY SLASHING ONE SIDE.

THEN WE DID A SHOW ON BABY QUILTS AND OF COURSE, THAT REMINDED ME OF OUR UKRAINIAN DOLL AND THERE'S NOTHING MORE EXCITING FOR YOUNG FOLKS THAN THE STACKING UKRAINIAN DOLLS.

I PUT THOSE INTO A TABARD.

IT'S CIRCULAR, IT POPS OVER THE HEAD AND THEN THE BACK HAS THE BACK OF THE DOLLS.

THAT REMINDED US OF TERRY'S BABY QUILT WHERE WE USE THE BLACK FUSIBLE BIAS TAPE.

TERRY WROTE US THAT THE BIAS TAPE WITH A DOUBLE NEEDLE OPERATION WAS SO SLICK.

VERY MUCH EASIER THAN I ANTICIPATED.

WHAT A CLEVER IDEA.

MANY THANKS FOR THE CONCEPT, THE IDEA AND THE SUPPLIES.

I ENJOYED THE PROCESS.

CAN'T IMAGINE HAND STITCHING AN ENTIRE QUILT MUCH LESS A BODY OF QUILTS.

NEW RESPECT.

WELL, THEN WE WENT TO THE THIMBLEBERRIES FABRIC.

THEY WERE FEATURED IN EVERY STORE WE TRAVELED TO AND WE HAD A LITTLE CHALLENGE AT OUR STORE AND I LIKED THE CONCEPT OF JUST USING THE IDEA OF THE THIMBLE TESSELLATED ALONG THE FRONT OF A VERY TIGHT-FITTING VEST.

WELL, I PUT A HOLE IN THE END OF SOME OLD THIMBLES AND THEY BECAME THE BUTTONS.

WE TRAVELED OUT WEST AND LEARNED ABOUT SILK IN PASADENA FROM ONE OF OUR OLD FRIENDS FROM HOLLAND.

SHE WAS TEACHING A CLASS AND WE REALIZED THAT SILK IS USED AS LININGS.

SILK THREADS ARE NOW WOUND AROUND BOBBINS AND WE'LL SAVE THAT IDEA FOR ANOTHER SHOW.

BUT WHEN THE THREAD IS SO THICK THAT YOU CAN'T PULL IT THROUGH THE TOP NEEDLE, YOU SIMPLY CAN SEW UPSIDE DOWN WITH YOUR THREAD WOUND ON THE BOBBIN.

JENNIFER A. MOORE HAS DONE A POP-TOP JACKET.

WELL, THE SILK LEFT OVER FROM MY WALL HANGING BECOMES A VERY UNIQUE ASYMMETRICAL JACKET AND I'M STILL WORKING ON IT.

IT'S IN PROGRESS, BUT LOOK AT THE BACK.

HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO USE THAT BLACK BIAS TAPE AGAIN.

LET'S REVIEW THAT.

ONCE THE BLACK BIAS IS PRESSED IN PLACE, THEN YOU PUT TWO THREADS ON IN TWO NEEDLES AND ONE BOBBIN.

AND THEN I USE THAT CENTER LINE RIGHT HERE AS A GATE TO JUST DO STRAIGHT STITCHING.

AND THAT DOUBLE NEEDLE IS CATCHING BOTH SIDES OF THE BIAS AS I'M SEWING.

THEN ON SHOW 1111, WE FEATURED TWALL FABRIC.

ALL THE LEFTOVERS FOUND A HOME IN A CAN YOU STAND IT JACKET.

I ESPECIALLY LIKE THOSE PATCHWORK SLEEVES, VERY FULL.

AND I STITCHED THOSE ON MY SERGER.

SHOW 1012 FEATURED OUR PHOTO TRANSFER TECHNIQUE WE LEARNED OUT IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FROM SANDY BONSIP.

I CHOSE TO PUT MINE IN CIRCLES ON A FAMILY VEST.

NOW THIS VEST NEEDS A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION.

EVER SINCE MY PATCHWORK COFFEE POT QUILT, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN GIVING ME FOLDERS AND PAPER BAGS AND I EVEN HAVE A PAIR OF SOCKS WITH COFFEE CUPS ON THEM.

WELL, I HAVE ALL THE FABRIC, IT'S JUST THAT THE DESIGN HASN'T QUITE COME TOGETHER YET.

IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN TO CLOSE OUR 10TH LAP QUILTING SERIES.

I'M SO GLAD I'M BACK, I'M HAPPY I WENT.

THE WELCOME WE RECEIVED ON OUR TRAVELS WAS TRULY APPRECIATED.

SHOP OWNERS WORK VERY HARD.

THEY ARE ALL CREATIVE PEOPLE DEVOTED TO SERVING THE PUBLIC.

THERE ARE MANY THANK YOUS TODAY, ESPECIALLY TO OUR UNDERWRITERS.

A BIG THANK YOU TO THE TEACHERS WHO SHARED THEIR TECHNIQUES WITH US.

PASSING ON KNOWLEDGE, WHETHER IT'S QUILT MAKING OR BRIDGE BUILDING HAS GOT TO BE THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR SOCIETY.

CHECK OUT YOUR HOMETOWN QUILT STORE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE CLASSES, OR THAT NEXT QUILT CONVENTION.

SO MUCH FABRIC, SO LITTLE TIME AND THAT ALL LEADS TO SO MUCH FUN.

AS THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL QUILT ASSOCIATION, I HAVE A SPECIAL FOCUS FOR OUR FUTURE.

IT'S FQA, FUTURE QUILTERS OF AMERICA.

WHY EFFORTS ARE PRESENTLY BEING MADE BY MANY PROFESSIONALS AND OUR INDUSTRY TO BRING QUILT MAKING TO YOUNG ADULTS.

THERE IS EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT HISTORY, ART, AND YES, MATHEMATICS CAN BE LEARNED THROUGH QUILT MAKING AS A VEHICLE.

BRINGING AN ENTIRE CONTROL ROOM AND CAMERAS TO OUR HOME HAS TAKEN A TREMENDOUS EFFORT.

SO A BIG THANKS TO THE PRODUCTION STAFF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PUBLIC TELEVISION.

BILL HANNA, WHO MANY OF YOU HAVE MET, MY STEADFAST PRODUCER HAS TIED ALL OF THIS TOGETHER ONCE AGAIN.

OUR QUILT CONSULTANT HAS BEEN JEN GRUNDY.

GUESS WHERE I FOUND OUR CLOSING QUILT?

RIGHT NEXT DOOR.

OUR NEIGHBOR, DICK LOWNES, SHARED THIS FAMILY QUILT WITH US.

AND THE HINT HERE IS TO ALWAYS REMEMBER TO SIGN YOUR QUILT.

THIS ONE WAS MADE BY WASHINGTON AUSTIN GIBBS AND THE DATE ON IT IS 1924.

THIS WAS A GENTLEMAN THAT HAND-PIECED THIS ENTIRE QUILT.

AND WHAT'S UNIQUE IS THE WAY HE SIGNED THE STAR PATTERN IN THE CORNER.

WHY HE'S GOT THE NUMBER OF PATCHES THAT HE COUNTED, IT HAPPENS TO BE 2,845.

SO FROM NOW ON, YOU'VE GOT TO COUNT YOUR PATCHES.

HE'S GOT DOWN THE FACT THAT STITCHES AND PRICKED FINGERS WERE INNUMERABLE.

AND THEN HE'S EVEN ISOLATED THE GEOMETRIC SHAPES.

QUITE A HINT FOR US.

CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT UNC-TV AND WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME ON LAP QUILTING.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

[PLAYING IN BRIGHT RHYTHM] ♪ - LAP QUILTING WITH GEORGIA BONESTEEL IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GRANTS FROM OXMOOR HOUSE, PUBLISHER AND DISTRIBUTOR OF NEEDLEWORK AND CRAFT PUBLICATIONS, INCLUDING AN ASSORTMENT OF QUILT BOOKS AND RELATED PRODUCTS.

BY 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 LARGE-THROAT, MOBILE, HAND-GUIDED QUILTING MACHINES.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING BY OMNIGRID, THE ORIGINAL PATENTED BLACK AND YELLOW RULER.

AND THE WARM COMPANY, MAKERS OF WARM AND NATURAL COTTON BATTING AND STEAM-A-SEAM FUSIBLE WEB.