♪ WELCOME TODAY TO QUILT TALK.

THIS BEGINS OUR FOUR-PART SERIES FOLLOWING THE PRODUCTION OF THREE QUILTS-- BABY BUGGY BOOMERS, THE ULTIMATE POSTAGE STAMP QUILT, AND COPYCAT.

NOW, GRAB A PAD AND PENCIL, SINCE IT ALL STARTS ON PAPER.

EACH WEEK, WE WILL PROCEED FROM THE DESIGN AND DRAFTING TO THE CUT AND STITCH, TO THE MARK AND BASTE, TO THE QUILT CONNECTION, AND THEN TO THE BINDING OF THESE SAME QUILTS.

STAY TUNED.

♪ 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.

A SPECIAL WELCOME TODAY TO OUR LAP QUILTING STUDIO AUDIENCE.

A GOOD BEGINNING IN QUILT-MAKING IS WITH TOTE BAGS, WALL HANGINGS, OR MAYBE EVEN BABY QUILTS.

THAT IS WHY WE BEGIN TODAY WITH FOR MY LITTLE ONE, THE NAME OF AN EXHIBIT AT THE D.A.R.

MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

IT IS NO LONGER ON DISPLAY, BUT THROUGH THE WONDERS OF TAPING, WE CAN SHARE THESE SMALL QUILTS WITH YOU.

EXHIBITS CHANGE EVERY THREE MONTHS OR SO.

THEREFORE, IT'S WISE TO CALL OR WRITE AHEAD OF TIME TO INQUIRE.

THESE SMALL QUILTS, MADE FOR BOTH DOLL BEDS AND BABIES, SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH FULL-SIZE QUILTS THAT ARE SIMPLY CUT DOWN AND BOUND TO IMITATE SMALL QUILTS.

THE FIRST QUILT, DATED AROUND 1900 TO 1950, IS CALLED AN APPLIQUE COUNTERPANE, NOT REALLY A QUILT, SINCE IT DOES NOT HAVE BATTING, JUST THE TWO LAYERS.

THESE WERE MADE FOR SUMMER SPREADS.

NOTICE THAT THE SMALL QUILT ON THE LEFT IS THE ONLY AMISH PIECE IN THE ENTIRE COLLECTION-- POSSIBLY OHIO AMISH AND NOT LANCASTER AMISH.

THE NEXT CASE DISPLAYS A FRENCH SHAWL MADE INTO A CRIB QUILT.

IT WAS LINEN, BLOCK PRINTED, AND QUILTED IN 15 STITCHES PER INCH WITH WHITE COTTON THREAD.

THIS DIAGONAL GRID OF QUILTING WAS VERY TYPICAL FOR THE TURN OF THE CENTURY.

A QUITE INTERESTING DISPLAY OF INFANT ITEMS INCLUDES AN INFANT FEEDER, OR NURSING BOTTLE.

ALSO, THERE IS A PINCUSHION DATED JULY 7, 1786.

THIS WAS A GIFT TO ELIZABETH REA RHODES AFTER THE BIRTH OF HER FIRST CHILD.

IT'S SILK WITH HANDMADE PINS AND LITTLE TASSELS, COMPLETE WITH THE WORDS "WELCOME LITTLE STRANGER."

THIS IS A WONDERFUL CRADLE QUILT ON THE WALL, DATED ABOUT 1830 OR 1840 FROM SUTTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IT'S A MULTICOLORED ROLLER-PRINTED GLAZED OR CHINTZ FABRIC.

WHAT'S FASCINATING HERE IS THE PIECED CRADLE QUILT AND THE LARGE-SIZE QUILT MADE FROM THE SAME FABRIC AROUND 1840, FROM GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IT WAS MADE FROM MARIA RUMBAUGH'S SECOND-DAY DRESS.

NOW, THAT'S THE DRESS THAT SHE WEARS THE DAY AFTER HER WEDDING TO BEGIN HER HOUSEKEEPING.

THESE QUILTS SHOW TYPICAL FABRICS OF THE PERIOD-- LOTS OF BROWNS AND BLUES, AND THE REDS, OF COURSE, HAVE FADED OVER TIME.

THESE BLUE-AND-WHITE QUILTS ARE MORE ROLLER-PRINTED COTTONS, DATED AROUND 1870.

AS WE VIEW THE DISPLAY OF CRADLE QUILTS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT A CUTDOWN QUILT IS A FULL-SIZED QUILT TRIMMED DOWN TO A SMALLER SIZE.

THIS, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN DONE FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

WORN FULL-SIZE QUILTS COULD FUNCTION AS CRADLE QUILTS ONCE THE DAMAGED AREAS WERE CUT OFF.

SOMETIMES FRAGMENTS OF OLD QUILTS MIGHT BE SALVAGED BY A THRIFTY HOMEMAKER AND THEN FINISHED FOR HER CHILD'S DOLL BED.

TODAY WE FIND QUILTS THAT ARE DELIBERATELY CUT APART AND SOLD AS MULTIPLE SMALL-SIZE QUILTS.

TO DETECT A CUTDOWN, LOOK FOR THE FOLLOWING.

IN FACT, I'M GOING TO LIST SOME SO YOU CAN LEARN TO BE A QUILT DETECTIVE.

NUMBER ONE, THE BINDING IS FOREIGN.

YOU CAN JUST TELL IT'S NOT THE ORIGINAL.

NUMBER TWO, MACHINE-SEWN BINDING ON A PRE-1860 QUILT.

NUMBER THREE, A CONTINUOUS DESIGN HIDDEN UNDERNEATH THE BINDING.

NUMBER FOUR, THE THREAD IS NOT THE ORIGINAL THREAD USED IN THE QUILT.

NUMBER FIVE, THE SCALE OF THE DESIGN IS OUT OF PROPORTION TO THE REST OF THE QUILT.

NUMBER SIX, STAINS AND WORN AREAS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE TOP BINDING OR THE BACKING.

WHAT IS FUN TODAY IS THE CHALLENGE TO REPRODUCE A QUILT FROM THE 19th CENTURY BUT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S WHAT IT IS-- A RE-CREATION, AND NOT AN ACTUAL 19th-CENTURY PRODUCT.

OF COURSE, IT'S HEARTWARMING TO KNOW HOW MUCH THE ART OF QUILTING HAS BEEN PRESERVED, AND WE CAN APPRECIATE IT HERE AT THE D.A.R.

I HOPE YOU'RE INSPIRED TO MAKE A BABY QUILT NOW.

TO BEGIN OUR SERIES, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE BABY BUGGY BOOMERS QUILT, IT'S BASED ON A STRING BLOCK-- WHO IS THIS UNDERNEATH HERE?

WHY, WE HAVE A VISIT FROM THE WOOD-RIDE HIMSELF, MR. ROY UNDERHILL.

THIS QUILT BEGAN WITH, OF ALL THINGS, A PAGE OUT OF A SEARS CATALOG.

I WAS GIVEN A WHOLE STACK OF THESE MANY YEARS AGO.

AND BELIEVE ME, IT WAS A CHALLENGE TO PUT WHAT I CALL "MISERABLE MATERIAL" INTO A QUILT.

IT WAS EVEN MORE FUN TO READ THE PRICE OF THE FURNITURE YEARS AGO.

WELL, WE ALL STILL GET CATALOGS, DON'T WE?

AND NOW WE CAN TEAR OUT THOSE PAGES--50 TO BE EXACT-- TO LEARN HOW TO STRING PIECE, AND THIS EXACT SIZE PAGE WILL GO INTO OUR STRING QUILT.

ANOTHER QUILT THAT I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY LEARNING HOW TO MAKE IS CALLED THE ULTIMATE POSTAGE STAMP QUILT.

WE COULD SAY, "INCH BY INCH ANYTHING'S A CINCH," OR MAYBE "MIGHTY OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW."

WHATEVER.

I AM VERY PROUD OF THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA QUILTERS' GUILD, WHO PUT THIS ENTIRE QUILT TOGETHER, QUILTED IT, AND STITCH BY STITCH, OR STEP BY STEP, I THINK YOU CAN LEARN IT, TOO.

WHETHER YOU MAKE JUST A PILLOW, OR MAYBE YOU'LL MAKE A VEST, IF YOU WILL FOLLOW ALONG, YOU ARE GOING TO END UP WITH AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE FABRICS THAT ARE BEING PRINTED TODAY, A LONG-LASTING QUILT.

OUR LAST QUILT IS CALLED COPYCAT.

THIS ONE RELIES ON CUT, STITCH, AND SHIFT.

YOU REMEMBER THAT BARGELLO IDEA.

YOU SEE THE DESIGN THAT IS CREATED ON THIS OVERALL CRIB QUILT.

IT'S A GREAT BEGINNING QUILT, JUST STRAIGHT LINES OF STITCHING, AND I KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO IT.

I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO EVEN GET YOUR FABRIC THIS WEEK.

I'D LIKE TO TELL YOU THE AMOUNTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED.

3/4 OF YARD OF 3 COLORS-- DARK, MEDIUM, AND LIGHT.

I'D GET THOSE BLENDED TO GO TOGETHER, BUT DO HAVE SOMEWHAT OF A CONTRAST.

THEN YOUR BACKGROUND FABRIC BEHIND THE CAT, PART OF THE BARGELLO, THE BACKING OF THE QUILT, AND ALSO THE SIDE BANDS WILL REQUIRE 4 3/4 YARD.

THE BLOCK ITSELF IS BASED ON A 3-INCH BY 5-INCH RECTANGLE.

WE NEED TO GO TO THE DRAFTING BOARD AND SEE HOW ALL THREE OF THESE QUILTS ARE DESIGNED.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO DO AT HOME WOULD BE TO GO AHEAD AND DRAW A RECTANGLE ON A PIECE OF PAPER, DIVIDING IT INTO THIRDS THE LONG WAY AND THEN THE SHORTER WAY.

YOU HAVE A NINE PATCH, BUT THIS TIME, IT IS BASED ON A 3-INCH BY 5-INCH RECTANGLE, SO WE KNOW THAT OUR FINISHED AREA, IF WE SEW THAT ALL TOGETHER, IS GOING TO BE 9 INCHES BY 15.

BUT LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT NOW.

I WANT TO SHOW YOU WHERE THE CAT IS.

KEEP IN MIND THAT EVERY TIME YOU DRAW A LINE IN PATCHWORK YOU'RE CREATING NOT ONLY A SEAM BUT YOU'RE CREATING A TEMPLATE.

SO, FOLLOW ALONG.

WE'RE GOING TO GO ON THAT TOP ROW, REALIZING THAT WE HAVE MADE HIS TAIL AND YOU CAN JUST DARKEN THAT IN.

AND WE'VE MADE PART OF HIS HEAD.

THERE'S HIS TWO EARS.

GO AHEAD AND PUT SOME ROUND FOR HIS EYES.

YOU MIGHT EVEN WANT TO INDICATE A WHISKER.

THEN GO DOWN TO THE NEXT ROW AND DIVIDE IT HERE AND DIVIDE IT HERE.

AND THAT'S PART OF HIS CHIN.

THIS IS HIS BODY.

AND ON FURTHER WE HAVE HIS HIND LEGS THIS WAY AND THIS WAY.

COME ALL THE WAY DOWN.

AND THEN THIS WAY AND THIS WAY AND HIS FRONT LEGS.

SO, THERE'S OUR KITTY CAT.

SOMETIME DURING THE WEEK, I'D LIKE YOU TO GET A LITTLE MORE SPECIFIC ABOUT THAT AND GO TO YOUR GRAPH PAPER.

ONCE YOU'VE DONE THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ACTUAL RE-CREATION OF THAT 3-INCH BY 5-INCH RECTANGLE.

ALONG WITH THAT, YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THE GRAIN LINE.

ON EACH OF THOSE TEMPLATES, AS YOU'RE DRAWING IT, YOU REALIZE THAT THE OUTSIDE OF THAT RECTANGLE NEEDS TO BE ON THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN, SO YOUR GRAIN LINE GOES THIS WAY.

STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN ON THAT TRIANGLE, AT THIS END.

ON THIS TRIANGLE UP HERE, HERE.

AND THIS TRIANGLE DOWN HERE, ON THE OUTSIDE.

KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS PARTICULAR TRIANGLE WILL BE TURNED AND FLIPPED SOMETIMES.

HERE IT IS RIGHT DOWN HERE, AND HERE IT IS, LIKE HERE.

BUT UP HERE, LOOK WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU NEED TO FLIP THAT TO GET THE PART OF HIS TAIL.

SO WITH THESE TEMPLATES MADE, WE WILL BE READY TO START NEXT WEEK.

PREWASH YOUR FABRIC.

DON'T PUT YOUR BLOCK TOGETHER.

I HAVE A SPECIAL TIP TO TEACH YOU WHEN WE START STRIPPING THE WHOLE PIECE.

AND NOW FOR THE POSTAGE STAMP QUILT.

YES, IT'S TRUE.

IT STARTS WITH ONE TEMPLATE, 1 1/2-INCH SQUARE.

THAT INCLUDES THE SEAM ALLOWANCES.

SO, THAT IS WHAT I PRESENTED TO EACH ONE OF OUR GUILD MEMBERS WHEN WE DECIDED TO MAKE THIS QUILT.

AND, OF COURSE, THEY WENT HOME PRETTY HAPPY WITH ONE TEMPLATE.

THEN THE NEXT TIME, I HAD TO TELL THEM HOW MANY FABRICS THEY NEEDED TO BRING IN.

SO, IF YOU HAVE 100 FRIENDS OR A BIG GUILD, HAVE EACH OF THEM BRING IN 50 SCRAPS, 1 1/2 INCHES.

AND I HAVE KIND OF LOST TRACK HOW MANY PIECES WE NEED IN THAT QUILT, WE DON'T WANT TO BE DISCOURAGED BUT I KNOW IT'S OVER 5,000.

AND THAT WASN'T THE BIG PROBLEM.

THE NUMBER OF PINS WE NEEDED WAS THE BIG PROBLEM.

SO, WITH YOUR TEMPLATE IN HAND-- AND I THINK IT'S REALLY NICE TO GO AHEAD AND JUST PUT THAT ON YOUR CARDBOARD BECAUSE THEN WHEN YOU START CUTTING OUT YOUR FABRIC, IT'S REALLY NICE TO HAVE THAT HARD EDGE.

YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT, AND YOU'VE GOT THAT HARD EDGE TO CUT AROUND.

YOUR NEXT STEP, ONCE YOU CAN START CUTTING OUT FABRIC, IS TO MAKE A GRID.

THAT GRID IS MADE BY DRAWING 25 SQUARES ONE WAY AND 25 THE NEXT, SO IT'S 25 ON EITHER SIDE.

NOW, WAIT A MINUTE.

25 TIMES 25... WE HAVE A 625 PATCH, THE WORLD'S LARGEST PATCH RIGHT HERE.

BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO THEN TAKE TO YOUR COPYING MACHINE AND HAVE DUPLICATED 11 MORE TIMES.

THAT WILL MAKE YOUR WHOLE QUILT.

THEN WE STARTED SHADING IT THE COLORS WE WANTED.

IN ORDER TO SHADE THE RIGHT AREA, WE HAD TO ISOLATE WHERE THE NAVY AND MUSLIN SQUARES WERE GOING TO GO.

AND NEXT WEEK, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW THOSE CAN BE SEWN AHEAD OF TIME AND THEN PINNED IN PLACE.

YOU WANT TO COME OVER 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 IN EACH CORNER, AND THEN COME UP WITH YOUR NAVY EACH TIME.

THAT LEAVES YOU MUSLIN NEXT TO THAT AND AN 11-INCH LONG STRIP.

OH, WHAT RELIEF.

YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE THAT.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE A TEMPLATE FOR THE 11, 9, 7, 5, AND 3-INCH RECTANGLE THAT WILL BE SEWN IN THIS AREA.

SO ONCE YOU HAVE THAT ALL DUPLICATED, YOU CAN START COLORING IT IN.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE QUILT, YOU REALIZE THAT PARTS OF IT ARE REALLY A MIRROR IMAGE.

YOU CAN TAKE A QUARTER SECTION, RUN YOUR FINGER RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THAT QUILT.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT CAN BE FLIPPED OVER.

GO ACROSS THE QUILT, AND IT CAN BE FLIPPED DOWN.

SO, WE TOOK CRAYONS AND COLORED IN WHERE WE WANTED THE GREEN TO CHANGE AND GO TO BLUE.

AND ONCE WE HAD ALL OUR 1 1/2-INCH SQUARES, IF YOU LOOK HARD, YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE PIN MARK IN EVERY ONE OF THESE PIECES OF PAPER.

SO, WE HANDED OUT THE PAPERS AND SAID, "START PINNING."

AND, OF COURSE, THAT DID BECOME A PROBLEM.

WE RAN OUT OF PINS IN LANDROM AND HAD TO GO TO THE NEXT CITY TO START BUYING PINS.

BUT THAT, I HAVE FOUND, IS THE BEST WAY TO WORK WITH THE 1 1/2-INCH SQUARES.

AND, BELIEVE ME, IT STARTS GETTING SO EXCITING WHEN YOU PUT THESE LITTLE PINS IN EACH PATCH AND SEE HOW IT ALL COMES TOGETHER.

IT'S REALLY LIKE AN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTING.

YOU'RE PAINTING, AND THE FABRIC BECOMES YOUR PALETTE.

JEAN ALLEN FIGURED OUT A GOOD WAY FOR US TO SEGREGATE ALL THESE LITTLE PATCHES.

I MEAN, IF YOU SNEEZE, YOU LOSE THEM.

AND WE HAD TO DECIDE WHERE WE WOULD ISOLATE ALL THESE COLORS.

SO, ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR SQUARES CUT OUT, THEN I COULD START HERE.

THE BRIGHT BLUE GOES IN HERE.

THE MEDIUM BLUE WOULD GO IN HERE.

AND SOMETIMES WE DIDN'T QUITE KNOW WHERE SOMETHING WENT.

WE THEN WOULD MAYBE EVEN USE THE BACKSIDE, BUT IT DOES NEED TO-- GET THEM ALL LITTLE BAGS IN ORDER TO START.

SO, I WOULD LIKE YOU, FOR NEXT WEEK, TO GO AHEAD AND GET YOUR 25-PATCH OR YOUR 625-PATCH READY, KNOWING THAT YOU CAN START PINNING THOSE LITTLE SQUARES IN PLACE.

YOU MIGHT CONSIDER A PILLOW OR EVEN A VEST.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE WHOLE QUILT, YOU'LL NEED 3 1/8 YARDS OF NAVY AND 2 1/8 YARDS OF MUSLIN TO DO THE STRIPPING THAT ISOLATES ALL THE SQUARES.

WELL, WE HAVEN'T BEEN DEFEATED BY THIS QUILT.

OH, NO.

WE'RE GOING TO GO ON FOR MORE.

AND IT WAS HELEN KELLEY'S WONDERFUL LITTLE KITTY CAT THAT WE REMEMBER AS BEING THE PERFECT...

WORKING THE CALICO WITH THE PATCHES, HOW WE CAN BRING TO LIFE THE SQUARES AND MAKE THEM WORK.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO DO A PICTURE SCENE AND THIS TIME TURN OUR POSTAGE STAMP INTO A NINE PATCH AND START COLORING MOUNTAINS AND MAYBE OUR LITTLE CITY OF HENDERSONVILLE RIGHT ON A NEW QUILT.

SO, I HOPE YOU START AND BEGIN THE POSTAGE STAMP QUILT.

OUR STRING QUILT HAS 50 PAGES CUT OUT.

SO, GO AHEAD AND RIP THOSE OUT OF YOUR CATALOGS, AND THEN GO AHEAD AND PRESHRINK YOUR FABRIC.

MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAN AND PRESSED.

AND DON'T BE UPSET IF IT'S WIDE AT ONE END AND NARROW AT THE OTHER.

GET ALL YOUR BEST, MISERABLE MATERIAL AND GET IT READY FOR YOUR STRING QUILT.

KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE 20 OF THOSE PAGES ON ONE SIDE, 20 ON THE OTHER, AND THEN 10 DOWN THE CENTER.

ALSO DOWN THE CENTER WE HAVE THE BUGGY.

AND I WANTED TO GO OVER THE DRAFTING MECHANISM OF THAT.

IT IS BASED ON A RECTANGLE FOR THE WHEELS AND THEN FOUR SQUARES THAT ACTUALLY FORM THE BUGGY.

THE CURVE THERE, AND THEN THE BODY COMES AROUND.

AND YOU'LL LEARN HOW TO APPLIQUE THOSE WHEELS ON LATER ON.

BUT FOR THE BUGGY ITSELF, I WOULD START WITH AN 11-INCH SQUARE.

THE WHEELS TAKE AN 11x13-INCH RECTANGLE.

WITH THAT 11-INCH SQUARE AND YOUR YARD BEAM COMPASS-RULER, GO AHEAD AND FIND THE CENTER...

RIGHT HERE, OR THE CORNER, AND THEN DRAW YOUR ARC ALL THE WAY OVER FROM ONE CORNER TO THE OTHER.

ONCE THAT ARC, AND IT FADES OUT TO ALMOST NOTHING HERE AT THE END BECAUSE YOU'RE COMING ALL THE WAY OUT, YOU'RE NOT LEAVING ANY SPACE AS IN A DRUNKARD'S PATH PATTERN, YOU'RE COMING ALL THE WAY OUT, ONCE THAT LINE HAS BEEN DETERMINED, CUT THAT OUT, AND THEN YOU'RE READY TO PLACE THAT ON SOME NEWSPRINT OR ANY LIGHTWEIGHT PAPER.

AND ADD YOUR 1/4-INCH, NOT ONLY ON THE RIGHT ANGLE, BUT ON THE ARC SIDE ALSO.

NOW, I'LL NEED TWO MORE OF THESE, WON'T I, CUT OUT?

BECAUSE I'M GOING TO STRING, I'M GOING TO SEW RIGHT ON THIS PAPER.

THIS IS MY PATTERN.

I WILL THEN HAVE BACKGROUND MATERIAL FOR THE OUTSIDE OF THE ARC AND ALSO THE WHEELS.

AND I'LL NEED A YARD AND AN 1/8 OF THAT MATERIAL, SO, GO AHEAD AND GET THAT PREWASHED ALSO.

WE'LL BE ALL SET FOR BABY BUGGY BOOMERS NEXT WEEK.

AND NOW FOR MORE DRAFTING CONSIDERATIONS.

WHERE DOES IT ALL BEGIN?

RIGHT HERE IN THE BED, OF COURSE.

WE WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN WHEN WE CREATE THAT DESIGN IT DOES COVER THE BED.

SO, CONSIDER THE LARGE, THE KING SIZE, EITHER THE QUEEN, OR YOUR STANDARD BED SIZE.

WHAT ABOUT THE DEPTH OF YOUR MATTRESS AND THE BOX SPRINGS WHAT ABOUT THE TUCK FOR THE PILLOW?

ALL THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.

THEN YOU CAN FIT YOUR DESIGN AND ACCOMMODATE THAT.

YOU MIGHT BE DOING MOST OF YOUR DESIGNING ON THE COMPUTER.

WHAT A NICE IDEA TO THINK THAT YOU CAN CREATE DESIGNS PROBABLY A LOT QUICKER THAN YOU CAN STITCH THEM.

AS FOR MYSELF, I HAVE PROGRESSED TO THE CALCULATOR.

AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF IDEAS OF HOW YOU CAN USE THAT.

PERHAPS WE WANT TO TAKE THAT 25-INCH SQUARE OF THE PIECED POSTAGE STAMP BLOCK AND TURN THAT ON POINT.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN TURNED ON POINT, I MIGHT WANT TO FRAME THAT WITH TRIANGLES ON ALL FOUR CORNERS.

NOW, I KNOW THAT FROM HERE TO HERE ARE 25 INCHES, BUT THEN I NEED TO HAVE THAT MEASUREMENT OF THE RIGHT-ANGLE TRIANGLE.

WELL, IF YOU WILL TAKE .707, OR 25 TIMES .707, EQUALS 17.6, OR 18 INCHES.

I KNOW, THEN, THAT DISTANCE FROM HERE TO HERE IS 18 INCHES, WHICH IS A BIG HELP.

NOW, MAYBE I WANT TO FRAME THAT LONG SIDE AND START PIECING THAT, SO I NEED TO KNOW THE DISTANCE FROM HERE TO HERE.

WELL, NATURALLY, I CAN JUST ADD 18 AND 18, BUT THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHEN I WANT TO KNOW THE DIAGONAL OF THAT MEASUREMENT.

IN ORDER TO FIND THAT, ALL I NEED TO DO IS MULTIPLY 25 TIMES 1.414.

AND THAT IS GOING TO GIVE ME 35.35, OR GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT TO YOUR 36.

SO, THOSE ARE TWO MEASUREMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO KEEP IN YOUR HEAD ALL THE TIME AND FEED THEM INTO YOUR CALCULATOR.

PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE THAT LOVE KNOT PATTERN AND MAYBE MULTIPLY THE BANDS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE NEEDING TO CUT.

YOU KNOW TODAY THAT YOU WOULD SEW ALL THESE TOGETHER, WOULDN'T YOU, RATHER THAN CUTTING OUT EACH INDIVIDUAL TEMPLATE.

SO, IT WILL REALLY HELP YOU TO KNOW, IF THIS IS AN 8-INCH BLOCK, HOW MANY TIMES, OR HOW LONG A BAND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEW TOGETHER.

WE KNOW, ON OUR CALCULATOR, THAT A HALF AN INCH IS .5.

A 1/4-INCH ON EITHER END OF THAT 8-INCH RECTANGLE WOULD MEAN A HALF AN INCH YOU'RE ADDING, SO WE WOULD TAKE 8.5 TIMES THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU WILL REPEAT THAT IN YOUR QUILT.

MAYBE IT'S 20 TIMES.

AND THAT IS GOING TO GIVE YOU 170 INCHES.

SO, ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU KNOW HOW MANY BANDS TO CUT OUT AND SEW TOGETHER THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO ACCOMMODATE THAT 8 1/2.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ON EACH OF OUR SHOWS THAT FEATURE THE NEW QUILTS A SECTION THAT WE CALL, WHAT'S NEW?

OR MAYBE THE BRIGHT IDEAS OF LAP QUILTING TODAY.

LIKE TO CONSIDER, WHEN WE DESIGN, THAT PUZZLES-- CHILDREN'S PUZZLES-- ARE A GREAT WAY TO PLAY WITH TAKING THOSE TRIANGLES, THOSE EQUILATERAL TRIANGLES, AND ADDING THOSE ON TO THE 2, 4, THE HEXAGON, OR PERHAPS EVEN THE GAME, THE TANGLES GAME, WITH ALL THE WONDERFUL GEOMETRIC SHAPES.

LOOK WHAT YOU CAN COME UP WITH-- BUNNY RABBITS, EVERYTHING, KALEIDOSCOPES, GRAPH PADS, PUZZLES THEMSELVES, JUST LIKE PATCHWORK.

IT'S ALL THERE FOR YOU TO TRY.

AND, OF COURSE, ALONG WITH THAT, ALL OF THE NEW TOOLS THAT WE HAVE, IT'S NEVER BEEN EASIER TO DO GRANDMOTHER'S FLOWER GARDEN OR DOUBLE WEDDING RING BECAUSE WE HAVE WONDERFUL NEW RULERS.

THEY COME THICK.

THIS IS THE 9-DEGREE CIRCLE WEDGE.

THEN THERE'S ALSO A 45-DEGREE KALEIDOSCOPE WEDGE.

MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU USE GOOD, SHARP PENCILS AND TRUE, ACCURATE TOOLS.

WHY, THERE'S EVEN A MIRROR MAGIC.

I'VE GOT TO GET THIS ALL SET UP FOR YOU.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS WORKS.

IT WORKS ON FABRIC.

AND IF YOU PUT A SHAPE IN... LOOK WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

WE CAN EVEN START BY OPENING THIS AND SEEING THE MANY SHAPES, WHETHER IT'S THREE DIAMONDS OR WHETHER IT'S MULTIPLE DIAMONDS, SO YOU GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BEFORE YOU START CUTTING UP.

OF COURSE, WHAT WE CAN DEPEND ON AND WHAT WE DO TURN TO QUITE OFTEN TO MAKE OUR TEMPLATES ARE PREPRINTED SHAPES, WHICH IS ALWAYS A BIG HELP.

IT ALLOWS US TO GET RIGHT TO THE FABRIC AND TODAY WE USE OPAQUE PLASTIC OR GRAPHED OR GRID PAPER OR OPAQUE PLASTIC THAT IS GRIDDED.

IT'S A BIG HELP TO TRANSFER RIGHT ON THE GEOMETRIC SHAPE, DRAW AROUND IT, ISOLATING WHERE THE 1/4-INCH TURN IS AND THAT IS ALLOWED TO PLACE RIGHT ON THE FABRIC.

NOW, I KNOW THAT IS ONE THING THAT CONCERNS YOU SOMETIMES AND THAT'S HOW TO CHANGE THE SIZE OF BLOCKS.

FOR INSTANCE, IF WE TOOK THAT COPYCAT AND WANTED TO MAKE IT INTO A SMALLER BLOCK-- AFTER ALL, WE WERE WORKING WITH A 9x15.

WHAT IF WE WANTED TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT INTO A 12-INCH BLOCK?

WELL, HALF OF 12, KNOWING WE'RE WORKING WITH A RECTANGLE, WE WOULD BE WORKING WITH A 6x12.

EACH TIME AND EVERY BLOCK, YOU NEED TO KNOW THE DIVISION THAT HAPPENS-- IN THIS CASE, THERE ARE THREE DIVISIONS ON THIS SIDE AND THREE DIVISIONS ON TOP.

SO, WITHOUT MUCH CALCULATING, WE CAN REALIZE THAT IT IS GOING TO BE 2 INCHES BY 4 INCHES, IS GOING TO BE THE SHAPE THAT WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH.

AND, AUTOMATICALLY, WE CAN DO THAT ALMOST IN OUR HEAD.

BUT IT DOES HELP TO KNOW THE DIVISION YOU'RE GOING TO AND THEN WHETHER YOU'RE GOING LARGER OR SMALLER TO MAKE THAT EQUAL DIVISION.

A CONTINUING THREAD ON OUR LAP QUILTING SERIES THIS TIME IS THE HOUSE.

IT MIGHT EVEN BE YOUR HOUSE DRAFTED.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE WONDERFUL HOMES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL THE WAY FROM ENGLAND.

THE COTTAGE...

BRICK TOWN...

THE SINGLE BROTHER'S HOUSE FROM WINSTON-SALEM.

THE HILLSIDE VILLAGE.

WE COULD CALL THESE MOTHER/DAUGHTER QUILTS-- A LARGE ONE, AND THEN WE HAVE A SMALL ONE... WITH HOUSES CASCADING DOWN THE WALK.

YOU REMEMBER OUR TRADITIONAL HOUSE ON THE HILL PATTERN.

IT'S GONE TROPICAL THIS TIME.

YOU MIGHT EVEN REMEMBER THAT ORIGINAL DRAWING OF THE HILLSIDE VILLAGE IN A VERY SIMPLE DESIGN THAT ENDED UP IN A TABARD.

AND, OF COURSE, SHERYL AND ADAM'S VERY FIRST HOUSE, THE DRAFTING ON A TEA COZY.

I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOME GUIDELINES ON HOW YOU CAN DRAFT YOUR OWN HOUSE.

YOU FIRST WANT TO CONSIDER, WHAT SHAPE IS YOUR HOUSE.

IS IT A LONG RANCH, OR IS IT A TWO-STORY TRADITIONAL?

THAT WILL PROBABLY GIVE YOU THE GUIDELINE FOR GOING TO A SQUARE OR A RECTANGLE TO START ON PAPER.

THE NEXT THING YOU WANT TO DO IS CONSIDER THE SIGNIFICANT HOUSE LINES.

NOW GO AHEAD AND ELIMINATE THE GUTTERS AND THE SASHINGS AND ALL THE EXTRA TRIM BECAUSE, AFTER ALL, YOU CAN REPRESENT THOSE IN JUST YOUR QUILTING LINES.

GO BACK AT THE VERY END.

THOSE WILL COME TO LIFE.

THE NEXT THING YOU WANT TO DO IS PLACE THE HOUSE IN THE CENTER OF YOUR-- EITHER SQUARE OR RECTANGLE.

OR GIVE YOURSELF THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF SKY AND GRASS UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE, MAYBE EVEN ROOM FOR THE STREET THAT GOES IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE.

THEN START DOING YOUR DRAWING.

WHY, GO AHEAD AND EVEN HAVE SOME PERSPECTIVE IN THAT.

ANGLE THE HOUSE.

NO ONE SAID IT HAS TO BE STRAIGHT EVERY TIME.

PULL OUT THE LINES THAT MAKE IT YOURS.

THEN YOU NEED TO GO AND START CODING THOSE.

FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE THE RED DOOR AND A LITTLE GRAY PIECE OF FABRIC ON TOP OF THAT.

NOW, THIS IS NOT APPLIQUE.

THIS IS PIECED.

SO THEN WE HAVE TO GIVE YOURSELF A SLASH LINE THAT INDICATES THAT IS A WHOLE PATTERN THAT GOES ON TOP OF THAT DOOR.

FOR INSTANCE, THIS WHOLE AREA RIGHT HERE, I WOULD SAY THAT'S NUMBER 1 AND THAT'S NUMBER 2.

QUITE OFTEN IF I WERE GOING TO ACTUALLY USE THIS AS A TEMPLATE, I'D EVEN DRAW WHAT I CALL "CROSSOVER CLUES" THAT ALLOW ME TO KNOW THAT THOSE TWO WILL COME BACK TOGETHER.

IN EACH CASE, YOU ALWAYS WANT TO START WITH YOUR SMALLEST PIECES TO GET YOUR PIECE LINES GOING TOGETHER.

AND FOR INSTANCE, OVER HERE THIS BECOMES ANOTHER UNIT.

GO TO THE INSPIRATION OF MAGAZINES, SAVE ALL THE WONDERFUL HOUSE DESIGNS THAT YOU SEE.

ONE MORE TIP.

IF YOU'RE USING A PICTURE AND LOOKING DIRECTLY AT A SLIDE, GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR DESIGNING ON THE POLYCOATED SIDE OF YOUR FREEZER PAPER.

THAT ALLOWS YOU TO CODE THIS, AND ONCE IT'S CUT OUT WILL BE PRESSED DIRECTLY ON THE BACKSIDE OF YOUR FABRIC.

OR YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DESIGN AND KEEP ONE SO YOU HAVE A GUIDE TO FOLLOW.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON LAP QUILTING WHEN WE CUT AND STITCH OUR THREE QUILTS.

GOOD-BYE.

♪ 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.

PUBLISHED BY OXMOOR HOUSE, THE BOOK IS AVAILABLE IN LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES NATIONWIDE.