WELCOME TO OUR LAP QUILTING SHOW ENTITLED SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS.

LEARN HOW TO MAKE SOME QUICK AND PRACTICAL PROJECTS FOR YOUR SEWING BASKET AND FOR DECORATING YOUR HOME.

THEN I WILL PRESENT THE CLUB SANDWICH QUILT, FILLED WITH 20 BLOCKS THAT YOU WILL LEARN ON EACH SHOW OF OUR SERIES.

♪ 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.

WE BEGIN WITH A SIMPLE LITTLE SQUARE.

RECALLING OUR POSTAGE STAMP QUILT FROM OUR LAST SERIES, I THINK WE COULD FORM A VERY EXCLUSIVE CLUB OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE FINISHED THIS ENTIRE QUILT.

PERHAPS THE PRESIDENT COULD BE JIM KELLISON, OUR OWN SET DESIGNER, WHO HAS JUST FINISHED PIECING IT.

I AM SO PROUD OF HIM AND EVERYONE ELSE IS, TOO.

I HOPE THE CAMERA CAN GET EVERY PATCH ON THIS ENTIRE QUILT TOP.

NOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING WITH THE LEFTOVERS FROM THESE QUILTS?

WELL, WE'RE MAKING THINGS LIKE WAIST PACKS-- VERY HANDY, AND WE USE ALL THE TIME-- OR A VEST.

I'VE BEEN DOING ALL KINDS OF VESTS IN ALL DIFFERENT COLORS, WITH A THEME TO MANY OF THEM.

AND THEN OUR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA GUILD MADE THIS WONDERFUL QUILT WE CALL OUR LITTLE CIRCLE OF THE WORLD.

IT REPRESENTS OUR LITTLE TOWN OF HENDERSONVILLE IN THE MOUNTAINS, COMPLETE WITH THE SMOKIES, THE CEDARS, WHERE WE HAVE OUR QUILT SHOW, AND THE CHURCHES IN TOWN.

I THINK SHARING WITH YOU HOW WE MADE IT WILL HELP YOU DO THE SAME THING.

WE ACTUALLY DREW IT FULL-SCALE ON NINE SEPARATE PIECES OF PAPER.

WITH A 1-INCH GRID AND THE COLORS ON THAT PAPER, WE WERE ABLE TO PIN THE PATCHES, THE 1-INCH SQUARES RIGHT TO THE PAPER.

WE THEN PIECED IT IN NINE SEPARATE SECTIONS, THEN PUT IT TOGETHER AS ONE ENTIRE QUILT TOP.

THE BEST WAY TO VIEW THIS QUILT IS AT A DISTANCE.

NOW, TO DO THAT, YOU MIGHT GO TO THE HARDWARE STORE AND GET A DOOR HOLE PEEP.

THIS ALLOWS THE QUILT AND ALL YOUR FABRIC SELECTIONS TO BE DISPLACED, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THEM FAR AWAY.

I GUESS WE COULD CALL THIS A "PATCHWORK PEEPER."

RECENTLY, I GOT A FORTUNE COOKIE THAT SAYS, "DISTANCE LENDS ENCHANTMENT TO THE VIEW."

AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS QUILT.

IT'S LIKE A SEURAT POINTILLISM PAINTING.

WE ARE ENCHANTED WITH IT AND HOPE THAT AS IT DECORATES OUR SERIES THIS TIME, THAT IT WILL SOON BE IN AN ART MUSEUM IN OUR OWN TOWN OF HENDERSONVILLE.

NOW, TO QUILT IT WAS ANOTHER DILEMMA.

WITH ALL THESE SEAMS, I REALIZE THAT THE EASIEST WAY WOULD TO BE TO PICK UP ON THE THEME OF THE CIRCLES.

SO, I WENT TO CONTACT PAPER-- JUST ANY OLD CONTACT PAPER-- BUT ONE THAT WOULD HAVE A GOOD CONTRAST TO THE BACKGROUND.

AND SO I DREW VARIOUS SIZES OF CIRCLES.

AND BY PEELING THAT OFF, I COULD PLACE IT ON THE QUILT AND REPEATEDLY DO CIRCLES.

WITH THE MAGIC OF TV, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU THE QUILT BACK.

AND THEN YOU REALIZE THAT WE HAVE A FEW MORE CIRCLES TO GO, AND WE'LL DO THAT ON THIS SERIES.

ON THIS SHOW, WE'RE GOING TO DO TWO THINGS-- A FIREPLACE SCREEN TO DECORATE YOUR HOME, THEN WE'RE GOING TO DO A SEWING CADDY.

THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK AND THE CADDY WAS DESIGNED BY BARBARA SWEENEY FROM ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, AND SHE CALLS THIS HER SWEET GUM LEAF BLOCK.

THE FIREPLACE SCREEN IS SUCH A LOVELY DECORATOR ACCENT.

THE SIZES ARE 18 INCHES DEEP BY 36 INCHES LONG.

AND I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE BACK OF IT SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S MADE.

IT'LL STAND UP LIKE THIS TO DECORATE YOUR FIREPLACE.

BUT IT'S SO SIMPLE.

IT'S HELD TOGETHER, ONCE IT'S PLEATED, BY A PLASTIC SPINE, THE KIND YOU GET AT A STATIONERY STORE.

AND I'VE HAD TO TAPE HALF OF ONE TOGETHER ON THIS SO IT'LL REACH THE WHOLE LENGTH.

YOU CAN SEE IT DEPLETES, OR GOES BACK DOWN IN PLACE, AND CAN BE STORED EASILY WITH RUBBER BANDS AT EACH END.

TO MAKE THIS, YOU WILL START WITH A PIECE OF FABRIC THAT'S 26 1/2 INCHES WIDE AND 36 INCHES LONG.

I HAVE SEWN ACCENT COLORS ON EITHER SIDE, AND THEY ARE 5 1/4 INCHES WIDE BY 36 INCHES LONG.

SO THAT ONCE YOU'VE SEWN THAT TOGETHER, YOU HAVE ALMOST A SQUARE.

NOW, YOU WOULD GO TO YOUR IRON AT THAT POINT.

TAKE FREEZER PAPER THAT IS THE SAME SIZE, AND PLEAT THAT, ONCE IT'S BEEN IRONED SECURELY ALL THE WAY ON THE BACK OF THE FABRIC.

NOTICE THAT EVERY INCH, YOU CAN SIMPLY PLEAT THAT AND REALLY CREASE IT WITH YOUR THUMB ALL THE WAY DOWN.

NOW, ONCE IT'S BEEN PLEATED IN PLACE, I WOULD STAPLE THAT TO A YARDSTICK RIGHT ON THE BOTTOM.

THEN YOU JUST BRING IT UP, AND IT'S READY TO DECORATE YOUR FIREPLACE.

ACCENT BOWS HOLD THAT IN PLACE.

AND A LITTLE BIT OF VELCRO RIGHT ON TOP OF THAT REALLY HOLDS IT TOGETHER NICE.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY MAKING THAT, AND MAKE A COUPLE FOR SOME FRIENDS.

NOW, WHEN WE GET TO THE CADDY ITSELF, IT'S JUST CHOCK-FULL OF ALL KINDS OF GOODIES.

QUILTERS LOVE TO STUFF ALL SORTS OF PINCUSHIONS.

AND WHEN I TRAVEL-- I HAVE SOME FAVORITE PINCUSHIONS I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU.

THEY'RE SO SIMPLE.

IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TAKING ANY CUP OR CIRCLE AND DRAWING AROUND SOME MANILA FOLDER-TYPE CARDBOARD WITH SOME MORE FREEZER PAPER INSIDE.

AND I'VE JUST DRAWN A CIRCLE AND CUT IT OUT WITH MY PAPER SCISSORS.

ONCE I'VE DONE THAT, I WOULD PRESS MY FABRIC ON THE GRID-GRIP, AND THEN, PUTTING MY CARDBOARD INSIDE, TAKE SOME GLUE STICK AND GO AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE CIRCLE.

AND, OF COURSE, I'M GOING TO SECURE THAT IN PLACE.

AND IT'S GOING TO JUST HUG THAT CARDBOARD AND CREATE BODY.

THEN ONCE THAT'S ALL BEEN TURNED UNDER, I WOULD PUT THESE TWO PIECES TOGETHER.

AND BEFORE I SECURE IT, I PUT A LITTLE PIECE OF WOOL INSIDE.

PUT THAT DOWN AND I WOULD GO TO MY SEWING MACHINE, AND JUST GO AROUND WITH A TINY ZIGZAG.

YOUR MACHINE WILL GO RIGHT THROUGH PAPER AND ALL THOSE LAYERS.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT A HEAVY-DUTY NEEDLE ON THAT.

THEN EVERY TIME YOU PUT A PIN IN, IT JUST SECURES.

AND I JUST LOAD THAT UP WITH PINS FOR WHEN I'M TRAVELING.

MORE SIMPLE LITTLE THINGS.

NOW, OFF TO A QUILT SHOW YOU MIGHT THINK IS NOT IMPORTANT.

BUT AS QUILTERS, WE KNOW IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

SO THEN YOU WOULD, OF COURSE, FLY YOUR FLAGS.

WE'VE GOT ALL THE FLAG MATERIAL, THE NYLON MATERIAL, WE'RE MAKING FLAGS WITH TODAY.

SO YOU CAN JUST SECURE THESE RIGHT ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE CAR OR MAYBE EVEN IN YOUR WINDOW.

AS SIMPLE AS CAN BE WITH YOUR ZIGZAG.

THAT'S A REAL SIMPLE LITTLE GIFT AND A FUN THING TO HAVE AROUND.

AS FOR THE SWEET GUM LEAF BLOCK ITSELF, IT'S A VERY NICE BLOCK.

IT'S A 10-INCH SQUARE, AND, OF COURSE, GETS A LITTLE BIT LARGER WITH THE BORDERS AROUND.

THE BLOCK ITSELF IS MADE UP OF SEVEN TEMPLATES.

AND WE'VE GOT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, AND OUR 7th.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE SEWING MACHINE AND SEE EXACTLY HOW TO PUT THIS TOGETHER.

AND AS I GO, TAKE A LOOK AT DOROTHY TRESSNER'S QUILT.

SHE WON ALL THOSE BLOCKS AT THE ASHEVILLE GUILD MEETING.

SHE HAS SET THEM IN A BEAUTIFUL BACKGROUND OF SKY BLUE.

I PARTICULARLY LIKE THE QUILTING LINES NEXT TO THE SWEET GUM LEAF BLOCK.

AS ALWAYS IN PATCHWORK, I WOULD GO TO THE SMALLEST PIECES FIRST TO SEW THEM TOGETHER.

IN THIS SWEET GUM LEAF BLOCK, THERE ARE FIVE POINTS.

GETTING THIS PART ASSEMBLED AND THEN THIS PART ASSEMBLED WILL ALLOW US TO SET IN THE BACKGROUND.

NOTICE HOW I HAVE POSITIONED THIS WITH A PIN SO I CAN PIN AND PEEK.

TURNING THAT BACK, I WANT TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT THAT'S LINED UP PERFECTLY STRAIGHT THERE.

SO, I'VE ALREADY DONE ONE.

SO, LET ME SEW ANOTHER ONE.

THEN IT WILL BE ALL SET WITH MY 1/4-INCH SEAM.

SEW ALL THE WAY DOWN, TO THEN THEN THUMB CREASE THAT TO THE BACKSIDE.

YOU CAN JUST THUMB CREASE THAT.

AND WITH THAT LINED UP, THEN I WOULD COME AND SEW THIS IN PLACE.

AND NOTICE HOW THIS POINT WILL LINE UP JUST RIGHT THERE WITH THAT PREVIOUSLY SEWN POINT.

SO, I'LL PIN THAT, AND THAT WOULD BE SEWN.

AND THEN THESE THREE ARE SEWN TOGETHER, MAKING CERTAIN TO BACKSTITCH AT THAT 1/4-INCH TURN, ALLOWING THAT FREE-FLOATING SEAM HERE.

LET ME GET THIS OTHER BLOCK THAT'S ALREADY DONE.

ONCE YOUR BLOCK IS PIECED, GO AHEAD AND ADD BORDERS ON ALL FOUR SIDES.

THOSE 1-INCH BORDERS BRING IT UP TO A 12-INCH BLOCK.

CUTTING BATTING AND BACKING THE SAME SIZE, PUT YOUR RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER, AND MACHINE-STITCH ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE TOP.

THEN YOU'RE READY TO DO YOUR LAP QUILTING.

BASTE THAT FIRST AND DO YOUR QUILTING.

ONCE THAT IS QUILTED, THIS BECOMES YOUR POCKET AT ONE END OF THE CADDY.

AND IT WILL BE PLACED ON A LINING, AND THEN YOUR BACKING IS CUT 1 INCH LARGER THAN THAT RECTANGULAR PIECE.

NOW, NOTICE AT THE OTHER END IS A POCKET, TOO.

AND THAT IS MADE WITH A SQUARE THAT IS FOLDED IN HALF WITH BATTING INSIDE.

AND JUST LINE THAT UP.

AND YOU CAN MACHINE-STITCH THROUGH ALL THESE LAYERS AS MANY POCKETS AS YOU WANT TO HOLD YOUR PENCILS AND SCISSORS.

THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO IS TO TURN THE OUTSIDE EDGE IN AND EITHER HAND OR MACHINE-STITCH THAT TOGETHER, AND YOU'RE ALL SET.

ONE OTHER LITTLE FEATURE OF THIS BLOCK IS THAT YOU CAN OVERLAP YOUR PLASTIC TEMPLATES AND MAKE THE OUTLINE OF THE SWEET GUM LEAF ITSELF.

I'VE USED THAT TO CUT OUT ALL DIFFERENT RANDOM BRIGHT COLORS AND MADE MYSELF A VERY SIMPLE LITTLE GARMENT BAG.

I JUST TOOK THE OUTLINE OF A HANGER, GAVE MYSELF SOME EXTRA ROOM, LEAVING AN OPENING AT THE TOP FOR MY HANGERS, AND A ZIPPER ON ONE SIDE.

WHY, I EVEN MADE A LITTLE SWEET GUM LEAF TAB ALONG HERE.

DIDN'T EVEN FINISH THE EDGES.

PINKING SHEARS AND STRAIGHT STITCHING ALLOWS ME TO PULL THAT OFF.

A VERY NICE ACCENT TO YOUR WARDROBE.

NOW, WHAT ARE YOU ALL DOING WITH ALL OF YOUR ODD-SIZED BLOCKS?

WHY, PUTTING THEM INTO A SAMPLER QUILT, OF COURSE.

LET'S GO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.

THE CLUB SANDWICH QUILT IS A SAMPLER MADE UP OF 20 BLOCKS.

IT'S GOING TO BE THE FOCUS OF OUR HOW-TO PORTION ON THE REST OF THE SERIES.

NOW, NOTICE THAT THESE BLOCKS ARE ODD-SIZED.

SOME ARE 12, SOME ARE 14 INCHES IN SIZE.

AND THEY ARE SET THIS TIME WITH A FLORAL BACKGROUND, A DECORATOR LOOK, PLUS THOSE FLYING GEESE TRIANGLES.

IT'S MACHINE-PIECED, AND IT'S HAND-QUILTED, WITH A RUFFLE TO COMPLETE THE OUTSIDE EDGES.

AND THEN I DID THE QUILT AGAIN, A LITTLE MORE TAILORED IN STYLE THIS TIME WITH VERY BRIGHT COLORS.

I CALL THIS ONE TRUE COLORS.

A WHOLE WAVE OF COLORS COMES ACROSS THIS QUILT.

IT'S MACHINE-QUILTED.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT WAS ROW LAP QUILTED.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S IN PROGRESS HERE.

AND WE'LL SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME DOING MACHINE QUILTING.

AND THEN I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO PUT THOSE ROWS TOGETHER.

WHEN YOU PICK OUT THE FABRIC FOR YOUR QUILT, GO TO A QUILT SHOP WHERE YOU CAN GET QUALITY FABRIC.

AFTER ALL, IT'S THE COTTON FABRIC THAT GOES INTO THESE SAMPLERS THAT REALLY MAKES IT.

IT'S YOUR TIME, IT'S YOUR ENERGY, AND IT'S YOUR MONEY THAT'S GOING INTO THESE QUILTS.

SAVE THE SILKS AND THE SATINS AND THE CORDUROYS FOR YOUR GARMENTS OR MAYBE THOSE GLITZY WALL HANGINGS YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE.

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH TWO BLOCKS TODAY-- OLD MAID'S PUZZLE AND THE PINWHEEL.

THEY'RE BOTH FOUR PATCHES.

SO, WE'RE OFF TO THE SEWING MACHINE.

THE OLD MAID'S PUZZLE IS A 12-INCH BLOCK THAT RELIES ON THREE TEMPLATES-- TWO SIZES OF TRIANGLES AND A SQUARE.

WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH QUICKIE PIECING.

AND THE MINUTE WE SEE A SQUARE THAT'S MADE UP OF TWO CONTRASTING TRIANGLES, WE THINK OF QUICKIE PIECING.

TO DO THAT, YOU WOULD HAVE, OF COURSE, PUT THE TWO RIGHT SIDES OF YOUR FABRIC TOGETHER AND TAKING YOUR TRIANGLE THAT MAKES UP THAT SQUARE, DRAW AROUND IT ONCE AND THEN TWICE, REALIZING THAT EVERY TIME YOU DRAW AROUND A TRIANGLE, IT'S GOING TO CREATE A SQUARE BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO MACHINE-STITCH ON EITHER SIDE OF THAT DRAWN LINE.

LET'S CUT ONE OUT.

IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN.

ONCE I JUST CUT RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE AND TRIM OFF THE EDGES ON THIS SIDE... AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE... YOU'LL GET THAT PERFECT SQUARE WITH THE TWO CONTRASTING COLORS.

THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO DO THAT.

WITH OUR NEW RULERS THAT WE'VE GOTTEN AND ESPECIALLY WORKING WITH SCRAP FABRIC, YOU COULD JUST, CUTTING EITHER ON THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN OR THE CROSS-WISE, PUT THE TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER.

AND THIS TIME, THE WIDTH OF YOUR FABRIC IS DETERMINED BY HOW WIDE YOU WANT TO END UP.

FOR INSTANCE, WE KNOW THAT IT'S 6 INCHES FROM HERE TO HERE, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH A 3-INCH SEGMENT.

ALL I DO IS ADD A HALF AN INCH TO THAT.

AND GO TO THIS PARTICULAR RULER THAT HAS MY SEAM ALLOWANCE ALREADY BUILT IN, LINE THE 3 UP RIGHT THERE.

AND MY ACTUAL EDGE RIGHT HERE DOESN'T GO OUT TO THE POINT, BUT IT'S VERY CLEARLY MARKED.

SO, I'VE GOT A GOOD VISUAL LINE TO EITHER CUT, OR YOU CAN EITHER, AT THIS POINT-- GO AHEAD AND LINING THIS UP LIKE THIS-- CREATE THOSE LINES THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO SEW ON EITHER SIDE AND THEN YOU'D CUT IT APART.

BUT IT'S ALL BUILT IN FOR YOU HERE, JUST LIKE THIS, EVEN TAKING CARE OF THE DOG-EARS, TO ELIMINATE THOSE.

ONCE THAT IS DONE, ALL THOSE SEGMENTS WOULD BE POSITIONED IN YOUR OLD MAID'S PUZZLE.

I WOULD GO AHEAD USING A MASTER TEMPLATE, CHECK THE SIZE.

IT'S EASY TO COME IN, SNIP OFF THOSE DOG-EARS, KNOWING THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR SEAMS CLOSED AND WE'RE PRESSING THEM TO ONE SIDE.

AFTER I'VE TRIMMED ALL THOSE AND THEN, OF COURSE, REPOSITIONING IT IN PLACE, I WOULD GET MY FOUR SECTIONS PUT TOGETHER.

ON THE CORNERS HERE, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS RIGHT ANGLE, THIS 90-DEGREE ANGLE, TO LINE UP THE TRIANGLE.

AND I'M GOING TO SEW ONE OF THEM FOR YOU.

COME ALL THE WAY ACROSS, LINE THAT UP, AND I'M READY TO SEW.

ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE END.

I DON'T STOP AT THE 1/4 INCH.

I GO ALL THE WAY OFF TO THE RAW EDGE.

AND THEN COME BACK.

THUMB CREASE THIS TO THE OUTSIDE, SEEING THAT NICE 1/4-INCH THAT YOU'VE CREATED, AND COME OVER HERE AND DO THE SAME THING.

SOMETIMES THAT LICKIE FINGER COMES INTO PLAY THERE.

IT HELPS TO LINE THESE UP.

I DON'T REALLY PIN THEM.

COME ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE EDGE.

ONCE AGAIN, ALL THE WAY OFF TO THE 1/4-INCH, AND I LIKE TO GET RID OF EXCESS BULK AS I'M STITCHING.

COME HERE, OPEN THAT UP-- LOOK AT THAT NICE 1/4 INCH FROM THERE TO THERE-- AND THEN SNIP OFF.

EVERY TIME, IF I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, I'LL CHECK MY BLOCK AS IT'S GROWING.

SO, THOSE WOULD SEW TOGETHER.

AND I'VE GOT HALF OF IT DONE.

ANOTHER THING THAT I LIKE TO DO IS, ONCE YOU'VE STAGGERED YOUR SEAMS, GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS HERE, TAKE EITHER A PIN OR A LITTLE STILETTO AND OPEN THIS UP TO RELIEVE THIS, RATHER THAN HAVE ALL THE BULK ON ONE SIDE.

TURN THAT BACK SO YOU HAVE ALL THESE SEAMS-- IN THIS CASE, GOING COUNTERCLOCKWISE ALL THE WAY AROUND.

YOU SEE HOW THEY'RE ALL POSITIONED?

AND TO MAKE THAT STAY AND GIVE YOUR BLOCK THAT EXTRA BODY, I SOMETIMES WOULD PRESS-- AND EVEN A LITTLE SIZING HELPS AT THIS POINT, GIVES IT THAT EXTRA LITTLE OOMPH, AND I CAN REPOSITION THAT AND COME HERE, PUTTING THIS BACK, AND REALLY GET THAT NICE AND FIRM.

OH, YOUR BLOCK'S JUST COMING TOGETHER SO NICELY.

NOW I WOULD SEW THESE TWO TOGETHER FOR HALF OF IT, THEN ANOTHER TWO TOGETHER.

STAGGER MY SEAMS HERE, AND I'D HAVE MY 12-INCH BLOCK SEWN TOGETHER.

WHAT ABOUT A NEW TWIST WITH THE OLD MAID'S PUZZLE?

THIS TIME, WE'VE TAKEN A SQUARE BLOCK AND STRETCHED IT INTO A RECTANGLE.

THE BLOCK IS 12 INCHES WIDE, BUT NOW IT BECOMES 18 INCHES LONG.

AND I SEE A TWISTED SPOOL THERE.

TO GO TO THE OTHER EXTREME, WE HAVE A MINIATURE OLD MAID'S PUZZLE.

I'M TOLD PERFECTLY SANE PEOPLE DO THIS.

AND IT IS FUN TO LOOK AT.

A GOOD PLACE TO PUT A BLOCK FOR A LUGGAGE TAG OR EVEN ON YOUR POCKETBOOK.

THE PINWHEEL BLOCK.

IT'S A FOUR PATCH.

IT ENDS UP BEING A 12-INCH SQUARE.

TWO TEMPLATES.

YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE THAT.

LET ME GIVE YOU A WORD OF CAUTION ABOUT THE TEMPLATES, HOWEVER.

DON'T DO AS I DID.

I CUT OUT IN DUPLICATE WITH THE WRONG SIDES TOGETHER THINKING I WAS BEING SMART.

HOWEVER, THESE ARE NOT MIRROR IMAGES.

THIS TEMPLATE NEEDS TO BE CUT THE SAME WAY FOUR TIMES.

AND THEN THE TRIANGLE.

ONE SIZE IS REPEATED THREE TIMES.

BUT I WOULD CAUTION YOU HERE ABOUT THE GRAIN LINE.

IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, ON THE OUTSIDE, WE'D WANT THE RIGHT ANGLE ON THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN.

BUT WHEN IT COMES OVER HERE, THE LONG SIDE, BECAUSE IT'S ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE BLOCK, WILL BE ON THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN.

YOU LIKE THAT TAUTNESS ON THE OUTSIDE.

NOW, I'VE GONE AHEAD AND PIECED PART OF THIS BLOCK TOGETHER.

AND, OF COURSE, YOU REALIZE IT'S NICE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT 90-DEGREE ANGLE WHEN YOU'RE PIECING THIS TO THIS SO THAT WHEN THAT OPENS UP, YOU'VE GOT THAT NICE TRIANGLE.

AND THEN ONCE THAT IS SEWN TO THE OTHER TRIANGLE, YOU'VE GOT YOUR BASIC FOUR PATCH.

SEW THAT TOGETHER, AND PRESS YOUR SEAMS IN OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

THAT'S GOING IN ONE DIRECTION, AND THEN THIS IS GOING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION.

THAT ALLOWS YOU TO PUT THESE TOGETHER AND STAGGER THOSE SEAMS.

I LIKE TO TAKE THAT "V" RIGHT HERE AND LINE THAT ALL THE WAY UP SO I'VE GOT THAT PERFECTLY EVEN.

I PIN THAT IN PLACE, AND WITH THAT IN POSITION, I'LL GO TO THE OUTSIDE EDGES AND EVEN LINE UP ALL SIDES.

I'M THEN READY TO START AT MY RAW EDGE AND STITCH ALL THE WAY DOWN.

QUITE OFTEN, AS I'M STITCHING, I'M THINKING ABOUT HOW I'M GOING TO QUILT THIS BLOCK.

WHEN I QUILTED THE CLUB SANDWICH, I WAS VERY ADVENTURESOME.

I USED BLACK QUILTING THREAD.

AND IN THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK, I DECIDED TO DO OFFSET SQUARES.

IT'S A VERY ANGULAR BLOCK.

IT HAS A LOT OF ENERGY TO IT, WITH ALL THOSE TRIANGLES GOING ROUND.

SO, THAT'S THE WAY I QUILTED IT.

AS I TAKE THIS OFF, I WANT TO CHECK THE INNER SECTIONS, MAKE SURE I'VE GOT A NICE INNER SECTION GOING ON THERE, MY 1/4-INCH AT EACH END, AND AT THE SAME TIME, I CAN COME AND RELIEVE THAT EXTRA BULK THAT'S GOING ON DOWN HERE.

IT'S ALMOST LIKE I'VE GOT 45-DEGREE STARS GOING ON.

SO I'LL RELEASE THAT, KNOWING THAT I CAN OPEN THAT UP AND GET ALL THE EXCESS FABRIC THAT WOULD NORMALLY ACCUMULATE ON ONE SIDE IS NOW TWIRLING ALL THE WAY AROUND.

I WOULD THEN PRESS THAT.

GO AHEAD AND DIRECT THOSE SEAMS EXACTLY THE WAY YOU WANT THEM BECAUSE THAT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TO QUILT.

THERE'S A LOT OF BULK RIGHT THERE AT THAT CENTER PART.

SO WE CAN RELIEVE THAT, AND I'D NOT ONLY DO IT ON ONE SIDE, BUT I'D DO ON THE OTHER SIDE, ALSO.

REALLY GET THAT IRON IN THERE.

SO THAT COMPLETES TWO OF OUR BLOCKS.

ON ANOTHER SHOW, I'VE HAD FUN BY DOING FOUR OF THESE BLOCKS ON A SERGER-- SERGED ALL THE EDGES AND PUT THEM TOGETHER IN A REALLY NIFTY PILLOW.

IT HAS AN AMERICANA LOOK TO IT, AND I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY SEEING THAT.

SINCE THE THEME OF OUR SERIES WILL BE SETTING BLOCKS OF VARIOUS SIZES INTO A QUILT, TAKE A LOOK AT THE RESULTS OF A DISCOVER AMERICA CONTEST.

CAN YOU PICK A FAVORITE?

GIVEN A FEW WEEKS, THESE WILL END UP IN A QUILT.

♪ COME WITH ME AND EXPLORE THE QUILTS OF AUSTRALIA THROUGH INTERVIEWS WITH HISTORIANS AND MUSEUM CURATORS.

YOU'LL LEARN THE HEARTWARMING STORY BEHIND THE CHANGI PRISON QUILT AND SEE THE FAMOUS RAJAH PATCHWORK PIECE.

ON THE CLUB SANDWICH QUILT, WE LEARN THE WEATHER VANE AND JOSEPH'S COAT BLOCKS.

♪ 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.