♪ THE GOOD NEWS IS I HAVE A COMPUTER.

THE BAD NEWS IS I PLACED IT IN THE SAME ROOM WITH MY SEWING MACHINE.

VERY SLOWLY, I AM INTEGRATING THIS BOX INTO MY PATCHWORK LIFE.

♪ 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.

WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD OF QUILTING AND COMPUTERS.

IT'S A NATURAL.

WITH ALL OF OUR GEOMETRIC SHAPES THAT REPEAT AND THE COLORS THAT WE CAN BRING UP ON THE COMPUTER, WHY NOT DO IT?

TODAY WE HAVE SUSAN BROWN, A FAMILY PHYSICIAN, AND DIANE WOLD, WHO IS A STATISTICIAN.

THEY'RE BOTH A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG IN THE COMPUTER THAN I AM, AND TELL ME WHERE I GO, DIANE.

IF I'VE GOT THIS BOX AT HOME, HOW CAN I BECOME COMPUTER-FRIENDLY?

WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST?

WELL, SOME PEOPLE ARE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO READ THE WHOLE MANUAL FRONT TO BACK.

OTHER PEOPLE SIT DOWN AND PLAY.

REALLY, THE BEST THING TO DO IS FIND SOMEBODY ELSE YOU CAN TRADE IDEAS WITH.

SOMEBODY ELSE WHO'S ALSO EXPLORING CAN BE A GREAT HELP TO YOU.

NOW, I HAVE TWO PROGRAMS IN MY COMPUTER.

IT'S A MACDRAW AND A MACPAINT.

IS THAT GONNA BE ENOUGH?

OH, SURE.

THAT'LL DO IT?

I THINK THAT MOST ANY GENERAL-PURPOSE DRAWING PROGRAM WILL WORK.

THIS PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY IS CALLED SUPERPAINT.

IT HAS BOTH DRAWING AND PAINTING, BUT...

EITHER ONE WILL GO.

...WHICH PROGRAM DOESN'T MATTER A WHOLE LOT.

AND IF I WANT TO TURN IT ON-- IT'S ON NOW.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST?

WELL, THE FIRST THING I WOULD DO IS TO TURN ON THE GRAPH PAPER.

ALL US QUILTERS LOVE GRAPH PAPER, AND IT MAKES THINGS A LOT EASIER.

THIS NOT ONLY SHOWS THE GRAPH PAPER WITH LITTLE DOTS...

SO WE'RE BACK TO OUR 1/4-INCH GRAPH PAPER.

THIS IS 1/4-INCH GRAPH PAPER, AND ANYTHING I USE HERE IS AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO BE ON THE 1/4-INCH GRID.

WELL, I CAN HANDLE THAT.

SO I COULD DO A FOUR PATCH, A NINE PATCH?

YEP, ANYTHING THAT-- ANYTHING YOU'D USUALLY DO ON GRAPH PAPER, YOU CAN DO HERE.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE NEATER.

AND ANY GEOMETRIC SHAPE?

YEP.

OVALS?

MM-HMM.

OVALS ARE A SNAP HERE.

OH, THEY'RE HARD IN REAL LIFE, BUT NOT THERE.

NO, THE COMPUTER KNOWS HOW TO DO OVALS PRETTY WELL.

AND COLOR--HOW MANY RANGES OF COLOR CAN I GO?

IT DEPENDS ON THE COMPUTER.

I WORKED FOR YEARS ON A COMPUTER THAT JUST HAD BLACK AND WHITE.

THIS COMPUTER HAS GOT MORE COLORS THAN THAT.

AND HOW HAVE YOU USED THE COMPUTER PERSONALLY?

HOW HAVE YOU BROUGHT IT INTO YOUR PATCHWORK LIFE?

SUSAN, I KNOW YOU'VE JUST COMPLETED SOMETHING.

YES, THERE'S ONE QUILT THAT I'VE DESIGNED PRETTY MUCH FROM THE BEGINNING ON THE COMPUTER.

ACTUALLY STARTED AT NORTH CAROLINA QUILT SYMPOSIUM THIS YEAR WITH A BLOCK THAT I DESIGNED IN A WORKSHOP THAT I TOOK WITH JUDI WARREN, AND WE DESIGNED THE BLOCK, AND THEN HERE I'VE PUT FOUR OF THEM IN THE SAME ORIENTATION, AND THEN IN THE CLASS WHAT WE DID IS ROTATE THEM AROUND ONE OF THE MIDDLE CORNERS.

AND WHEN I WAS DOING THAT IN THE CLASS, I THOUGHT, "WELL, THIS WOULD REALLY BE EASY AND FUN TO DO ON THE COMPUTER," SO I BROUGHT IT RIGHT HOME, AND I THINK PROBABLY THAT DAY, I... YOU'VE ONLY BEEN WORKING ON THE COMPUTER ABOUT FIVE MONTHS, SO THIS ENCOURAGES ME A LOT.

BUT THIS WOULD BE AS IF YOU WERE GOING TO A COPYING MACHINE AND REPEATING IT.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU.

WHAT I STARTED OUT WAS DRAWING THIS ONE SQUARE HERE, AND THEN I COPIED IT, AND THEN I GROUPED THOSE FOUR SQUARES TOGETHER AND THEN COPIED THOSE AND ROTATED THEM.

SO HERE I HAVE THIS GRID OF ALL OF THESE SQUARES HERE, AND YOU CAN LOOK AND SEE THE DIFFERENT LINES HERE AND SEE WHAT MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING LINE TO PUT THE FOCUS ON IN YOUR QUILT.

SO ON THE NEXT ONE HERE, WHAT I HAVE IS A COLORED LINE DRAWN.

I'VE ALSO PUT SOME DARK VALUE IN ONE OF THE PARTS OF THE SQUARE.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE I'VE GOT THE ORANGE LINE HERE, AND I SORT OF LIKED THAT SHAPE.

THERE ARE VARIOUS OTHER SHAPES THAT YOU COULD GET FROM THE SAME SQUARE, BUT THIS IS THE ONE I LIKED, SO ON THE NEXT ONE, THE NEXT TIME, I EXPANDED IT TO A 6X8 SQUARE AND DREW MORE LINES AND GOT A BETTER SENSE OF WHAT I THOUGHT THE QUILT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.

IN THE NEXT ONE, I'VE ADDED SOME COLOR, AND THAT'S WHERE THE OTHER INSPIRATION FOR THIS QUILT CAME FROM, WAS THE DURHAM-ORANGE QUILTERS QUILTFEST CHALLENGE QUILT THIS YEAR WAS CALLED "MOOD INDIGO," AND CALLED FOR A RANGE OF INDIGO FABRICS WITH ONE ACCENT FABRIC.

SO HERE I'VE PUT ALL THE DIFFERENT BLUES IN, ALONG WITH THE ORANGE FABRIC THAT I THOUGHT WOULD GO IN THESE SORT OF TRIANGULAR PIECES THERE.

THE PROGRESSION IS REALLY WONDERFUL THERE NOW, BUT YOU ENDED UP WITH AN ASYMMETRICAL QUILT.

YOU ENDED UP BRINGING IT OUTSIDE THE BORDERS, WHICH I REALLY LIKE.

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

FIRST THING I DID WAS SIMPLIFY THE SQUARE.

YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A FAIRLY COMPLICATED SQUARE.

I DECIDED I REALLY DIDN'T NEED ALL THOSE LINES, AND SO I CHANGED IT TO, I THINK IT WAS SIX PIECES WHEN I GOT TO THE END INSTEAD OF 11, WHICH IS WHAT IT STARTED WITH.

SEE, YOU COULD HAVE PIECED THAT WHOLE THING.

YOU SAVED YOURSELF A LOT BY SIMPLY WORKING WITH THE COMPUTER.

YES, IT WAS A LOT EASIER HERE.

AS I WAS DRAWING IT HERE AND LOOKING AT IT, I ADDED THIS ORANGE BORDER HERE, BUT I THOUGHT, "WELL, IT REALLY WANTED TO BE OUTSIDE THE BORDERS OF THE QUILT."

IT REALLY WANTED TO GROW OUT THERE, SO I JUST DUPLICATED MORE OF THESE SQUARES AND PUT THEM OUT HERE AND THOUGHT, "THAT'S SORT OF WHAT I WANT.

I'LL GO TO THE DESIGN WALL."

AND DID IT IN FABRIC FROM THIS POINT.

IT'S WONDERFUL AND WORTHY OF THE RIBBON THAT YOU RECEIVED.

IT'S GREAT.

THANK YOU.

THE OTHER THING THAT I ACTUALLY DID, THEN, ON THE COMPUTER, THOUGH, WAS TO TAKE THE SQUARE AND ENLARGE IT TO 4 INCHES AND PRINT IT OUT LIKE THIS AND THEN USE THAT FOR MY TEMPLATES.

AND THEN ALL YOU HAD TO DO... TEMPLATE PLASTIC.

WONDERFUL.

SO YOU CAN DO THE PATTERNS AND THE DESIGNS BOTH.

RIGHT.

AND THE QUILTING DESIGN.

YOU'VE SOLD ME.

THAT'S GREAT.

DIANE, YOU'VE USED THE COMPUTER FOR A LONG TIME, NOT ONLY FOR YOUR BOOK, "STRIP QUILTING," BUT YOU WERE IN THIS CHALLENGE, TOO.

WE'RE LOOKING AT YOUR QUILT.

DESCRIBE THE BOX DESIGN THAT YOU DID.

WELL, THIS WAS A QUILT THAT WAS INSPIRED BY THE NAME OF THE CHALLENGE, "MOOD INDIGO" AND THE FACT THAT I WAS FEELING PRETTY DOWN AT THE TIME, AND THE...

I HAD A GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT I WANTED TO DO, BUT WHAT THE COMPUTER LET ME DO WAS TRY OUT DIFFERENT ARRANGEMENTS, SEE HOW MANY ROWS OF BOXES I WANTED.

AT FIRST I THOUGHT I WANTED THREE OR FOUR, BUT TWO LOOKED BETTER.

I COULD WORK THAT ALL OUT ON THE COMPUTER BEFORE I WENT TO FABRIC.

THEN AT THE END OF THIS ONE, I WORKED OUT THE QUILTING DESIGN ON THE COMPUTER.

THAT WAS A GREAT HELP.

FROM THERE WE GO A LITTLE HAPPIER QUILT.

I LIKE YOUR BARS.

IT HAS PERSPECTIVE LOOK.

THIS WAS A SIMILAR PROCESS.

I KNEW THAT I WANTED THINGS TO GET LIGHTER IN THE DISTANCE, AND I WANTED TO GET A PERSPECTIVE FEEL, BUT I WASN'T QUITE SURE WHAT THE RIGHT COMPOSITION WAS.

SO I TRIED OUT DIFFERENT WIDTHS OF BORDERS.

I TRIED OUT A SYMMETRICAL DESIGN, AN ASYMMETRICAL DESIGN.

I TRIED IT WITH AND WITHOUT THE DARK BORDER ALL THE WAY AROUND AND DECIDED WHAT I WANTED IN GENERAL BEFORE I GOT TO FABRIC.

NOW, COULD YOU BRING UP YOUR BARGELLO QUILTS?

AS WE LOOK AT THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS, OF COURSE, WHAT YOU'RE KNOW FOR AND SOMETHING YOU ENJOY DOING IS MAKING THAT STRIPED FABRIC AND SHIFTING IT AROUND, WHICH HAS LOT OF EXCITEMENT TO IT.

BARGELLO QUILTS ARE REALLY EASY TO DESIGN ON A COMPUTER.

WHAT I DO ESSENTIALLY IS TO MAKE ON THE COMPUTER THE SAME KIND OF STRIPED FABRIC I MAKE IN A QUILT, EXCEPT THAT IT'S REALLY EASY.

I ONLY HAVE TO MAKE ONE PIECE, ONE LITTLE SKINNY PIECE, AND THEN I CAN DUPLICATE IT.

ONCE I DUPLICATE A FEW OF THESE, I MOVE THEM AROUND, TRY TO FIND A DESIGN THAT I LIKE.

AND WHEN I DECIDE THAT ONE OF THE BARS NEEDS TO BE WIDER THAN THE OTHERS, THAT'S REALLY EASY TO DO, TOO.

OH, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

SO IT'S VERY FAST DESIGNING.

AND YOU HAVEN'T WASTED ANY FABRIC YET, TOO... OR ANY TIME.

NOW, OUR LESSON TODAY IS FLYING SWALLOWS, AND YOU WERE ABLE TO BRING THAT UP ON THE COMPUTER.

SHOW US WHAT YOU COME UP WITH.

OK, WELL, THIS IS A FAIRLY TRADITIONAL COLORING FOR THIS PATTERN, AND I WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH THE COLOR, AND... ONE POINT I PUT THIS RING OF TRIANGLES IN A DIFFERENT COLOR, AND WHEN I DID THAT, THE DARK AND THE RED STARTED MOVING TOGETHER INTO A SORT OF A RIBBON DESIGN, AND I THOUGHT I'D EXPLORE THAT FURTHER, 'CAUSE I LIKED IT.

SO I TOOK AWAY SOME OF THE REST OF THE DESIGN.

TAKE AWAY THIS RING HERE-- ALTHOUGH THAT'S SORT OF NICE, TOO-- AND I GOT THIS DESIGN, OCTAGONAL DESIGN.

THEN YOU COULD PRINT IT UP.

LOOK WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

YEAH.

ALL KINDS OF OPTIONS TO LIVE WITH IN YOUR SEWING ROOM FOR A WHILE BEFORE YOU START PIECING.

NOW, IF WE TURN TO FLYING GEESE, SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN PLAY WITH THERE, DIANE.

OF COURSE THERE, WE'RE JUST DEALING WITH TWO SIZES OF TRIANGLES, YOUR LARGE ONE AND SMALL ONE.

AHH.

THAT COULD BECOME A SAMPLER SETTING, COULDN'T IT?

SURE.

SURE, THIS IS JUST TAKING THE GEESE AND WEAVING THEM IN AND OUT.

AND THEN THIS ONE WAS CURIOUS, THE WAY YOU DID THE BAR DESIGN.

YEAH, THAT WAS A FUN ONE.

I HAD MADE THESE GEESE, AND I WANTED TO MOVE SOMETHING SOMEPLACE ELSE, BUT AS I MOVED THE GEESE... OHH.

...I GOT SOME INTERESTING IN-BETWEEN PATTERNS.

DECIDED I LIKED ONE OF THEM.

A MISTAKE CAN BECOME THE BEGINNING OF A WHOLE NEW DESIGN.

MAYBE THAT'S HOW WE NEED TO DO MORE OF OUR WORK.

NOW, IF I WANTED TO EXPERIMENT WITH, SAY, IN THAT FLYING GEESE COMPLEX, DOING SOME ACTUAL QUILTING, IF WE CAN MOVE THAT STAR DESIGN OUT OF THERE.

ALL RIGHT.

OK. LET ME TRY THAT, SUSAN, AND SEE IF THIS MOUSE IS GONNA WORK FOR ME.

ALL RIGHT, NOW, I'M WORKING WITH SOME MACHINE QUILTING, SO I'M GONNA COME OVER HERE, AND I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ONE.

AND I'M JUST PRETENDING THIS IS THE NEEDLE ON MY MACHINE.

OH, IT'S AS SENSITIVE AS MY NEEDLE ON THE MACHINE, ISN'T IT?

THE FEED DOGS ARE DOWN, AND I'M ACTUALLY DOING...

IT REALLY IS A LOT LIKE LEARNING TO QUILT ON A MACHINE.

'CAUSE IT'S NOT DIRECT DRAWING LIKE YOU'RE USED TO DOING WITH A PENCIL.

RIGHT, I'M SCRIBBLING AT THE TELEPHONE, SORT OF.

IT TRULY GETS BETTER WITH PRACTICE.

OH, GOOD.

I'M ENCOURAGED.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I THINK I'LL GO TO THE MACHINE, WHERE I CAN STITCH A FLYING SWALLOWS.

THANK YOU.

THE FLYING SWALLOWS BLOCK IS AN 18-INCH SQUARE.

HERE IT IS IN "THE CLUB SANDWICH."

I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO MAKE THIS BLOCK, SO IT'S NICE TO REPRESENT IT JUST ONCE IN A SAMPLER, OR YOU COULD MAKE A LOT MORE.

IN THE "TRUE COLORS," I'VE USED TWO DIFFERENT SHADES OF GREEN BEHIND THE YELLOW.

THE BLOCK ITSELF REQUIRES FOUR TEMPLATES-- A BACKGROUND SQUARE, THE TRIANGLE-- AND NOTICE THAT IT'S ON THE FOLD-- A SMALLER TRIANGLE AND A SMALLER DIAMOND THAT MAKE UP THE LARGER DIAMOND.

NOW, I HAVE A REAL SYSTEM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, AND I THINK IT WILL HELP YOU AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE MORE THAN JUST ONE.

TAKE YOUR DIAMOND, AND PUTTING PAIRS TOGETHER-- YOU'LL NEED EIGHT OF THOSE-- MAKE CERTAIN TO MARK THE OUTSIDE ANGLE EACH TIME, WHICH WILL TELL YOU WHERE TO STOP AND BACKSTITCH.

AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS LONG KITE STRING THAT I'VE MADE, AND I'M GONNA RUN THIS ALL THE WAY OFF AND SHOW YOU THAT YOU WOULD THEN CUT THESE APART, AND BY OPENING THOSE UP, YOU REALIZE THAT YOU NEED ONE MORE DIAMOND.

SO THEN YOU CAN COME AND LINE THAT UP, KNOWING THAT ONCE THAT'S SECURED, YOU'VE GOT YOUR THREES TOGETHER.

AND I'D LINE UP THE VERY END.

START HERE, BACKSTITCH, AND GO ALL THE WAY DOWN.

WITH THOSE THREES IN PLACE, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO PUT YOUR TRIANGLE IN THE BACKGROUND.

I LIKE TO MAKE CERTAIN, ONCE AGAIN, TO SEW RIGHT UP TO THIS POINT, STOP AND BACKSTITCH, TURN, AND THEN READY TO SEW AGAIN.

LET ME SEW THAT FOR YOU, AND YOU'LL SEE EXACTLY WHAT I MEAN.

START AT THAT DOT, COME FORWARD, BACKSTITCH, LINE UP THIS DIAMOND POINT ALL THE WAY TO THE END.

ONCE THAT'S DONE, THEN I WOULD COME AND SNIP OFF THIS RIGHT ANGLE KNOWING THAT THEN I HAVE THIS TO ADD ON, AND NOTICE HOW THAT RIGHT ANGLE WILL LINE RIGHT UP TO GIVE YOU A TRUE SEAM ACROSS HERE.

I THINK IT'S NICE TO MAKE A MASTER TEMPLATE THAT HAS BOTH OF THESE OVERLAPPING EACH OTHER.

RIGHT HERE AND RIGHT HERE, YOU CAN OVERLAP AND REPEAT THAT TO GET A MASTER TEMPLATE.

THEN I WOULD KNOW IF EACH ONE OF MY DIAMONDS ARE THE RIGHT SIZE.

I WOULD PUT MY DIAMOND TOGETHER, REMEMBERING THAT IT'S REALLY NICE TO SET IN MY TRIANGLES FIRST ON THE SIDES, THE OUTSIDE.

THAT ALLOWS ME TO COME AND THEN FINISH MY BLOCK BY PUTTING MY SQUARES HERE.

COME DOWN AND BACKSTITCH, AND THEN THIS WILL TURN ALL THE WAY AROUND TO STITCH AND BACK.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY FLYING SWALLOWS.

LET'S TRY FLYING GEESE NOW.

THE FLYING GEESE PATTERN IS SEEN EVERYWHERE FROM PIECED VEST TO BORDERS OR THE PIECED SASHING IN OUR "CLUB SANDWICH" QUILT.

HERE IT IS, BOTH IN A LARGE SIZE AND THEN IN A SMALLER SIZE.

NOW, BOTH THE LARGE AND THE SMALL EACH HAVE TWO TEMPLATES-- A LARGE ONE, A BACKGROUND, LARGER ONE, AND A BACKGROUND.

IT'S REALLY NICE, ONCE YOU'VE PIECED THESE TOGETHER, TO THEN RELY ON A MASTER TEMPLATE TO CHECK YOUR WORK, REMEMBERING IN PUTTING IT TOGETHER, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF LINING UP YOUR 45-DEGREE ANGLE-- LET'S PIN THAT-- PRETEND WE'VE SEWN ONE SIDE-- AND THEN FLIP THAT BACK, AND THEN COME AND LINE UP THE NEXT 45-DEGREE ANGLE.

DETERMINE WHERE YOU WANT THAT SEAM TO GO-- PROBABLY TO THE BACKSIDE-- AND THEN STITCH ALL THE WAY DOWN.

HERE'S YOUR MASTER TEMPLATE TO CHECK THE SIZE.

YOU WANT TO PRUNE YOUR AREA, GET RID OF YOUR DOG-EARS.

IT'S JUST AS EASY, HOWEVER, TO TAKE YOUR SEE-THROUGH RULER.

IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE OUTSIDE DIMENSION IS GOING TO BE, EACH TIME THEN YOU CAN COME AND COME GET RID OF THOSE STRINGS AND EXTRA DOG-EARS, TURN YOUR BLOCK, COME AGAIN, AND JUST CLEAN IT UP.

NOW, THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO MAKE FLYING GEESE COME TOGETHER, BUT CAROLYN JOHNSON HAS COME UP WITH A NEW WAY.

WE COULD CALL IT A TWO-IN-ONE.

SHE STARTS WITH A 5-INCH SQUARE.

THIS TIME THE OUTSIDE EDGES I LIKE TO PUT ON THE BIAS.

THAT MEANS THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN WILL GO RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE.

CUT 2 SQUARES THAT ARE 3-3/4-INCH SQUARE.

CUT THOSE IN HALF ON THE TRUE DIAGONAL SO YOU'LL HAVE FOUR TRIANGLES.

PLACE THOSE TRIANGLES ON THE OUTSIDE OF YOUR 5-INCH SQUARE SO THAT YOU STAGGER THEM.

BY STAGGERING, I MEAN THAT CORNER MEETS, A DOG-EAR HANGS OFF.

ON THE OPPOSITE CORNER, ANOTHER DOG-EAR, AND THAT HANGS OFF.

YOU'RE GOING TO THEN STITCH THAT-- MACHINE-STITCH DOWN HERE AND DOWN HERE.

THEN YOU'RE GOING TO COME AND POSITION THE OTHER SET OF TRIANGLES TO MEET RIGHT HERE, AND YOU SEE HOW TWO DOG-EARS ARE COMING OFF?

AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO MACHINE-STITCH IN A MINUTE.

LINE THIS UP, I'M GONNA MACHINE-STITCH.

BEFORE I DO THAT, I FLIP ALL THIS BACK, AND I FLIP ALL THIS BACK.

WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE MACHINE AND STITCH THIS, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

TAKE THAT 1/4-INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE DOWN TWO OPPOSITE SIDES.

YOU CAN START AT THE RAW EDGE EACH TIME.

GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN.

AND NOW I'M GONNA GO TO THE OTHER SIDE, MAKING CERTAIN THIS IS THROWN ALL THE WAY BACK.

YOU WANT TO CREATE THAT 1/4 INCH ON OPPOSITE CORNERS.

AND ONCE YOU'VE SEWN THAT, AND THE MINUTE YOU TAKE IT OFF THE MACHINE AND OPEN THAT UP, YOU REALIZE BY FOLDING THAT IN HALF THAT YOU HAVE TWO FLYING GEESE BUT NOW YOU'VE GOT TO CUT IT APART.

YOU WOULD NOT CUT WHERE YOUR SEAM ALLOWANCE IS BUT ON THESE CORNERS.

SO YOU'D LINE THIS ALL THE WAY UP, AND YOU'RE READY TO CUT THROUGH, AND YOU'VE GOT TWO FLYING GEESE WITH STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN EXACTLY WHERE YOU WANT IT.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE TWO MORE FLYING GEESE?

I STARTED PLAYING WITH THIS ARRAY OF TRIANGLES ONE DAY JUST TO SEE IF I COULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

ONCE I CUT OUT ALL THE BRIGHT COLORS, I REALIZED THAT I NEED STRIPS THAT WOULD EXTEND FROM THE FLYING GEESE.

SO ONCE THESE WERE LAYERED HERE, I HAD TO CUT SOME BIAS STRIPS.

IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE ABLE TO USE MY SEE-THROUGH RULER, KNOWING IF I'VE GOT A SELVAGE RIGHT HERE, I CAN SIMPLY TAKE MY 45-DEGREE ANGLE AND ALWAYS LINING THAT UP WITH MY SELVAGE, KEEPING MY FINGERS OVER HERE TO HOLD IT IN PLACE, I CAN GET THAT TRUE BIAS.

THEN I CAN TURN THIS TOGETHER, AND I WILL START CUTTING BIAS STRIPS, ALWAYS KEEPING MY FABRIC, IF I'M RIGHT-HANDED, TO THE RIGHT OF ME.

I HAVE THAT NICE BIAS EDGE TO CUT FROM.

NOW LET ME SHOW YOU HOW I DID THIS.

I THINK IT'S KIND OF FUN.

JUST LAYER THE COLORS YOU WANT AND COMING UP WITH THE BIAS-- LET ME FIND THE ONE THAT I WANT HERE-- I HAVE IT ALL MARKED-- I WOULD THEN SEW AND FLIP EACH TIME, KNOWING THAT I WOULD MACHINE-STITCH AND COME BACK, AND THEN I WOULD COME OVER ON THIS SIDE AND MACHINE-STITCH AND COME BACK.

NOW, NATURALLY, ONCE I'VE SEWN, I WILL TRIM THIS OFF AT THE EDGE, AND THE NICE THING ABOUT WORKING WITH BIAS IS ONCE I'VE TRIMMED THAT, I'LL HAVE A NICE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN RIGHT HERE.

NOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY SAYING, "WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?"

WELL, IF THIS IS SEWN ON, I'M GOING TO COME AND SEW AND FLIP BACK.

HOW WIDE WILL MY NEXT BIAS PIECE BE?

ALL I NEED TO DO IS TAKE MY TRIANGLE PINCH, AND FROM THE MIDPOINT OUT, THAT'S THE WIDTH OF MY NEXT BIAS STRIP THAT WILL BE SEWN AND FLIPPED BACK.

AND YOU CAN SEE THESE EXTENSIONS ALL THE WAY DOWN.

DO YOU SEE HOW THE BIAS COMES THROUGH?

LOTS OF FUN FOR MAYBE EVEN A VEST, TOO.

NOW, PAULINE ADAMS, ONE OF OUR FRIENDS FROM ENGLAND WHO WE'VE MET BEFORE, HAS COME UP WITH ANOTHER WHAT I GUESS WE'D CALL STAGGERED FLYING GEESE, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING FROM ONE SIDE TO THE NEXT.

SHE TAKES ADVANTAGE OF TWO SIZES OF SQUARES, ALSO.

LET'S PRETEND THAT THIS IS THE BACKGROUND, OR THE SKY.

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE SKY, AND THESE BRIGHT COLORS ARE GEESE.

THE SKY IS CUT 4 7/8, AND ONCE AGAIN, WITH OUR SEE-THROUGH RULER, IT'S VERY EASY TO GET THE 4 7/8 THAT WE NEED.

WE CAN GO TO 1/4 INCH.

HALF OF A QUARTER IS GONNA BE THAT 1/8.

SEE IT RUN ALL THE WAY DOWN THERE?

IT MAKES IT SO NICE TO CUT AS LITTLE AS 7/8.

THEN I WOULD GO TO 5 1/4.

I WOULD CUT AS MANY AS I NEED OF THOSE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, 5 1/4 WOULD BE CUT ON THE DIAGONAL.

I'M GOING TO END UP WITH TRIANGLES.

THOSE TRIANGLES ARE PLACED WITH THE RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER ON THE RIGHT ANGLE OF MY ORIGINAL SQUARE.

THAT'S THE BACKGROUND.

I'M GONNA MACHINE-STITCH UP HERE AND UP HERE, INCLUDING BOTH SIDES, THEN I'M GOING TO CUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND ONCE I DO THIS CUTTING FROM ONE CORNER TO THE NEXT, I'M GOING TO END UP WITH MIRROR IMAGES.

THE MINUTE I OPEN THIS, I CAN THAT I'VE GOT MIRROR IMAGES WHICH BECOME STACKED.

I WILL-- I WILL SEW IT THIS WAY, AND THEN I CAN COME OVER AND SEW IT THIS WAY, AND PRETTY SOON YOU'VE CREATED THIS LONG PANEL GOING FROM ONE SIDE TO THE NEXT, AND I THINK IT'S NICE TO CHANGE THE COLORS AS YOU'RE DOING THAT.

I'VE ENJOYED PUTTING MY SMALL PIECES OF FIBER ART INTO FRAMES.

I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU HOW THAT'S DONE.

ONCE QUILTED, YOUR SMALL BLOCKS BECOME VERY IMPORTANT ONCE THEY'RE FRAMED.

I LIKE TO GO TO A FRAME SHOP AND HAVE YOUR DEALER CUT SOME FOAM CORE.

THERE'S SO MANY BEAUTIFUL COLORS OF MATTES.

SHE CAN CUT YOU A MATTE TO SIZE, AND THEN HAVE HER SECURE THAT WITH SOME LINEN TAPE.

THE FOAM CORE CAN BE ACID-FREE, AND IT'S NOT GONNA HURT YOUR CLOTH.

I LIKE TO, AT THIS POINT, WITH MY PENCIL DRAW A LINE INSIDE THAT, THEN GO OUT FROM THAT AND DECIDE ON WHERE I'M GOING TO PUNCH MY HOLES.

OF COURSE I NEED A LITTLE SEAM ALLOWANCE TO SECURE THIS, AND THEN IT CAN BE HIDDEN.

YOU CAN EITHER SERGE THE OUTSIDE EDGES OR BIND IT.

THEN I WOULD TAKE-- I FOUND THE END OF A COMPASS WORKS VERY NICELY-- I WOULD HOLE-PUNCH ABOUT EVERY HALF AN INCH ALL THE WAY AROUND, AND THEN WITH A STRONG NEEDLE AND THREAD, JUST SEW THIS RIGHT TO THE FOAM CORE.

OF COURSE YOU'LL WANT TO HOLD IT TAUT AT EACH END.

ONCE THAT'S DONE, YOU HAVE A NICE PICTURE FRAME.

REMEMBER THAT THE FOAM CORE AT THE SAME TIME CAN BE USED TO SECURE OTHER PIECES.

SMALL SEQUIN PINS WILL FIT RIGHT INTO THAT 1/4-INCH EDGE THERE.

SOME OF THE OTHER PIECES THAT I'VE SECURED JUST LIKE THAT ARE "STARS OVER THE SMOKIES."

OR HOW ABOUT "BERMUDA BUOY"?

YES, I'M STILL CRUISING AND QUILTING.

DON'T FORGET TO BRACE THE BACK OF THESE FOAM CORES WITH A PIECE OF WOOD.

IT KEEPS IT TAUT AND KEEPS IT FROM WARPING IN TIME.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO BEING WITH YOU NEXT TIME WHEN WE GO TO QUILT EXPO ALL THE WAY IN HOLLAND.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.

♪ "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.