male announcer: THE FOLLOWING PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GRANTS FROM GINGHER INCORPORATED, MAKERS OF SCISSORS AND SHEARS FOR HOME AND INDUSTRY, AND WAMSUTTA O.T.C.

FABRICS, A DIVISION OF M. LOWENSTEIN CORPORATION.

[light guitar music] ♪ ♪ >> WELCOME TO OUR STRING ALONG LILY SHOW.

NO, YOU ARE NOT SEEING DOUBLE.

THOSE ARE TWO LILY QUILTS.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO A SON WHEN HE COMES AND TELLS YOU THAT'S THE PRETTIEST QUILT YOU'VE EVER MADE AND YOU HAVE TO CONFESS THAT IT DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU, IT BELONGS TO AN ENTIRE GUILD?

WHEN I DESIGNED AND DRAFTED THIS PATTERN FOR OUR GUILD, I HAD TO GIVE IT UP, AND SO, FEELING GUILTY, I HAVE MADE ANOTHER LILY QUILT FOR PAUL.

I'VE TRIED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE STRING PIECING HERE, AND WE'LL POINT THAT OUT LATER AT THE SEWING MACHINE, BUT THIS QUILT IS IN PROGRESS, AND I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU TODAY NOT ONLY THE DRAFTING, BUT SOME OF THE PIECING.

YOU SEE AN EMPTY HOLE, SO WE HAVE ONE MORE BLOCK TO PIECE.

ALSO, THE BORDERS HAVE NOT BEEN QUILTED.

I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THEY ARE TRIANGULAR BORDERS, AND THE CORNERS HAVE JOINED FORCES, AND THEN YOU ARE QUILTING A LARGER TRIANGLE IN THE CORNER.

THE PLAIN QUILTED BLOCKS HAVE BEEN QUILTED BY TWO FRIENDS.

SO I HAVE HAD SOME HELP IN THIS QUILT.

I'M ON MY SECOND PIECED BLOCK, SO I AM MAKING SOME PROGRESS, AND I WANTED TO POINT OUT HOW I WAS QUILTING THIS.

WHEN I GO A LITTLE BIT LARGER THAN AN 18-INCH SQUARE, I ENJOY USING A HOOP THAT'S ON A STAND.

I LIKE THE SUPPORT THAT IT HAS, AND THEN THIS PART OF THE HOOP DOESN'T END UP IN THIS CORNER OF YOUR ARM.

I'VE ALSO ENJOYED USING THE RECESSED THIMBLE WHENEVER I'M AT A HOOP OR A FRAME.

IT HELPS ME TO GRIP THE EYE OF THE NEEDLE, AND IT GOES DOWN INTO THE CLOTH A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

NOW, ONCE YOU'VE GOT THAT FIRM, YOU CAN TIGHTEN THAT AS MUCH AS YOU WANT, AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOUR OFF HAND IS UNDERNEATH, FEELING THAT POINT COME THROUGH, BUT I WANT TO TRY AND SHOW YOU-- AND I THINK THE CAMERAS CAN GET VERY IN CLOSE-- THE HARDEST STITCH IS THAT FIRST STITCH, WHEN THE POINT OF THE NEEDLE GOES IN, BUT NOTICE HOW THAT CAN JUST HOLD ON AND THEN DOWN AND UP, AND IT JUST GRIPS IT IN THAT LITTLE RECESS, AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN TAKE AS MANY AS FOUR OR FIVE STITCHES ALL THE WAY DOWN AND UP AGAIN.

WE'LL DO SOME MORE QUILTING ON ANOTHER SHOW, BUT LET'S SEE HOW THE NORTH CAROLINA LILY WAS DRAFTED.

KNOWING THAT MOST NORTH CAROLINA LILY PATTERNS ARE BASED ON A RED AND WHITE QUILT AND ALSO AN EIGHT-POINTED STAR WAS A GOOD START FOR BEGINNING OUR DRAFTING.

I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, THOUGH, THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR STAR FLOWER SQUARE AND AN EIGHT-POINTED STAR.

WE DO HAVE EIGHT POINTS, AS YOU CAN SEE, BUT WE ARE DEALING WITH A DIAMOND THAT IS REALLY A PARALLELOGRAM, BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO SIDES THAT ARE OPPOSITE THAT ARE LONGER THAN TWO OTHER SIDES.

ALSO, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE OUTSIDE POINTS IS MUCH LONGER IF WE MEASURE THAN THE DIAGONAL OF THE CORNER SQUARE, AND THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN A REAL EIGHT-POINTED STAR.

OUR BLOCK OF THE DAY WILL BE A MINI NORTH CAROLINA LILY PATTERN, AND WE WILL BE SEEING THIS IN JUST A FEW MINUTES FOR OUR SPINNING SPOOLS QUILT, BUT--AND IT IS BASED ON A FOUR PATCH.

SO WE KNOW WE ARE DEALING WITH A SIX-INCH SQUARE.

I HAVE GONE AHEAD AND DRAWN A SIX-INCH SQUARE, AND I HAVE DRAWN A DIAGONAL RIGHT THROUGH THE CENTER, WHICH MEANS WE DO HAVE A MIDPOINT.

I WOULD THEN TAKE MY COMPASS-- NOW, THERE ARE MANY WAYS FOR DRAFTING AN EIGHT-POINTED STAR, BUT THIS HAPPENS TO BE MY FAVORITE.

I WOULD GO AHEAD, AND THEN, WITH THE POINT OF MY COMPASS AT THE CORNER, FIND THAT PENCIL POINT THAT HITS RIGHT AT THE MIDPOINT AND SWING THAT ARC ALL THE WAY AROUND TO EACH SIDE.

I HAVE DRAWN THERE, AND I HAVE DRAWN THERE.

COME OVER AND WITH THAT POINT AGAIN, COME ALL THE WAY AROUND UNTIL ALL FOUR SIDES HAVE THEIR POINTS ON THEM AND YOU'VE HAD THE POINT OF THE COMPASS IN EACH CORNER.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, I WOULD CONNECT THESE OPPOSITE POINTS ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT ACCURACY IN DRAFTING IS SO IMPORTANT, AND I THINK THE BEST TOOLS TO WORK WITH ARE THOSE FROM A DRAFTSMAN'S STORE, AND THAT-- I CAN GET LOST IN A DRAFTSMAN STORE.

SO SPEND SOME TIME, AND I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY WORKING WITH PRECISION TOOLS.

ONCE THAT HAS BEEN DONE, THEN I'M GOING TO TAKE MY RULER, AND GOING TO ONE OF THE POINTS ON THE OUTSIDE EDGE, AND MY RULER IS PARALLEL TO THAT DIAGONAL LINE, WHICH TAKES ME DOWN TO THIS POINT, AND I'M GOING TO CONNECT THOSE, AND I KEEP GOING ALL--WHOOPS.

EXCUSE ME-- ALL THE WAY AROUND UNTIL I HAVE CONNECTED.

MY RULER, ONCE AGAIN, IS PARALLEL TO THAT DIAGONAL LINE, AND CONNECT THESE.

THIS IS GOING TO GIVE ME IN JUST A FEW MINUTES-- THIS ONE COMES AND CONNECTS.

YOU HAVE TO KIND OF JUST KEEP COUNTING.

THAT ONE'S BEEN CONNECTED.

OH, WE HAVE ONE MORE OVER HERE THAT HAS NOT BEEN CONNECTED, AND ONCE ALL OF THOSE ARE CONNECTED, THEN WE CAN COME AND IN THE CENTER CONNECT THESE.

NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION GOING ON THERE, BUT I'M GOING TO PICK UP A RED PENCIL, AND I THINK I CAN DRAW THIS, AND YOU CAN FIND YOUR EIGHT-POINTED STAR IF I CAN JUST DO A HEAVY LINE AND SKIP ONE AND DO ANOTHER ONE, I THINK ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOUR EIGHT-POINTED STAR IS GOING TO COME TO LIFE, AND WHAT IS ALSO SO REVEALING AFTER YOU'VE DONE THIS IS TO TAKE YOUR RULER AND REALIZE THAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THESE TWO OUTSIDE POINTS-- IN THIS CASE, IT'S ABOUT 2 1/2 INCHES-- IS THE SAME DISTANCE AS THE DIAGONAL OF YOUR CORNER SQUARE.

THAT'S YOUR CLUE THAT YOU HAVE A PERFECT EIGHT-POINTED STAR.

NOW, THE STRING ALONG LILY QUILT IS ALSO BASED ON AN EIGHT-POINTED STAR, AND I THINK IT MAKES MORE SENSE WHEN I TAKE THE OTHER HALF AND CONNECT TO TOGETHER, AND THEN YOU HAVE A GOOD VIEW OF THAT.

CAN YOU SEE YOUR EIGHT POINTS?

BUT IN THIS CASE, WE ONLY WORK WITH HALF OF IT, AND THAT IS THE WAY IT WAS DRAFTED.

THE STRING ALONG LILY BLOCK, THE ONE THAT IS PIECED, HAS EIGHT TEMPLATES IN IT, AND WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE DIAMOND.

IT HAS A CORNER SQUARE; A TRIANGLE, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, YOUR LIGHTER FABRIC; A BASE FOR THE THREE FLOWERS, WHICH IS A TRIANGLE, THAT'S YOUR DARK GREEN.

IT HAS ANOTHER TRIANGLE THAT IS A LIGHTER COLOR, AND NOTICE THAT THIS ONE IS CUT ON THE FOLD.

QUITE OFTEN, OUR TEMPLATES JUST GET TOO LARGE TO GO IN A BOOK OR ON A PAGE, SO WE HAVE TO HAVE A FOLD.

IN FACT, I EVEN POINTED THIS OUT.

IT SAYS, "BEWARE.

FOLD ON THE BIAS."

THIS WAS FOR THE GUILD MEMBERS WHEN WE GAVE OUT OUR PATTERNS.

WE HAVE A LARGER RECTANGLE IN THE CENTER, AND THEN WE A TEMPLATE, THE PARALLELOGRAM, AND OUR LAST ONE IS THE TRIANGLE AT THE BASE.

SO IT TAKES EIGHT TEMPLATES TO COMPLETE THE STRING ALONG LILY BLOCK, BUT BEFORE WE CAN GO TO THE MACHINE, WE HAVE TO EXAMINE THE BIAS TAPE THAT WILL CONNECT AND FORM THE STEM ON THE PIECED BLOCK.

WE'VE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT BIAS BARS.

IN THIS CASE, A 1/4-INCH BIAS BAR WOULD JUST BE OUT OF PROPORTION WITH OUR LILY, SO WE HAVE CHOSEN A 1/2-INCH.

THAT MEANS THAT WE'LL BE CUTTING OUR BIAS TAPE 1 1/4 INCH WIDE.

IT'S A VERY NARROW SEAM YOU'RE FORMING ON THE BACK SIDE.

SO OF COURSE, WITH YOUR RULER AND YOUR ROTARY CUTTER, YOU LINE UP YOUR 1 1/4 INCH, AND THEN, HOLDING THAT FIRM-- COURSE YOU WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A CONTINUOUS BIAS TUBE AND JUST KEEP CUTTING IT, BUT IN THIS CASE, WE'RE JUST GONNA BE DOING ONE SO I CAN SHOW YOU.

SO LET ME TAKE ALL OF THIS TO THE MACHINE, AND WE'LL GO JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER WITH OUR STRING ALONG LILY.

WHEN WE GAVE OUT THE DIAMONDS AT OUR QUILT MEETING, IT WAS VERY EXCITING.

I THINK THE MOST EXCITING PART ABOUT OUR LILY QUILT IS THAT EACH FLOWER REPRESENTS A MEMBER IN THE GUILD, AND I WAS VERY SURE TO GIVE OUT THE DIAMOND QUITE A BIT LARGER THAN THE ACTUAL TEMPLATE.

YOU HAVE TO ALLOW FOR SOME TAKE-UP WHEN YOU'RE DOING STRING PIECING, AND THAT WAY, WE COULD ALLOW FOR ANY MISTAKES OR ANY GIVE OR TAKE.

I KNEW THAT SOME PEOPLE WERE GONNA PUT A LOT OF STRING IN THEIR LILY, AND SOME WERE NOT GONNA PUT TOO MANY.

SO WE GAVE IT OUT LARGE.

WE ENCOURAGED EVERYONE TO PRESHRINK THEIR FABRIC AND PRESS IT.

WE WERE WORKING WITH BRIGHT RED FABRICS, AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WOULDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS LATER.

ALL RIGHT, WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR STRING PIECING, I THINK IN THIS INSTANCE, IT'S BEST TO GO AHEAD AND START IN THE MIDDLE, AND I DID GIVE A DEMONSTRATION AT ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, AND I LIKE TO JUST START ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE DIAMOND AND PUT YOUR EXCESS MATERIAL AT ANY ANGLE.

NOTHING IS REALLY PAT WHEN YOU'RE DOING STRING PIECING IN THIS MANNER, AND IN FACT, SOMETIMES I THINK IT'S MORE INTERESTING TO HAVE ONE OF THE STRINGS A LITTLE BIT WIDER AT ONE END AND NARROWER AT THE OTHER.

THERE IS NOT A LOT OF PRECISION GOING IN THIS, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT ADDS INTEREST TO YOUR STRING WHEN IT'S ALL SEWN TOGETHER.

IT IS NOT MEANT TO LINK UP AND MATCH.

IT'S MEANT TO FLOW.

I THINK IF YOU STUDY THE LILY THAT I'M DOING FOR PAUL, YOU CAN SEE THAT I HAVE TRIED TO PUT THE LIGHTER COLORS, THE PINKER, IN THE CENTER OF THE DIAMOND AND FADE OUT TO THE DARK MAROON, RED COLORS.

SO IT DOES HAVE A DIFFERENT THEME TO IT.

ONCE YOU'VE PLACED THIS DOWN, THE RIGHT SIDES GO TOGETHER, AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO MACHINE STITCH ALL THE WAY THROUGH.

NOW, IF YOU'RE CERTAIN THAT NOTHING HAS MOVED, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THIS WITHOUT ANY PINS, AND THEN ONCE YOU'VE TRIMMED OFF, IT'S A MATTER OF SEWING AND FLIPPING BACK.

THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IS THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN A FULL 1/4-INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE AND CAUGHT THAT INITIAL RED FABRIC, BECAUSE ONCE YOU SEW AND FLIP BACK-- AND THUMB CREASING WILL BE SUFFICIENT AT FIRST, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE WORKING WITH COTTONS, AND THEN YOU'LL COME-- AND I LIKE TO, IF I'VE GOT A STRIPE, THEN PERHAPS I'D GO TO A PRINT THE NEXT TIME.

PUT THE TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER AGAIN, AND I LIKE TO, AT THIS POINT, ONCE I'VE SEWN AND FLIPPED ONE, PUT A PIN IN TO MORE OR LESS ANCHOR IT.

I WON'T BE SEWING OVER IT, BUT AT LEAST I'LL BE HOLDING IT IN PLACE.

TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER, AND A NARROWER PIECE THIS TIME.

STARTING AGAIN.

I'M USING A LIGHT THREAD SO THAT YOU CAN SEE MY SEAMS, BUT YOU WOULD PROBABLY WANT TO USE A GRAY OR A DARKER BEIGE.

COME ALL THE WAY DOWN... [sewing machine whirring] YOUR 1/4-INCH SEAM, AND THEN TRIM OFF, AND YOU WOULD CONTINUE IN THIS MANNER, SEWING AND FLIPPING BACK.

THIS IS WHERE YOU HEAR THE EXPRESSION, "SEW AND FLIP.

SEW AND FLIP."

YEARS AGO, THIS WHOLE TECHNIQUE WAS QUITE OFTEN DONE ON PAPER.

SOMETIMES THE PAPER WAS LEFT IN, AND SOMETIMES IT WAS PULLED OUT, BUT TODAY, FOR STRENGTH, WE USE CLOTH, USUALLY A MUSLIN OR SOMETIMES OUR ICKY FABRIC BECAUSE IT WON'T BE SEEN.

SOMEONE CALLED IT, "THAT'S YOUR MISERABLE FABRIC THAT YOU SAVE TO USE INSIDE YOUR STRING PIECING," BUT YOU TURN IT OVER ON THE BACK, AND USING YOUR SCISSORS THEN, YOU CAN TRIM OFF, AND IT WOULDN'T BE TILL AFTER YOU'VE PRESSED YOUR ENTIRE DIAMOND, BUT THEN I WOULD TAKE THE TEMPLATE AND PLACE IT ON TOP AGAIN AND TRIM OFF ANY EXCESS.

ONCE YOU HAD DONE THAT, YOU ARE READY TO TAKE YOUR TEMPLATE AND MARK-- REMEMBER OUR HOLE-PUNCHED CORNERS-- AND MARK EXACTLY WHERE THE 1/4 INCH IS.

I THEN WANT TO CONNECT THOSE, AND IN THIS CASE, WITH THE PINK DOWN AT THE STEM, AND I'M GOING TO MACHINE STITCH, AND THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER, THAT WE HAVE AN INSIDE RIGHT ANGLE.

INSIDE RIGHT ANGLE, SO WE ARE GOING TO MACHINE STITCH ALL THE WAY TO THAT DOT, STOP, AND BACKSTITCH.

AND THEN BACKSTITCH ALL THE WAY.

I WOULD CONNECT MY OTHER SET, LEAVE THAT ONE, CONNECT THIS ONE, AND THEN I'D BE READY TO PUT THE TWO HALVES TOGETHER.

I WOULD DO THAT ACTUALLY FOR MY WHOLE PIECED BLOCK, I DO THAT THREE TIMES AND THEN COME BACK AND PUT MY SQUARES AND TRIANGLES.

NOW, I HAVEN'T QUITE GOTTEN ALL THE EXCESS OF OF THIS ONE, AND WE WILL GO AHEAD-- PERHAPS THAT SLIPPED WHEN I WAS PRESSING IT.

SO WE'LL TRIM OFF ALL THE EXCESS FABRIC, AND THEN THAT'S READY TO COME ALL THE WAY.

[sewing machine whirring] YOU DON'T HAVE TO BACKSTITCH AT AN INITIAL PIECEWORK SEAM, BECAUSE YOU'RE ALWAYS GONNA CROSS OVER THAT SEAM AGAIN.

COME ALL THE WAY, STOP, AND BACKSTITCH.

YOU ARE CREATING, IN THIS CASE, A FLOATING RIGHT ANGLE.

YOU SEE HOW THAT'S FLOATING?

ALL RIGHT, I'M GONNA COME AHEAD AND CONNECT THIS.

NOW, IF YOU FEEL THAT THIS IS TOO MUCH BULK HERE-- WE'VE CREATED A LOT OF BULK IN STRING PIECING, BECAUSE YOU'RE PUTTING ALL THIS EXCESS FABRIC ON TOP OF A FOUNDATION.

YOU CAN STAGGER THESE SEAMS DOWN BELOW.

IN OTHER WORDS, ONE SEAM'S GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.

THAT BULK IS GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, BUT WHERE AM I STARTING HERE?

RIGHT AT THAT DOT, IN 1/4 INCH.

I START HERE, BACKSTITCH, COME ALL THE WAY DOWN.

I NEED TO LINE UP MY SEAM ALLOWANCES A LITTLE BETTER.

[sewing machine whirring] ALL THE WAY ACROSS, AND THEN I'M READY-- CUT OFF MY EXCESS-- TO PUT MY SQUARES IN.

THIS WILL COME BACK HERE, AND THE SQUARE WILL GO IN THE VERY CORNER.

I WILL PUT ONE SQUARE IN, SO YOU CAN GET THE BENEFIT OF THAT, AND YOU WANT TO REALIZE THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO START IN AT THE INSIDE OF YOUR RIGHT ANGLE.

I'M GONNA START RIGHT WHERE I BACKSTITCHED, AND I HAD THAT FLOATING SEAM, SO I WON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM.

YOU CANNOT PIVOT AN INSIDE RIGHT ANGLE.

IT'S JUST TOO DIFFICULT, AND THAT'S A LESSON THAT WE HAVE LEARNED FROM THE HAND PIECERS.

ALL RIGHT, ALL THE WAY OUT.

[sewing machine whirring] RIGHT OVER THAT 1/4 INCH MARK.

GET RID OF YOUR EXCESS THREADS, AND THEN LOOK WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

LOOK HOW THAT TURNS NICE.

SEE HOW WE'VE GOT ALL THAT MOVEMENT GOING ON?

COME HERE AND HERE, AND ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD START ON THE INSIDE HERE AND SEW ALL THE WAY OUT, AND WE HAVE A NICE FLOATING SEAM, AND THAT IS HOW I WOULD CONTINUE ON ALL OF THESE.

WE CAN EVEN GO BACK TO SOME OF THESE AND SEE ALL THE FREE FLOATING.

NOTHING HAS BEEN SEWN DOWN, BOTH WHEN THE TRIANGLE GOES IN AND THE SQUARE.

NOW, WE NEED TO COMPLETE OUR BIAS, AND YOU MIGHT CHECK ON YOUR SEWING MACHINE AND SEE IF IT HAS AN ATTACHMENT THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO MAKE A VERY NARROW SEAM.

IF YOUR NEEDLE MOVES, PERHAPS YOU CAN CONTROL IT WITH A VERY, VERY NARROW SEAM, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA DO 1/8 OF AN INCH.

I WON'T GO ALL THE WAY DOWN, BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A VERY NARROW SEAM, AND SOMETIMES YOU NEED A STRAIGHT SEWING FOOT.

YOUR ALL-PURPOSE FOOT, WORKING WITH THAT LITTLE OF FABRIC, WILL JUST KIND OF PULL DOWN IN THAT OPEN AREA.

SO YOU NEED TO REALLY CONTROL THAT.

[sewing machine whirring] BUT YOU PROBABLY ARE THINKING THAT I'M GOING TO INVERT THIS TOO.

ACTUALLY THE BIAS BAR IS THEN GOING TO BE INSERTED INSIDE, AND IT SLIPS RIGHT IN, AND THEN THE SEAM ALLOWANCE TURNS AND IS CENTERED ON THE BACK SIDE, AND THE NICE PART ABOUT THIS, IT'S ALWAYS HIDDEN UNDERNEATH.

THIS IS GOING TO BE THEN APPLIQUED ON OUR LILY BLOCK, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT-- AND OF COURSE, YOU WOULD PROBABLY MAKE A BIAS TUBE SO YOU COULD JUST KEEP SLIPPING THIS BAR INSIDE, AND THEN GO TO YOUR IRON, AND BY STEAM PRESSING IT AND HOLDING IT FIRM-- AND THAT'S WHY THIS HAS TO BE METAL OR STEEL.

YOU CANNOT USE A PLASTIC HERE-- BUT BY PRESSING THAT FIRM, YOU ARE THEN GOING TO FIRM THAT DOWN AND HAVE A NICE, FLAT TUBE THAT IS THEN FLATTENED.

ALL RIGHT, WE WANT TO SEW OUR SECTION TOGETHER OF THE PIECED LILY, AND THEN, USING OUR FLEXIBLE CURVE-- BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA GIVE US A UNIFORM STEM CURVE-- WE WANT TO CREATE THE GREEN COMING FROM THIS GREEN TRIANGLE AROUND TO THIS TRIANGLE ON THIS SIDE.

SO WE WOULD MAKE THIS UNIFORM IN ORDER TO TRACE THIS EXACT LINE ON EACH ONE OF THE LILIES, AND THAT WAY, IT ENSURES THAT IT'S GOING TO BE UNIFORM.

ONCE THAT'S BEEN TRACED, THEN WE WOULD COME AND PIN THIS IN PLACE.

I WOULD APPLIQUE THIS STEM, THEN CONNECT THIS BOTTOM TRIANGLE TO OUR CENTER PORTION, AND THEN, WITH ONE FINAL APPLIQUE STITCH ALL THE WAY DOWN, WE WOULD THEN PUT THIS PART TOGETHER.

OUR WHOLE PIECED LILY WOULD THEN HAVE THE BATTING CUT OUT AND HAVE A BACKING, AND I WANT TO POINT OUT ONE THING ABOUT THE BACKING OF YOUR LILY.

EVERY TIME IT'S CUT, IT HAS TO BE CUT SO THE CENTER IS ON THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN.

REMEMBER, THIS NORTH CAROLINA LILY QUILT, OUR STRING ALONG LILY QUILT, SITS IN THE QUILT IN THIS MANNER.

IT'S OFFSET, OR ON POINT AS IT'S SOMETIMES SAID, AND SO WE WANT THE MATERIAL, AS IT'S USED AND AS IT'S HUNG, TO BE ON THE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN.

THAT MEANS OUR BACKING WILL ALWAYS BE ON THE BIAS, AND THAT MAKES IT REALLY NICE WHEN YOU GET READY TO PUT YOUR BLOCKS TOGETHER, 'CAUSE IT HAS SOME GIVE TO IT.

AREN'T THE QUILTING STITCHES PRETTY?

I LIKE THE WAY THE CENTER PORTION OUTLINES THE STEM.

IT RADIATES WHERE THE LEAVES COME, AND THEN A LITTLE SOFTER FEELING IN THIS LARGE TRIANGLE AREA.

WE SAW THE MINI LILY DRAFTED ON GRAPH PAPER.

NOW LET'S SEE THE REAL CLOTH.

THE BLOCK THAT WILL GO INTO OUR SPINNING SPOOLS QUILT IS ALL FINISHED, AND REMEMBER THAT IT IS A BASIC FOUR PATCH ALL BASED ON A 6 1/2-INCH SQUARE.

NOTICE THAT THE BIAS STEMS, IN THIS CASE, ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER.

WE USED A 1/4-INCH BIAS THERE, AND THE TWO DIAMONDS, IN THIS CASE, REPRESENT PART OF THE STEM OF THE FLOWER, AND THEY JUST FLOW IN, AND WE'RE DOING THAT SAME THING WITH THE PURPLE AND BLUE.

WHEN IT COMES TO PUTTING THE BLOCK TOGETHER, WE HAVE THE BASE SECTION, WHICH IS THIS SECTION RIGHT HERE THAT'S SIMPLY A 6 1/2-INCH SQUARE, AND I WANTED TO MENTION AN OVERLAPPING TECHNIQUE THAT I'VE BEEN USING RECENTLY THAT'S VERY NICE.

BY TAKING THE TRIANGLE AND MARKING IT ON THE BACKSIDE WITH OUR HOLE PUNCH ON THE CLOTH AND THEN ALSO MARKING IT ON THE BLUE, THAT WAY YOU CAN LINE UP BOTH OF THESE DOTS WITH A PIN, SEW ACROSS, AND THEN FLIP BACK.

I QUITE OFTEN CUT OFF THAT EXCESS, THE BLUE UNDERNEATH.

FOR OUR LILY BLOCK, HERE IS THE 6 1/2 SECTION, AND I THINK YOU CAN GET A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

WE HAVE OUR FOUR SQUARES IN THE CORNER, OUR TRIANGLES, AND THE CENTER SECTION.

ONCE THE HALVES ARE DONE, I WOULD MAKE SURE THAT MY SEAMS ARE STAGGERED, AND I'D GO AHEAD AND MACHINE STITCH THIS TOGETHER.

ONCE AGAIN, DO NOT GO OFF THE RAW EDGE.

WE'RE GONNA STOP RIGHT AT OUR LITTLE WHITE DOT.

SO I WOULD PIN THIS, HOLD IT IN PLACE.

I HAVE TO PUT MY OTHER FOOT ON, MY STRAIGHT SEWING FOOT, AND THEN I'M READY TO SEW.

I WOULD GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE-- I THINK IT HELPS TO BACKSTITCH HERE.

IT LOCKS THAT SEAM IN PLACE.

I WOULD GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THE WHOLE STAR AND THEN INSERT YOUR SQUARES AND YOUR TRIANGLES.

OF COURSE, THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER SCALE THAN OUR OTHER ONE, ISN'T IT?

[sewing machine whirring] COME JUST TO THE WHITE DOT, BACKSTITCH, AND THEN WE HAVE THIS PORTION COMPLETED.

NOW WE'RE READY.

WE'RE GONNA CHECK THAT CENTER SECTION, AND THEN WE'RE READY TO INSERT OUR TRIANGLE.

ONE NICE LITTLE TIP TO REALIZE IS THAT YOU CAN TAKE THIS TRIANGLE AND LINE IT UP WITH THE POINTS AT EACH SIDE.

ONCE AGAIN, THOUGH, HOWEVER, I WOULD COME AND START HERE, START, AND BACKSTITCH ALL THE WAY DOWN.

I'LL DO ONE OF THESE, AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA ON MORE OF THAT FREE FLOATING SEAM.

ALL THE WAY.

LINE UP, AND OF COURSE, GET YOUR SEAM ALLOWANCE OUT OF THE WAY.

START, BACKSTITCH ALL THE WAY OUT, AND THIS TIME, YOU CAN COME ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE END, BECAUSE THAT PORTION IS GONNA BE AT THE OUTSIDE.

ALL THE WAY, AND ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE-- WE HAVE A LOT OF THREADS, DON'T WE?

GET RID OF OUR THREADS, AND THAT WAY, WE HAVE THAT WONDERFUL FREE FLOATING THAT WILL SWING AROUND AND EXTEND OUT AGAIN, AND ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD START ALL THE WAY IN AT THE INSIDE.

THREE MORE TIMES THIS NEEDS TO BE PUT TOGETHER-- TWO MORES TIMES THIS NEEDS TO BE PUT TOGETHER FOR YOUR THREE STARS, AND THEN YOUR QUARTER SECTION ON THE BOTTOM.

I WANTED TO POINT OUT THE QUILTING LINES ON OUR MINI LILY PATTERN, AND I THINK YOU CAN SEE IT VERY WELL ON THE RED SHEET.

I USED THE PROTRACTOR AGAIN IN THIS PORTION OF THE FLOWER FOR JUST AN OVAL SHAPE AND USED A DOUBLE OR THE 1/4-INCH MASKING TAPE.

IN THE STEM PORTION, JUST STRAIGHT LINES, AND THEN ON THE OUTSIDE, USED THE 1/4-INCH TO HIGHLIGHT THE DIAMONDS THEMSELVES.

ONCE AGAIN, I JUST HIGHLIGHTED THE STEM DOWN HERE WITH ABOUT A 1/2-INCH MASKING TAPE ALL THE WAY AROUND THE OUTSIDE, JUST STRAIGHT LINES WENT IN THIS PORTION.

SO WE'RE ALL SET, IN THIS CASE, TO ADD TO OUR SPINNING SPOOLS QUILT.

I WOULD LIKE US TO TAKE A LOOK, A GOOD, CLOSE LOOK, AT THE WONDERFUL STRING ALONG LILY QUILT ALL HUNG UP FROM OUR QUILT SHOW.

WITH ALL OF OUR DIAMONDS PIECED, WE DECIDED TO MAKE APRONS THAT MORE OR LESS COMPLETED OUR WHOLE STORY FOR OUR QUILT SHOW.

THE HOSTESSES WERE IN CHARGE OF TOURING OUR GUESTS THROUGH OUR ENTIRE SHOW AND POINTING OUT ALL OF THE WONDERFUL QUILTS, SO WE ALL WANTED TO LOOK ALIKE, AND SO WE MADE APRONS, AND THAT WAS TIED IN WITH OUR WONDERFUL STRING ALONG LILY QUILT.

I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WHERE WE HAVE THE DIAMONDS THAT WERE STRING PIECED, WE HAVE CREATED EXTRA BULK, AND I WOULD LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF QUILTING THAT GOES INTO THAT AREA.

THIS PARTICULAR FLOWER WAS DONE BY GWEN BROILS, AND IT WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH YELLOW, SO WE DECIDED TO PUT IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

I GET VERY PERSONAL ABOUT THIS QUILT REMEMBERING ALL THE FRIENDS AND WONDERFUL QUILT MEMBERS THAT WORKED ON IT.

THEY SAY THAT MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK, BUT I THINK IT ALSO MAKES A BEAUTIFUL QUILT.

WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO STEP BACK IN TIME AND VISIT THE QUILT SHOW NEXT SHOW WHEN YOU VISIT US, AND WE'LL GO EVEN FURTHER AND EXAMINE QUILTING AND FASHIONS.

WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A FASHION SHOW, BUT WE'RE GOING TO TIE IT IN WITH THE MAPLE LEAF PATTERN.

I HAVE TAUGHT SEVERAL WORKSHOPS USING THAT VERY SIMPLE MAPLE LEAF BLOCK, AND THIS TIME, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT IN ALL COLORS, ALL SIZES, AND ALL SHAPES.

WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US TODAY, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU NEXT TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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