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

AND: [upbeat acoustic guitar music] ♪ ♪ >> WELCOME TO OUR SHOW ENTITLED WEAR IT'S AT.

WE WILL BE FEATURING FASHIONS AND THE MAPLE LEAF VEST.

BUT BEFORE THAT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACTION OF A QUILT SHOW.

WE NOW JOIN THE WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA QUILTERS' GUILD FOR THEIR ANNUAL QUILT SHOW SETUP.

BEHIND THE SCENES CAN REALLY BE FRANTIC.

BRINGING THE QUILTS IN, DECIDING WHERE TO PLACE THEM, DISPERSING THEM IN EACH ROOM CAN BE A PROBLEM AND TAKES A FULL LONG DAY OF WORK.

[sped-up voices] [frantic acoustic guitar music] ♪ ♪ WE SOLVED ONE OF THE PROBLEMS FOR HANGING THE QUILTS BY SIMPLY PLACING THEM ON TOP OF CHAIRS THAT WERE SUPPORTED UP ON TABLES.

THE OTHER QUILTS WERE HUNG ON QUILT RACKS FOR FULL VIEWING.

HOPEFULLY THERE IS A GUILD IN YOUR COMMUNITY OR SOME SORT OF AN ORGANIZED CLUB.

IT'S ENJOYABLE TO QUILT EVERY WEEK AT A CHURCH GET-TOGETHER OR IN A FRIEND'S HOUSE.

BUT I THINK THE BENEFITS OF AN ORGANIZED GUILD ARE ENORMOUS.

THE GIVE AND TAKE BETWEEN ALL OF THE MEMBERS, THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE PROFESSIONALS FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA, THE IMPACT ON YOUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE CHARITABLE ENDEAVORS, AND THE BUSINESS GROWTH ARE ALL AFFECTED, EVERYONE JOINING AND WORKING TOGETHER.

SO OFTEN I HEAR THE COMMENT, "OH, I DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN A LARGE LADIES' GROUP."

WELL, I FEEL THAT IF EVERYONE HAD THAT ATTITUDE, THINK OF ALL THE WORTHWHILE CLUBS AND ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE SUCCEEDED.

YOU NEED TO RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT IT TAKES DEDICATION, TOLERANCE, AND REALLY A TRUE GIVING SPIRIT TO GROW AND DEVELOP AS A GROUP.

SOMETIMES IT IS NOT EASY, BUT THERE IS A DEFINITE CORRELATION BETWEEN THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT PUT FORTH AND THE AMOUNT OF FUN AND SATISFACTION DERIVED.

I KNOW IT.

I KNOW.

FRANCES, CAN WE TAKE A PAUSE FOR JUST A FEW MINUTES?

I KNOW IT'S AN EXCITING TIME, THE RIBBON CUTTING THIS AFTERNOON AT 1:00.

BUT WHAT HAS BEEN THE SECRET TO YOUR SUCCESS?

I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU FOR A WELL-HUNG SHOW.

AND QUILT CHAIRMAN, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO PASS ON TO UPCOMING QUILT CHAIRMENS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY?

WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO SUGGEST?

>> THANK YOU, GEORGIA, FOR THE COMPLIMENT OF THE GOOD SHOW.

I FEEL REAL GOOD ABOUT IT.

I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE PRETTIEST ONES WE'VE HAD.

TO A PROSPECTIVE QUILT SHOW CHAIRMAN, I WOULD SAY, PICK PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY CAPABLE OVER YOUR BEST FRIENDS, BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOUR BEST FRIENDS WHEN YOU BEGIN TO SCREAM OUT ORDERS TO-- >> HURT FEELINGS, HURT FEELINGS.

>> OH, YES.

>> WELL, I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF HARD WORKING GOING ON THIS WEEKEND.

IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER WORK.

THIS COMES OUT OF THE LOVE OF QUILTING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, ALL VOLUNTEER FOR ONE YEAR.

>> RIGHT.

AND WE'VE TURNED TO THE LOCAL DECORATORS IN TOWN SO THAT EACH OF OUR PARLORS IN THE FRONT HAVE MORE OR LESS A THEME TO THEM, DON'T THEY?

>> YES, THEY DO.

WE HAVE SEVERAL DECORATORS IN HENDERSONVILLE, ONE WHO IS CONTEMPORARY, ONE WHO IS VICTORIAN, AND THE OTHER IS COUNTRY.

>> VERY NICE.

I HAVE MY EYE ON A PARTICULAR QUILT.

THIS--IS IT CALLED-- WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THIS?

>> THIS IS CALLED BRICK WALK.

>> AND SIMPLE RECTANGLES.

IT HAS A--IT'S NOT THE BRIGHTEST QUILT AT THE QUILT SHOW.

BUT IT HAS A WARM, EARTHY FEELING TO IT.

>> AND IT IS SO VERY OLD.

>> IT COMES FROM?

>> HALL COUNTY, GEORGIA.

AND THE LITTLE LADY WHO OWNS IT IS 84.

SHE REMEMBERED THAT IT BELONGED TO HER PARENTS, AND IT WAS OLD WHEN IT CAME TO THIS COUNTY.

>> IT'S MARVELOUS.

WHAT ABOUT THE STAR QUILT THAT COULDN'T COME IN UNTIL IT WAS CLEANED PROPERLY?

AND EXPLAIN TO ME-- >> IT WAS WASHED IN THE BATHTUB WITH A PLUMBER'S HELPER.

>> I THINK WE'VE JUST FOUND A NEW TIP FOR WASHING QUILTS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> VERY GOOD.

IT'S WONDERFUL, FRANCES.

IT REALLY IS.

>> THANK YOU.

>> HOW EXCITING TO SEE THE THRONGS OF PEOPLE WAITING TO GET IN THE QUILT SHOW.

OPENING CEREMONIES ARE COMPLETE WHEN THE MAYOR COMES TO CUT OUR CALICO RIBBON.

[applause] WELCOME TO THE KALEIDOSTAR FASHION SHOW, MODELED BY OUR WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA QUILTERS' GUILD MEMBERS.

THIS SHOW IS PRESENTED BY THE FAIRFIELD PROCESSING CORPORATION AND TRAVELS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

IT IS FIRST PREVIEWED AT THE HOUSTON QUILT MARKET.

WITH OUR NORTH CAROLINA LILY STRING ALONG LILY QUILT AS A BACKDROP, OUR MODELS PRESENT THE LOVELY FASHIONS.

THESE ARE ALL MADE BY PROFESSIONAL QUILTERS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THEN TRAVEL FOR EVERYONE TO VIEW AND SEE AND TOUCH.

THE FIRST ENSEMBLE, NIGHT LIGHTS, IS A JACKET AND VEST BY CHRIS WOLF EDMONDS.

SHIRLEY SHOWS US A MARVELOUS JACKET BY CHERYL BRADKEN WITH THAT SEMINOLE LOOK.

AND THIS TIME IT'S ALL DONE IN VELVETEEN.

THE JACKET IS ENTITLED NIGHT LIGHTS, BRIGHT LIGHTS.

>> THE FINAL ONE IN THIS SCENE IS CALLED KIMONO.

[calming guitar music] ♪ ♪ >> TRAVELING WITH THE SHOW THIS TIME IS DONNA WILDER, OUR NARRATOR THIS EVENING.

>> NOTICE SHE HAS DONE SOME MACHINE QUILTING IN A RANDOM PATTERN.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE TROUBLE KEEPING THOSE STRAIGHT PARALLEL LINES, WHY NOT GO AND TRY SOMETHING LIKE THIS?

IT HAS A VERY SMART LOOK TO IT.

AND NO ONE WILL SEE THE MISTAKES IN YOUR GARMENT.

>> NANA IS MODELING AN OUTFIT ENTITLED QUILTER'S DELIGHT, A THREE-PIECE ENSEMBLE MADE BY RUTH HITCHCOCK.

THERE IS A TOP, A SLEEVELESS JACKET, AND A LONG SKIRT.

SOMETHING THAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT THIS ENTIRE HANDQUILTED GARMENT IS THE FACT THAT SHE USED A HUNTER GREEN QUILTING THREAD TO QUILT THE THREE LAYERS.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE 11 YARDS OF FABRIC FOR THE ENTIRE OUTFIT, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, 103 HOURS OF WORK TO FINISH THE ENSEMBLE?

OUR DESIGNER THIS TIME IS MARGE MURPHY.

SHE HAS CREATED A LOVELY SHADOW TRAPUNTO REVERSIBLE SUIT.

A VERY SHEER BATISTE FABRIC IS ON TOP.

COLORED THREADS ARE THEN PULLED THROUGH TO GIVE THAT LOVELY RAISED TRAPUNTO AREA.

A SCROLLWORK IS DESIGNED THROUGHOUT THE BODICE AND FLOWING ALONG THE ARMS ALSO.

JEAN MODELS A MARVELOUS EXCITING COAT MADE BY BARBARA BELDORES ENTITLED MIDNIGHT GARDEN.

A WONDERFUL ARRAY OF RAINBOW COLORS DONE VERTICALLY AROUND THE BACK AND THEN COME AROUND AND PULL TOWARDS THE FRONT IN WONDERFUL SMALL GRANDMOTHER FAN BLOCKS.

THEY ARE EVEN HIGHLIGHTED ON THE HOOD.

>> THEN YOU'LL NOTICE OVER THE HOOD ON THE BACK-- >> SONJA IS FEATURING A WONDERFUL FULL SKIRT AND VEST MADE BY LESLEY-CLAIRE GREENBERG, A DEFINITE GYPSY SPANISH FEELING.

KAREN IS MODELING A JACKET AND DRESS MADE BY FLAVIN GLOVER CALLED DISTINCTIVELY PATCHWORK.

WHAT A NICE WAY TO INCORPORATE SMALL LOG CABIN BLOCKS.

NIGHT ON THE TOWN IS THE NAME OF THIS JACKET AND CULOTTE BY GLORIA LINELLE.

>> GLORIA COMES FROM A LITTLE TOWN UP IN MINNESOTA CALLED CASS LAKE.

AND WE LIKE TO NAME OUR GARMENTS, AND SHE SENT HERS IN WITHOUT A TITLE.

SO WE AT THE OFFICE TITLED IT NIGHT ON THE TOWN.

AND SHE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE SHOW IN MINNEAPOLIS THIS SUMMER, AND SHE JUST CHUCKLED.

SHE SAID, "IF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN TO CASS LAKE, YOU WOULD KNOW THERE'S NOT A NIGHT ON THE TOWN."

>> OUR NEXT OUTFIT IS CALLED CROSS-COUNTRY SKI COSTUME BY LUELLA DAWES.

IMAGINE A BLOUSE, KNICKERS, OVERSKIRT, AND EVEN BOOTIES ALL DONE IN PATCHWORK.

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE IS THE NAME OF THE OUTFIT THAT JEAN IS MODELING.

IT IS MADE BY SHIRLEY BOTSFORD OF NEW YORK CITY.

NOTICE THAT THE BATTING IS INCORPORATED IN THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SKIRT.

THAT IS WHERE ALL THE QUILTING TAKES PLACE.

IT IS A COMBINATION BATTING CALLED COTTON CLASSIC, PART COTTON AND PART POLYESTER.

BY ONLY HAVING THE BATTING IN THE LOWER PORTION, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT FULLNESS AROUND THE WAISTLINE OF THE SKIRT.

I GUESS YOU KNOW THE MODEL HERE.

BUT THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS MARVELOUS OUTFIT IS NANCY MEADE.

IT'S CALLED CONCORD SERIES, VEROS AGREEMENT.

THE PATCHWORK SKIRT IS SO GAY AND BRIGHT WITH A LONG DROPPED QUILTED YOKE.

NANA IS MODELING A LOVELY ENSEMBLE ENTITLED ORIENTAL ELEGANCE, JOSEPH'S COAT BY PAT DIAL.

AND THEN FOR THAT VERY SPECIAL SURPRISE, ONCE THE COAT IS OPENED, LOOK AT THAT WONDERFUL BRIGHT PIECEWORK INSIDE.

VIRGINIA AVERY HAS CAPTURED A WONDERFUL YO-YO DESIGN ON A JACKET.

IT'S ENTITLED WHEN YO-YOS LAST IN THE DOOR YARD BLOOM.

SHE HAS LAYERED AND ADDED EXTRA DECORATIVE TOUCHES TO THE MARVELOUS YOKE AROUND THIS LONG JACKET.

OUR NEXT DRESS IS ENTITLED WEDDING DRESS FOR A ROMANTIC BY KATE FIT.

WHAT A MARVELOUS COMBINATION OF VELVET AND STRING PIECING.

SHE HAS ALSO CAPTURED SOME APPLIQUE TOUCHES WITH HEARTS ON THE BODICE AND THEN FLOATING ON THE STRING PIECE SKIRT.

SHIRLEY IS ALL DRESSED UP FOR AN EVENING OUT, WEARING AN ENSEMBLE MADE BY JEAN DEWITT ENTITLED NIGHT LILIES.

THE APPLIQUE WORK AROUND THE BODICE AND THE SLEEVE IS ALL DONE ON THE SEWING MACHINE, SATIN STITCHING ON KEANE SATIN.

IT CERTAINLY WAS FUN TO MODEL MY OWN ENSEMBLE ENTITLED TOWN AND COUNTRY.

THE LONG JACKET HAS A MOTIF OF TOWN FLOATING ALL ACROSS THE BOTTOM, AND IT IS TOTALLY REVERSIBLE.

THE ULTIMATE SWEAT SUIT BY ELLEN MOSSBARGER.

WHO WOULD BELIEVE THAT A GREY FLANNEL SWEAT SUIT COULD BECOME SO PRETTY?

ON THE STREET WHERE YOU LIVE IS THE TITLE OF OUR NEXT OUTFIT BY MARTY SANDEL.

THE VERY TAILORED, CLOSELY CROPPED JACKET IS HIGHLIGHTED BY A VERY FUN SKIRT.

NOTICE THAT THE FOUR SEASONS ARE COMPLETELY APPLIQUED AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THE SKIRT.

CATHY IS WEARING A VERY SIGNIFICANT BLOUSE AND SKIRT MADE BY CINDY LEE ARBLE-BEADY.

IT'S ENTITLED QUILTER'S NIGHT OUT.

IT IS DONE IN TAFFETA, WHICH TAKES ADVANTAGE OF THAT WONDERFUL, PUFFY, FULL FEELING.

YVONNE PORCELLA FROM CALIFORNIA IS THE DESIGNER OF OUR NEXT OUTFIT ENTITLED KALEIDOSCOPICALLY YOURS.

IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY SUBTLE OUTFIT ON THE OUTSIDE, WHITE-ON-WHITE STRIP PIECING WITH OVER 1,400 PIECES IN THE ENTIRE OUTFIT.

BUT IN TAKING A CLOSER GLANCE AT THIS OUTFIT, IT BECOMES TOTALLY REVERSIBLE.

AND LOOK AT THE WONDERFUL SMASHING COLOR THAT IS INCORPORATED ON THE REVERSE SIDE.

NANA IS FEATURING AN OUTFIT MADE BY MARINDA BROWN ENTITLED LUCK BE A LADY TONIGHT.

IT CAPTURES A MARVELOUS COMBINATION OF RED, GOLD, AND BLACK.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT THE YOKE BOTH IN THE FRONT AND THE BACK OF THE JACKET, SHE HAS INCORPORATED RUSSIAN NEEDLE PUNCH EMBROIDERY.

OUR LAST GARMENT FEATURED IS ENTITLED SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE, AND SOMETHING SHADOW TRAPUNTO TOO.

THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE OF MY ENSEMBLES MADE FOR THE HOUSTON QUILT MARKET.

THE FINALE FEATURES MANY OF THE GARMENTS SHOWN THIS EVENING.

UNFORTUNATELY, TIME DID NOT PERMIT US TO SHOW EVERYTHING.

BUT WE HOPE THAT YOU ENJOYED HAVING A TASTE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH QUILTING WHEN IT'S APPLIED TO GARMENTS.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT ENJOY HAVING A CLOSER LOOK AT THE TOWN AND COUNTRY ENSEMBLE.

I HAD FUN JUST CREATING A MOCK VILLAGE ALL AROUND THE BASE USING THE GEOMETRIC SHAPES TO REPRESENT AND SUGGEST HOUSES.

ON THE REVERSE SIDE, I USED THE FLEXICURVE TO DO A COUNTRY SCENE IN A VERY FLOWING SEW AND FLIP METHOD.

AND WE'LL BE LEARNING THIS AT ONE OF OUR NEXT SHOWS.

LET'S EXPLORE THE MAPLE LEAF PATTERN.

WE FIRST SAW IT IN THE GYPSY IN MY SOUL QUILT.

AND I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED THE SIMPLICITY OF THIS PATTERN, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY BASED ON JUST TWO SIZES OF TRIANGLES AND ONE SQUARE.

IT HAS A LOT OF POTENTIAL, AND I ENCOURAGE NOT ONLY MY BEGINNER CLASSES BUT MY INTERMEDIATE CLASSES TO REALLY WORK WITH THIS PATTERN.

LET'S RECALL THAT WHENEVER WE'RE WORKING WITH TRIANGLES THAT ARE SEWN TOGETHER TO EQUAL A SQUARE, WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE QUICKIE PIECE METHOD.

AND THAT'S NOTHING MORE THAN PUTTING THE TWO RIGHT SIDES OF OUR FABRIC TOGETHER AND TRACING AROUND IT.

I'VE ALREADY CUT TWO APART.

WE'RE A LITTLE-- GETTING AHEAD HERE.

BUT SOME OF THEM ARE STILL SEWN.

AND THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE WE TRACED AROUND THE TRIANGLE, FLIPPED IT OVER, KEPT FLIPPING, AND THEN WE SEWED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DIAGONAL.

I THINK YOU CAN SEE VERY NICELY ON THIS SIDE ALSO THAT IT HAS BEEN SEWN TOGETHER.

THEN WE'RE GONNA USE OUR OLFA CUTTER AND OUR NICE, THICK RULER, AND SIMPLY CUT DOWN AND START DIVIDING THESE SEGMENTS INTO OUR SQUARES.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN SEWN TOGETHER, ONCE THEY ARE CUT APART AND OPENED UP, WE HAVE OUR SQUARES.

WE COULD EVEN CUT THESE OUT AND LAYER THESE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER AND WATCH OUR LITTLE BLOCKS GROW.

ONCE THIS HAS HAPPENED, THEN YOU CAN START THE DESIGN ELEMENT OF YOUR VEST.

BY NOW YOU'VE PROBABLY FOUND YOUR FAVORITE VEST PATTERN, AND YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE FACT THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A VEST FOR WARMTH, IT'LL BE BASED ON A PELLON FLEECE.

IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN TAKING YOUR PATTERN, CUTTING OUT THE PELLON FLEECE.

AND I'D CUT IT OUT A LITTLE BIT LARGER TO ALLOW FOR THAT TAKE-UP WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE QUILTING.

WHAT I'D LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IS EXPERIMENT WITH YOUR BLOCKS.

IN CASE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS, RATHER THAN JUST DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, LET'S TURN AND PLAY AND SEE IF WE CAN'T FIND MAYBE A MORE UNUSUAL SETTING FOR ONE OF YOUR BLOCKS.

PERHAPS YOU WANT SOMETHING AT A DIAGONAL ON THE FRONT.

PERHAPS YOU WANT THIS ON THE OFFSET OF THE BACK OF YOUR VEST.

ONCE YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THE COLORS THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH, THEN DECIDE IF YOU WANT A HORIZONTAL OR A MORE VERTICAL LOOK IN YOUR VEST.

DO YOU WANT IT ASYMMETRICAL?

DO YOU WANT TO THEN START EXPERIMENTING WITH SOME OF THE FABRICS THAT ALL COORDINATE?

PERHAPS YOU'RE GOING TO SEW AND FLIP IN STRAIGHT STRING PIECING, AND THEN TURN AND MAYBE START AN ANGLE AND ALMOST A FAN DESIGN.

I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO SPEND TIME WITH YOUR COLORS, PIN IT, LOOK AT IT AT A DISTANCE, AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO DEVELOP A VERY ORIGINAL AND YOUR OWN MAPLE LEAF VEST.

WE HAVE A WONDERFUL ARRAY, MORE VESTS THAN YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE ALL AROUND THE BEDPOST.

SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.

WHAT AN ARRAY OF MAPLE LEAF VESTS.

THE BLACK-AND-WHITE RENDITION IS ALWAYS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH A LONGER VEST, BUT SHE HAS HANDLED IT VERY NICELY, BRINGING HER DESIGN ALL THE WAY AROUND AND THEN INTO POCKETS ON THE FRONT SIDE.

I LIKE WHAT SHE HAS DONE HERE.

SHE HAS ALMOST CREATED A LARGE STEM COMING UP TO A VERY LITTLE FLOWER, VERY NICE, IN BALANCE WITH ANOTHER POCKET ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

SHE HAS A FOUR-PATCH ON THE BACK THAT IS BROKEN UP WITH MORE OF THE POLISHED COTTON.

THIS LOOKS LIKE ONE OF OUR STILL WARM VESTS IN THAT SHE HASN'T QUITE FINISHED HER UNDERNEATH SEAMS.

BUT SHE DOES HAVE A NICE COMING AND GOING EFFECT IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS IN A NICE NAVY BLUE AND BURGUNDY ACCENT.

I LOVE THIS KELLY GREEN.

AND SHE HAS SOME POCKETS IN THE FRONT SIDE ALSO, VERY NICE, AND JUST TWO OF THE MAPLE LEAFS IN THE BACK.

THE HAND QUILTING REALLY STANDS OUT.

IT LOOKS SO NICE.

THIS SEEMS LIKE IT'S IN VERY GOOD BALANCE WITH THE DARK AND THE LIGHT.

VERY FEMININE COLORS IN THE PINK AND GREEN.

AND LOOK HOW SHE HAS TWISTED HER STEM TO MAKE A LITTLE KNOT.

SHE'S DONE THAT BOTH ON THE FRONT SIDE AND ON THE BACK ALSO.

THIS IS ONE OF MY FIRST VESTS.

AND I SIMPLY ALMOST COULD CALL IT THE MAPLE LEAVES ARE FALLING, BECAUSE THEY'RE SET IN JUST-- ON ALL KIND OF AN ASYMMETRICAL SLANT, AND THEN BALANCED IT WITH SOME OF THE TONES OF THE BEIGE ON THE BACK SIDE.

RED AND BEIGE, AND NOTICE HERE HOW YOU CAN BARELY SEE THE POINT, BECAUSE THE TONE OF THE TWO COLORS ARE VERY SIMILAR.

THIS VEST LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALL READY TO GO TO A SQUARE DANCE.

WONDERFUL BRIGHT COLORS AND VERY INTERESTING SETTING ON THE BACK SIDE, TRIMMED IN PLAID.

I LIKE SHIRLEY'S TREATMENT OF CORDUROY.

THAT ADDS A NICE TEXTURE.

VERY STRONG DIAGONAL ON THE BACK SIDE AND A SUGGESTION OF FLYING GEESE IN ONE CORNER.

RUTH FARRAR HAS DONE A VERY NICE JOB AND A STRONG DIAGONAL ALL ACROSS THE BACK SIDE.

SHE HAS STRING QUILTING GOING UP IN ONE DIAGONAL SLANT.

I BELIEVE RUTH MADE A SKIRT TO GO WITH THIS, SO SHE HAS AN ENTIRE ENSEMBLE.

THESE ARE PRETTY COLORS, THE BEIGE ACCENT, AND ANOTHER VERY INTERESTING SETTING, ALMOST A PINWHEEL TURN OF THE MAPLE LEAF ON THE BACK SIDE.

WE COULD CALL THIS VEST MOCHA FUDGE.

DOESN'T IT HAVE A BEAUTIFUL ARRAY OF CHOCOLATE AND BROWN TONES?

AND ON THE BACK, SHE'S DONE SOMETHING INTERESTING.

SHE HAS HER STEMS RADIATING OUT INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE INSIDE.

I LIKE THE EFFECT ON THIS VEST, ALMOST A CRAZY PATCH APPROACH ON THE TOP SIDE.

ON THE BACK, SHE'S DONE SOMETHING INTERESTING.

SHE HAS ALTERNATED HER DARK AND HER LIGHT FOR AN ENTIRELY NEW LOOK.

IT'S SO HANDSOME, THE WAY SHE'S QUILTED, RADIATING UP FROM THE CENTER BACK.

HERE WE HAVE A PATRIOTIC RED, WHITE, AND BLUE VEST, A TOUCH OF STRING IN THE FRONT, AND A COMPLETELY NEW LOOK OF MAPLE LEAF ON THE BACK SIDE.

NAVY AND WHITE ALWAYS LOOKS SO CRISP, AND HERE WE HAVE A TOUCH OF EYELET.

ON THE BACK SHE HAS DIVIDED HER MAPLE LEAF WITH WIDE BANDS.

MORE SQUARE DANCING, MARVELOUS COLORS, AND ALSO, SHE HAS CONTINUED HER QUILTING LINES ON THE OUTSIDE.

THE SQUARE COMES OUT FROM THE SQUARE, AND THE DIAGONAL COMES OUT FROM THE TRIANGLE.

VERY EFFECTIVE.

I REMEMBER SEEING THIS VEST WAITING IN LINE AT THE QUILT SHOW.

LOVELY LARGE PAISLEY DESIGN.

AND THIS VEST HAS AN EFFECTIVE COMBINATION OF STEM.

THIS COULD BE THE INSPIRATION FOR A WHOLE QUILT.

SO WE COULD MAKE A VEST, AND THEN MAKE A QUILT TO MATCH THE VEST.

VERY INTERESTING.

AND YOU THOUGHT WE HAD SEEN ALL THE VESTS.

THERE'S MORE.

IT IS FUN TO EXPERIMENT WITH OUR LARGE FLORAL DESIGNS.

AND WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE MAUVE AND THE NAVY WITH A TOUCH OF PINK.

MORE QUILTING ON THE FRONT SIDE, VERY CRISP AND BLUE WITH EYELET ON THE FRONT, AND THEN A COMBINATION OF PINK AND EVEN A TOUCH OF AQUA ON THE FRONT SIDE.

SHIRLEY HAS DONE A MAPLE LEAF AND ADDED BLACK.

BLACK IS VERY RICH AND IS SUCH A HANDSOME ACCENT.

SHE ALSO HAS A SUGGESTION OF FLYING GEESE AND HAS GONE ONE STEP FURTHER AND HAS TURNED HER MAPLE LEAF INTO A CUMMERBUND.

LET'S EXPLORE THE GATHERING GEESE PATTERN AND LEARN A QUICKIE PIECE METHOD FOR FLYING GEESE.

THE FLYING GEESE PATTERN HAS BECOME SO POPULAR LATELY.

WE SEE IT IN GARMENTS AND IN QUILTS ALSO.

IT'S BASED ON A RECTANGLE.

IT IS DERIVED FROM ONE LARGE TRIANGLE WITH TWO SMALLER TRIANGLES SEWN TO IT.

YOU CAN SEE IT HERE IN THIS BAND.

WE ALSO SAW IT IN SHIRLEY'S VEST, A NICE FRONT PANEL WITH A VERY TEENY-WEENY FLYING GEESE.

WE'VE ALSO SEEN IT IN THE ATTACHE CASE THAT'S IN PROGRESS.

WE ARE GOING TO NOW CAPTURE IT IN OUR QUILT OF THE DAY CALLED GATHERING GEESE.

YOU CAN SEE IT DRAFTED HERE, WHERE WE HAVE THE GEESE FLYING OUT, AND WE ALSO HAVE THEM FLYING IN, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU SET YOUR PATTERN.

YOU CAN SEE IT DONE IN THE COLORS OF AQUA AND IN YELLOW AND DONE IN STRIPES.

SHIRLEY HAS CHOSEN TO DO HER FLYING GEESE IN THE LOVELY MOCHA COLORS AND PINK.

I HAVE COME UP WITH A QUICKIE PIECE METHOD FOR MAKING AND SEWING YOUR FLYING GEESE PATTERN.

IT'S BASED ON THE IDEA AND THE PRINCIPAL THAT THE TWO SMALLER TRIANGLES, ONE THAT'S SEWN ON THIS SIDE AND ON THIS SIDE TO THE SHORT SIDE OF THE LARGER TRIANGLE.

WE HAVE A LONG SIDE AND A SHORT.

THE DIAGONAL OF THE SMALL TRIANGLE IS SEWN TO THE SHORT SIDE.

YOU CUT A BIAS FABRIC THAT IS THE WIDTH OF THIS SMALLER TRIANGLE FROM THE RAW EDGE OF THE SEAM ALLOWANCE TO THE RIGHT ANGLE.

YOU THEN TAKE YOUR LARGE FLYING GEESE TRIANGLE AND PLACE THAT SHORT SIDE AGAINST THE RAW EDGE.

NOW, MAKE SURE THAT IN BETWEEN, YOU LEAVE A HALF AN INCH.

WE ARE THEN GONNA SEW THAT, OUR NORMAL 1/4 INCH SEAM ALLOWANCE.

AND I USUALLY JUST GO AHEAD AND SEW RIGHT THROUGH THE BLUE FABRIC.

IF I WERE MAKING A WHOLE QUILT, I'D JUST KEEP SEWING PROBABLY ONE THOUSAND OF THESE PURPLE TRIANGLES.

BUT I'M GONNA SEW JUST A FEW FOR YOU TODAY TO SEE.

I WOULD THEN COME AND CUT AGAINST THE BASE OR THE LONGER SIDE OF THE TRIANGLE.

AND THEN I WOULD CUT AGAIN.

I THEN AM GOING TO PICK UP MY SMALLER TRIANGLE.

AND WHEN YOU OPEN THAT UP, I THINK YOU CAN GET A GOOD FEEL FOR THE FACT THAT THAT JUST FALLS RIGHT AGAINST THAT.

LINE IT UP.

AND THEN CUT THAT.

THE ONE THAT CUTS OFF AND FALLS OFF IS GOING TO BE THE SAME SIZE AS THIS TRIANGLE.

IT'S THE MATE THAT GOES ON THE OTHER SIDE.

AND YOU'VE SAVED YOURSELF FROM CUTTING OUT TWO SEPARATE TRIANGLES.

I THEN WOULD COME AND LINE THIS UP, MAKING SURE THE POINTS ALIGN AND SEW MY 1/4 AGAIN.

OF COURSE, ONCE YOU'VE SEWN THAT, YOU'VE GOT TO CHECK AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE YOUR PERFECT RECTANGLE.

THIS IS THE BASE FOR THE FLYING GEESE AND WILL HELP YOU SPEED UP YOUR ENTIRE METHOD.

FROM THAT RAW EDGE IN, YOU HAVE YOUR PERFECT 1/4 INCH.

SO YOU'RE ON TARGET.

THE NEXT TIME, WE'RE GONNA TURN TO SOME MACHINE QUILTING.

SO CHECK YOUR SEWING MACHINE BOX, AND SEE IF YOU HAVE A DARNING FOOT.

ALSO LOOK AND CHECK YOUR MACHINE AND SEE IF YOU CAN TURN YOUR MACHINE AND DROP THOSE FEED DOGS FOR A NICE, CLEAN BASE AT THE THROAT PLATE.

AND WE'LL BE ALL READY TO DO SOME MACHINE QUILTING.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

GOOD-BYE.

Captioning by CaptionMax www.captionmax.com announcer: THE PRECEDING PROGRAM WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY GRANTS FROM GINGHER, INCORPORATED, MAKERS OF SCISSORS AND SHEARS FOR HOME AND INDUSTRY.

AND: GEORGIA BONESTEEL IS THE AUTHOR OF LAP QUILTING AND MORE LAP QUILTING, PUBLISHED BY OXMOOR HOUSE AND AVAILABLE IN LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES NATIONWIDE.