♪ AN UNLIKELY COMBINATION OF CRUISING AND QUILTING PROVES TO BE A GREAT SUCCESS.

YOU'VE HEARD OF CRAFT RETREATS.

HOW ABOUT A CRUISING VACATION WHERE YOU LEARN AT THE SAME TIME?

STAY TUNED.

♪ "LAP QUILTING" WITH GEORGIA BONESTEEL IS MADE POSSIBLE BY GRANTS FROM GINGHER INCORPORATED, MAKERS OF SCISSORS AND SHEARS FOR THE HOME, CLASSROOM, AND INDUSTRY.

AND COATS & CLARK, SERVING AMERICA'S SEWING NEEDS FOR OVER 125 YEARS, FEATURING J&P COATS DUAL DUTY PLUS THREAD.

WELCOME.

WELL, IT'S NOT EASY BREAKING AWAY FROM SUCH A RELAXING SETTING.

IT'S TRUE THE NEEDLES FLEW A LITTLE SLOWER, CLASSES WERE JUST DOWN THE HALL IN THE DISCO DURING THE DAY, AND WE STITCHED WEARING BATHING SUITS OF ALL THINGS--NOT AN EASY TASK.

BUT WE MET THE CHALLENGE AND WHILE ON THE SEAS, WE SPENT OUR TIME IN CLASSES.

CARTER HOUCK FROM LADIES CIRCLE PATCHWORK WAS BUSY TAKING NOTES AND ONE OF OUR TEACHERS, JEAN RAY LAURY, CANNOT BE WITH US TODAY, BUT SHE HAS SHARED HER CLASS PROJECT.

HER CLASS PROJECT WAS "BEACH BUMS."

SHE HAD STENCILED LITTLE FIGURES AU NATUREL ON MUSLIN, AND YOU WERE TO DRESS THEM.

AND THERE WAS AN ARRAY OF ALL SORTS OF DECORATING THINGS GOING ON WITH THE HAIR AND EVEN FINGERNAILS.

SHE HAS THESE IN A LITTLE KIT THAT'S CALLED "NEW KID ON THE BLOCK."

JEAN RAY LAURY IS THE AUTHOR OF "QUILTED CLOTHING" AND PRESENTLY SHE IS KEEPING IT ALL TOGETHER.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, SHE IS WRITING THE CALIFORNIA QUILT RESEARCH BOOK, AND I KNOW YOU'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.

FRAN SOLKA FROM NOVELTY, OHIO, TELL US WHAT IN THE WORLD YOU TAUGHT ON THE CRUISE.

WELL, WE DID OUR OWN CRUISE POSTER OF THE LEGENDARY YELLOW BIRD, UP HIGH IN A BANANA TREE.

AND CAN HANG IT UP AND REMEMBER THE CRUISE FOREVER.

THAT'S GREAT.

AND THAT MUST HAVE BEEN BIG TEMPLATES AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING.

NO, NO.

I DO NOT USE TEMPLATES WHEN ALL THE SHAPES ARE DIFFERENT.

AND I JUST USE THE NEEDLE TURN TECHNIQUE, WHICH MAKES APPLIQUE MUCH SIMPLER THAN MANY OF THE COMPLICATED WAYS THAT HAVE SORT OF TURNED PEOPLE OFF TO IT.

WELL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TURN ME ONTO THAT.

I'VE GOT TO SEE THAT.

NANCY, WELCOME TODAY.

NANCY HALPERN FROM NATICK, MASSACHUSETTS, TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU TAUGHT.

I TAUGHT A CLASS CALLED NEW WAVE QUILTING, WHICH WAS BASED ON THE OLD PRINCIPLE OF AN IRREGULAR 4-SIDED FIGURE, WHICH WHEN IT IS PUT TOGETHER MAKES SHAPES THAT LOOK AS IF THEY ARE RUMPLED.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY MAKE QUILTS THAT ARE TECHNICALLY FLAT BUT YOU HAVE A LOOK OF--A LOOSER LOOK THAN WITH NORMAL QUILTS AND IT'S FUN, EASY, AND VERY, VERY SIMPLE TO DO.

AND YOU'RE GONNA CLEAR UP THIS WORD "TESSELLATED" FOR US.

OH, I DO HOPE SO.

OK. TO THE DRAFTING TABLE, THEN.

NANCY, WHAT IS THIS NEW WAVE QUILTING?

NEW WAVE QUILTING IS ACTUALLY BASED ON A VERY OLD GEOMETRIC PRINCIPLE, WHICH HAS A WONDERFULLY COMPLICATED NAME.

IT'S CALLED IRREGULAR TESSELLATING QUADRILATERALS.

AND BEFORE I DESCRIBE THEM, I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU AND CLEAR UP THE IDEA OF WHAT A TESSELLATION ACTUALLY IS.

TESSELLATION SIMPLY MEANS TILING AS IN ANY TILING PATTERN, THE KIND YOU'D USE ON YOUR KITCHEN FLOOR, THE KIND THAT'S ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF US.

ALL SQUARES, ALL TRIANGLES, ALL RECTANGLES, HEXAGONS, AND ALL THOSE SHAPES THAT QUILTERS KNOW FROM PUTTING BLOCKS TOGETHER THAT WILL ALWAYS FIT TOGETHER.

IRREGULAR TESSELLATING QUADRILATERALS ARE MADE BY TAKING ANY STRAIGHT EDGE AND DRAWING 4 LINES OF IRREGULAR LENGTH... THAT ALSO HAVE 4 IRREGULAR ANGLES.

IRREGULAR TESSELLATING, TILING, AND QUADRILATERAL MEANS 4 SIDES.

I'LL DRAW ANOTHER ONE OF THESE OF A DIFFERENT SHAPE BECAUSE ALL OF THESE WILL FIT TOGETHER NO MATTER HOW EXTREME OR BIZARRE THEY MAY SEEM TO BE.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO TRY THIS YOURSELF, AND THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS TO TAKE A SMALL PIECE OF CARDBOARD, MAKE SOME OF THESE SHAPES AND THEN DECIDE WHICH ONE YOU PREFER.

WE'LL ELIMINATE THIS ONE.

MARK THE SIDES "A," "B," "C," AND "D," AND THEN CUT THIS LITTLE SHAPE OUT.

FIND A CLEAN PIECE OF PAPER AND START DRAWING THESE SHAPES OVER AGAIN.

I'M GOING TO BE USING TODAY THE SHAPE DRAWN BY MY DAUGHTER JESSICA IN THE AIRPORT AS WE WERE LEAVING FOR THE CRUISE WITH HER SMALL FISH INSIDE THE BLOCK.

THE SHAPE ITSELF LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

AND HERE'S A MOCKUP OF ONE OF THESE BLOCKS.

IF I CALL THIS SIDE "A," AS I PIVOT THE BLOCK AROUND AND DRAW IT AGAIN, THE "A" SIDES WILL ALWAYS BE TOGETHER.

IF THIS IS A "B" SIDE, THEN THE "B" SIDES WILL ALWAYS FIT TOGETHER.

THE ONE THING YOU NEVER WANT TO DO WITH THESE BLOCKS IS TO REVERSE THEM OR FLIP THEM UPSIDE DOWN.

THE NEXT THING I TOLD MY CLASS WAS TO MAKE A SMALL FISH OUT OF 6 LINES OR LESS INSIDE THIS BLOCK.

THE REASON FOR DRAWING A FISH IS BECAUSE THEY ARE SUCH SIMPLE SHAPES THAT YOU CAN HARDLY GO WRONG WITH THEM.

AND I HAD ALSO TOLD MY CLASS TO BRING FABRICS THAT COULD REPRESENT WATER, LIKE THE SHINY ONES HERE, OR CORAL OR A WONDERFUL BRIGHT LITTLE NEON FISH SHAPES.

I'VE DONE SOME OF THESE AS MOCKUPS SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THESE BLOCKS WOULD FIT TOGETHER.

HERE'S ONE WHERE THE FISH HAS BEEN LEFT BLANK AND THEN HERE ARE SOME OF THEM WITH THESE LITTLE BRIGHT FISH SHAPES.

THESE ALWAYS MAKE QUILTS THAT HAVE IRREGULAR OUTLINES, WHICH AS YOU KNOW FROM HEXAGON QUILTS, IS NOTHING REALLY NEW IN QUILT-MAKING EITHER.

AND ALL OF THE QUILTS THAT YOU MAKE USING THESE DESIGNS WILL BE QUITE ORIGINAL AND DIFFERENT AND ASIDE FROM A FEW SEWING PROBLEMS WE WON'T WORRY ABOUT TODAY, ARE REALLY A LOT OF FUN TO PLAY AROUND WITH.

IN FACT, I'VE BEEN MAKING QUILTS LIKE THIS FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS AND ONE OF THEM THAT I WANT TO SHOW YOU IS CALLED "ANEMONE RAG."

IT WAS BASED ON A SEA ANEMONE BLOCK AND HERE IS A QUILT BLOCK ITSELF, THE IRREGULAR TESSELLATING QUADRILATERAL INSIDE A LARGER IRREGULAR TESSELLATING QUADRILATERAL SO YOU CAN SEE THE SHAPE.

IN THE QUILT ITSELF, EACH ONE OF THESE 4-SIDED BLOCKS REPRESENTS ONE SEA ANEMONE, A FEW SEA URCHINS, AND OCCASIONALLY A PIECE OF SEAWEED LIKE KELP.

THERE ARE SOME GREEN ONES IN THIS QUILT, TOO.

WHAT I REALLY LOVE ABOUT THESE IS THAT AS I GO ON MAKING QUILTS, I'M MORE AND MORE INTERESTED IN THE FACT THAT QUILTING IS FOR PEOPLE WHO SLEEP IN BEDS AND WHEN THEY'RE SLEEPING UNDER THE QUILTS, THE QUILTS ARE RUMPLED, THEY'RE FULL OF LUMPS AND BUMPS.

EVEN THOUGH AS A QUILT MAKER IN GOOD STANDING I HOPE, I LIKE TO MAKE QUILTS THAT ARE TECHNICALLY FLAT AND HANG FLAT ON THE WALL, I LOVE THE VISUAL LOOK OF RUMPLED SURFACES.

SO AS I GO ON, I'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF FUN PLAYING WITH THESE QUILTS THAT GIVE THE ILLUSION AND MOTION AND A SENSE OF THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY FLIPPING AS THEY MOVE THROUGH SPACE RATHER THAN BEING QUITE AS NEAT AND TIDY AS SOME QUILTS ARE OCCASIONALLY MEANT TO BE.

WELL, NANCY, TALKING ABOUT RUMPLED AND GOING THROUGH SPACE, I AM INTRIGUED BY THIS WONDERFUL WALL PIECE THAT IS FROM PENNLAND.

GIVE US THE STORY BEHIND THIS.

Nancy: WELL, THIS IS A VERY SPACEY QUILT, GEORGIA.

THIS IS CALLED "LETTERS FROM PENNLAND" AND THIS WAS A QUILT MADE OUT OF LITTLE ENVELOP SHAPES WHICH ARE INSIDE THIS IRREGULAR TESSELLATING 4-SIDED FIGURE.

ALL OF THE LITTLE LETTERS, LIKE AIR MAIL LETTERS, ARE FLOATING FREE AND THEY HAVE LETTERS THAT ARE LOOSE AND IT CAN COME IN AND OUT OF THEIR POCKETS AND THEY HAVE SOME THINGS SEWED ONTO THE QUILT THAT I MADE WHEN I WAS TEACHING AT PENNLAND, WHICH IS ONE OF THE NICE CRAFT SCHOOLS IN THE UNITED STATES.

I'VE TAUGHT AT SOME OF THE OTHER CRAFT SCHOOLS TOO, AND I THINK THAT CRAFT SCHOOLS ARE WONDERFUL BECAUSE THEY HAVE REALLY ENCOURAGED PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY TO MAKE MORE BEAUTIFUL AND MORE TECHNICALLY CORRECT CRAFTS AND THEY ARE A GREAT PLACE TO GO WHERE YOU CAN SPEND A LOT OF TIME AND STUDY WHAT IT IS THAT YOU WANT TO DO AND ALSO LEARN FROM PEOPLE IN OTHER CRAFTS AT THE SAME TIME.

BECAUSE SO MANY OF THEM CROSS OVER, DON'T THEY?

OH, YES.

AND IT WAS FUN TO MAKE A LITTLE EARRING WITH THE METAL PEOPLE AND TO MAKE A LITTLE COFFEE CUP DOWN IN THE POT SHOP WITH THE POT PEOPLE.

AND TO WATCH THE WEAVERS, WHO WERE DOING SOMETHING CALLED ECOT, WHERE THEY WRAP THE WARP THREADS WITH TAPE AND THEN DYE THEIR THREADS.

IN FACT, THIS IS A DYE SAMPLER QUILT.

ALL OF THESE LITTLE LETTERS REPRESENT DIFFERENT DYE TECHNIQUES THAT WE DID WHILE WE WERE AT PENNLAND AND THEY ALSO REPRESENT DIFFERENT SCENES OF THE PENNLAND LANDSCAPE, WHICH IS THE MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA.

YOU SEE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF HAZE AND FOG.

SOME DAYS YOU'D SEE ONLY ONE MOUNTAIN, THE NEARBY MOUNTAIN.

SOME DAYS YOU'D SEE AS MANY AS 7 LAYERS OF MOUNTAINS RECEDING BACK INTO THE DISTANCE.

WHAT A WONDERFUL MEMORY, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN AT HAYSTACK ALSO AND HAVE WONDERFUL MEMORIES OF THAT ALSO.

OH, HAYSTACK IS A GREAT CRAFT SCHOOL ON THE COAST OF MAIN AND WE HAVE FOG, TOO.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE WETTER VARIETY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING SOMETIME.

I THINK SOMETHING THAT IS SO SPECIAL FOR ALL OF YOU TEACHERS IS THE FACT THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO CONTINUE THIS QUILTING THROUGH YOUR TEACHING AND STUDENTS AND CONTINUE WITH WHAT YOU'VE TAUGHT.

AND I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU TODAY.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN IN ALASKA AND I HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SHOW YOU WHAT LAURIE ROCKSTADT HAS SENT TO US.

IT'S HER SALMON QUILT.

IT'S CALLED "ONE WENT THAT WAY" AND WE ARE JUST SO TICKLED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS AND LET YOU SEE THE RESULT OF YOUR-- I AM REALLY THRILLED.

AS A TEACHER WHO OFTEN DOES ONE-DAY CLASSES, IT IS SO THRILLING FOR ME TO SEE SOMETHING THAT HAS COME OUT OF ONE OF THESE CLASSES.

I CAN REMEMBER HER.

I REMEMBER THE BEGINNINGS OF IT AND I REALLY LOVE ALL THE ALASKA QUILTERS BECAUSE THEY WERE SO INTERESTED IN THE ENVIRONMENT AND GETTING THE THINGS THAT THEY CARED ABOUT, LIKE SALMON AND FISH AND FIREWEED AND NORTHERN LIGHTS RIGHT INTO THEIR QUILTS DIRECTLY.

THAT'S SOMETHING I CARE ABOUT A LOT MYSELF AND THIS IS A REAL BEAUTY AND I'M SO GLAD TO SEE IT.

WELL, GREAT.

THIS ALL THRILLS US TO DEATH.

AND OUR NEXT MOVE NOW IS TO FIND OUT HOW FRAN HAS TAKEN HER KNOWLEDGE APPLIQUE AND WENT CRUISING WITH THAT.

SO LET'S GO TO THE COUCH AND FIND OUT MORE FROM FRAN.

FROM "YELLOW BIRD UP HIGH IN BANANA TREE" TO QUITE AN ARRAY OF QUILTS, MOSTLY APPLIQUE.

HAS THAT BEEN YOUR SPECIALTY, FRAN?

YES, IT HAS.

I LOVE PATCHWORK QUILTS, BUT I DO NOT DO MANY.

WELL, NOW MANY, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE YOU TRY ONE.

OH, YES.

AND THAT IS WHEN I TRULY-- REALLY APPRECIATE THE PATCHWORK QUILTER.

IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE YOU HAVE GONE SOUTHWEST.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR LATEST INTEREST IN APPLIQUE.

WELL, IT TOOK ONE INVITATION FROM THE NEW MEXICO QUILTERS AND I FELL IN LOVE WITH NEW MEXICO.

AND WONDERFUL THINGS HAVE HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

I MET DREW LEWIS, WHO IS FROM THE FAMOUS LEWIS FAMILY POTTERS AND HE ASKED IF I COULD MAKE A QUILT USING THEIR TRADITIONAL DESIGNS AND I SAID OF COURSE BECAUSE YOU REALLY CAN APPLIQUE ANYTHING.

SO I VISITED DREW SEVERAL TIMES AND WE WORKED IN HIS HOME AT ACOMA PUEBLO.

NOW DREW LIVES AT ACOMA PUEBLO.

HE IS ONE OF ABOUT 9 I THINK IT IS NOW PERMANENT RESIDENTS.

BUT ACOMA IS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY INHABITED SETTLEMENT IN NORTH AMERICA.

IT IS ABOUT 500 FEET HIGH ON TOP OF A MESA SOMETIMES CALLED SKY CITY.

I SENT--THIS IS THE PAPER.

I GAVE HIM ABOUT A HALF HOUR THOUGHT ON HOW TO GO ABOUT THIS, AND I SAID, "DREW JUST OPEN UP ONE OF YOUR POTS AND GO RIGHT AHEAD."

AND HE CAME UP WITH A WONDERFUL DESIGN.

HE DID IT ON PAPER FIRST AND THEN THAT IS THE DESIGN I FOLLOWED.

AND THEY ARE THE TRADITIONAL DESIGNS THAT HE AND HIS ANCESTORS HAVE USED FOR CENTURIES, REALLY.

FRAN, THE QUILT TOP IS JUST BEAUTIFUL.

YOU JUST FINISHED THE APPLIQUE, AND THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF EMBROIDERY WORK ON IT ALSO THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE DESIGNS.

WOULD YOU CALL IT--IT'S NOT REALLY SYMMETRICAL, IS IT?

NO, IT IS NOT.

IN FACT, I WAS VERY SURPRISED WHEN HE TOLD ME HE STARTED IN THE BOTTOM LEFT-HAND CORNER.

AND USUALLY WHEN I DO MY OWN DESIGNS I START WITH THE CENTER AND WORK OUT, BUT HE STARTED IN THE LEFT-HAND CORNER AND JUST STARTED WORKING.

HE'S A MASTER OF DESIGN, THOUGH, I THINK DREW IS.

WELL, NOW YOU'RE A MASTER IN APPLIQUE AND SHARE WITH US HOW YOU PROCEED WITHOUT USING ANY PATTERNS.

YOU GO RIGHT TO THE FABRIC.

SHOW US HOW THAT HAPPENS.

YEAH, THAT WAS TEMPLATES.

WHAT I DO, I HAVE MY PATTERNS.

MOST OF THE THINGS I DO ARE NOT REPEATED DESIGNS.

WHEN YOU DO AN APPLIQUE QUILT WITH THE SAME BLOCK, CERTAINLY YOU WOULD USE TEMPLATES WHEN YOU HAVE-- USUALLY I PLAN WHEN I HAVE MORE THAN 5 OF A KIND OF ONE SHAPE, I WILL MAKE A TEMPLATE, AS THE BORDER ON THAT QUILT, I DID USE A TEMPLATE ON THAT.

BUT NORMALLY BECAUSE MY SHAPES ARE ALMOST ALL DIFFERENT, I WILL START BY FIRST--NOW, MY BACKGROUND FABRIC WAS THIN ENOUGH TO SEE THROUGH, SO STARTING WITH MY PATTERN, I ACTUALLY SLIPPED THIS UNDER HERE AND MADE MY OUTLINE OF THE BIRD SO I KNOW WHERE TO PLACE THESE PARTS.

AND WITH THIS DESIGN, THERE ARE 3 PARTS.

THIS CURLY LITTLE FEATHER HERE AND THIS ONE HERE AND THEN THE BIRD ITSELF.

NOW, WHAT I DID WAS SLIP THE CARBON UNDERNEATH-- I USE DRESSMAKER'S CARBON-- AND A BALLPOINT PEN WORKS VERY GOOD, A USED ONE.

HERE'S A USE FOR USED BALLPOINT PENS.

AND IF YOU PRESS QUITE FIRMLY, YOU WILL GET A GOOD OUTLINE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR DESIGN RIGHT ON YOUR FABRIC ALREADY.

AND THEN I CUT ABOUT 1/8 OF AN INCH BEYOND THAT FOR THE SEAM.

AND THEN AFTER THAT IS CUT OUT... OF COURSE FIRST I PUT THIS FEATHER ON AND THEN I WAS WORKING ON THIS FEATHER.

AND THEN AFTER THAT IS DONE, YOU JUST COVER THE RAW EDGES AT EACH END OF THESE FEATHERS AND PUT THE BIRD ON.

OK. NOW SHOW US HOW YOU ACTUALLY DO THEM, MANEUVER THE FABRIC UNDERNEATH.

AND IT'S NOT BASTED AHEAD OF TIME LIKE GRANDMOTHER TAUGHT US.

OH, NO, NO, NO.

YOU PIN IT.

YOU JUST PIN IT DOWN AND YOU CERTAINLY DO NOT BASTE THE SEAM UNDER.

THIS TAKES MUCH MORE TIME THAN YOU NEED AND I THINK IT'S BEST TO ELIMINATE.

SEE, A NEEDLE TURN.

AND THE THUMB IS ANCHORING IT ALSO.

YES.

NOW DO YOU PREFER ONE PARTICULAR TYPE OF FABRIC?

WHAT IS YOUR SPECIALTY THERE?

AND YOUR THREAD ALSO.

WELL, MOSTLY, THE FIRST THING I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS COLOR AND WHATEVER THE FABRIC IS, I WANT THE RIGHT COLOR FIRST.

BUT I DO PREFER TO WORK WITH FABRIC BLENDS BECAUSE I FIND THEY WILL LAST LONGER AND THEY DO NOT FADE AS QUICKLY AS THE COTTONS DO.

AND I USE A DUAL-DUTY THREAD FOR EVERYTHING, FOR QUILTING BECAUSE I FIND I CAN GET THE COLORS I WANT FOR QUILTING REALLY.

I SEE.

JUST GO AROUND AND TURN.

IT'S REALLY MUCH EASIER THAN BASTING.

OF COURSE, I FIND IT EASIER THAN SOME OF THE OTHER METHODS.

IT'S BEST FOR THE WORKER TO DO WHAT WORKS BEST FOR THEM, BUT I FIND THROUGH THE YEARS APPLIQUE IS I'M QUITE SURE LESS POPULAR BECAUSE IT SEEMED LIKE THERE'S TOO MUCH INVOLVED AND I HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF THE TRADITIONAL STEPS OUT OF IT, LIKE BASTING OR ANYTHING ELSE.

AND I'M READY TO WORK ALMOST RIGHT AWAY.

WITH THESE HINTS, I THINK MAYBE WE'LL GET A LOT MORE PEOPLE APPLIQUEING.

HOW ABOUT YOU, NANCY?

DO YOU THINK YOU'LL TRY IT?

I THINK AFTER WATCHING FRAN APPLIQUE, I MIGHT EVEN DO SOME OF IT MYSELF.

OH, GOOD.

[ALL LAUGH] Georgia: WELL, WE JUST ADMIRE BOTH OF YOUR TECHNIQUES, AND YOUR QUILTS ARE SO PRETTY.

AND WE THANK YOU FOR SHARING THEM WITH EVERYONE.

NOW LETS GO TO THE MACHINE AND YOU CAN SEE HOW I DID THAT CRUISING SHIP.

THE MOST FUN ABOUT THIS SHOW IS THAT I GET TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL DID IN THE CLASSROOM.

WE WERE ALL LOCKED IN WITH THE STUDENTS AND I BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW I DID A CRUISING SHIP.

TRUE.

WELL, I STARTED WITH A CARTOON AND FIDDLED AROUND ON PAPER AND THEN IT DID END UP IN A BANNER SO TO SPEAK.

AND I THINK ONE THING THAT PUZZLES BEGINNING QUILTERS QUITE A BIT IS THAT THEY THINK ONCE YOU SETTLE ON A DESIGN THAT YOU CAN JUST GO HAVE THE TEMPLATES ENLARGED OR REDUCED AT A COPYING MACHINE AND I THINK WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE IS WHETHER IT'S A 3-INCH CRUISE SHIP, A 6 INCH, OR A 12 INCH, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO START OUT WITH A SIZE THAT YOU WANT TO.

SO I DECIDED IN A 2 OR A 3 HOUR WORKSHOP THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO BE HAPPY WITH A 6-INCH CRUISE SHIP.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID IN CLASS.

AND I TRIED TO ACCOMPLISH THAT LITTLE FEAT BY WORKING WITH THE FREEZER PAPER, WHICH WE NOW CALL GRID GRIP.

DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, FRAN?

NO.

YOU HAVEN'T USED THAT YET.

WELL, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO STICK TO YOUR APPLIQUE, BUT I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT DOES HAVE A POLY-COATED BACKING TO IT AND THAT MEANS THAT I CAN GO AHEAD AND DO DESIGN WORK THAT I WANT ON MY PAPER AND THEN AS LONG AS I LABEL MY TEMPLATES CORRECTLY, I CAN GO AHEAD AND CUT THEM OUT AND THEN PRESS THEM WITH A DRY IRON ON THE WRONG SIDE OF MY FABRIC.

AND IT'S MUCH LIKE OLD- TIME HAND PIECING IN THAT THEN IT STAYS THERE WHILE I DO MY SEWING.

AND IF FOR INSTANCE--I WANTED TO GIVE PEOPLE A LITTLE TIP HERE--IF YOU'VE GOT CURVES, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND YOU CAN FREE-HAND THAT BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND USE THE RULER, YOU CAN ALSO JUST AS YOU COME UP, JUST GINGERLY TURN THAT AND THEN COME UP LIKE THAT.

SO YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND REMOVE YOUR FABRIC LIKE SO.

AND IT'S NOT SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAVE AN EXACT EDGE HERE BECAUSE THE PAPER STAYS ON LONG ENOUGH SO THAT BECOMES YOUR GUIDE.

AND SOMETIMES EVEN WHEN I'M DESIGNING I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT A NOTCH ON HERE SO THAT GIVES ME AN IDEA THAT THIS IS GOING TO FIT BACK TOGETHER HERE AND THE ONLY THING THAT'S GOING-- I'LL LINE UP THOSE NOTCHES AND THE ONLY THING IN BETWEEN, OF COURSE, IS THE CLOTH.

AND THE WAY I LINE IT UP IS HOPING THAT I'M WORKING ON A DAY WHEN THE SUN'S OUT AND I CAN SIMPLY HOLD THAT UP AND THEN HOLD THIS UP AND LINE UP THE PAPER EDGE.

NO LONGER IS IT THE CLOTH EDGE.

IT BECOMES THE PAPER EDGE.

THEN I JUST GO AHEAD AND SEW THAT KNOWING THAT IF I WAS DOING SOMETHING WHERE I WANTED A FREE-FLOATING SCENE, I'D START RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF THE PAPER AND THEN MAYBE I'D EVEN BACKSTITCH SO I WOULD HAVE THAT LOCKED IN.

AND THEN I'LL COME AHEAD AND JUST SEW ALL THE WAY DOWN.

MAYBE SEW OFF.

AND THEN CHECK THE BACKSIDE AND MAKE CERTAIN THAT I'VE SEWN JUST RIGHT NEXT TO THE PAPER.

AND THEN OPEN THAT UP.

SO IT'S ALL THE SUDDEN IT'S LIKE A PUZZLE, PATCHWORK BECOMES A PUZZLE THAT COMES BACK TOGETHER.

THIS IS REALLY NICE, GEORGIA, BUT ONE THING BOTHERS ME.

DO YOU HAVE TO DRAW THESE TEMPLATES OVER AND OVER AGAIN EACH TIME YOU DO A BLOCK?

WELL, I HAVE FOUND THAT IF I GO AHEAD--NOT REALLY BECAUSE SEE, YOU CAN REUSE THAT ABOUT 50 TIMES.

50 TIMES?

THAT'S NOT BAD.

WHAT I'LL DO IS DRAW IT ONCE AND IRON IT ON AND THEN USE THIS AS A PATTERN TO COME AHEAD AND CUT OUT REPEATED SHAPES.

AND THEN WITH MY NEW SHAPES CUT OUT, ALL I NEED TO DO THEN IS COME AND SAY I'VE SEWN THAT ONE, COME AND THEN REPOSITION THIS ON THE BACK AND THEN IRON IT AGAIN.

AND JUST OF COURSE LEAVE AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF SEAM ALLOWANCE ON EACH SIDE.

AND THAT BECOMES MY GUIDE.

I LIKE THIS IDEA.

IT'S A GREAT IDEA, I THINK.

NOW IF YOU WERE GONNA DO A SHIP, FRAN, WOULD YOU TRY PATCHWORK?

NO, I PROBABLY WOULD JUST USE THE SAME SHAPES YOU HAVE THERE BUT APPLIQUE THEM VERY MUCH LIKE YOU WOULD DO A CRAZY QUILT.

ONCE PIECE SEAM TURNED IN OVER THE SEAM OF THE OTHER ONE.

OH, I SEE.

BUT THAT IS ONLY BECAUSE I PREFER APPLIQUE.

YOU'RE MORE NATURAL.

NOW, WOULD YOU DO A 4-SIDED SHIP OR HOW WOULD YOU APPROACH IT WITH A TESSELLATED?

I ACTUALLY LIKE TO APPROACH A CRUISE SHIP FROM THE INSIDE OUT, AND I HAVE BEEN SAVING FABRIC.

I HAVE SOME WITH DANCING WAITERS ON IT AND DECK CHAIRS AND ALL KINDS OF FOOD AND GAMES AND PING PONG BALLS.

I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY FUN TO MAKE A CRUISE SHIP FROM THE INSIDE RATHER THAN LOOKING AT IT FROM THE OUTSIDE.

Georgia: I SEE.

I MEAN, WHO WANTS TO BE IN THE WATER LOOKING AT A CRUISE SHIP?

WELL, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN TO DO AND WE ENDED UP WITH JUST AN ARRAY OF CRUISERS GOING UP AND DOWN.

NOW, ONE OF THE LITTLE HINTS I WANTED TO SHARE, SOME OF THE GIRLS GOT SO CARRIED AWAY THAT THEY WENT AHEAD AND GOT THIS WHOLE PART PUT TOGETHER.

THEN THEY PUT THIS AND HAD A PROBLEM SEWING THEM TOGETHER.

SO ONE OF THE LITTLE SECRETS IS TO GO AHEAD AND SEW THESE TOGETHER AND THEN SEW THIS ON.

SEW THESE TOGETHER AND THIS.

AND THEN YOU CAN SIMPLY COME ALL THE WAY UP AND SEW IT TOGETHER.

SO IF YOU JUST DO IT SYSTEMATIC LIKE AND THEN KNOWING THAT THIS IS YOUR LITTLE...HERE AND THIS GOES HERE AND THEN YOU'RE ALL READY TO GET YOUR CRUISE SHIP PUT TOGETHER.

AND I WENT AHEAD AND PUT TWO OF THEM TOGETHER FOR A PHOTO ALBUM AND I LIKE TO DO THESE BECAUSE THEY GO SO FAST WITH A SEWING MACHINE.

AND THEY LOOK GREAT.

YOU CAN JUST WANDER WITH YOUR--I USUALLY PUT MY EVEN FEED FOOT ON THERE SO I CAN QUILT IT VERY QUICKLY.

AND USE THE OVERLOCK.

I USE THE OVERLOCK ANYTIME I HAVE A CHANCE TO JUST WHIP THINGS TOGETHER.

AND THEN I'VE GOT THIS ALL SET FOR MANY MORE CRUISES.

AND I THINK THAT SOMETHING WE SHOULD ALL MENTION IS FROM NOW ON, DON'T LEAVE YOUR QUILTING AT HOME ON A VACATION.

TAKE IT WITH YOU AND MAYBE MAKE A REMEMBRANCE OF THE TRIP, RIGHT?

THAT'S RIGHT.

I THINK ALL QUILTERS TAKE THEIR QUILTING BRAINS WITH THEM, THAT THEY ABSORB DESIGNS IN PLACES WHERE THEY GO, AND I THINK THIS SHOW WILL HELP THEM FIND NEW IDEAS OF HOW TO INCORPORATE QUILTING AND DESIGNS INTO THEIR TRAVELS AND HOW TO BRING ALL THAT BACK HOME WITH THEM.

THAT'S GREAT.

GOOD.

THANKS FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

WELL, YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.

PART OF THE FUN AND GAMES ON THE CRUISE SHIP WAS A CONTEST.

OUR WINNER WAS NANCY PARMELLY FROM CALIFORNIA.

SHE DEPICTED ALL OF OUR CLASSES IN A 4 PATCH.

WE HAVE THE CRUISE SHIP, OUR SNORKEL PERSON, COMPLETE WITH TESSELLATED FISH, THE LOGO OF THE CARIB, AND LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NANCY HERE AS A LATE-NIGHT STITCHER PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER.

NOW SINCE THE CRUISE, PEOPLE ARE STILL WORKING.

I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU A WONDERFUL STORY OF HOPE DAVIS FROM IOWA.

FOR A WHILE SHE THOUGHT SHE WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP PATCHWORK BECAUSE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, BUT WITH A LOT OF DETERMINATION AND CARE, SHE HAS COME UP WITH HOW TO DO HER PATCHWORK, AND IT'S ON THE SEWING MACHINE.

LOOKS LIKE ALL 3 OF HER SHIPS HAVE COME IN AND THE DANCERS THAT SHE SAW IN PUERTO RICO, AND OF COURSE, THERE'S HER YELLOW BIRD UP HIGH IN BANANA TREE AND I THINK I SEE SOME FISH SWIMMING ALONG THE BOTTOM.

SHE PLANS TO COMPLETE THIS WITH KNITTED SLEEVES AND BE ALL SET FOR WINTERTIME IN IOWA.

"ANOTHER NEW KID ON THE BLOCK" WAS DONE BY JEAN RAY LAURY.

AND THIS TIME IT'S A WINTER SCENE, COMPLETE WITH SNOWING AND SKATES AND SKIS.

NOW, OUR TIP OF THE DAY IS THAT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD SEW ON NYLON SCREENING.

WHAT A WONDERFUL WAY TO MAKE POCKETS WITH VELCRO AND BIAS.

AND THIS OF COURSE COULD CARRY YOUR QUILT TOYS, WHATEVER, IN YOUR TRAVELS.

AND NANCY THOUGHT MAYBE EVEN A MOSQUITO NETTED QUILT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

COME JOIN US NEXT TIME ON "LAP QUILTING" WHEN WE WILL VISIT ELLEN KOCHANSKY IN PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SHE'S GONNA TELL US HOW QUILTS CAN WARM THE WALLS.

SEE YOU THEN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

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