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Quilting Arts

Host Susan Brubaker Knapp provides innovative tips and stitching techniques for making one-of-a-kind art quilts. Offering something for everyone, "Quilting Arts" explores art and design concepts for quilts which include surface design techniques, fabric collage and quilted home decor. Episodes include short features that relate to the show's theme and weekly digital segments. Some projects include hand-painting fabrics with silk screening paints, fabric marbling using stencils, and frameless screen printing.

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UPCOMING EPISODES

Sat, 5/4 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Applique Two Ways

Creating representational art quilts that incorporate applique; using invisible thread to hide stitches and create a tulip appliqe design.

Tue, 5/7 at 6:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Shapes

Free-form circles; painting on fabric with layers and patterns of circles; creating applique frames and shapes with washable applique fiber.

Tue, 5/7 at 12:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Shapes

Free-form circles; painting on fabric with layers and patterns of circles; creating applique frames and shapes with washable applique fiber.

Tue, 5/7 at 2:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Shapes

Free-form circles; painting on fabric with layers and patterns of circles; creating applique frames and shapes with washable applique fiber.

Sat, 5/11 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Free to Improvise

Making an improvisational quilt complete with thin strips and odd shapes; adding free-motion quilting and hand embroidery to abstract art quilts.

Tue, 5/14 at 6:00 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Layers

Adding depth and dimension by building quilted compositions one layer at a time; adding elements from background to foreground, stitching each layer before adding the next; creating pieced strata from short strips.

Tue, 5/14 at 12:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Layers

Adding depth and dimension by building quilted compositions one layer at a time; adding elements from background to foreground, stitching each layer before adding the next; creating pieced strata from short strips.

Tue, 5/14 at 2:00 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Layers

Adding depth and dimension by building quilted compositions one layer at a time; adding elements from background to foreground, stitching each layer before adding the next; creating pieced strata from short strips.

Sat, 5/18 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Finishing School

Creating a double hanging sleeve; blue-ribbon binding; getting precise mitered corners in a binding.