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Quilting Arts

Description

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.

Upcoming Episodes

  • Transformation With Paint

    Painting, stenciling and stitching a white cloth to create a textured piece of art; painting on a grayscale print. (30 minutes)

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  • Creating With Resists

    Exploring dextrin from corn and potatoes to create a resist for fabric dye; using tape as a resist with paint to incorporate words into art. (30 minutes)

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  • Shadows and Sheers

    Shadowing; layering sheers to create unexpected results. (30 minutes)

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  • Fold & Twist

    Applique technique that relies on folding and twisting cloth to mimic tree bark; "Black Magic" reverse dyeing, using products at home combined with any tie-dye twist or shibori fold. (30 minutes)

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  • Off the Wall

    Making an elegant quilted coat; creating a charming vase out of upcycled "fabric." (30 minutes)

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    WNIT2 34.2 Stereo
    WNIT2 34.2 Stereo
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