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, 12/20 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Sew, A Needle Pulling Thread

Working with lightweight thread, particularly silk.

Sat, 12/27 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Try Something New

A new technique in dyeing where the folds allow "glitches" of color to bleed through, creating fascinating intersections of color; little landscapes.

Thu, 1/1 at 6:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Innovate!

Stiffening appliqué fabrics before cutting and stitching to achieve award-winning results; creating 3-dimensional floral elements using innovative textiles that are shaped with heat and pressure.

Sat, 1/3 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Paint, Pigment, Play

Creating luminous, custom backgrounds by applying acrylic paint to fabric; dyeing fabrics using pigment, with or without sunshine.