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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

Thu, 7/16 at 6:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Stitching Nature

Improvisational techniques bring naturescapes to life; natural, textural and complex backgrounds.

Thu, 7/16 at 12:30 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Stitching Nature

Improvisational techniques bring naturescapes to life; natural, textural and complex backgrounds.

Sat, 7/18 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Mastering New Materials

How to use water-soluble stabilizer to create elements from thread that are three-dimensional; experimenting with fusible vinyl.

Thu, 7/23 at 6:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Surface Design Workshop

The basics of block printing, from carving the stamps to printing on different substrates; incorporating metallic foil, felting with wool roving and using thicker machine stitches for a textured look.

Thu, 7/23 at 12:30 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Surface Design Workshop

The basics of block printing, from carving the stamps to printing on different substrates; incorporating metallic foil, felting with wool roving and using thicker machine stitches for a textured look.

Sat, 7/25 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Quilt With Freedom; Quilt With Control

Different methods to free-motion quilt a background; a simple style of quilting that can be achieved with simple materials and a walking foot.

Thu, 7/30 at 6:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Your Machine Quilting Plan

Using simple tools like vellum and markers to test layered designs that complement the piecing; a free-form approach using free-motion, also complementing the fabrics and piecing.

Thu, 7/30 at 12:30 pm America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Your Machine Quilting Plan

Using simple tools like vellum and markers to test layered designs that complement the piecing; a free-form approach using free-motion, also complementing the fabrics and piecing.

Sat, 8/1 at 9:30 am America/Chicago on Austin PBS Create

Fun With Fabric

A start-to-finish tutorial on English paper piecing and way to incorporate it into projects; quilt artist David M. Taylor talks about how to nurture fabrics.