Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

Season 14 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 14 Episode 7: Daisy Doodle (2009) Drunkard's Path style block with no curved seam sewing.
• Season 14 Episode 6: Travel 'n Style (2009) Tote bag for carrying quilting supplies.
• Season 14 Episode 5: Shadow Play (2009) Next on: Wednesday 15th July 10:00am PDT - KOCEDT (KOCE-DT) (PBS) How to press strip sets; cutting with Marti Michell's Kaleido-Ruler.
• Season 14 Episode 4: Curved Paper Piecing -- Grandmother's Daisy Garden (2009) Next on: Wednesday 8th July 10:00am PDT - KOCEDT (KOCE-DT) (PBS) Jodie Davis demonstrates her unique way to do curved paper piecing.
• Season 14 Episode 3: Baby Needs a Quilt (2009) Easy-to-make baby quilts; preparing a quilt to for quilting on a home sewing machine.
• Season 14 Episode 2: Star of Bethlehem (2009) Measure perfectly for the inset squares and triangles for Lone Star blocks.
• Season 14 Episode 1: Star of Bethlehem (2009) Choosing fabric for Lone Star or Star of Bethlehem designs; fabric placement.

Season 13 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 13 Episode 13: Blended Borders (2009) Making a blended borders quilt.
• Season 13 Episode 12: Lets Make Cake (2009) Next on: Saturday 11th July 9:30am PDT - KYNE (PBS) Couching, embroidery and crystals.
• Season 13 Episode 11: A Peek at the Past (2009) Quilt historian Margo Krager shares 19th century French fabric sample books and information about reproduction fabrics.
• Season 13 Episode 10: Printed Labels (2009) Personalizing and printing labels for every kind of quilt.
• Season 13 Episode 9: Longarm Quilting Artists (2009) Stand-up quilting versus sit-down quilting; computerized longarm quilting.
• Season 13 Episode 8: My Style Pillows (2009) Marianne Fons and her daughter, Mary, discuss how they selected fabrics and finished their pillow projects.
• Season 13 Episode 7: Kalamkari Strippy (2009) Making a strippy zigzag quilt with a Pyramid Ruler.
• Season 13 Episode 6: Autopilot Paper Piecing (2009) A pieced cardinal block demonstrates fun and easy paper piecing.
• Season 13 Episode 5: Hand Applique Techniques (2008) Preparation and stitching methods for hand applique; oak leaf and rose block.
• Season 13 Episode 4: Jumbo Embroidered Ferns (2008) Placement techniques for stitching embroidery designs on a sweatshirt.
• Season 13 Episode 3: Diamond Leaves (2008) Planning a quilt with interdependent blocks made from irregular shaped pieces.
• Season 13 Episode 2: Embroidery Makes the Quilt (2008) Placing machine embroidery designs on a special quilting project; sewing curved blocks.
• Season 13 Episode 1: Autumn Stars (2008) Sewing diagonal seams and making a complete quilt block for the Autumn Stars quilt.

Season 12 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 12 Episode 13: Buggy Days Baby Quilt (2008) Using yo-yo units for buggy wheels on a patchwork and applique crib quilt.
• Season 12 Episode 12: Painted Patchwork With Susan Fears (2008) Adding machine embroidery and free motion quilting to paintstik patchwork.
• Season 12 Episode 11: Three Zinnias Wall Quilt (2008) Setting up the machine for accurate diagonal-seam piecing.
• Season 12 Episode 10: Bandanna Beauty Quilt (2008) Creating a large, symmetrical central applique block; hand embroidery.
• Season 12 Episode 9: Williamsburg Basket Wall Quilt (2008) Two methods for making half-square triangles; trimming points for perfect patchwork.
• Season 12 Episode 8: A Visit to Colonial Williamsburg (2008) Historic artifacts inspire new fabrics at Colonial Williamsburg.
• Season 12 Episode 7: Ginger's Flower Garden Wall Quilt (2008) Combining small patchwork blocks to make a whimsical wall quilt.
• Season 12 Episode 6: Cutting Mat Bag (2008) Using pre-quilted fabric to make a tote bag big enough to carry a large rotary cutting mat.
• Season 12 Episode 5: Embroidered Wall Flowers With Susan Fears (2008) Fitting digitized embroidery designs into applique shapes.
• Season 12 Episode 4: Seams Too Easy Quilt (2008) Combining techniques, including wavy rotary cutting, to make a quilt-as-you-go quilt.
• Season 12 Episode 3: Longarm Basics With Heidi Kaisand (2008) Choosing fabrics and threads for quick baby quilts.
• Season 12 Episode 2: Flip Flops (2008) Windowing fusible applique; machine applique stitches.
• Season 12 Episode 1: Spin Wheel Quilt (2008) Partial seaming is used to create a hexagon-shaped block.

Season 11 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 11 Episode 13: Celebrate a New Star (2007) Personalized baby quilt; patchwork ribbon design used in the center and as the border.
• Season 11 Episode 12: Appli-Crazy (2008) Quilting ideas for Log Cabin quilts; circle attachment; decorative stitches for applique; cutting and joining circle blocks.
• Season 11 Episode 11: Wrap It to Go (2007) Customizing a notebook cover and applying bias binding.
• Season 11 Episode 10: Quilting Log Cabin Quilts (2008) Log Cabin quilts; marking designs using a cookie cutter stencil; using hand-held guides to make unique designs.
• Season 11 Episode 9: Mother May I (2008) Getting a new quilter started; the mother/daughter team makes flying geese units; joining long strips and strip set units.
• Season 11 Episode 8: Birthday Stars (2007) A quilt features free-form stars in two sizes; using freezer paper for patchwork templates; aligning and sewing irregular shapes.
• Season 11 Episode 7: Let It Snow (2008) Flannel snowman quilt combines patchwork and applique; layering fusible applique; sewing buttons on by machine.
• Season 11 Episode 6: Thread Scarves (2007) Free-form scarf, fringed scarf and a cowled scarf; couch yarns for added texture.
• Season 11 Episode 5: Monsters in My Closet (2007) A quilt features 3-D doors opening to reveal cute monsters; using novelty fabrics and photos printed on fabric; machine buttonholes.
• Season 11 Episode 4: T-Shirt Quilts (2007) Preparing T-shirts for a T-shirt quilt; charting a design for a T-shirt quilt.
• Season 11 Episode 3: Twice Quilted (2007) Continuous line quilting; stitching focus designs and filler designs, and how to use them together.
• Season 11 Episode 2: Flip a Coin (2007) How to layer and cut strip sets to save time; cutting long lengthwise strips.
• Season 11 Episode 1: Nouveaux Bargello (2007) Bargello wallhanging; tubular strip sets; making a design appear by 'unsewing.'

Season 10 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 10 Episode 13: Binding -- the Perfect Finish (2007) A special tool makes binding look its best; This Old Quilt with Gerald Roy.
• Season 10 Episode 12: Longarm Mastery With Marilyn Badger (2007) Longarm quilting artist Marilyn Badger works with designer Claudia Myers to finish a competition quilt.
• Season 10 Episode 11: Digital Thread Painting With Sylvain Bergeron (2007) Embroidery module method created by Sylvain Bergeron.
• Season 10 Episode 10: Petite Baskets (2007) Charming little basket quilt; perfect piecing; joining blocks for diagonally-set quilts.
• Season 10 Episode 9: Desert Stars (2007) Block construction techniques; staying organized when making a unique, dramatic quilt.
• Season 10 Episode 8: Spice Island Compass (2007) Applique Mariner's Compass units to background blocks and join them to make a batik quilt.
• Season 10 Episode 7: Spice Island Compass (2007) Paper piecing Mariner's Compass units.
• Season 10 Episode 6: Quilting at Windmills With John Flynn (2007) Spiral patchwork quilt blocks; special machine quilting.
• Season 10 Episode 5: Basketweave Baby Quilt (2007) How to stay organized; using partial seams to create a baby quilt for a boy or girl.
• Season 10 Episode 4: Sun and Moons With Jane Sassaman (2007) Jane Sassaman demonstrates the techniques she used to create her contemporary circle quilt.
• Season 10 Episode 3: Radiant Blue (2007) Step-by-step methods for assembling a Feathered Star block.
• Season 10 Episode 2: Radiant Blue (2007) Bias-strip piecing method for making half-square triangles; Feathered Star blocks.
• Season 10 Episode 1: Cottage Square (2007) Pastel florals are combined in a beginner quilt.

Season 9 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 9 Episode 13: Rain Forest (2007) A unique way to cut, stitch and trip a one seam block.
• Season 9 Episode 12: Invisible Machine Applique (2007) How to prepare pieces for invisible machine-applique stitching; adding free-motion quilting with a stitch regulator.
• Season 9 Episode 11: Split Nine Patch (2007) Cutting pieces for Split Nine Patch to make a Blue Streak quilt; several setting variations.
• Season 9 Episode 10: Longarm Tools of the Trade (2007) Customizing longarm quilting designs.
• Season 9 Episode 9: Layered Machine Applique (2007) Using a non-stick pressing sheet and other tricks to prepare applique shapes for layered projects.
• Season 9 Episode 8: Make a Quillow (2007) A quilt that folds up into a sofa pillow.
• Season 9 Episode 7: Flannel Brick Road (2007) Choosing fabrics for Bricks, and several variations of the quilt.
• Season 9 Episode 6: Fabric Bowls With Joyce Drexler (2007) Using fabric scraps and thread to make three-dimensional bowls; adding yarn and other fibers.
• Season 9 Episode 5: Peek-a-Boo Crib Quilt (2006) Novelty fabrics in a reversible quilt-as-you-go baby quilt.
• Season 9 Episode 4: Wool Applique Stitches (2006) Decorative embroidery stitches for wool applique; wool projects.
• Season 9 Episode 3: Designing Quilts With Embroidery Software (2006) How to design a quilt and plan the quilting with special software; machine quilting with a stitch regulator.
• Season 9 Episode 2: Chenille Cuddle Quilt (2006) Four-patch units; working with chenille fabrics; finishing a quilt without binding.
• Season 9 Episode 1: Homespun Galaxy Quilt (2006) A quick way to make hourglass units that become the star points on a cozy, homespun quilt.

Season 8 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 8 Episode 13: Interfacing Applique (2006) Using fusible interfacing to prepare pieces for applique.
• Season 8 Episode 12: Bobbin Play (2006) Putting decorative threads in a machine's bobbin.
• Season 8 Episode 11: Weaver Fever Quilts (2006) Combining light, medium and dark value fabrics for a wall quilt with a 3-dimensional feel.
• Season 8 Episode 10: Multi-Frame Machine Quilting (2006) Making a better quilt back by using less fabric; mounting a quilt in a frame system; designs for home machine quilting; fluffing rag quilts.
• Season 8 Episode 9: Wagon Wheel Quilt (2006) Cut and combine odd-shaped pieces for a hexagonal quilt block; yo-yo centers for blocks.
• Season 8 Episode 8: Fantastic Free Motion Quilting (2006) Building basic free motion machine quilting skills; mock bobbin machine quilting.
• Season 8 Episode 7: Fabric Fun With Paintstiks (2006) Stencils and texture plates create interesting patterns on fabrics.
• Season 8 Episode 6: Thread Embellished Border Prints (2006) Using free-motion thread embellishment, computerized embroidery or fabric paints to create an original look.
• Season 8 Episode 5: Double Wedding Ring II (2006) Binding for 'double wedding ring' quilts and others with irregular edges.
• Season 8 Episode 4: Double Wedding Ring I (2006) 'Double wedding ring' is one of the most popular traditional-quilt patterns in the world.
• Season 8 Episode 3: Design Your Own Fabric With Machine Stitching (2006) Embroidery stitches create unique fabrics for quilts.
• Season 8 Episode 2: Fabric Valentines (2006) Romantic fabric valentines with sentiments, embellished details and an envelope.
• Season 8 Episode 1: Garden Window (2006) Large-scale floral prints.

Season 7 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 7 Episode 13: Half Yard Challenge (2006) Using only five half yard pieces to create a wall quilt; cutting squares, half-square triangles and quarter-square triangles.
• Season 7 Episode 12: Point Trimming (2006) Point trimmer; how to determine the angle to trim a triangle point; how to join pieces using trimmed triangles.
• Season 7 Episode 11: Flying Geese Units (2006) Cutting both types of triangles for Flying Geese units from the same width strip; joining triangles.
• Season 7 Episode 10: Rotary Cutting Basic Shapes (2006) Squaring up fabric and cutting straight strips; cutting accurate squares and rectangles; cutting two types of triangles.
• Season 7 Episode 9: Longarm Quilting (2006) Tips and tricks for longarm quilting projects.
• Season 7 Episode 8: Thread Painted Scene (2006) Turning a photograph into a thread painting; preparing fabric and machine for free-motion stitching.
• Season 7 Episode 7: Vintage Handkerchief Quilts (2006) Using antique handkerchiefs in a quilt; vintage handkerchiefs.
• Season 7 Episode 6: Pine Burr Quilt (2006) Creating the vintage pine burr pattern.
• Season 7 Episode 5: Let's Quilt! (2005) Novelty prints in quilts; patchwork techniques; coordinating other fabrics with busy, novelty prints.
• Season 7 Episode 4: Wedding Wishes Quilt (2005) Pieced equilateral triangles; cutting and assembling equilateral triangles; wedding quilt.
• Season 7 Episode 3: Embroidering Large Quilt Blocks (2005) New attachment for embroidering large designs without re-hooping; aligning and re-hooping large designs.
• Season 7 Episode 2: English Paper Pieced Ornaments (2005) Christmas ornaments made quickly and easily by hand.
• Season 7 Episode 1: Liberated Baskets (2005) Free-form piece a block without any templates.

Season 6 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 6 Episode 13: Basic Borders (2005) Adding borders to quilts and handling corners.
• Season 6 Episode 12: Pre-Quilted Backpack (2005) Making a trendy, quilted backpack from pre-quilted fabric.
• Season 6 Episode 11: Longarm Quilting 101 (2005) The basics of longarm quilting.
• Season 6 Episode 10: Cute Chenille Applique (2005) Designer products feature pre-purchased and homemade chenille strips.
• Season 6 Episode 9: State Fair Blue Ribbon Quilts (2005) Quilt judging at the Iowa State Fair.
• Season 6 Episode 8: Embroidery Stitch Recipes (2005) Using decorative machine stitches and machine embroidery software to make a wall hanging.
• Season 6 Episode 7: Gone Fishin' Panel Quilt (2005) A block features sections from a fishing-themed panel fabric at block center.
• Season 6 Episode 6: Machine Quilting Methods (2005) Quilting on a home sewing machine.
• Season 6 Episode 5: Baby Room Accessories (2005) Nursery items include quilt, crib sheet, bumper pads and dust ruffle.
• Season 6 Episode 4: Needle Punch Embellishment (2005) Needle punch wool.
• Season 6 Episode 3: Bodacious Bloomers (2005) Fusing technique for making little wall quilts; fabric preparation, design and cutting.
• Season 6 Episode 2: Diagonal Set Quilts (2005) Standard diagonal set; diagonal set with sashing, zigzag and strippy layouts.
• Season 6 Episode 1: Off the Beaten Path (2005) Cutting curved pieces for an antique reproduction quilt.

Season 5 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 5 Episode 13: Big Block Quilts (2005) Adapting complex blocks for a full-size one-block quilt.
• Season 5 Episode 12: Fun With Nine-Blade Fan Blocks (2005) A neat, curved-seam fan block can be set many ways.
• Season 5 Episode 11: Embellishing Your Quilt (2005) Unique sewing-machine features enable free-motion quilting and couching.
• Season 5 Episode 10: Traditional Log Cabin Quilts (2005) Cutting and chain-piecing Log Cabin blocks.
• Season 5 Episode 9: No-Mark Quilting Designs (2005) Transferring designs without markers or stencils; choosing threads.
• Season 5 Episode 8: Luminosity Stars (2005) Choosing and fussy-cutting fabrics to create a kaleidoscope quilt.
• Season 5 Episode 7: Perfectly Planned Quilting (2005) Using long-arm methods to customize quilt designs.
• Season 5 Episode 6: Make a Miniature (2005) The recent contest by Love of Quilting magazine; miniquilts.
• Season 5 Episode 5: Panorama Quilts (2005) Using panoramic photo images in designs.
• Season 5 Episode 4: Winter Stars II (2004) Setting side pieces in beautiful star blocks; simplified borders.
• Season 5 Episode 3: Winter Stars I (2004) Creating split diamonds for spectacular star blocks.
• Season 5 Episode 2: Easy Quilted Rag Throw (2004) A machine-embroidery module demonstrates quilting squares for a throw.
• Season 5 Episode 1: Sassy Stars (2004) Partial seaming; tilting and trimming star blocks; a unique and whimsical quilt for a girl.

Season 4 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 4 Episode 13: Keepsaking Your Quilts (2004) Documenting quilts prevents anonymity of people of the past.
• Season 4 Episode 12: Printing on Cloth (2004) Liz and Marianne show techniques of using ink-jet printing on cloth.
• Season 4 Episode 11: Thread for Machine Quilting (2004) Joyce Drexler advises on colors and types of thread for machine quilting.
• Season 4 Episode 10: Diamond Four Patch (2004) Cutting and joining diamonds easily; piecing diagonal rows.
• Season 4 Episode 9: Longarm Quilting in Japan (2004) In Japan, Marilyn Badger learns new techniques and teaches longarm-machine quilting.
• Season 4 Episode 8: Blue Lagoon Tumbling Blocks (2004) Batik equilateral-triangles and diamonds go into a tumbling block quilt.
• Season 4 Episode 7: Crazy Quilts and Bobbin Work (2004) Patchwork, embellished needle-case.
• Season 4 Episode 6: Sunburst Quilt (2004) Rotary-cutting small patchwork; setting seams on a sewing machine.
• Season 4 Episode 5: Fashionable Quilted Totes (2004) Quilted, country-French fabric becomes roomy, multipocketed tote bags.
• Season 4 Episode 4: Washington Pavement (2004) Using only squares and rectangles to make triangles for Washington pavement blocks.
• Season 4 Episode 3: Appliqué Leaves Table Runner (2004) Using a machine embroidery module produces perfect appliqued leaf designs.
• Season 4 Episode 2: Tri-Recs Evening Star (2004) Cutting and piecing long, thin triangles to create star patterns.
• Season 4 Episode 1: Easy Pineapple Blocks (2004) Scrappy pineapple blocks without foundation piecing or special rulers.

Season 3 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 3 Episode 13: Caring for Quilts (2004) Methods for repairing, storing and laundering quilts.
• Season 3 Episode 12: Fabric Motifs for Embroidery (2004) Printed fabric motifs.
• Season 3 Episode 11: Easy Hourglass Units (2004) Patchwork unit.
• Season 3 Episode 10: New York Beauty (2004) Paper piecing.
• Season 3 Episode 9: Curing Curve-O-Phobia (2003) Carved seam piecing.
• Season 3 Episode 8: String Patchwork Stars (2003) String star patchwork quilt.
• Season 3 Episode 7: Quilting the Quilt (2003) Longarm quilter; stitching in small areas.
• Season 3 Episode 6: Flannel Patchwork (2003) Working with flannel fabrics.
• Season 3 Episode 5: Herky Jerky Stitching (2003) Machine applique that resembles stained glass; embroidery.
• Season 3 Episode 4: Machine Quilting Secrets (2003) Machine quilting.
• Season 3 Episode 3: Fun Fused Color Study (2003) Art quilt; fused binding.
• Season 3 Episode 2: Folk Art Wool Applique (2003) Types of wool, thread, stitches; wool applique projects.
• Season 3 Episode 1: Beginning Beading for Quilters (2003) Embellishing quilts with beads.

Season 2 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 2 Episode 13: Fun Edge Finishes (2003) Adding trims to quilt edges; binding.
• Season 2 Episode 12: Free Motion Trapunto (2003) Raised trapunto quilting; planning designs; trimming batting.
• Season 2 Episode 11: Embroidery Module Trapunto (2003) Machine embroidery; trapunto.
• Season 2 Episode 10: Jubilee Album Quilt III: Machine Embellishments (2003) Sewing machine's decorative stitch capabilities; satin stitching; stitch sampler.
• Season 2 Episode 9: Jubilee Album Quilt II: Stem Methods (2003) Stem techniques: leaf-stem units, bias stems, skinny stems.
• Season 2 Episode 8: Jubilee Album Quilt I: Unit Applique (2003) Applique sampler quilt; building combination applique units; pre-joining applique elements; fusible reverse applique.
• Season 2 Episode 7: Fusible Bias Embellishments (2003) Using fusible bias; decorating a vest.
• Season 2 Episode 6: Free Motion Thread Applique (2003) Water-soluble stabilizer; applique; longarm machine.
• Season 2 Episode 5: Embroidery Module Thread Applique (2003) Sewing machine embroidery module; lacy appliques.
• Season 2 Episode 4: Rag Quilt Techniques (2003) Layering and joining fabrics for rag blocks; clipping and assembling blacks.
• Season 2 Episode 3: Chenille Pumpkins (2003) Layering and slicing stacked fabrics to make chenille; pumpkin-shaped appliques.
• Season 2 Episode 2: Continuous Prairie Points (2003) Making continuous prairie points from a single strip of fabric; alternating points; quilt edge.
• Season 2 Episode 1: String Spiderweb Patchwork (2003) Pressing strip sets; cutting string triangles; kaleidoscope ruler; joining wedges; spider web block.

Season 1 - Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

• Season 1 Episode 13: EPISODE: 13 (2003) Halloween wall quilt.
• Season 1 Episode 12: EPISODE: 12 (2003) Long-arm machine quilter Marilyn Badger.
• Season 1 Episode 11: Paper Foundation Piecing (2003) Paper foundation piecing.
• Season 1 Episode 10: Pillowcases (2003) Using a serger to make a pillowcase.
• Season 1 Episode 9: Applique Vines (2002) Making continuous bias for vines; border.
• Season 1 Episode 8: Courthouse Steps Log Cabin (2002) Log cabin variations.
• Season 1 Episode 7: Invisible Machine Applique (2002) Appliques; no-see stitching.
• Season 1 Episode 6: Labels for Your Quilts (2002) Using machine embroidery for customized quilt labels.
• Season 1 Episode 5: Cathedral Window (2002) Making cathedral window units.
• Season 1 Episode 4: Fun With Fusibles (2002) Fusing shapes from print fabrics.
• Season 1 Episode 3: Super Special Binding (2002) Piped binding.
• Season 1 Episode 2: Just Ducky (2002) Baby quilt; fabric designs for appliqués.
• Season 1 Episode 1: Holiday Napkins (2002) Gift napkins; embroidering napkins.