In episode 222 of The Stitch TV Show online quilt show, Pam and Lynn engage in another round of “how should I quilt this?” with three samples, and then answer questions from the audience! This was filmed in front of a live studio audience at the East Cobb Quilters’ Guild “Georgia Celebrates Quilts” Quilt Show & Market. This episode is brought to you by Ink & Arrow Fabrics, a QTFabrics company!

The quilts hanging behind us are varied:

Summertime Blues, by Pam (see how she quilted it in this blog post)

Perfect Fit by HollyAnne

Emilio, our upcoming pattern, with fabric from the Paloma line by Junebee for Ink & Arrow! You’ll see how Pam quilted it in our next episode!

Tips and links for this episode:

• The epic playlist from our quilt show on Spotify, which we put together on our road trip to QuiltCon!
• Sharon Schamber’s thread basting method with boards
• Christa Watson’s spray basting method

• Today’s episode was brought to you by Ink & Arrow Fabrics, because fabric should be fun!

• Thanks to our production partners 77peaches enterprises and Big Think Productions.

• Audio only versions of the show are available in the Hip to be a Square quilting podcast feed.
• The Stitch TV Show mugs are available from Lasting Impressions Atlanta! Purchase options will be on their website shortly.
• Our next Virtual Stitch-In is tonight July 14 at 7pm, and then again on August 18, 2017 US Eastern
• If you enjoyed it, help spread the word on your blog, or share on social media and tag us with #TheStitchTVShow!

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Welcome to the final installment of the Blogging the Belinda Quilt series as we walk through tips and inspiration to make this giant hexagon quilt. In previous weeks, we’ve looked at some simple ways to make pieced hexagons, and some ideas to spice it up with some trickier arrangements.

In this final blog, we’ll look at how the border might change to accommodate the aesthetic of the pieced hexagons, and some quilting tips.

Because the border is so scrappily pieced, you might think there’s no need to change anything up, but as you are going through your scraps to use in the pieced hexagons, you will likely run across fabrics that didn’t make it into the hexagons themselves but deserve a spot in the border. The benefit of that is you can create enough length for the pieced border, you might want to frame the entire center of the quilt with the pieced border rather than just the two sides as outlined in the pattern. Remember to get extra background fabric to accommodate the additional two outer border pieces as required, too.

Once you have that top assembled, it’s time to come up with your quilting plan of action. In our original sample for the cover quilt for the Belinda quilt pattern, the hexagons were custom quilted with different motifs. For this particular version of the Belinda quilt, I took advantage of the solid fabrics to quilt hearts in those open spaces, and filled in the rest of the center with a meander design.

Once I got to the fill-in border, I used my walking foot to follow the shape of the outside of the hexagon assembly, and then did straight line quilting around the pieced and outer borders.

Hopefully you’ve been inspired to give some pieced hexagons (or whole ones as in the original pattern!) a go. You can get a copy of the digital quilt pattern for the Belinda quilt at our shop!

In this episode of the Sewlebrity Soft Pants Stitch-In, Pam and Lynn of The Stitch TV Show talk with Judi Madsen of Green Fairy Quilts! We know Judi from her blog, books, classes on iquilt.com, and all around quilting talent.

Here is one of Judi’s quilt, “Free Spirit”, which will be hanging in the Fall Paducah show!

You can see her class listing for the upcoming September 2017 Paducah Show on the AQS website. And here’s how Pam learned about Lynn’s experience in Judi’s class.

Learn more about Judi and her shop at Green Fairy Quilts, or follow her on social media:

• Instagram @GreenFairyQuilts
• Twitter @GreenFairyQuilts
• Facebook @GreenFairyQuilts
• Check our her books Quilting Wide Open Spaces and Secondary Quilt Designs on Amazon

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We are very excited to announce our newest quilt pattern: the Emilio quilt! This lap sized version (69 x 69″) uses basic quilt units set on point for a dynamic layout.

The fabrics we used for the cover quilt are from the Paloma fabric line by Junebee for Ink & Arrow Fabrics. This is a color-rich collection of gorgeous prints inspired by the designs of Emilio Pucci (hence the name).  I used this fabulous Italian fashion icon for inspiration in the quilt design; you can see more in the Emilio Quilt Pinterest board we have for this pattern for some of the inspiration!

The fabrics from the Paloma line have very similar value, which really blends the boundaries between the quilt units. To get a better idea of the quilt design with stronger contrast, here’s a gray scale version in the alternate baby size (52 x 52″).

The fabric requirements for the lap-sized pattern are perfect for a 5 yard bundle plus 2 yards of background fabric. You find out more about the fabric requirements and the Emilio digital quilt pattern itself in our shop.

We’re back in the studio for episode 223 of  The Stitch TV Show online quilt show! We’re talking about the value of value (and edge) in fabric choices and revealing the judge’s comments from our entries in the recent guild quilt show. This episode is brought to you by Ink & Arrow Fabrics, a QTFabrics company!

The quilt hanging behind us is our new Emilio pattern! Check out more pictures of the variations or buy the pattern.

Tips and links for this episode:

• Enter the Paloma fabric giveaway before August 9, 2017! Paloma was designed by Junebee for Ink & Arrow Fabrics. You can win 6 FQs and 1 yard of coordinating Pixie Dots using the Rafflecopter entry below.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

• Alicia Jacobs Dujets designed the Mingle & Jingle fabric line we use in the value discussion. Learn more about her in our Sewlebrity Soft Pants Stitch-In interview!
• Bill Kerr of Modern Quilt Studio is an amazing teacher! Check out his and his partner Weeks Ringle’s book Transparency Quilts.

• Value finders can be helpful in distinguishing contrast between fabrics
• Better pictures of our quilt show entries. Judge’s comments are not scary!!
  • Coffee is Not My Cup of Tea by Lynn; this is her Castle Wall quilt, pattern by Mickey Depre. Pictures of this quilt will be available in a future episode!
  • The Nope! Quilt by Pam from Episode 209
  • Diamonds are Forever by Lynn from Episode 210, which won an Honorable Mention
  • Hogwart’s Required Reading by Pam
  • Bonkers by Lynn from Episode 220, which tied for the Quilter’s Choice ribbon
  • No Regrets by Pam from Episode 218

• Today’s episode was brought to you by Ink & Arrow Fabrics, because fabric should be fun!

• Thanks to our production partners 77peaches enterprises and Big Think Productions.

• Audio only versions of the show are available in the Hip to be a Square quilting podcast feed.
• The Stitch TV Show mugs are available from Lasting Impressions Atlanta!
• Our next Virtual Stitch-In is tonight August 18 at 7pm US Eastern
• If you enjoyed it, help spread the word on your blog, or share on social media and tag us with #TheStitchTVShow!

When we make a quilt pattern, we typically end up with three different version of it; the cover quilt, the “alternate ending”, and the shop sample that can be used in a trunk show for local quilt shops.

I wanted to show the shop sample for the Emilio quilt because it’s always interesting to see a pattern in yet another fabric range.  The cover quilt for Emilio had very little difference in value; the alternate ending baby size was nothing but value contrast as done in gray scale.

So here’s what the shop sample that falls between those two extremes looks like:

For shop samples, you want to use fabric that the shop actually carries, if at all possible.  Our LQS carries the Pat Sloan line Sunday Drive from Moda, so we complemented that with a solid lime green for the background.

Of course, using a solid in this pattern for the background, compared to the original cover quilt with a print in that area, means you can focus on showing off a quilting design.

One of the common themes in our “How would you quilt this?” segments is drawing quilting inspiration from the motifs of the fabrics themselves, and that’s exactly what I did here.  I freehand sketched the flower shape with a water-soluble pen, and then went over it with two lines of stitching in a contrasting thread.

Check out the digital download of the Emilio quilt pattern yourself and get stitching!

In this episode of the Sewlebrity Soft Pants Stitch-In, Pam and Lynn of The Stitch TV Show talk with Christopher Thompson aka The Tattooed Quilter! We know Chris from his lecture at QuiltCon and his fabulous Instagram account, but learn more about his start in quilting, and preferences on sour vs sweet, Destiny’s Child vs TLC, and what Broadway show might be overhyped.

Chris showed off the start of his adorable pineapple mini; here’s the finished product!

Check out his new collection Blue Carolina with Riley Blake Fabrics, shipping to stores this month!

Edie wanted to participate in the conversation, too:

Learn more about Chris and his quilts on social media:

• Instagram @The_Tattooed_Quilter
• Twitter @TheTattooedQuilter
• Facebook @TheTattooedQuilter
• Blog @TheTattooedQuilter.com/blog

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Join us for another fun evening of stitching and laughing. We’ll be joined by a special guest and new friend, so tune in from 7-8:30pm Friday August 11, or catch the replay! Chat with us live on the YouTube event page.

Join Pam and Lynn for episode 224 of The Stitch TV Show online quilt show! We’re diving into free motion quilting tips on a domestic machine and geeking out with math about the cost vs benefit of precut fabrics. This episode is brought to you by The Precut Store!

The quilt hanging behind us is Lynn’s “Lone Starburst” quilt; pattern from the Kimberly Einmo. book “Jelly Roll Magic“.

Tips and links for this episode:

• Enter the pre-cut bundle fabric giveaway before August 24, 2017, courtesy of The Precut Store! You can win 3 charm packs and a jelly roll of Moda Bella Snow using the Rafflecopter entry below. Buttons are also included!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Tips and items from the free motion quilting discussion:

• • The Supreme Slider can make a smoother surface for FMQ
  • The Gidget table is a travel table option with a set-in machine
  • Making a flush set for your sewing machine with an IKEA table
  • Christa Watson’s squish and smoosh method for FMQ
  • Pam’s redneck engineering solution to extending her sewing machine work surface
  • Leah Day’s solution for hacking your hopping FMQ foot
  • NOTE: Pam mentioned platinum needles at the 27:00 mark, and got it wrong! She meant titanium needles, which can sometimes prevent flex in free motion quilting. Pretty sure we couldn’t afford platinum needles!
  • Better examples of Pam’s go-to FMQ designs, Orange Peel and Ribbon Candy:

• • Suggested books on domestic machine and free motion quilting:
    • Machine Quilting with Style by Christa Watson
    • The Ultimate Guide to Machine Quilting by Christa Watson and Angela Walters
    • Step-by-Step Free-Motion Quilting by Christina Cameli

• Today’s episode was brought to you by The Precut Store, your one-stop shop for precut fabrics, kits, and thread!

• Thanks to our production partners 77peaches enterprises and Big Think Productions.

• Audio only versions of the show are available in the Hip to be a Square quilting podcast feed.
• The Stitch TV Show mugs are available from Lasting Impressions Atlanta!
• Our next Virtual Stitch-In is tonight (not the 18th! Pam was wrong AGAIN!) August 11 at 7pm US Eastern
• If you enjoyed it, help spread the word on your blog, or share on social media and tag us with #TheStitchTVShow!

In this episode of the Sewlebrity Soft Pants Stitch-In, Pam and Lynn of The Stitch TV Show talk with Patience Griffin, the author of the Kilts and Quilts fiction series! Learn more about small town life, hunky Scotsmen, and even how to cover up crying at work.

Check out the quilt patterns inspired by each of Patience’s novels on her website.  Here’s the series in order (links to Amazon):

• To Scotland with Love
• Meet Me in Scotland
• Some Like it Scottish
• The Accidental Scot
• The Trouble with Scotland
• It Happened in Scotland

… and enter to win a copy of the first book, To Scotland with Love on Patience’s website!

Learn more about Patience, her books and quilts on social media:

• Facebook at Patience Griffin
• Instagram @Patience.Griffin
• Twitter @PatienceGriffin
• Blog @PatienceGriffin.com

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Join Pam and Lynn for the first episode of Season 3 of The Stitch TV Show online quilt show! We’re talking about finding inspiration when you have none, and weird, unconventional tools you’d be surprised have a purpose in the sewing room.

This episode is brought to you by Ink & Arrow Fabrics!

The quilt hanging behind us is our Sportsball quilt in Green Bay Packer’s colors. Pam’s husband is still kind of mad about that Atlanta Falcons game. Get the pattern and make your own version in your team’s colors!

Tips and links for this episode:

• Turns out that was actually Arthur Murray and not Fred Astaire that went to Georgia Tech!
• Lynn’s TV & movie inspiration: Beauty and the Beast (with a lot of singing) and Outlander
• What’s a one-patch quilt? EQ7 has a good explanation or check out this book on one patch quilts.
• Unconventional tools in the sewing room:
  • Blue painter’s tape
  • Phonebooks!
  • Purple glue sticks
  • Pipe cleaners
  • Liquid or spray starch
  • No. 2 pencils (classic wooden ones)
  • Tweezers
  • Suction cup organizers
  • Bamboo skewers
  • Hairspray
  • Parchment paper and freezer paper
  • Rubber jar openers
  • Comic book backer boards (see also our episode 107, or this blog post on how to fold fabric on the backer boards.

• Today’s episode was brought to you by Ink & Arrow Fabrics, because fabric should be fun! Check out their Pixie Dots line which we’ll be featuring in the coming months!

• Thanks to our production partners 77peaches enterprises and Big Think Productions.

• Audio only versions of the show are available in the Hip to be a Square quilting podcast feed.
• The Stitch TV Show mugs are available from Lasting Impressions Atlanta!
• Our next Virtual Stitch-In is Friday Sept 8 at 7pm US Eastern.
• If you enjoyed it, help spread the word on your blog, or share on social media and tag us with #TheStitchTVShow!

I’m very excited that our friend Christa Watson has a new book, Piece and Quilt with Precuts! Christa is an awesome teacher and all around great cheerleader for quilting and modern quilts. Her new book focuses on both using precut fabrics of all sizes and how exactly to quilt those quilts. Taking the guesswork out of that step can be quite liberating, as we’ve seen on our “How Should I Quilt This?” episodes of the show.

To help Christa celebrate, we’re participating in her blog hop, and have made a version of the Kites quilt. The original pattern uses a 10″ full layer cake, 5″ charm pack, and 2 1/2″ square pack plus background fabric and to make a queen sized quilt. I scaled it down a bit to make a lap size with only 9 blocks.

The quilting uses two different designs: one in the background and one in the precut fabrics. My favorite of the two is the Packed Flowers design in the purple background, which you can see in this close-up!

You can see the other versions of the Kites quilt and all the quilts in the book by visiting Christa’s master post for the blog hop. Some of the other blog hoppers are hosting giveaways, so check them all out!

To get your own copy of the book, you can get a copy directly from Christa’s store (which she’ll autograph!), Amazon, or check your local quilt shop!

In this episode of the Sewlebrity Soft Pants Stitch-In, Pam and Lynn talk with Christa Watson, modern quilter, teacher, and author extraordinaire! Learn more about the life of a travelling quilt teacher, quilting on a domestic machine, and what it means to be “fun-sized”.

Check out the recent blog hop for Christa’s new book, Piece and Quilt with Precuts, for some fun modern quilt inspiration. You can get a autographed copy direct from Christa directly at her shop, on Amazon or at your local quilt shop!

Learn more about Christa, her quilting and patterns on social media:

• Instagram @ChristaQuilts
• Facebook at her Quilt With Christa group
• Blog @ChristaQuilts.com

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We are happy to introduce our latest quilt pattern, Main Squeeze!  Lynn designed this precut friendly quilt to use a 10″ layer cake as setting triangles for the “squeeze” block.   When Pam got hold of it, she wanted to use a jelly roll for the center strips, so now you can get both versions in the same pattern!

The cover quilt is Lynn’s original layer cake design with yardage of 3 different fabrics:

The cover quilt, made with 10″ square precuts, comes out to 80 x 72″.

When Pam got her hands on it, the version she designed with 2 1/2″ strips comes out to a nice lap size at 59 x 65″:

Check out the Main Squeeze digital pattern for fabric requirements for either version, and get stitching!

Our episode on free motion quilting on a domestic machine was so popular, we are back to talk about longarm quilting tips!  We also talk about what criteria quilters use to choose patterns and books.

This episode is brought to you by Ink & Arrow Fabrics!

The quilt hanging behind us is our new Main Squeeze pattern quilt! The one in this episode is made with a layer cake, and there’s also a jelly roll version! Get the pattern and make your own version!

Tips and links for this episode:

• Lynn uses Red Snappers to load quilts on her longarm
• Learn to dip your thread in mineral oil to help keep down lint!
• That big box home improvement store has canvas aprons for sale for $0.97 (the price went up from when Pam bough them before!)
• Why is music helpful to listen to while quilting?
• You may want to try a saddle stool while longarm quilting
• Pam references Joan Ford‘s quilting books for scrap quilting

• Today’s episode was brought to you by Ink & Arrow Fabrics, because fabric should be fun! Check out their Pixie Dots line!

• Thanks to our production partners 77peaches enterprises and Big Think Productions.

• Audio only versions of the show are available in the Hip to be a Square quilting podcast feed.
• The Stitch TV Show mugs are available from Lasting Impressions Atlanta!
• Our next Virtual Stitch-In is Friday Sept 8 at 7pm US Eastern.
• If you enjoyed it, help spread the word on your blog, or share on social media and tag us with #TheStitchTVShow!

Join us tonight for some quilting, chatting, and laughs!  We’re going to be joined by our friend Brian again, so pull up the ol’ laptop or smart device and tune in! If you’re rather watch on YouTube and chat with us live from 7-8:30pm US Eastern, come on over!

In this episode of the Sewlebrity Soft Pants Stitch-In, Pam and Lynn talk with Mickey Depre, quilt artist, teacher, author, and coffee enthusiast! Learn more about “zen” sewing, coffee vs tea, her very perplexing junk food choices (perplexing to Pam, but Lynn is in Mickey’s camp), and a funny saying from her granddad about ducks.

Learn more about Mickey on social media:

• Instagram @MDQuilts
• Facebook at her Pieced Hexies with Mickey Depre group
• Pinterest @Mickey Depre
• Blog @MDQuilts.com

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Join us for a detailed discussion of the many ways to make half square triangles (including some charts with results from our earlier poll!) and the basics of making fabric postcards.

This episode is brought to you by Ink & Arrow Fabrics!

The quilt hanging behind us is the baby size version of our Emilio quilt pattern. Get the digital pattern at our shop and make your own version!

Tips and links for this episode:

• The tutorial for the hexagon pincushion caddy can be found at Penny’s Hands.
• Nancy Zieman’s retirement letter and her biography Seams Unlikely on Amazon
• Half Square Triangle tips
  • Quilter’s Magic Wand
  • E-Z Angle Ruler and Bonnie Hunter’s tutorial
  • Triangles on a Roll (4″)
  • Thangles (4″)
  • Triangulations software
  • Bloc-Loc rulers
  • The Sewing with Nancy episode on making multiple HSTs at a time with precuts (go to the 2:00 mark or so)
  • The Angler that goes on the bed of your sewing machine
  • What it means to “spin your seams”
    • The chart on HST preferences:

• Fabric postcards
  • More inspiration and tutorials on fabric postcards from Patchwork Posse
  • You would use this type of rubber stamp to make the postcard back.

• Today’s episode was brought to you by Ink & Arrow Fabrics, because fabric should be fun! Check out their Pixie Dots basics line!

• Thanks to our production partners 77peaches enterprises and Big Think Productions.

• Audio only versions of the show are available in the Hip to be a Square quilting podcast feed.
• The Stitch TV Show mugs are available from Lasting Impressions Atlanta!
• Our next Virtual Stitch-In is Friday October 13 at 7pm US Eastern.
• If you enjoyed it, help spread the word on your blog, or share on social media and tag us with #TheStitchTVShow!

In this episode of the Sewlebrity Soft Pants Stitch-In, Pam and Lynn talk with April Wells of Sew Darn Cute Quilting and her fabulous longarm quilting! We talk about what it’s like to do longarm quilting for other people, tough choices in quilting, and “DVR worthy” television hunks.

Connect with April on social media:

• Instagram @SewDarnCuteQuilting
• Facebook @SewDarnCuteQuilting
• Blog @SewDarnCuteQuilting

If you enjoyed it, help spread the word on your blog, or share on social media and tag us with #TheStitchTVShow!

Join us for some stitching and chatting for our virtual stitch-in Friday from 7-8:30pm US Eastern.  Watch here on the blog, or pop on over to YouTube during the livestream to chat with us directly!