Dear Quilting Friends,

Did you know that each month I create a video to keep you updated on what’s going on at QNNtv.com? Nothing is better than video to show you what’s up! I include clips from both Quilt Out Loud! and Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show to give you a visual heads up as to what is on both shows. Check it out!

Watch Jodie’s May Video for Viewers

This weekend I’ve been keeping pretty close to my computer. We launched the first how-to video for the six-part block of the month, “Jodie’s Sampler,” on the 15th of May. Each month for six months a new video will debut, guiding you through the steps involved in making each of the six block sections of “Jodie’s Sampler.” At the end of that period you’ll be ready to quilt your quilt. (Stay tuned: We won’t leave you hanging then either!)

To find the free pattern for the quilt and watch the free video, visit our sister site, Quilters Club of America. You can choose your own fabrics or purchase a kit in either batik or 30’s fabrics. Either way, come join the fun!

See the Quilt
Getting Started
Watch the Video
Buy a Kit

When you’re reading this I’ll be off to International Quilt Market in Minneapolis to shoot videos for QNNtv.com and two episodes of Quilt Out Loud! While there, we will be celebrating QNNtv.com’s fifth birthday. Yes, fifth! More on that in the next newsletter…

Happy quilting,
Jodie

Jodie visits the Tully Smith Farmhouse, a charming and typical example of a Georgia Piedmont architecture of the Civil War period. She takes us inside to show you the reproduction Rose of Sharon quilt on the bed that inspired the project she designed for this episode. Then she invites viewers to follow her to her sewing room to make an updated stuffed appliqué table topper inspired by the quilt.

Mark drops in on industry icon Mart Michell at her offices in the quaint town of Chamblee, Georgia just outside of Atlanta. Marti gives Mark the tour, from her office to her workroom and the shipping department all the while learning about her fascinating and productive career. You’ll even meet her husband Richard, the behind-the-scenes half of the business!

Watch Quilt Out Loud Episode 11, Segments 3 and 4 now!

Coming up Thursday

Segment 5: Quilt Appraisal

Should you get your quilts appraised? What makes a quilt valuable? Can we predict which quilts will become valuable? What should you collect? Holly Anderson, President of The Professional Association of Appraisers, joins Jodie and Mark to answer these questions and more. Mark and Jodie bring quilts from their collections as examples.

From the front steps of the Tully Smith House, Jodie and Mark share their picks for quilting books from the Civil War period. From how-to to a period diary of a young quiltmaker in Illinois, these choices are sure to inspire!

Look for Quilt Out Loud Episode 11, Segments 5 and 6 Thursday!

Get ready to be amazed. Cathy Franks thinks outside the box when she steps into her long arm studio and proves that you can do way more than just quilt with these fabulous machines. In fact, she says anything you can do on a home sewing machine with a straight stitch you can do on a longarm, and she proves it!

In this episode Cathy shows how you can do many embellishing techniques that are simple and easy and add dimension and texture to all your quilting projects. Use bits of fabric, yarns, and threads in her ingenious techniques: capturing, fringing, and flash and trash.

Segment Two

Did you know you can create fringe on your projects using a long arm? Cathy demonstrates wrapping thread and stitching it down to create funky fringe. Then she shows how she uses nylon netting on her quilt to capture small pieces of thread, stitching them down to recolor and shade the design on a piece of fabric.

In this Short Takes on Long Arm Quilting segment Handi Quilter educator Vicki Hoth turns her attention to thread tension. She explains that it all starts with the bobbin, showing sewn samples of improper tension and the fixes for each.

Watch Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show Episode 2, Segment 2 Now!

Segment Three

Cathy transforms a large print fabric by painting it with “Flash and Trash.” She creates sheets of tiny fusible fabric snippets which become her paint. The fabric having given her the pattern, her finished piece includes threads and fabric snippets for a total fabric makeover.

Watch Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show Episode 2, Segment 3!

It’s easy! Simply login to QNNtv.com. You will be taken to you dashboard page. Look for the big show logos in the center of the page and click on it. Under “Series” click on “Episode List.” There you will find all of the episodes available to date. Click on whichever you wish to watch.

To find out more about any episodes, click on “Visit QuiltOutLoud.com” or “Visit LongarmQuiltingShow.com” on the left side of the page. There you can click on “Episode Notes” on the left side of the page and find notes for each episode.

QNNtv.com is a great deal at only $24 a year. But did you know that you can get a membership in QNNtv.com and watch Quilt Out Loud! and Quilt It! The Longarm Quilting Show all year, plus have access to over 1,000 other videos and a whole lot more when you become a member of Quilters Club of America?

Join QCA and you will receive all of these great benefits:

Click here to get started today!

What quilt pattern is thought to have originated in the Cape Cod area of Massachusetts (think digging on the beach)?