Dear Quilting Friends,

First thing in the morning, Mark took off in Jodie’s truck to knock on Jodie’s bee buddy Jennifer Yacola’s door. Another northerner turned southerner, Jennifer wows her Bee friends with every new quilt she makes. And she wowed Mark. She numbers each quilt she makes and calls them “practice quilts” which is why Jodie wanted Mark to meet her. Each one is hand quilted, from her original Mariner’s Compass design to her needle turn appliqué album quilt. “Practice” quilts? You be the judge!

Jodie spirits Mark away from quilting to her favorite restaurant, Milton’s, in the quaint town of Milton, Georgia. There Katherine DeSantis, bar tender extraordinaire, mixes up signature drinks from the south and then from the north for the duo to sample. Find out which ones they liked and which received a thumbs down.

Click here to watch segments 3 and 4 of episode 12!

Join Jodie in her sewing room to learn both regular paper piecing and her curved technique while making a cupcake block that you can then sew into a placemat.  Jodie shows her tricks for making paper piecing easy. Prefect for a birthday celebration!

Mark and Jodie celebrate their birthdays at Jodie’s kitchen table, review books with great gift projects, and exchange their own gifts to one another. Alas, they are in fact loved, and don’t end up spending their birthday party alone. Three of Jodie’s friends from boot camp arrive to celebrate the occasion!

Watch segments 5 and 6 starting Thursday!

Quilting makes the quilt! The problem is, with limitless possibilities for quilting, how do you choose a design? Suzanne Hyland joins Jodie in the studio to walk through the thought process she uses when she examines a quilt and decides upon the best route to take with her quilting. She starts by asking some basic questions.

Segment Two

Now that we have a general idea of what we wish to do, how do you know what quilt pattern to use, and what about placement? Suzanne uses Quilters Preview Paper to audition her designs, and then stitches them out to test them with real thread-without committing to them!

In Short Takes on Longarm Quilting, Vicki Hoth turns her attention to the often neglected back of quilts. She offers tips for choosing backing fabrics, shows how to seam a quilt, and how you can make a quilt for the back by piecing quilt backings.

Segment Three

Using quilt tops borrowed from friends, Suzanne walks viewers through her decision-making process in choosing quilting designs, textures, patterns, and thread for each top. She shows which elements she wishes to accentuate and which call for unifying, and gives options for backgrounds.

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