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2520 - Clothesline Quilts Part 2
Dec. 25, 2011 and June 24, 2012 | Learn to add a touch of nostalgia to fresh new quilting projects.

2519 - Clothesline Quilts Part 1
Dec. 18, 2011 and June 17, 2012 | Use your fabric stash and vintage designs to create quick and easy quilted projects.

2507 - Grandmother's One-Patch Quilts Part 2
Sept. 25, 2011 and Mar. 25, 2012 | Nancy transforms hexagon blocks, such as those used in Grandmother's Flower Garden, into super-sized blocks created without any "Y" seams—just simple straight stitching. Make Grandmother's dramatic dahlia or a super-sized bouquet. These sensational quilts are easy to make using Nancy's faux-hexagon technique.

2506 - Grandmother's One-Patch Quilts Part 1
Sept. 18, 2011 and Mar. 18, 2012 | Nancy explores traditional quilt blocks such as the time-honored tumbler. She updates the tumbler block using a super-sized template to extend block size from four to ten inches in length—and it's speedy to stitch! Fabrics make a huge difference in the design, and Nancy shows some contemporary variations.

2505 - Art Quilts—Fusible Collage Workshop Part 2
Sept. 11, 2011 and Mar. 11, 2012 | In the second episode of this workshop class, fiber artists Laura Wasilowski and Frieda Anderson and Nancy teach you to embellish your art quilts with hand embroidery, decorative machine stitches, and whimsical stippling. They show how to add elegant borders and wrapped bindings using decorative rotary blades for cutting.

2504 - Art Quilts—Fusible Collage Workshop Part 1
Sept. 4, 2011 and Mar. 4, 2012 | Fiber artists Laura Wasilowski and Frieda Anderson join Nancy to share nature inspired artwork with a workbook approach—one technique at a time. Learn to use bright patterned collages for backgrounds, incorporating weaving, braiding, bias strips, and free form pieces in these small projects. A new approach to using fusibles makes these art quilts incorporating raw edge appliqué easy to assemble.

2419 - Landscape Quilting Workshop Part 3
Dec. 19, 2010 and June 19, 2011 | The final episode in this series deals with the trickiest part of landscape quilting—ground cover! Nancy and her quilting buddy Natalie Sewell show how to achieve movement and depth in ground cover by layering and working with a multitude of fabrics in a random and unruly way. Give life to your designs by highlighting and shading with markers and oil pastels. Then stipple to your heart's content following the movement of the fabric.

2418 - Landscape Quilting Workshop Part 2
Dec. 12, 2010 and June 12, 2011 | In the second episode of this mini workshop class, landscape artists Natalie Sewell and Nancy teach you to make gorgeous blooms, buds, and leaves. Shade and highlight blossoms, buds, and leaves for a 3D effect, and resize to add realism to your artwork. Stipple details, and outline petals, grasses, and leaves—let your fabric and design dictate how you stitch.

2417 - Landscape Quilting Workshop
Dec. 5, 2010 and June 5, 2011 | Nancy and her quilting mentor Natalie Sewell show you how to cut, shade, paint, and stipple trees. Their landscape quilt designs feature light and dark plus distant and close-up trees. Learn "messy cutting," shading/highlighting with various mediums, and learn how to stipple in a way that adds dimension to the trees.

2416 - Column Quilts Part 2
Nov. 28, 2010 and May 29, 2011 | Use leftover fabrics to make an easy to sew Scrappy Column Quilt with dimensional inserts. Folding and pressing are the secrets to making this fun quilt with interesting shapes. Also learn new tricks with batting, and add bridging strips to traditional blocks to create a column concept.

2415 - Column Quilts
Nov. 21, 2010 and May 22, 2011 | Nancy explains the simple process of quilting in columns instead of the traditional squares, triangles, and blocks. The color flow is continuous with one color leading into another color. Learn to do reversible quilting using flannel or conventional batting, and how to transform a quilt to a larger size by simply adding length and more columns.

2414 - Bargello Quilts with a Twist Part 2
Nov. 14, 2010 and May 15, 2011| Author and prolific quilter Maggie Ball joins Nancy to present her ingenious Bargello quilt block. Maggie and Nancy share the secrets for planning the blocks, choosing color and value, and making versatile designs by combining strip sets. They show how to make a one of a kind quilt using 24 identical blocks with various layout options. Maggie showcases several of her Bargello quilts.

2413 - Bargello Quilts with a Twist Part 1
Nov. 7, 2010 and May 8, 2011| Nancy and Maggie Ball, author and quilt designer, demonstrate easy to piece Bargello quilt blocks and twist them to yield a variety of designs. They teach a basic plan to select fabric, arrange and stitch the strips, cut strips into segments, and layout the blocks. Then they make a Tessellating Butterflies runner with 12 identical blocks and sashing strips. Maggie showcases several quilts.