309 Challenges and Personal Style: problems and questions.
The first challenge is incorporating topical events into quilting. We take a look at the go green exhibit for inspiration. Then Joel Dewberry explores another challenge: how do you add your personal style into your designs? Next it’s the challenge of wearing your quilt projects with Joyce Drexler. How do you make quilted and embroidered designs comfortable? Last up, Andrea Bishop shows us how to print photos on fabric.  It’s really easy, but it can be a challenge if you don’t follow the correct steps.

310 On the Surface: creative ideas for surface embellishment. Our first segment was filmed on location with Julaine Lofquist Burch and a unique way of marbling fabric using shaving cream. Then join author Laura Murray and unmounted stamps as rubbing plates to create mix and match images that are fused into stars. Then Andrea Bishop takes us back to the computer with ways to put words on quilts. Go way beyond quilting labels and play with various ways of incorporating words on to the front of your quilts. Last up its back to Chicago and needle felting on fabric scraps with Beryl Taylor.

311 Color Our World: color as a key part of design.
First up is Laura Wasilowski and a whimsical birdhouse quilt designed right on the spot with prefused fabric scraps. Then visit the True Colors exhibit for an inspiring look at color. Last up is Kathy York with a brand new batik process for a color explosion.

312 Inks & Dyes: roll up your sleeves with paints and dyes. First is Debbie Crane and her great fabric books featuring paint. Then it’s Shelly Stokes for a lesson on adding patina to sewing notions. Next Dianne Giancola joins us for a tutorial on dyeing but not just on fabric. We’re dyeing batting and interfacing for colorful effects. Last up it s quick trip back to Chicago and a new surface for Judy Perez and stitching on metal.

313 Stitch This: free motion quilting and threads and surfaces. Melissa Averinos is our first guest with a simple argyle stitch pattern that can be applied to all different items.   Then it’s a thread tutorial; learn which thread to use with what fabric or maybe even non cloth materials as we make a fabric book.  Next Andrea Bishop shows us how to make stunning visual effects using skewed blocks. Then last up it’s on location with Frieda Anderson for free motion quilting at its best.