Episode 1601: Cottage Baskets

In this episode, learn a special piecing technique for accurate basket blocks and watch a demontstration for symmetrical basket handles.

Episode 1602: Amish Buggy Wheels

Marianne and Mary demonstrate how to cut no-waste wedge pieces and how to sew curved seams with ease.

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Episode 1603: Serge Your Quilt

Sewing educator Pam Mahshie share with Marianne her techniques to make a quilt using a serger.

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Episode 1604: Christmas Memories

Marianne and Mary demonstrate how to fussy-cut diamond shaped patchwork pieces using a special, no-fail technique.

Episode 1605: Bluebonnet Baby Quilt

Marianne and Mary show how to make and machine applique thin stems for this flower block.

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Episode 1606: Home to Roost

Fabric designer Renee Nanneman shares with Marianne her 3-D applique method using her new fabric line, Home to Roost

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Episode 1607: Twirling Triangles

Marianne and Mary demonstrate Liz's technique for cutting pre-pieced 60-degree triangles from strip sets.

Episode 1608: Valiant Eagle - Part I

Marianne and Mary show assembling applique pieces on a pressing sheet before fusing the design to a background fabric.

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Episode 1609: Valiant Eagle - Part II

Marianne and Mary demonstrate how to make pinwheel blocks and flying geese units using special rulers.

Episode 1610: Drunkard's Path with a New Twist

Sewing educator Pam Mahshie shares with Marianne how she made decorative panels for a Drunkard's Path block.

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Episode 1611: Montana Hearth

Today's program we're working with some pretty challenging patchwork. It's not half-square triangles, it's not a nine-square unit, it's something much more involved - but if you take the time and make the right steps in the process you'll end up with a beautiful, intricate quilt. On today's program you will learn how to cut diamonds from a strip, how to make an eight-pointed star unit, and how to work with set in seams.

Episode 1612: Edge to Edge Quilting

On today's program we're improving our machine quilting skills with special guest, longarmer Heidi Kaisand. She's brought a lot of great methods to share! We'll learn how to draw and balance all-around quilting motifs, how to use individual templates and spray adhesive to space templates evenly, and how to use household items to scale your quilting.

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Episode 1613: Spring Poppies/Fall Foliage

Do you have a large-scale print fabric in your collection that you've just been dying to use? Well, for us the answer to that question is a definite "yes" and on today's show you're going to learn how to use some of those dynamic, dramatic prints and really let them show off. You will learn how to fussy cut a large-scale focal fabric, how to tilt blocks with simple cutting, and how to make a flying geese border.