Explore color theory while creating a quilted pillow! Designed by Kari Matthews, this project gives the effect of transparent layers of color with overlapping diamonds. The diamond-shaped angles are created using mirrored foundations, so we'll brush up on our foundation-piecing skills, and as a bonus, we'll show a little feed-dog quilting using a guide bar.

Sara Gallegos loves a Pickle Dish design, and decided to get "crazy" with it! This episode features two methods for creating crazy pieced fabric, and then how to cut and sew that fabric for the curved patchwork of the quilt block. Next, we'll investigate thread options for the decorative stitching that defines crazy quilting, and hear a few tips for working with heavier threads on your machine.

Guest Gigi Levsen joins Sara Gallegos on this episode to teach Diamond Sparkle, a unique, creative quilt that is both feels both traditional and strikingly modern. Making pieced diamonds requires some unusual techniques, such as cutting strips sets on a new 60-degree diagonal. The settings for these diamonds also require an approach that you may not have encountered before, but the results are worth it!

Sara Gallegos presents We Are Connected by Maria Matthews, but re-interprets the design, swapping in a 'holiday green' for the 'patriotic blues;' for a festive take on this classic quilt. The quilt features one core block in two colorways, and Sara introduces a little piecing challenge with directional fabrics.

Sara Gallegos presents We Are Connected by Maria Matthews, but re-interprets the design, swapping in a 'holiday green' for the 'patriotic blues;' for a festive take on this classic quilt. The quilt features one core block in two colorways, and Sara introduces a little piecing challenge with directional fabrics.

Sara Gallegos presents We Are Connected by Maria Matthews, but re-interprets the design, swapping in a 'holiday green' for the 'patriotic blues;' for a festive take on this classic quilt. The quilt features one core block in two colorways, and Sara introduces a little piecing challenge with directional fabrics.

Sara Gallegos presents We Are Connected by Maria Matthews, but re-interprets the design, swapping in a 'holiday green' for the 'patriotic blues;' for a festive take on this classic quilt. The quilt features one core block in two colorways, and Sara introduces a little piecing challenge with directional fabrics.

Sara Gallegos presents We Are Connected by Maria Matthews, but re-interprets the design, swapping in a 'holiday green' for the 'patriotic blues;' for a festive take on this classic quilt. The quilt features one core block in two colorways, and Sara introduces a little piecing challenge with directional fabrics.

The patchwork postcards we featured on a previous series of Love of Quilting were so popular, we invited guest Nancy Bronstein to join us and try out a few more designs! These patchwork postcards are a no-pressure place to play with designs and stitches. Learn how to stitch-and-flip in the hoop, adapt a mini-block to be a standard postcard size, and even a special aging technique to give your postcard a vintage look!

This Quilt of Valor designed by Krisanne Watkins features three fabrics and one block, and creates a wonderful optical illusion simply through the quilt block's placement. Banner is a fun quilt to make, using the power of the 45-degree angle combined with strips sets for an amazing design. You'll get the added bonus of a few sweet sawtooth stars to create the patriotic patchwork.

Angela Huffman's fun quilt, Boho Bliss, requires a little strategic color placement to achieve the striking design. She'll share some tricks for keeping organized, sewing the correct number of patchwork pieces for each color, and chain piecing for efficiency. She also shows two methods for aligning seams just so, ensuring a nice alignment where the colors meet.