Embrace the fray! Host Sara Gallegos presents 'Frayed Fanfare,' a quilt that sidesteps curved piecing with the fun use of raw-edge applique. The homespun look is underscored by the use of three non-traditional fabrics: flannel, linen, and "dobby" wovens. These colorful, loosely woven fabrics are tacked down with black thread a bold choice for any quilter! Let your edges unravel in the best way on today's episode!

Embrace the fray! Host Sara Gallegos presents 'Frayed Fanfare,' a quilt that sidesteps curved piecing with the fun use of raw-edge applique. The homespun look is underscored by the use of three non-traditional fabrics: flannel, linen, and "dobby" wovens. These colorful, loosely woven fabrics are tacked down with black thread a bold choice for any quilter! Let your edges unravel in the best way on today's episode!

Embrace the fray! Host Sara Gallegos presents 'Frayed Fanfare,' a quilt that sidesteps curved piecing with the fun use of raw-edge applique. The homespun look is underscored by the use of three non-traditional fabrics: flannel, linen, and "dobby" wovens. These colorful, loosely woven fabrics are tacked down with black thread a bold choice for any quilter! Let your edges unravel in the best way on today's episode!

Peppered cotton is a "shot" cotton fabric with a distinct warp and weave. The shimmery effect makes a striking quilt, and has the added benefit of having no "wrong" side, so it's worth using...Even if it unravels easily! On this episode, you'll learn techniques for handling this fabric, hear strip-piecing and foundation piecing tips, and find out the correct way to attach long strips to prevent waviness.

Peppered cotton is a "shot" cotton fabric with a distinct warp and weave. The shimmery effect makes a striking quilt, and has the added benefit of having no "wrong" side, so it's worth using...Even if it unravels easily! On this episode, you'll learn techniques for handling this fabric, hear strip-piecing and foundation piecing tips, and find out the correct way to attach long strips to prevent waviness.

In this episode, host Angela Huffman takes her pieced top from the previous show and quilts it! The open space is ideal for straight-line quilting with channel locks. You'll also see how to give to look of an "on-point" quilt block with stitching alone, and how see how Angela create stunning "ghost blocks" that mirror the patchwork. All of these designs can be quilted on a longarm or a home sewing machine!

In this episode, host Angela Huffman takes her pieced top from the previous show and quilts it! The open space is ideal for straight-line quilting with channel locks. You'll also see how to give to look of an "on-point" quilt block with stitching alone, and how see how Angela create stunning "ghost blocks" that mirror the patchwork. All of these designs can be quilted on a longarm or a home sewing machine!

On this episode, Sara Gallegos presents a quilt that is simply delicious, Chocolate Cherry Pie by Lynn Christenson. You'll see the original quilt, as well as Sara's twist on the fabric choices to switch up the "ingredients." Using classic patchwork techniques for a sweet design, this is a quilt pattern you'll find yourself making again and again. Enjoy a sweet slice of Chocolate Cherry Pie!

On this episode, Sara Gallegos presents a quilt that is simply delicious, Chocolate Cherry Pie by Lynn Christenson. You'll see the original quilt, as well as Sara's twist on the fabric choices to switch up the "ingredients." Using classic patchwork techniques for a sweet design, this is a quilt pattern you'll find yourself making again and again. Enjoy a sweet slice of Chocolate Cherry Pie!

Angela Huffman fell for Heartfall, a quilt designed by Rachelle Craig with columns off-set falling quilt blocks. Its 'Wrapped Heart' quilt block is a fun one to make, and easy to adapt-a good one for any quilter's block library! Angela teaches you how to create setting triangles and corner triangles, strategies for skinny sashing, and how to address bias edges with stay-stitching.

Angela Huffman fell for Heartfall, a quilt designed by Rachelle Craig with columns off-set falling quilt blocks. Its 'Wrapped Heart' quilt block is a fun one to make, and easy to adapt-a good one for any quilter's block library! Angela teaches you how to create setting triangles and corner triangles, strategies for skinny sashing, and how to address bias edges with stay-stitching.

Guest Nancy Bronstein joins Sara Gallegos on the set of Love of Quilting to share a fascinating technique embroidered spiral quilting! Using the sewing machine's embroidery functions and hoop, Nancy showcases this method on the quilt Sara created in the previous episode (Rainbow Geese), showing yet another way to personalize the pattern.

Guest Nancy Bronstein joins Sara Gallegos on the set of Love of Quilting to share a fascinating technique embroidered spiral quilting! Using the sewing machine's embroidery functions and hoop, Nancy showcases this method on the quilt Sara created in the previous episode (Rainbow Geese), showing yet another way to personalize the pattern.

For the 25th anniversary of Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting, Angela Huffman created a medallion quilt that spans two episodes. In this first episode, applique is the focus, and three methods for creating the appliqued flowers. You'll also learn how to construct the border diamonds and the Jacob's Ladder Block.

For the 25th anniversary of Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting, Angela Huffman created a medallion quilt that spans two episodes. In this first episode, applique is the focus, and three methods for creating the appliqued flowers. You'll also learn how to construct the border diamonds and the Jacob's Ladder Block.

Binding a quilt is that last finishing step for quilters, and an important one. On this episode, Sara Gallegos invites us to focus on the techniques needed for a successful binding, walking through construction, application, mitering corners, and joining ends. There are also quick tips for bias binding and creating perfect corners for double fold binding.

Binding a quilt is that last finishing step for quilters, and an important one. On this episode, Sara Gallegos invites us to focus on the techniques needed for a successful binding, walking through construction, application, mitering corners, and joining ends. There are also quick tips for bias binding and creating perfect corners for double fold binding.

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.

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.

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!

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!

Let patchwork and nature-inspire your free-motion quilting! Angela Huffman uses the butterfly-shaped blocks in this quilt to guide her quilting choices, including fillers and floral motifs. You'll learn a little digitized quilting, and also hear tips about different backing fabrics that will come in handy!

Let patchwork and nature-inspire your free-motion quilting! Angela Huffman uses the butterfly-shaped blocks in this quilt to guide her quilting choices, including fillers and floral motifs. You'll learn a little digitized quilting, and also hear tips about different backing fabrics that will come in handy!

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.

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.

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.

Rope and cable motifs are classic way to quilt sashing and borders. Angela Huffman presents three methods for quilting this design: using a template, quilting free-motion, and using software. She'll also explore free-motion fillers for contemporary motifs. Whether you quilt on a longarm quilting machine or a domestic sewing machine, add ropes and cables to your quilting repertoire!

Rope and cable motifs are classic way to quilt sashing and borders. Angela Huffman presents three methods for quilting this design: using a template, quilting free-motion, and using software. She'll also explore free-motion fillers for contemporary motifs. Whether you quilt on a longarm quilting machine or a domestic sewing machine, add ropes and cables to your quilting repertoire!

The Japanese tradition of boro bags ("boro" is the Japanese word for "visible mending") is a wonderful way to expand your scrap quilting joy! Guest Robin O'Neil joins host Sara Gallegos to instruct you how to create a soft-sided boro box, covering it with scrap fabric and creative stitching. Dig into your scrap stash and break out some sashiko-friendly thread!

The Japanese tradition of boro bags ("boro" is the Japanese word for "visible mending") is a wonderful way to expand your scrap quilting joy! Guest Robin O'Neil joins host Sara Gallegos to instruct you how to create a soft-sided boro box, covering it with scrap fabric and creative stitching. Dig into your scrap stash and break out some sashiko-friendly thread!

Baskets and blooms, Y-seams and U-seams-part two of Carolina Blooms includes some next level patchwork! Learn to sew the complex, show-stopping blocks that make this quilt heirloom-worthy. And learn the tips and fixes that will help you piece to perfection!

Baskets and blooms, Y-seams and U-seams-part two of Carolina Blooms includes some next level patchwork! Learn to sew the complex, show-stopping blocks that make this quilt heirloom-worthy. And learn the tips and fixes that will help you piece to perfection!

Angela Huffman's Twilight Stars quilt is an instant classic. It's an ideal design for larger, showy prints, and Angela provides tips for matching up fabric repeats to create seamless designs. She teaches a few more techniques that you'll want to add to your skillset, including three ways to make flippy corners and how to properly attach borders to keep your quilt square and flat.

Angela Huffman's Twilight Stars quilt is an instant classic. It's an ideal design for larger, showy prints, and Angela provides tips for matching up fabric repeats to create seamless designs. She teaches a few more techniques that you'll want to add to your skillset, including three ways to make flippy corners and how to properly attach borders to keep your quilt square and flat.

It's our swimwear episode! Sara Gallegos re-creates a playful quilt originally designed by Cathy Laird, so that she can teach you all kinds of tips to make this quilt easy as a sea breeze! Tricks for foundation piecing using stabilizer scraps, and for pin-matching make for plenty of fun in the sun on this episode of LOVE OF QUILTING.

It's our swimwear episode! Sara Gallegos re-creates a playful quilt originally designed by Cathy Laird, so that she can teach you all kinds of tips to make this quilt easy as a sea breeze! Tricks for foundation piecing using stabilizer scraps, and for pin-matching make for plenty of fun in the sun on this episode of LOVE OF QUILTING.

Over the years, guest Robin O'Neil has repaired many quilts for quilters, and every time, she tells them, "You can do this yourself, you know. It's very simple!" If you want to USE your vintage and family heirloom quilts, repairing holes, stains, and frayed edges is absolutely do-able with a few easy techniques. On today's episode, she'll show you just how simple it is to repair a quilt for home use!

Over the years, guest Robin O'Neil has repaired many quilts for quilters, and every time, she tells them, "You can do this yourself, you know. It's very simple!" If you want to USE your vintage and family heirloom quilts, repairing holes, stains, and frayed edges is absolutely do-able with a few easy techniques. On today's episode, she'll show you just how simple it is to repair a quilt for home use!

Guest Elaine Theriault joins Sara Gallegos on today's episode to teach methods to construct a zippered project bag with a see-through vinyl window. You'll learn to install a zipper and to work with vinyl. Elaine even throws in some tips for embellishing your new project bag. Have you ever embellished with yarn? After this episode, you'll want to give that a shot!

Guest Elaine Theriault joins Sara Gallegos on today's episode to teach methods to construct a zippered project bag with a see-through vinyl window. You'll learn to install a zipper and to work with vinyl. Elaine even throws in some tips for embellishing your new project bag. Have you ever embellished with yarn? After this episode, you'll want to give that a shot!

The quilt on this episode is called 'Sew Happy,' and you'll see exactly why! This row quilt features three fun-to-piece quilt blocks, each with special lessons about cutting, sewing, and pinning. You'll also learn some clever tricks for attaching borders. Sew some happiness with this episode of LOVE OF QUILTING!

The quilt on this episode is called 'Sew Happy,' and you'll see exactly why! This row quilt features three fun-to-piece quilt blocks, each with special lessons about cutting, sewing, and pinning. You'll also learn some clever tricks for attaching borders. Sew some happiness with this episode of LOVE OF QUILTING!