Quilting Arts

Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Quilting Arts. Host Susan Brubaker Knapp presents a retrospective featuring the artists, past and present, who express and advance the quilting arts.

Find inspiration close to home in cat companions. Fiber artist Laurie Russman celebrates her furry friends through intricate pet portraits.

Sheer fabrics open up new design opportunities. Textile artist Lisa Walton paints, cuts and folds sheer organza to make origami designs.

Transferring art images from one medium to another expresses old cultures in new ways.

Celebrate perspective and places. Art historian and quilter Timna Tarr takes a bird's eye view and uses today's technology to illustrate the world in quilts.

Combine traditional art forms, creative energy and today's technology for more creative opportunities.

Deconstruct the image, then reconstruct it into new art.

Gifts made by hand celebrate love and friendship. Teacher and author Pepper Cory creates useful gifts in the Japanese tradition of zakka.

Celebrate your creativity by printing your own fabric.

Good design starts with simple concepts. Quiltmaker Timna Tarr uses the fundamental concepts of color and value with reverse applique to turn everyday things, like eggs, into art.

Creative use of negative space adds impact to art and quilts.

Transform the simple surface with paint. Fiber artist Sherry Kleinman brushes vibrant hues onto simple canvas and stitches it into an artistic wall hanging.

Break loose. Celebrate artistic freedom with stitches.

Take basic shapes and morph them. Textile artist MJ Kinman edits gemstone images and explores them from the inside out.

A simple stitch is a powerful design tool. Wearable art maker Jenny Lyon shares tips for free motion quilting.

Break loose from the tried and true - improvise!

Quilt artists use technology to push the creative limits.

Search for inspiration in familiar surroundings. Fiber artist Sherry Kleinman makes a family tree quilt to treasure for generations.

Look beyond fabric to add depth and texture. Teacher and fiber artist Libby Williamson adds color and patterns to found papers and collages them onto canvas or vintage linens.

Express your inner artist with paint. Textile artist Maggie Vanderweit uses aerial views and natural textures as she paints and over paints fabrics.

Transform the everyday into something extraordinary.

Look to the Far East for inspiration. Fabric artist Cindy Lohbeck uses modern tools to dye fabrics in the Arashi style of shibori.

Add more layers to embellish art quilts. Fiber artist Joyce Becker uses organza, pastels and sparkling fibers to create new color values.

Experiment with dyes using water in both solid and liquid states.

One of the icons of contemporary quilting, Susan Shie, offers a sneak peek into her sketchbook as she invites us to forget about the rules and draw with the innocence of a child.

We're exploding with new ideas. Small things are enlarged for powerful designs.

Quilt designs get popified by adding a clean-almost cartoon-quality to quilts with pop art.

Ignite your creativity with a combination of technology and unique for tech-nique.

Embellishments take our quilts to the next level with a flash of creativity.

You could get out your suitcase and passport, but global inspiration comes to Quilting Arts!

What makes a person an artist? Where does that spark first burn? There is an art to nurturing and fanning the embers of creativity.

Learn to live on the edge by seeing how important the edges are to your finished quilt and various edge finishes.

Often, quilting is for enjoyment or as an artistic endeavor, but it can also be the perfect gift!

Make your mark with surface embellishments: use paints, stamps and other embellishments as surface design on your quilts.

Quilts can convey a personal message. They can be as subtle or bold as the maker chooses.

Learn three methods for printing on quilts. First, Jane Davila pulls out all of the stops with a myriad of paints, sprays and stencils and just as many surfaces, from fabric to canvas.

Learn the inside scoop on all things quilting. Up first, Cindy Grisdela shares the secrets of the art show circuit and how to get your quilts noticed.

There are many elements that come together to influence our art quilting designs and style.

Color is one of the most important tools in most quilter's toolbox.

Whether you're an armchair traveler or a world explorer, a key building block to developing your quilt style is an openness to other cultures and countries - they can be a wealth of inspiration to expand our quilting expression.

Collage is a technique we use extensively as art quilters but there are so many different materials and styles we can incorporate into our work.

When you think of building blocks - what could be more basic than the quilting itself!

All season we've been adding building blocks to our quilt tool box - but what cements the elements into a whole design? Today's show is about putting it all together.

Movement and wheels are an element to our three guests on today's show.

This season is all about the building blocks to successful quilting, we put those blocks all together today to make houses!

Sometimes we forget that it's ok to use words on our quilts - it's another element to get your message across.

Color was so important that it needed a second episode.

We first learn to draw with pencils and crayons, but there are so many other ways to achieve lines.

Quilting has many sides. Discover the yin and yang of techniques on today's show.

Gather up your best recycling habits for today's show.

The show's first episode features painting and printing.

In this episode, three artists share ideas for alternate ways to express artistry.

Let go of preconceived ideas and get ready to play!

This episode explores different fabrics from denim to duck.

"Explore" is the word of the day - look to places around the world for inspiration.

Fabric pieces make for some interesting combinations on this episode.

This episode honors traditional, time-tested designs and techniques.

Viewers learn how to experiment with some of the more technical aspects of stitch techniques for both hand and machine used in quilting today.

Experimentation is the often the catalyst for innovation.

This episode explores design principles. Sherri Lipman McCauley opens the show as she uses previously painted fabric and leftover scraps to create pieced artwork.

Art quilts can be very flat if they lack depth and dimension in the design.

The last episode is a mix of final ideas. Julie B.

Learn how to make your mark in the quilting world with different dye and paint techniques.

Nature is inspiration for the first episode of the season.

Take your quilting to the edge with unconventional materials.

Paint is a basic material until you put it into the hands of an art quilter!

There are no limits to what you can create when you mix media for amazing results.

Throw away your limitations and learn how to add texture to art quilts with this episode.

It's time to release your inhibitions and go all out with shine and shimmer.

It's all about escaping the confines of our normal processes as wearables and clothing notions are featured.

When you go beyond the normal boundaries you are bound to find the unexpected, especially under the surface.

If you are a strip quilter, it's time to go beyond the design restrictions you might have placed on your art.

Travel to far off places and learn about other cultures to expand your creativity.

Combining two elements in a new way can lead to breaking out of a creative rut.

Small projects can break down big boundaries when you explore the details.

This episode features some new stitch variations to try.

Start building your creative confidence with terrific texture.

Flex your creative muscles creating imagery with new techniques.

Hands and sewing machines get a workout on this episode.

Learn how to add variety to your art quilt projects by changing up your materials.

In this episode the artists add colorful details to brighten up their creative strength training.

The guest artists demonstrate projects for your studio and even host a visit.

Practice makes perfect with free-motion quilting. Mel Beach starts with a modern approach to free motion with pebble quilting.

Learn how to plan your art quilt projects on this episode.

This episode incorporates some of our childhood play into art quilting designs.

Learn how to use unique embellishment for your art quilts.

This episode offers tips and techniques for piecing.

The guest artists show how fun and easy it can be to add a potentially messy aspect to your art quilting.