2501 Fabric Theme Jackets
Guest Joyce Drexler brings shirt conversion jackets created with fabric themes, appliqué, and embroidery. Learn how to start with a plain shirt, add binding, embroidery, appliqué, and more for your one-of-a-kind jacket.
Quick Project: Baby Keepsake Pillow with Alix Graham-Michel
2502 Surface Techniques
Learn several techniques to add texture and detail to fabrics as Guest Nancy Cornwell demonstrates easy fleece chenille, beautiful texture with fibers, texture in the hoop and more.
Quick Project: Heirloom Place Mats with Jerry Reese
2503 Felted Fantasy
Sue Hausmann and Denise Applegate-Schober bring inspiration and instruction for creating with needle felting, punching and embellishment on a variety of fabrics and fibers. Learn to combine other sewing techniques with your felting.
Quick Project: Quilted Coffee Wrap with Jessica Horner
2504 Elegant Home Dec
Create an elegant ottoman and other accessories for your home. Guest Debbie Homer demonstrates sewing and pressing techniques to create wonderful accessories for your home.
Quick Project: Needle Felted Table Topper with Jessica Horner
2505 Set a Beautiful Table
Cathy Wilson shows table linens and how to make them easily, inexpensively and elegantly. Learn tips and techniques for finishing tablecloth edges, creating placemats and napkin rings and how to size embellishments for each piece of the set.
Quick Project: Lace Vestee Inset with Patti Jo Larson
2506 Appliqué Quilting
Create appliqué quilts with guest Kathleen Conner as she demonstrates techniques and tools that stitch perfect appliqué designs. Learn how to piece the appliqué into your quilts and quilted projects.
Quick Project: Kid’s Markers to Go with Patti Jo Larson
2507 Frame and Quilt
Guest Carol Henry inspires us to frame fabric elements, embroideries and more in our quilts and teaches an easy and accurate way to create and stitch circle and oval shapes of fabric frames.
Quick Project: Dinosaur Pillow with Jerry Reese
2508 Kaleidoscope Quilting
See how a single picture can be turned in to a kaleidoscope fabric design. Guest Jeanie Sumrall-Ajero demonstrates how then gives tips for printing your original kaleidoscope design to fabric and how to stitch it into a beautiful table runner.
Quick Project: Two Step Bias Pillow with Lynn Browne
2509 Designer Tips for Embellishing
Guest Alix Graham-Michel brings inspiration on how to add the personal touch to your garments with embellishment. Alix teaches how to use color and design placement to create the most flattering look for fashion sewing.
Quick Project: Raw Edge Appliqué Table Runner with Chris Dolinar
2510 Quilting with Color
Learn the color theory that always works in your quilts. Guest M’Liss Rae Hawley teaches how one quilt block can create many quilts by changing the color and size of the block. See how special techniques such as couching trims, threads and yarns add beauty and texture to your quilts.
Quick Project: Sun Catcher with Janie Lantz
2511 Vintage Patchwork
Guest Denise Applegate-Schober teaches how to use vintage fabric to create one of a kind patchwork including tips and techniques for working with embroideries, stabilizers, decorative stitches and accessory feet.
Quick Project: Comfy Head Scarf with Lynn Browne
2512 Decorate your Home
Combine patchwork, fabrics, and embroidery to add the personal touch to your home decorating projects. This is the first show in a series with Pam Damour and starts with patchwork linens for the kitchen table. Learn to make micro-welting and how to use it for the trim turn technique.
Quick Project: Mitered Corner Pot Holder with Chris Dolinar
2513 Illusionary Bar Quilting
Guest Carol Ingram teaches the illusionary bar quilting technique with step-by-steps for her Lattice Table Runner. Learn rotary cutting techniques, raw edge appliqué, free motion quilting and more.
Quick Project: Camera Case with Janie Lantz
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1501 Spring Fling with Nature
Guest Joyce Drexler brings wonderful new techniques for seasonal applique
with hand dyed felted wool plus beautiful embroidery and decorative stitch
embellishment.
Quick Project: Decorative Crochet by Machine with Cindy Losekamp
1502 Sew for Your Home Two
See a variety of home decorating accessories with special tips on setting
a beautiful and functional buffet table. Guest Sandra Betzina teaches projects
that will make your home special.
Quick Project: Novelty Napkin Wrap
1503 Create a Scene
Personalize your embroidery and embellishments with special printed background
fabric. Guest Lindee Goodall demonstrates how to select designs and shows techniques
for perfect placement, stabilizing, and more.
Quick Project: Personalized Collars and Ribbons
1504 Professional Pressing and Sewing Techniques for Tailored Garments
See tips and techniques for pressing and sewing. Guest Mary Roehr demonstrates
her special secrets for professional pressing with tips for creating the most
flattering jacket.
Quick Project: Easy Lapel Collar
1505 Quick Quilts
Cindy Casciato brings quick quilts for kids, lap quilts or wall hangings!
See step by step how to create a darling reversible quilt and an All-American
Wall Hanging.
Quick Project: Heirloom Cosmetic bag
1506 Handy Quilts and Bags
Learn to make the "Tucker Bag" and "Carry On Quilt"
for fun sewing and gift giving. Guest Mary Leahy shows the newest quilt projects
and easy ways to make them.
Quick Project: A whole new technique! Broderie Anglaise Pillow Cover.
1507 Scan + Sew = Success
Guest Sheri McKillop shows the newest in pattern fitting and how to do it,
then demonstrates "back to the basics" sewing techniques that "make
or break" a garment.
Quick Project: Fast and Fabulous Purse
1508 Sue's Sweater
Learn how to make a purchased sweater into a "one of a kind" designer
garment. Patti Jo Larson demonstrates a variety of new sewing techniques including
"suede embroidery" and shows how to apply them to the sweater.
Quick Project: Decorative Window Shades
1509 Cutting Corners with your Sewing Machine
See how to make your sewing machine and the accessory feet work for you.
Guest Louise Cutting demonstrates her best sewing secrets and techniques.
Plus, Sara Megletti tells about the America Sewing Guild.
Quick Project: Frame Placemat
1510 Fast and Simple Fused Projects
Guest Marilyn Greene demonstrates how to create decorative boxes, Celtic
embellishments, bindings, and a new "donut applique" technique.
Quick Project: Quick Font Pillows
1511 Embroidery Machine Essentials
Learn the basics for professional embroidery. See a variety of projects
that will inspire you and teach you how to place embroidery, what stabilizer
to use, and more. Guest Jeannine Twigg answers your questions.
Quick Project: Patty's Pin Cushion
1512 Pretty Pieced Jacket
Cindy Casciato teaches how to create a wonderful pieced jacket, made from
all different luscious fabrics. See how to piece the beautiful fabric, then
cut and finish a jacket from your favorite pattern.
Quick Project: Barn Wood Embroidery
1513 Ragtime Flannel Fun
Guest Carol Ingram brings a variety of ways to create with flannel and wool.
Learn how to make impressive yet easy to create quilts and more how to create
reversible quilted blocks.
Quick Project: Crayon Quilted Vest
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1401 Exciting Sewing Machine Techniques
Join guests Joyce Drexler and Kathy MacMannis to see the newest in appliqué
and embroidery techniques and threads including the exciting rag wool technique.
Learn to create projects fast and easy.
Quick Project: Strolling Moose Rag Wool Purse
1402 Machine Cross Stitch Embroidery
Bring the beauty of hand cross-stitch to your home embroidery machine to
make beautiful gifts and garments. Cathy Wilson shares tips on fabric, stabilizers,
needles, threads and more as she shows us a variety of finished projects that
are perfect for gift giving.
Quick Project: Decorate Denim
1403 Sew for your Home
Guest Sandra Betzina gives a sneak peek of her newest book on home decorating.
Learn to sew soft and fuzzy fur throws with the special finishing and binding
techniques Sandra demonstrates.
Quick Project: "Klever" Kitchen Towels
1404 Learn to Quilt Smart
New books and notions have changed the way we create traditional quilt blocks
and appliqué. Guest Mary Henderson teaches the easiest way to piece
intricate quilts and sew "hand look" appliqué on your sewing
machine step by step.
Quick Project: Scottie Dog Tote Bag
1405 Nifty Notions and How to Use Them
The sewing tools of today make tedious sewing and quilting techniques a
snap. Guest Debra Green brings the newest notions for beginners and advanced
sewers and quilters and great projects to use them.
Quick Project: Kozy Kid's Hooded Towel
1406 Fast and Easy Quilting by Machine
Guest Shelly Zacharias teaches how to choose the right quilting designs
for your quilts and how to transfer the design to your quilt top and demonstrates
tips for easy machine quilting.
Quick Project: Designer Beaded Sweater
1407 Sew the Custom Look for your Bedroom
How to sew a dust ruffle, an elegant coverlet, pillow shams, special window
treatments and more shared by guest Barbara Zagnoni. Learn the skills to create
professional home decorating.
Quick Project: Decorator Picture Pull
1408 Simply Sensational Bags
Guest Linda McGehee brings more of her signature handbags and teaches how
to make them with beautiful yet easy embellishments. Step by step construction
techniques include Linda's special hidden secret pocket.
Quick Project: Cutwork Appliqué Decor
1409 Appliqué Made Easy
- Add an appliqué for "one of a kind" detail on garments,
quilts and crafts. Guest Cindy Walter demonstrates beautiful designs using
her foolproof methods for the latest in fusibles and battings.
Quick Project: Embroidered Sweater Sets
1410 Sew Many Scallops
Learn to add beautiful scallop details to just about anything you sew. Guest
Marie Seroskie demonstrates her simple and elegant technique for making and
sewing perfect scallops.
Quick Project: Elegant Scallop Hem Top
1411 Elegant yet Easy Home Decorating Accessories
Sewing Educators share their favorite home decorating projects. Learn the
techniques of hemstitching, embroidery, heirloom sewing and more to add elegant
details to your home.
Quick Project: Change of Seasons Pillow
1412 Oriental Influence
Guest Debra Green brings a variety of projects made from the beautiful Oriental
print fabrics. Inspiration for quilting, garments and gifts plus an easy kimono
sleeve technique.
Quick Project: Easy Taper Stitched Jumper
1413 Customizing Your Projects
Learn to use decorative stitches, lettering, and embroidery in new ways.
Guest Carol Ingram shares new creative ideas for you, your home and for special
gift giving.
Quick Project: Folk Art Pillow
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1301 Autumn Appliqué Wallhanging
Beautiful embroideries, appliqués and quilting techniques all combine
to create a one of a kind wallhanging for your home. Guest Joyce Drexler demonstrates
foolproof ways to create with new techniques for embellishment.
Quick Project: Potty Purse (holds extra roll of toilet tissue)
1302 Flower Quilt Blocks
Guest Debra Green teaches a variety of techniques to create focal flower
blocks to frame with a rotary cut quick pieced Irish Chain pattern. Learn
appliqué, fabric folding, decorative painting, flower pounding and
more.
Quick Project: Framed Flower Pillow
1303 Unique Pattern Fitting
Learn to measure for perfect fitting patterns created especially for you
from your specifications. Sheri McKillop and Kathy Ruddy demonstrate the latest
computerized ways to see yourself in an embroidered garment before you sew
it.
Quick Project: Customized Picture Frames
1304 Polar Magic, New Adventures with Fleece
Guest Nancy Cornwell is back with the newest ideas and techniques for sewing
with fleece for your home and for yourself. Learn tips and techniques for
fast, fun sewing.
Quick Project: Reversible Appliqué Fleece Blanket
1305 Home Decorating made Easy
Turning a bedroom into a fun retreat is easy with this variety of projects.
Guest Ellie Joos demonstrates how to make a cornice, couch, pillows and more
with special emphasis on appliqué and pillow shapes.
Quick Project: Appliquéd Fleece Pillow
1306 Im"press"ive Projects
Join Barbara Zagnoni for great tips to save time pressing and sewing. Learn
techniques and tips to combine in a creative garment with a beautiful decorative
openwork technique and foundation piecing.
Quick Project: Designer Toggle Buttons
1307 Embellishing and Fitting Ready-to-Wear
Today's sewers love to embellish and often "store bought" garments
do not fit well. Fitting expert Joan Anderson teaches how to make simple fitting
adjustments on readymade garments so they fit your body.
Quick Project: Cross-Stitch Pin Holder
1308 Expand your Embroidery Opportunities
Embroidery expert Lindee Goodall will inspire you to fashion embroidery
and maximizing your designs. Create new "originally you" designs
from existing designs. Learn special stabilizing and hooping techniques too.
Quick Project: Sheer Embroidered Scarf
1309 Cutting Edge of Creative Sewing
New tools and techniques mean more options and more fun. Guests Nina Kay
Milenius and Chris Wagner demonstrate new software and tools and how to make
organizer basket liners.
Quick Project: Super Easy Scissors Case
1310 Fine Machine Sewing
The fine art of hemstitching by machine turns a simple linen blouse into
a work of art. Learn the secrets of precision hemstitching from expert Carol
Ahles. See where and how to hemstitch for beautiful garments and home decorating.
Quick Project: Decorator Towel Set
1311 Easy Celtic Design
Learn how to use the latest sewing aids that make creating Celtic designs
easy. Guest Clotilde demonstrates how and brings garments and crafts to design
on.
Quick Project: Heirloom Jabot
1312 Focus on Fleece for Kids
Guest Debra Green returns to show the newest in fleece fabrics and how to
sew with them. Learn to make great projects and outfits for kids. Many are
perfect for gift giving.
Quick Project: Fancy Fleece Baby Shoes
1313 Multi-use Free Form Embroidery
Combine embroidery designs, appliqué, and free motion to make embellished
ornaments, garments, gift bags and home decorations. Guest Carol Ingram teaches
the easy way to combine techniques for fast projects.
Quick Project: Embroidered Napkin Rings
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1201 Camouflage Cats and Theme Quilts
- Guest Joyce Drexler demonstrates how to create with the popular animal prints.
See tips and techniques for fast and easy quilting and new ways to make a
one of a kind quilt or wall hanging with a surprise twist.
Quick Project: Welcome Hanging with Interchangeable Inserts
1202 Embellishment Opportunities
Learn to create designer fashion and update your wardrobe with trims, beads,
embroidery, and more. Debra Green brings ideas for all types of embellished
garments you will enjoy making and wearing. Tips for sewing with kids, too!
Quick Project: Embellished Evening Bag
1203 More Snippet Sensations
See how to transform small fabric pieces, "snippets," into beautiful
fabric pictures. A great way to create a vacation memory picture. Guest Cindy
Walter shares this fun and easy technique plus tips for free motion quilting.
Quick Project: Crazy Patch computer keyboard "Blankie"
1204 Sewing Lingerie That Fits
Guest Karen Morris teaches how to make exercise garments and lingerie that
are easy to sew and comfortable to wear. Learn about specialty fabrics and
techniques for sewing slips, sports bras and more.
Quick Project: Grandma and Grandpa Fleece Pillow Quilt
1205 Quilting From the Heartland
Guest Sharlene Jorgenson demonstrates her fabulous Seamless Arc Double Wedding Ring
and more. Shar's original templates make precise cutting and piecing easy!
Quick Project: Child's Trapunto Fleece Jacke
1206 African Accents
Incorporate the
popular ethnic influence into your home decoration with easy sewing projects.
Guest Lisa Shepard is an expert on African fabrics and how they are created.
Learn to make a great wall organizer project.
Quick Project: Zebra Kitchen Accessories
1207 Sleeves that Fit
Guest Joan Anderson
returns to teach how to be sure the sleeves in your garments will fit and
feel good. Learn step by step techniques for altering any of your patterns
easily.
Quick Project: Serger Seminole Placemat
1208 Fabric Landscapes by Machine
Combine fabric, fusibles, trims and decorative threads and stitches to make
one-of-a-kind landscapes for wall hangings, wearable art jackets, vests, and
more. Linda Crone brings inspirational projects and shows how to create them.
Quick Project: Fabric Landscape Greeting Card
1209 Comfort Waistbands
Sandra Betzina
returns to offer a multitude of tips for creating different waistband techniques
that will fit all figures and garments comfortably.
Quick Project: Cross Stitched Napkin Caddy
1210 Designer Theme Jacket
Sue and
Cathy Wilson show a collaged jacket, created with different technique blocks.
Heirloom hemstitching, pintucks, embroidery, Celtic appliqué, re-creating
plaids and more!
Quick Project: Embellished Fleece Berets
1211 Sew for your Home
Guest Debra
Green returns with quick makeovers for your home. Create the slipcovers and
accessories you are seeing in all the catalogues for a fraction of the cost.
Transform your room from traditional to floral to denim with fabric and a
little sewing. Quick Project: Hand look Appliqué Butterfly Pillow
1212 Steamy Sewing
-
See how to use your
pressing equipment to make sewing projects easier. Barbara Zagnoni demonstrates
techniques and tips for appliqué, binding and more to create designer
garments.
Quick Project: Silk Flower Adornments
1213 Happy Seasonal Wall Hanging
Guest
Carol Ingram teaches new techniques for creating a Halloween wall hanging
that will be enjoyed by young and old alike. Tips for creating special fabrics
and accessories.
Quick Project: Crazy Patch Placemats
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1101 - Fabric Photo Collage
Learn creative ways to show off special photos. Guest Carol Ingram demonstrates
fabric photos, embroidery and appliqué and how to collage them into quilts
and wearables.
Quick Project: Cross-stitch Linen Basket Liner
1102 - Tips and Techniques for Sewing Costumes
Costumes are not just for Halloween and certainly not just for kids. Guest
Cathy Wilson brings a wide variety of creative costumes for any age and teaches
quick techniques for making them.
Quick Project: Fabric Collection Storage Ottoman
1103 - What’s New in Sandra’s Closet
Guest Sandra Betzina shares the newest in patterns, fabrics, interfacings,
closures and more. The creative garments illustrate tips and techniques from
her newest book.
Quick Project: No Pattern Fringed Jacket
1104 - Easy Elegant Drapery Treatments
Redecorate your home with style. Learn to sew curtains and drapes the easy
way. Guest Jennette Wilch demonstrates a new type of home décor sewing notions
and tapes.
Quick Project: African BuBu
1105 - Make it Professional
Guest Barbara Zagnoni demonstrates custom window treatments plus professional
drapery hanging, and pressing techniques.
Quick Project: Grandma’s Chic Brag Bag
1106 - Quilting the Easy Way
See the fastest quilt making techniques. Guest Jill Repp teaches new high
tech methods for layering, marking and quilting for easy stippling, meandering,
feathered wreaths, and more.
Quick Project: Monogrammed Hosiery Bag
1107 - You Asked, Joan Answers
Guest Joan Anderson brings a variety of letters and e-mails she has received
from America Sews viewers. Her fitting demonstration will visually answer the
questions and provide steps to adjust patterns before cutting.
Quick Project: Over the Door Decor
1108 - Recipes for Embroidery Success
Guest Lindee Goodall teaches about stabilizers, what designs work on what
fabrics and how to embroider specialty designs. Her universal appliqué
will surprise you.
Quick Project: Appliquéd Mesh Drawstring Bag
1109 - Quick and Easy Embellishment and Quilting
New tools, notions, machines and techniques make creative sewing faster than
ever before. Guest Theresa Robinson brings a variety of projects to demonstrate
the easiest ways to sew and embellish.
Quick Project: College Letter Sweatshirt
1110 - Warm Windows
Whether your climate is warm or cold, guest Barbara Weiland will teach you
how to make window treatments that are not only beautiful but practical and
insulating as well.
Quick Project: Embroidered Linen Purse
1111 - More Fleece Adventures
Learn to work with fleece border prints to create jackets, vests, hats and
more. Guest Nancy Cornwell includes basic sewing tips for fleece and how to
add embellishments and embroidery.
Quick Project: Quick Fringe Hat
1112 - Home Dec Organizers
Create accessories for your home that look great and create storage space.
Jennette Wilch brings loads of inspiration and step-by-step instructions for
a slip covered bookshelf, magazine holder, bulletin board, tapestry screen and
more.
Quick Project: Gimped Chair Cushion
1113 - A Scrap Quilt
Join Joyce Drexler and Sue to learn quick and easy ways to turn your fabric
scraps into beautiful quilt blocks for quilts, pillows, tote bags and more plus
easy quilting ideas.
Quick Project: Mini Embroidered Pincushion
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Program
1001 The House That Joyce Built -
See a wonderful new sampler quilts and learn to combine paper piecing, decorative
stitching, and specialty threads as guest
Joyce Drexler teaches us the
house block.
Quick Project: Creative Hair Accessories
Program 1002 Spectacular
Sheer Sewing -
Join guest
Nina Kay Milenius to see special tips for sewing sheer fabrics
into special garments and accessories. Use sheers to create illusion with embroidery
and embellishment.
Quick Project: Stippled Sheer Evening Purse
Program 1003 Express Window Toppers -
Guest
Kelly O’Toole returns to share trends in home decorating fabrics
and to teach a variety of ideas to change and update a room with quick and easy
window toppers.
Quick Project: Table Runner and Napkins
Program
1004 Creative Stitchery -
Learn to use your sewing machine to create one of a kind garments and gifts with stitches
and embroidery. Guest
Chris Wagner demonstrates specialty techniques
including cross stitch on the sewing machine.
Quick Project: CD Carrying
Case
Program
1005 Quick & Clever Cover-ups -
Guest
Barbara Zagnoni brings ironing and pressing tips and shows us how to
organize and increase storage space with easy cover up projects.
Quick Project:
Fabric Covered Packages with Monogrammed Wire Edge Bow
Program
1006 Treasured Memories -
See how to take standard pictures and transfer them to fabric that is washable with
guest
Jill Repp. Learn to use new sewing tools to make sewing memory
projects fast and easy.
Quick Project: Memory Gift Bag
Program
1007 More Designer Details -
Our
fitting expert
Joan Anderson returns to teach more ways to add style
to a basic pattern by adding those important design details.
Quick Project:
Fast and Easy Poncho
Program
1008 Sewing & Quilting Tips and Techniques -
Learn quick ways to add appliqué, bindings, hems, trims,
chenille and more. Guest
Sandy Hendricks has developed the easiest ways
to sew and loves to share them.
Quick Project: Appliquéd Sweater
Program 1009
Baby Room Express -
Guest
Kelly O’Toole
teaches how to sew for a special baby. See how to make all the accessories for
the crib and quick projects for baby.
Quick Project: Trapunto Pillow
Program 1010 Texture with Textiles -
Manipulated fabric and embellishment create special garments, handbags, and more. Guest
Linda
McGehee demonstrates how to use your sewing machine accessory feet to make
unique fabric and what to sew with it.
Quick Project: Three-dimensional
Floral Conversion Sweatshirt
Program
1011 Sewing for Plus Sizes -
Learn to dress your best as guest
Barbara Deckert shows styles, colors, fabrics
and sewing tips that best suit your body type so you not only look good, you feel
good too!
Quick Project: No-slip Soap Bath Mitt
Program
1012 Home Luxuries -
Be inspired to make beautiful
accessories and decorations for your home. Guest
Linda Lee shares projects
that will make your home special and teaches projects for your dining room.
Quick
Project: Embellished Purse Necklace
Program
1013 Winter Fantasy -
No matter what the season, you’ll
want to stitch these darling snow scenes for garments, quilts, and gift items.
See easy ways to create landscapes. Guests
Joyce Drexler and
Carol
Ingram teach you how.
Quick Project: Easy Tissue Box Cover
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