Have you seen the new TV quilting series, “Quilting Arts,” hosted by Pokey Bolton which airs on PBS? Well there’s a new season coming up, and I just returned from a fun trip to Cleveland to tape 6 new episodes. My segments didn’t begin taping until late afternoon, so I hung out backstage (in full make-up no less) until it was my turn, chatting it up with Joel Dewberry, Lyric Kinard, Laura Wasilowski, and Sue Hausmann. (So much fun.)
Then, host Patricia (Pokey) Bolton and I did episodes together on:
Making your own fabric
Printing on fabric
Using words in quilts
Printing skewed blocks
Designing quilts with software
Printing patterns from quilt design software
I’ll let you know when they start airing, and hope you get a chance to see some of them!
09-03-2008
5:10 pm
Hey Andrea! It was great seeing you again! I have to tell you the quilt second up from the bottom is so, so pretty and is probably my favorite. That is something that I would love to make someday. Glad you got home safely!
Take care,
Pokey
09-03-2008
7:38 pm
It was great to see you too! A big HIP HIP HOORAY to you and the crew for finishing the taping for Season 3!
I always have fun taping those Quilting Arts segments. The topics you guys pick truly keep it interesting for me and push me to develop more as an artist. My mantra as I’m working on samples is “layers… depth… layers… depth… more layers… more depth.” Hopefully, I’ll be able to keep the ideas coming and work more on my…. layers… and depth.
Hugs,
Andrea
p.s. Go Sox!
09-04-2008
11:21 am
Andrea, sounds great. As I mentioned at taping I love those Kaleidoscope quilts and now I see that you are coming out with software for this? That is really cool! I honestly would love to try this with batiks and some of my hand dye & screen-printed fabrics…
Oh, and I was able to go to a Sox game the other night. A much needed time to sit and be still. Sox kicked Baltimore 10-1.