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PBS Wisconsin’s production crew records lectures during the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show to be edited and freely shared after the event.

Fabric Mania: 10 Ways to Craft Custom Fabric
Transform a piece of dull fabric into something original and luminous for your next quilting project. With her rich mixed-media background, Joyce Teng demonstrates 10 unique techniques for creating printed and colored images on different materials. Learn how to use five different media with household tools to color fabric.

Quilt Your Story: Finding Inspiration in Culture and History
In this lecture, Melissa de Leon Mason will show you where to look to uncover inspiration in your own culture and history. She explores the impact of culture on art and how to reference respectfully. She then walks through the design process, from inspiration to a fully conceived quilt.

Lakota Star Quilts
Bonnie LeBeaux shares how Lakota star quilts are a way for her people to honor and show love and respect. She discusses the history and significance of Lakota star quilts throughout the centuries and how the tradition has been passed down in her family for generations.

Kente Quilts: My Journey
TaMara Howard, owner of Folk Quilts, describes the centuries-old history of the colorful and symbolic Ghanaian textile called Kente and shares her own quilting projects featuring Kente textiles and designs.

Quilts for Scrap Lovers
Judy Gauthier, of Bungalow Quilting & Yarn, explains how to turn your fabric stash into unique scrap quilts. Learn to use your favorite fabrics alongside difficult-to-place fabrics. See innovative cutting techniques and how to marry scraps that ordinarily would not go together in a quilt. Plus, learn Gauthier’s “quilt as you go” design methods. You will find yourself using scraps that you never thought you would use again.

The Passion for Hand Quilting
In this lecture, Porfiria Gomez discusses why quilting by hand is a natural progression of a modern quilt artist. You will learn to get started by hand without any prior training or knowledge of hand quilting.

What Needle Do I Use?
Rhonda Pierce of Euro-notions SCHMETZ needles shares the differences between needle types along with needle facts. Piecing and quilting? Sewing with knits? What needle should you use? Selecting the appropriate needle can make the difference between struggling with stitches and sewing with ease. Elevate your confidence in machine needle selection.

Quick and Easy Projects
Deanna Springer of Nancy Zieman Sewing Studio shares over a dozen ideas for quick and easy projects to sew and quilt with your fabric stash or with convenient fabric precuts. See step-by-step project samples plus a trunk show of table runners, napkins, home decor, gift bags and more — all made with Nancy Zieman’s easiest-ever sewing techniques.

The Art of Curves in Art Quilts
Maday Delgado, of Free Spirit Designs by Maday, LLC, presents during the 2022 Great Wisconsin Quilt Show. Few shapes have the commanding presence that curves create in any artistic medium. Curves are found in ordinary objects and the natural world. Organic, improv curves offer timeless design options sure to delight makers and spark their imagination. Maday discusses how to create dynamic curves using simple tools.

Gradation Play
Chris Lynn Kirsch presents on how color gradations can produce lovely effects in your quilts. Learn how to choose a gradation of colors and values for your next project. Then discover fun ways to use the printed gradation fabrics you may already own. Many quilted examples will be shared.

The Adventures of Marquetta Johnson, Textile Queen
Marquetta Johnson will share the perspective of a quilter with a family legacy of quilting and sewing, and how “Sewing With Nancy” played a pivotal role in her quilting journey. Learn about the experiences of a teaching artist living with a disability, who also has a studio practice in textiles.