Here Mark & I are sharing our Flip Videos with each other in preparation for the “What’s Up?” segment for one of the first three episodes of Quilt Out Loud. Sherry Cowley’s sunroom made for a wonderful set! At one point one of the cameramen pointed out a deer on the hill behind us.
Note the mugs Mark had made. NICE!
~Jodie
A new sewing machine is THE most exciting thing. But add to that a new iron and ironing table and I call that “Quilter’s Heaven.”
And not just any iron–a Reliable iron. Mark Lipinski, my co-host on Quilt Out Loud, and Jean Nolte, Love of Quilting’s editor, rave about the iron, so I’ve been anxious to give it a whirl.
Baby Lock and Reliable are sponsoring our new show on QNNtv.com, Quilt Out Loud, so three boxes arrived on my porch sent from the Quilting Gods.
I set the Reliable iron up on what was my ironing table and the Baby Lock perpendicular to it, so I have a handy little sewing area–and a real ironing surface. Then I got to work on stitching up the steps for the how-to’s from Easy Quilts magazine that we’ll be making in the show. What fun! The Espire sewed the flannel like butter and the Aurifil thread (another sponsor) looks great on the machine appliqued pieces I did. And the Reliable, well, I’ve never used an iron like it and I’ve had many. I just pressed a cotton bedskirt that was totally dried in the dryer and it pressed it like a pro. Finally, an iron that gets hot enough!
Back to packing for my trip to NJ. Can’t wait for you all to see the show!
~Jodie
Last week I taped two episodes of Love of Quilting with Liz Porter and Marianne Fons at Iowa Public Television in Des Moines.
Here Marianne and I are looking at my Dimples and Duckies quilt which we taped together. I designed the fabric and had it printed by Spoonflower. The Dimples fabrics are by Anover, designed by Gail Kessler.
Jo Morton taped an episode between mine. Here are (l to r) Cindy Hathaway who is the floor director for Love of Quilting, Jo Morton, Ande Coyle from IPTV and Liz. The Star of Bethlehem quilt on the wall was made by Cindy. You can find the pattern in the Jan/Feb issue of Love of Quilting. The fabrics were reproduced exactly from the original quilt at the Quilt Study Center in Nebraska by Andover Fabrics. It’s gorgeous! Now you know what Cindy writes so cheerily on Facebook every morning that she’s off to play with fabric and thread.
These are some of Jo’s quilts which she brought for her segment. Jo loves little blocks and has some clever ways of constructing them. Watch for her episode in the 1400 series!
~Jodie