• PBS
    • 42m
    • United States
    • Home And Garden, Special Interest
    The public television series Fons & Porter's "Love of Quilting" was originally hosted by Marianne Fons and Liz Porter and a co-production with Iowa Public Television. During the 1600 Series, Mary Fons began co-hositng with Marianne. Liz comes back once in while to make guest appearances on "Love of Quilting", so look for Liz on recent episodes. When planning the episodes for the 13-part series, projects and techniques are chosen to demonstrate many different aspects of quiltmaking. Our goal is for every episode to teach you a new trick or method that will make your own quilting easier, more accurate, and more fun. Marianne and Mary are constantly planning a new series and would love to hear your comments about previous programs and any suggestions you have for new programs!

    13 episodes

    Season Premiere

    5x01 Sassy Stars

    Season Premiere

    5x01 Sassy Stars

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    Learn partial seaming and how to tilt and trim star blocks to make a unique, whimsical young girl’s quilt

    5x02 Easy Quilted Rag Throw

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    Guest Faith Reynolds uses her machine’s embroidery module to create quilted squares for a cute throw.

    5x03 Winter Stars Part I

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    Marianne and Liz show how to make split diamond units and how to join diamonds to make a spectacular star block. Project instructions are in the Nov/Dec 04 issue of Love of Quilting magazine.

    5x04 Winter Stars Part II

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    Complete beautiful star blocks by setting in side pieces; learn to simplify cutting and sewing borders.

    5x05 Panorama Quilts

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    Guest Shauna Beatty demonstrates steps for creating quilts that use panoramic photo images in the design.

    5x06 Make a Miniature

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    Fons & Porter share winning quilts—and tips for making minis—from a recent contest sponsored by Love of Quilting magazine.

    Guest Marilyn Badger demonstrates longarm methods for customizing quilting designs for special quilt areas.

    5x08 Luminosity Stars

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    Learn how to choose and fussy-cut fabrics to create a stunning kaleidoscope star quilt. Project instructions are in the March/April 05 issue of Love of Quilting magazine.

    Guest Joyce Drexler shows how to transfer quilting designs without markers or stencils and tells how to choose the perfect quilting thread.

    Fons & Porter show how to cut and chain piece Log Cabin blocks; they play with lots of setting options for this classic pattern. Project instructions are in the Sep/Oct 04 issue of Love of Quilting magazine.

    5x11 Embellishing Your Quilt

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    Guest Faith Reynolds demonstrates unique sewing machine features for free-motion quilting and couching.

    Liz and Marianne work with a neat, curved-seam fan block that can be set many ways. Project instructions are in the Jan/Feb 05 issue of Love of Quilting magazine.

    5x13 Big Block Quilts

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    Fons & Porter show how to adapt complex blocks to make a full-size, one-block quilt in no time at all. Project instructions are in the July/August 04 issue of Love of Quilting magazine.

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