May 2012
Jodie and Mark are in Berlin, Connecticut at Lisa’s Clover Hill Quilts shop. Lisa and her husband Jim are one of many husband/wife teams working in the quilting industry. They and another Berlin duo will discuss their special working relationships. Mark shows Stars and Stripes the Quilts of Valor quilt he designed for the PBS special by that name [...]
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Jodie and Mark open the show from the Amish section of the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. Opened in 1893 this delicious venue covers a full city block and houses many, many food venders. Taking time from a little food research the duo show new products for easy quilting and organization and play a video in which [...]
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Jodie and Mark invite you into the Newark Museum, a little gem of a museum located in Newark, New Jersey. Quiltsperation is this month’s theme and the museum’s current exhibit pulling from their extensive quilt collection fits the bill. Watch Marti Michelle introduce her new Block of the Month quilt using her tools and Northcott [...]
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Jodie and Mark are at Spool, a quilt and sewing shop in Center City Philadelphia. Owners Laura Singewald and Craig Rosenfeld have filled their shop with bright, modern cotton fabrics for quilting, garment and home dec sewing. Jodie and Mark play catch-up showing what they’ve been up to. Mark has finished two needlecraft projects he’s [...]
Leave a Comment »January 2012
It’s January in New Hampshire and Jodie and Mark are enjoying a crackling fire and discussing what they’ve been up to. Mark shows off two crafts he’s never tried before…Swedish Weaving and Punch Needle Embroidery, both fun and creative. Jodie shows her two new books, Pocket Posh Tips for Quilters and Pocket Posh Tips for [...]
Leave a Comment »December 2011
What better place to be for Christmas than the place with the most goodies for quilters? Jodie and Mark are at Keepsake Quilting, America’s favorite quilt shop, located in Center Harbor, New Hampshire. Deb Comeau, the retail manager, gives Mark the five-cent tour showing all the fabrics, kits, notions, books plus gifts for sale. We [...]
Leave a Comment »November 2011
Its fall in New England, so what better way to chase off the chill than a bowl of clam Chowda! Then, Mark Lipinski sails away to surprise Paper Piecing queen Carol Doak at her new house on Lake Millville in Salem, New Hampshire. See where Carol works, and then find where she hides her stuff [...]
Leave a Comment »October 2011
For Mark’s doorknock meet artist-turned-quilter Anita Grossman Solomon who moved to lower Manhattan in 1975 to paint and worked with contemporary art collections. In 1990 she took up quiltmaking becoming a full-time quilt teacher and author. Her “Why didn’t I think of that?” innovations make quiltmaking faster and easier. Expanding from quilting to art, The [...]
Leave a Comment »September 2011
After a 30-year hiatus, the swan boats are back on the lake in Asbury Park, New Jersey and guess who’s pedaling them? Mark and Jodie take to the dock for their What’s Up? segment to show an array of quilt related “finds”. Jodie shares a video with Kay Capps Cross who demonstrates how easy it [...]
Leave a Comment »August 2011
Its vacation time so Jodie and Mark open the show from the Jersey Shore, at the Spray Beach Yacht Club on Long Beach Island, New Jersey. To prove that summer doesn’t mean quilting stops, this Mark’s door knock is on a sailboat! Artist and quiltmaker Carolyn Lee Vehslage. uses stenciling, printing, piecing and applique in [...]
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