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Country Style : Episode COS-109 -- More Projects »
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Shelly and Joshua's students created this quilt using a beginner's nine-patch pattern.
An old-fashioned quilting bee is taking place in a school in Knoxville, Tennessee, where quilt experts Shelly and Joshua Buckley-Durst are introducing the time- honored methods of quilt-making to a new generation. Some of the techniques they are teaching include spooning and hand-dyed fabrics.
  • Spooning involves using a spoon to stop the needle much like a thimble does in sewing.
  • Before there were fabric stores and cloth options, material used in quilts was hand-dyed using items like berries, flowers or roots. Joshua has given that a modern twist and shares how to use grocery store items like mustard, ketchup and powdered drink mixes to create old-fashioned dyes:
    1. Fill a graniteware pot with water.
    2. Add vinegar and salt (this will retain the color in the fabric).
    3. Add the "dye" and heat to a boil.
    4. Add the fabric and boil 20-30 minutes. (Soak the fabric until the desired color is achieved.)
    5. Rinse with cold water and heat-set with an iron.

Also in this Episode
Country Style : Episode COS-109
•Carpenter Gothic
•Chenille
•Homestead Bungalow
•Tabletop Displays
•Quilts
•Affordable Art
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