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Release. 1979. ( 1979) –. present. Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel is a "how to" show on PBS hosted by Georgia Bonesteel. The show debuted in 1979 on UNC-TV (now PBS North Carolina) and has been on the air for over 40 years. [ 2] By 1983, it was being distributed out of Boston to 120 major PBS stations, [ 3] including Chicago 's WYCC. [ 4]
Georgia Bonesteel. Georgia Bonesteel (née Jinkinson; born July 21, 1936) [1] [2] is an American quilter. She is the author of several books about quilting, as well as the former host of multiple television programs about quilting, most notably Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel. [3] She has been credited with inventing "lap quilting".
1525-1284. Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting is a magazine and television program focusing on the art and technique of piecing and quilting quilts. The show was hosted by Liz Porter ( Katie Porter ’s mother) and Marianne Fons. Both have retired and occasionally make guest appearances on the show. Porter left first and Mary Fons, Marianne's ...
Alexandra Sladky Anderson (born 1955) [ 1] is an American quilter, television series host, and author. Anderson is the author of various quilting books, fabric lines, and developed an award winning magazine. Anderson is a former host of HGTV 's Simply Quilts, which aired for 13 seasons. She has also hosted a web series and a podcast.
Quilt Index. The Quilt Index is a searchable database for scholars, quilters and educators featuring over 50,000 quilts from documentation projects, museums, libraries, and private collections. [1] It also has quilt -related ephemera and curated essays and lesson plans for teachers.
A quilt is a multi-layered textile, traditionally composed of two or more layers of fabric or fiber. Commonly three layers are used with a filler material. These layers traditionally include a woven cloth top, a layer of batting or wadding, and a woven back combined using the techniques of quilting. This is the process of sewing on the face of ...
Peggie Lois Hartwell, (born 1939) is a fourth-generation African-American quilter and educator. [1] She currently lives in Summerville, South Carolina, where she is chairperson of the Summerville Chapter of the Women of Color Quilters Network. Their focus is to teach school-age children the art and tradition of making story-quilts.
After spending eighteen months traveling between Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland, visiting local schools along the way, Olive Dame Campbell and her colleague Marguerite Butler, began forming the John C. Campbell Folk School in 1925 in Brasstown, North Carolina, along the Cherokee County and Clay line. [11]