Best of the Joy of Painting

Saturdays at 7:30am

Jan.3 Cypress Swamp #2408 Bob Ross captures a glimpse of hidden beauty -- lovely cypress trees and birds of the South.
Jan.10 Bubbling Mountain Brook #2409 Bob Ross develops a grand Western theme complete with mountain range and clear rippling brook.
Jan.24 Windy Waves #2411 Bob Ross creates palm trees yielding to stiff sea breezes as ominous clouds loom in the background.

Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting

Saturdays at 6am

Jan.3 Hand Applique Techniques #1305 Marianne and Liz show preparation and stitching methods for hand applique. They demonstrate techniques used for the "Oak Leaf and Rose" block. (Premiere)
Jan.10 Autopilot Paper Piecing #1306 Sewing educator Jodie Davis makes a cardinal block using the fun, easy paper-piecing method. (Premiere)
Jan.17 Kalamkari Strippy (shown) #1307 Fons and Porter use their new Pyramid Ruler to make a strippy zigzag quilt. (Premiere)
Jan.24 My Style Pillows #1308 Marianne Fons and daughter Mary discuss their own unique styles for making pillows. Together, they demonstrate how they selected fabrics and finished their projects. (Premiere)
Jan.31 Longarm Quilting Artists #1309 Prize-winning longarm quilter Marilyn Badger demonstrates stand-up quilting versus sit-down quilting. Special guest Tina Collins demonstrates computerized longarm quilting. (Premiere)

Kaye's Quilting Friends

Saturdays at 6:30am

Jan.3 Folk Stars (shown) #2006 Cheryl Phillips shares her unique ideas on making a Folk Star. If you can fold a square, then you can make a star!
Jan.10 Hearts And Four Patch #2007 Kaye Wood combines four-patch blocks with divided hearts to make this attractive wall hanging. Annie Moody from Janome America shares more sewing tricks.
Jan.24 So Cute Sweatshirts For Kids #2008 Donna Robertson shares eight adorable designs for kids' clothing. These are fast to make and fun to wear.

Knit & Crochet Today

Saturdays at 8am

Jan.3 Colorwork And Embellishing #207 Kristin embellishes a cushion in colorful ways (shown). Drew transforms a basic pillow into something special with sweet flower appliques. We chat with Margaret Miller, founder of an organization that promotes and teaches the textile arts. (Premiere)
Jan.10 Fetable Fun #208 Robyn shares an adorable crochet dog toy, and Maggie uses felting to make a knitted bowl. Meet enthusiastic knitters and crocheters at "Knit Out and Crochet Too" in Minnesota. (Premiere)
Jan.24 Knit Tank & Filet Choker #209 Founder Rob Kalin shows off two designs created by sellers on Etsy.com -- a knit tank with a lace insert and a Victorian filet-crochet choker. (Premiere)

Sewing With Nancy

Saturdays at 7am

Jan.3 Trace 'n' Create Bags, Part 2 #2209 Transform a simple crescent-shaped bag into a stylish eye-catching accessory. Choose appropriate fabric, and learn to make various tab and zipper closures plus straps and strap connectors. (Premiere)
Jan.10 Picture Perfect Quilts, Part 1 #2210 Designer Rochelle Stibb shows how to use a favorite photo to create a gorgeous poster-size wall quilt. Learn how to select and tile photos, print on fabric, choose borders, and add decorative corners and bias trim. (Premiere)
Jan.24 Picture Perfect Quilts, Part 2 #2211 Designer Rochelle Stibb's and Nancy explore options for creating an inspirational keepsake, a photo memory quilt. Skillful stippling, an interesting variety of threads and a novel method of quilt blocking make it picture perfect. (Premiere)
Watch online videos: www.sewingwithnancytv.com

Sew Young, Sew Fun "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Into Fashion"

January 15 at 2am

Are your jeans too small or too short? Don't toss them out. Do like Kelsey Coburn and cut them up and make them into a personalized jacket. Kelsey added fun embroidery designs to cut up squares of old denim. With a serger, she created fabric from the squares, which were then made into a simple jacket. Learn about embroidery thread, stabilizer, adding jewels, bias trim and more. (Great for students and teachers. Airs during MPT's K-12 Instructional Television Service.)