Quilty: "This is My Quilt" with Caitlin Stainken

Welcome to a new segment on Quilty! All the instruction, the tools, the tweets, and all the quilting shows are great, but let’s not lose sight of the reason behind all of it: the quilts themselves. Quilts are special. Quilts tell stories. People grab quilts before anything else when the house is on fire because quilts are family, friends, and memories. On this inaugural episode of “This is My Quilt,” Mary welcomes friend and colleague Caitlin Stainken to talk about a quilt that has held a special place in her family for many years. Live in Chicago? Got a quilt with a great story? Let us know — maybe your story will be featured on the show! To see more Quilty videos go to www.QNNtv.com.

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Quilty: Finally, a home for rookie quilters. Not everyone knows how to thread a sewing machine. It's okay! Quilty is here to help. Quilty is a weekly quilting show offered online that seeks to inform and inspire the next generation of quilters. Hosted by Mary Fons, a J.V. quilter and co-host of Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting on PBS, Quilty delivers great quilting instruction with humor, zest, and respect for the art of quilting. Many of today’s newer quilters visit quilt shops or randomly surf online with little to no knowledge of quilting basics. They feel bummed out and lost and often bail on the idea of making a quilt altogether. This is a tragedy of epic proportions! But it's no wonder: The home ec classes our mothers and grandmothers took were replaced by computer classes when we were in school. So it's Quilty's mission to teach rudimentary quilting skills in a friendly, welcoming way. There will be more advanced techniques, too, but the goal is always to inspire every viewer to make a quilt of her own after seeing just one episode. There's a new Quilty episode once a week. With style, class, and a sense of humor, Quilty aims to ignite new passion for the American quilt. Let's do this. For more Quilty and other related Quilting shows, visit QNNtv.com!