Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel
Encyclopedia
Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel is a long running "how to" show on PBS
hosted by Georgia Bonesteel. The show first debuted in 1979 on UNC-TV
and has been on the air for over 30 years. The show shares different quilting
techniques and styles from around the United States and the world.
Viewers are shown various project ideas and different quilting and sewing
techniques they can try at home. Tips and tricks are also provided, such as how often to replace the needle
in their sewing machines.
The series was one of the first how-to shows produced by UNC-TV
—along with The Woodwright's Shop
—to be broadcast around the United States. The show has been broadcast on over 200 PBS stations across the country. This series was started after Bonesteel had been a guest on an early PBS series Sewing Is Fun.
Bonesteel is credited with having invented lap quilting while teaching a class at Blue Ridge Community College
in North Carolina. She has incorporated quilts in to the presentation at the national historic site Connemara Farms
, the home of Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sandburg
. In 2005, Georgia Bonesteel acted as the executive producer for the documentary her son, Paul Bonesteel, produced titled, The Great American Quilt Revival.
In addition to hosting the show, Bonesteel has written a number of books on quilting.
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
hosted by Georgia Bonesteel. The show first debuted in 1979 on UNC-TV
UNC-TV
University of North Carolina Television, known on-air as UNC-TV, is a public television network in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is operated by the University of North Carolina, with studios located at the UNC Center for Public Television at Research Triangle Park...
and has been on the air for over 30 years. The show shares different quilting
Quilting
Quilting is a sewing method done to join two or more layers of material together to make a thicker padded material. A quilter is the name given to someone who works at quilting. Quilting can be done by hand, by sewing machine, or by a specialist longarm quilting system.The process of quilting uses...
techniques and styles from around the United States and the world.
Overview
The series shows viewers how to make quilts using a particular type of quilting known as lap quilting. Traditional quilting uses a hoop or frame which the fabric is stretched across. Lap quilting does not use a frame.Viewers are shown various project ideas and different quilting and sewing
Sewing
Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with a needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic era...
techniques they can try at home. Tips and tricks are also provided, such as how often to replace the needle
Sewing machine needle
A sewing machine needle consists of:* shank - clamped by the sewing machine's needle holder* shoulder - where the thick shank tapers down to the shaft...
in their sewing machines.
The series was one of the first how-to shows produced by UNC-TV
UNC-TV
University of North Carolina Television, known on-air as UNC-TV, is a public television network in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is operated by the University of North Carolina, with studios located at the UNC Center for Public Television at Research Triangle Park...
—along with The Woodwright's Shop
The Woodwright's Shop
The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS, with thirty-two 13-episode seasons filmed. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes...
—to be broadcast around the United States. The show has been broadcast on over 200 PBS stations across the country. This series was started after Bonesteel had been a guest on an early PBS series Sewing Is Fun.
Host
Georgia Bonesteel is a quilting judge, author and host of the show. She has been the president of the International Quilt Association, which is involved in the history and art of quilting worldwide.Bonesteel is credited with having invented lap quilting while teaching a class at Blue Ridge Community College
Blue Ridge Community College
Blue Ridge Community College is a community college located in Weyers Cave, Virginia in Augusta County. The campus is located between Interstate 81 and US Route 11 just outside Weyers Cave...
in North Carolina. She has incorporated quilts in to the presentation at the national historic site Connemara Farms
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site
Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site, located near Hendersonville in Flat Rock, North Carolina, preserves Connemara Farms, the home of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and writer Carl Sandburg...
, the home of Pulitzer Prize winner Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg
Carl Sandburg was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, two for his poetry and another for a biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg "indubitably an American in every pulse-beat."-Biography:Sandburg was born in Galesburg,...
. In 2005, Georgia Bonesteel acted as the executive producer for the documentary her son, Paul Bonesteel, produced titled, The Great American Quilt Revival.
Publications
- More lap quilting with Georgia Bonesteel (1985, Oxmoor HouseOxmoor HouseOxmoor House is the book publishing division of Birmingham, Alabama based Southern Progress Corporation. Oxmoor House was founded in 1979 when it began publishing Southern Living's Southern Living Annual Recipes. Today it publishes books relating to cooking, crafts, holidays, home improvement, and...
) — ISBN 978-0-8487-0634-0 - New ideas for lap quilting (1987, Oxmoor House) — ISBN 978-0-8487-0704-0
- Georgia Bonesteel's bright ideas for lap quilting (1990, Oxmoor House) — ISBN 978-0-8487-1003-3
- Great American Quilts 1991 (1991, Oxmoor House) — ISBN 978-0-8487-1033-0
- Georgia Bonesteel's patchwork potpourri (1997, University of North Carolina PressUniversity of North Carolina PressThe University of North Carolina Press , founded in 1922, is a university press that is part of the University of North Carolina....
) — ISBN 978-0-8078-4660-5 - Georgia Bonesteel's Quiltmaking Legacy (2004, American Quilter's Society) — ISBN 978-1-57432-844-8