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Photo by Gregory Case Photography    Photo courtesy of Shelly Burge

The TQS gang goes "on the road again" for a visit with author, designer, blogger, and self-described "scrapaholic" Bonnie Hunter, who made her first quilt using her grandmother's cardboard templates. Nowadays Bonnie, who still enjoys stitching on her beloved treadle machine, uses a webcam so that her followers can watch her at work in her studio!

In this show, Bonnie shares:

• Her quilter-friendly system for cutting and sorting scraps,
  
• Her technique for making quick 2"-finished half-square-triangle units from strips, and
  
• Her ingenious "Leaders and Enders" technique, which makes thrifty use of leftovers and thread.
  
• How to build a quilt using fabric "strings" and phonebook-page foundations, and how to play with the finished blocks.

We end with a field trip to meet Nebraska quiltmaker, author, teacher, and quilt judge Shelly Burge, who currently incorporates copper crimping in her quilts - while curating her collection of over 300 (!) vintage sewing machines.