Sewing With Nancy® 2900 Series Program Descriptions
Prog. 2901: Nancy’s Favorite Handbag Sewing Techniques Part One
Create fashion forward handbags by making easy changes to your bag pattern.
Learn easy functional handbag changes, add ribbon inspiration accents, create a
recessed zipper closure or clutch handles, and more. Nancy’s favorite handbag
techniques make personalized bags with designer appeal.
Prog. 2902: Nancy’s Favorite Handbag Sewing Techniques Part Two
Learn Nancy’s secrets for making a designer handbag with panache.
Add grommets and piping to a cinched tote, embroider monograms on faux leather, or
create a continuous strap to hold a yoga mat or baby blanket. Nancy’s easy handbag
techniques can be adapted for your favorite bag pattern.
Prog. 2903: Quick Stitch to Wear Again Part One
Nancy highlights a simple, yet unconventional, approach to clothing repairs.
Learn the Fool’em Jeans Hem, the No-Bump Jeans Hem, a Snug-Up the Waist Fix, and a
Cover-up Zipper Fix. You’ll be surprised at these easy methods to do your own clothing
repairs quickly!
Prog. 2904: Quick Stitch to Wear Again Part Two
Nancy takes an easy and lighter approach to clothing repairs.
Replace broken zippers, mend jeans, sew on buttons, and more with this
unconventional approach to repairs. Nancy breaks all the traditional sewing rules with
these easy clothing repair techniques. Zipper Remedy, Holes to Art, Lumberjack Patches,
Too Much Cake Fix, and more.
Prog. 2905: Sew the Perfect T-Shirt Part One
Add a designer touch to an easy-to-make T-shirt—fast and fun!
Designer Pamela Leggett joins Nancy to share fitting techniques that flatter “real”
figures and to show simple knit sewing tips for T-shirts. Pamela’s easy T-shirt pattern has
a flattering style that gives options for the necklines that are featured.
Prog. 2906: Sew the Perfect T-Shirt Part Two
Sew a classic tee dress with easy fitting, sewing, and designing techniques.
Nancy and designer Pamela Leggett show how to apply sewing and fitting techniques
from a T-shirt pattern to a wardrobe classic—a comfortable tee dress. Also learn tips for
several neckline variations and hemming options ideal for dresses.
Prog. 2907: Beginning Landscape Quilting Part One
Learn landscape quilting using this simplistic approach and easy techniques.
Nancy and her quilting mentor Natalie Sewell streamline the landscape quilting process
using a beginner’s prospective. Learn to use inspirational photos, choose fabric, and
master messy and fussy cutting techniques. Create trees easily with raw-edge appliqué
techniques and give them dimension with fabric markers or oil pastels.
Prog. 2908: Beginning Landscape Quilting Part Two
Learn to create a garden scene in fabric with this easy landscape quilting process.
Natalie Sewell, landscape quilt artist, and Nancy create beautiful foliage, groundcover,
and floral accents in their landscape quilt designs—learn the easy process in this
program. Nancy and Natalie guide you in choosing fabric, cutting, clustering,
highlighting, and adding dimension for beautiful detail in your quilt garden.
Prog. 2909: Beginning Landscape Quilting Part Three
Spontaneous landscape quilting techniques are the secret to creating picturesque
scenes. Nancy and her quilting buddy Natalie Sewell have fine-tuned the process of
landscape quilting. You’ll learn to cut blooms, accents, and mountains creatively and
enhance them easily with fabric, paint, or markers. Then, give life to your designs as you
stipple, following the movement of the fabric with easy tips from Natalie and Nancy.
#2910:A Modern Quilting Bee
Join Nancy at the Quilt Expo in Madison, WI, for a modern gathering of all things quilting
The term “quilting bee” might bring to mind faded images of women gathered around a
quilt stretched on a frame. Now, ponder the term “modern quilting bee,” an image with
thousands of quilt enthusiasts at a convention center.
#2911: Tried and True Sewing & Quilting Tips, Part One
Learn tried and true sewing and quilting tips from the experts.
Quilting and sewing experts took time from teaching at Nancy’s Notions annual Sewing
Weekend event in Beaver Dam, WI, to share their favorite tried and true tips. Learn
from Nancy’s friends during this program recorded on location.
#2912: Tried and True Sewing & Quilting Tips, Part Two
Enjoy tried and true tips from a variety of sewing and quilting personalities.
Sewing and quilting specialists took time from their busy teaching schedule, at Nancy’s
Notions Sewing Weekend in Beaver Dam, WI, to record some of their favorite sewing
and quilting techniques. You’ll love the plethora of tips!
Prog. 2913: Sew Gifts—Make Memories
Be inspired to create memorable gifts for many different occasions.
Mary Mulari, Sewing With Nancy’s most frequent guest, joins Nancy to teach you to sew
creative gifts for everyone. Nancy and Mary inspire you to use repurposed meaningful
fabric for your heartfelt creations.
Prog. 2914: Sew Gifts—Make Memories
Learn to stitch a welcomed gift with lots of memories attached.
Nancy and her friend Mary Mulari share clever gift ideas made from vintage hankies and
doilies, ties, towels, and laminated bags. Learn to make useful gifts that create
memories and are attractive conversation pieces.
Prog. 2915: Solving the Pattern Fitting Puzzle)
Nancy teaches pattern fitting using her time-tested pivot and slide techniques.
Choose the right pattern size, and custom-fit patterns without cutting the original
pattern pieces apart. Practice along using free mini-patterns that you can download
online. This first episode centers on easily fitting tops, dresses, and skirts.
Prog. 2916: Solving the Pattern Fitting Puzzle
Gain sewing confidence when you learn Nancy’s easy pattern fitting techniques.
Traditional techniques are set aside and a no-nonsense approach called Pivot and Slide
is taught. Once you know the basics as seen in episode one, Nancy shows how to apply
these steps to patterns that have multiple pattern pieces.
Prog. 2917: Cabin Fever Quilts
Easily make modern quilt blocks from the traditional Log Cabin quilt blocks.
Just as architecture has changed from the original log cabin homes to our modern 21 st
century homes, quilting has made the same transition. Nancy and guest Natalia Bonner,
a self-proclaimed quilting addict, take a fresh approach to quilting, using dramatic colors
and sleek lines.
Prog. 2918: Cabin Fever Quilts
Discover tricks of modern quilting inspired by the traditional Log Cabin block.
You might think that Log Cabin quilt blocks are very predictable—red center block with
dark fabric strips added to one side and light strips added to the other. Nancy and guest
Natalia Bonner, a modern quilt designer help you discover that with an unconventional
approach the expected turns imaginative!
Prog. 2919: Hoop It Up—Guide to Successful Embroidery (
Use your embroidery sewing machine to create unique gift bundles for a baby, kids, or
friends.
Wondering if you’re up to the task? Let Nancy and guest, Marie Zinno, show you how to
hoop for success on a variety of standard gift items such as baby bibs, tote bags, and
hooded towels. You’ll soon find that learning the right way to attach fabrics to an
embroidery hoop leads to embroidery success.
Prog. 2920: Hoop It Up—Guide to Successful Embroidery
Learn how to successfully use stabilizers and embroidery designs to stitch top-notch
projects.
Embroidery pro Marie Zinno joins Nancy to share her tips on how to successfully
embroider by machine. As a professional, Marie knows the ins and outs of attaching a
ready made T-shirt, baby onesie, tote, or slippers to an embroidery hoop, and she’s
willing to share all her trade secrets.
Prog. 2921: Every Last Piece
Make the most of your fabric stash and make striking quilts from scraps to yardage.
Nancy and guest Lynn Harris show numerous ways to refresh traditional quilt designs by
giving them a scrappy look. Plus, you’ll be inspired to create quilts with minimalist
charm when small scraps are used on broad backgrounds.
Prog. 2922: Change Up Patchwork
Create different quilt designs from a 4-patch block by changing dimensions and color.
Nancy starts this mini-series with a basic quilt block, the time-honored 4-patch design,
and details the piecing techniques. Then watch as she changes it up, adjusting the sizes
of the 4-patch design and working with modern color options. The results are dramatic,
yet the sewing techniques are the same. This is an ideal series for beginner quilters.
Prog. 2923: Change Up Patchwork
Make a Square Within a Square quilt block; then vary the fabric sizes for creative
options. Learn to make a Square Within a Square block the traditional way; then change
the mix, varying the length of the fabric pieces to stitch a Rectangle Within a Rectangle
and a modern Floating Square block. All blocks and quilt designs are made with Nancy’s
signature streamline quilting techniques.
Prog. 2924: Change Up Patchwork
Make a 9-patch block; then change fabric sizes to show artistic options.
Nancy shows you the basics of stitching the versatile 9-patch quilt block, and then she
details how to take a fresh approach toward assembling the block to change it up!
Modify the size of the fabric strips, use fabric scraps to make a vintage quilt, or change
the color to provide artistic options.
Prog. 2925: Neckline Makeovers
Learn how to update a plain top with embroidery that is fashionable but also flawless.
Nancy and guest Eileen Roche show you how to update necklines with fashionable
embroidery and other easy yet creative accents. Learn how to hoop a ready made top in
your embroidery machine and then watch as the programmed stitching not only adds
beautiful embellishments, but changes the neckline shape.
Prog. 2926: Neckline Makeovers
Learn how to easily and creatively use your embroidery machine to give a plain top a
new focus.
Nancy Zieman and embroidery expert Eileen Roche give you the confidence and
inspiration you need to update the neckline of a top with designer touches. Use
embroidery to add thread motifs and programmed stitches to change the shape of a
neckline.