FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—November 26, 2007
Contact: Rebekah Radisch, UNC-TV Publicity: 919-549-7177, rradisch@unctv.org
Deidra Grier, Cutters Productions: 704-522-9900, dgrier@cutterstv.com
One Stroke Painting & One Stitch Sewing Make Wonderful Memories!
DISCOVER AN ALL-NEW SEASON OF THE DONNA DEWBERRY SHOW
By now, her fans expect it and Donna Dewberry doesn’t disappoint. Each episode of The Donna
Dewberry Show continues to fascinate and educate with Donna’s pioneering techniques for painting and
creating. This season, Donna expands on her original One Stroke Painting techniques, introducing an
exciting world of do-able, easy to learn painting styles along with new tools, canvases and paints. She
uses her sewing machine to transform her painted fabrics into quilts, wall hangings and wonderful
wearable art and all her projects offer color, texture and drama. In addition, Donna shares handy tips in a
special segment of every episode.
Each episode of The Donna Dewberry Show builds around an inspiring theme. First, Donna teaches her
incredible One Stroke Painting lesson, then she shares a spectacular One Stitch Sewing technique and
each episode brings terrific tips along with insights into using some of today’s fun crafting, painting and
sewing tools and products for maximum satisfaction.
Among the new season highlights, Donna paints on canvas, wood, fabric, glass, walls; stitches quilts,
clothes and accessories; and shows how a little paint and some imagination can turn your castoffs into
collectibles. It all happens in each entertaining half hour led by this down-to-earth artist. That’s just a
glimpse at some of the wonderful ways The Donna Dewberry Show helps you kindle your creative talents.
When it comes to decorative art, the world comes to Donna Dewberry—and with good reason. Donna
revolutionized popular painting with her amazing One Stroke Painting method and her One Stitch Sewing
techniques promise to do the same for fabric creations! And The Donna Dewberry Show fuses both
strokes of Donna Dewberry genius with other clever and creative projects. Be sure to tune in [insert
day/time/station] or visit The Donna Dewberry Show on the web at www.donnadewberryshow.com.
The Donna Dewberry Show is part of the roster of excellence that marks Cutters Productions’
programming. Cutters Productions creates quality life style and how-to programming that educates,
enlightens and entertains. Cutters proudly produces the successful national public television series For
Your Home, The Donna Dewberry Show, Glass With Vicki Payne and Paint, Paper & Crafts. Cutters
also produced the national pledge specials Donna Dewberry’s Painting Extravaganza and Donna
Dewberry’s Painting Spectacular, The New Generation of One Stroke Painting, Kid Concoctions 1
& 2, Learn to Knit, Scrapbook Memories For Your Home and Savvy Senior.
Cutters Productions, earned the American Public Television (APT) 2005 MVP Award. To date Cutters has
provided APT with 23 program titles for national public television distribution, many of which were highly
successful fundraising programs. Cutters’ One Stroke Painting With Donna Dewberry remains one of
the top-grossing how-to pledge programs ever produced.
For more information about The Donna Dewberry Show and other Cutters Productions, please visit
Cutters online at www.cutterstv.com.
About American Public Television
For 46 years, American Public Television (APT) has been a prime source of programming for the nation’s
public television stations. APT distributes more than 300 new program titles per year and has 10,000
hours of programming in its library. It is responsible for many public television milestones including the
first HD series and the 2006 launch of the Create™ channel featuring the best of public television's
lifestyle programming. APT is known for its leadership in identifying innovative, worthwhile and viewerfriendly programming. It has established a tradition of providing public television stations with program
choices that strengthen and customize their schedules, such as JFK: Breaking the News, Battlefield
Britain, Globe Trekker, Rick Steves' Europe, Great Museums, Jacques Pépin: Fast Food My Way,
America's Test Kitchen From Cook’s Illustrated, Broadway: The Golden Age, Lidia's Family Table,
California Dreamin’ – The Songs of The Mamas & the Papas, Rosemary and Thyme, P. Allen Smith's
Garden Home, The Big Comfy Couch, Monarchy With David Starkey, and other prominent
documentaries, dramatic series, how-to programs and classic movies. For more information about APT's
programs and services, visit APTonline.org.
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The Donna Dewberry Show 200 Series Show Descriptions
By now, her fans expect it and Donna Dewberry doesn’t disappoint. Each episode of The Donna
Dewberry Show continues to fascinate and educate with Donna’s pioneering techniques for painting and
creating. This season, Donna expands on her original One Stroke Painting techniques, introducing an
exciting world of do-able, easy to learn painting styles along with new tools, canvases and paints. She
uses her sewing machine to transform her painted fabrics into quilts, wall hangings and wonderful
wearable art and all her projects offer color, texture and drama. In addition, Donna shares handy tips in a
special segment of every episode.
Bright & Bold Flowers Donna teaches the basic strokes to create nine different bright and bold flowers,
then paints these designs on black fabric and shows how to stitch them into a quilt. Tip: Painting on dark
surfaces (#201)
Sunflower Bowl In one of the most outstanding projects of the season, Donna turns a plain wooden bowl
into an exceptional piece of decorative artwork accented with bright yellow sunflowers and lime leaves,
then paints fabric wall hangings of single sunflowers. Tip: Using tools to create texture (#202)
Bed of Tulips Donna creates a heavily textured canvas filled with lovely red and yellow spring tulips; she
uses this same theme to decorate an apron. Tip: Refinishing an old cabinet door (#203)
Botanical Clock Donna turns an old wooden clock into the perfect room accent, using textured white paint
and bright green fern designs, then shows how to complete your room setting by painting a matching
lampshade and base. Tip: Protecting your artwork when you take it outside (#204)
Bigger Than Life Donna paints a Tuscan floral design on an oversized canvas, then applies rich, warm
reds, golds and greens to the canvas with a brush and palette knife. Donna also creates elegant table
linens. Tip: Personalizing your walls with words (#205)
Canvas on Canvas Donna layers her canvas to create a 3-D seascape painting, and then demonstrates
how to make your own floor cloth with a fabric boarder. Tip: Using various wood sealers (#206)
Sugar & Spice Working with blue, pink and yellow, Donna turns plain wooden containers into perfect
decorative accents for a youthful room or office, and then stitches up a fun quilt with a pond party theme.
Tip: Painting fashion jewelry (#207)
Natural Style Donna creates a natural colored stylized wall hanging from a floor cloth canvas, then
appliqué’s designs on a tote bag using sewing machine stitches like a paintbrush. Tip: Using a palette
knife (#208)
Tropical Sunset Donna creates a beautiful Florida everglade sunset on canvas, and then stitches up fun,
brightly colored nautical pillows. Tip: Painting palm trees on glassware. (#209)
River Birches Donna paints a forest of river birches growing by a beautiful blue stream and accents the
landscape with colorful pink wildflowers, then shares techniques for painting and aging a floral serving
tray. Tip: Finishing plain hardware (#210)
Serene Scene Donna shows how to paint irises onto a black wooden room screen, and then accents it
with stencils. Donna uses decorative stitches to create fun and easy crazy quilt placemats for her sewing
project. Tip: Antiquing and creating distressed edges (#211)
New England Seascape Donna paints a beautiful New England seascape complete with lighthouse and
splashing waves, and then uses fabric paints to make a fun shirt, jacket and tote. Tip: Creating
backgrounds for your paintings (#212)
Poppy Fields Donna thinks and paints outside the frame as she creates a field of brightly colored red and
orange poppies spilling off the canvas and onto the matting and frame, then decorates a table runner with
appliqués and color. Tip: Using dimensional paint to accent art work (#213)
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