Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel
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| genre = How-to
| creator =
| writer =
| presenter = Georgia Bonesteel
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| opentheme =
| country = United States
| num_seasons = 12
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| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = Bob Royster
| producer = Bill Hannah
| editor =
| cinematography = Lynn McConnell, Todd Hall, Galen K. Black
| runtime = 27 minutes
| company = UNC-TV
| first_aired = {{start date|1979}}
| last_aired = present
}}
Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel is a "how to" show on PBS hosted by Georgia Bonesteel. The show debuted in 1979 on UNC-TV (now PBS North Carolina) and has been on the air for over 40 years. By 1983, it was being distributed out of Boston to 120 major PBS stations,{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19830307&id=1HEjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NiQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6584,850950&hl=en | title=Georgia Bonesteel: The Nation Sees Her Quilts | work=Times-News | date=7 March 1983 | accessdate=22 August 2015 | author=Nickinson, Pat | pages=19}} including Chicago's WYCC.{{cite web | url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4038564.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505110618/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4038564.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=5 May 2016 | title=Modern approach preserves art of quilting | work=Chicago Sun-Times | date=3 February 1991 | accessdate=6 April 2016 | author=Houlihan-Skilton, Mary}} The show shares different quilting 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 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.
Host
{{Main|Georgia Bonesteel}}
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 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.
Guests
References
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{{cite web
| url = http://thedeletebin.com/2010/05/13/the-kings-play-this-beat-goes-onswitching-to-glide/
| title = Lap Quilting With Georgia Bonesteel - Full Production Credits - NYTimes.com
| author =
|date=September 2008
| work = New York Times
| accessdate = 15 September 2010
}}
{{cite web
|url = http://www.unctv.org/lapquilting/
|title = Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel
|year = 2010
|work = UNC-TV
|publisher = University of North Carolina
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110128040301/http://www.unctv.org/lapquilting/
|archivedate = 28 January 2011
|url-status = dead
|accessdate = 15 September 2010
}}
{{cite web
|url=http://www.unctv.org/lapquilting/host.html
|title=Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel (host)
|year=2010
|work=UNC-TV
|publisher=University of North Carolina
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817231718/http://www.unctv.org/lapquilting/host.html
|archivedate=17 August 2011
|url-status=live
|accessdate=15 September 2010
}}
{{cite book
| last = Reuther
| first = Galen
| title = The Carl Sandburg Home: Connemara
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7HK4Ewq1c40C&dq=%22Georgia+Bonesteel%22&pg=PA124
| accessdate = 16 September 2010
| edition = illustrated
| year = 2006
| publisher = Arcadia Publishing
| isbn = 978-0-7385-4276-8
| oclc = 70867880
| page = 124
}}
{{cite book
| last = Cox
| first = Meg
| title = The Quilter's Catalog: A Comprehensive Resource Guide
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=fOY1vWUToJUC&dq=%22Georgia+Bonesteel%22&pg=PA94
| accessdate = 16 September 2010
| edition = illustrated
| year = 2008
| publisher = Workman Publishing
| isbn = 978-0-7611-3881-5
| oclc = 78989348
| page = 94
}}
{{cite web
|url=http://www.georgiabonesteel.com/bio.html
|title=Georgia Bonesteel biography
|author=Georgia Bonesteel
|year=2010
|work=georgiabonesteel.com
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111114346/http://www.georgiabonesteel.com/bio.html
|archivedate=11 January 2011
|url-status=live
|accessdate=15 September 2010
}}
{{cite web
|url=http://www.how-to-quilt.com/georgiabonesteel.php
|title=Longtime Quilter, Georgia Bonesteel Shares Her Secrets of Beautiful Quilts and Quilting
|author=Penny Halgren
|year=2004
|work=How To Quilt
|publisher=Penny Halgren
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226183957/http://www.how-to-quilt.com/georgiabonesteel.php
|archivedate=26 February 2011
|url-status=live
|accessdate=17 September 2010
}}
}}
External links
- {{URL|https://video.pbsnc.org/show/lap-quilting-georgia-bonesteel/|Lap Quilting with Georgia Bonesteel}} at PBS North Carolina
- {{URL|http://www.georgiabonesteel.com}} — Georgia Bonesteel's official website
- {{IMDb name|2616653|Georgia Bonesteel}}
- {{IMDb title|1001353|The Great American Quilt Revival|(2005)}}
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Category:PBS original programming
Category:1979 American television series debuts
Category:American educational television series
Category:1970s American television series
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Category:2010s American television series