Border punched projects ahead on show

Information on making border punched projects, a program called Eat Smart, Play Safe, and doing machine embroidery will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday (all times Mountain).

Megan Thome, formerly the spokesperson for EK Success Brands, is going to show a variety of border punched projects from scrapbook layouts to cards to home décor. She’s from Kansas City, Missouri.

Dr. Julian Bailes is co-director of the NorthShore Neurological Institute, and he’s working on a program called “Eat Smart, Play Safe.” He’s going to explain the program, which is an educational campaign focused on promoting healthy nutrition and sports safety for active kids, on and off the field. Bailes lives in Chicago.

Author and designer Cindy Losekamp will talk about the origin of stumpwork, which was previously done by hand. She’ll demonstrate machine embroidery using dimensional flowers on sweaters, sweatshirts and quilts. Her business is called Sew Artfully Yours, Inc. in Trenton, Indiana.

Information on using the Pleated Rail Fence quilting method and adding embroidery to almost anything with your own embroidery machine will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.

Rebecca Harger, REBAH Publishing in Noblesville, Indiana will show how to cut, mark, pleat and join panels of fabric using the Pleated Rail Fence method. The results form watercolor pleats, which she has added to some jackets and quilts that she’ll show.

Designer Roberta Amundson says that sewing machines today are really just computers that sew, but they can do so much more. She’ll show how to add beautiful and fun embroidery to almost anything as well as create your own embroidery designs. Her company is Roberta’s Creations and she lives in Oceanside, California.

“Creative Living” is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations. Contact her at:

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