Included with the video are charts for creating the quilt cane. The charts, which are handy for other projects, are also available at the abba dabba Productions website. After constructing the cane, Skinner demonstrates another neat technique for making the cane slices appear to be rippling in the breeze. She also shows how to use up the scraps from the cane. Finally, the video ends with a nice touch: a gallery of Skinner's work.

The not-so-good: I thought this 88-minute video would never end. The presentation of the material was just too slow. Skinner was speaking slowly to begin with, and certain techniques, such as blending colors and cutting the clay, are explained, demonstrated, and then repeated -- in full -- every time they are used.

For instance, the cane reduction section is 12 minutes long. First Skinner reduces a fairly large cane down to a small cane, then she repeats the process with other canes two more times. Twelve minutes is a long time to watch someone reduce a cane.

Also, five minutes of the video are devoted to the use of the JASI Slicer, a tool which, while wonderful, doesn't need more than a minute or two to explain and demonstrate. Even the JASI website acknowledges that just a photo tells the whole story.

Additionally, I wasn't crazy about the quality of the production. The tape is grainy, and at least once I could hear noises -- someone talking? -- in the background. At $29.95, the video should be better quality.

The bottom line: Slow but precise, with a couple of neat tips thrown in along the way.