The Quilter on Fire Podcast

Join me for an episode all about of my visit to QuiltCon 2022 in Phoenix, AZ. You'll hear my favourite moments, interviews with influencers, quilters, vendors, the organizers of the show and some special exhibits as well. 

LINKS to things I mention in this episode:
Social Justice Sewing Academy with Sara Trail: https://www.sjsacademy.org/
The Navajo Quilt Project with Susan Hudson: https://www.frenchgeneral.com/products/navajoquiltproject
The AccuQuilt on the Go! QuiltCon Part 1: https://youtu.be/faLLrPbJhMA
The AccuQuilt on the Go! QuiltCon Part 2: https://youtu.be/Gmn_k38O2Os

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EQ Educator Yvonne Menear. She has had a passion for EQ for over 20 years. She speaks to quilt guilds, at retreats, at regional, national and international sewing and quilt shows. She does projects and blogs for EQ and teaches at their annual retreat. She creates bespoke workshops to give the student exactly what they need. And today we are going to talk everything EQ! 

Link to the Youtube Trailer - I'm travelling so it's COMING SOON!
Link to the Northcott fabric prize giveaway: COMING SOON!
Link to the EQ 20% off discount with code: FIRE20 until March 31st: https://quilteronfire.com/product/eq-8-software/

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Kim Neidzweicki is a sewist, quilter, and pattern designer with a passion for social media. One thing I loved hearing from her on the podcast is that no one is really a social media guru or maven because it changes every single day. We get massive doses of the unknown from social media and there is so much pressure to go viral. It is intimidating. You finally figure out how to make a reel on Instagram and then TikTok comes along and steals the show. The hardest part of it all is just going gloves off and diving into the ring to try everything. It’s new to everyone. We are not alone. And Kim is out there spreading the word about how people can grow.

Watch the Youtube Trailer here: https://youtu.be/4TGuESeKySc
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Visit Kim's incredible blog here: https://www.gogokim.com/

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Vivika Hansen Denegre is an avid artist and crafter who lives and works in New England. By day, she is the editor of Quilting Arts and QuiltCon Magazines and serves as the Director of Quilting Content for Golden Peak Media. You’ve likely seen her on Quilting Arts TV, listened to her on The Quilting Arts Podcast, and read some of the many articles and blogposts she writes for traditional quilting publications and QuiltingDaily.com. By night, you can find Vivika hard at work in the studio where she knits, sews, quilts, and draws. She enjoys her work as a volunteer board member of both SAQA and the Modern Quilt Guild and is fascinated by the work of art quilters from around the world.

Watch the Podcast Trailer here: https://youtu.be/auzZhxXY64s
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Visit the Quilting Daily website here: https://www.quiltingdaily.com/

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On today’s episode you’ll meet Katie Fowler. I had the pleasure of meeting her in person for the first time at the Houston Quilt Festival and wow - she instantly felt like a kind-hearted mentor. Katie is a Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach, an award-winning artist and a former teacher who loves facilitating learning. The very first day I met her she had her book in my hands and we were chatting about creativity. If you are stuck she guides creative people in connecting with themselves, with others and with their own passions.

Watch the Podcast Trailer here: https://youtu.be/dyVwGzRIhvQ
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Visit Katie Fowler's Website here: https://www.katiefowler.net/

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I’ve been so excited to have Berene Campbell on the show. I first heard of her when my local Okanagan Modern Quilt Guild hired her as a speaker. I loved every word she said. She was heartwarming and inspiring to say the least, and our guild then took on her Mini Mod Swap which is a challenge for the Handmade Collective Awards which we talk about today on the show. Secondly, she’s a delightful person. Berene is a quilt pattern designer, teacher, speaker and community project instigator. Her patterns have been admired by the likes of Tula Pink and her community and charity projects have raised over 35,000 thousand dollars and inspired quilters all over the world.
Listen to the PODCAST TRAILER HERE: https://youtu.be/N_uTl2_dBa8
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Find the Happy Sew Lucky website HERE: https://happysewlucky.com/

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This week’s guest is Clara Nartey. She is an Artist, Entrepreneur and Coach creating Educational programs for Creatives. She suddenly found herself jobless after a dream career in the corporate world and forged ahead to discover her own creative path only to realize she’s not the only one who could use the skills and systems she’s learned along the way. Now she helps other creatives find their path and we are going to dive tight into her story.

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Clara Nartey's Website: https://claranartey.art/

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Rhonda Pierce, is the stitch savvy Marketing Director for Schmetz Needles. She offers her needle expertise around the world in workshops, lectures, monthly Facebook Live sessions and she’s also available to talk for your local guild. Once life returns to normal, watch for Rhonda at quilting shows and events around the country. She’ll be delighted to talk to you and to find out how you use your favourite SCHMETZ needle.

Watch the Podcast Trailer here: https://youtu.be/9FENkReaEboEnter the PRIZE GIVEAWAY here: https://kingsumo.com/g/lypz6m/qof-episode-53-giveaway
Visit the Schmetz website here: http://www.schmetzneedles.com/

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It's Episode 52! Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of 2022. I cannot think of a better topic to start off the year than ergonomics, efficiency & organization. It’s kind of like a new year’s resolution except wouldn’t it be great if we could do this all year round?  My guest today is Lois Hallock. She is a quilter, a professional Engineer and a professional organizer. It sounds like a perfect combination to me. I met her in the fall at the Houston Quilt Festival and you know I love talking about studios so I loved meeting her to find out what she has a passion for and what she offers in her business. She actually had a full room at Quilt Fest and does private studio consultations. Lois has professionally designed hundreds of quilting studios and has been published numerous times in magazines. She has applied her organization and problem solving skills from her engineering career to her passion for quilting help quilters create a space they love.

Watch the Youtube Trailer here: https://youtu.be/o3bxAzhQH4QEnter the weekly giveaway here: https://kingsumo.com/g/6pvtft/qof-episode-52-giveaway
Visit Lois Hallock's website here: http://www.clearview-designs.com/

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I’ve been so excited to have Rob Appell on the show because first of all, he is a bundle of energy that is contagious, he’s a delightful person and when we first met for our discovery call to do this podcast he became an instant mentor to me in all things audio visual.  He has a fantastic YouTube presence working with Michael Miller Fabrics on his channel called Making it Fun with Rob Appell. His videos are filled with projects, inspiration, guest interviews and so much more. I first discovered Rob many years ago when he created an incredible series of art quilts called ENDANGERED SPECIES and I can’t wait to share his story with you. 

Podcast Trailer - https://youtu.be/eSXIivW8e6Y
Special Holiday Giveaway - https://kingsumo.com/g/9gkrex/qof-episode-51-holiday-giveaway
Link to Rob's website - https://robappell.com/
Link to Making it Fun on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/MakingItFunwithRobAppell/featured

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Allison Aller is has been stitching, sewing, knitting, and writing since she was a child....and that child is alive and well in the joyful work she creates today from crazy quilting to stained glass quilting and so much more. She has been quilting non-stop for over 4 decades. She dove deep into more than a decade long passion for crazy quilts and wrote her first two books on the topic and more recently did the same deep dive and wrote a book on Stained Glass Quilting. Allison has been a featured quilter in dozens of magazines and on the Quilt Show with Ricky Tims & Alex Anderson and she is a multiple award-winning quilter at big shows like the American Quilters Society Show in Nashville and The International Quilt Festival in Houston. 

The incredible resource Allie mentioned for nationally documented quilt collections: www.quiltindex.com
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Welcome to Episode 49 of the Quilter on Fire Podcast! Today my guest is a descendant of 2 Gee's Bend Quilters - Tangular A. Irby. She is an author, educator and quilter who is highly educated in Business Administration, Educational Leadership and has a Masters in the Art of Teaching. Her love of children's books developed during her time as a second grade teacher. She is the granddaughter of Gee’s Bend quilters, Pearlie Kennedy Pettway and Jensie Lee Irby. She grew up admiring the beauty of the quilts gifted to her by family. Quilting her very first quilt was a way to honour the legacy of her maternal and paternal grandmothers, Gee's Bend quilters, who passed on long before their creations were recognized as more than just a means to keep their families warm.

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Victoria Findlay Wolfe is an international award-winning quilter known for her designs which portray a sense of old school comfort while breaking the boundaries of contemporary design. They have elements of tradition but with a twist like a dissolving double wedding ring or a photo of her hands right in the quilt as part of the story. She trained in fine arts college as a painter who also sculpted and loves photography, but quilts have become her greatest passion. She is a sought after speaker, teacher, author, and fabric & pattern designer who loves quilting for herself and others through private commissions. Her quilts have been featured in private collections, in museums, and at quilt shows all over the world. Today, I have a chat with Victoria Findlay Wolfe.

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Go to Victoria's website here: https://vfwquilts.com/

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Welcome to PART 2 of the Houston Quilt Festival Recap on the Quilter on Fire Podcast. For this 2nd episode I will give you a little more about my experience at my very first Houston Quilt Festival. I'll share my stories from start to finish from my entire trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, through Quilt Festival and then off to the Texas Quilt Museum. At Festival I asked quilt business owners what they are most excited about featuring this year in their booths. I got a huge variety of answers, of course and I also interviewed a show winner, a lecturer and some quilters featured in special exhibits. So grab a cup of tea, sit back and join me for the Houston Quilt Festival 2021 extravaganza PART 2. 

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Reed Johnson of Blue Bear Quilts has won design competitions, He's a sought after designer for fabric companies, he has had numerous quilt pattern features in magazines and he recently launched his first line of fabric. He started quilting at 40, opened up his pattern design business at 60 and has never looked back. Looking for some quit biz inspiration? Just check out the sampling of his beautiful patterns below and click on any photo to head on over to his website for even more. Reed truly believes it's never too late to follow your dreams. 

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Click here to go to the BLUE BEAR QUILTS website:  https://bluebearquilts.com/

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Welcome to the Houston Quilt Festival Recap episode of the Quilter on Fire Podcast. I literally got off a plane last night at 7pm to arrive home from a whirlwind week and it feels like I’ve been compiling audio clips ever since. There will be two podcast episodes from the interviews I captured at Houston. You are in for a treat. For this first episode I ran around the classrooms for days interviewing teachers. I managed to get 40 teachers to answer one compelling question and I got a huge variety of answers. Here’s the QUESTION:  If there was one tidbit of wisdom you love to share in each and every class you teach what would it be? So grab a cup of tea, sit back and join me for the Houston Quilt Festival 2021 faculty extravaganza. I guarantee you will be inspired.

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On today’s show I interview Kimberlee Piers - Moore. She is a famous Canadian Tik Tokker who created the adorable little world of Mr. Bones. He’s a goofy little sidekick who snoozes, quilts, helps and hinders in all kinds of hilarious ways. Every little video has a warm and playful approach and brings on a smile each time. Kimberlee’s TikTok channel has grown to epic proportions and I can’t wait to share her story with you. Halloween is just around the corner so it’s the perfect time to discover the world of Mr. Bones.

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I’m thrilled to have LAURA WASILOWSKI on the show because first of all, she’s an art quilter after my own heart and secondly I’ve been following along with her books and inspiration for many, many years. I first saw her on Quilting Arts TV and I can’t get enough of her creativity and inspiring projects. She is an award-winning art quilter, author multiple times over and a sought after teacher and speaker. She has travelled the world doing what she loves and I can’t wait to share her story with you.

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Link to Laura's website ARTFABRIK - https://artfabrik.com/

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Today my guest is Jennifer Swope, the David & Roberta Logie Associate Curator of Textile and Fashion Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Their latest exhibit called Fabric of a Nation - American Quilt Stories is a rich historical presentation that spans 300 years of American Quilts. And I’ll quote the website directly to share that “the remarkable examples on view are by an under recognized diversity of artistic hands and minds from the 17th century to today, including female and male, known and unidentified, urban and rural makers; immigrants; and Black, Latinx, Indigenous, Asian, and LGBTQIA+ Americans."

The exhibition invites visitors to celebrate the artistry and intricacy of quilts and coverlets and the lives they document, while also considering the complicated legacies ingrained in the fabric of American life. I cannot even imagine the research and work involved in pulling together a project like this.

Link to The Youtube Podcast Trailer: https://youtu.be/aEoSjj2qoTI
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It's Episode 41! I’ve been so excited to have KELLIE KACZMAREK of Silly Moon Quilting Company on the show because I have never tried guiding my quilting at the needle of my machine with a ruler. I know, everyone’s doing this and I haven’t even tried it. Since recording this podcast I've taken one of Kellie’s online workshops and it was super fun! I do everything free motion or walking foot right now and I can’t wait to use this simple technique more often because I’m so behind the curve. Quilting with rulers is all the rage right now. Kellie and her husband built their Canadian owned, family run business from scratch when she wanted to start quilting with rulers that she could use both on her longarm and her domestic machine. And her husband said, I can do that, and a business was born. So let’s get right into it! 

Link to the PODCAST TRAILER: https://youtu.be/PzOQA8_gerQ
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Link to Silly Moon Quilting Company: https://sillymoonquiltingco.ca/

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Welcome to Episode 40 of the Quilter on Fire Podcast! My guests today are the 2 quilting friends behind the business Brimfield Awakening. Their website is gorgeous and their patterns are fresh and colourful and it is all about a unique vintage style of English Paper Piecing. Wait until you check out their Instagram feed. You just can’t stop scrolling. Kim Martucci and Nisha Bouri teamed up to build their company after finding a little treasure in a pile of old textiles at their local antique market. That precious find led to some research and a quilting adventure in business.

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Go to the Brimfield Awakening website: https://brimfieldawakening.com/

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Welcome to Episode 39 of the Quilter on Fire podcast. We have a great podcast today with Tara Sinclair of UhOh Creations. She is an absolute expert when it comes to bag making. This is her jam and she does it well. She has been teaching bag making for retreats, designing bags inspired by fabric lines and just making bags because she can to build her business UhOh Creations from the ground up. This is really a topic that might just stretch your zipper installation skills. and I can’t wait to share her story with you.

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Welcome to Episode 38 of the Quilter on Fire podcast. Today I'll introduce you to award winning quilter Teri Lucas. She calls herself the Chief Creative Weirdo at www.terificreations.com which is right up y alley as I’m certainly the resident weirdo in my home. We’ll share her quilting story and talk about her latest book COLOR, THREAD and FREE MOTION QUILTING - Learn to Stitch with Reckless Abandon. And wait until you see the cover - it’s gorgeous. Teri has this incredible way of using multiple colour runs of threads in her quilting that is so eye catching. This is really a topic that might just stretch your skills. and I can’t wait to share her story with you.

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Link to Teri Lucas' website: https://terificreations.com/

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Welcome to Episode 37 of the Quilter on Fire podcast with my guest Timna Tarr. The thing that drew me to Timna’s work is her incredible use of colour. And it’s not just the choices of colour it’s her use of value. If you scroll through the gallery on her website you will be blown away. It’s like eye candy or animal candy, well - either way it’s all good. .  Today we’ll talk about her work and her process.  She is an award winning quilter who’s been featured in exhibits, magazines, books as well as on The Quilt Show and Quilting Arts TV. She is a fabric designer and popular teacher and I can’t wait to share her story, her travels, her favourite moments, what she’s up to now, and so much more. 

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Link to the PODCAST TRAILER - https://youtu.be/T2sEy_K0a-E

Link to Timna Tarr's WEBSITE - http://www.timnatarr.com/

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Denyse Schmidt is one of the most talented and renowned modern quilters of our time. If you are a quilter, especially a modern quilter, you have probably heard her name. She is famous for her appearance on Martha Stewart in 1999, but even more so for her role in the modern quilting movement from its inception to this day. She grew up in central Massachussets with highly educated and very creative parents and has been making things her whole life. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and is now a sought after teacher, speaker, author, and designer in the quilting world. I can’t wait to share her story with you! 

Link to the podcast trailer: https://youtu.be/8ZBXUS57qBg
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Link to Denyse Schmidt's website: http://dsquilts.com/

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My guest is Celeste Compion and I’ll share her story of growing up in south Africa, falling in love with the local textiles and why she decided to bring a specific type of heritage fabric called Three Cats Original Shwe Shwe into Canada to sell in her online store. Celeste has a wonderful social justice story about this unique fabric and I can’t wait to share some of that with you. 
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Link to meerkat shweshwe website: https://meerkatshweshwe.com/home

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Welcome to Episode 34 of the Quilter on Fire podcast! Today’s interview is a quilt business story you are going to love. Jenn McMillan a graphic designer, quilter and fabric obsessed sewist living in rural Ottawa, Ontario Canada. She is also the maker behind Sew Fine Thread Gloss.  She likes to call herself the thread whisperer. She has created a niche product in quilting that hand stitchers all over the world now know and love. It conditions your thread for hand stitching and makes the process smooth and simple. And she added the little twist of wonderful fragrance to each tiny pot of Sew Fine Thread Gloss. And on top of it all she is a very talented quilter. Today we’ll dive into how all of this came about and I can’t wait to share her story. 

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Episode 33 of the Quilter on Fire podcast! Joanne Kerton - the Canuck Quilter has been quilting for over 20 years and has published over 20 patterns along the way. She loves to play with shapes, colours and layouts and figuring out the math that goes along with it. She has had her patterns featured in quilting magazines and catalogs and now teaches and speaks about quilting as well. On her website she writes, “I have finally figured out what I want to be when I grow up: a quilter!” Joanne is a quiltmaker, pattern designer and proud Canadian who has created a really great business and website with loads of educational content and patterns to choose from. Joanne’s the kind of teacher that will fill your toolbox with all kinds of great new quilting skills. 

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LINK to Joanne's website: https://www.canuckquilterdesigns.com/

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Welcome to Episode 32 of the Quilter on Fire podcast! Meg Cox is a nationally known thought leader on the topics of quilting and family traditions. She is a writer who has lectured and taught all over the US and authored five books. She was president of the National Non-Profit organization Quilt Alliance for 6 years and writes a very popular monthly newsletter called Quilt Journalist Tells All. The testimonials for her newsletter just jump off the page on her website. Quilters are raving about the great content, giveaways, top-notch interviews and reviews. 

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Meg's website LINK: www.megcox.com

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Melanie Testa is an art quilter and textile designer who paints, prints and stitches on fabric. Melly’s creations are colourful, imaginative, inspiring and so innovative that they have been featured in Quilting Arts Magazine, the Studio Art Quilts Journal, on Quilting Arts TV and so much more.  Melanie graduated from the Fashion Institute of Technology in Textile/Surface Design and has authored three books. The more recent and perhaps most important part of Melanie’s story is the cancer advocacy journey of a breast cancer survivor. I can't wait to share her story with you…

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LINK TO MELANIE'S WEBSITE: https://melanietesta.com/

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Today's guest is Yasmita Magan, the founder and creator of Yazzi Bags. From a simple idea for a better way to travel with jewellery and a self-made prototype 20 years ago, Yasmita has built a thriving business in the craft industry that has helped crafters and quilters organize their bits and baubles and travel with their projects on the go or just keep them organized at home. The very first craft storage bag was born out of a meeting with an avid crafter in 2001 and her story blossomed into a world-wide business from there. She has designs for every possible need you can imagine in a beautiful array of colours and uses input from her customers as the basis for her designs.

Youtube Trailer: https://youtu.be/Uo7iIskFd6A
Prize giveaway: https://kingsumo.com/g/nqvqi4/qof-episode-30-giveaway
Visit www.Yazzii.com to make a purchase using the 
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Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/YazziiCraftBags/
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Pinterest: https://in.pinterest.com/yazziicraftbags/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/YazziiBags

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On today’s show I interview Karen Brown of Just Get it Done Quilts. Just that name alone makes me want to drop everything and get in front of my machine. Karen has exploded with popularity on her Youtube Channel since 2018 and now has about 250K followers. Her videos are bursting with her happy demeanour and she’s not afraid to tell it like it is. She loves to take on viewer questions, examine quilting problems, break it down and provide quality tips and tricks that will help quilters decipher all of those quilting rules into bite sized pieces. She helps quilters find their calm and destress with their hobby to recharge and empower them to be the best they can be. 

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST TRAILER: https://youtu.be/4UCECr0CImA

LINK TO PODCAST GIVEAWAY: https://kingsumo.com/g/outbnk/qof-episode-29-giveaway
3 Fat Quarters from the Northcott Kyoto Garden Collection designed by Deborah Edwards. 

LINK TO Karen Brown on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQt_y4kqMQlG1id0n975DVg

LINK TO Karen Brown's website: https://www.justgetitdonequilts.com/

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Whether you are just thinking about trying your first fibre art technique or you’ve been making art quilts for years, today’s topic will bring out your artsy side. Studio Art Quilt Associates, or SAQA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing art quilting as a fine art medium. Stay tuned to meet the Executive Director of SAQA - Martha Sielman and learn all about this creative organization.

LISTEN TO THE PODCAST TRAILER: https://youtu.be/mfyT5IESz-4

LINK TO PODCAST GIVEAWAY: https://kingsumo.com/g/axj6xx/qof-episode-28-giveaway
This week's giveaway is the book Exploring Art Quilts with SAQA and 2 lucky winners will each win a book. 

LINK TO SAQA ART ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/saqaart

LINK TO THE TEXTILE TALKS: https://www.saqa.com/resources/textiletalks

LINK TO BECOME A SAQA MEMBER: https://www.saqa.com/members
Coupon Code: TALKS

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Today’s episode is all about irons and we know that quilters love their irons! My guest is the Director of Content and Community Relations for Oliso and her name is Michele Muska. I ask her all of my ironing questions and she'll share the story about how that cool lifting technology for the Oliso iron was invented. Ironing is a great topic for quilters and I’m so thrilled I reached out to Michele because not only did I find an expert in the industry, but I also found a new friend.

LINK TO PODCAST TRAILER: https://youtu.be/8UWRUYgiRzI
LINK TO PODCAST GIVEAWAY: 
This week's giveaway is the BIGGEST GIVEAWAY YET!
1. Oliso Mini Project Iron - your choice of colour! 
2. Yazzi Bag for the Mini Iron
3. Michele's book Quilting the New Classics
LINK TO OLISO ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/olisohome/
LINK TO MICHELE MUSKA ON INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/michelemuska/

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My guest for episode 26 is Valerie Wilson. I have known for over a decade and often been up to my elbows with fabric dyeing and flour resist paste in her studio. Oh, how she had the patience to put up with me I have no idea. I had the joy of working with Val on a Fibre Art Network challenge several years ago. We had to partner up and one quilter (Val) was to make a fabric portrait and her challenge partner (me) was to make an abstract version of that art piece. I was so impressed with the vibrant colour palette, intricate detail of the cut appliqué and the incredible stitching on her 1950s car portrait that it was easy to be inspired to create a partner piece. Working with her was a breeze and it was one of my favourite challenges to this day. So on this episode of the podcast we’ll be talking about photo to fibre art portraits and Val’s new book.

Link to the Podcast Trailer - https://youtu.be/Dw4WNEBxVV8
Link to the GIVEAWAY - https://kingsumo.com/g/4tympg/qof-episode-26-giveaway
Link to Val's Website - https://valeriewilsonartist.com/

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My guest for episode 25 is Elizabeth DeCrooz and she loves quilting, pojagi, embroidery and sewing in her studio. Her business is called Epida Studio and she has a super fun O Canada Sew Along happening right now just in time for Canada Day. She has a wonderful story about where she’s lived in the world and why she’s in love with Pojagi.

LINK TO THE PODCAST TRAILER - https://youtu.be/mXyaIEYsBgg
LINK TO THE GIVEAWAY - https://kingsumo.com/g/ubmon0/qof-episode-25-giveaway
LINK TO EPIDA STUDIO - https://www.epidastudio.com/
LINK TO THE O Canada Sew Along - https://www.epidastudio.com/o-canada-sew-along/

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Peter Byrne is an international award winning modern quilter, teacher and speaker with a passion for innovation and design. He went from beginner quilter in 2009 to winning “Best in Show” and “Best Machine Quilting Frameless” at QuiltCon 2020. Along his path he became a full time student of the craft and joined the Toronto Modern Quilt Guild in 2017 to further his quilting experience. He made numerous quilts in 2017 and 2018 to develop his skills, followed by sharing the spotlight at Quilts at the Creek! In 2019 he decided to start making quilts specifically for juried shows and has really found his passion. He shares all of this in his action packed Virtual Trunk Show called “Behind the Seams” with Peter Byrne. If you are a guild Program Coordinator and you are intrigued by his story you can book his trunk show at www.peterbquilts.com. 

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Laura Coia is the brains and the talent behind Sew Very Easy on youTube. If you are checking her channel out for the first time, the hours will slip by and you’ll have a dozen new projects on your UFO list! Whether you’re attempting your first projects or you are an experienced sewist or quilter, every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon Laura brings you education, entertainment and loads of tips and tricks. Her videos on quilting, sewing and crafting will inspire you to spend more time in your quilting studio.

LINK TO TRAILER: https://youtu.be/6-aGvfU5FMg
LINK TO CONTEST: https://kingsumo.com/g/wxqbzu/qof-episode-23-giveaway
LINK TO Sew Very Easy on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaSrQrJOmfFjI6Jl_V3WiJw
LINK TO - The Travelling Quiltcase: https://travellingquiltcase.com/

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Felicity Ronaghan and Nadia Sokal take us through their process for what they call being "accountabilibuddies."  Whether they’d say so or not - they are excellent at keeping each other accountable. I know this because they are my friends from the Okanagan Modern Quilt Guild and at the monthly show and tell we see their projects unfold. I also follow them on Instagram and I’m consistently astonished at the sheer volume of piecing and quilting they do on a weekly basis. They build their weekly task lists and share them with each other and bit by bit they tackle their goals. Today's topic? ACCOUNTABILITY
 
LINK TO THE YOUTUBE TRAILER - https://youtu.be/IlkmK0uEhjo

The Episode 22 Podcast Giveaway is;
5 fat quarters of Northcott fabric from the Briarwood Collection by Michel Designworks 

LINK TO PRIZE DRAW - https://kingsumo.com/g/yf1pgs/qof-episode-22-giveaway

LINK to Felicity Ronaghan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/felicityquilts/Link to Nadia Sokal's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nadialovesfabric/

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QOF Podcast Episode  21 with Dara Tomasson - longarm quilter, author of 2 quilting books, free motion quilting liberator and certified life coach at Love Yourself Thin. 

LINK TO YOUTUBE TRAILER - https://youtu.be/2ER1VkLNDXk
LINK TO GIVEAWAY - https://kingsumo.com/g/ncpxs5/qof-episode-21-giveaway
LINK TO Dara Tomasson on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/daratomasson/?hl=en

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QOF Podcast Episode 20 is an interview with Wendy Zvara. I just had to have her on the show. You know how much I love and support Quilts of Valour and Wendy is a military mom of 3 raising a young family with her husband Michael. She is working, going to school and juggling it all while still finding a little bit of time for her love of quilting. Her heartwarming story caught my eye on social media when I saw a picture of her adorable daughter Calyla on Christmas morning wearing a gift that her mom had made for her. The joy on Calyla’s face had me scrambling to reach out to Wendy to get her on the show. This child is a huge Dolly Parton fan and in this episode we’ll be talking about Wendy’s quilting story and Calyla’s Coat of Many Colours. 

LINK TO YOUTUBE TRAILER - https://youtu.be/u2KNP9xCzA0
LINK TO CONTEST GIVEAWAY - https://kingsumo.com/g/cotpid/qof-episode-20-giveaway
LINK TO WENDY ZVARA ON FACEBOOK - https://www.facebook.com/wendy.surak.9

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Pokey Bolton is the founder of Quilting Arts and Cloth Paper Scissors magazines, and Founding Host of Quilting Arts TV.  I poured through her magazines and watching her shows for over a decade and I can truly say that the wonderful techniques and guests that she has featured over the years have shaped the art quilter I am today. 

 With the wealth of experience she has in publishing, media, events, and craft adventures she has now founded Crafting a Life, a creative retreat and event business that is just exploding with popularity. In 2016 she launched CRAFT NAPA - an event which includes  crafting, sewing collage, quilting workshops, wine education, wine excursions, and an Artisans’ Market. 

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QOF Podcast Episode 18 is an interview with Rose Parr of Healthy Quilting. She’s a Canadian Long Arm quilter living in Guelph Ontario and she speaks about Healthy Quilting to guilds all over the world. Today we are going to chat about her new book - Sew Happy & Healthy, Smart Ergonomics, Stretches & More for Makers. 

LINK TO THE PODCAST TRAILER - https://youtu.be/3J49GECAaQM

The Episode 18 Podcast Giveaway is;
Rose Parr's new book - Sew Happy & Healthy, Smart Ergonomics, Stretches & More for Makers. 

LINK TO PRIZE DRAW - https://kingsumo.com/g/60omum/qof-episode-18-giveaway

LINK TO ROSE PARR'S WEBSITE - https://www.healthyquilting.com/

PODCAST SPONSOR - Northcott Fabrics - https://www.northcott.com/

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QOF Podcast Episode 17 is an interview with Manitoba Scrap Sisters Kathy Paul and Bonnie Hooley. We dive into their hilarious adventures of sibling rivalry and scrapaholic travels. And we LAUNCH the Scrap Sisters Challenge. DON'T MISS THIS FUN CHALLENGE WITH ALL PROCEEDS TO QUILTS OF VALOUR CANADA. Scroll to the bottom for the rules. 

LINK TO THE PODCAST TRAILER - https://youtu.be/GqjiAf5gIa0

The Episode 17 Podcast Giveaway is;
A five fat quarter bundle of fabrics that do not match at all in honour of the scrappy theme. (Silly, I know).

LINK TO PRIZE DRAW - https://kingsumo.com/g/dq3ldx/qof-episode-17-giveaway

PODCAST SPONSOR - Northcott Fabrics - https://www.northcott.com/
QUILTS OF VALOUR CANADA - https://www.quiltsofvalour.ca/

Sisters Scrap Challenge RULES: 
- You must register at https://www.quilteronfire.com/ by Mar. 17th at midnight pacific time - no exceptions. COST: $10 plus tax. (all funds go to pay for shipping and the rest goes to Quilts of Valour Canada) 
- You should preselect 1.5M fabric before opening the envelope to challenge yourself. 
- Join us April 1st at 4pm Pacific for the Zoom envelope opening (Now we know people may have priorities, so if you can’t make the Zoom you can still participate) Link will be sent to participants.
- You must have at least one piece of every scrap in your quilt and try to use as much of the scraps as possible. We won’t make you send us a photo of you little scrap bits left over. You’ll be on your honour. 
- Now here’s a bonus! - You can add a sashing of your choice (this is optional) so in total you have;
-  a 1.5M piece of fabric
- the scraps you receive in the mail
- and you can also choose a second fabric for sashing 
And FINALLY to enter for the prize you must send a photo of your finished quilt by May 15th at midnight pacific time that shows the entire finished quilt including binding. The email we will be using for this event is sistersscrapchallenge@shaw.ca and you will receive the Zoom link from that email so you have it. 

PRIZES - ALL NORTHCOTT FAT QUARTERS - Because we want as many participants as possible, we will choose the grand prize winner of 30 NORTHCOTT FAT QUARTERS from photo entries by RANDOM DRAW. 
But there will also be 3 secondary prizes of 10 NORTHCOTT FAT QUARTERS EACH chosen by the 3 self proclaimed expert scrap judges for;
-best use of scraps
-best use of colour
-and best design layout

CUT & PASTE IMPORTANT DATES:
Mar. 9th at 1pm PST - CHALLENGE LAUNCH
Mar. 17th - enter by midnight PST.
Mar. 18/19th - Scrap packages mailed out.
Mar. 30th - Zoom Link goes out.
Apr. 1st - Open scrap envelopes together on Zoom at 4pm PST.
May 15TH - Photo entry deadline for finished quilt or project sent to  Sistersscrapchallenge@shaw.ca to be eligible for the grand prize.
May 24th - Winners announced.

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Krista Hennebury is a teacher, traveller, and improviser, with a Pattern shop on Etsy called Poppyprint and she does Zoom lectures and workshops. Her quilts have been accepted into QuiltCon every year for 7 years in a row. She is very poplar on Instagram @Poppyprint and has recently become an Aurifilosopher. Her Poppyprint blog is well written and so adorable - she loves to live, sew, walk, bake, take photos and loves life in beautiful British Columbia, Canada. 

LINK TO THE YOUTUBE TRAILER - https://youtu.be/3LEdhR5uzSQ

The Episode 16 Podcast Giveaway is;
The Quilter on Fire Podcast Episode 16 Giveaway is;

One of Krista's custom Aurifilosopher boxes which includes 5 small spools of thread in a cool colourway. 5 different thread weights and 5 different colours.

LINK TO PRIZE DRAW - https://kingsumo.com/g/ap1yoe/qof-episode-16-giveaway

LINK to Krista Hennebury's Poppyprint blog - http://poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com/

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QOF Podcast Episode 15 is an interview with Libs Elliot - She is a textile artist and designer who combines technology and tradition making digital code into physical quilts. And the results are pretty eye catching. She has exhibited her work and done speaking engagements internationally and she designs up to 4 fabric collections per year for Andover Fabrics.

LINK TO THE YOUTUBE TRAILER - https://youtu.be/k6qgR150nik

The Episode 15 Podcast Giveaway is;
A seven fat quarter bundle in a combination of out of print and new Libs Elliott designs. 

LINK TO PRIZE DRAW - https://kingsumo.com/g/r4t6zo/qof-episode-15-giveaway

LINK to Libs Elliott's website: https://libselliott.com/

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QOF Podcast Episode 14 is an interview with Brett Lewis - fabric designer and quilt maker also known as the Natural Born Quilter. And to sum it up this young designer has created 2 gorgeous lines of fabric with Northcott. The first one called Stag & Thistle is now available in stores including Kingfisher Craft Company online and the second one called Prairie Meadow will be in stores this fall. His designs are bright, bold and a little bit eclectic and both fabric lines tell a really nice story.

LINK TO THE YOUTUBE TRAILER - https://youtu.be/2k63C9KwcvM

The Episode 14 Podcast Giveaway is;
6 FQs of Stag & Thistle fabric
3 FQs of the new Prairie Meadow Fabric
and Brett's signature pin that says"I'm a Natural Born Quilter Too!"

LINK TO PRIZE DRAW - https://kingsumo.com/g/fmesye/qof-episode-14-giveaway

LINK to Brett's website: https://naturalbornquilter.com/

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QOF Podcast EP 13 is my interview with Quiltmaker, Author, Designer and Teacher Melissa Marginet. She is known for her walking foot designs and the happy atmosphere in her workshops and it shows because she is booked with Zoom workshops and lectures for months. One thing I really love about this gal is that she believes there is no right or wrong way to quilt your quilt.

LINK TO THE TRAILER - https://youtu.be/echdjTnnUn4

The Episode 13 Podcast Giveaway is a copy of Melissa's latest book: Edge to Edge Walking Foot Designs. 
 
LINK TO PRIZE DRAW - https://kingsumo.com/g/iwp0oh/qof-episode-13-giveaway

LINK to Melissa's website: http://melissamarginet.ca/

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QOF Podcast Episode 12 is an interview with Corey Follett and Ralph Jarvis, the founders of The Quilted Stash. We talk about their Newfoundland & Labrador inspirations, how they work together as a design team and so much more. 

LINK TO THE TRAILER - https://youtu.be/t6NP2NM9m0A

The Episode 12 Podcast Giveaway is 3 PDF patterns by The Quilted Stash including;
- Don't RDF on My Parade
- Snowy Aurora Collage 
- A Tree for Nan Wall Hanging  
 
LINK TO PRIZE DRAW - https://kingsumo.com/g/srnh8s/qof-episode-12-giveaway

LINK to The Quilted Stash - https://the-quilted-stash.myshopify.com/

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QOF Podcast Episode 11 is an interview with Allegra Vernon, the Creative Director of Cobble Hill Puzzle Company in Victoria, BC. We chat about their best selling quilt puzzles, how puzzles are made and much more. 

LINK TO THE TRAILER - https://youtu.be/v6UPwyG_LBU

The Episode 11 Podcast Giveaway is - you guessed it - a puzzle called Common Quilt Blocks. 
 
LINK TO PRIZE DRAW - https://kingsumo.com/g/kozmhd/qof-episode-11-giveaway

LINK to Cobble Hill Puzzle Company - https://www.cobblehillpuzzles.com/

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