American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast

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American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast episodes

June 20, 2016 6-20-16 Linda Thielfoldt, Annabel Wrigley, Amy Smart and Nicole Young join Pat Sloan on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio
Linda Thielfoldt of The Quilted Goose is an award winning quilter, a contributor to American Patchwork & Quilting magazine, and her newest release for us to enjoy is her book 'On my Way to Baltimore'. You know that Baltimore Album quilts and those inspired by the antiques beauties are my all time fabrics. Linda's fresh take is spectacular and she has some insider tips for us on how to to create with beautiful workmanship.
http://www.thequiltedgoose.com/
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Annabel Wrigley is the owner of the Little Pincushion Studio, an author of a great series of books to teach children sewing and a fabric designer. It's fun to catch up with people and today we'll chat about her fabric with Windham and I hope to learn about her adorable pink teaching caravan!
http://www.littlepincushionstudio.com/
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I adore everything Amy Smart from Diary of a Quilter does! Amy joined us as a designer on the Splendid Sampler and her block has been published, we all love it! She has a brand new online Craftsy class on using precuts. I'm super excited about this because my fabric lines with Moda always have precuts, so it's exciting to have a chat about precuts with Amy, she is going explain some amazing things you may not know, and cool ways to use them!
http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/
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I was charmed right away by Nicole Young's projects, and she is a very generous maker. From her Sewing machine skirt to her incredible butterflys, I love her designs! Nicole and I are going to talk about picking fabric and other quilty things, including living in a remote area and how to stay connected.
https://lillyella.com/
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59 min
June 13, 2016 6-13-16 Chris Hoover, Dr. Ariel Plotek, Susan Nelson, and Elizabeth Dackson join Pat Sloan on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio
Chris Hoover of Whirligig Designs makes fun quilts that look more intricate than they are. And she going to tell us how she uses some rulers you might already own!
http://www.whirligigdesigns.com/
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It's very exciting when Quilts are showcased in a museum. The San Diego Museum of Art has a display of quilts from the collection of Pilgrim & Roy called 'Quilts and Color'. As a quilter who loves color and antiques, I'm excited to have the exhibit curator Dr. Ariel Plotek tell me about project.
Exhibit Information /www.sdmart.org/art/exhibit/quilts-and-color-museum-fine-arts-boston
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Susan Nelson of Prairie Sky Quilting is the inventor of the super awesome ruler called the 'Folded Corner Clipper' that I love! what's better it does several things which we are going to learn, what's better than a tool that does multiple things? well maybe Chocolate.. + the tool!
https://blog.prairieskyquilting.com/
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Elizabeth Dackson of Don't Call Me Betsy is a wonderful designer and one of the people on our Splendid Sampler design team. Elizabeth loves paper piecing and her new book is called The Quilter's Paper-Piecing Workshop, Paper-Piecing with confidence. Today we are going to dig deep into the mysteries of paper-piecing and help you see what an incredible tool it is!
http://www.dontcallmebetsy.com/
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59 min
June 02, 2016 6-6-16 Katarina Roccella, Gail Pan, Susan-Clare Mayfield, Frances Newcombe and Jane Davidson join Pat Sloan on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio
Today is my all International Talk Show, taped in Salt Lake City Utah during the trade show, such fun!
I got to know Katarina Roccella when she showed her first fabric line and had her first trip to the United States. She is Serbian and I was really interested to find out what type of quilting goes on in her country (not much!). Her beautiful fabrics are with Art Gallery and I can't WAIT for Pandalicious to be in stores!
http://likeflowersandbutterflies.blogspot.com/
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Gail Pan has a new stitchery book and it's ALL about Christmas!! As an Australian Fabric designer and Author she always has uniquely 'Gail' touch to her work. I got a few really useful tips on embroidery, you will love this show!
http://gailpandesigns.typepad.com/
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When I was teaching at Paducah I meet Susan-Clare Mayfield and she told me about her 'Block of the Day' called Town and Country Quilt. Isn't it incredible! Lucky for me I was able to get a few minutes of her time. Susan-Clare took a month an toured the US, she is from New Zealand. We have a super fun chat!
http://www.gourmetquilter.com/
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The dynamic duo of Frances Newcombe and Jane Davidson are now designing for Moda fabric called Manderley. This line blends American Frances' love of sea with Australian Jane's love of color and design, it's an amazing fabric line and they have created incredible patterns! The two tell me about their partnership and how they design by skype!
http://bellybuttonsboutique.blogspot.com/
http://quiltjane.com/
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55 min
May 23, 2016 5-23-16 Michelle Bartholomew, Casey York, and Nancy Mahoney join Pat Sloan on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio
I spotted Michelle's work when she was featured on a project called 52 quilters. I love her story, her quilts and her great photography! Michelle is going to tell me about the 52 quilter project and share some photo taking tips with me today, I'm pretty excited!
www.michellebartholomew.com/ .
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It's a joy to have Casey York back to talk applique! It's one of my favorite subjects. Casey is like me, we love the freedom of making shapes. She has new book that gives you several methods of applique and it's full of great designs to try them out on!
http://www.casey-york.com/ .
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The very talented Nancy Mahoney is back to chat paper piece, quilt styles, expanding your color palette, and more with me today! Her book on paper piecing is full of great photo step outs, plus amazing quilts that take you from easy on up to greatness in paper piecing! She promise some insider tips for us today,
http://www.nancymahoney.com/ .
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56 min
May 16, 2016 5-16-16 Hear the editors on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio
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May 09, 2016 5-9-16 Karen Miller, Nicole Morgenthau, Mary Abreu, and Jo Morton join Pat Sloan on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio
Karen Miller's Redbird quilt is one you will recognize! She has been designing and teaching machine quilting for years, today we are going to learn some great new tricks for freemotion designing!
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Nicole Morgenthau is the owner of Finch Knitting and Sewing Studio in Leesburg Virginia, just a few towns over from me! This is one of my favorite towns to visit with loads of history, shopping and places to eat. Nicole and I are going to talk about some different ways to use that amazing quilting fabric and she will tell us about having the Fourth Generation Owner & Chairman of the Board of BERNINA International visit her store!
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Each month this year Mary Abreu of Confessions of a craft addict is joining me so we can talk about in depth on topics we quilters want to know about! This month we are going to teach you how to use search terms to find other quilters and fun things online. And we'll explore how to find a project for a bundle of fabric you fell in love with!
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The always amazing and very talented Jo Morton and I are going to chat about her new fabric line with Moda, using us tiny little scraps in Jo's Little Favorites, her new book.. and I hope to hear a bit about her recent trip to France!
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59 min
May 02, 2016 5-2-16 Angela Lawrence, Stacie Bloomfield, Lydia Nelson, and Amy Friend join Pat Sloan on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio
I love seeing a twist on a classic. Angela Lawrence is an applique person, so of course I'm super excited to talk applique! She works with cotton and wool, and her new wool book is what caught by eye. We are going to talk appliqueing with wool today.
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Stacie Bloomfield founded Gingiber in 2009 when she couldn’t find the perfect art to hang in her baby girl’s nursery. Now she creates art prints, handmade pillows, & tea towels that draw inspiration from heirloom quilt patterns, beloved animals. Her first Moda fabric line called Thicket will be showing to shops and I'm totally smitten with it! I can't wait to meet her
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Lydia Nelson makes 'Dream Quilts' and is a new Moda Fabric designer! I love her style of large scale, and small scale.. and she has great stories to go with her work. From her Book Dreamy Quilts to what she shares at her Instagram .. you will love getting to know her style!
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Sometimes I may be just as thrilled as the author is when their book comes out! This is the case for Amy Friend, I love her work and she is amazing a selecting just the right fabric for a project! Amy's book is called Intentional Piecing: From Fussy Cutting to Foundation Piecing and we are going to learn about that and some tricks for fabric selection!
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55 min
April 25, 2016 4-25-16 Blair Stocker, Lynn Harris, Cynthia Frenette, and Lori Brechlin join Pat Sloan on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio
I love when people do interesting things, Blair Stocker is one of those people. Coming from the apparel industry she is now an upcycler of textiles into fun and useful projects! Her book 'Wise Craft: Turning Thrift Store Finds, Fabric Scraps, and Natural Objects Into Stuff You Love' is full of great tips! I am excited for Blair to share of of that with me today. wisecrafthandmade.com/blog/
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I have loved the designs and the thoughts Lynn Harris shares about quiltmaking. She is thoughtful, she loves scraps and takes amazing photos. We are talking to talk about enjoying the process of making a quilt and how she works with her littlest pieces. Lynn is one of the Splendid Sampler designers, it's been great to see her making blocks from her deep stash of fabrics.
thelittleredhen.typepad.com/
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It's so much fun to meet a new designer, and when their website is full of colorful fun, super fabric and great designs, I can't wait to chat with them! Cynthia Frenette designs for Robert Kaufman Fabrics. As an artist and illustrator she creates fun for all of us!
cynthiafrenette.com/
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I have knows of Lori Brechlin work at Not Forgotten Farm for years. When I started to applique with primitive designs, the local primitive and folk art shop carried Lori's work. It's a thrill to have her join me today and get to know her, and maybe you will find a new passion in her folk art style!
farmhousenotforgotten.blogspot.com/
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58 min
April 11, 2016 4-11-16 Debbie Grifka, Nancy Shamy, Melissa Corry, and Mary Abreu join Pat Sloan on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio
When I want clean lines with a lot of powerful impact I always look to Debbie Grifka work. She told me she was writing a book called Lines by Design I knew we had to talk about it! And the crazy cool bias work she is doing I love and can't wait to try! Today we talk all about that on my show!
eschhousequilts.com/
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Nancy Shamy and Lauren White are the mother/daughter design team of Kenzie Mac. I saw some of their project and love that they are fun and many incorporate other textiles.. that is so cool! From bags, to quilts to clothing and home dec we are going to learn some fun things to day
kenziemac.com/
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I am excited to have one of my favorite people back on today, Melissa Corry of Happy Quilting! Melissa is one of the designers who joined Jane Davidson and I to create a block for The Splendid Sampler .. she was such a great sport to be the first designer block after mine and Janes. We are going to talk about her approach to the project and I want her to share how she approaches quilting because each year she makes a lot of quilts.
www.happyquiltingmelissa.com/
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Each month this year Mary Abreu of Confessions of a craft addict is joining me so we can talk about in depth on topics we quilters want to know about! This month we are going to teach you how to use search terms to find other quilters and fun things online. And we'll explore how to find a project for a bundle of fabric you fell in love with!
confessionsofacraftaddict.com/
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April 04, 2016 4-4-16 Victoria Findlay Wolfe, Amy Johnson, and Lisa Bongean join Pat Sloan on American Patchwork and Quilting Radio
Award winning quilter, designer, author and my friend Victoria Findlay Wolfe has a love of the process. In the April issue of American Patchwork & Quilting magazine we get to see into her studio and she walks us through how she created the quilt for the issue. Today we'll talk about that and how dies and templates work into her quilting now.
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I was intrigued by Amy Johnson's Craftsy class on machine quilting. She is using a regular sewing machine and rulers like a longarm quilter will do. I think we need to know more! Amy has just filmed her followup to the super popular first class and we get to hear about it!
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We are in for a power packed second half of the show today when Lisa Bongean, the designer behind Primitive Gatherings patterns, books, fabrics and stores… joins me. We are taking fabric, wool, flannel, making teeny tiny blocks and retreats! Do you have a question for Lisa? Leave it in my comments.
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