American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast

Sharyn Sowell creates magic with a pair of scissors. She is an artist whose work is a blend of calligraphy, watercolor, letterpress printing, and cut paper, all done meticulously by hand. I'm so pleased to have her on the show to talk about her process because now Her designs are now found on Fabric with Henry Glass, we are so lucky!

www.sharynsowell.com

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I am really going to learn a lot today! Konda Luckau has fantastic tips for working with precut hexagons by machine, and I love her idea! She creates warm and friendly quilts that are the kind of designs you can make over and over again, including a book of 'big block' quilts which is pretty fun! Plus she has very practical advice for making better quilts.

www.moosequilts.com

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Lisa Ellis is the Director of the non-profit organization Sacred Threads. She is also a quilter that puts a lot of meaning into her pieces and loves to inspire quilters to get involved in using their love of quilting to improve health care centers. We'll learn about the type of quilts shared at Sacred Threads and how you can get involved with that and other ways you can share your love of quilting to a larger audience.

http://ellisquilts.com/

http://sacredthreadsquilts.com/

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Erin Cox is the author of the super popular book Sweet Tweets, little quilts that are so adorable and maybe a little bit addictive to make! Erin writes at Why Not Sew. Today we'll talk about her freemotion applique style, and some hand piecing basics!

www.whynotsew.blogspot.com

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Thelma Childers is an amazing quilter who travels, makes award winning quilts, and cuddle up quilts. She writes about all of this at her inspiring website Cupcakes 'n Daisies. I wanted to hear about her lastest quilt Coastal Lily that is on the front of the 2016 AQS Caldendar, and hear a bit about her famous Red and White Tribute quilt.

cupcakesndaisies.com

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Elea Lutz is a print and product designer with a style that is sprinkled with sweet, colorful and playful illustrations. Her tag line says it all for me in her about page, 'Some of my art + joys'! Many of us in the quilt world are discovering her fabric with Penny Rose, and I did her Christmas sew along with the Fat Quarter shop, remember that? I can't wait to hear about her designing!

Find Elea's fabric, pattern for the Little Joy Christmas, and the new book HERE

www.elealutzdesign.com

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Becky Goldsmith is half of the Piece o' Cake design team, with Linda Jenkins. Becky is a amazing teacher, awesome quilt maker, and together Becky and Linda have designed hundreds of quilts in Books, block of the month and single patterns. Becky has also written a book on Color that is fantastic. We are doing to dive deep today into Color, wool applique and maybe I can persuade her to give us some hand applique tips for points!

http://pieceocake.com/

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Gina Martin, Elaine Perez, Alyce Blyth

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Elaine Perez is the designer behind the wonderful patterns at Summer Crafter! I love her designs. Today I have a chance to learn more about Elaine's work, which has a beachy Florida flair.

http://summercrafter.com/

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Gina Martin is a super talented artist and we are so lucky to have her in the world of quilting as she now designs adorable fabric for Moda! I'm so happy to learn about her creative process. Each person who designs fabric is so different, and Gina brings years of working as an artist to her fabric. It's going to be exciting!

http://www.gina-martin.com/

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Alyce Blyth is the author of Blossom Heart Quilts. One of her fans wrote me a note and suggested I look at her website and all the fun things she hosts for quilters and of course .. her quilts! Alyce is Australian and she is living in Japan, which I can't wait to learn more about!

www.blossomheartquilts.com/

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Gudrun Erla of GE Quilt Designs is back to chat with me about strip quilts.. she has such great patterns for using strips and new books to show you how to do it well. She has some super tips about how to get organized for working with strips so it's fast and fun!

http://www.gequiltdesigns.com/

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The #1 topic you love to hear about is quilting your quilts. Either yourself, or sending them out, from designs to thread to what do I quilt questions, this is what you tell me you love to learn about. Christa Watson from Christa Quilts is an amazing quilter that loves to quilt her own quilts. She and I are going to chat about all the things you want to know, plus she has a new book to help you out!

http://christaquilts.com/

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Jessica Alexandrakis from Life Under quilts joins me again for a fun chat about getting started quilting. The last time we talked was 12/15/14 when we talked English Paper piecing and how to take it on the road! This time her new book 'Get Started Quilting' is all about learning, we have some amazing ideas for you!

http://lifeunderquilts.blogspot.com

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The love of the story behind a quilt maker is something Linzee McCray and I share. As a freelance writer, she regularly writes articles for American Patchwork & Quiltings' family of magazines and also writes for other companies like Moda, and the Etsy blog. Linzee's book 'Art Quilts of the MidWest' are stories from quiltmakers about how their surroundings have influenced them. You might be surprised!

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I am forever fascinated by quilts that are more realistic. Taking a photo and recreating it in cloth with fabric choices is a really fun process. Sue Rasmussen's work is diverse and amazing. I asked her to join me to talk about making quilts from photos. That is just one of the many things Sue does! So she will giv us the insider tips on this technique.. yeah!

www.suerasmussenquilts.com/

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I have had the great pleasure of meeting my friend Heather Jones years when I interviewed her. Over the years Heather has inspired me with her writing, with her quilts and with enthusiasm for making. Heather and I are going to talk about her first book called 'Quilt Local' that has 40 projects inspired by every day. And we'll chat about color and quilting your own quilts!

www.heatherjonesstudio.com/

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8-24-15 Jennifer Heynen, Erin Harris, and Cheryl Arkison join Pat Sloan the with Host Pat Sloan of American Patchwork and Quilting Podcast

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Author, fabric designer and amazingly creative, Jennifer Heynen designs fun things for her company Jennifer Jangles. Her newest book is Stitch Kitchen, 44 Happy Sewing projects for home and accessories. Plus she promised me her best pincushion making tip!

jenniferjangles.com/

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Erin Harris is the author of a wonderful book called Quilt Essential. She and I are going to talk about the essentials of quilt making, the beauty of working with kits, and she will share a few tips of picking colors and fabric.

www.houseonhillroad.com

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Cheryl Arkison joins me to chat about her latest book 'You inspire Me to Quilt'. That title alone caught my attention, because how many of us have made a quilt inspired by the idea someone gave you? We love to give a quilt people want! We are also going to talk about using low volume fabrics.. and what does that mean? Add in a bit on making time for our own creativity. You are going to be inspired and want to sew like crazy after this show!

www.cherylarkison.com

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I first came across Shannon Gingrich Shirley's quilts when I was at the Hampton Roads quilt show and her amazing quilt called Miss Vicki was hanging in a place of honor. Besides the quilt being so incredible, the story really caught my attention. This show is held next to the Embassy suites, and Miss Vicki worked there making breakfast for the zillions of quilters over the years. I'm delighted to have you meet Shannon as she does amazing work with children's art and other things as well, which are in her books!

www.onceinarabbitmoon.com

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Susan Marth of SuznQuilts is an author and fabric designer. She has some very clever ways to do quilt as you go and adorable patterns using mini Dresdens! We are going to talk about how to be successful at both of those with her insider tips!

www.suznquilts.com/

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Mary Abreu is the designer behind confessions of a craft addict. She is an author, and super creative with a needle and thread. Mary teaches a wide range of classes near her metro Atlanta home, from serger techniques to apparel and bag making, to decoding sewing patterns! I can't wait to hear about her awesome approach to sewing with kids, and she has a super fantastic hobby in costume design, doesn't she look fabulous in that photo?

confessionsofacraftaddict.com/

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Rhonda Pierce, is the stitch savvy Marketing Director at Schmetz Needles. I am super excited to have a detailed talk about needles today. It's one of those mystery area so many quilters do not know enough about. And the needle in your machine is SO important!

www.SCHMETZneedles.com

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I love meeting new artists and Heidi Boyd's designs are adorable! From her whimsical soft dolls and animals, to her newest fabric line with Red Rooster, you are going to love her work! She is an artist, an author and very crafty lady. I'm excited to get a few tips about making soft dolls and animals today!

heidiboyd.com/

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I am always excited to hear about a designer that has come up with a solution for making a tricky block. Robin Long of Robin Ruth Designs has a clever solution to make Mariner Compass blocks without paper piecing or templates! One of the early blocks I learned to make was a Mariner's compass where I drafted my own compass and pieced by hand. Can't wait to learn how Robin has made it easier for us!

robinruthdesign.com

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My Love of applique was sparked by several things and one of them is that I have gotten to see a lot of Baltimore Album style quilts living in Virginia. That is what my guild was attracted to years ago when I started to quilt. Finding Rita Verroca's work has been exciting to me! She is a master at applique and I know we are going to be inspired and learn a lot from her today.

www.ritaverrocaquilts.com

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Terry Kramzar uses fabrics in the most amazing way. Her quilts are exciting to look at. Some are filled with images like incredible flowers, and others are more contemporary and abstract. What draws me to Terry's work is the color and her approach to creating. She teaches this and today we get to learn a bit about how she works her color magic!

terrykramzar.com

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Natalia Bonner is an author of incredible books and an amazing longarm quilter. She always have a quilt coming off her frame to share at her website PieceandQuilt. Natalia's log cabin variation is on the cover of the Summer 2015 Quilts & More magazine, which you MUST get www.pieceandquilt.com/

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Alyssa Thomas from Penguin & Fish creates amazing embroidery designs, projects, fabrics and books. I love her images so much! They are wonderful to stitch and make me smile!! Alyssa says we should all 'Craft a Happy Life' and I think that is so perfect for those are makers. We are going to talk about our hobby of making and she has some super tips on transferring embroidery designs.

penguinandfish.com/

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Diane Gilleland writes at Crafty Pod and I love her inspirations and motivation to stitch! When Diane writes a book it's more than patterns, her teaching tools in the book are excellent. She gives you loads of new skill to create quilt you want to make, including learning how to draft and make your own designs!

craftypod.com/

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