I first meet Natalie Barnes when she was vending at a show in California. I was in LOVE with her way of putting together fabric and spent a LOT of time in her booth. Natalie writes and designs at Beyond the Reef patterns and her new book is called Modern Twist.

www.beyondthereefpatterns.com

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Jacquelynne Steves and I were talking about left over blocks, orphan blocks the other day.. and that lead from one thought to another and I asked her to join me today to talk about how to use these!! Plus she is going to tell us about her latest projects and her free magazine.. fun fun!

http://jacquelynnesteves.com

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Shea Henderson is a clever designer and recently wrote an amazing Sewing tutorial book called 'School of Sewing'. The book has all kinds of information about learning to sew from selecting a machine to that 1/4”. Plus there are beginner friendly projects. She is going to chat with me about teaching people to sew, yeah!

emptybobbinsewing.com/

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Lindsay Fullington is one of the Editors at American Patchwork & Quilting Magazine. She and I chat weekly and recently she was asking me some questions about fusible applique. Then she said why didn't we talk about it on the show since I have a new book ALL about Fusible Applique out! Happy to share my passions for making fusible very simple to do and oh so soft!

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Holly Holderman is the amazing designer and owner of Lakehouse Dry Good fabrics. Holly has more creative ideas before lunch than most of us have in a year! She has creates super creative fabric lines and I'm excited to have her tell us about the newest called Sunrise Studio

http://lakehousedrygoods.com

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Quilt and Fabric Designer Lori Holt has a style that everyone loves! From her fabric vintage fresh fabric lines to her adorable patterns. Lori write at Bee in My Bonnet and is very active on Instagram. Lori's speciality is sew and flip images and with her new book/fabric line called Farm Girl Vintage I can't wait to get some tips from her!

beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/

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I am happy to have my good friend Joan Ford back onto talk TIPS today! You know her for helping you use up your scraps, even the teeny tiny ones with her grid and her ScarpThearpy books. Now Joan has a new book that is a MUST for your reference library. 'When Bad things happen to GOOD Quilters'. She is going to give us some great survival work arounds today, and we are going to talk scrap .. because we can! Listen to Joan and I chat on 7/28/14 and 6/10/13

http://hummingbird-highway.com/

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I have been a big fan of Penny Layman's projects for years. She writes at Sew Take a Hike about sewing with a specialty in paper piecied images. And now she has a book called The Paper Pieced Home jammed full of super cute projects. We are going to hear some clever tips and ways to use these adorable designs right from Penny!.

http://sewtakeahike.typepad.com/sewtakeahike/

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Julie Wurzer is the designer behind all the adorable applique patterns at Patchabilities. She is a fun designer which really shows in the adorable patterns she creates. Julie is going to share some tips for success applique and how she selects fabrics for them. She also passionate about her charity work and will share a project she is working on.

http://www.patchabilities.com/

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Australian Designer Helen Stubbings is the artist behind the designs of Hugs & Kisses. She appliques, embroiders, designs fabric and has a huge following. I am excited to chat with Helen about her embroidery and quilt making. She is also going to share great tips, including her technique called “Colourque”

www.hugsnkisses.net

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I first discovered Caroline Fairbanks projects when someone sent me a link to her website SewCanShe. Caroline writes doable project patterns, hosts links to projects by others and has written a book 'Just for you' with co-author Sarah Markos. Today we are going to talk about fun, fast projects and she'll share some tips with us!.

http://www.sewcanshe.com/

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Alexandra Ledgerwood is the author of book 'Improvising Tradition'. That title intrigues me! We are going to talk about quilt making, improvising, traditions and the importance of being part of a quilt community, join us today!

http://teaginnydesigns.blogspot.com/

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Sewing and knitting are in Rebecca Danger's blood.. not only that, once she creates a unique design she put out the patterns for us, yeah! With over 100 published knitting designs, the sewing patterns came next with her first book 'Baby Says Sew'. 20 practical, budget minded, baby approved projects. We all have babies to sew for and her book is full of awesome projects.

http://www.rebeccadanger.typepad.com/

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Designer Maureen Cracknell has been creating inviting projects for a few years now, sharing at her very popular website and facebook back. This fall she showed her new fabric line and some amazing freeform machine 'sketching' with her needle and thread, it's so cool! We are going to chat about designing fabric and how she thinks about her freehand stitching.

http://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/

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Ever since Flickr started I've gone there to look at quilts. At groups and individual flickr pages, there is always inspiration that rivals Pinterest! I saw Joan Lucchese photos and was excited about her quilts and her process. I love hearing how people quilt and Joan and I are going to talk about paper piecing and her design process!

http://www.caliquilter.com/

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When I was falling in love with applique, some of the specatcular and unique quilts that I loved at shows were made by Suzanne Marshall. I loved reading her inspirations and the magazines had articles about her work, she was ground breaking as her quilts looked very traditional, but really were not. Step up and you'd find bugs in that Baltimore looking block or a fantastical display of blooms that were not from a real flower, this is why I was drawn to her work. She makes things from her heart. I finally get to chat quilts and techniques with Suzanne, it's going to be so fun!

http://www.suzannequilts.com

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When Kirstyn Cogan's book 'Urban Scandinavian Sewing' came across my desk I was in love! I spent a good portion of my childhood living in Europe and her aesthetic for this book really took me back in time. We are going to chat about art of simplicty and it's beauty, which I really wish I could do!

http://www.kirstyncogan.com/

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I had the opportunity to teach with Sherri Hisey of Border Creek Station earlier this year and I convinced her to join me to talk about mystery quilts! I know loads of you have made her mystery quilts and love them.. so Sherri is going to tell us how to get the most out of doing that kind of a quilt... she is an expert! And you can see her quilt in the Fall 2010 Quilt Sampler magazine for the Quilter’s Cupboard !

bordercreekstation.com/

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Amber Johnson writes at 'A Little Bit Biased' and has a wonderful community of quilters that she interacts with. From her tutorials, to her patterns, to her new book 'Vintage Vibe' you find Amber sharing great quilt tips and inspired pieces! Amber and I are going to talk about how to give a traditional quilt a vitagey feel and I am going to pick her brain a bit about what it's like to work in a quilt shop and see all the different projects people bring in!

alittlebitbiased.blogspot.com/

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The first time I 'meet' Violet craft was when I saw her fabric line called Waterfront Park. It's one of those time when you see something and are like.. wow! It grabed my imagination. Violet has been designing line after line like that for Michael Miller fabric with pattern and now we get to here how the magic happens!

www.violetcraft.com/

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Most of us love to sew with friends, be it at a bee, or a retreat. When I read the intro to Krista Hennebury's book 'Make it Take it' I saw that she has been running retreats for quilters for 10 years! I thought it would be fun to learn about retreats from an expert and chat about her book full of projects designed by herself and her friends, they are very clever projects indeed!

www.poppyprintcreates.blogspot.com

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I love antique quilts and the stories behind them. The history of quilting is being documented by wonderful historians like Sue Reich. I have several of her books and one that I particularly love is the book about quilts with 1,000 Pieces. Sue is going to chat today with me about what she has learned about quilt makers long ago, it might surprise you!

www.coveringquilthistory.com

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When I first started my company I meet Cindy Taylor Oates of Taylor Made Design. I love her projects, her directions and her! She was friendly and welcoming to a new person in the industry and over the years I've been so happly to keep up with her. She just hit a nice milestone of 30 years in business and I am thrilled to chat with her this about her journey!

http://taylormadedesignsonline.myshopify.com

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Sara Lawson of Sew Sweetness is a bag making expert! She give us some great tips for adding hardware to your project... some that I didn't realize were so easy! Below is a link to a free pattern for small bag above.

sewsweetness.com

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Have you ever wondered about hiring speakers and teachers for your event? Roseann and I give you tips for successfully scheduling speakers, and some ideas for topics you might have not thought of!

www.rosebudscottage.typepad.com/

I am a HUGE fan girl of Valori Wells style... her fabric, her books and her business sense. Her newest book is a look into her world as a maker and gives some wonderful ideas. I loved chatting about her process, how she makes time, what photography means to her and sewing/running a business with small children.

www.valoriwells.com/

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I am in love with Michelle May's designs, They are fun, whimsical and make me smile! She works with wool and cotton for her designs at The Rasberry Rabbits. I asked Michelle to chat with me about working with wool and her technique called Folk Art Fusion.

www.theraspberryrabbits.com

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I wanted to catch up with Amanda Murphy. She has beautiful fabric designs, embroidery designs, classes at Craftsy and books! I was interested in hearing about her book 'Color Essentials' and to hear more about the embroidery designs she does.

amandamurphydesign.com/

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When the book titled 'Sew Organized for the Busy Girl!' by Heidi Staples came across my desk I don't think I could get it open fast enough! I'm a organization junkie and SEWING organization, sign me up! Heidi website is called FabricMutt so I knew we'd be good friends!

fabricmutt.blogspot.com

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Molly Hanson writes a Sew Wrong Sew right and is the author of 'Free-motion Quilting for Beginners' with the great tag line of 'and those who think they can! Everyone wants to be able to quilt better and Molly's going to give us some wonderful tips today on getting started at quilting your own quilts.

sewwrongsewright.blogspot.com/

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When Nancy Kern and I chatted in December we touched on taking classes at events, and I asked her to come back so we could talk more indepth! What is a quilt retreat/academey/show? How are they different? What kind of things do you find there and what ARE the classes like? Nancy and I have both taught at these events so we are going to give you the low down!

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Robin Buscemi loves a great challenge, and when she approaches a quilt challenge she always has a story to go with it. Robin and I were chatting at the Houston show and she was telling me about her quilt that was hanging and how it came about and I knew you would all love to hear how she approaches her quilt making!

www.threadsbespoke.com

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I love chatting with Elizabeth Dackson, she is full of energy AND ideas! Get combo for the show, right? Today we are going to talk foundation piecing, storage, and maybe sneak in a bit about sewing with a new puppy in the house. If you follow Elizabeth you'd seen the new addition to her family is quite adorable!

http://www.dontcallmebetsy.com

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