Kathleen Brown of Mountian Patchwork has a the most adorable quilt designs. Many are projects you can do quickly for instant gratifications. She has also developed a super cool technique called Double stitch that adds such a nice texture to your quilt.

http://www.mountainpatchwork.com/

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Debbie Grifka of Esch House Quilts is a booth I never miss at the trade show. Her clean bold design lines are super attractive. I love how she adds in a playful element that always makes me really think about the layout and go 'wow'! Maybe a turned triangle, a part that isn't the same fabric as other parts... you can always find a little surprise in Debbie's work. Debbie is going to chat with me about her design process, I can't wait!

http://www.eschhousequilts.com/

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Ali Winston is a designer and author of a new book called Quilt Lab from Stash books. Ali's website is a²(w) (read as "a squared w") where she writes about quilting, shares patterns, and has a cool feature called Stash Match.. plus I'm dying to get to know her because her favorite color is yellow and so is mine!

http://www.asquaredw.com/

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Nancy Mahoney is an amazing quilt designer, fabric designer, instructor and editor for Martingale books! She has been on the show before and you all LOVED her information packed segment. I asked Nancy to come back once a month this year so we can dig deep into topics to really do some detailed learning. (she also has a new book on circles)

http://nancymahoney.com/

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Jennifer Keltner and Jodi Sanders from American Patchwork & Quilting are on the show to talk about about expanding your skill set and learning something new! Another segment is on round robins and one of scraps! They are FULL of great information and tips for you today

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One of the true delights at the trade show is making new friends. Janet Clare and I vended next to each other and by the end of the show we were besties! She is so delightful, has a long rich history as a needlearts designer and just released her first fabric line with Moda called Hearty Good Wishes. In my interview she tells you how she came up with that name! I am head over heels for this line!

http://janetclare.co.uk/blog/

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Barbara and John Quinby are antique dealers and one of their loves is old thread cabinets. Barbara is a quilter, which means we are lucky they part with some of their finds! I asked Barbara and John to tell me the history behind the cabinets and how they found some of the real treasures in this group.

They do not have an internet store, website or physical store. If you are interseted in learning where they are vending and what they have in stock, email them!

email Barbara and John for info at [email protected]

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Sue Garmen is one of my idols. I've followed her amazing work since almost the day I started quilt making. She is meticulous, prolific, and has a passion for quilts that is as wide as the big blue ocean. She is also fast.. like FAST FAST.. I had the chance to spend 30 minutes with Sue talking about how she works, how she thinks, you are going to love her!

http://www.suegarman.blogspot.com/

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Christina Cameli is a quiltmaker and new author. Her book "First Steps to Free-Motion Quilting – 24 projects for Fearless Stitching" with C&T, is not just a beginners guide, it is much more. When I ask quilters what they want to learn more about, it's free motion quilting. And when I ask them why they don't do it more, they tell me they are afraid. Afraid of messing up. Christina has some great tips for us!

http://afewscraps.blogspot.com

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Pretty fabric at a show will stop me dead in my tracks, I bet you can relate! When at the Houston show I was going by the Fiber On a Whim booth, and not only did the hand dyes look amazing.. but they looked different. Upon taking a closer look I realized they were burlap! I've been seeing a lot of burlap on the internet but mostly tan. Nothing in these juicy colors. Kristin Rodriquez and her mom Jan Girod told me all about using burlap and I now Kristin is here with me today to share with you!

www.fiberonawhim.com

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I discovered Monica Lee's Smart Creative Women website when she interviewed one of my quilt friends. I was hooked on her super friendly personality, her attention to detail in her videos and her artwork. Monica is an glorious artist with an amazing style. She has designed fabric lines, cards, and paper. She has illustrated books and a zillion other things.

What I love about Monica is her spot on creative input and feedback. She looks at art (and creativity) in a way that can see what we might be missing when we look at our own work. She runs workshops, and the lastet is Smart Creative Style, which I took last year with her. I asked Monica to join me to share about creativity, about what we can do as quilters to find our creative sweet spot... plus a lot more!

http://smartcreativewomen.com/

http://smartcreativestyle.com/

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There are some quiltmakers that knock my socks off with everything they do. Yoko Saito is one of them. She is a master Japanese quilter and if you love Japanese quilts I am sure you have seen her work, all written in Japanese until now. I'm super excited to have publisher Priscilla Knoble with me to talk about the books she is printing, in English, with Yoko.

http://www.stitchpublications.com

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Nancy Mahoney is an amazing quilt designer, fabric designer, instructor and editor for Martingale books! She has been on the show before and you all LOVED her information packed segment. I asked Nancy to come back once a month this year so we can dig deep into topics to really do some detailed learning.

http://nancymahoney.com/

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My love of space started as a little girl, and continues today. When I heard that Astronaut Karen Nyberg was quilting IN SPACE my heart skipped a beat! Could this be true? Well check out the video below and you will see it is! I contacted NASA and asked to interview Karen about quilting in space. This is one special interview!

Plus she issued a challenge to make a quilt block. Karen tells me about it,

https://www.facebook.com/AstronautKarenNyberg

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American Patchwork & Quilting magazine always has an amazing plan for the year of issues, facebook posts and blog entries. Editor Jennifer Keltner is here to tell us what fun projects are we can find in 2014! Plus we'll chat trends a bit.

http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/

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I am excited to have Angela Yosten back on the show. She is an author, fabric design and super clever quilters. What I love about her books and projects are that they are very do able. Loads of smaller things, quick to make, instant satisfaction. She also does amazing quilts! Angela's latest book is Sew Modern Baby and we'll talk about that and I'm asking her some tips for fitting in sewing with a toddler in the house.

http://blog.angelayosten.com/

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Jennifer and I talking about the making of a magazine, the behind the scenes scoop. It might be one of my most favorite recordings! I love behind the scenes!

http://allpeoplequilt.com

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I've followed the Material Obsessions quilt shop blog forever, I can't even remember how long. The shop encourages the most vibrant use of fabrics around. The owner, Kathy Doughty is an amazing quilter and encourager. She has written several books, has online workshops and now she is here with me to share her background.

www.materialobsession.typepad.com,

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Lindsay Conner is a writer, designer and the author of the book "Modern Bee". You will see her writing at many of your favorite sites on the internet and at her own site LindsaySews.com. I was on her book tour and totally feel in love with her writings on being in a Quilt bee and her thoughts on building community. So happy to have her on the show today to chat about quilting communities!

www.modernbeebook.com

www.lindsaysews.com

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I love hearing how people approach their quilt making Lee Heinrich is one of the three authors of then book "Vintage Quilt Revival". I've been chatting with each author and it's very interesting to hear how each approached the same topic that went into one book!

http://www.freshlypieced.com/

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Dan DiPaolo creates delightfully fun fabrics for clothworks and wanted to learn more about this artist! Dan lives on a 40 acre farm which he told me inspires a lot of his art work. I'm looking forward to chatting with him about how he develops his ideas!

http://www.dandipaolostudios.blogspot.com/

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Ashley Smith grew up in the quilting business. Her mother co-owend Possibilities and the Great American Quilt Factory in Colorado, so you might have run into Ashley if you had visited! She now works at the online workshop site, Craftsy, as the Acquisition Editor. In that job she sees a lot of different aspects of the quilt world. I asked her to join me to talk about trends and learning online!

www.craftsy.com

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Christina Lane is an author, pattern designer and beautiful photographer. She writes at sometimescrafter.com Christina's book 'Quilting Happiness' with coauthor Diane Gilleland is a book full of incredible quilts and inspiration on quilting. I chatted with Diane on Sept 16,2013 and now I'm excited to have Christina tell us about her quilts

http://sometimescrafter.com/

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Author Pat Wys was with me Dec 17, 2012 when her first book on Neutrals was written and now she has a second neutral's book called 'Knockout Neutrals'. Pat is a super fun instructors and has a really interesting take on how to look at all Neutral fabric quilts. I'm excited to catch up with her!

http://www.silverthimblequilt.com/blog/

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Carol Doak is the author of 20 quilt books, a world traveled quilter and now online instructor. I'm really interested in what makes Carol excited about quilt making after all these years, and has she ever made a quilt without paper piecing (yes I'm going to ask this burning question!).

http://www.caroldoak.com/index.php

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Today Leah and I are answering YOUR most asked questions about machine quilting. It is our Year end recap! I'm delighted that Leah was able to join me each month. You have 11 shows worth of freemotion quilting chat.. exciting right? If you have any last minute questions leave them in the comments.

http://www.leahday.com/

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The best part of hosting this show is that I am able to invite on people whose work I admire greatly. Jennifer Sampou Hensley is a fabric artist that I have followed for years. I just love her work! When I designed my first fabric line, she was the art director at the company. I was thrilled when one of her designs became part of my collection. Jennifer's creative journay is so interesting, I'm thrilled to have her on the show to share about it.

http://www.jennifersampou.com

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Whever Roseann comes on I am so happy! We chat girlfriend style... we've known each other for many years, email often, and she has such a wealth of information being both a shop owner and a designer. Plus she make crazy cute stuff.. wink! Today we have ideas for you for small easy to make projects. For gifts, to decorate.. we can't stop creating in December.. right?

http://www.rosebudscottage.typepad.com/

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Award winning quilter Annette Kennedy loves to paint on her quilts, and she truly takes the pieces to the next level! I've never done much painting. I want to learn a few tips about the process and Annette is going to explain how she works and how easy it is!

Website: https://www.annettekennedy.com

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I've been reading Jennifer Mathis's website EllisonLane for awhile. She has great tutorials, insights into quilting and super motivation to make things. This is what I love..the passion and motivation! Oh cute projects always get me attention too.. wink! Jennifer is going to share some paper piecing tips too.. I always can use those!

website http://ellisonlane.com/

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Author Elizabeth Dackson is the voice behind the site 'Don't Call me Betsy' and under her photo it says "I'm Elizabeth, mom to a very busy five year old boy and I sew for my sanity. Let's get to quilting, shall we?" I just LOVE a kindred spirit.. it's all about quilting here! Elizabeth's first book 'Becoming a confident Quilter' is in the stores and I can't wait to chat with her.

www.dontcallmebetsy.com

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