Guest - Jessie Aller is a fabric designer wih In the Beginning, President of the DC chapter of the Modern Quilt guild and a fantastic quilter! She love hand work and is going to share some English Paper Piecing tips with me today!

http://jessiealler.com/

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Guest - Lisa Calle writes at the website Vintage Modern Quilts where she shares her passion for quilt making. She also works at making the Moda Bakeshop an incredible site to find free patterns. I asked Lisa to join me to talk about her quilt making and the ins and outs of the Moda Bakeshop!

www.vintagemodernquilts.com

http://www.modabakeshop.com/

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Guest - I first met Kim Niedzwiecki at a trade show.. or rather a tornado whirled into the area all smiles and chatter and loveliness.. inside that whirlwind was Kim introducing herself. Her blog is called GogoKim and it is perfect for her! She is not only a passionate quilter, but a huge advocate of all quilt makers. She works with Aurifil Thread company, Pellon, and designers everywhere. You can find Kim using her 25,000 words for the day somewhere on the internet, just tune in and meet her, you will love her too.. hold onto your hat!

gogokim.blogspot.com

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Guest - Designer Roseann Kermes is back on the show by popular demand! Roseann and I are going to give you a fast paced segment of Quilting TIPS! Get your pen and paper READY to take notes.. I bet there are a few you don't know

http://rosebudscottage.typepad.com/

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Guest - I've admired Dawns work for years. Her appliqué designs are beautiful and her books are full of creative projects I want to make!

Linen Closet Quilts http://dawnheesequilts.blogspot.com/

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Guest - Alissa Haight Carlton, the Executive Director of the Modern Quilt Guild, is joining me again today to share what's new with the Modern Quilt guild. And she recently taught at the Sister's OR quilt show, so I am excited to hear what that was like. That show is on my 'to do' list as a quilter. Have you been?

http://www.handmadebyalissa.com

http://modernquiltguild.com/

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Guest - Dawn Stewart is the designer behind Springwater Design studio. She designs patterns she publishes, plus you can find her at the Modabakeshop and several fabric company free pattern pages. Dawn is going to share with us what it's like to teach beginner, work with your daughter and share some qult tips with us!

http://www.springwaterdesigns.com/

Link to the Fabri-Quilt Blog tutorial:

http://inspiredbyfabric.blogspot.com/2013/07/tutorial-wonky-star-table-topper.html

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Guest - Maryland Historical Society curator Kristin Schenning will join Dawn and I to talk about the project they are currently doing to remake the Star Spangled Banner!

Maryland Historical Society: https://www.mdhs.org/

Stitching History Project page: http://www.mdhs.org/star-spangled-banner-project

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Guest - Jenifer Dick from 42Quilts is joining me to day to talk about her quilts, and her new job with Kansas City Star as the Executive Editor of their new "My Stars" line of books!

http://www.42quilts.com/

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Guest - Fabric designer and author Nancy Rink creates wonderful quilts. And I'm really interested in her books that have a story behind them. I asked Nancy to join me and tell me about her book of quilts inspired by the Lowell factory girls.. and a new book she is working on inspired by history.

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

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Guest - Leah Day is back this month to talk with me a bit more about thread color choices for machine quilting. How thread enhances your work or could distract from your work. Plus she has some great machine quilting tips for us!

www.FreeMotionProject.com

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Guest - Jennifer and I talk about what goes on behind the scenes of making YOUR favorite quilt magazines!

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Guest - Sherri Williams is a quilter and a children's book author. She decided to combine her love of writing with her love of quilts and the book "The Adventures of Little Mouse, Adventures outside the Mouse hole" was born. A story about life lessons for children, plus a quilt pattern you can make! http://sbwlittlemouse.com/

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Guest - It is always great to catch up with Nancy Zieman and find out what she is working on. We saw each other at a few events this year and I'm super excited she can be here today to talk about some new quilt things she is working with, like laser cut appliqué and some nifty tools!

nancyzieman.com

http://www.nancyzieman.com/blog/quick-sewing-projects/laser-cut-fusibles/

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Guest - Mimi Dietrich is a quilt treasure. She has been teaching and sharing quilt making for many years. Her speciality is Baltimore Album quilts. AND be sure to listen in when I share with you the first time I met Mimi... you won't want to miss this!

Www.mimidietrich.com

Http://mimidietrich.wordpress.com/

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Guest - Susan Emory and Christine Van Buskirk worked together as quilt shop owner and manager, then combined their talents to form Swirly Girls Design. They create fabric, quilt patterns/book and they have designed some nifty tools for quilters too! I'm excited to introduce you to them and learn about how they work together.

http://www.swirlygirlsdesign.com/

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Guest - Laurie Tigner is an award winning quilter. She not only designs patterns you and I would make, but she also creates one of a kind unique quilts to enter into shows. I love her work which is full of amazing detail. Laurie also quilts her own pieces (you can listen to my last interview with Laurie on Oct 1 2012). Today she is going to share about some of her techniques and share about her recent trip to Ireland to the quilt show!

http://www.laurietignerdesigns.com/

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Guest - When I first started to quilt the only place 'online' to see quilting was TV.. ha! We had a few quilt shows and Kaye Wood was one of them. I asked Kaye to join me to tell me how she got started and talk about the different things she has done in the quilt world, plus she is going to share her Hexagon 'magic' with us, for those of you who love hexagons you might just have a new way of making them!

http://www.kayewood.com

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Guest - I am always excited when I spot a piece of fabric that makes my heart sing. When I first found fabric by Alison Glass, that is what happened! It's happy and lively and drenched in amazing color. I asked Alison to join me today to chat about her work!

http://alisonglass.com/index.html

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Guest - There is an exhibit at the Denver Art museum called "Spun, Adventures in Textiles" that my friend Amy Gibson shared on her blog. When I started to read about the event I got all goosebumpy! I shot an email off to Amy and invited her to come on the show to tell us about the exhibit AND having a piece in it! Plus Amy is going to give us a few tips on paper piecing today.. and maybe share the secret sauce that allows her time to sew with 4 children under the age of 5 AND moving into a new home... can't wait!

http://www.stitcherydickorydock.com

Museum article by Amy -http://www.stitcherydickorydock.com/a-night-at-the-museum/

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Guest - Quilt Designer Faith Jones runs "Fresh Lemons", a super blog with tutorials, quilt sharing and massive amounts of feel good stuff quilters love to read everyday! A few weeks ago I was reading her blog and I just may have stopped mid-paragraph to send her an email and ask her to come on the show. Faith was talking about "Community Giving". Quilts for a cause, Quilts for those that are hurting. This is a topic near and dear to me. We are going to talk about that, her new book that is coming out and a lot more!

http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com

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Guest - Kaari Meng from the French General chatted with me about how she developed her latest fabric line, her retreats she runs in France and she has the BEST tip to use when 'collecting'! We did the interview during set up day.. I think we took this photo at the end of the day when we might have been starting to wilt just a little bit!https://www.frenchgeneral.com/

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Guest -- Jan Patek is one of my idols.. serious .. I'm a HUGE Fan girl! My early work in applique was making models of her patterns for the local shop. And my early quilts were primitive and her work has always inspired me. Jan talks about being in the quilt industry for as long as she has, her work style and community!

http://janpatek.blogspot.com/

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Guest - One the best parts about the trade show is that everytime you go, your booth is near someone new! This time I was next to BasicGrey. Shara Meredith is the Marketing Manager at BasicGrey and she came on the show to explain how BasicGrey started in fabric, what their design process is and shares about her latest and 'most Popular' fabric line (guess which it is!)http://www.basicgrey.com/fabric

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Guest - I have known Carolyn Forster almost since I started in the Quilt business. Carolyn is British and years ago she was the buyer for a shop in England that carries my things. Over the years we lost track of each other a bit and recently reconnected. I asked her to come on the show to chat about quilting in England, her 'Quilting on the Go' technique and her newest book with Landauer!

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Guest - Have you been interested in Landscape quilts? The ones that show you a scene and just pull you into the quilt. Joyce Becker is a master at Landscapes quilts. And she even has some tips for creating them more quickly! I'm excited to have her on the show to learn more about this type of quilt.

http://joycerbecker.com/

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Guest - Leah Day is back this month to talk about thread. We both have quilted a lot of pieces and thread can be a design element, or not. Today Leah and I will chat about what threads we use, what they do for our quilts and Leah has some trouble shooting tips for you!

www.FreeMotionProject.com

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Guest - Author, fabric designs and teacher Kim Diehl creates warm and cozy quilts loved by all! She is also a regular contributor to American Patchwork & Quilting magazine. I asked Kim to join me today and talk about her design process, her favorite appliqué method and a bit more!

http://kimdiehl.com/

https://www.facebook.com/kim.diehl.96?ref=ts&fref=ts

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Guest -Annabel Wrigley is an author and owner of the Little Pincushion Studio in Warrenton VA. She loves to teach children to sew! What an awesome quest. Can you remember the first person that taught you to sew? Mine was my 9th grade home ec teacher. I can't wait to hear about Annabel's work and her new book "We Love to Sew"

http://www.littlepincushionstudio.com/

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Guest - Jenny Pedigo and Helen Robinson are the quilters behind "Sew kind of Wonderful". I found their blog and was smitten with their quilts ... they love curves! And not just any curves, but pieced curves with a ruler they designed. Plus they do fabulous machine quilting and share loads of great photos. Jenny is on the show today to share with me how the ruler came about and all the fun things she is doing with quilt designs in their pattern business

http://sewkindofwonderful.blogspot.com/

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I was out visiting the American Patchwork & Quilting office earlier this year and we taped some shows. Editor Jennifer Keltner turned the tables on me and interviewed ME, and I didn't know we were going to do that! I was fun and I know I got stumped at least once.. wink! ===========

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Guest - I was delighted to meet Missie Carpenter of Hallbrook Designs earlier this year. She makes incredible appliqué and english paper pieced quilts using warm inviting colorways with lots of tans, browns, reds and blacks. Her workmanship is beautiful and I am excited to have her here today to talk about how she creates!

http://www.hallbrookdesigns.blogspot.com/

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Guest - I can't get enough knowledge about how people work with fabric scraps. Joan Ford is the author of 2 scrap quilt books AND the developer of 'Scrap Therapy'. So I had to have her on the show to share her thoughts behind scrap management and how to use them in quilts.

Website: hummingbird-highway.com

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Guest -Amanda Murphy is a graphic designer that has turned her art in to fabric, embroidery designs and quilts. I am excited to have her share her design process and tell us a bit about her new book Modern Holiday.

Website: www.amandamurphydesign.com

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Guest -It is always fun when Roseann joins me on the show! Today we dish on easy summer sewing when we TRAVEL!! Be sure to listen it...

http://rosebudscottage.typepad.com/

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