American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast

This week is Thanksgiving in the United States, so we're reflecting on the good things in our lives and sharing the quilty things we're thankful for. We also chat with Jenny Doan, the founder of Missouri Star Quilt Company, a well-known YouTube personality and quilter, and now author. We discuss her new memoir, How to Stitch an American Dream: A Story of Family, Faith & the Power of Giving, 

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Many quilters make test blocks to try their fabric choices or instructions before they dive into making a quilt. But what do you do with these leftover blocks? We have some great suggestions to share in this episode. The we chat with Ashli Montgomery, the founder and CEO of the non-profit Quilt 2 End ALZ, which focuses on connecting quilters who have been touched by Alzheimer's, as well as educating about and fighting for an end to the disease.

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Quilters always have the greatest tricks for making parts of the quilting process easier, faster, or more efficient. On this show, we share some of the best sewing tips and tricks submitted by our listeners. We also share a few fun online events we're hosting to get you in the holiday spirit and a mistake our editor made in her sewing room. Then we chat with Kirsta Meadows, the store owner of All About Quilting in Jacksonville, North Carolina. 

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Each of us develops a unique sense of color, design, and style that we bring into our lives -- not just in the quilts we make, but in our wardrobe and our home. On this episode, we're sharing how to find your signature color palette and put it to good use in your sewing room! We also share some sampler quilts and wish list products we love, give details about our Random Acts of "Quiltiness" Day, and chat about the Quilts for Care Leavers organization.

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Fussy-cutting refers to the process of selectively cutting pieces from fabric to highlight a certain design or motif. We're sharing tips for adding fussy-cut fabric to your quilt, including choosing fabrics, making your own cutting template, sewing them into a quilt, and working with panel prints. We also chat with Riane Menardi Morrison (of Riane Elise) about hand-quilting, her design process, and her new book.

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Our staff shares the fabric, products, patterns, and trends we're loving right now. We also share tips for choosing batting, a pattern that's great for your scraps, and chat with Rose Ann Cook of Quilter's Emporium. Quilter's Emporium is known for their connection with customers, charity work, and large selection of fabric and notions.

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Part of the fun of being a quilter (and also part of the challenge) is seeing a quilt pattern you love and figuring out how to make it your own. We share ideas for how to change colors, fabrics, size, and embellishments to fit your specific needs and likes. We also give tips for overcoming hurdles when working on longterm projects, share products on our wish list, answer listener questions about moving sewing supplies to a new home, and share an editor's quilty mistake.

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Do you love or dread binding? In this show we're sharing tips and tricks for making binding easier, so you can enjoy your finished quilt faster! We include tips for preparing binding, sewing it to your quilt, and finishing it, as well as some products to help make it easier. We also chat with Mary Blythe, a designer known for her wool applique designs, love of antiques, and expertise of heirloom crafts.

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Flying Geese are a basic unit for quilters. Some people love making them! And some quilters think they're a necessary evil. No matter which camp you fall in, we're sharing ways to make them more effectively and quickly. We also share tips for sewing long strips together, listener-submitted sewing hacks, how to save money on your next visit to the fabric store, and a mistake one of our editors made.

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Quilters infuse every aspect of their lives with quilting -- including their vacations. Our staff shares some quilty memories from their recent travels. From bringing handwork on a plane to visiting local quilt shops or even photographing quilts in beautiful locations, there are a lot of ways to keep your hobby close at hand and close at heart, no matter how far away you travel from your sewing room. We also chat with Carole Lyles Shaw, a modern quilter, pattern designer, and teacher. Carole shares snippets of her knowledge from 30+ years of quilting and 20+ years of teaching, including her quilting journey, how she found her quilting community, how she pivoted her business when the pandemic started, and tips for making improv quilts and thinking about your stash in a sustainable way.

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