Marianne Fons (of Fons and Porter) talks to us about all kinds of things -- her three kids, her quilting life, her writing life and her thoughts on quilting. She mentions the Iowa Quilt Museum (http://iowaquiltmuseum.org), her daughter Hannah's TedX Talk, "Not He, Nor She but Me," (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fbb7WaAQFQ), and her blog, Marianne Fons Blog, where you can sign up for updates. (http://www.mariannefons.com).

Xenia talks to us about her quilting life, including being an Antique Quilts Broker, an instructor and a quilt maker. She was also inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame in 2018.

Annabelle talks to us about her chapter of Project Linus. For more on Project Linus, go to https://www.projectlinus.org

Misty-Anne talks to us about her life as a scientist and its intersection with quilting. We talk about inspiration and merging patterns too.

Sue talks to us about her new book and I read to her the copyright notice in her book.

Eileen talks to us about the Applique Society and all things applique. She will talk you into trying applique, no question. For more on the Applique Society: https://www.theappliquesociety.org. She also talks about being a long arm business too, www.designingquilts.com, which includes t-shirt quilts and long-arming.

Scott was on his way from the airport to Missouri Star's 10th Anniversary celebration. He talked to us about Houston Quilt Market, the big business-to-business convention. Jaftex is the company that recently bought Free Spirit. For more on Scott, see our previous​ interview: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14198489

Maddie is all things awesome. She is the genius behind BadAss Quilters, as well as working with in the industry in various capacities. She also cares for tiny kittens, and is renovating​ her own house--like doing all of the work herself.

Frances hosts the Off Kilter Quilt, as well as QuiltFiction podcasts. She also is an award winning children's author, and also write quilts fiction. She, of course, also quilts. We talk about her process, being a quilter, and being a writer.

Karla talks to us about the hand dye fabric business, Cherrywood Fabrics, and also her Cherrywood Challenges, which now on their fourth one, this year was Prince. For more, see http://cherrywoodfabrics.bigcartel.com.