Marianne Fons joins us to talk about her life during COVID-19, and the exhibit of Fons and Porter quilts at the International Quilt Museum, October 2021-February 2022, https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/exhibition/fons-porter. Marianne has been on the show before. Listen to her previous interviews here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16253743. For more on Marianne Fons, go to http://www.mariannefons.com/.

Lee Chappell Monroe of May Chappell joins us to talk about her life during COVID-19 and after. http://www.maychappell.com/. She's been a guest before (see her first interview here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15250111.

Barbara Garlock and Virginia Hodge of DC Quilters talk to us today about a quilting challenge for DC statehood, disenfranchisement, and the importance of voting and staying informed on local politics. Learn more about them at https://lwv-va.org/2021/07/30/quilts4dc-statehood-quilt-challenge/

Tara Miller of the Quilt District joins us to talk about her new projects including the Quilt District on the Road and the series Six Know It Alls (quilters of course). Her website: http://www.quiltdistrict.com. She also talks about American Quilt Study Group, which is she very involved. https://americanquiltstudygroup.org/.

Sara Seuberling has worked at EQ since college, and tells us about the software company, the relationship with AccuQuilt, and the creation of the new edition of the Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, https://electricquilt.com/online-shop/encyclopedia-of-pieced-quilt-patterns/. We also talk about EQ Academy, which has its upcoming session in Ohio on September 9-11.

Brandy is a fellow quilt podcaster, and also is active on TikTok as Quilter on Fire. She joins us to talk about her latest project, and the role of social media in building her brand. See https://www.quilteronfire.com.

Christa Watson, who has been on the show twice before, comes back to tell us about her year. (See Episodes https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15172864 and https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17863739. She's a fabric and pattern designer, and an entrepreneur. Come here her discuss her last year, and her thoughts on the future.

Dora Carey, of Orange Dot Quilts, http://www.orangedotquilts.com, come back to chat with us about her COVID-19 year, where she made a mask pattern and video that got 2 million hits, transforming her business almost instantly. Now, she's getting ready to open a shop. Listen to her original interview from 2018 here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14253174.

Stacy Harding, a long time member of the Quilting Army, talks about the last year, and how she's starting to get back into the quilting grove.

Jamie and Jessica, sisters, join us to talk about Sewtites, a magnetic system for quilting that eliminates the need for pins. See https://sewtites.com/. We talk about their entrepreneurial journey of how this idea became a big hit in the sewing and quilting world.