Mattie Rhodes Haine of Quiltsmart sent us a box of goodies, and we talk about her company's strategy of using printed interface as a technique of quilting. She is also the genius behind the extraordinarily popular Mondo bag. She is an​ amazing quilt entrepreneur.

Maureen Collins is one of the only law professors to write on quilting! She has been part of the project from the first conversations. She teaches at John Marshall Law School, where she requires her law students to make small art quilts as part of her art law class. We have a high level discussion about quilting, copyright and other areas of intellectual property. If you are a bit lost, you soon will learn some of the basic concepts. We will be posting "copyright concepts and quilting" shortly.

Todd Purcell talks to us about the start of Superior Threads, which was begun by his mom and dad. We learn about thread - how its made, which one to use, and much more. If you ever wondered about thread, this is the show for you. We'll be having more conversations about thread with Todd Purcell soon!​​

Edith Gross is a quilter and has a longarm quilting business. She has only been quilting a few years. She is remarkable. Creative, beautiful work, in all kinds of styles, Edith's quilting is a site to behold. I'm in love with a couple of her pieces. We had a great chat. She joined the Quilting Army, and I hope we have many more conversations in the future.

Cheryl Sleboda is an award winning art quilter who also speaks and teaches to guilds and shops around the country. Cheryl’s been featured in magazines, newspapers, and on Quilting Arts TV, It's Sew Easy TV and Make It Artsy. She also has been an executive of a specialty market retail industry for 20 years, and she teaches niche retailers how to grow their businesses through technology. Cheryl has recently started a new business focused on sewing and products for cosplayers. Follow her adventures at www.muppin.com and www.sewmuchcosplay.com. This is the first of at least two conversations with Cheryl. She has joined our Quilting Army, and so we are hoping she comes back to chat often!

Bob Ruggiero, Director of publications and Public Information for Quilts, Inc. sat down with us to talk about Quilt Market (the quilt industry show, which is in Houston every Fall, and then moves around in the Spring) and Quilt Festival (the public show in Houston in the Fall, and this year, in Chicago in the Spring). He talks about the role of Quilt Market in the quilting industry and so much more.

A preview of what the new research podcast "Just Wanna Quilt" is all about. We will chat about all things quilting -- with quilters, quilt entrepreneurs, famous quilter, industry folk, historians, scholars, and so much more. Oh, and we talk about copyright and other intellectual property issues just for fun. We are more than a podcast! We are a Quilting Army. Join our Facebook group - www.facebook/justwannaquilt/

A five-minute overview of the new podcast, Just Wanna Quilt, a research podcast coming out of Tulane Law School. We are interested in all things quilty, and we are interviewing everyone -- to understand why they quilt. We are also interviewing quilt entrepreneurs​, famous quilters, quilt historians, and quilt industry leaders.​ Our host is Dr. Elizabeth Townsend Gard, a law professor specializing in intellectual property, and more specifically copyright, and she just wants to quilt.