048. Teaching Online from Qatar with Grace Medina

Hello My Quilting Friends! Today I'm chatting with Grace Medina from Handy and Crafty. She's originally from Venezuela but has been living in Qatar and has an interesting perspective on quilting, teaching and making tutorials online. Find Grace's YouTube channel right here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl50mnjdjrs5wSB7GsgGshQ

When we spoke, Grace was working on a quilt tutorial for Valentine's Day. I record the podcast several weeks in advance so she's already had a chance to post this and you can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXTgI1pXFVM

Grace went to college for journalism and learned to tell stories by asking who, what, when, where, how? She brings the same perspective to her quilting tutorials and tries to answer all the questions someone would have about a particular technique.

Living in the Middle East does create some challenges for quilting. Grace mentioned being able to find any fabric she wants, but it's very challenging to find notions like rotary cutters and blades.

Luis Sanchez, my friend from Costa Rica also mentioned struggling to find thread and machines in his country.

Grace shares tutorials on quilting and sewing in Spanish because there are very few books instructions in her mother language. Because she lives in a place where it's hard to find special tools she had to figure out a way to teach with just the basics. She wants quilters everywhere to have access to videos in Spanish so everyone is supported and can learn how to make beautiful quilts.

Moving forward Grace really wants her abilities to grow and to take it more seriously. She plans to write a book on quilting in Spanish and I think that I'll be a huge hit!

Find the episode show notes to read more: https://leahday.com/pages/episode-48-teaching-online-from-qatar-with-grace-medina