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Episode 15 - Teresa Barkley, Judy Schwender, Alison Glass, Iris Karp and Quilt Addicts Husband

09.14.2016 - By Quilt Addicts AnonymousPlay

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Welcome to Episode 15 of Sit & Sew Radio, a Quilt Addicts Anonymous Podcast.

Today we have a real treat. Teresa Barkley is on the show. She is a member of the Manhattan Quilt Guild and an art quilter by night and a pattern maker in the garment district in New York by day.

We'll also hear from some of our past guests about the quilts that mean the most to them in the occasional series Most Memorable Quilts. Today we'll hear from Judy Schwender, the Curator at the National Quilt Museum, Alison Glass, a quilt and fabric designer with Andover Fabrics and Iris Karp, the maker of MisyFuse.

We're also going to have the first interview in what may become an occasional series featuring the husband's point of view when it comes to living with a quilt addict.

Make sure you head over to QuiltAddictsAnonymous.com to check out this week's free video tutorial. You'll learn how to make hexies with English Paper Piecing. You can use this technique to make any number of designs, but I show you how to make a grandmother's flower garden pattern. I've got some tips for trimming your hexies, no-sew basting and tying a quilters knot. Click here (http://www.quiltaddictsanonymous.com/2016/09/how-to-make-hexies-with-english-paper-piecing/) to watch the free HD video tutorial.

Teresa Barkley, Manhattan Quilt Guild

Teresa Barkley has worked in the fashion district in New York City for 35 years as a pattern maker. She also is a member of the Manhattan Quilt Guild, an art quilter and avid collector of vintage fabrics and feed sacks. Her art quilts often feature her collection of feed sacks with advertising and other graphic images on them.

In our interview we talk about Here and There: Works by the Manhattan Quilt Guild, which is on display at the National Quilt Museum, working with vintage fabrics, fast fashion and the messages behind her quilt designs.

Her quilt "Authentic Imitation", shown above, illustrates the lessons she has learned working in the fashion industry about genuine products, imitations and the impact it has on our environment.

Here and There: Works by the Manhattan Quilt Guild is on display at The National Quilt Museum through November 15, 2016. Click here (http://quiltmuseum.org/manhattan/) to learn more about the exhibit and see other quilts in the collection.

Most memorable quilts with Judy Schwender, Alison Glass and Iris Karp

In today's episode we hear from several of our past guests to learn what the most memorable quilt is to them. Many of these men and women are famous quilters who have made dozens of beautiful quilts. But often the quilt that means the most to them isn't a pattern they made to sell, but a highly personal quilt packed with meaning.

We hear from Judy Schwender, the curator for the National Quilt Museum, Alison Glass, a quilt and fabric designer with Andover Fabrics, and Iris Karp, the maker of MistyFuse fusible web.

If you enjoyed these the Most Memorable Quilts series, make sure to check out the original episodes the guests appeared on to hear more from them.

* Judy Schwender - Episode 1 (http://sitandsewradio.com/episodes/episode-1-may-chappell-bobbin-storage-and-quilt-japan-exhibit/) and Episode 11 (http://sitandsewradio.com/episodes/episode-11-tara-curtis-and-judy-schwender/)

* Alison Glass -

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