The New Zealand Quilt Show

The New Zealand Quilt Show episodes:

• 12.19.2017

  Amanda Stewart, Julia Arden, Helen Beaven and Julie Van der Putten on the NZ Quilt Show Podcast

  It's that mad time of year again!  Here in New Zealand, Christmas and New Year's coincide with our Summer holiday period, so it's six weeks off school for the kids and lots of families travel and holiday around this time. ...

  
• 12.18.2017

  Amanda Stewart, Julia Arden, Helen Beaven and Julie Van der Putten on the NZ Quilt Show Podcast

  It's that mad time of year again!  Here in New Zealand, Christmas and New Year's coincide with our Summer holiday period, so it's six weeks off school for the kids and lots of families travel and holiday around this time. ...

  
• 12.04.2017

  Rachel Maw, Kathleen Buford and Bobby Duncan on The NZ Quilt Show

  This episode of The NZ Quilt Show podcast continues the National Quilt Symposium round up and includes interviews with Rachel Maw from Annie's Country Quilt Store, a lovely little quilt store in Ashburton, NZ; Kathleen Burford from the Migrant Women's Quilt...

  
• 12.03.2017

  Rachel Maw, Kathleen Buford and Bobby Duncan on The NZ Quilt Show

  This episode of The NZ Quilt Show podcast continues the National Quilt Symposium round up and includes interviews with Rachel Maw from Annie's Country Quilt Store, a lovely little quilt store in Ashburton, NZ; Kathleen Burford from the Migrant Women's Quilt...

  
• 11.05.2017

  Charlotte Yde, Sharon Bradley and Lynda Brocklehurst on The NZ Quilt Show Podcast

  This podcast episode continues my National Quilt Symposium theme with several shorter interviews conducted amongst the hustle and bustle of symposium itself.  Enjoy! Charlotte Yde is a talented textile artist from Denmark who made the long trip to New Zealand to...

  
• 10.29.2017

  Donna Ward Best in Show Winner on The NZ Quilt Show Podcast

  Donna Ward was the Best in Show winner at symposium with her quilt 'Fly'.  Donna owns Donna's Quilt Studio in Hamilton with her daughter Ashleigh (who you will hear mentioned in the podcast), and she is a delight to talk...

  
• 10.23.2017

  Interview with Brenda Gael Smith on The New Zealand Quilt Show

  Brenda Gael Smith is an award winning artist who designs and creates contemporary textile art in her home studio in Copacabana, NSW Australia.  Born in New Zealand, she made her first traditional quilt in 1984, but it took until the...

  
• 09.30.2017

  Gloria Loughman on The NZ Quilt Show Podcast

  Gloria Loughman is a quilt artist who lives in Victoria, Australia.  She began patchwork about 30 years ago during recovery from chemotherapy for breast cancer.  Gloria studied for a Diploma in Art in 1996 and then began to make her...

  
• 09.03.2017

  Shirley Mooney on The New Zealand Quilt Show Podcast

  Shirley Mooney has been quilting and creating for more than twenty years. She is adventurous, experimental and prolific – her personal motto (and name of her blog) being ‘don’t wait to create’! Shirley has a profound love of colour and texture...

  
• 09.02.2017

  Shirley Mooney on The New Zealand Quilt Show Podcast

  Shirley Mooney has been quilting and creating for more than twenty years. She is adventurous, experimental and prolific – her personal motto (and name of her blog) being ‘don’t wait to create’! Shirley has a profound love of colour and texture...

  
• 08.27.2017

  Interview with Artist Lisa Call - The New Zealand Quilt Show Podcast

  Lisa Call is a talented textile artist, teacher, life coach and businesswoman.  Born in Arizona in the United States and spending much of her recent life in Denver, Colorado, Lisa then packed up her belongings and moved to New Zealand...

  
• 08.12.2017

  Quilt Symposium Exhibition Convenor Maria Rohs on The New Zealand Quilt Show

  I contacted Maria Rohs, the exhibition convenor of the NZ National Quilt Symposium happening in Christchurch in October 2017, and she was happy to come on the show and give us a rundown of how the exhibition is shaping up...

  
• 08.05.2017

  Bridget Macfarlane on the Capital Quilters 12 x 12 Exhibition - The NZ Quilt Show

  I reached out to Bridget Macfarlane, quilter from Wellington, and asked her to give me an insight into the Capital Quilters 12 x 12 exhibition currently running at the Hutt Arts Society until the 13th August. I first met Bridget on...

  
• 08.02.2017

  Mathea and Charlotte's Favourite Things - The NZ Quilt Show Episode 44

  Mathea Daunheimer of Esparta Fiber Arts is my guest today and we have a conversation about her new long arm machine - so exciting! - and then we get into our lists of favourite studio tools or things that we...

  
• 08.01.2017

  Mathea and Charlotte's Favourite Things - The NZ Quilt Show Episode 44

  Mathea Daunheimer of Esparta Fiber Arts is my guest today and we have a conversation about her new long arm machine - so exciting! - and then we get into our lists of favourite studio tools or things that we...

  
• 08.01.2017

  Mathea and Charlotte’s Favourite Things - The NZ Quilt Show Episode 44

  Mathea Daunheimer of Esparta Fiber Arts is my guest today and we have a conversation about her new long arm machine - so exciting! - and then we get into our lists of favourite studio tools or things that we...

  
• 07.09.2017

  The New Zealand Quilt Show - Interview with Marge Hurst

  Marge Hurst, quiltmaker, teacher, author and judge, has been quilting for nearly 35 years.  She began the craft while studying for her City and Guilds of London Embroidery Certificate as it was part of the curriculum.  Unfortunately for embroidery, quilting...

  
• 07.08.2017

  The New Zealand Quilt Show - Interview with Marge Hurst

  Marge Hurst, quiltmaker, teacher, author and judge, has been quilting for nearly 35 years.  She began the craft while studying for her City and Guilds of London Embroidery Certificate as it was part of the curriculum.  Unfortunately for embroidery, quilting...

  
• 06.11.2017

  The NZ Quilt Show - Cait McLennan Whyte, Editor of Fabricate Magazine

  In September 2016, a brand new magazine was launched in New Zealand.  Titled Fabricate, it showcases the textile arts scene in NZ.  There is news of upcoming events, profiles of artists and artisans, reviews of exhibitions – anything to do...

  
• 05.21.2017

  The NZ Quilt Show - Interview with Diane Anderson

  Diane Anderson is a New Zealand quilter who lives in beautiful Bream Bay, north of Auckland.  I first met Diane in person at a workshop with Jeanette DeNicolis Meyer and instantly warmed to her friendly, calm demeanour.   Diane is also...

  
• 05.14.2017

  The NZ Quilt Show - Interview with Clare Smith

  Clare Smith is a textile artist living and working in Tawa, a suburb of the capital city, Wellington.  Clare began teaching adult education classes in surface design, applique and Japanese bookmaking at the beginning of 1998, and has now taught...

  
• 04.16.2017

  Interview with Lisa Walton - Textile Artist

  Lisa Walton is a textile artist from Sydney, Australia.  Lisa started quilting about 25 years ago, and now she makes art, runs her own fibre arts business, travels, teaches, runs textile tours, slips in a bit of jewellery making, volunteers,...

  
• 04.01.2017

  Interview with Juliet van der Heijden, The Tartankiwi

  Juliet van der Heijden lives in Christchurch, New Zealand but is originally from Scotland, hence her alternate name, The Tartankiwi.  Juliet has had careers in archaeology and radiography but has now turned her skills to quilting and, in particular, the exacting...

  
• 03.12.2017

  Interview with Helen Jones - NZ Modern Quilt Guild

  Helen Jones is the founder of the new chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild (MQG) right here in New Zealand.  Back in November 2016, Helen asked for expressions of interest and was so pleased with the results that she went...