The Quilters Circle Podcast

Laura is a registered professional, with over 45 years of sewing experience including Seamstress, Quilting, Tailoring, Garment Repairs & construction, as well as teaching.  Laura is also a published Pattern Designer and writes for various sewing & quilting magazines.

Laura has been awarded the Silver YouTube Award, issued by YouTube.  Also, in 2018, she was awarded “The Ultimate Zoomer Award” by ZoomerMedia LTD.  Laura has signed a book deal with C&T publishing featuring quilting patterns “as seen on YouTube” – book scheduled release for Spring of 2020. Laura is also a freelance educator, and the founder of “Sew Very Easy” which is a very active educational, entertaining, and award-winning YouTube Channel.

Lilo Bowman has worked as a floral designer, translator, tour guide, wedding planner, and is now editor-in-chief of TheQuiltShow.com. Her work has been varied, often challenging, but always creative. Since early childhood, she has been instilled with the desire for and love of doing something with your hands, learned by observing the varied and beautiful items crafted by both of her grandmothers. Raised in a German culture, Lilo was always keenly aware of and fascinated with objects (whether utilitarian or decorative) that were attractively displayed while still being orderly.

Jo Avery has been playing with fabric and yarn for as long as she can remember, culminating in her current role as a designer, teacher and entrepreneur. 

She is also an Aurifil Designer with three of her own thread collections and in 2020 her first solo book, New Patchwork and Quilting Basics, will be published by Stash Books.

Amanda Murphy is a quilt and fabric designer whose style bridges the modern and traditional.  She is a BERNINA Expert and Quilting and Longarm Spokesperson; in 2018 she designed both a quilt and a fabric line to commemorate BERNINA's 125th Anniversary. 

Colleen Tauke is a quilter, designer, and quilt educator with 40+ years of sewing experience, of those, the last 17 years have been centered around quilting. Presently, she works for a local quilt shop in central Iowa, teaches classes, pattern testing, color options and proof reading for American Patchwork and Quilting, longarm quilt for a variety of local quilters, and create custom quilts. 

Pam Heller is an international educator and cutting expert for AccuQuilt.

With an early interest in all things crafty, Toby has taught herself everything from knitting to crochet, cross stitch to needle point and even tatting. While she came from a long line of sewers, no one else in her family had quilted. 

Born in Bedfordshire in England, Rebecca studied fashion and textiles at college in the 1980’s and then launched into a tedious office career working in sales for 15 years.  In 2003, after professional burnout, Rebecca returned to her first love- sewing.  Rebecca, her husband and daughter moved to rural Ireland 14 years ago. 

Ellen March is the Director of Content for Sulky of America. The former editor-in-chief of Sew News and Creative Machine Embroidery magazines, she hosted Sew it All on PBS for nine seasons. She loves sharing her love of sewing, quilting and embroidery through in-person events, online tutorials and videos.

Nicki began sewing when she was young, studied Apparel Design in college and went on to work for several sewing publications. Currently she writes patterns, films instructional videos and answers sewing questions in a monthly Q&A series for National Sewing Circle. She lives in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan with her husband, daughter and red worm colony.