Continuing the discussion of garment sewing in the month of May, today’s podcast guest is Deepika Prakash. Deepika created Pattern Review, a garment sewing website and community with reviews, forums, contests, patterns for sale and more. (See the home page below…) During our conversation, we talk about what motivated Deepika to create her website in 2001, why she feels …
Podcast Episode # 62 : Sarah Watts
I remember watching this video about the Cotton + Steel collaboration and being excited about what was going to happen next. Five talented entrepreneurs set out to change the way fabric lines are designed through extensive collaboration and outstanding design. As the fabric lines have come out, I noticed my fabric hoarding collecting always includes the illustrations of Sarah Watts of …
Podcast Episode # 52 : Violet Craft
When I first saw the Waterfront Park fabric line by Violet Craft, I fell instantly in love. Initially drawn to the purple fabrics, the coral and navy prints perfectly complement the purple and showed me new ways to use my favorite color, purple. Over time, mustard yellow has become another inspirational color and I wish I had bought more of the dots! …
Mighty Lucky March Podcast : Rossie Hutchinson
I feel lucky (pun intended!) to host the Mighty Lucky Quilting Club podcast conversations. For January’s challenge, Krista Fleckenstein and I talked about using bias tape as a design feature. Season Evans hosted February’s challenge and talked about making minimal improv pieces. With her exercise as guidance, I made a mini quilt. March’s designer is Rossie Hutchinson. Growing up in Wisconsin and currently living outside Ann Arbor, Michigan, …
Podcast Episode #33: Susanne Woods
Almost two years ago, I volunteered for the Modern Quilt Guild’s Governance Committee led by Susanne Woods. At the time, I did not know much about craft industry publishing and Susanne had recently founded her company, Lucky Spool. Her enthusiasm and organization impressed me and I was excited to see what would happen next for her company. Since our time …
Podcast Episode #30: Lizzy House
Somewhere along my sewing and quilting journey, I discovered Lizzy House. Her fabrics are whimsical, fun and beautifully colored. When I go to my stash to pull rainbow colors, I tend to gravitate to her fabrics. Between the cats in her Catnap fabric line, her pearl bracelets, Constellations fabric or her Halloween line, Guising, I am not sure which is my …
Quilt Lovely by Jen Kingwell Book Review
I am extremely excited to share with my review of Jen Kingwell’s book, Quilt Lovely. If you are unfamiliar with her work, you can check out her website or listen to our podcast. When I was first asked to review Jen’s book, I was concerned that my now proclaimed disinterest in scrappy quilts would unfairly influence my opinion about the book. …
Podcast Episode # 25: Victoria Findlay Wolfe
Victoria Findlay Wolfe is probably best known for her series on double wedding ring quilts and won Best in Show for her “Double Edged Love” quilt at Quilt Con 2013. Her modern interpretation of the traditional double wedding ring quilt challenged quilters to think about how they can tell their stories through their quilts. Even though I knew a bit …
Podcast Episode #24: Sherri Lynn Wood
Continuing with Improv Quilting Challenge, I interview Sherri Lynn Wood of daintytime. Her book, Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters: A Guide to Creating, Quilting, and Living Courageously, was the first improv quilting book I read that emphasized learning more of the techniques behind different improv styles. Consisting of “scores”, the book introduces the improv lessons and shows you ways to personalize them. …
Podcast Episode # 23: Jacquie Gering
As part of Improv Quilting month, I am pleased to present my podcast with Jacquie Gering of Tallgrass Prairie Studio. I will admit that I was nervous about our discussion. First, Jacquie has been one of my quilting inspirations since her book, Quilting Modern, came out. Her and Katie’s designs were another push for me to think outside of the pattern …
Podcast Episode #22: Malka Dubrawsky of A Stitch In Dye
One of the first improvisational quilting books I discovered was Fresh Quilting: Fearless Color, Design, and Inspiration by Malka Dubrawsky. Each project challenged my preconceived notions about the use of color and pattern. (If you are curious, I will be reviewing the book in more detail later this week.) In addition to her book, I watched her Creative Live class and …
Podcast Episode #21: Samarra Khaja
Imagine you are attending Quilt Con and you find an artist has photoshopped herself into several pictures from the event. They are hilarious and a lot of people are talking about this #quiltconartist. If you are like me, you start to stalk look for her pictures. It’s all fun and games until this happens: Yep, that’s me on a sewing …
Podcast Episode #20: Jenny Rushmore of Cashmerette
Plus size garment making is near and dear to my heart. When I learned about Jenny and her website Cashmerette, I knew I wanted her on the podcast. What I didn’t know was how much I would love our conversation! First of all, Jenny has the best accent! I loved hearing words like “rubbish”. (What can I say? She’s adorable!) Secondly, …
Podcast Episode #18: Ben Venom
Ben Baumgartner (also known as Ben Venom) is a fine artist, currently working with textiles. Meighan O’Toole introduced me to him and I have been fascinated with his perspective since then. Have you seen his work? [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] [twocol_one][/twocol_one] [twocol_one_last][/twocol_one_last] Even if his style does not appeal to your taste, I love that he challenges what people think about punk, …