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Meet THE Alexis of Stitched By Alexis! - Ep. 106

Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - April 29, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratings
Alexis Plunkett is the owner/long-armer/photographer of Stitched By Alexis. She began her long-arming journey a year ago and loves to merge her photography background with her quilting. Alexis photographs all of her client quilts as well as her personal projects. She is also a maker for Riley Bl...

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Classic Episode Do You Have A Hobby or A Business?

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 26, 2024 12:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Carina talks about the one thing that differentiates the hobbyist from the business owner. If you can make this one thing happen, you have an actual business!  Classic Episode 261 Do You Have A Hobby or A Business? _________  Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know ho...

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S6 E115: Jenni Grover, Wellness Coach

Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor - April 26, 2024 04:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratings
Hello and welcome everyone!  If you are new, I am Stephanie and this podcast is a long conversational format with alternating solo and guest episodes.  There is a chit chat segment that is after the guest segment where I chit and chat about everything and nothing in my world of being a maker and...

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Episode 431 Sublimation and DTF with Angie Holden and Cori George

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 24, 2024 12:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Today we are talking about sublimation and DTF with experts Angie Holden and Cori George. Get a free ticket to their sublimation camp by going to https://crafting-camps.teachable.com/a/aff_xxxcd0qz/external?affcode=1558199_5r0fuq_o Episode 431  Sublimation and DTF with Angie Holden and Cori Geo...

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Episode 430 Design Suite with Emily

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 22, 2024 12:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Emily has recently 3x'ed her own financial design goals in her design business. Learn how she did it in today's episode. Learn more about Emily at www.harpernco.com Want to come to a Design Bootcamp? Use Emily's link https://www.designsuitecourses.com/a/2147517829/L2fF2ido Episode 430 Design ...

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Organizing Your Space! - Ep. 105

Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - April 22, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratings
This episode is all about organizing your space. Amanda got some information from some of you from Instagram about the items you use to organize your fabric. In this episode, Amanda also interviews the CEO of Smart Labels, David Hewlett. Amanda was able to try the Smart Labels before the intervi...

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Classic Episode 5 Online Markets I Love to Design For

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 19, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Carina has a few favorite online markets that she has designed for over the last 15 years that she loves! Learn more in today’s episode! Classic Episode 267 5 Online Markets I Love to Design For _________  Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passi...

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Episode 429 How Decision Fatigue is Affecting Your Design Work

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 17, 2024 12:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Have you ever wondered why you are so tired after you have only spent an hour designing? For many of you, decision fatigue is a major factor. Learn why in today's episode. Episode 429 How Decision Fatigue is Affecting Your Design Work _________  Love to create, design and craft? Have you alwa...

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Episode 428 The Creative Funk

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 15, 2024 12:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Have you ever been in a Creative Funk? It is not fun and can be down right depressing. Carina talks about creative funks and how you are not alone in today's episode. Episode 428 The Creative Funk _________  Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your pas...

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Meet Karen Wade of Bessie Pearl Binding Co.! - Ep. 104

Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - April 15, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratings
Bessie Pearl Binding Co. is the result of Karen Wade's retail/business experience and desire to help quilters. Karen saw an opportunity to supply quilters with notions and pre-made bias binding. This allowed her to stay home with her young children and do what she loves. Coming from the world of...

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Classic Episode How to Be A Surface Pattern Designer Without Going Back To College

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 12, 2024 12:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
While Carina may encourage younger people to go back to college to get their design degree, going back to college may not make sense for those that are in other stages of life. In this episode, Carina explains why a focused concentration in the areas of knowledge you need to become a designer is...

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Aims - Indy Bindy Fabrics

Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor - April 12, 2024 05:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 35 ratings
S6 Ep 114 Guests segment:  Aims, Indy Bindy Fabrics https://www.indybindy.com.au/shop Aims is the owner of Indy Bindy Fabrics, an independent online fabric shop based in Australia.  She works with independent fabric artists and designers.  A lot of these fabric artists are in Japan and are small...

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Robyn J. Cuthbertson - I feel SO lucky

Sew & So... - April 11, 2024 15:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Our guest in this episode is Robyn Cuthbertson. Born in Melbourne Australia and raised in Lower Plenty (about an hour northeast of Melbourne), she learned to sew from her mom. Robyn was always interested in crafting, so sewing was a natural progression for her.    She graduated from Melbourne ...

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Episode 427 9 Months In with Leah de Mola

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 10, 2024 12:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Leah Loret de Mola talks about her 9 months in the Design Suite program and everything she has accomplished. Want to learn more about Leah? Check out her site at https://leahannidesign.com/. Want to try a design bootcamp? Use Leah's link at https://www.designsuitecourses.com/a/2147517829/Bnb2CQ...

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Episode 426 AI is NOT Your Competition

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 08, 2024 12:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Are you worried about how AI is going to affect the design industry? Listen in on today's episode where Carina pulls back the curtain on AI and design. Episode 426  AI is NOT Your Competition _________  Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions...

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Meet Caitlin Bentley of Feral Notions Co.! - Ep. 103

Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - April 08, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratings
Caitlin is the cool creator behind the sparkly and iridescent rulers we love. Feral Notions Co. (formerly Whipstitch Handmade) was born from the spark of an idea and some accessible business classes. Caitlin spent time in the business classes provided by Terrain Spokane honing her idea and build...

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Classic Episode 3 Ways You Can Become the Best Surface Pattern Designer (That You Haven’t Heard Before)

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 05, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
On today’s episode, Carina shares a list of three ways that you can start thinking differently from the competition in order to make it as a surface pattern designer. A surface pattern designer is a designer who focuses on creating 2D designs. Fifteen years ago a surface pattern designer would h...

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Episode 425 Wild About Wallpaper

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 03, 2024 12:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Carina's next class is the How to Design Your Own Wallpaper Workshop. She talks about designing wallpapers several years ago and how it feels different than designing it now. Learn more about the Wallpaper Workshop being held on May 15 at https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designevents. Episode...

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Episoode 425 Wild About Wallpaper

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 03, 2024 12:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Carina's next class is the How to Design Your Own Wallpaper Workshop. She talks about designing wallpapers several years ago and how it feels different than designing it now. Learn more about the Wallpaper Workshop being held on May 15 at https://www.designsuitecourses.com/designevents. Episode...

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Episode 424 You Determine Your Reality

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - April 01, 2024 12:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Carina talks about how we each determine our own realities. Even when there are difficult things, we can shape our reality positively. Specifically, if you a new designer and learning the software feels hard, putting emphasis on your wins can help propel you forward. Episode 424 You Determine Y...

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Meet Lacie Messerly of Messy Quilts & The Grateful Thread podcast! - Ep. 102

Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - April 01, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratings
Lacie Messerly is a quilter and podcaster. Her show motto "You can sit with us" is a call to welcome all quilters who feel like they're not welcomed or invited in some quilty spaces. Lacie started with other hobbies, such as cross-stitching, scrapbooking, and painting wooden signs. As a stay-at-...

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Classic Episode 267 5 Online Markets I Love to Design For

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - March 29, 2024 12:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Carina has a few favorite online markets that she has designed for over the last 15 years that she loves! Learn more in today’s episode! Classic Episode 267 5 Online Markets I Love to Design For _________  Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passi...

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Classic Episode Will It Make the Boat Go Faster?

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - March 29, 2024 12:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Carina talks about how the British rowing team started asking this one question to become a sensational team. She flips the question so that as a designer you can use that same question to see whether you are taking the right action steps in your design business to be profitable. Classic Episod...

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Jessica Barrera - Sallie Tomato

Sew & So... - March 28, 2024 15:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratings
Designer, author, educator, and entrepreneur Jessica Barrera is our guest in this episode of Sew & So. Born and raised in Wisconsin, she learned to sew at an early age. She studied entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin – Whitewater.   When not running her growing company, she enjoys ...

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Episode 423 Digital Trailblazers with Leah Rae and Todd Getts

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - March 27, 2024 12:00 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Leah Rae and Todd Getts are marketing specialists in the digital space and share their expertise on working together as a married couple and how they divide roles. If you have ever been interested in working with your partner, this is a fascinating episode! Learn more about Leah and Todd at htt...

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Episode 422 Creative Process

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - March 25, 2024 12:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Are you struggling with finding a creative process that works for you? Carina talks about building a creative process that is individualized. Episode 422 Creative Process _________ Love to create, design and craft? Have you always wanted to know how to turn your passions into profit? Carina’s...

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Meet Emily of Em and Bear! - Ep. 101

Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - March 25, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratings
Emily is a TikTok famous quilter who has a huge following of young new quilters! She started making quilting videos and tutorials during the 2020 lockdowns. She was having fun quilting, so why not share the joy? Formerly in advertising, Emily had some helpful tips and tools about making interest...

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S6 E113: Sewing Fashion and Quilting Trends 2024

Make and Decorate with Stephanie: Sew, Quilt, Knit & Home Decor - March 23, 2024 02:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 35 ratings
The main topic for today’s episode is “Sewing Fashion and Quilting trends of 2024”.  It was fun to research this topic and to present my thoughts on them as well as resources for you to check out to make some trendy fashion including patterns, fabrics notions and more. Stephanie's recommendatio...

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Classic Episode What To Do When You Have Never Put Yourself First

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - March 22, 2024 12:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
As women, we sometimes don't think about putting ourselves first, especially in our design businesses. If we go fully in on our design businesses and stop acting like it is just a "little side business," we can accomplish so much. Learn more in today's episode. Classic Episode What To Do When Y...

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Episode 421 The Accidental Entrepreneur with Mitch Beinhaker

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - March 20, 2024 12:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Learn more about what you can do to keep your design business safe! Carina interviews Mitch Beinhaker, who is an attorney who works with businesses. Listen to hear more about his book 10 Ways To Get Sued By Anyone & Everyone. Learn more about Mitch Beinhaker at https://beinhakerlaw.com/ Episod...