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Organizing Your Space! - Ep. 105
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - April 22, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsThis 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...
Meet Karen Wade of Bessie Pearl Binding Co.! - Ep. 104
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - April 15, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsBessie 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...
Meet Caitlin Bentley of Feral Notions Co.! - Ep. 103
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - April 08, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsCaitlin 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...
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 ratingsLacie 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-...
Meet Emily of Em and Bear! - Ep. 101
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - March 25, 2024 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsEmily 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...
Meet Karlee Porter! - Ep. 100
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - March 18, 2024 11:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 34 ratingsWelcome to the 100th Episode of Not Your Granny's Quilt Show! Karlee Porter is a professional quilter who came to the industry in a non-traditional way. Karlee has always been artistic and loved sharing her art with her friends and classmates all through school. To earn extra money, Karlee woul...
Meet Janice Reimer of Prairie & Ocean! - Ep. 99
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - March 11, 2024 11:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 34 ratingsJanice Reimer is a Structural Biologist by day and a Quilter by night...and weekends. After resisting becoming a quilter for much of her life, Janice was introduced to EPP and whole-cloth hand quilting. The rest, as they say, is history. Janice was born and raised in the Canadian prairies, and a...
QuiltCon 2024 Recap! - Ep. 98
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - March 04, 2024 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 34 ratingsAmanda talks us through her first time going to QuiltCon! This year, 2024, it was held in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you've never heard of QuiltCon, go check it out! It's hosted by The Modern Quilt Guild each year. Amanda shares what she experienced, who she met, and her thoughts on the quilt ...
Meet Kate Hay! - Ep. 97
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - February 26, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsThe only thing Kate from @quiltwithmisskate loves more than quilts, is friendship! Kate’s first job ever was at a quilt store folding FQs, later becoming store manager to Virginia’s largest quilt shop, Patchwork Plus, later still becoming the Moda / Ruby Star Society rep for the southeast. Then,...
Meet Amber Elliot of Alderwood Studio! - Ep. 96
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - February 19, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsAmber Elliot is the artist/pattern designer/quilter/educator behind Alderwood Studio. She has been sewing all her life, and has always loved bringing various fabrics together to give them new life. As a child, she used her grandmother's old clothes to create new fashion for her mom to wear. Then...
Meet Tara Evans of Taralee Quiltery! - Ep. 95
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - February 12, 2024 12:00 - 2 hours ★★★★ - 34 ratingsTara Evans is the owner/artist/designer behind Taralee Quiltery. As a student, Tara thrived in math, science and the arts. Her main focus was to take as many classes in the arts as she could. Amanda and Tara attended rival high schools in Boise, but the two ended up in their respective schools'...
Meet Ben Millett! - Ep. 94
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - February 05, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsQuilting is Ben Millett's creative outlet outside his work at an agriculture company in Des Moines, Iowa. Ben explores color and shape by applying contemporary color palettes to traditional quilt blocks, turning digital concepts into a physical reality with fabric and thread. He creates to play,...
Meet Ann Skaehill of Crafty Moose Quilts! Ep. 93
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - January 29, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsAnn Skaehill is the quilter/designer behind Crafty Moose Quilts. She started sewing in 2011 when she was gifted the use of her grandmother's sewing machine. Ann has built her brand and business around making t-shirt quilts, designing quilt patterns and loving her inventory of fat quarters. Ann i...
Meet Amanda Loewen of Prairie Quilt Co.! - Ep. 92
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - January 22, 2024 12:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 34 ratingsAmanda Loewen is a quilt pattern designer in Canada. She has been knitting and sewing for much of her life but started sharing her quilting online about 5 years ago. She started designing and selling patterns in 2021 after taking a course to learn how. Amanda is still a full-time teacher and a m...
Meet Barbie Mills!- Ep. 91
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - January 15, 2024 12:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★ - 34 ratingsBarbie Mills is a modern digital pantograph designer and long-arm quilter based in Utah. Barbie has been sewing for pretty much her whole life. She started quilting in high school and began her longarm business in 2012. Barbie was doing custom free-motion long-arming before she decided to go dig...
Meet April Singleton of Made In The Shed Quilts! - Ep. 90
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - January 08, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsApril Singleton is the owner and designer behind Made In The Shed Quilts. She didn't start quilting until she was gifted her grandmother's sewing machine in 2014, and she hasn't stopped since! In 2019, as the space in her house was now filled with kids, April built a shed in her backyard. This i...
Happy Holidays and Thank you! - Ep. 89
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - December 18, 2023 12:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★ - 34 ratingsAmanda is solo in this episode. She wants to thank all of you for being here with her this year, and can't wait to see what 2024 holds. Please be kind to yourself this holiday season. We love you and we are so excited to bring you new and exciting content in the new year! Cheers! This episod...
Meet Christina West of Kindred Quilt Co.! - Ep. 88
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - December 11, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsChristina West is the color-obsessed owner and face behind Kindred Quilt Co. From making crib sheets and baby bedding, Christina has grown her love of fabric, color, and design through her over 9 years of sewing and quilting. Christina's first business venture of making and selling crib sheets c...
Meet Christina Miller of Fabric Pop! - Ep. 87
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - December 04, 2023 12:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 34 ratingsChristina Miller is the owner and happy face behind Fabric Pop - an online quilt shop for modern quilters. As a lifelong crafter, Christina has always loved fabric. Even in her first business endeavor - making and selling bags - Christina found the most joy in talking to her customers and other ...
Meet Chris Marchini of Rose City Originals! - Ep. 86
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - November 27, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsChris Marchini is a sewist and quilter based in Portland, Oregon. He is the brains and personality behind Rose City Originals. With his unique style brought to life in his quilting patterns and the content in his socials, Chris is speaking to tens of thousands of quilters who resonate with him. ...
Meet Whitney of French Fry Quilt Co.! - Ep. 85
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - November 20, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsWhitney is the owner and quilter behind French Fry Quilt Company. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two cats. She is a yoga instructor and running coach. She held a job as an non-fiction editor then moved into retail management. When the opportunity came up for Whitney to pur...
Meet Mike O'Dell of Legit Kits! - Ep. 84
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - November 13, 2023 12:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 34 ratingsMike O'Dell is an entrepreneur at heart, so when he started planning, designing and making his own foundation paper piecing patterns, he knew he had something special. That's when Legit Kits was born. Mike loves coming up with ideas that make people say "that's legit!". As he built his team, he ...
Meet Erin Grogan of Love Sew Modern! - Ep. 83
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - November 06, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsErin Grogan is the pattern designer and founder of Love Sew Modern. She was introduced to sewing by her grandmother, a professional seamstress. As a child, Erin would fill a notebook with fashion designs and dream of growing up to become a clothing designer. On her many summer visits, Erin and h...
Let's Talk Quilt Shows! - Ep. 82
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - October 30, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsThis episode is a little different than the usual! Amanda does chat with Vicki Francis, and the focus of their conversation is Quilt Show judging. Amanda also shares her perspective on what it was like to be in the judging room, scribing for the NACQJ judges. Vicki is the 2023 Vice President of ...
Meet Belle Brunner of Seams Sew Me! - Ep. 81
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - October 23, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsIn this episode, Amanda chats with Belle Brunner, the lovely owner of @SeamsSewMe She is a pattern designer and a guild consultant and educator. Belle recently moved back to her home state of Arkansas to be close to her father and help run an Airbnb/Quilt Retreat on his property. You can usual...
Meet Abby Luchsinger of Abby Maed! - Ep. 80
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - October 16, 2023 11:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 34 ratingsIn this episode Amanda chats with Abby of Abby Maed Studio. Abby is a third generation quilter (her mom quilts too!) and has been quilting and sewing as long as she can remember. She learned to quilt from her grandma who shares the same middle name, Mae, which was inspiration for the name of he...
Meet Rachel of Sew Joyful Studio! - Ep. 79
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - October 09, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsIn this episode, Amanda chats with Rachel, the face behind Sew Joyful Studio. She is a pattern designer, quilter, sewist, and outdoors-woman. She lives in Minneapolis, MN with her husband, and brand new baby boy! When she's not sitting at her sewing machine, you can usually find her on a bike or...
Meet Christina Lee of Sweet Potato Quilts! - Ep. 78
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - October 02, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsThis week Amanda chats with Christina Lee of Sweet Potato Quilts. Christina is a music educator and is a musician in the Boise Philharmonic. Christina began her quilting journey in 2018 and now is a spokesperson for Art Gallery Fabrics as one of their Sewcialites. Amanda and Christina dive into ...
Meet Kelsey of White Rose Designs! - Ep. 77
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - September 25, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsHere is the next episode! In this one Kelsey talks about her early introduction to sewing and quilting. She has been quilting off and on most of her life and found pattern design as a creative outlet for marrying traditional aesthetics and modern piecing. She is an Art Gallery Fabrics Sewcialite...
Meet Victoria! The Midlife Quilter - Ep. 76
Not Your Granny's Quilt Show - September 18, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 34 ratingsAmanda chats with Victoria Newmeyer, the lovely lady behind Midlife Quilter. Victoria started her quilting journey at 40 years old and hasn't looked back. She is now a pattern designer, an Art Gallery Fabrics Sewcialite and has so many fun things up her sleeve. Check out her instagram and websit...
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