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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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Black FAEmily Reunion 2024

Stitch Please - April 24, 2024 11:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 474 ratings
This week on the podcast, Lisa Jasmine LaFleur, the founder of Black Fae Day. They discuss the magic and enchantment of Black Fae, the success of the Black Fae Day events, and the upcoming Black Fae Family Reunion. Jasmine emphasizes the importance of rekindling the sense of wonder and imaginati...

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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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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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Scraplanta's Artistic Alchemy: Jonelle Dawkins on Reuse and Community

Stitch Please - April 17, 2024 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 474 ratings
In this episode, Lisa interviews Jonelle Dawkins, the executive director of Scraplanta, a creative reuse center in Atlanta, Georgia. They discuss the growth and vision of Scraplanta, the importance of creative reuse in art practices, and the future developments of the organization. Jonelle share...

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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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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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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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The Bankruptcy of JoAnns Fabrics and what's next with Keshia Tanay

Stitch Please - April 10, 2024 11:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 474 ratings
This week, Lisa interviews Keisha Tanay, fashion designer a sewist and retail worker, about the recent Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing by Joann Fabrics. Keisha shares her sewing story and her vision for creating a sewing space in Detroit. They discuss the implications of Chapter 11 bankruptcy for J...

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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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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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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 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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Atlanta Frocktails 2024 with Aaronica Cole

Stitch Please - April 03, 2024 11:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 474 ratings
In this episode, Lisa and Aaronica Cole discuss the upcoming Atlanta Frocktails event. They talk about the planning process, the decision to move the event to May, and the theme of the year: Secret Garden. This is Aaronica's first time hosting the event and she went all out! From amazing door pr...

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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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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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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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Quilting with Dr. Jennifer Hale (Part 2)

Stitch Please - March 27, 2024 11:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 474 ratings
On this weeks episode, Dr. Jennifer Hale. shares her sewing and quilting journey, starting with her grandmother teaching her to sew at a young age. She emphasizes the importance of community and the role it played in her early sewing experiences. Dr. Hale also discusses her transition from sewin...

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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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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...

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Quilting with Dr. Jennifer Hale (Part 1)

Stitch Please - March 20, 2024 11:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 474 ratings
On this weeks episode, Dr. Jennifer Hale. shares her sewing and quilting journey, starting with her grandmother teaching her to sew at a young age. She emphasizes the importance of community and the role it played in her early sewing experiences. Dr. Hale also discusses her transition from sewin...

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Episode 420 The Fox and the Grapes

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - March 18, 2024 12:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
When we can't get something we want, we will sometimes make up stories about how it wasn't good enough to make ourselves feel better. Carina talks about investing in ourselves and why we need more than we think to get what we want.  Episode 420 The Fox and the Grapes  _________  Love to creat...

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Classic Episode The Two Sets Of Tools You Need

Make and Design with Carina Gardner - March 15, 2024 12:00 - 7 minutes ★★★★★ - 55 ratings
Carina talks about the two hurdles you can jump at once as a designer. From her new book Design Profit & Prosper, these two hurdles will help you succeed as a designer. Learn more in today's episode. Classic Episode The Two Sets Of Tools You Need _________ Love to create, design and craft? Ha...