This podcast is a series of fun stories that are occasionally fact - but are often fiction. You don't have to be a quilter to listen . . . but if you are a quilter, or married to one, or know one, or lived with one, or passed one on the street . . . you'll certainly relate to these stories. Mimi's Quilting Emporium is the hub of activity in Bitchfield, PA . . . a common little town with uncommon characters. But when one of their own sets out on an adventure across the USA to explore the sights - and visit as many quilting shops as possible, life in Bitchfield intertwines with stories from the road as they all come together at Mimi's.
We are back with another season of "Adventures in Quilting." Fall is in the air and rain is coming - at least according to Cheryl Kennedy's achy joints. Sister Loretta brings beer and wisdom to her conversation with Cheryl and Mimi on the park bench in front of the Bitchfield Courthouse.
Mulching season is winding down in Bitchfield and Mimi has been invited to teach a quilting class . . . and her opportunity has definitely caught the attention of the members of the Stitch & Sew.
Mimi's Quilting Emporium, and all of Bitchfield, PA, is a buzz of excitement with an author visiting and sharing a story at the meeting of the Stitch & Sew.
The Bitchfield Quilt Guild had to do something . . . they just had to support the people, the refugees from Ukraine.
The annual ice fishing tournament is in full swing in Bitchfield, PA and there's excitement, and worry, over an unusual discovery.
An old quilt hanging in Mimi's Quilting Emporium attracts the attention of the Pennsylvania State Police . . . and of course stirs up the rumor hotline in Bitchfield, PA. This episode is based loosely on the real events surrounding the theft of artwork from Andrew Wyeth's studio . . . but a fair amount of fiction has been added!
Bitchfield, PA is excited that their own podcaster is going to be on the Kelly Clarkson show. The ladies are gathered in Mimi's Quilting Emporium as the podcaster reads his story.
The Stitch & Sew are busy in Mimi's Quilting Emporium on a cold Christmas Eve stuffing stockings for the residents of the Bitchfield Assisted Living Home when they suddenly have visitors stop in the store . . . touching their hearts.
God help us, but the Bitchfield Quilt Guild has started the planning process for their next quilt show - there's never a shortage of opinions! Meanwhile, Ruth Ann and Mr. Patrick sightsee in West Virginia before spending a few interesting . . . and hazy days . . . visiting the Drunk Stallion Quilt Shop and Distillery in Shelbyville, Kentucky.
There's a chill in the air in Bitchfield, PA and flannel is making its annual fashion surge. Everyone is getting ready for the Bitchfield Strudel Festival and Competition. Mimi is determined to beat Mrs. Ellsworth this year and take back the championship trophy.
Mary Margaret is leading the preparations for a big event in Bitchfield but on this day, the Stitch & Sew has gathered at Mimi's Quilting Emporium to hear about Ruth Ann's visit to The Congressional Quilt Shop in Washington, DC - and the misadventures of "travel" during Covid.
Bitchfield, PA is slowly coming back to life but business has been good at Mimi's Quilting Emporium. Mimi has taken the opportunity to clean-up her centuries old attic during the quarantine . . . and finds a connection to the past that relates to the present.
A podcaster visits Mimi's Quilting Emporium in Bitchfield, PA and remembers a friend . . . wishing he'd done more. But, there is hope.
Mulching is mostly done and preparations are in fully swing for the annual Memorial Day parade in Bitchfield, PA. The good ldaies of the Stitch & Sew gather to hear the first letter from Ruth Ann about her visit to Delaware and the Blue Hen Quilt Shop.
Spring seems to be arriving in Bitchfield, PA and things are stirring at Mimi's Quilting Emporium. Rumors have swept through the town of one of their own traveling around the USA in a RV . . . with a man.