Quilt & Tell

Tracy, Lori and Ginger have news—some good, some sad. Stay tuned to find out what is happening. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lori and Ginger are back — and boy, do they have a lot to catch up on! Lori fills us in on her granddaughter's quilt and her trip to Missouri Star. Then Ginger has big news you won't want to miss. Tracy shares some scrap quilting inspiration and a project she is working on — so stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy goes on location with Sara Gallegos and Angela Huffman. The hosts of Love of Quilting are at The Slate Hotel in Denver at a Quilting Daily Quilt Escape event with a group of lucky quilters. Tracy decided to crash the party and chat with the duo. Stay Tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode.

Susan Brubaker Knapp and Vivika DeNegre from Quilting Arts treat us to something special today. They are in Colorado recording Quilting Arts TV, so we asked for a behind-the-scenes sneak peek into who will be on the next season of the show and what we can expect. This is the first time they have been in the same room since before the pandemic and they spill the tea on series 2900 of QATV. Stay Tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode.

Tracy, Ginger and Lori are back for a chat-fest. Today they are talking about the projects that are currently inspiring them to quilt. Then we discuss the three feet we absolutely must bring to a desert island. Our Fine Finishes segment features Martha Higdon who is here to discuss the controversial topic of quilting vintage quilt tops on a longarm. Stay Tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode.

Tracy catches everyone up on the events of the summer, then shares one of her favorite guests with you. Jenny Doan talks about how her town Hamilton, Missouri, became a quilting destination, but we also talk about how she learned to sew and why her parents insisted upon signing her up for 4-H. Then stick around for a special Fine Finishes sponsored by HandiQuilter! Click here to view the show notes for this episode.

Lori and Ginger are flying alone in this episode while Tracy takes a well deserved break. Ginger shares a little about her amazing visit to Quilt Town USA while Lori tells us all about the upcoming quilt retreat in Texas and the many other quilts she has planned. The real news is that it's finally time for Lori and Ginger to tell everyone all about the Quilt Jacket Online Workshop Live Event! Meg Healy, host of the Sew & Tell Podcast and Editor of Sew News and Creative Machine Embroidery Magazines, joins Lori and Ginger to host the workshop with the Quilt & Tell team. This will be an event you won't want to miss! Click here to view the show notes for this episode.

Quilt along with Christina Cameli while she is in the studio with Ginger on today's episode! Ginger gets the inside scoop about a new workshop that is absolutely free that you are going to want to join in on the fun. Speaking of the inside scoop, don't miss Lori's mention of a quilted jacket workshop the hosts are planning with the Sew & Tell team. We have a controversial topic in this episode too—do you oversize and trim? Or make your patches exactly the size needed? Click here to view the show notes for this episode.

A letter from a listener caught the attention of Lori, Tracy, and Ginger. It was about the presentation of a Quilt of Valor to a Vietnam veteran that had them wanting to talk to Debra Malone-Reeve. More mail hails from Germany! Stay tuned!  Click here to view the show notes for this episode.

Novelist Patience Griffin joins Lori, Tracy, and Ginger to discuss love stories, quilts, and travel. Boy-oh-boy would the hosts want to join Patience on a trip to research one of her delightful books! This episode is filled with the usual catching up on what the hosts have been working on, then in the final segment, Tracy leaves everyone with a thought of the day. Click here to view the show notes for this episode.

When Lori wasn't available to record, Ginger and Tracy did a little digging only to find out that Teri Lucas was visiting Nebraska! A little begging ensued, and a little rearranging of the schedule, and this podcast is the result. We couldn't do a show without Lori, now could we? Stay tuned to the end for letters from readers, plus bonus content!  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Q&T team has found another rising star of the quilt world, Kellie Cotton of Laughing Otter Studios. Tracy, Lori and Ginger were blown away by her Baby Yoda mosaic quilt and love following her on Instagram and think you should all check her out. In Fine Finishes, Tracy and Ginger ask each other what advice would the beginner quilter in them give to their current quilter selves. Their answers may just surprise you.   Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kim Christopherson of Kimberbell Designs joins Ginger, Tracy, and Lori on the show to talk about all the quilty fun you can have with in-the-hoop embroidery! In Fine Finishes, the discussion turns to sewing machines. What kind of quilter are you—a basic machine quilter or one who wants all the bells and whistles? (We know what kind Lori is, don't we?) Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ginger and Tracy decided Lori needed to experience #IGQuiltfest for herself. In this episode, the hosts have a nice long chat sharing their favorite prompts from the month-long event on Instagram. Toward the end, they share tips for keeping your sewing machine in tip-top shape, so stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gigi Levsen, the editor of McCall's Quilting magazine, joins Lori, Ginger, and Tracy to chat about what it was like to work for Quilter's Newsletter magazine, how she started quilting, and Lori shares stories of their days working together. In the final segment, Tracy reads letters from listeners. Stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every quilter has quilt crumbs, in this episode Lori and Ginger talk with Emily Bailey of Aunt Em's Quilts and she shares her tips and tricks for using your quilt crumbs completely. Emily shares her quilt journey and how fabric scraps have been apart of her jouney from day one.  Lori and Ginger get caught up and talk quilt challenges. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy, Lori and Ginger are starting a new series of interviews where they spotlight up and coming quilters we should all know! In this episode, our chatty trio introduces rising star Shereece Spain from Sew Hooked on Treasures. After we get to know Shereece, Tracy shares not one, but two letters from our amazing listeners.  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Quilter on Fire, Brandy Maslowski joins Lori, Ginger, and Tracy to chat about fangirling on quilters, chocolate, and what it is like to be a quilter and a firefighter. In the final segment, it is time to tackle an extremely controversial subject (AGAIN!). The hosts discuss the recent discussion in the quiltiverse—quilted clothing. Stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bonnie Hunter celebrates the 40th anniversary of Quiltmaker magazine and the Ruby Jubilee Mystery quilt along with Tracy, Lori, and Ginger! After the hosts catch up and have a rousing conversation about die cutting, Bonnie joins the show. In the final segment, there is mail. A listener writes in to ask about what kind of sewing machine you need to sew leather. Stay tuned!  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy 2022! Tracy, Lori & and Ginger get all caught up after the holiday break and share all their finished holiday projects. In Open Studio, Foundation Paperpiece Quilt Designer & Maker Veruschka Zarate joins the podcast trio. Varuschka shares her quilting journey and her creative process when designing her foundation paperpieced portraits. In Fine Finishes, Lori poses the question to Ginger and Tracy, to paperpiece or not to paperpiece? Lori also shares a few great paper piecing tips in as well!  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lori retired earlier this year so Tracy and Ginger have been planning a special gift that is finally ready thanks to this episode's amazing guest, Aby Dolinger. Wait till you hear Tracy's elaborate plan come together to surprise Lori with this gift, it's truly podcast gold! In open studios Aby joins the ladies and tells how Lori's surprise came together plus we get to hear all about Aby's quilting journey. In Fine Finishes, Tracy, Lori and Ginger all tell tails of crafted gifts they have received over the years.  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's just the ladies in this episode of Quilt &Tell. Tracy, Lori and Ginger chat about how much fun it is to make stuff for friends and family. In Fine Finishes, Tracy, Lori and Ginger talk about receiving and giving criticism. Both can be a challenge so don't miss the loving nuggets of advice that they share with each other. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy, Lori and Ginger get caught up on their latest projects and Tracy announces a special holiday event for quilters that is happening this season! In our Open Studio segment, Jennifer Swope from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston take us on a quilting adventure through the Fabric of a Nation quilt exhibit .  Our quilting trio finishes the episode with a two minutes of kindness call to action! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lori and Tracy are back from Houston, TX and share all the great times and beautiful quilts from The International Quilt Festival with Ginger who, of course, had a million questions! In our Open Studio segment, Ginger's two worlds collide. Content Producer for Sew News Magazine, Creative Machine Embroidery, Sew Daily Network, and BurdaStyle Academy , Meg Healy, joins the podcast. Meg shares how she got started sewing and how she finally created her first baby quilt for her pet bunny and can't wait to go bigger with her quilting.  Lori finishes out the show sharing her two minutes of kindness.  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to a special “Crossover Bonus Episode” of the Quilt & Tell and Quilting Arts Podcasts! Join Tracy, Ginger, Lori, Susan, and Vivika as they talk to some of the people behind the scenes in the quilting industry. Yes, we know Market didn't happen this year, but the quilting community is still going strong.  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lori, Tracy and Ginger do a little catch-up at the top of the show and then Ginger interviews the most fabulous trio of quilters. Ebony Love, Gyleen Fitzgerald, and Latifah Saafir share their experience working together on their first mystery quilt-along, Parallel Universe.  Since their first collaboration was such a success, they share information about their second mystery quilt-along Elemental starting in 2022. This is an interview you don't want to miss! Tracy ends the show sharing some of the kindest listener letter's yet.  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lori and her sister, Angie Brown, take us along on their quilting adventure—and we are here for it! After Tracy, Lori, and Ginger check in and catch up, we travel to Nebraska quilt shops and the Quilt Museum, then head to Hamilton Missouri on a trip to remember! We also add a new segment—2-minutes of Kindness. Stay tuned for your call to action!  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After episode 59—Anything Sews! Tracy, Lori, and Ginger got a ton of feedback on Tracy's PSA about being kind. So, after the hosts check in and catch up, they read letters from listeners. The letters are funny, inspiring, uplifting, and poignant. Stay tuned!  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy, Lori, and Ginger chat about all kinds of things—from moving your quilt studio, to the things we are making, and all the things we dream of doing. Kate Colleran drops in to chat about how to think outside the box when making quilt patterns and being a guest on Love of Quilting TV. Stay tuned!  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michelle Freedman joins Tracy, Lori, and Ginger to chat about her journey from fashion designer to quilter, and her position as graphic designer and marketing manager with Maywood Studio. In out Fine Finishes segment, we have a PSA. Stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy, Lori, and Ginger are having a staycation and traveling from their armchairs. First, they chat about what they are working on, then Tracy lists several museums that have some incredible exhibits—right now and in the very near future. Stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Heather Black is in the studio today. She takes a break from filming to chat with the hosts about all the things she is doing—new online workshop, new book, new fabric line! Then in Fine Finishes, Lori, Ginger and Tracy talk about curved seams—to pin or not to pin. Stay tuned!  This episode is sponsored by Quilters Select. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marti Michell is back to pick up where she left off! Marti helps Lori navigate quilt-as-you-go and it is fascinating to hear all the ways in which we can use this fun technique. In our final segment, Angela Huffman and Sara Gallegos drop in while they are filming Love of Quilting TV, so it is a fun show!   This episode is sponsored by The Grace Company. Tune in to listen to a special interview with Grace Company Education Specialist, Karla Gerome. She will be talking to Ginger about finishing quilts at the end of this episode! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Debby Brown joins the show to encourage us to relax with our quilting. She feels that quilting should feel like a warm hug and we love it! In our Fine Finishes segment, Proptologist Jay Duckworth joins the crew—and makes them cry! He created commemorative medals for our sewing machines so future generations know that they fought covid-19. Stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 54, Read All About It Best-selling author Marie Bostwick joins the show to discuss her latest book The Restoration of Celia Fairchild. In Fine Finishes, we talk to Laura Coia from the popular YouTube channel Sew Very Easy. She talks about her latest project, The Travelling Quiltcase. Listen in! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 53, The Quilter Who Broke the Podcast The Tattooed Quilter, Christopher Thompson, broke the podcast. That’s right, he was talking and then it just stopped recording. But it’s all good! We managed to pull together a funny and sometimes touching episode for you. Listen in! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 52, Quilting is Like Golf Susan Cleveland is the guest on today’s show. She keeps the hosts in stitches as they talk about quilting during the pandemic, how she got the name “Pieces Be With You”, and mixing up quilting techniques in one quilt. Lori, Ginger, and Tracy recorded this before the Zoom Bee, so they chat about the quilts they finished. They read a letter from an international listener in the final segment. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're celebrating National Quilting Day, one of our favorite days of the year, with a fresh new virtual Quiltin' Bee! Join the hosts of the Quilt & Tell Podcast for a very special hour of fun and conversation dedicated to the love, skill, devotion, and creativity that goes into every quilt we make. Ask questions and win FREE stuff on Saturday, 3/20 at 2pm MST. Join us for the National Quilting Day Quilting' Bee sponsored by Maywood!  Join the Quilt & Tell, Quilt’n Bee 3/20 at 2pm MST by registering with this Zoom link. Check back on our website for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Enjoy this bonus episode from our sister podcast, Fiber Nation, with host Allison Korleski. Eliza Hardy Jones was a professional musician and an amateur quilter. Until a once-in-a-lifetime offer made her change her tune. Find out how she turns traditional folk music, sung by women, into a craft traditionally done by women. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. If you want to hear more of tales of textiles, craft, and culture, subscribe to Fiber Nation on Spotify, Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gyleen X. Fitzgerald joins Tracy, Lori and Ginger for the show. She talks about color, quilting during a pandemic, how many projects she has going at any particular time, and what she thinks about working on projects you hate. You will love it. Meanwhile, the hosts discuss the projects they are working on and read a few letters from listeners. Don’t miss the final segment where the next Quiltin’ Bee is announced!  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the 50th episode of Quilt & Tell! Tracy, Lori and Ginger are planning the episode when they get unexpected guests—Kim Niedzwiecki, Victoria Findlay Wolfe, and Alex Anderson all decided to stop to reminisce and catch up. It becomes a star-studded surprise party when Bonnie Hunter, Teri Lucas, Jenny Doan, and Marti Michell all offer their congratulations and share fun stories about the show. This is a not-to-miss episode!  Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s the last episode of 2020. Tracy, Lori and Ginger decided to sit by the fire and chat about the year, their favorite moments, and what they learned. It has been a hard year, but they seem to find the silver lining. Grab a cozy quilt and settle in to listen. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenda Groelz joins Tracy, Lori and Ginger to talk about her quilting journey and making it her career. For our Fine Finishes segment, we each pick a favorite moment that we found entertaining in previous segments. Don’t miss the letter from a listener who finally finished a quilt for her son. It’s one she started in the mid-1980’s! Stay tuned! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What better way to celebrate the holiday season than to cozy up with a virtual Quilt’n Bee? Grab your latest quilting project, don your ugliest sweater, and tune in to join our hosts from the Quilt and Tell Podcast for an hour of festive projects! Ask questions and win FREE stuff on Friday, 12/18 at 2pm MST. Join the Quilt & Tell, Quilt’n Bee 12/18 at 2pm MST by registering with this Zoom link. Check back on our website for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mark your calendars! Join Tracy, Lori and Ginger on Friday, 10/16 at 2pm MST for the Quilt & Tell, Quilt’n Bee on Zoom! Take an hour and join the podcast hosts working on and sharing their current projects. Join in to ask questions and even win some free stuff! Join the Quilt & Tell, Quilt’n Bee 10/16 at 2pm MST by registering with this Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/98514038380 Check back on our website for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Teri Lucas as she shares her soon to be released book, “Color, Thread & Free-Motion Quilting, Learn to Stitch with Reckless Abandon.” In our Fine Finishes segment, Handi Quilter Educator, Susan Manry, joins Lori and Ginger as they discuss the controversial topic of whether quilting with a robot is not creative. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 weeks and Lori, Tracy and Ginger are still sheltering at home! In this episode, they all share an update on their current projects and Ginger and Tracy share some news from the Golden Peak Media filming studio. Also, Tracy gets a special birthday surprise from her co-podcasters, quilter Aby Dolinger and the quilting community that loves and adores her! Aby also joins us to share some tips for planning your own group quilts. Have some tissues handy, this episode is a tear-jerker, tears of joy! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Alex Anderson and Joanne Sharpe as they chat with Tracy about the labels we place on ourselves, channeling your “inner 2nd grader”, and finding time to do what you love. Meanwhile, Lori, Ginger, and Tracy read fun letters from listeners, and later they chat about the obstacles that get in the way of quilting. Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Still sheltering at home, Lori, Tracy and Ginger get everyone updated on their current projects and discuss a little gardening too. The ladies also share their thoughts about loving a fabric so much you don’t know what to do with it! Tracy shares a letter from a listener who found the best yard sale find ever! Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate Colleran from Seams Like a Dream joins the podcast. May is Raised by a Maker month at Quilting Daily, so Tracy, Lori & Ginger share stories about their kids as well as updating us about their current projects. Then Lori & Ginger speak with Kate and hear all about how she has raised a maker in her life. Our Fine Finishes segment is sponsored by Handi Quilter, so instructor Mary Beth Krapil joins the hosts to answer the controversial question “is longarm quilting a hand-pieced vintage top dishonoring the original maker?” Click here to view the show notes for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices