Podcast appearances and mentions of heather lou

On today's episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we're talking about growing a sewing pattern business with my guest Heather Lou. Heather has been passionately making her own clothes since 2010, and discovered she loved sewing so much she left a career in interior design to start Closet Core Patterns. Over the years, the company has grown and evolved and now offers standalone sewing patterns, online sewing classes, and an inspiring pattern membership and private community called Crew, where new sewing patterns and tutorials are released each month based on a changing annual design concept. This year, they also acquired the French pattern company Deer&Doe, and they plan to release future patterns through this new sister brand. Heather also started Core Fabrics with her business partner Tereska Gesing in 2021, an online fabric store that focuses on sustainable, eco-friendly, and artisanal textiles and supplies for garment sewing. She is proudly based in Montreal, Canada. To get the full show notes for this episode visit Craft Industry Alliance where you can learn more about becoming a member of our supportive trade association. Strengthen your creative business, stay up to date on industry news, and build connections with forward-thinking craft professionals. Join today.

St. Paul composer Adam Wernick looks forward to the Rimon Artists Salon series — and in particular, the world premiere of a new work by composer and vocalist Anat Spiegel. Submitted photo | YourClassical Anat Spiegel Spiegel is a Dutch-Israeli composer who now makes her home in the Twin Cities. Rimon executive producer David Harris saw her work as a Cedar Commissions fellow and commissioned Thursday’s performance.  “I would describe her music and her performances as bold, theatrical, hugely imaginative — and always surprising,” Wernick said. The Zoom event is entitled “I Once Was a Boy: on the Edge with poet Anna Margolin.” Spiegel’s song series puts music to poems written in Yiddish by Anna Margolin. The evening includes a conversation between Spiegel and vocalist Sarah Larsson about the Yiddish language, poetry, and music. The event Thursday at 7 p.m. is free, but registration is required. Landscape painter Joshua Cunningham recently made a trip to Duluth, Minn., to get a sneak peak at the Great Lakes Academy of Fine Arts’ first student show. The school is a four-year program that teaches a classical style of art. The first graduating class was in 2020, but the pandemic prevented the academy from putting on a year-end showcase. This year’s show includes work by the first two graduating classes as well as current students.  Austin Jasurda | Courtesy of Great Lakes Academy of Fine Art ‘St. Jerome Cast Drawing’ by Great Lakes Academy of Fine Art student Austin Jasurda who used charcoal on paper to create this work of art. Cunningham was intrigued by both the showcase and its location; the school is housed in a decommissioned Catholic church, with pews turned into easels surrounded by original stonework and wooden scaffolding. “It's really neat because beauty endures beyond its original purpose. And so for the students to be practicing and learning in a space about beauty for a bigger thing,” Cunningham said. As for the artwork, Cunningham said “some of those drawings and paintings will be the fruit of weeks of observation. Just think about the last time you spent weeks looking at and studying something.”  The student showcase runs Friday from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday from noon to 5 p.m. Looking ahead to next weekend, visual artist Heather Lou in St. Paul is planning to attend the New Eyes Festival 2021: (Un)Scene. The annual festival of short plays from Theater Mu and the Playwrights’ Center will feature a series of 10-minute plays, presented virtually. This year’s playwrights are Carla Ching, Aditi Brennan Kapil, Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, Isabella Dawis, and Lisa Marie Rollins. This year, the five playwrights respond in some way to growing anti-Asian violence in the country. Lou also appreciates that the plays explore “the ways our community can be celebrated and put in the limelight.” Friday, May 21 at 7 p.m., you can hear from the playwrights and producer Katie Hae Leo during a “Mu-tini Hour” on Facebook live. The plays air live on May 22 at 7 p.m. and will be available on demand May 23 through May 29. All the home’s a stage Far-flung actors, crew unite for Theater Mu’s new show

Our hosts talk with guest, Heather Lou, self-described "artist. educator. dragon. gemini. qwoc. disabled." on her Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/hclou/. Learn about the power of persimmon and Auntie Energy. This incredible artist is also creating our super awesome podcast art!All episodes of Making It in Minnesota are produced and edited by Marissa Alexa McCoolHeather Lou Instagram: @hclouMaking It in Minnesota Instagram: @making.it.mnEmail us: makingitmn@gmail.com

We are celebrating episode 50 this week with a special recap of our time spent travelling together to Pattern Review Weekend, Prince Edward County, and Montreal. We recorded some mini interviews along the way, including a sewing pep talk from Heather Lou and an intro to bra-making with Emerald Erin!

Heather Lou, the designer behind Closet Case Patterns, is on the show! We chat about her sewing journey, her pattern line, and her recent move to a new office space. Heather offers our listeners an inspiring pep talk about letting go of fear as a means to improve our sewing practice and our lives.

On today's episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we're talking about sewing your own clothes with my guest, Heather Lou of Closet Case Files. Heather is a Montreal-based sewing pattern designer and blogger. Once a shopaholic Vogue-reading fashion obsessive, Heather made a deal with herself that the only "new" things that could come into her closet would be things she made. Sewing quickly took over her life. We talk about Heather's background and transition from full-time employment as a commercial graphic designer to becoming self-employed. Heather explains how she named her blog and talks about her own name online (which is different from her real name). We discuss how she funded her print patterns without a Kickstarter campaign and we talk about the success of two of Heather's patterns: the Bombshell swimsuit and the Ginger jeans. We also think out loud about the future of the Big 4 pattern companies. I ask Heather to recommend great stuff she's enjoying right now. ++++++ Today's episode is sponsored by Amy Barickman, founder of Indygo Junction sewing patterns and books. Visit AmyBarickman.com to find vintage imagery, sewing and craft books, and her new Vintage Notions Monthly magazine. Issues 1 and 2 are now available for purchase individually and soon there will be a monthly subscription option. Check it out at AmyBarickman.com. +++++ Please note that this show used to be called the While She Naps podcast. The name has changed, but the content and host have stayed the same. To get the full show notes for this episode, visit Craft Industry Alliance where you can learn more about becoming a member of our supportive trade association. Strengthen your creative business, stay up to date on industry news, and build connections with forward-thinking craft professionals. Meet with show host, Abby Glassenberg, each month for our Craft Business Roundtable, get access to courses and webinars taught by industry leaders, and much more.

Welcome to another Wednesday morning and a new episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Trying something new this week. Because my computer ate the episode I had planned, I had a conversation with a previous guest on the podcast about what things have been like since we recorded our episode. I got to chat with Heather […]

Welcome to another Wednesday with LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I got to sit down with Diana Victa, who works as a Coordinator for the Cross Cultural Centers at CSU Los Angeles. We were introduced through mutual friend and former guest on the podcast Heather Lou, and it was really fantastic to get to know Diana, […]

Hi there, and welcome to another episode of LIFE WORK BALANCES! Today I sat down with Heather Lou, who works at Smith College as an Area Coordinator. It was a lot of fun to sit with Heather, who I met for the first time at this year’s ACPA convention, and to get to learn more […]

Ascension Explorers: Since Nov 2009 Heather&Lou have been of service in NZ  They bring with Heart Consciousness the healing modality that they have been shownThe Continuation as well as many other facets of their expertise. Lou is the clear semi-conscious channel of the pair while Heather grounds the energy & creates the space. Lou's awareness of energies communicating clearly with her began as a young child while Heather was also experienced her own knowing as a child of energies interacting with her albeit in a different manner. Together they make a complimentary team & are bringing through & grounding higher energies for the purpose of offering assistance to those who are seeking further knowing on their path of ascension.  Heather & Lou decided to follow their hearts and passion back in 2009&travelled halfway across the world to Europe UK & Kauai USA where they continued to work with the Ascended Masters, Adamus Kuthumi & Quan Yin. Then the large dynamic energy of The Council of Many came to join them on their journey  As they began to settle in Kauai and were welcomed by the community as those that belonged and their workshops&channelling nights were established they were asked to relinquish this life & return back to NZ to start again. Questioning this request as well they should have, they agreed to return  They offer Sacred Site Tours around NZ they have created a place where you can attend workshops or Life Experience shops as they are now being called in a warm safe and welcoming environment They offer different Retreats at the Sanctuary & have a real down to earth approach  They show a refreshing new look at being in the NOW moment leaving what does not serve & embracing that which does serve in these days of great shift & change   For more Channelled communications&events visit their website portal www.AscensionExplorers.com