Podcast appearances and mentions of mary fons

Mary Fons, editorial advisor of Quiltfolk magazine and host of her live video magazine, "Quilt Nerd" on Twitch, talks about her sewing journey and what keeps her coming back for more. Mary is a writer, editor, and livestreamer who specializes in quilt history and the life of quilts in popular culture. From 2017 to 2021, Mary served as editor in-chief of Quiltfolk magazine; she now serves as an editorial advisor to Quiltfolk publications and occasional workshop instructor. From 2010 to 2015, Mary was editor and creative director of Quilty magazine. She has hosted a combined 250 episodes of instructional programming on public television (Fons & Porter's Love of Quilting) and the internet (Quilty). She is the author of Make & Love Quilts: Scrap Quilts for the 21st Century (C&T/StashBooks, 2014) and Dear Quilty (F&W Media, 2015) and wrote a bi-monthly column, The Quilt Scout, for Quilts, Inc. Her articles on quilt history and culture have appeared in Quiltfolk, Curated Quilts, Modern Patchwork, and Love of Quilting, among others. Mary serves on the board of the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and lectures across the country at universities and major quilt events, such as QuiltCon. She holds a BA in Theater from the University of Iowa and an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is currently in pre-production for America's Quilt, a 10-part docuseries on America's untold quilt histories. Mary was born in a small town in Iowa but she lives in Chicago (and sometimes in London), with her husband, Eric. Find Mary: maryfons.com social: @yomaryfons

This week's guest is Mary Fons, famous for learning to quilt from scratch on a public stage, bringing new quilters into their comfort zone, and pushing the boundaries of how quilting is taught with her engaging, delightful personality. Her quirky demeanour takes a front stage in her content again and again. She has been a TV host, a writer, magazine editor, a lecturer, and has a passion for quilt history research.She creates original, raw engaging content across all media, which is astonishing because social media changes every single day and on the podcast I share the best bits of her story with you.Link to the Prize Giveaway: https://kingsumo.com/g/lmmcql/qof-episode-66-giveawayLink to Mary's website: https://www.maryfons.com/Link to Quiltfold Magazine: https://www.quiltfolk.com/

Do you remember that one weekend in late January when everyone was super upset (or possibly super pleased) by a video about "dumb" quilt clothing?  Well, today we're going to talk allllllll about it.  Dani of Picnicwear and quilter/artist/all-around rad person Lesley join Amanda to digest and dissect Mary Fons' January 2022 video decrying clothing made from upcycled quilts. Two people were riled up and one person changed their mind on the entire matter!"What is Cultural Appropriation?" Arlin Cucnic, Verywell Mind.Quilt preservation/repair by Ann Wasserman @ann_quiltshttps://www.annquilts.com/See more of Lesley's work:Piecework Collective @pieceworkcollectivehttp://pieceworkcollective.com/lesleygold.com Attend Amanda's virtual workshop with the Lake Bluff Library!When: Tuesday, March 8, 7pm CSTWhere: Zoom (you will receive the link after registering)How to register: go to bit.ly/lake-bluff NEW AUDIO ESSAY OPPORTUNITY ALERT!In last week's episode, we talked about the style “rules” that we have all had forced upon us as if they are actual laws. From “no mini skirts after 30 “ to “cut your hair short at some mysterious age,” we are swimming in a sea of style rules around age, gender, size, and lifestyle that are frankly, bullshit.  Yet we've been exposed to them for so long that we don't know that they are bullshit?I want to hear from you: What is a style “rule” that you're glad to break? What was your journey to realizing that your style was personal and nothing to do with anyone else's rules and opinions? Or conversely, are you fearful of breaking the rules and why?  Tell us about your relationship with how you dress!Okay, but what is an audio essay? It's a recording you make--using either your phone or your computer. You email it to me at amanda@clotheshorse.world, and I edit and mix it, and add it to an episode. I will not accept written essays for this.   I recommend that you write it all out, then record it.  It's okay if you make a mistake while recording, just say that part again and keep talking. I'll edit it when I put it in the episode! Record in a quiet room, away from fans/air conditioners. The deadline for this project is April 1.  Your recording should be anywhere from 3 minutes to 10 minutes long. Clotheshorse is brought to you with support from the following sustainable brands:Salt Hats:  purveyors of truly sustainable hats. Hand blocked, sewn and embellished in Detroit, Michigan.Republica Unicornia Yarns: Hand-Dyed Yarn and notions for the color-obsessed. Made with love and some swearing in fabulous Atlanta, Georgia by Head Yarn Wench Kathleen. Get ready for rainbows with a side of Giving A Damn! Republica Unicornia is all about making your own magic using small-batch, responsibly sourced, hand-dyed yarns and thoughtfully made notions. Slow fashion all the way down and discover the joy of creating your very own beautiful hand knit, crocheted, or woven pieces. Find us on Instagram @republica_unicornia_yarns and at www.republicaunicornia.com.Gentle Vibes:  We are purveyors of polyester and psychedelic relics! We encourage experimentation and play not only in your wardrobe, but in your home, too. We have thousands of killer vintage pieces ready for their next adventure! Picnicwear:  a slow fashion brand, ethically made by hand from vintage and deadstock materials - most notably, vintage towels! Founder, Dani, has worked in the industry as a fashion designer for over 10 years, but started Picnicwear in response to her dissatisfaction with the industry's shortcomings. Picnicwear recently moved to rural North Carolina where all their clothing and accessories are now designed and cut, but the majority of their sewing is done by skilled garment workers in NYC. Their customers take comfort in knowing that all their sewists are paid well above NYC minimum wage. Picnicwear offers minimal waste and maximum authenticity: Future Vintage over future garbage.Shift Clothing, out of beautiful Astoria, Oregon, with a focus on natural fibers, simple hardworking designs, and putting fat people first.  Discover more at shiftwheeler.comNo Flight Back Vintage:  bringing fun, new life to old things.  Always using recycled and secondhand materials to make dope ass shit for dope ass people.  See more on instagram @noflightbackvintageThe Pewter Thimble is a curated second hand shop, based out of Rome, Italy. Owner Desiree Marie Townley has a background in costuming and makeup for Dance and Opera, and focuses on dressing for the character you want to be in the world. Curated collections are dropped in a story sale and always have a specialized theme, like the color palette of Starry Night, the film classic Casablanca, and the children's novel The Secret Garden.  Desiree works with local artisans and pieces are rescued from markets and rehabilitated and resold with worldwide shipping. The Pewter Thimble is a collection of pieces that will have Eternal Style, from the Eternal City. Discover more on instagram @thepewterthimble.Late to the Party, creating one of a kind statement clothing from vintage, salvaged and thrifted textiles. They hope to tap into the dreamy memories we all hold: floral curtains, a childhood dress, the wallpaper in your best friend's rec room, all while creating modern sustainable garments that you'll love wearing and have for years to come. Late to the Party is passionate about celebrating and preserving textiles, the memories they hold, and the stories they have yet to tell. Check them out on Instagram!Vino Vintage, based just outside of LA.  We love the hunt of shopping secondhand because you never know what you might find! And catch us at flea markets around Southern California by following us on instagram @vino.vintage so you don't miss our next event! Gabriela Antonas is a visual Artist, an ethical trade fashion designer, but Gabriela Antonas is also a radical feminist micro-business.  She's the one woman band, trying to help you understand, why slow fashion is what the earth needs.  The one woman band, to help you build your brand ! She can take your fashion line from just a concept, and do your sketches, pattern making, grading, sourcing, cutting and sewing for you. Or the second option is  for those who aren't trying to start a business, and who just want ethical garments! Gabriela will create custom garments for you. Her goal is to help one person, of any size, at a time, including beyond size 40.   For inquiries about this serendipitous intersectional offering of either concept DM her on Instagram to book a consultation. Please follow her on Instagram, Twitter, and Clubhouse at @gabrielaantonasDylan Paige is an online clothing and lifestyle brand based out of St. Louis, MO. Our products are chosen with intention for the conscious community. Everything we carry is animal friendly, ethically made, sustainably sourced, and cruelty free. Dylan Paige is for those who never stop questioning where something comes from. We know that personal experience dictates what's sustainable for you, and we are here to help guide and support you to make choices that fit your needs.  Check us out at dylanpaige.com and find us on instagram @dylanpaigelifeandstyleLocated in Whistler, Canada, Velvet Underground is a "velvet jungle" full of vintage and second-hand clothes, plants, a vegan cafe and lots of rad products from other small sustainable businesses. Our mission is to create a brand and community dedicated to promoting self-expression, as well as educating and inspiring a more sustainable and conscious lifestyle both for the people and the planet.Find us on Instagram @shop_velvetunderground or online at www.shopvelvetunderground.comCute Little Ruin is an online shop dedicated to providing quality vintage and secondhand clothing, vinyl, and home items in a wide range of styles and price points.  If it's ethical and legal, we try to find a new home for it!  Vintage style with progressive values.  Find us on Instagram at @CuteLittleRuin.Blank Cass, or Blanket Coats by Cass, is focused on restoring, renewing, and reviving the history held within vintage and heirloom textiles. By embodying and transferring the love, craft, and energy that is original to each vintage textile into a new garment, I hope we can reteach ourselves to care for and mend what we have and make it last. Blank Cass lives on Instagram @blank_cass and a website will be launched soon at blankcass.com.Caren Kinne Studio:  Located in Western Massachusetts, Caren specializes in handcrafted earrings from found, upcycled, and repurposed fabrics as well as other eco-friendly curios,  all with  a hint of nostalgia, a dollop of whimsy, a dash of color and 100% fun.  Caren is an artist/designer who believes the materials we use matter. See more on Instagram @carenkinnestudioSt. Evens is an NYC-based vintage shop that is dedicated to bringing you those special pieces you'll reach for again and again. More than just a store, St. Evens is dedicated to sharing the stories and history behind the garments. 10% of all sales are donated to a different charitable organization each month. For the month of February, St. Evens is supporting the Yellowhammer Fund, a reproductive justice organization serving Alabama and the Deep South. New vintage is released every Thursday at wearStEvens.com, with previews of new pieces and more brought to you on Instagram at @wear_st.evens.Thumbprint is Detroit's only fair trade marketplace, located in the historic Eastern Market.  Our small business specializes in products handmade by empowered women in South Africa making a living wage creating things they love like hand painted candles and ceramics! We also carry a curated assortment of  sustainable/natural locally made goods. Thumbprint is a great gift destination for both the special people in your life and for yourself! Browse our online store at thumbprintdetroit.com and find us on instagram @thumbprintdetroit.Country Feedback is a mom & pop record shop in Tarboro, North Carolina. They specialize in used rock, country, and soul and offer affordable vintage clothing and housewares. Do you have used records you want to sell? Country Feedback wants to buy them! Find us on Instagram @countryfeedbackvintageandvinyl or head downeast and visit our brick and mortar. All are welcome at this inclusive and family-friendly record shop in the country!Selina Sanders, a social impact brand that specializes in up-cycled clothing, using only reclaimed, vintage or thrifted materials: from tea towels, linens, blankets and quilts.  Sustainably crafted in Los Angeles, each piece is designed to last in one's closet for generations to come.  Maximum Style; Minimal Carbon Footprint

Hot off the press! Hope and Jackie are reporting on the video that wiped the smiles off the faces of upcyclers around the world: Quilt Clothes Must Die, in which quilt lover Mary Fons roasts people who turn quilts into clothes. Oof! Next they respond to Vice's recent article Bimbofication is Taking Over: What Does that Mean for You? So if you've been wondering if you're a bimbo, you've come to right place. This is all just warm up for the big event where Jackie gives us a lesson in the history of Tabi Boots, the hoof-toed boots that nobody feels neutral about. Do you have thoughts on any of these topics? Email us as fashismpod@gmail.com We're Socialists! Follow us on the socials: Instagram and TikTok  

I am back with new episodes for the 2nd half of Season 4!  Today I chat about my crazy fun fabric acquisitions in January, including Liberty Tana Lawn.  I also talk about AccuQuilt die cutting and investing in dies that give you more bang for your buck.Have you seen the YouTube video “Quilt Clothes Must Die” by Mary Fons?  I review it and share my thoughts on the topic.Plus an update on sewing, quilting and embroidery projects, including a super cute Luckyjuju cat doll I made from the Creativebug class by Katia Ferris. For photos and links to what I talked about in this episode, visit my podcast blog https://stephaniesochadesign.com/podcast-make-and-decorateMake and Decorate Friends, Mighty Networks group - free to join!INSTAGRAM: @stephanie.socha.designWEBSITE: http://stephaniesochadesign.comEMAIL: info@makeanddecorate.comYOUTUBE: Stephanie Socha DesignSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/makeanddecorate)

We are celebrating our first birthday! The Quilting Army, the podcast, everything! We talk with some of our core team members about the year -- Edith Gross, Julia Driscoll, Judy Walker, Gigi Baay, Corrie Dutton, Tara Miller, Sid Gard, Rachel Arrison, and Ricardo Gonzales. Thanks to our reseach sponsors this year including Jaftex, All-Brands, Craftoptics and Superior Threads numerous authors, scholars, quilters, and others that have donated materials to our project for study, including Havel's Sewing, Put a Quilt on It, Purple Pinapple Quilts, Paper Pieces, Sulky, Mes Amis Quilt Shop, Quiltsmart, June Tailor, the Stencil Company, Turtle Hand Batik, Swan Amity Studios, the Warm Company, Orange Dot Quilts, Quilter's Select, and many more. And thanks to Tulane University for their continued support. Thanks also to QuiltFolk magazine and Mary Fons for including us in the Louisiana edition. And of course, to Quilts, Inc., for allowing us to explore, participate and peer into the world of quilting. "Wild Thing Quilting Army, think I love you."

We are celebrating our first birthday! The Quilting Army, the podcast, everything! We talk with some of our core team members about the year -- Edith Gross, Julia Driscoll, Judy Walker, Gigi Baay, Corrie Dutton, Tara Miller, Sid Gard, Rachel Arrison, and Ricardo Gonzales. Thanks to our reseach sponsors this year including Jaftex, All-Brands, Craftoptics and Superior Threads numerous authors, scholars, quilters, and others that have donated materials to our project for study, including Havel's Sewing, Put a Quilt on It, Purple Pinapple Quilts, Paper Pieces, Sulky, Mes Amis Quilt Shop, Quiltsmart, June Tailor, the Stencil Company, Turtle Hand Batik, Swan Amity Studios, the Warm Company, Orange Dot Quilts, Quilter's Select, and many more. And thanks to Tulane University for their continued support. Thanks also to QuiltFolk magazine and Mary Fons for including us in the Louisiana edition. And of course, to Quilts, Inc., for allowing us to explore, participate and peer into the world of quilting. "Wild Thing Quilting Army, think I love you."

Mary Fons, famous quilter, and editor-in-chief of Quiltfolk Magazine talks to us about her quilting life, and her new documentary project. Ron Gard, my spouse and a cultural economist, and my kid, Sidne Kate, join us in the conversation that took place in my home earlier this Fall.

Mary Fons, famous quilter, and editor-in-chief of Quiltfolk Magazine talks to us about her quilting life, and her new documentary project. Ron Gard, my spouse and a cultural economist, and my kid, Sidne Kate, join us in the conversation that took place in my home earlier this Fall.

Mary Fons and Tula Pink were in town for Quiltfolk magazine in late June. I had the awesome honor of joining them on their shoot, and then then came back to the house for a 2 1/2 hour interview where we talked about all things quilting. They were amazing. The house will never be that cool again. For more on Tula Pink, go to http://www.tulapink.com and for more on Mary Fons, go to https://www.maryfons.com.

Mary Fons and Tula Pink were in town for Quiltfolk magazine in late June. I had the awesome honor of joining them on their shoot, and then then came back to the house for a 2 1/2 hour interview where we talked about all things quilting. They were amazing. The house will never be that cool again. For more on Tula Pink, go to http://www.tulapink.com and for more on Mary Fons, go to https://www.maryfons.com.

https://mycreativecorner3.wordpress.com/my-day-with-mom-and-mary-fons/   Show notes and be found here

Hello, my quilting friends! Leah Day here with episode 7 of the podcast, and today I'm going to share an interview with Mary Fons. She is the daughter of Marianne Fons, who started Fons and Porter. She's just such a amazing all-around person, and we really hit it off at Quilt Market. Then I was like, "You know, you want to be on the podcast? That way I can get to know you a little bit better." This podcast really runs the gamut on conversations and stuff and topics, but I would say I guess the overall theme is just love of quilting, love of making quilts, and Mary helps debunk a few of the myths of quilting so that's really cool too. You can check out Mary's website at MaryFons.com.

Mary Fons and Rebecca Duxler are going to the chapel and they're gonna get married as part of our episode on marriage, divorce, and everything that surrounds. This is a recording of our September 2016 show.    Miss Spoken is lady live lit - a storytelling show from Chicago, Illinois featuring non-dude readers.  

Mary Fons knew she wanted to be a writer from a young age, and was pursuing that path when a catastrophic illness nearly took her life, leading to surgery and changing her future forever.As she recovered and started to stitch her life back together, she began working with her mom, Maryann Fons, a legend in the world of quilting and author of what has become known as the "Quilter’s Bible."Simultaneously rebuilding her health while building her own name as a leading voice in the massive quilting world, she began speaking, writing books, designing textiles and producing media and appearing regularly on television with her mother. Still, she knew deep down that quilting wasn't her dream. Writing and spoken-word began to call her back to a more deeply ingrained destiny.We recorded this conversation at a major point of inflection for Mary. She was about to make a huge move, and in a way, this conversation is her announcement. As we wrap up, Mary also reads a powerful spoken word piece that landed her writing and poetry big attention and accolades. You don't want to miss this.In This Episode, You'll Learn:The mind-blowing statistics behind the world of quilting.The catastrophic illness and events that changed Mary’s life forever.How Mary has learned to handle the stress of living her life in her niche’s public eye.How Mary navigated the tricky path to becoming a success in the shadow of a legendary woman and finding her way in the world of quilting.How to be successful and earn a living in quilting.How performing, improv and spoken word entered her life.Why Mary has decided to make the leap from writing to writing.Mentioned in This Episode:Connect with Mary: Mary Fons | Blog | Quilty | Facebook | YouTube | InstagramFons & PorterMake & Love Quilts: Scrap Quilts for the 21st Century by Mary FonsQuilter’s Complete Guide by Marianne Porter & Liz FonsCreative MorningsQuiltCon WestThe Modern Quilt GuildThe Neo-Futurists: Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go BlindMark TwainWrite Club