Podcast appearances and mentions of pat sloan

Today on the podcast I have special guest Pat Sloan to kick off the first episode of 2024! I'm thrilled to share her story and I know you will love it too. Pat Sloan's website: https://www.patsloan.com/Pat mentions Wendy Sheppard of Ivory Spring FREE Quilt alongs: https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/Join Pat's Online Quilt Community: facebook.com/groups/QuiltWithPatSloanNew Article Notice Signup: mad.ly/signups/126175/joinQuilt Tips & tutorials & DEALS: blog.patsloan.comTODAY'S SHOW SPONSORS:Sew Yeah Quilting  (affiliate link to support this podcast)Angels Sewing and Quilting (20% off fabric, notions, and accessories with the code quilteronfire)Support the showThank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.Support the showThank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire Podcast.

Join us for this episode with the lovely Krista Hennebury- prolific quilter and teacher who lives on Bowen Island, BC.  Our conversation gets into how  Krista started quilting, and then how her approach and practice has evolved and expanded to explore sustainability in different ways, such as by using retired clothing in quilts and creating useable objects out of scraps like jeans. We chat about some of the challenges and pressures around how to get out of creative slumps, and understanding creativity and creative practice broadly. About KristaKrista Hennebury is a geologist by training and quilter by choice. She's been quilting since 2000 in her home studio, currently located on Bowen Island, B.C. Her semi-retired blog is poppyprintcreates.blogspot.ca but these days she mostly shares on Instagram as@poppyprint. Passionate about sharing her love of quilting with others and fostering community through stitching together, Krista established a successful day-retreat business in 2005. She is a popular teacher, presenter and certified Aurifilosopher, working with general and modern guilds all across Canada and internationally, including an Alaska cruise,  Australia, Sweden, the U.S., Scotland, England and at Quilt Canada 2019. Since 2020, Krista has taught and lectured at over 90 Zoom events around the world. She describes her work as traditionally-informed modern quilting, using designer prints, solids, linen and retired clothing. Her original patterns have been published in Stitch,  Australian Homespun, Quilters Connection, Simply Moderne and Quilt Now magazines. Krista's had 15 quilts juried into QuiltCon and Quilt Canada since 2014 and won awards at both shows.Her book of retreat-inspired projects Make It, Take It was published by Martingale in 2015 and she's twice been a guest on American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast with Pat Sloan. Krista is delighted that her quilt “Chess on the Steps” appears in Modern Quilts: Designs of the New Century, 2017and her“Blackbird Fly” quilt appears in Thomas Knauer's beautiful book Why We Quilt, 2019.Instagram: PoppyprintFB: Krista HenneburyBlog: poppyprintcreates.blogspot.comEmail: poppyprintcreates@gmail.com Support the showJoin The Green Stitcher's Hive at https://thegreenstitchershive.mn.co/ Follow Bridget O'Flaherty @thesustainablequilter on Instagram and @TheSustainableQuilter on Facebook. You can find her online at www.bridgetoflaherty.comThanks to Isaac Matthews for the music, follow him on Instagram @hesjustakid

Pat Sloan - designer, author, and YouTuber truly has a deep passion for making quilting fun for herself and everyone around her.  She's made over 800 quilts!! Pat has a vast experience of all aspects of quilt making and design, from patterns and sewalongs, to fabric design and teaching online.We chat about some of her most favorite things about creating, and some of the less-favorite. Pat gives some tips for contributing designs to magazines, and also great encouragement for makers who are struggling with new or complex skills. Pat has an enormous online community and many ways to connect. Daily youtube videos, quiltalongs, Facbook group, and Ukrainian fundraiser are just a few of the ways you can join her to be inspired to make quilts that you love!website  https://www.patsloan.com/Blog  http://patsloan.typepad.comSew along website http://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/Youtube  https://www.youtube.com/user/PatSloan Facebook group  https://www.facebook.com/groups/QuiltWithPatSloan/Instagram http://instagram.com/quilterpatsloanUkrainian Fundraiser https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/free-quilters-stand-for-ukraine-quilt-drive-fundraiser-for-ukraines-children-.html--------------------If you enjoyed this episode, please consider leaving a review here.STITCH FIX use this link to receive $25 credit on your first orderSTAINED GLASS free quilt pattern, great for scrapsALL-OVER FEATHER sign-up for free quilting classAnd here's where you can find more of my work:YouTube - LIVE & UNSCRIPTED episodesWebsite - for more information on classes and quilting servicesFacebook - current projects and photosInstagram - current projects and photosPinterest - photo galleries and tutorialsWant to try free motion quilting but don't know where to start? Here's 3 simple steps to get going.Support the show

The People's School for Marxist-Leninist Studies presents a study on the radical origins of International Women's Day! As comrade Mao Zedong correctly stated: "Women hold up half the sky." Enjoy listening! Interested in attending a class? Email info@psmls.org for more information Literature Used In This Class: International Women's Day by Birgitte Søland https://ourcloud.usvanguard.net/s/QGC... Recommended Reading: An Interview with Lenin on the Woman Question by Clara Zetkin https://www.marxists.org/archive/zetk... Lenin on the Women's Question by Clara Zetkin (1920) https://www.marxists.org/archive/zetk... Communism & the Family by Alexandra Kollontai (1920) https://www.marxists.org/archive/koll... PSMLS LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/PSMLS Party of Communists USA Website: https://partyofcommunistsusa.org/about/ 0:00 Introduction 0:18 Reading 1 3:00 Half of the Population 3:39 Chicago Gathering (Q&A) 4:18 Socialists & Feminists 5:05 U.S. Origins 5:43 Connection to Second International? (Q&A) 8:20 Pushback? (Q&A) 8:42 The U.N. & IWD 9:14 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire 10:10 Reading 2 12:01 Resistance to the Woman Question? (Q&A) 14:53 Feminism & Postmodernism 16:38 Reading 3 19:57 Engels quote 22:24 Cossacks? (Q&A) 23:29 Social Uprisings 23:55 How did this happen? (Q&A) 25:44 Tsar's Trip to the Front 26:15 Analyze things dialectically 28:26 Eisenstein movie 28:51 Reading 4 32:41 Bourgeois co-opting? (Q&A) 34:44 Communism & IWD 36:32 Reading 5 39:05 Accomplishments vs. Protests 39:35 Co-opting icons 40:00 Other holidays? (Q&A) 41:38 IWD celebrations 42:20 Combahee River Collective 43:11 "Waves" of Feminism? (Q&A) 43:59 Petty-Bourgeois Feminists 45:24 Bama-zon 46:17 Identity Politics 47:31 Class "identity" 48:01 Fanny Hechtman 48:55 Pat Sloan quote 52:20 Nadezhda Krupskaya 54:09 Capitalism & Working-Class Mothers 56:18 Reading Recommendations 59:43 Are Communists Feminists? (Q&A) 1:01:08 Proletarian Feminism? (Q&A) 1:02:31 Alexandra Kollontai 1:03:08 Imperialist U.N. tactics? (Q&A) 1:06:34 Co-opting cont. 1:07:42 Re-center our Analysis 1:08:36 Red Detachment of Women 1:12:40 More Reading Recommendations 1:13:31 "Pueblos" 1:13:54 Ending

Quilter extraordinaire Pat Sloan joins Sherri and Chelsi on today's episode to share her quilting journey. Pat discusses how she was first introduced to quilting through a friend, the early days of internet radio and podcasting, and she also shares her experience of breaking both of her wrists during the pandemic while continuing to produce quilting content on her YouTube channel. Pat also talks about her great Facebook community and shares her story of taking inventory of her quilts. Thank you Pat for sharing your Quilting Life with us today! For complete show notes, pictures, and links to all of today's featured quilts and fabrics, visit the A Quilting Life Blog: https://www.aquiltinglife.com/2021/10/a-quilting-life-podcast-episode-39-show-notes.html/Fall Dash (Quilt on the Wall): https://www.etsy.com/shop/SherriQuilts?search_query=fall+dashDreamin' (Quilt on the Table): https://www.etsy.com/shop/SherriQuilts?search_query=dreaminPat Sloan's Holiday Celebrations book: https://amzn.to/3j3VXlRPat's Quilt Sorting Video: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBcQXd6R0_G9Ae--kynHBlGymRJFXgPpNNOTE: Some of the links provided here are affiliate links.Where to Find Pat:YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PatSloanFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/QuiltWithPatSloanSew Along Website: https://www.ilovetomakequilts.com/Blog: https://blog.patsloan.comWebsite: www.patsloan.comOnline Shopping Center: https://patsloan.typepad.com/shop_with_pat_sloan/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quilterpatsloan/Visit the A Quilting Life YouTube channel for more great video content: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmSR-jDR956ATQe30JHX87wEnjoy what you heard? Be sure to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and your review could be read on the show! 

Erin Sampson is the Creative Director for Aurifil USA, she is on the far right. The Aurifil team does amazing things and I've worked with them every since they started to make thread for the quilting industry.  Erin shares what goes on at their website, sustainability, and  more!  ------------ Jennifer Keltner is the Chief Visionary officer at Martingale Publisher. I've know Jennifer almost since I started in the industry. We've been close friends and it's so exciting to see her create incredible books for quilters.   We also shares about their event you can go to and the super great book club.  ---------------- Linda Pacini is the Director of Training, Education, and Events for Baby lock. I can not say enough about how knowledgeable she is. Her vision for education us on our machine wide and she knows the machines. Her team of trainers will get you sewing in no time! Plus she makes darn good quilts, like the one behind her! ---------------- When I first started my business, Benartex gave me fabric to use for a magazine project. Since then we have stayed great friends and I'm thrilled to have my fabric with them! David Lochner is the President Benartex and a really fun guy, so I had to share this photo of him instead of one in a suit!  Benartex has a wonderful library of free patterns and their fabric club has been active for years! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Jeannie Jenkins is an award winning quiltmaker, designer, longarmer, teacher and author. Her book Contemporary Paper Pieced quilts is full of not only very unique designs, but loads of wonderful tips for making them. ------------ If you have been to a show, you’ve meet Pat Yamin! She is the designer behind ‘Come quilt with Me’. She is an author and a teacher. Pat has been immersed in quilting since the last 70s and has such great stories! Check your shelves, you might own her ‘Brooklyn Revolver’ cutting mat! --------------- I’m delighted to chat with Frank Bennett the CEO of the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, KY. The museum has so many great things going on from museum exhibits, challenges, and programs you can attend. -------------- My friends Kimberly and Keven Jolly are the owners of the Fat Quarter Shop. You know Kimberly from her wonderful videos, publishing company called ‘Sew Emma’, sew alongs, yearly charity project, and most recently cross stitch with all that floss we own! I love working with her and her team. I want you to know about the cool projects you can get involved with! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I’ve been a huge fan of Heidi Staples work for years at her website Fabricmutt and at her Instagram. Heidi joined me awhile back and I knew when I saw her new book Patchwork USA and new fabric with Riley Blake we needed an update! -------- My good friend Jacquelynne Steves is back to chat embroidery, sew alongs, tools and more! She is a amazing designer and her Block of the Month projects in her club are wildly popular. We talk about pulling fabric for a block of the month from your stash, which is really easier than you think. --------- Author and Designer Linda Hahn is know form making New York Beauty blocks easy to do. She has a great skill buidling book out called New York Beauty Quilts Electrified. Such fun and creative ways to use the block. And I can’t wait to hear about her new fabric line! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Anne Wiens has never seen a scrap she didn’t like. She is the author of The Thrifty Quilter which is a system for precutting your scraps. She is an Island Batik Ambassador, you’ll have seen her quilts at the Moda bakeshop, and maybe even taken a workshop with he --------- Karen Gibbs has, as she puts it, done just about every job there is in quilting. From longarming for customers, writing a book and designing fabric. We are going to dive into her speciality today, batiks as she designs for Banyan Batiks. ---------- Sheryl Johnson is the owner of Temecula Quilt Company, a shop in Temecula CA. She is also an avid quilt maker sharing her process and stories on her blog, Facebook, and Instagram. With her recent book Quirky Little Quilts you can create wonderful little reproduction quilts to decorate your home. Her shop was also in the Fall 2009 in Quilt Sampler magazine, so look at your back issues! ----------- Roseann and I love to deep dived into a topic. Today it's tips on making that 'special' quilt. Roseann just did one for her new granddaughter. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I saw MJ Kinman’s gem quilts and was very intrigued. How did she come up with those and how does she design them? --------- I love Riane Menardi Morrison's style, very focused on shapes and color. She specializes in big modern shapes and her work is entirely hand quilted with high contrast stitching. If you belong to the Modern Quilt guild you will recognize her name as she does the emails, webinars, etc -------- Teresa Duryea Wong is an author, story teller, and a quilt maker. She has been a writer for many industries and now her focus is on quilting. Her books are filled with gorgeous photos and interesting quilting information. Focused on topics like her ‘American Cotton: Farm to Quilt’ and her information books on Japanese quilts. ------------ Cassandra Beaver of The Not So Dramatic Life has a rich background in making. She create quilts with a lot structure both in the design and the quilting of the. She has won awards for her quilts and she also teaches you how to create a unique piece all your own. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Jen Shaffer is the talented designer behind PBJ Patterns by Jen. You might have seen her Monthly color challenge, or created her delightful designs. -------- You will recognize Denise Russell’s gorgeous quilt designs, many shown by your favorite fabric companies. I really love her use of color and pattern, She is also a regular contributor to the magazine. --------- When I saw the remake of an 1876 quilt I had to find out a bit more. It was a project launched by friends Anne Dawson and Karen Alexander. Anne was able to join me to tell me how they came to be so passionate about reproducing this amazing quilt. ----------- I love seeing what Krista Moser comes up with next. To me her her quilts create illusions with the design and fabric selection. And she loves unusual shapes. Today we’ll get a few tips on make quilts the Krista way! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

The first time I chatted with Alyce she was living in Japan and we talked in the early morning hours for her because her small children would still be asleep! That is dedication from a quilt maker. Alyce is an amazing designer and has so many wonderful tutorials to help you. Today we are also going to talk bout EQ for YOU! She is an Electric Quilt Ambassador but knows you don't have to be a designer benefit from EQ.  ================ Jess Zeigler of threaded quilting is a designer, longarm quilter and regular contributor to American Patchwork & Quilting’s family of magazines.  She has a unique approach to selecting pantograph designs and a brilliant pattern for a No Y Seam Feathered star.  ================ Joyce Gieszler  is contributor to American patchwork & quilt magazine, you’ll find her ‘Go For a Spin’ in the Feb 2019 issue. She is a scrap quilter who love small patchwork, I can’t wait to get a few tips! ================ Kathy Ross is an artist that has been bitten by the love of thread. Her thread painted works look so real you’ll need to look twice to be sure it’s not a photo!  She brings her watercolor background into the mix and it’s magical. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

It is so fun to contact someone for the show and find out they took a workshop from me years ago! Denniele Bohannon of Louanna Mary Quilt Design made my day when she told me that! She has a wonderful design sense and I love the stories behind them. --------- Sharon Wasteney has her way with fabric. She does amazing over dyed lines which she uses in her projects. And her quilts often tell a story. She is designed the shop quilt when her favorite store was featured in the quilt shop issue. ------- Julia Wentzell is half of the Briar Hill Designs team as she works with her Sister-in-law Caverly. They create gorgeous fabric for RJR and wonderful patterns to use it in! --------- So excited to have my good friend designer Amy Smart back! Amy has been busy as a fabric designer, writer, Baby lock ambassador, and sometimes world traveler. She recently encountered Manx quilting. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

This is the time of year where the weather’s getting nicer and everyone starts planning their summer vacations! Whether you’re planning a big getaway with the whole family or just want to fit in some smaller day trips with your girlfriends, we have some suggestions for how to fit sewing into your travels!  From museums and quilt shows to explore in your area to must-have travel essentials, quilting buddies Lindsay, Elizabeth, and Alison shares their best tips for making quilting part of your summer travels. They even talk dream quilting vacations, what projects are perfect for a road trip, and how to get the best photography of your quilts on the road! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Ann Shaw is an amazing quiltmaker. Her quilts are filled with lively images full of color! If you have always wanted to understand how to develop a design and use lots of fabrics you’ll love to hear Ann’s tips --------- Karen Tripp IS the DIY addict. She has started many businesses and we are lucky she is obsessed with English Paper Piecing because she has created a whole universe of fun for EPP lovers!  With projects, sew alongs and tutorials at her website.  ------------ Kristy Daum of St. Louis Folk Victorian creates amazing modern quilts. She is also on the Olfa Creator team this year. I love her business name it's not what you think! ----------- Jayne Willis of Twiggy & Opal is wonderful designer that learned to quilt so her daughter would stop asking her .. little did she know where that would take her! You’ll find her work in the American Patchwork & Quilting family of magazine. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Marci Debetaz is Marci Girl Designs and she hosts these wonderful Finish-A-Long! Who doesn’t need encouragement to finish? She also started sewing with Barbie clothing just like me, I knew I'd love her! ------ Like many of you, I was first drawn to Carole Lyles Shaw’s work by her color! She is a modern quilt maker, teacher, and author of Patriotic Modern Quilts. She great tips today about being bold with color! -------- Shannon Fraser has a style you recognize right away. Her use of improv is wonderful and I love how she shares tips and her projects with gorgeous photos. I want to make each one!  -------- Kelli Fannin creates super fun quilts. When I saw her ‘One Giant Stitch’ I knew it was time to have her back on the show show to talk about her sampler style and her new Harry Potter sew along! And she'll tell us how dreams do come true!  ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I might have found Kelly Parker Smith from Hello World via her witty engraved items .. Coffee Coffee Coffee anyone? But once I found out she has turned her graphics into fabric I knew we had to chat. Now you get to meet this lovely creative spirit behind Hello World! -------- Joanne Hillestad of Fat Quarter Gypsy creates fun and unique projects from quilts to that pop up thread catchers most of you own. I love her whimsical style of making! And she actually has a camper just like her darling logo.  -------- I found Kim Jamieson-Hirst on youtube with her book reviews. She has such a fantastic channel and teaching style. If you want to learn something Kim has most likely done a video for you! She is owner of Chatterbox Quilts and host of The Quiler’s way, an online membership site.  ----------- Michelle May of ‘The Raspberry Rabbit’ creates darling things I want to make. Recently I was stalking her… I mean following her, and saw her daily embroidery project and had to hear more!. The photo of that follows. is her year long hexie project. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

One of the best things about working with Baby lock is meeting the other ambassadors that work in with the machines. Mallory Donohue make a lot of things, specializing in clothing. I first ‘found her’ by her wonderful videos on how to use the Sashiko machine. She and her mom Zede run SewHere.com. Which is about teaching sewing for everyone via their website, videos, FaceBook lives, and podcasts. We chat about making clothing that fits as we quilters have amazing fabric we can use for things other than quilts! ---- Who do I turn to for questions on the quilting design program Electric Quilt? My good friend Nancy Mahoney! She has been using the program for years, is and EQ Ambassador, and knows the ins and outs. I wanted to tell you about some of the features you might not know about with Nancy as our guide! --------- I was so excited to see Jenny Wilding Cardon’s book Visible Mending. The idea of artfully mending items is on the upswing and her book has so many fantastic ways to do this. Things we quilters will love! I first saw visible mending in about 1973 when one of the girls a few grades older than me was doing this to her favorite jeans. The one I remember most was a pocket, with zipper, on the inside thigh of her jeans. She kept her lunch money there.. it was the 70s.. the jeans had elephant bells and she was very on trend! Jenny also works for Martingale as an editor in charge of their online blog, facebook and Instagram account. She is incredible, you are going to love her! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Shannon Fabrics creates amazing textured fabric that are so fun to snuggle under. My friend Teresa Coates is an artist and the Event & Education co-ordinator for Shannon. You remember seeing her videos for Fat Quarter shop. Can’t wait to learn more about this fabric, I have a great kit to sew up! ----- Bill Locke is a fabulous designer and teacher. I know many of you follow his work. I had the chance to have a long chat with him and found out that he made one of my patterns earlier on, It was so exciting to see his! I also love that Bill is a one stop shop for your projects needs. Plus he is going to tell me about his Appli-simple technique! ------- When I saw the book ‘Modern Memory Quilts A HANDBOOK for capturing Meaningful moments’ I knew I had to learn more. The author is Suzanne Paquette of Atelier Six design. Here book is full of amazing suggestions to create meaningful quilts. To bring the story into your quilts. And you know how I love a story. --------- My friend Sue told me I needed to look at the Woolie Mammoth blog and video, when I did I found Anna Bates and her quilt travel videos! Anna is so delightful and she is having a blast sharing her quilting life. I thought we all need to get in on the fun. And she made my Let’s Go Sew quilt, I have to love her! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I’ve love Janet Wecker Frisch of Joy Studio’s work. She creates with an underlying theme of sewing in many of her pieces. I also adore her Halloween things! She shares lots of inspiring photos taken in her amazing studio. And she is now learning to quilt. ----- I have been following Nicole Volgelsinger of Wild Boho for awhile. Her newest book is Boho embroidery, full amazing ideas for new motifs and how to use them with applique. I love the whole concept! ------ I recently heard about a wonderful organization called Help Heal Veterans. They help our Veterans by using craft therapy. For 45 year their mission has been to provide therapeutic craft kits to every veteran who wants them. I asked the current CEO Joe McClain to join me for the 2nd half of my show to tell us about this organization how how we can help. Joe is retired USN and has held many leadership positions. Including currently on the board of the Association of Creative Industries. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I meet Mary Koval at her booth of antique quilts at one of the shows. I’ve always loved stopping in to see what type of quilts she has found. Mary also has a shop and retreat center in Beford PA. Her fabric lines are based on Antiques, can’t wait to hear about the newest! ----- I meet Angela Huffman of Quilted Joy when we were both doing demos for a long arm company. She was traveling, running her business and raising her triplets. Angela taught me a lot about longarming and working a business your own way. She now has a beautiful shop and you can visit her! ------ I love finding fresh new creative designs by quilt makers. Kristina Brinkerhoff of Center Street Quilts is creating amazing and fun design after design! She has a cool way of using checkerboards in her quilt that is next on my list to do. ================ visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Pat's Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/QuiltWithPatSloan/ Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com

A few times a year the amazing team of American Patchwork & quilting editors take over the podcast to share tips and insights. Like you and me, they are all quilters! Reader Tips:Editor Lindsay shares reader-submitted tips about storage solutions for your sewing space -- everything from storing batting to a creative use for a wine rack! Quilting Changes Everything:Lindsay shares a story originally published in the San Angelo Standard-Times, about a woman grieving for a dying friend and husband and how donating quilts to charity has helped her cope. Try This At Home:Editor Joanna challenges our listeners to abandon quilt guilt! She shares ideas of projects perfect for orphan blocks, where to donate unwanted quilts and scraps, and where to find support to finally finish your UFOs. Editor Interview:Alison Gamm, designer for Quilts & More, shares how she got into quilting, how she explores new colors and fabrics, and the technique she's tackling in 2019! Trending:Alison talks about the trend of Mindful Sewing to kick off the new year, including getting organized, joining a quilt along, and quilting because you love it -- and not for the Instagram likes! Products We Love:Designer Elizabeth shares her top product picks this month, which include small (and low-cost) products that will make your quilting life easier! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Kerry Foster of Penny Dog Patchwork is a self professed serial crafter, I like that! She has been working in the crafting industry sharing her things and when she learned to quilt has done the same. Her newest book is Paint by Number Quilts. This is her signature applique method of creating amazing animal quilts. --- I love Barbara ‘B’ Cain’s fresh style of quilt pattern, She is an author and pattern designer. I am super fond of her airplane & blimp!! Also the bee, I see a pattern of flight here! I really love her use of color too. ------- One of my favorite things about working in the quilting industry is making new friends through. I had meet Christopher. But it was when we were both at a Baby lock ambassador event that we really had to change to chat. We’ve been friends ever since. He is a fabric designer for Riley Blake and creates amazing projects with his lines. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I first meet Barbara Persing over our love of Aurifil thread. I have always loved her quilts. Barbara is not only a designer but an amazing longarm quilter as well. ========== Debbie MacInnis and her daughter Maggie MacInnis run Piecing the Past. A place for where traditional quilt patterns and gorgeous applique awaits all of you! Debbie has great applique tips and I’m excited to learn more about her Simpliqué applique and her newest sew along! ---------- Look on your book and fabric shelves and I image you’ll find books and fabric from the amazing Nancy Halvorsen of Art to Heart. I’ve enjoyed both her fabric and designs over the years. It’s thrilling to chat with Nancy about her work today. ---------- Roseann and I are chatting UFOs!!!  We have some great tips and true confessions ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Kimberly Moos is the person behind Cottoncuts company. She has created a fun multi-faceted business with a very neat charity portion, subscriptions boxes, and she’ll tell us about a brand new feature too! And she has a cook Chopstick trick for us today. ---- I’ve seen Angela Smiths lovely wooden pieces her company Purl & Loop creates and I was intrigued. We all have thread, we are quilters after all. And many of us love to do use what we have in some unique ways. Her jewelry and other pieces creative templates and very exciting to see in person. We’ll learn all about what we can do with them today. ------- I’m sure I could chat with my friend Bonnie Sullivan of All through the Night all day, but we are going to catch up on her newest projects. And I ask her how her designs have changed, or not, over the years. You will love making her creations in cotton, wool, or a combination of both. Some of her newest projects are really clever, you’ll hear about them all today! ------ Each month I'll have segment to chat about what I"m doing, answer questions you have, talk about new find or events! This month I kick off with how I started the new year:My Word of the Year- Photo a Day- A True confession - Listen to find out what it is!- 2 Free Sew Alongs1- BOM - 'Out of this World' 2- Block a Week Easy 'A Flower Bouquet' ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I saw Mona Phelps quilts at the Moda Bakeshop. She creates very doable projects and has great tutorials. When I contacted her it was fun to learn she has only been quilting two years. ------ Many quilters are involved with the Quilts of Valor. By volunteering and making quilts to be given. The organization was started in 2003 by founder Catherine Roberts after her son Nat was deployed in Iraq. Since 2003 they have given 200,000 quilts. Their website has a wonderful history section where you can learn how the organization progressed from her initial idea to what it is today. I have Sue Reich the Board President with me today. ------ Jenni Smith is one of the few designers I had a chance to meet in person first! She was at the Aurifil Booth at one of the trade shows. We chatted and have been friends every since. Jenni is multi talented as she does clothing and quilting. She have a block in our Splendid Sampler 2 book and has been doing wonderful videos of the blocks. Plus she works with Liberty of London fabric, I want you to know all about that too! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Heather Long is a Moda bake shop contributor and wonderful designer at Coffee and Quilts. I knew I’d love her when I saw her website name! Heather designs doable projects that are fun and creative. ------ I’ve always love Sujata Shah’s quilts and style. The are exciting, friendly to try, and gorgeous all at once. I can still remember meeting her and her husband at the trade show, it was delightful to meet in person! Sujata has done some incredibly exciting trips for quilters to India. Can’t wait to hear about those and get a few travel tips from her -------- Kim Shafer of Little Quilt Company is a prolific author, fabric and quilt designer who is creating so many wonderful fabrics and projects we love. She is also a long time contributor to American Patchwork & Quilting’s family of magazines. ---------- I love catching up with the super Talented Becky Goldsmith. I first meet Becky at a trade show in Charlottesville, as I was just starting my business and I was then and still am, a huge fan of Becky’s work. She has a new book based on a fantastic quilt. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Emily Thompson of Life Sew Savory write about sewing, crafts, recipes, and more! I love her tutorials and she hosts a facebook live sewing show each week. I know you are going to come away with a quite a few useful tips today ------ Michael Caputo is an author, avid maker of all things, and a quilt designer. I love his modern quilts, they are amazing with great designs and unexpected use of colors. We are going to get some great tips today on quilting. ------ Linda Hungerford is an author, teacher, and quiltmaker behind the website Flourishing Palms. Her sunny quilt vibe caught my attention after I saw her sweet Hexagon Pillow in the book ‘Modern Patchwork Home’. She has so many people to quilt with her inperson workshops and online tutorials. --------- I had several friends tell me to visit Heather Black’s Instagram feed for gorgeous modern quilts, they were right! She has a fabulous balance to her modern pieces that I love. Heather enters her quilts in shows, she teaches. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

If you love to read you will love my guest, not only is she a quilt maker but she writes novels about them too! Carol Dean Jones books are the mystery series called a ‘Cozy’, easy to read and they come with a pattern, so fun! ------- Sometimes I find my guests in unique ways. I was on vacation chatting with some other guests in a wine bar on a ship. My new friend was telling us they love to travel to wineries and had I been to Parsonage Winery in Carmel Valley, CA where the labels were quilts? Of course I had to find out about this and today, I have quilt maker Mary Ellen Parsons here! --------- Sarah Elizabeth Sharp is a talented quilt maker and author at the website ‘NoHatsInTheHouse’. I love reading about her process and thoughts as she shares her projects at her website. Today we’ll dive into some paper piecing design, her new book is fabulous! --------- I love hearing that teachers use quilting in the classroom. Sarah Morris is an 8th grade math teacher in Tennessee and she has a barn quilts project her class is doing that is so good, I had to have her share with us! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Kim Soper of Leland Ave Studio creates modern quilts and builds connections. She passionate about connecting quilters to each other. Via her interviews in her Creativity series and her online projects. ------- Karen Lee Carter lives an artful life full of trims and beads, buttons and yarns, all displayed on amazing quilts. She is a teacher and a self proclaimed ‘embellisher’. ------ Dawn Cook Ronningen is a author, collector, historian and quilt maker. She specializes in vintage and antiques quilts. A woman after my own heart! ------- Carole Carter is the quiltmaker behind From My Carolina Home website. She hosts lots of fun events, which is how I came to know her! If you love scraps and all things quilting, you are in the right place. She is a lot of fun! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I’m super excited for you to meet Toni Smith of Quiltoni. She is a designer with a passion for comic, computer games, and pixelated quilts. Her original patterns and finished quilts are so fun and very doable. She also runs a super fun tv channel on twitch and we are going to learn ALL about that! ---------- I’ve been a huge fan of Teddy Pruett’s quilts. She create vibrant quilts full of stories. As a writer, she weaves her stories in and around the images on her quilts. She also spent a lot of years as a quilt appraiser and there her knowledge of quilts and the stories they held grew deep. You’ll love her ‘no rules’ approach to making. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Arlene Stamper and Melissa Harris are the mother, daughter design team at Quilt Company. If you love applique like I do, then I know you have seen their darling patterns. Have you wondered how they come up with all the amazing project ideas? In this show we gain some insight into how they design and a lot more. ------- Many of you know about the Wonderful Quilt show in Houston Texas held in late October or early November called Quilt Festival. Quilts Inc also hosts 2 trade show each year and over my 23 years in the industry I’ve meet quite a few of the staff. I wanted to focus on Learning so I invited the super talented Marcia Barker, the Director of Education, to give me a few highlights of what is at Quilt Festival for you to learn from. ------- I’m excited to chat again with Karen Miller of Red Bird Quilt Company. It’s been awhile and Karen has been out teaching and creating some amazing programs I want you to know about. One is about thread education as we both love and do projects with Aurifil. So today you’ll learn more about thread weights and what they are for. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Products We Love: Designer Elizabeth shares her top product picks this month, including gift ideas for all the quilters in your life. Trending: Designer Alison talks about the "slowing down" trend she's seeing on Instagram, which includes English Paper Piecing, hand-quilting and hand-piecing, and sewing curves. Editor Interview with Lindsay Mayland, multimedia editor: She shares her favorite tools, how she got starting quilting after college, and what fun things she has planned for American Patchwork & Quilting social media for 2019! Special LIVE segment: Editor Lindsay and Promotions Manager Beth come to you live from our Sew-In for the One Million Pillowcase Challenge. In 10 hours of sewing, our group made 1,392 pillowcases for local charities. Try This At Home: Editor Joanna challenges our listeners to get out of their creative rut in a fun way! She shares tips for stretching your creativity and jumpstarting their inspiration. Reader Tips: Editor Lisa shares reader-submitted tips about repurposing sewing scraps for holiday gift wrapping and decor. She also gives tips for personalizing gifts this season. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Shelly Morgan designs doable projects for everyone. She writes at Coral and Company with patterns, sew alongs and videos on the different projects. From darling pillows to baby quilts, Shelly has lots of projects you will love! She also has some great tips and you’ll love the one about using minky for your quilts. --------- Patty Dudek of Elm Street Quilts runs a lot of fun projects. I’ve chatted with Patty several times over the years as she runs her events like her One Month Goal and her yearly Quilt Along. She has fantastic doable tips for us on how to break down a project into steps so you meet your goal to finish it. ----------- I bet you have bought a pattern or booklet by LavenderLime. You might have even visited them when they owned a shop in Chattanooga, TN which was a Quilt Sampler Magazine Top Ten shop in 2009. When they decided their pattern business was the main business Kathy Skomp set up online and we’ve been enjoying her designs using Moda Fabrics ever since! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Author and designer Linzee McCray was on the show earlier this year to chat about feedsacks. She wrote the book True Blue Feedsacks which is an awesome book filled with so many great stories and photos. Linzee is continuing her quest for more knowledge about feedsacks and I am excited to hear more about what she is doing. ------- Being part of the Babylock family, I am so lucky to meet an incredible array of designers in all areas of sewing. From home dec to fashion, Babylock ambassadors are everywhere. I’ve become friends with Fashion designer Truly Alvarenga who creates one of a kind fashion in her studio in Nashville. When the ambassadors get together once a year we all are ‘makers’. Nobody knows anyone’s background we just now we love to create and we love Babylock machines. We have a common language and we learn so much from each other. Truly sews home dec besides her fashion, and you will love meeting her! ------------- Kelly Young is an author, instructor and quilt maker writing at My Quilt Infatuation. She uses her scraps in a fun unique way to create improvisational pieces that she then cuts into other shapes for really interesting quilts that use up all those small pieces you keep. -------- Rebecca Bryan of Bryan House Quilts is a multi talented quilt maker who is all about color! From her website to her patterns and projects, you will first see her great use of color. Rebecca is one of the designers for our Splendid Sampler 2 project and we are going to dive a bit in color and about goals. She had a huge family move to another country and then back again over 18 months and learned a lot about goal setting that can help all of us. She was also the covergirl from American Patchwork & Quilting, August 2016 issue with Star Bright, Star White. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I spotted Jude Spero’s beautiful project using my fabric on the front of the Table Runner Round up book, I had to see her other work. Jude is the designer at Little Louise Designs. ------- I’m delighted to have Amy Johnson back on my show! She is a master at ruler work for Freemotion quilting, a shop owner, and a designer… including being one of the Splendid Sampler 2 team designers! We are going to chat about learning freemotion, Amy has some exciting things going on. ------- I’m a huge fan of Amber Johnson’s quilting, at GigisThimble. She creates designs that are fun and doable. She also has done some great sew alongs and share fun projects. A saw her series of posts about her road trip. That got me to thinking about how many quilters love a good quilting adventure. We are going to talk about that a lot more! She also has great advice on keeping projects moving and have 5 fat Quarters? she has a quilt for you! ---------- Berene Campell is a talented designer who writes at Happy Sew Lucky. She creates quilts and projects with meaning. Quilts and projects to help others. Having been part of many community projects, Berene has advice and tips on what makes them successful. PLUS you have to check out her tattoo quilt shown above, it's amazing! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

If you have been following my Button club projects, you see in year 3 that Tammy Tutterow’s delightful alphabet pattern is one of the features! Tammy is a fantastic designer who focuses on small applique projects she calls ‘bit size’ projects. Ones that can be started and finished in a limited amount of time. She give us an insight into her work and a few tips too! ------ To say I’m a HUGE fan girl of Amanda Niederhauser’s quilts is an understatement, I might be the life long fan club president at this point. She is not just create with her quilting, but with her writing, her photos and her collaboration work. Amanda is a mom of both people and cats, so for those of you who are cat moms’ you need to follow her Instagram to see all the gorgeous kitty assistant photos. It’s been awhile since I checked in with Amanda so I’m thrilled to catch up and hear about her newest projects! ------- Russell Conte of Sewp box is leading a fully creative life. I meet Russell at the Babylock Sewing Machine Ambassador event. We had a chance for a chat before our group went to the Opera and I loved getting to know him. Besides being a shop owner for 20 years, he created a massive teaching culture for the shop and now teaches full time as part of the faculty in the Fashion Department at Los Angeles Trade Technical College. Russell has a passion for teaching and we are going to talk about this and how you can teach others. He has great tips. Also I love his motto is “"Needle, thread, machines, leather, material...and a voice from my Sewp Box for passion and creativity". You are going to love Russell.. oh my the way.. he makes shoes too.. seriously.. leather shoes... ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Editor Interview with Lisa Schumacher, editor of Quilt Sampler magazine: She gives tips for nominating your quilt shop for Quilt Sampler magazine, talks about her love of machine quilting, and shares the sewing tool she could never live without! Reader Tips: Lisa shares reader-submitted tips about using magnets in your sewing space, as well as great on-the-go sewing ideas. Trending: Designer Alison talks about trends she's seeing on Instagram, including home decor items like the Jelly-Roll Rug by RJ Designs. Products We Love: Designer Elizabeth shares her top product picks this month, including rulers, quilting tools, labels, and more! Quilting Changes Everything: Editor Lindsay shares a story about a World War 2 veteran who celebrated his 95th birthday by donating his 500th quilt to the charity Bundles of Joy. Try This At Home: Editor Joanna challenges our listeners to make use of what you have! She shares tips for cleaning and maintaining your supplies so they last longer, and great ways to sort and use scraps in your sewing. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Annette Williams is the talented designer behind ‘The Good Life’ design company. She creates darling embroidery, patchwork and English paper pieced designs. It’s going to be fun to learn more today about her! -------------------- You already know Tonya Alexander from her awesome projects in American Patchwork & Quilting’s family of magazines. She is a scrappy genius, designing projects that are fun to do with your scraps. We are going to talk string quilts and how to effectively use low volume, or light fabrics, to your advantage. ------------ If you are online you have seen one of Laura Piland’s quilts, and like most of us you stop dead in your tracks to look at it again.. and again. Laura writes at Slice of Pi Quilts and I excited to meet her and learn about her quilt making! -------------------- I love seeing someone bring a focus to a topic we all love, machine quilting. Catherine Redford’s book is called Modern Machine quilting. She is an award winning quilter and teacher as well. We’ll learn how to look at a quilt with a lot of open space and use skill that are very familiar to enhance a modern quilt. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Carolyn Forster is an author and I like to think of her as the ultimate teacher. Her book are so full of information and techniques. If you are lucky enough to be able to take a workshop with her, you must! Her newest book is The Handmade Quilt, a skill building sampler. I’m all about samplers and skill building, looking forward to a few tips today, I see curves! ---------- Jo Avery is the very talented designer at myBearpaw. Which is a fabric, yarn and haberdashery store in central Edinburgh Scotland. I’ve followed Jo’s work for years, we invited her to our Splendid Sampler 2 design team and I finally was able to schedule a time we could talk! ---------- I meet Gail Pan years ago at the tradeshow when my friend was helping me at the show. She followed Gail’s work and took me over to introduce us, we’ve been friends every since! She is an incredible embroidery designer, fabric designer, and author. She is also created a block for our Splendid Sampler 1 book! We are talking stitching and fabric today, because Gail is the expert! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I love antique quilts and reading about the people who made them. It’s a joy to open Lynn Miller’s website Vintage and Antique to read the stories she has written about quilt makers from the past. Lynn often writes a series of articles so it’s very fun to dive deep into the background behind either the maker or sometimes the collectors. ========== I’ve been lucky to get to know Lori Kennedy of The Inbox Jaunt (she was our July 18 Splendid Sampler Designer) and today we are going to dive deep into tips & tricks she has for machine quilting. Her new book is fabulous, you must get it! Also we are going to talk about learning to quilt as all five (yes 5!) of Lori’s adjust daughters are learning right now. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I take the show on the road and tell you about my travels! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

In my online quilt community at Facebook there are so many amazing quilts being made everyone during my sew alongs. Many of you will even share a personal story to go with my story about the sew along blocks. Jen de Jong made my Grandma’s Kitchen and she didn’t just do one, she did many and then she involved her whole family during the process. I loved the joy she brought to her family and to my community. I’m thrilled to chat with Jen about making her memory quilts from my project. ------------- I have have followed Melanie Call’s at her website A Bit of Scrap Stuff for awhile now. I love how she combines fabrics and how she takes parts of sew alongs for super fun variations. It’s great to see how quilting can be changed up! ------- HollyAnne Knight of String and Story is a quilt teacher with her training videos and articles and also started a charity called Quilts for Cure to raise awareness about childhood cancers. I asked her if she would talk about her charity organization as so many quilters do charity work. ------------------- I tell you the back story to The Splendid Sampler 2 sew along! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Author and talented quilt designer Melissa Corry of Happy Quilting joins me again today! I wanted to catch up with her, talk about her finished Splendid Sampler 1 and get a few details about keeping organized as she makes a lot of projects, I need some tips! ------ I love catching up with designer Jacquelynne Steves! She has fun projects, a gorgeous newsletter and a cool sew along. Today I asked her to talk fabric selecting with me, one of those topics near and dear to a quilters heart. ---------- I’m so excited to have Vicki McCarty of Calico Patch Designs shop in Morehead KY back on the show today. And we convinced her fun husband Tom to join us! Vicki & Tom own and run the shop and so many fun things have gone on since we last talked, like being selected for the 2018 Fall Quilt Sampler magazine! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

It’s great to have the talented Wendy Sheppard from Ivory Springs back! You know Wendy’s amazing quilts, her great stitching and lately her daughter Gwen has been doing embroidery! We are talking the two world of Wendy… free motion quilting and hand embroidery with her daughter. --------- I’ve long followed Melanie Ham’s youtube channel. She does super fun and engaging projects. Quilts, crochet and a bit more! I wanted you to meet her and someday I’m REALLY going to get back to crochet as she has such cute projects! -------------- Shari Butler of Doohikey Designs is a talented fabric designer and manufacturer of the most adorable accessories ever. If you have seen a binding baby, then you’ll know how clever Shari it. I asked Shari to share some behind the scenes of the life of a designer with me with during the second half of the show today. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Carolina Asmussem is a talented designer and quilters. She creates very unique one of a kind quilts. She also teaches machine quilting on your home machine, so you can learn how to do amazing things! Carolina quilted the Aurifil 2017 Designer of the Month quilt for the company and I can't wait to chat with her about that ----------- Andrea Tsang Jackson of 3rd Story Workshop joins me to share about an amazing international project she is doing with songwriter Meaghan Smith called Our Song. This is such a cool project! I honored that Andrea asked me to share what community means to me. ------------ I’m thrilled to have author, designer, instructor, and quilt expert Donna Lynn Thomas back. We are going to chat about tiny piecing techniques and sampler quilts. If there is time, we'll chat about what a quilting cruise is like. We have both taught on them, and many people want to know what they are all about! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

The editors take over Pat's podcast this week to share tips for summer sewing and on-the-go projects, talk trends from International Quilt Market, and share the local quilt shops on our road trip list this summer! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Christine Weld of the Quarter Inch is an active Moda Bake shop designer who love sharing her designs. I’m thrilled to have her give us a few insider tips on how she designs with Precuts. Plus a little chat on the benfits of making charity quilts --------------------- Penni Domikis is the designer behind Cabin in the Woods Quilters. She is a pattern and template company but really a whole lot more. Penni specializes in teaching and finding great ways for you to expand your technical skills and use up scraps! -------------------- Meghan Buchanan of Then Came June might have a fairly young business, but it’s mighty! Her designs have a great graphic appeal and she tosses in really darling projects like her ghost pattern. She loves speedy sewing projects and has some tips for those of that are impatient when we sew… like me! ------------------ My buddy, Sizzix Designer and Author, Roseann Kermes is back! We are chatting about buying books. We both have a love of quilting books and we have a million reasons why you need them.  If you saw our shelves, you'd realize we are experts at book buying! -------------- ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

Marla Varner of Penny Lane Quilts creates exciting quilts in modern improvisational style. But she didn’t start that way. Marla began with traditional quilts and I’m excited to hear about her journey to a different style of making. ================ I first saw Lindsey Neill’s Pen and Paper quilts when there were a lot of adorable snail blocks showing up in my instagram feed. Lindsey creates whimsical modern and minimalist quilts. Let’s hear how she comes up with her creations and what might be around the corner for us ================ Cindy Needham tag line on her about page is ‘Quilting Changed My Life’, I feel the same way. She is an avid quilter that, like me, quit her day job to create a business. She travels to teach and has a class on Craftsy. I’m very interested in her work on linen, how cool is that? ================ Richy Lainson has a fabulous sense of color. He combines things and everyone goes, why didn't i think of that!  He has a new role designing projects for the BasicGrey company to showcase their fabric and he is on our Splendid Sampler design team! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I love the projects from Susan Knapp of the Quilt Branch, they are fun and doable. You may know her from signature project ‘Six Halves Make a Whole, where each project starts from 6 half-yard cuts of fabric’. We are going to get some great tips about embracing unique shapes and getting used to a specialty rulers. ------------- I love how Shannon Brinkley uses scraps to applique. Use applies this approach to very fresh designs and has a whole book of projects with it. Shannon shares tips making scrappy applique work and will tell us about her first fabric line with Andover called Mosaic.. which seems like a fitting name! Shannon has some fantastic tips for doing the pointy edges with satin stitch on her projects, well worth listening! ------------- Teacher, author and amazing quilt maker, Krista Hennebury joins me again so we can talk about taking quilting on the road! She has attended big and small shows across the world, plus taught.. it's fun to hear about her travels. And Krista is one of the designers of our Splendid Sampler II project! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.