Crafty Planner Podcast

Today's podcast guest is Valori Wells. Living in Sisters, Oregon, Valori is a fabric and pattern designer along with the daughter of Jean Wells. During our podcast, Valori talks about the day to day life of a fabric designer, working with her mother, the challenges of living in the moment when you are self employed and how traveling has changed her perspective.  *This episode has been labeled explicit due to language.* This episode is sponsored by Creativebug and Fat Quarter Shop.  You can find the show notes at craftyplanner.com/podcast.

Today's podcast guest is London Kaye. She is a New York based street artist and yarn bomber. During our podcast, London and I talk about how she went from a full dance scholarship at New York University to a street artist/yarn bomber, the story behind her past projects and the passion she brings to her work.  Music by Mekanism Sound.  This episode is sponsored by Creativebug.  You can find the show notes on my website: (craftyplanner.com/podcast).

Today's podcast guest is Violet Craft (violetcraft.com). Living in Portland, Oregon, Violet is a wife, mother, fabric and pattern designer. During our podcast, we talk about growing up with crafty grandparents, the inspiration behind her fabric and pattern collections and the importance of doing what you love. Music by Mekanism Sound.  This episode is sponsored by Creativebug, Fat Quarter Shop and Sewtopia.  You can find the show notes at craftyplanner.com/podcast.

As part of my continuing series of the Mighty Lucky Quilting Club, today's guest is Rossie Hutchinson. Living outside Ann Arbor, Michigan, Rossie is an improv quilter, wife and mother to many animals. For this month, she is teaching "One Wrong Color" about using color in your work. During our podcast, we talk about crafts of self sufficiency, love of color and the importance of credit and respect in the community. This episode is sponsored by Lucky Spool Media (luckyspool.com), Fat Quarter Shop (fatquartershop.com) and Sewtopia (gosewtopia.com)  Music by Mekanism Sound.  You can find show notes on my website (craftyplanner.com)

Today's podcast is different than any of the other episodes. It is a recording of the Diversity in the Quilting World panel discussion from Quilt Con West. Since we stripped the audio from a periscope recording, I apologize in advance for it not being the best. I still hope you will be able to enjoy the discussion. Thank you for listening.

Today's podcast guest is Drew Steinbrecher. Living in Cincinnati, Ohio, he is a graphic designer, knitter and quilter. During our conversation, we talk about his crafty history, the inclusion of his Letting Go quilt in Sherri Lynn Wood's Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters and what he is working on now.Music by Mekanism Sound. This episode is sponsored by Creativebug, the Precut Store and Sewtopia. You can find the show notes at craftyplanner.com/podcast.

Today's podcast guest is Kelle Boyd of Ann Kelle Designs. Living in Nashville, Tennessee, she is a fabric and stationary designer. During our conversation, we explore how her childhood dreams of being a designer were revisited after a stressful work experience, how her parent's love for music influenced her Beatbox fabric line and the story behind her Girlfriends series. This episode is sponsored by Creativebug (creativebug.com), Fat Quarter Shop (fatquartershop.com) and Sewtopia (gosewtopia.com). Music by Mekanism Sound. You can find the show notes (craftyplanner.com/podcast).

Today's podcast guest is Cal Patch. Living in upstate New York, Cal is a teacher, author, textile artist and farmer. As a maker extraordinaire, we talk about her creative journey from fashion design to today, her passion for teaching both in person and through Creativebug along with describing her perfect day. This episode is sponsored by Textillia (textillia.com), Fat Quarter Shop (fatquartershop.com) and Creativebug (creativebug.com). Music by Mekanism Sound. For more information, please check out the show notes here. (craftyplanner.com/podcast)

As part of my ongoing series with the designers of the Mighty Lucky Quilting Club, today's guest is Season Evans. She will be teaching this month's lesson on minimal improv quilting. We talk about how she fell in love with quilting, her favorite fabrics and how she designs her quilts. This episode is sponsored by Lucky Spool Media (luckyspool.com) and Fat Quarter Shop (fatquartershop.com). Music by Mekanism Sound. You can find show notes on my website (craftyplanner.com)

Today's podcast guest is Frank Palmer of Full Frontal Quilt and Dyeworks. Living in Florida, Frank owns a long arm quilting business creating unique and fun quilts. During our conversation, we talk about how each quilt tells him how they want to be quilted, the importance of fulfillment in your work and his thoughts on the recent discussions about men in the quilting industry. As a warning, there are cuss words so I have labeled the episode as explicity.This episode is sponsored by Bill Volckening (willywonkyquilts.blogspot.com), Sewtopia (gosewtopia.com) and Fat Quarter Shop (fatquartershop.com). Music by Mekanism Sound. You can find the show notes here (craftyplanner.com/podcast).

Today's podcast guest is Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession. Living in Australia, Kathy is a quilt store owner, fabric and quilt designer, teacher, wife and mother. Well known for her love of color and modern interpretations of traditional quilts, Kathy and I talk about the promise of joy with each new project, her fabric crusade for the love of brown, how she shares the permission to be "you" and so much more. This episode is sponsored by Sewtopia (gosewtopia.com), Fat Quarter Shop (fatquartershop.com) and Free Spirit Fabric  (freespiritfabric.com)Music by Mekanism Sound. You can find the show notes here (craftyplanner.com).

Today's podcast guest is Cristy Fincher of Purple Daisies Quilting. She is a quilter, teacher and quilt designer. During the podcast, we talk about being the daughter of master quilter, Sharon Schamber, what skills she recommends for all quilters, and her thoughts on teaching.This episode is sponsored by Sewtopia (gosewtopia.com) and Fat Quarter Shop (fatquartershop.com/). Music by Mekanism Sound. You can find the show notes here (craftyplanner.com/podcast).

Today's podcast is the first in a new series about the Mighty Lucky Quilting Club, founded by Lucky Spool Media. Our first teacher is Krista Fleckenstein of Spotted Stone and author of Beyond Cotton. During our conversation, we talk about how she has always been artistic, her award winning quilts at Quilt Con 2013 and why she is teaching others about the many uses of bias tape.This episode is sponsored by Sewtopia (gosewtopia.com). Music by Mekanism Sound. You can find the show notes here (craftyplanner.com/podcast).

Today's podcast guest is Bill Volckening. As a self proclaimed "quilt magnet", Bill is a quilt collector, appraiser, author and exhibit curator. During our conversation, we talk about why he started collecting quilts, the beauty of imperfect quilts, his books and what he sees is the next trend in quilting. This episode is sponsored by Sewtopia (gosewtopia.com) and The Modern Quilt Guild (themodernquiltguild.com/). Music by Mekanism Sound. You can find the show notes here (craftyplanner.com/podcast). I will be taking two weeks off for the holidays. See you in the New Year!

Today's podcast guest is Gwen Marston. During our conversation, we talk about talk about how she learned to hand quilt on a quilt frame, the inspiration she receives from antique and folk art quilts, why she uses solid fabrics and how it feels to make your own quilt designs.This episode is sponsored by Sewtopia (gosewtopia.com) and The Modern Quilt Guild (themodernquiltguild.com). Music by Mekanism Sound. You can find the show notes here (craftyplanner.com/podcast).