American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast

Felicia Brenoe is a talented quiltmaker and designer. From teeny tiny log cabin blocks to appliqueing a garden she has designed it all. I really love her philosophy on honoring your personal style. We chat about her book, how living in Norway introduced her to textiles and a tip on how to handle tiny paper piecing! http://www.feliciasworld.com/ -------------- I truly love the internet. How else would I have found about about the quilt designed to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary by Kat Tucker of Next Step Quilt Designs? She designed 150 blocks and each is inspired by the story of an Canadian born woman who made a difference. nextstepquiltdesigns.blogspot.ca/, ------------------ Brenda Ratliff is the dynamic owner of Pink Castle Fabric, organizer of Camp StitchAlot & SewPro and a fabric designer with RJR. I am excited to be working with Brenda as part of the 2017 Aurifil Design team and today we talk about retreats. What they are, how to attend a retreat if you have never done that before, and what to do to have the most enjoyable experience http://stitchalot.com/ ---------- Heather Valentine from the Sewing Loft always has loads of fun things at her website. From themed topics to teaching you how to use the embroidery unit on your Baby lock, it’s a great site for information. Heather and I were talking the other day and she mentioned her grandmother had worked for the Coats family, as in Coats & Clark thread… how neat is that! She tells us all about that and how it inspired her to sew and create her Sewing loft company. thesewingloftblog.com/ ================ visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I love discovering how clever and resourceful designers are. Sue Pfau of Sweet Jane Quilting has a book with 12 project sure to make you swoon over precuts! And Her story about how you landed on this is great! Anyone can be successful with a little formula in their pocket. https://www.instagram.com/sweetjanequilts/ ============== I’m so happy to chat with Jacquie Gering again! If I can point to one person that has influenced how I think about machine quilting in the last couple of years, it is Jacquie’s walking foot quilting. She has showed you in her craftsy classes and now she has a beautiful and information packed teaching book called ‘Walk’. We are going to get a peek at how she thinks about using the walking foot to quilt.. hint.. not in the ditch! www.jacquiegering.com/ =============== I know a LOT of you own a Twister ruler, today I have one of the company owners, Marilyn Foreman, here to talk to me about how she used the ruler then bought the business! Plus she has some tips for you on them. www.twistersistersdesigns.com/ ============= Q&A with Pat -I want to share about the Moda All Star book projects, the new Moda Challenge and a Q&A Where I have some really interesting questions to answer.. like 'I can't seem to find my style' and 'how to shop for what you will really use'.. oh my.. I think i see all of you nodding your heads! ================ visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I’m smitten with the delightful images that Tasha Noel creates. On fabric and in her embroidery, they are darling! We’ll get an insider peek to how Tasha designs and I can’t wait to hear more about how she loves to use decorative stitches as quilting stitches on her machine! www.instagram.com/tashanoel1/ ============== I’m delighted that Linda Thielfoldt is my quilt expert joining me every month in 2017. She is an award winning quilter, a teacher, designer, author and she quilts for hire too. But besides all that Linda has a very deep technical knowledge of the quilt making process. Each month we’ll have a chance to dig deep into a topic everyone wants to know about! To kick off the year, we’ll talk about teaching. And more importantly, teaching someone else to quilt so that they love it as much as we do. You are in for a real treat this year getting to know Linda! http://www.thequiltedgoose.com/ ================== For the second half of my show I will be talking with Gwen Marston. Her work spans folk art, to liberated quilting making, to minimalist styles. Her newest book, I believe #30, is a retrospect of her pieces called ‘A common Thread’. A coffee table book full of amazing photos of her quilts that span her work to this date. Gwen curated the collection and I can’t wait to talk about quilting ‘then’ and ‘now’ … and mostly about how she she developed as an artist through the years. =================== visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I believe a lot of us first noticed Sheri Cifaldi-Morrill’s work with her ‘Buzzz’ quilt that won the 2015 Quilt Alliance animal quilt contest. I want to learn how Sheri has taken her graphics design background, love of math, and symmetry to her unique quilts. With this combo Sheri’s quilts pull a lot of design punch. We’ll hear today how she works through creating a new design http://wholecirclestudio.com/ ==================== As quiltmakers we usually do a few other things beside quilt. Maybe crochet, garden, bake… or read. Yep… quilters LOVE a story and put a quilter IN that story and we can really relate! We are so lucky that many novelist are also quilters and choose to make the star of the novel a quilt maker. I’m excited to have author Frances Dowell with me today to tell me about her book Birds in the Air. I want to learn how she spins our quilting into the book! http://quiltfiction.com/ ================== Vicki Ruebel is an extraordinary award longarm quilter. I was drawn to her work because she has a way of adding another whole layer to the quilt top that brings out the very best. She is going to share with me some tips for thinking about the quilting design and how to prepare to hire a longarm quilter to work on your quilt. www.OrchidOwlQuilts.com ================ I've been a huge fan of Joanna Figueroa of Fig Tree for years. She is a regular contributor to American Patchwork & quilt magazine, and have been on the show several times. Joanna told me the other day she is redoing her studio.. which is a personal obsession of mine! So we are talking studio redos, her new Coney Island fabric line for Moda, and if we have time... a little about her block of the month quilts inspired by antique quilts. http://www.figtreequilts.typepad.com/ ================ visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Yvonne Fuchs designs, teaches and writes as ‘Quilting Jet Girl - sewing at the speed of sound’. … she is my kind of gal! She has a great design style plus shares many great tutorials at her website. One thing we have in common is building quilt communities. Yvonne does a lot of projects and I’m excited to get to know her today! http://quiltingjetgirl.com/ -------------------- If you have not had a chance to meet Paula Nadelstern yet, you are in for a treat today! She creates innovative and complex designs for her quilts that are inspired by the symmetry of kaleidoscopic images. Her award winning work has been exhibit at quilt shows & museums. Such as having the first one-person exhibition highlighting the work of a contemporary quilt artist (2009) at the American Folk Art Museum's in NYC. She is an author and a fabric designer with her super power being to create fabrics that are cut apart to design incredible images. We are going to hear how she designs and then get a peek at how working in series has brought her to the newest book ‘Fabricadabra’ www.paulanadelstern.com/ --------------------------- This month my Question & Answer session goes over what do beignner really need to nail to go forward, (hint.. 1/4" seam and why), how to get motivated to work on your projects, Can you sharpen a Seam Ripper (why yes you can, and Amy Friend tells you how!), plus more along with . learning about Janet Clare's Apron and her New Fabric line. Plus why Templates are a GREAT thing! (PS... I was recovering a bit from my cold still.. had a few 'cough pauses'... bleh... ) ================ visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest links at http://blog.patsloan.com/radio-shows/ ------------------- Tina Curran is an award winning art quilter and designer of some pretty fun project patterns. I first noticed her work when someone share a photo of a quilt they did from her pattern. Tina is known for her use of color both in her art quilts and her patterns. --------------- Mary Kerr always comes up with pretty amazing projects, often incorporating vintage textiles and vintage quilts or quilt ‘parts’. You know .. those pieces you made but didn’t use? Quilters have done this for years and Mary takes those parts and uses them in her quilts. Her book ‘Twisted, Modern Quilts with a Vintage Twist’ is brilliant! She not only took quilt parts, made unique tops, but then asked well known quilter to quilt the pieces. She shares their process for taking that blank canvas to the next extraordinary level. I’m excited to hear about the project from Mary and get tips and how to do something like this myself… maybe we’ll even get an insider story out of her.. wink! ----------------------- I’m delighted to have Linda Thielfoldt as my quilt expert joining me every month in 2017. She is an award winning quilter, a teacher, designer, author and she quilts for hire too. But besides all that Linda has a very deep technical knowledge of the quilt making process. Each month we’ll have a chance to dig deep into a topic everyone wants to know about! To kick off the year, we’ll talk about teaching. And more importantly, teaching someone else to quilt so that they love it as much as we do. You are in for a real treat this year getting to know Linda! ------------- The first show of every year I have the American Patchwork & Quilting editor on the chat about what we’ll find in the issues this 2017! I’ve worked with Jody Sanders for many years and not only is she a great editor, but she is so talented! You should follow her at Instagram to see all her really neat projects. visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the end of the year show I decided to try out a new show format... and it was fun... like REALLY fun for me to do. I have 4 segments and 4 different topics, but it's just me chatting with you today. First give you my shows back story, how it all came about. Because seriously 6 1/2 years ago i never heard of internet radio. And now i'm ending year 6 and starting year 7 and I love it as much as I always have! I have a Q&A segment with questions you asked me at my facebook group, which by the way is super fun so if you have not joined me yet please do! My huge project this year is the Splendid Sampler, so I did a where it's at and what's going on about the project. Moda is one of the big sponsor for my talk show and I really want you to hear what goes on behind the scenes. Plus let you know what's coming up, There is more to the people at the company than a new line coming out. ================ visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s fun to have Christa Watson back from ChristaQuilts to talk about her 2nd book on machine quilting. (we talked about her first book on Sept 14) plus she has some great tips for us to day and we get to hear about the projects she will do with American Patchwork & Quilting in 2017! https://christaquilts.com/ ==================== I love my Baby lock machine and I want you to learn more about what Baby lock has going on, and the best person to talk to is my friend Linda Rainwater, the National Training Manager. Linda overseas the education and know absolutely everything about the machine. http://babylock.com/ ============== Catching up with Author, fabric designer and master quilter Angela Walters today. She has been busy in the last year or so doing several books, opening a store front and maybe a few other things! I wanted to find out about writing a not one, but TWO collaboration books with different people. . quiltingismytherapy.com =================== Each month this year Mary Abreu of Confessions of a craft addict joined me so we can talk about in depth on topics we quilters want to know about! First some quick to make gift ideas, as we quilters always have that one last thing’ we want to make. And we’ll chat about creating sewing & quilting goals for 2017. https://www.instagram.com/thatcraftaddict/ ================ visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diane Bohn of From Blank Pages creates pretty amazing paper pieced quilts. The sparkle and have a life of their own as she encourages you to use fabrics that you love in her work. She also is an advocate of making quilts for charity and bringing people together to make them. Quilters want to help by giving a ‘real’ hug to people in need via our quilts. Quilters are the most generous of people this way. Diane has run a group to partner people up, she is an inspiration to me! fromblankpages.blogspot.com/ --------------- Amy Barickman of Indygo Junction was the first designer, business that I meet when I went to my first trade show. I had already been a huge fan of the Designs and team at Indyo Junction and Amy’s wonderfully warm welcome to the business side of quilting was so kind. We have worked together several times over the years and we keep up with each other on all things quilting and sewing! She is super clever and always has fun new ways for us to sew, from quilts to clothing to totes to her new Fabriflair items! Can’t wait to learn more about the newest things with Amy! www.indygojunction.com ------------ I am excited to catch up with Amy Ellis to see what she has new! Amy is a Moda Designer, Author, Baby lock Ambassador and always has something fun for us to participate in. She is the founder of the Blogger’s Quilt Festival online and has taken the online fun to new levels. She also creates both fabric and quilt designs with a modern feel that I love! www.instagram.com/amyscreativeside/ ----------------- As promised, Jennifer Keltner the chief visionary officer at Martingale is back! This time we go behind the scenes to learn more about how the books you love come together. It's really a team effort! Martingale.com ================ visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brenda Ratliff is the dynamic owner of Pink Castle Fabric, organizer of Camp StitchAlot, SewPro and a fabric designer with RJR. I am excited to be working with Brenda as part of the 2017 Aurifil Design team and today we are going to talk about finding and using unique fabrics. http://www.justabitfrayed.com/ http://www.pinkcastlefabrics.com/ --------------- Roseann Kermes is back and we are going to deep dive into how to jump start yourself when you need it. In this case, for getting a hand a project ready.. and the person who needs that jump start? yours truly! www.rosebudscottage.typepad.com/ ----------------- It’s great to chat quilts of any kind with Bill Volckening again. I love the internet because I make so many friends through quilting. Bill’s idea to buy a few New York Beauty quilts turned into an impressive collection of this style quilt, along with a beautiful book of the quilts and their stories. He has since collected many styles of quilts, including a love of 70s quilts. He is also the author of Modern Roots, 12 projects inspired by patchwork. I love old quilts and knowing their stories. Join Bill and I to get a look at what it’s like to collect. willywonkyquilts.blogspot.com/ --------------- visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Warner of ‘Sew Incredibly Crazy’ is a designer and quilting cheerleader! She is always sharing her fun projects and hosting sew alongs. We are going to talk about how to be part of sew along and how to set up a successful one if you are itching to try it! http://sewincrediblycrazy.blogspot.com/ ----------------- The very first batting that I sought to ‘purchase again’ was Mountain Mist. I loved that the company has a rich history and that the batting was so nice to work with. When I started my business I contacted Mountain Mist and Linda Pumphrey and her staff were who I worked with. Linda is now with Mountain Mist again as the Senior Account Executive. She brings her experiences of working on the board of museums and with other companies back to Mountain Mist. She is also the author of the Mountain Mist Historical Quilt book. We are going to learn all about the quilt patterns that are a signature component of the company. https://fibrix.com/mountain-mist-batting/ ------------- I bought some of Tula Pink’s first fabric line was Full Moon Forest, the first with free spirit fabrics was Parisville and I bought that too… now 21 lines later is Tabby Road about to come out. What I found is that not only was her fabric interesting and detailed with images woven in, but there is also a story. For each Line Tula creates an entire universe of stories to bring all the prints into life. If you have a chance to hear her talk about how she creates, go! She is also an author and of course designs quilts to showcase her fabric. Tula’s on for the second half of the show so we have time to really chat! http://www.tulapink.com/ ================ visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Moda Fabric designer Shannon Orr is an architect & costume designer turned Fabric designer, teacher. With a lifetime of making in all forms as her toolset she stumbled across a $3 tin recipe box and immediately filled it with a business dream; all on index cards. She started Eva Blake’s Makery in 2012 where she designs sewing and surface patterns, and hosts crafting events. ebmakery.com/ ------------------ The first time I saw Carina Gardner's fabric and quilts I was excited, and wanted more! Then I got to see her camper and knew this was a fun designer. From quilts to papers to fabrics and books, it's all gorgeous! She is going to share her secret about making the Perfect Hexagon quilt from a 5" square www.carinagardner.com/ ------------------------- Cheryl Lynch is an author and a tool designer. She has created the super fun Curvalicious ruler. What I love is that Cheryl keeps coming up with really neat way to use this tool! We are also going to talk about working with silk today, it's going to be so interesting! www.CherylLynchQuilts.com -------------------- Mary Abreu is a super talented seamstress, quilters and knitter on the go now. Today we are going to talk about Hexies because I want to be 'one of those people' who do Hexies. And because in Houston there was an incredible exhibit of Hexie quilts. www.instagram.com/thatcraftaddict/ --------------------- visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Judy Breneman is the creator of the website WomanFolk: The Art of Quilting: Quilts and Quiltmaking Yesterday and Today. I’ve been an avid follower of her articles at her website for years and I love to read about quilting history. In 2016 Judy celebrated her 20th anniversary as a website.. that stopped me in my tracks! She built her first website in 1996, it may be the first quilt website! I’m so happy she can join me to chat about Quilt history! http://www.womenfolk.com =============== From patchwork to applique to wool Deanne Eisenman of Snuggles Quilts creates cozy and beautiful projects! She is going to give us some needle turn applique tips and we’ll hear all about love of applique! www.snugglesquilts.com/ =================== A topic every single quilters wants to know more about, how to store .. and then FIND our stuff. Being creative often means we can live with a bit (or a lot) of creative chaos in our space. I personally love to organize and dream of having someone give me tips. My dreams came true when Carolyn Woods wrote the book just for us ‘Organizing Solutions for Every Quilter’. As a professional organizer she has this nailed and is giving us tips today! www.totallytidyhouseholdorganizing.com/ ============== visit American Patchwork & Quilting at http://allpeoplequilt.com Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/apqmagazine Visit host Pat Sloan at http://www.patsloan.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices