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Famous Fabric Designer and Artist Anna Maria Horner checks in with us from 2021-12-12T13:00:02

Anna Maria Horner, fabric designer of FreeSpririt, and owner of Craft South in Nashville, NT https://www.craft-south.com/ joins us to talk ...

Quilter Mary Elizabeth Kinch talks about her life and also the work of Gwen Marston from 2021-12-11T13:00:02

Mary Elizabeth Kinch is a quilter and written. See https://www.maryelizabethkinch.com/. She also knew well Gwen Marston, who was a...

Quilter Mary Elizabeth Kinch talks about her life and also the work of Gwen Marston from 2021-12-11T13:00:02

Mary Elizabeth Kinch is a quilter and written. See https://www.maryelizabethkinch.com/. She also knew well Gwen Marston, who was a...

Famous Quilter Marianne Fons joins us to talk about her quilting and writing life from 2021-12-10T13:00:02

Marianne Fons joins us to talk about her life during COVID-19, and the exhibit of Fons and Porter quilts at the International Quilt Museum, October 2021-February 2022, Listen

Quilter Lee Chappell Monroe of May Chappell checks in with us from 2021-12-09T13:00:02

Lee Chappell Monroe of May Chappell joins us to talk about her life during COVID-19 and after. http://www.maychappell.com/. She's been a gu...

Barbara Garlock and Virginia Hodge of DC Quilters talks about the DC Statehood Quilt Challenge from 2021-09-10T12:00:12

Barbara Garlock and Virginia Hodge of DC Quilters talk to us today about a quilting challenge for DC statehood, disenfranchisement, and the importance of voting and staying informed on local politi...

Quilter Tara Miller of the Quilt District catches up with us about her new projects from 2021-09-09T12:40:10

Tara Miller of the Quilt District joins us to talk about her new projects including the Quilt District on the Road and the series Six Know It Alls (quilters of course). Her website: Listen

Sara Seuberling of Electric Quilt join us to talk about the new edition of Barbara Brackman's classic from 2021-09-08T12:00:09

Sara Seuberling has worked at EQ since college, and tells us about the software company, the relationship with AccuQuilt, and the creation of the new edition of the Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia ...

Quilter on Fire Brandy Maslowski joins us to talk about TikTok, Embrodiery, and Podcasting from 2021-07-16T14:00:02

Brandy is a fellow quilt podcaster, and also is active on TikTok as Quilter on Fire. She joins us to talk about her latest project, and the role of social media in building her brand. See Listen

Famous Quilter and Entrepreneur Christa Watson comes by to visit and catch up on the last year from 2021-07-09T02:00:05

Christa Watson, who has been on the show twice before, comes back to tell us about her year. (See Episodes https://www.spreaker.c...

Famous Quilter Dora Carey of Orange Dot Quilts catches us up from 2021-07-01T15:00:07

Dora Carey, of Orange Dot Quilts, http://www.orangedotquilts.com, come back to chat with us about her COVID-19 year, where she made a mas...

Quilter Stacy Harding catches up on her life over the last year from 2021-07-01T13:00:05

Stacy Harding, a long time member of the Quilting Army, talks about the last year, and how she's starting to get back into the quilting grove.

Sewtites inventors (who are sisters) join us to talk about their entrepreneurial (quilting and sewing) journey from 2021-06-24T15:45:11

Jamie and Jessica, sisters, join us to talk about Sewtites, a magnetic system for quilting that eliminates the need for pins. See https://sewtites.co...

Quilters Jeannette Floyd and Robin Farmer Siler catch up on their quilting from 2021-06-24T13:00:13

Quilting Army quilters Jeannette Floyd (from California) and Robin Siler (from Nevada) catch up with Elizabeth on how they are feeling about quilting and how their year was. It's just three quilte...

Quilters Joel Sellers and Wendy Starn catch up on their Quilting Life from 2021-06-17T12:00:07

Joel Sellers and Wendy Starn, both quilters and part of our Quilting Army (what we call ourselves) join us for a brief chat at the beginning of Season 4. Come join us at our Facebook group, Just W...

Crafter and Product Developer Nichole Schneider from Checker Distributor joins us from 2021-06-10T12:00:05

Nicole Schneider from Checker Distributors talks with us about her job as a developer and previously as a buyer, and also about the Gypsy Quilter line of products. Gypsy Quilter link on Amazon: Listen

We catch up with Quilter Amy Reitzel, a long time member of the Quilting Army from 2021-06-10T10:00:19

Quilting Army member Amy Reitzel gets us started with Season 4, and we talk about coming back out into the world after COVID, and we fangirl about Cassandra Beaver's " Zoo Family Portrait" pattern,...

We're Back! Season 4 begins now. from 2021-06-02T05:00:04

Elizabeth Townsend Gard, host of Just Wanna Quilt, and law professor at Tulane University Law School says a quick hello to begin Season 4.

Scott Fortunoff of Jaftex Corporation catches us up and tells about the Facebook Live Video Challenge for shops from 2020-08-19T10:00:12

Scott Fortunoff, of Tales of a Fourth Generation Textile Executive (https://scottfortunoff.com/) and President of Jaftex Fabric Company joi...

Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit - Part 2 from 2020-06-26T14:57:38

Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit: Part 2
On June 17, 2020 and June 20, 2020, Tulane University held the Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit, organized by the Just Wanna Quilt team of Elizabeth Towns...

Covid-19 Masks: Dr. Chad Roy explains the science of the virus from 2020-06-23T10:00:12

Dr. Roy is the Director of Infectious Disease Aerobiology at the Tulane National Primate Research Center and faculty in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane University School of ...

Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit: Part 1 from 2020-06-18T19:30:02

On June 17, 2020, Tulane University held the Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit, organized by the Just Wanna Quilt team of Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Hailey Barnett, Whitney Chatmon, John Spartz, and Bec...

Covid-19 Masks: Executive Director of Tech Transfer @ Tulane, John Christie explains it all from 2020-06-16T10:00:07

John Christie, the Executive Director of Office of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Development talks to us about the science during Covid-19, and how NDS, provisional patents, and oth...

Covid-19 Masks: Dr. Songer of Maker Masks joins us for Part 2 of our discussion on Polypropylene fabric and masks from 2020-06-15T12:00:19

Dr. Songer joins us for part 2 of our discussion of Polypropylene and masks. For more information, go to: http://makermask.org/. There is lots of...

Covid-19 Masks: Dr. Jocelyn Songer of Maker Mask joins us - Part 1 from 2020-06-15T10:55:10

Dr. Songer is the founder of MakerMask.org, a group of volunteers providing science-based mask information and designs to community mask makers. She's been studying and testing masks, and we talk ...

Covid-19 Masks: Michael Hecht of GNO, Inc joins us to talk about COVID-19 and entrepreneurship from 2020-06-15T09:30:20

Michael Hecht, the President and CEO of Greater New Orleans, Inc, the economic development agency for southeast Louisiana, joins us to talk about the health of the city and entrepreneurship during ...

Covid-19 Masks: Professor Roy Rando, an industrial hygienist from Tulane talks to us about masks from 2020-06-14T12:25:03

Professor Roy Rando, an industrial hygienist from Tulane talks to us about masks. We have a great conversation about how to think about Covid-19.

Covid-19 Masks: Mark Wilson, an industrial hygienist and professor at Tulane, talks to us about our environment. from 2020-06-13T19:00:05

Dr. Mark Wilson, an assistant professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, is a molecular toxicologist and industrial hygienist that have been deeply involved i...

Covid-19 Masks: A team from Auburn University talks about their incredible teamwork on making masks from 2020-06-13T17:44:42

Professor Chris Schnittka of Science Education, Professor and Director of Faculty Engagement, Chippewa Thomas, and Scott Bishop, Director of Lifelong Learning joins us to talk about the mask makin...

Covid-19 Masks: Bailey Boynton from Glowforge talks to us about 3D laser printers and their 2 Million Essential Ears initiative from 2020-06-13T16:48

Bailey Boynton from Glowforge talks to us about 3D laser printers and their 2 Million Essential Ears initiative (glowforge.com/earsavers). https://gl...

Covid-19 Masks: Marianne Addy from the Ronald McDonald House New Orleans joins us from 2020-06-13T14:52:09

How was the Ronald MacDonald House in New Orleans coping with Covid-19? We asked Marianne Addy.

Covid-19 Masks: Lauren Skinner, a nurse and designer of the BaLA mask joins us from 2020-06-11T10:00:14

Lauren Skinner, a nurse, talks to us about her life, and the BaLA mask. She started a facebook group, BaLa N95 Cover for Frontline Healthcare Workers: Listen

Covid-19 Masks: Shannon Kittrick makes masks in the Phish Community, beeswax wraps, and so much more. from 2020-06-11T02:30:16

Shannon Kittrick is a chemistry and biology teacher, who owns a custom clothing line, www.youenjoymygoods.com, and a Beeswax Wrap Company...

Covid-19 Masks: Heather Grant of the Strategic Sewing and Quilting Summit joins us from 2020-06-10T10:00:10

Heather Grant is the Executive Director of the Strategic Sewing and Quilting Summit, a non-profit organization of high-power industry leaders thinking through ways to increase consumer participatio...

Covid-19 Masks: Alison Parker from Ric Rack joins us to talk about the NOLA response from film costumers from 2020-06-08T10:00:09

Alison Parker joins to to talk about the amazing efforts of Ric Rack, a local group whose focus is educating the public on textile recycling. She is part of the costumers in the film community her...

Covid-19 Masks: William Nemitoff of Curious Form talks to us about PPE Face Shields from 2020-06-07T10:00:13

William Nemitoff talks to us about Curious Form, a local art, fabrication and design company in the Bywater in New Orleans. Like many other local businesses, Curious Form has pivoted to assist wit...

Covid-19 Masks: We introduce you to Medical and public health student, John Spartz, who is part of our Summit Team from 2020-06-06T11:00:21

John Spartz, a Tulane medical and public health student, joins our Just Wanna Quilt team as we plan the Homemade Mask Summit for June 2020. We interview him so that you can get to know him!

Covid-19 Masks: Julian McCleary, a singer, joins us from Las Vegas as he makes masks from 2020-06-06T10:00:18

Juilian McCleary had his whole year planned: singing on cruise ships. And then, things changed. He talks about making masks and his life in Las Vegas.

Covid-19 Masks: Gina Livingston, co-founder of Sewing Masks for Area Hospitals joins us from 2020-06-05T11:00:04

Gina Livingston joins us to talk about their efforts in the Atlanta area. We've been watching their amazing response for masks on Facebook. Gina joins us. She also talks about having a spouse in...

Covid-19 Masks: Pam Russell talks to us about the construction world and PPEs from 2020-06-05T10:00:02

Pam, my neighbor, is a journalist for construction news, and she is also the person that introduced me to Judy Walker (a key person in the whole Just Wanna Quilt project). We talk about PPE from h...

Covid-19 Masks: We check in with Stacy Sharmon of Hello Stitch to see what Covid-19 activities are happening from 2020-06-05T10:00:02

We've chatting with Hello Stitch, out of Northern California before, and we check in to see how they are surviving during the Spring 2020 and Covid-19. Go to Listen

Covid-19 Masks: Ebony Love talks to us about her experiences during the Spring and Covid-19 from 2020-06-04T10:20:13

Ebony Love of Lovebug Studios joins us to talk about all things happening to her during the Spring 2020. See http://www.lovebugstudios.com

Covid-19 Masks: Amanda Hayes from Joann's Stores joins us from 2020-06-04T09:00:05

Amanda Hayes, the Communication Manager for Joann's Stores joins us to talk about homemade masks, sewing, online shopping and so much more. We are thrilled that she made time to chat! Go to Listen

Covid-19 Masks: New Orleans Artist Katrina Brees talks to us about making masks from 2020-06-03T10:00:11

Katrina Brees, a local artist and performer, has turned to making masks during the Spring of 2020 to supplement her income. She also talks to us about copyright.

Covid-19 Masks: Heather Ensley is a sewist making masks, and she came up with her own pattern she calls the Tootsie Roll from 2020-06-02T11:00:02

Heather Ensley talks to us about her own journey in mask making: "I joined the Million Mask Challenge on April 5th. I decided I wanted to make affordable face masks for the everyman. The first day ...

Covid-19 Masks: Angelique Thomas of the Innocence Project New Orleans is making masks for the prisons from 2020-06-02T10:45:06

Angelique Thomas talks to us about the Innocence project, and the state of the prisons in New Orleans. They are making masks for the prisoners. See more Listen

Covid-19 Masks: Chelsea Cooper, a new sewer sewing masks, joins us, and we also talk about being a mental health professional from 2020-05-30T10:00:14

Chelsea is sewing masks in her off time, when she is not helping people through telemedicine with mental health issues. She's on the frontline helping people cope with so much during COVID-19. Sh...

Covid-19 Masks: Juan Borbon is just a guy with a 3D printer who has taken up making bias tape things and it is awesome from 2020-05-29T10:00:13

Juan talks to us about his work making bias tape makers that he is giving out to sewists in the effort to make mask ties more efficiently. He is part of many with 3D printers across the country pi...

Covid-19 Masks: Rachna Chandra of Taj Cottage Mask Challenge joins us from 2020-05-28T10:30:05

Rachna was already a very successful business person with Taj Cottage, her clothing line. Now, she is putting that know-how to work making masks. And it is amazing. For more go to Listen

Covid-19 Masks: We Have Masks talks to us about their amazing organizational skills from 2020-05-28T10:30:05

We Have Masks is a powerhouse organization that is only a few months old. We talk to two of their founders about their efforts to create masks, and how their entrepreneurial skills are helping wit...

Covid-19 Masks: Toni Smith of Quiltoni joins us to talk about Twitch and many more things from 2020-05-27T10:25:13

Toni talks to us about technology, Twitch, and how she's surviving COVID-19. For more go to https://quiltoni.com/.

Covid-19 Masks: Alan Puccinelli joins us to talk about PPE Face Shields using 3D printers from 2020-05-26T11:20:08

Founder of Operation Shields Up, Alan Puccinelli joins us to talk about fabricating PPE face shields for front line caregivers in the current pandemic crisis. See more at http:://www.Listen

Covid-19 Masks: Anderson Fabrics is making beautiful masks from 2020-05-26T10:00:12

Anderson fabrics, that normally make custom interior design textiles, is making masks, and they are beautiful. They also have a quilting component of their business. Go to Listen

Covid-19 Masks: The Iowa Shop Hop is coming in June...and we talk about it here! from 2020-05-25T15:54:46

Koleene Herlocker joins us to talk about the Iowa Shop Hop, which is scheduled for the month of June. We recorded this in March 2020, as they were preparing in the midst of Covid-19. For more on ...

Covid-19 Masks: William Hardy of Carhartt, Inc. talk to us about industry response to making masks from 2020-04-23T17:00:20

Carhartt, Inc makes uniforms, outdoor wear and other things for the last 131 years. But just as in WWI and WWII, they have joined the call, and are now making masks and gowns. Hailey Barnett (3L ...

Covid-19 Masks: Meghan Romere is using her grandmother's sewing machine and stash to make masks! from 2020-04-22T17:10:11

Megan Romere, a law student at University of Texas at Austin, and she is making masks using her grandmother's White sewing machine and her grandmother's stash! We talk to her about life sewing mas...

Covid-19 Masks: Author Frances O'Roark Dowell joins us to talk about her new quilt fiction podcast from 2020-04-21T17:42:35

Frances is one of our favorites. She talks to us about life right now, and the new quilt fiction podcast, season 2. For more go to http://www....

Covid-19 Masks: We talk with my students that are helping to organize local NOLA efforts in mask making from 2020-04-13T20:55:12

We talk to the students at Tulane that have been on the frontlines of mask making with me. Over the last month, I've been working with students and others to organize making homemade masks. We've ...

Covid-19 Masks: Chris Larson of Comfort King Mattress Factory joins us to talk about masks, of course! from 2020-04-02T19:17:56

“We've made over 1600 masks the past 8 days, giving them away to any who need. We normally make mattresses, so we are using the same materials to make facemasks. A LOT of volunteers have stepped up...

Covid-19 Masks: Art quilter Laurie Ceesay Landree joins us to talk about her new Coronavirus Quilt from 2020-04-02T19:05:32

Laurie Ceesay Landree, an art quilt who focuses on portraits, talks to us about her latest work, which can be found on Facebook at Artsy Chick Quilts, Listen

Covid-19 Masks: Quilter Gudrun Erla of Stripology joins us to talk about Strip Along 2020 starting Friday, April 3 from 2020-04-02T18:00:06

Gudrun of GE Designs (http://www.gequiltdesignsdesigns.com joins us to talk about her recent 16,000+ one day sew along, Elvira Quar...

Covid-19 Masks: Joe Delacruz joins us from Hillery Co. to talk about the metal in the nose bridge for homemade masks from 2020-03-31T21:26:49

Joe's company is helping homemade mask makers. Go to their Facebook page, and they will send you (for free) pieces for the nose bridge that you can sew in. The company is amazing. Here is the fo...

Covid-19 Masks: ICU Nurse Kathy Carter and mask-maker joins us to encourage us all to keep sewing from 2020-03-31T17:37:37

Kathy Carter made some masks for her colleagues (even though they have not run out of N95 masks), and they were a hit. She talks to us about being an ICU nurse, what we can do to prevent illness, ...

Covid-19 Masks: Quilter Judy Walker joins us to talk about her New Orleans, masks, cooking and quilting from 2020-03-30T10:00:13

Judy, my dear neighbor, talks to us about masks making, the city of New Orleans, Katrina and more.

Covid-19 Masks: Quilter Kim Lapacek is beginning Project Quilting Quarantine 2020 edition on Sunday! from 2020-03-29T17:00:07

Kim joins us again to talk to us about a new Project Quilting: Quarantine 2020 edition on Sunday, March 29, 2020. For more go to https://kimlapacek....

Covid-19 Masks: Quilt designer Tammy Silvers of www.tamarinis.com joins us to talk about virtual hops and trunk shows from 2020-03-28T19:40:26

Tammy, one of our featured designers in our Inventory Quilt project, joins us to talk about #StayHomeandHop, which is going on now, and soon a virtual trunk show. More information for both of thes...

Covid-19 Masks: Jayna Zweiman talks to us about Masks4Humanity from 2020-03-28T19:10:08

Jayna talks to us about her new project, Masks4Humanity. We've talked to her previously about the Pussy Hat Project, and Welcome Blankets. She takes her network into homemade masks. For more, go...

Covid-19 Masks: AccuQuilt comes to talk to us about their efforts in helping us make homemade masks from 2020-03-26T22:26:47

Pam Heller and Joy Banfield come chat with us about AccuQuilt's efforts in helping us cut homemade masks faster. https://le...

Covid-19 Masks: Scott Jones of Frontline Masks talks to us about his N95-like homemade facemask with filter from 2020-03-25T21:01:56

Scott Jones, up in Washington state, talks to us about his latest free pattern for making homemade facemasks. It is a design that tries to protect like a N95, as opposed to a surgical mask, and he...

Covid-19 Masks: We Need Masks.Org joins us to talk about their efforts to make homemade facemarks from 2020-03-24T18:25:23

Janice and Joyce, a powerhouse sister duo, join us to talk about their efforts to pair sewists and need around the country, along with their research with hospitals and doctors as to what they need...

Covid-19 Masks: Ricardo Gonzales talks about his new book Just Wanna Patent and also a little about homemade facemasks from 2020-03-24T10:00:09

Ricardo, author of Just Wanna Patent, and Editor-in-Chief of our Just Wanna series joins us to talk about patenting things. He was also a trained virologist/biologist. I ask him questions about t...

Covid-19 Masks: Seth Hackler of Quilting on a Budget and I talk about homemade masks, and Million Masks a Day from 2020-03-24T01:06:37

Seth Hackler of Quilting on a Budget and I made a plan on Friday: to start a FB group to keep track of and understand the homemade mask phenomenon during COVID-19. We also made a website. We talk...

Covid-19 Masks: Alexa Magyari, a Ph.D public health student and crafter, is making a list of hospitals from 2020-03-22T20:31:28

Alexa Magyari, a Ph.D. student in health economics at U.C. Berkeley's School of Public Health, and also a craft blogger, @The Wannabe Grandma, is putting her two worlds together to create a list of...

Just Wanna Quilt talks with Quilter MaryAnn Hindle about her quilting life. Part 2 of the Hindles from 2020-03-10T10:00:10

MaryAnn talks to us about her quilting life. You might remember Mike? He talked to us about their couple quilting life. Now we get MaryAnn, and we talk a lot about machine embroidery. It's a lo...

Quilt Pattern Designer Andi Stanfield joins us to talk about our Inventory Quilt project and so much more from 2020-03-02T08:05:13

Andi Sanfield of www.truebluequilts.com comes to chat with us. She is one of our Featured Designers in our Inventory Quilt project (which...

Pattern Designer Jo Westfoot of Crafty Nomad joins us again to talk about our Inventory Quilt Project from 2020-02-28T11:00:07

Jo Westfoot from the Crafty Nomad joins us to talk about her process of creating patterns, and our inventory quilt project. She is one of our featured designers, and we are so glad to chat with he...

Copyright Librarian Sara Benson joins us to talk about her new book Copyright Conversations from 2020-02-27T11:00:11

Sara Benson, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the iSchool at Illinois joins us to talk about her new book, Copyright Conversations, https://amzn.to/32...

Quilter and Pattern Designer Reed Johnson joins us to talk from 2020-02-26T11:00:12

Reed Johnson is one of our Inventory Quilt Featured Pattern designers, and he talks to us about his quilting life. For more, go to www.bluebe...

Veronica Wasek talks about Quickbooks, bookkeeping and accounting for quilters and crafters from 2020-02-25T11:00:13

Veronica has a business that focuses on accounting with the creative. She also is the author of https://5minutebookkeeping.com, which is...

Trademark Lecture: 6 Do I need a trademark lawyer? Can I DIY? from 2020-02-21T11:30:11

In the sixth lecture, we discuss the options of whether to hire an attorney, go with an Internet service, or DIY. Our book helps you get prepared for any of the three scenarios. We're working thr...

Trademark Lecture: 5 - Local, State or Federal Trademarks? from 2020-02-21T11:00:20

In the fifth lecture, we learn about the difference between local, state, and federal trademarks, and I advocate for federal protection. We're working through the early chapters of the book, Just ...

Quilter Candy Cobb Grisham talks to us about quilting Dresden Plates from 2020-02-18T11:00:21

Candy Cobb Grisham's new book, Dresden Quilt Blocks Reimagined: Sew Your Own Playful Plates; 25 Elements to Mix & Match (available at https://amzn....

Bobbie Gentili of the Geeky Bobbin joins us as one of our Inventory Quilt Featured Designers from 2020-02-16T11:00:06

Bobbi Gentilli of the Geeky Bobbin, www.geekybobbin.com, joins us to talk about her challenging quilt designs, and her recent (easier) Progre...

Trademark Lectures - 4- The Basics - When Do You Need a Trademark from 2020-02-13T11:15:03

In the fourth lecture, we look at when you need a trademark. For more go to www.justwannaquilt.com, or purchase the book at Listen

Trademark Lectures - 3- The Basics - TM as Source ID from 2020-02-13T11:00:18

In the third lecture, we will be looking at what a trademark is, that is how it is classified as a source identifier for goods and/or services.

Ali Smith of Trademark.com joins us to talk about their products in trademark from 2020-02-12T11:00:03

Trademark.com is part of the Compumark family. They have created a lower cost tool for registering your trademark, and we talk about it with Ali Smith. Note: I do have some reservations about thi...

Quilter Sally Williams loves quilting, but also fish. Yes, fish. from 2020-02-11T11:00:08

Sally Williams is all about fish -- in her professional life, in her quilting life. We talk about all kinds of things, including Spoonflower as a tool, but mostly about fish.

Quilter Mike Hingle talks to us about quilting with his wife from 2020-02-10T11:10:11

Mike Hingle and his wife are all in. They've been quilting for about 3 years, and they have gone deep. Listen to this lovely interview about all things equipment and quilting and life.

Trademark Lectures: 1 Introduction from 2020-02-07T18:50:19

We're starting short lectures on IP and Entrepreneurship. We're beginning with trademarks! Today, we're just getting our feet wet. We'll dive in more soon. We also have a book: Just Wanna Trad...

The Trademark Lecture - 2 The Basics Begin from 2020-02-07T11:00:18

In this lecture, we will begin to explore what a trademark is. This corresponds to the Preface in the Just Wanna Trademark book, available at Listen

Quilter and pattern designer Jo Westfoot joins us as part of our Inventory Quilt Designer Spotlight from 2020-02-06T11:00:18

Jo Westfoot of the Crafty Nomad joins us to talk about her pattern, Break Out Bunting https://payhip.com/b/jEdW. Read her blog post: Listen

Quilting Judge Scott Murkin talks to us about his quilting life and his job as a hospice doctor from 2020-02-05T11:00:11

Scott Murkin talks to us about his life in quilting and judging, as well as the impact of quilts and art as a hospice doctor. It's a great conversation, and not depressing, I promise.

Art Quilter Karen Swiech discusses how to create a mosaic quilt, and we talk about fair use from 2020-02-04T11:00:14

Art quilter Karen Swiech wanted to make something special for her parents' anniversary, and she came up with a mosaic quilt: 5000 images make up their wedding photograph, with over 1000 photos on t...

It's our 2nd birthday!!!! Just Wanna Quilt begins its third season from 2020-02-02T11:50:15

Yes, we are starting our third season. Lots of new things to come. Lots of fun.

Quilter Sam Cambridge chats to us about job stress and unfinished quilting projects from 2019-12-10T14:23:36

Sam chats with us from England. We chat about all kinds of things, but mostly about trying to finish projects, and the role of quilting in our lives.

Quilt Industry Leader Cheryl Sleboda talks to us about her 31 Day Blog Challenge and Quilting Too from 2019-12-03T22:38:20

Cheryl Sleboda is amazing, and she comes to talk to us about the importance of blogging. We talk about blogging strategies and other things. For more, go to Listen

Pat Harrison talks to us about being a NACQJ Certified Quilt Judge and a long-arm quilter from 2019-11-26T11:00:15

Pat talks to us about her life, about the history of quilt judging, and being a long arm quilter. She also talks to us about her upcoming 2-day judging workshop in Slidell, LA in connection with t...

Janet George teaches us all how to use Quilter's Creative Touch from 2019-11-20T11:40:10

Janet is amazing. Her videos and Facebook comments help hundreds of us navigate the software, Quilter's Creative Touch, used in Grace machines and so many others. This was recorded before the up...

Laurie Aaron Hird, author of the Farmer's Wife books, joins us from 2019-11-19T11:30:02

This is a great copyright story. Laurie joins us, and inspires us to create. She tells the tale of how her series of (very popular) Farmer's Wife books began. She is amazing. Listen

Theresa McFarling joins us to asks about copyright and using lyrics in quilts from 2019-11-19T11:25:08

Theresa has been on the podcast before. Today we're talking about fair use and copyright in relation to a quilt she is making using song lyrics. See Listen

Law professor Bobbi Kwall joins us to talk about artists and moral rights from 2019-11-13T11:20:15

Roberta R. Kwall is the Raymond P. Niro Professor of Intellectual Property Law; Founding Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology at DePaul University. She is also a...

Quilter AJ Grossman joins us to talk about all kinds of things from 2019-11-12T10:15:08

AJ joins us to talk about quilting, branding, and what she learned from her previous day job as fashion designer (and copyright/trademark issues). Check out her beautiful work at Listen

Children's author Susan Goldman Rubin joins us to chat about Gee's Bend from 2019-11-06T11:05:14

Susan has written a children's book about Gee's Bend. She is an award-winning author of many titles (you may recognize!). We talk about her writing process and her approach to her subjects. Listen

Quilter Melanie McNeil of Catbird Quilts joins us to chat from 2019-11-05T10:05:03

Melaine comes to chat about medallion quilts and then we get to talking about life and illness and so much more. https://catbirdquilts....

Crystal L. Cochren talks to us about Interwoven Creations by Crystal from 2019-10-30T10:00:05

Crystal talks to us about her quilting, including morse code quilts she is making and her company, Interwoven Creations by Crystal.
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Brenda Gael Smith talks to us about entering quilt contests from 2019-10-29T10:00:03

Brenda is an art quilter in Australia. She talks to us about a couple of quilt contests she is running, both with the theme of Vision. See Listen

Thomas Knauer joins us to talk about his new book, Why We Quilt from 2019-10-23T09:00:03

Thomas has created with Storey Publications one of the prettiest books I've ever seen, Why We Quilt. We talk about his writing process and his life. For more see Listen

Stitch TV comes back to talk about getting ready for Market from 2019-10-22T10:00:11

Lynn Rinehart and Pam Cobb of Stitch TV chat with us again as we get ready for the upcoming International Quilt Festival in Houston!

Pam Heller of AccuQuilt talks to us about...AccuQuilt! from 2019-10-16T10:00:21

Pam Heller is a Cutting Expert for AccuQuilt. She talks with us about the AccuQuilt and how it got started. AccuQuilt is a sponsor of our Inventory Quilt Project. We look forward to working with...

Terri VandenBosch talks to us about being freelance with AccuQuilt from 2019-10-15T10:10:03

Terri is amazing. The quilt on the packaging of the new glorified nine patch? That's hers. She all in with Accuquilt, and also Island Batik. We talk to her about how this all happened, and I ge...

Quilt history and collector Roderick Kiracofe joins us to talk about his life and quilt history from 2019-10-09T10:05:19

Roderick began finding quilts to sell in the early 1970s. He talks to us about his life and the development of the quilt world, along with his work as an author and collector. If you want to see ...

Quilting Army member Gina Olive joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-10-08T10:35:12

Gina talks to us about quilting on her domestic machine and so many things!

Inventory Quilt Project is beginning! Come listen to what that is exactly! Join Willow Olson and Jessica Vetor. from 2019-10-02T10:00:16

Jessica Vetor @jessicaquilter started it. She made a beautiful inventory quilt and posted it on Instagram. I found it and fell in love. So did Willow. Now we are starting an Inventory Quilt Sew...

Rachel Bishop opens What's Your Stich in Mississippi from 2019-10-01T10:00:17

Rachel Bishop, part of our Quilting Army, opens her own quilt shop, What's Your Stitch, on October 5, 2019 (Saturday). We checked in with her today to see how the Friends and Family preview went, ...

Tara Miller has started the Altanta Quilt Study Group, and they are meeting with weekend!!! from 2019-09-26T13:19:05

Tara is amazing. She has started the Atlanta Quilt Study Group, and they are meeting this weekend. https://quiltdistr...

John Loken comes to talk to us about why our world looks the way it does from 2019-09-24T10:00:18

John Loken worked in the record industry, and saw how it changed from CD-dependent to experience-based. He also is exploring the idea of marketing to 50+. He joins us for a conversation on why ou...

Dorothy Lanahan of Project Wool joins us from 2019-09-11T10:00:16

Dorothy Lanahan of Project Wool chats with us about her amazing wool pressing mat! You can learn more about Project Wool by visiting their website: Listen

Emily Breedlove joins us to chat about her quilting life from 2019-09-10T10:00:06

Emily Breedlove joins us today! We chat about the amazing role that Facebook groups play in the lives of quilters. You can learn more about Emily at her Facebook group, Listen

Megan Lundgren returns to talk to us about long arming as a business from 2019-09-04T10:20:04

Megan has been here before. She even donated her long-arming to quilt one of our Gyspy Wife quilts last year. She talks to us about her long arm business and all kinds of other things.

Jake Kleiner of Paper Pieces joins us from 2019-09-03T10:00:03

Jake Kleiner of Paper Pieces joins us today! We chat about how Paper Pieces works with designers, how the company thinks about intellectual property, and what it is like to have a family business. ...

Pam Weeks joins us to talk about quilting history from 2019-08-28T10:00:13

Pam Weeks, Curator of the New England Quilt Museum, chats with us about quilt history!

Carolyn Ducey of the International Quilt Museum (Part 2) from 2019-08-27T10:00:06

Today we chat with Carolyn Ducey, who is the Curator of Collections at the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In the two part interview we talk all about the museum, ...

Carolyn Ducey of the International Quilt Museum (Part 1) from 2019-08-27T10:00:05

Today we chat with Carolyn Ducey. Carolyn is the Curator of Collections at the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In the two part interview we talk all about the muse...

Jessica Plunkett joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-08-21T10:00:14

Jessica Plunkett is a quilter and a pattern designer! We had a fantastic time chatting about how she found her place in modern quilting and her quilt that that placed third in the 2019 Riley Blake ...

Lisa Ruble of Paintbrush Studio Fabrics joins us from 2019-08-20T10:00:04

Lisa Ruble joins us to talk about her experience in publishing, her work with Paintbrush Studio, and her quilting life!

Calista Ngai of Wonderfil Specialty Threads from 2019-08-14T10:00:07

Calista Ngai from Wonderfil joins us! We talk about their company, the importance of thread, and their unique approach in the industry! You can learn more about Wonderfil at Listen

Cely Pedescleaux joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-08-13T10:00:13

Cely Pedescleaux is an incredible fiber artist, we adore her and her unique perspective!

Juli Seydell Johnson joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-08-07T10:00:02

Today we chat with Juli Seydell Johnson about quilting, her job, and how she incorporates the two! You can learn more about Juli at https://buffal...

Jen Lopez of By the Yard joins us to talk about her quilting comic from 2019-08-06T10:00:19

Michael McCormick, Publisher of Quiltfolk Magazine from 2019-08-01T10:00:03

Michael comes to chat with us about all things related to Quiltfolk magazine. So very much fun. You can learn more about the magazine at www.quilt...

Quilt Author, Teresa Duryea Wong talks to us about her new book on the International Quilt Festival from 2019-07-31T10:00:15

Teresa joins us again to talk to us about her upcoming book: Magic and Memories: 45 Years of International Quilt Festival (pre-order available at ...

Dawn Heese joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-07-24T10:00:12

Dawn Heese of Linen Closet Designs chats with us all about quilting, publishing, and intellectual property! You can learn more about Dawn and her work at Listen

Kari Vojtechovsky joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-07-23T10:00:04

Kari Vojtechovsky of Quilts for the Making joins us to talk about her business, the quilting community, modern quilting, and so much more!

You can learn more about Kari at Listen

Rachel Bishop joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-07-17T10:00:13

Rachel Bishop chats with us about her new quilting store opening up in Long Beach Mississippi! You can learn more about Rachel and her new store at Listen

Laura Henneberry of PreQuilt joins us to talk about her new company from 2019-07-10T10:00:06

Laura Hennberry chats with us about how her quilting life inspired her new company PreQuilt!

You can learn more about the company and the program at Listen

Karlee Porter of Honest Fabric joins us again to talk about her quilting life from 2019-07-09T10:00:03

Karlee Porter of Honest Fabric joins the podcast for the third time! We talk about her company, designing, and so much more!

You can find out more about Karlee and Honest Fabric at Listen

Karen Miller joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-07-03T10:00:16

Karen Miller of Redbird Quilting Co. chats with us about all about appliqué, patterns, and thread!

You can find about more about Karen and her work at

David Riba joins us to talk his new tool and his experience in the industry from 2019-07-02T10:00:04

David Riba of Harbor Sales chats with us about tool, the ViviLux!

Quilter Deborah Fisher joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-06-26T10:00:24

Deborah Fisher chats with us all about her charity work through Bright Hopes Collaborative Quilt Project and her very cool ceramic and quilt creations!

You can find out more about Brigh...

Quilter Carrie Shelby joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-06-25T10:00:10

Carrie Shelby chats with us again all about art quilting and quilt guilds!

Quilter Jessica Vetor of Jessica Quilter joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-06-19T10:00:18

Jessica Vetor chats with us about her inventory quilt, her patterns, and more!

You can learn more about Jessica on her website https...

Quilter Darci Read joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-06-18T10:00:10

Darci Read chats with us about her longarm business, modern quilting and her feminist quilt!

You can learn more about her work at Listen

Quilter and Designer Erica Shockey joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-06-12T10:00:21

Erica talks with us about designing, quilting, and so much more!

You can learn more about Erica at https://www.needlecraftnoma...

Stacy Harding talks to us about her stash - how she keeps organized and so much more from 2019-06-11T10:00:12

Stacy has a nice stash...and we talk about how she organizes it, why she likes it, and the role it plays in her creativity. We also talk about other quilty things including collecting toy sewing m...

Quilter Jeff Rutherford joins us to talk about his quilting life from 2019-06-05T10:00:05

Jeff Rutherford joins us to talk about his favorite quilting resources and what it is like being a man who quilts! You can learn more about Jeff at Listen

Quilter and Michael Miller Brand Ambassador Mel Beach joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-06-04T10:00:05

Mel Beach chats with us about being Michael Miller brand ambassador, teaching, setting goals, her Threads of Resistance quilt, and more! You can learn more about Mel at Listen

Famous Modern Quilter Latifah Saafir joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-05-29T10:00:10

Latifah Ssafir, one of the orginators of the Modern Quilt Guild, joins us to talk about her quilting life, Clammy (her tool and patterns), and so many other things. If you want to learn how to mak...

Susanne Miller Jones joins us to talk about her quilting life from 2019-05-28T10:00:16

Susanne Miller Jones chats with us about her quilting life, art quilts, and curating the Fly Me to the Moon and HERstory Quilts prjects. You can learn more about her at Listen

Famous Quilter Anna Maria Horner stops by to chat with us about Quilt Con, Craft South and her famous quilting life from 2019-05-22T10:00:18

Famous quilter Anna Maria Horner stops by to dicuss Craft South, FreeSpirirt Fabrics, and QuiltCon. For more information about Anna Maria's work, go to Listen

Famous Quilter, Christa Watson joins us again! from 2019-05-15T10:00:14

Christa Waston stops by to talk about her new house, designing fabrics, teaching, and business and quilting. We adore when she stops by. For more about Christa, go to Listen

Sandra Scheiber Johnson talks about copyright about a specific quilt she made, Part 2 of 2 from 2019-04-02T12:35:18

Sandra talks to us about a cool, modern quilt she made based on a painting, and yes, we talk a lot about copyright.

Sandra Scheiber Johnson talks to us about her quilting life, part 1 of 2 from 2019-04-02T10:00:19

Sanrda talks to us about her experiencing making a panel for the AIDS quilt for her brother, and other aspects of her quilting life.

Dawn Periera at Warm Company talks to us about the recent changes at Joann from 2019-04-01T10:00:18

Dawn talks to us about the news report that Joann will no longer be carrying Warm Company products. Turns out the local quilt shops, Walmart, Hobby Lobby and others think that is just fine. Listen

Kim Lapacek joins us to talk about Project Quilt, her family's apple orchard and Dresden Houses from 2019-03-26T10:00:04

Kim's interview was awesome. She talks to us about her family's apple orchard, her quilting life, making patterns, and Project Quilting.

Glenda (Tess) McCarthy wins an interview on Just Wanna Quilt! from 2019-03-25T10:00:15

Just Wanna Quilt is a sponsor at the Hand-Pieced SAL by Kristin Esser and Elm Street Quilts. Glenda won the giveaway! We talk about being an avid quilter, and so many things...and finally the giv...

Copyright Attorney, Cynthia Burstein Waldmen talks about copyright even though she doesn't quilt from 2019-03-19T10:00:11

Cynthia, a graduate of Tulane Law School, and a copyright attorney in Los Angeles for a major studio, talks to us about copyright from a copyright holder's perspective.

Patty Dudek of Elm Street Quilts joins us to talk about the Hand Piecing Sew Along from 2019-03-15T10:00:23

Patty talks to us about all kinds of things quilty, and especially about the hand piecing SAL (which Just Wanna Quilt is a sponsor!!). For more, go to Elm Street Quilts, Listen

Jo-Anne and Anne Vandermay joins us to talk about their quilting life from 2019-03-15T09:00:15

Jo-Anne Vandermey, and her daughter Anne, joins us to talk about their quilting life.

Margaret Jankowski, Founder and Director of the Sewing Machine Project chats with us from 2019-03-14T14:28:58

Margaret talks to us about the Sewing Machine Project . They have a special event on Monday! https://thesewingmachineproject.org/u...

Michelle Lindsey of Teacup Cottage talks to us about being a brand ambassador for Quiltsmart from 2019-03-06T11:00:19

Michelle talks to us about many quilty things, including being a brand ambassador for Quiltsmart (you know, the company that makes the Mondo bag). Listen

Quilting Army Megan Patent-Nygren talks to us about guilds and quilting from 2019-03-05T12:00:10

Megan is part of four guilds. We talk about the role of guilds within our quilting world.

Quitting Army Kim Bourgeois Landry talks about her love of found quilt tops and hand sewing from 2019-03-04T11:10:24

Kim, part of our Quilting Army, talks to us about hunting for quilt tops that need love, and her own love of hand quilting. We are thinking about a Quilt Hunt sometime this Spring -- doesn't that ...

David Martelli from Martelli Notions joins us to talk about his family business from 2019-02-27T12:50:20

David talks to us about the family business, including the role that various family members play. We have a good chat about how they make new inventions, and the experience of having.a family busi...

Ben Marshall talks to us about his quilting life, and what he does at Martelli Enterprises! from 2019-02-27T11:00:16

Ben quilts for his job, at Martelli's Notions, and we talk about his quilting life.

Quilting Army Member Andrea Wraastald talks about her quilting life from 2019-02-26T11:00:14

Andrea talks about her life in Florida, and the space of quilting in her world. We also talk about two copyight issues towards the end.

David Gilleland of Vector Quilts joins us to talk about the business of foundation paper piecing from 2019-02-25T11:00:18

David joins us to talk about his business and thoughts on foundation paper piecing (and not English paper piecing, in case you might be confused!). He is awesome! For more, go to Listen

Famous Quilter Sherri Lynn Wood talks about her quilting life from 2019-02-21T11:00:17

Sherri talked to us about her quilting life, including her being featured at QuiltCon 2019, and her various aspects of quilting that she loves. We waited to post this until the week of QuiltCon. ...

Rob Appell of Mansewing joins us to talk about life and sewing from 2019-02-20T11:00:22

Rob talks to us about his philosophy, sewing, and being Mansewing. He also talks to us about Missouri Star Quilt Company too! Here is his website: h...

JWQ- Live Intro QuiltCon - 2_19_19, 11.39 PM from 2019-02-20T05:42:03

JWQ- Live Intro QuiltCon - 2_19_19, 11.39 PM from 2019-02-20T05:42:03

Law Professor Jessica Silbey joins us to talk about creativity and intellectual property from 2019-02-19T11:00:20

Jessica wrote a book called the Eureka Myth. It's all about the relationship of creativity and the law. It's awesome. Here is a link: https://am...

Special Series: New Media and Internet Studies - Promotional Videos from 2019-02-18T11:00:22

Dr. Ron Gard's class continues to chat with us - this time about promotional videos!

Famous Quilter Chawne Kimber talks to us again about her quilting life from 2019-02-06T11:00:20

Chawne comes back and chats with us about all kinds of things related to quilting.

Just Wanna Quilt's First Birthday -- the podcast episode from 2019-02-05T14:30:19

We are celebrating our first birthday! The Quilting Army, the podcast, everything! We talk with some of our core team members about the year -- Edith Gross, Julia Driscoll, Judy Walker, Gigi Baay...

Special Series: New Media and Internet Studies - Jordan on Creating a Social Media Following from 2019-02-04T14:28:05

Our series with Dr. Gard's class continues, and today we talk about creating a social media following with Tulane senior, Jordan.

Quilter and author Jenny Lyon talks us about her new FMQ book and her quilting life from 2019-01-31T11:00:21

Jenny talks about her new book, Free-Motion Quilting from Ordinary to Extraordinary (https://amzn.to/2MBlHEx) and her quilting life. I so want...

The Stitch TV is back! Pam Cobb and Lynn Reinhart talks to us about Market and their quilting life from 2019-01-30T11:00:23

Pam and Lynn talk to us about all kinds of things! Houston Quilt Market, the Stitch TV, and so much more.

Famous art quilter Joe Cunningham talks about his quilting life from 2019-01-29T11:35:17

Joe comes to talk to us about his quilting life, and tearing up painting to make a quilt. http://www.joethequilter.com.

Special Series: Internet and New Media Studies - Dr. Gard's students talk to us about crowdfunding from 2019-01-28T11:00:05

Ron's students from his New Media and Internet Studies course talk to us about crowdfunding, and more specifically our Wavestarter experiment that we conducted in the Fall. We had a Tulane-based "...

Art Quilter Lyric Kinard joins us to talk about her process, teaching and life from 2019-01-25T02:10:56

Lyric talks to us about being an art quilter, what it takes to prepare a course, and so much more. For more, see https://lyrickinard.com and Listen

Machelle Hall and her family talk to us about her grandmother's quilting from 2019-01-22T11:00:22

Machelle Hall, a clinical instructor for Tulane Law School's Environmental Law clinic, along with her mother and sister, talk to us about her grandmother's quilting life.

Karlee Porter talks to us about Honest Fabric, Part 2 of 2 from 2019-01-17T11:20:04

Karlee continues the conversation about Honest Fabric and her thoughts about the quilting industry. For more see, www.honestfabric.com.

Karlee Porter of Honest Fabric, Part 1 of 2 from 2019-01-16T11:10:07

Karlee talks to us about her development as a quilter, and her new business Honest Fabrics. www.honestfabrics.com. For more about the in...

Amy Aderman, Sales Rep for Jaftex talks to us about her quilting life from 2019-01-15T11:25:09

Amy takes us into the world of being a Sales Rep for Jaftex Fabrics (the company that owns FreeSpirit, Henry Glass Fabrics, StudioE Fabrics, the Blank Quilting Corp, Fabric Editions, and A.E. Natha...

Kristin Esser of Simple. Handmade. Everyday and a new hand quilting QAL from 2019-01-14T11:00:08

Kristin talks to us about her quilting and podcast life. (We started podcasts the same week in 2018!) She is also hosting a free QAL for hand quilting, and we, Just Wanna Quilt, are going to be a ...

Special Series: New Media and Just Wanna Quilt - Giveaways (and lots of talk about a bar on campus) from 2019-01-13T18:17:30

We continue our series of looking at JWQ through the eyes of the New Media and Internet Studies course. Here we talk with students about giveways, and their experience with the local bar on campus...

Famous quilter Ebony Love joins us for part 2 of our conversation about the quilting industry from 2019-01-10T11:30:16

I asked Ebony to join us for a second part to the interview, and we still didn't get through the list of questions I had for her! Hope you enjoy the interview.

Famous Quilter Ebony Love joins us to talk about her quilting life, Part 1 of 2 from 2019-01-09T11:00:05

Ebony Love, who many know for her classes, her Mystery sewalongs, and her general awesomeness joins us to talk about all things quilty. We had so much to chat about that she is coming back for a s...

Artist Amy Meissner talks to us about her quilting life from 2019-01-08T11:00:03

Amy is amazing. We talk to her about her journey in sewing and quilting life. She's been a professional sewist in the fashion industry, a children's book illustrator, and now a very powerful fibe...

Special Series: New Media and Just Wanna Quilt - Jensen Hellmers talks about the basic of data gathering from 2019-01-06T11:10:03

Special Topics from New Media and Internet Studies: Dr. Ron Gard lent his course to us to contexualize and understand how JWQ fits into the current trends in the digital realm. We are trying to u...

Raymond Houston talks to us about his new book on Celtic Knots! from 2019-01-05T11:00:10

Raymond comes back to talk with us about Celtic Knots. His recent book is available here: https://nachograndmasquilts.com/books/.

JoAn Knight talks to us about her love of Gammill long-arm machines from 2019-01-03T11:00:15

JoAn, who teaches for Gammill, talks to us about her Gammill-quilting life. Thanks to Edith Gross, who recommended Joan. She was so much fun! Here is more about her: Listen

Quilting Army member Dan Pellish talks to us about his quilting life from 2019-01-02T11:00:04

Dan talks to us about charity quilting, making many many baby quilts, and art quilts. We get pretty serious about thinking through what this quilting world is.

Stephanie Palmer of the Quilter's Planner talks to us about creating the Quilter's Planner from 2018-12-19T07:11

Stephanie talks to us about the Quilter's Planner, while she is in a nature preserve for a fieldtrip for her kid. (She can multi-task!). She talks to us about how she started the planner, and man...

Ann Wasserman talks to us about repairing quilts and making art quilts from 2018-12-18T18:00

Ann Wasserman talks to us about the art of repairing quilts, as well as her love of creating art quilts. For more information on her services: Listen

Law Professor Lucas Osborn talks to us about 3D.printing from 2018-12-18T14:26

Lucas talks to us about 3D printing and 2L law student, Evan Chavez joins in for the conversation. If you wanted to know what 3D printing is all about, this is the podcast episode for you!

Amy Newbold of Sewtopia comes back to talk to us about her quilting business from 2018-12-18T11:00:05

Amy joins us again to talk to us about what's new with Sewtopia. She talks about the new store, the retreat business, and her thoughts about the quilting business. For more on Sewtopia, Listen

Shelancia Daniel of the Creativity Shell talks with us about her amazing project and her quilting life from 2018-12-17T12:40:16

Shelancia has created an amazing project, a movement, a way of thinking of teaching kids and also doing outreach work through quilting and sewing. We met her in Houston where she had an Interactiv...

Chris Reed, copyright attorney, returns to talk to us about copyright from 2018-12-17T11:00:10

Chris joins us for a second interview on copyright issues related to copyright, including recent controversies related to quilting and copyright.

Jeff Caplan of Craftoptics talks to us about glasses that make anything possible from 2018-12-15T11:00:07

Jeff talks to us about his company Craftoptics, and the amazing glasses for crafting. Craftoptics is also our December research sponsor, and so is giving us a $100 off the WOW package -- just use ...

Famous Quilter and Editor-in-Chief of Quilt Folk, Mary Fons joins us again to talk about her life and work from 2018-12-12T11:05:20

Mary Fons, famous quilter, and editor-in-chief of Quiltfolk Magazine talks to us about her quilting life, and her new documentary project. Ron Gard, my spouse and a cultural economist, and my kid...

Lawyer and librarian, Brandy Karl talks about copyright in the context of quilting from 2018-12-11T11:00:17

Brandy Karl is super smart. She visited a while back and we recorded our conversation about copyright in relationship to quilting and other crafts.

Frances O’Roark Dowell talks to us about Quilt Fiction (her podcast, FB group and giveaway!) from 2018-12-10T17:52:45

Frances returns to talk to us about writing and stories -- and her Quilt Fiction podcast. We talk about FB groups, and the Quilt Alliance too. She currently has a 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway to...

Philipa Core, part of our Quilting Army talks about her quilting life in Australia from 2018-12-10T11:00:19

Philipa tells us about hre life in Australia, and her quitling experiences.

Famous Quilter Marianne Fons talks to us about her kids, her quilting life and her novel from 2018-12-05T11:00:06

Marianne Fons (of Fons and Porter) talks to us about all kinds of things -- her three kids, her quilting life, her writing life and her thoughts on quilting. She mentions the Iowa Quilt Museum ( Listen

Xenia Cord, antique quilt broker and quilter (in the Quilters Hall of Fame) from 2018-12-03T11:30:10

Xenia talks to us about her quilting life, including being an Antique Quilts Broker, an instructor and a quilt maker. She was also inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame in 2018.

Annabelle Hammer talks to us about Project Linus from 2018-11-19T11:05:13

Annabelle talks to us about her chapter of Project Linus. For more on Project Linus, go to https://www.projectlinus.org

Misty-Anne Marold talks about being a scientist and a quilter from 2018-11-19T11:00:17

Misty-Anne talks to us about her life as a scientist and its intersection with quilting. We talk about inspiration and merging patterns too.

Famous Quilter Sue Bleiweiss talks about her new book Modern Art Quilts from 2018-11-04T13:13:42

Sue talks to us about her new book and I read to her the copyright notice in her book.

Eileen Keane of the Appliqué Society talks to us about all things Appliqué from 2018-10-26T10:00:55

Eileen talks to us about the Applique Society and all things applique. She will talk you into trying applique, no question. For more on the Applique Society: Listen

Scott Fortunoff, President of Jaftex, joins us to talk about Houston Quilt Market from 2018-10-25T10:00:40

Scott was on his way from the airport to Missouri Star's 10th Anniversary celebration. He talked to us about Houston Quilt Market, the big business-to-business convention. Jaftex is the company t...

Maddie Kertay of BadAss Quilter's Society talks with us quilting and very tiny kittens from 2018-10-22T10:00:53

Maddie is all things awesome. She is the genius behind BadAss Quilters, as well as working with in the industry in various capacities. She also cares for tiny kittens, and is renovating​ her own ...

Famous writer and podcaster Frances O'Roark Dowell joins us from 2018-10-17T10:00:21

Frances hosts the Off Kilter Quilt, as well as QuiltFiction podcasts. She also is an award winning children's author, and also write quilts fiction. She, of course, also quilts. We talk about he...

Karla Overland of Cherrywood Fabrics and Cherrywood Challenges talks to us from 2018-10-16T10:00:43

Karla talks to us about the hand dye fabric business, Cherrywood Fabrics, and also her Cherrywood Challenges, which now on their fourth one, this year was Prince. For more, see Listen

Georgina Lewis, talks to us about marketing and asks about trademark (we do a search), Part 2 of 2 from 2018-10-16T09:00:30

This is part 2 of our Georgina Lewis interview. We talk a lot about the basics of trademark, and we also talk about marketing. We do a search at the USPTO. Listen

Hello Stitch Studio talks to us about a sewing maker space from 2018-10-15T12:00:37

Stacy and Kristen talks to us about creating a sewing maker space in Berkeley, CA. For more information, see www.hellostitchstudio.com.

Georgina Lewis, talks to us about strategies for shops and her own experiment with marketing - Part 1 of 2 from 2018-10-15T10:00:32

Georgina does marketing for her real-life​ job for big-deal companies. She's now thinking about how to help shops in the online world, and she, like I, have learning about the quilting world over ...

Angie Wilson of the Gnome Angel talks to us about the quilting industry and sew-alongs from 2018-10-10T10:00:03

Angie talks to us in depth about her thoughts on the quilting industry, doing sew-alongs, and gives us a pep talk too! For more on Angie, go to Listen

Award-winning Quilter Claudia Pfeil talks to us about her quilting life from 2018-10-09T10:00:03

Claudia joins us from Germany, where she lives. She is an award-winning quilter, and also a teacher and designer. She talks to us about her process. Currently she has award winning quilts in thr...

New Quilting Army member Anne Vandermey talks to us about her quilting life from 2018-10-08T10:00:02

Anne calls in from Canada to talk to us about her quilting life. She found us through the Tula Pink interview. She has joined our quilting army!

Famous Quilter Alex Anderson comes to chat with us! from 2018-10-02T10:00:04

Famous Quilter, Alex Anderson chats with us about the Quilt Show, along with her experiences on HGTV, fans, and being famous. For more, go to the h...

Natalia Bonner talks to us about writing quilt books with her mom and so much more from 2018-10-01T10:30:05

Natalia Bonner talks to us about writing quilt books with her mom and some copyright things too. Go to their website: http://www.pi...

Scholar Giancarlo Frosio comes to talk to us about culture and history from 2018-09-25T10:35:04

Giancarlo is a Fellow at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society (where I've been affiliated since 2004), and he talks about his new book, Reconciling Copyright With Cumulative Creativity: The T...

Quilting Army and Long-Armer Susan Ainsworth Smith talks to us about her quilting life, Part 2 of 2 from 2018-09-24T12:25:04

Susan talks to us about being a long-armer and her quilting life. This is part 2. We interviewed her daughter, Camille Ainsworth.

Camille Ainsworth talks about her quilting life, including making passage quilts, Part 1 of 2 from 2018-09-24T10:25:04

Camille talks to us about her quilting life, including making passage quilts. She also talks about her quilting life with her mom, who is a long-armer. Part 1 is Camille. Part 2 is Susan Ainswor...

Famous Quilter Victoria Findlay Wolfe talks about her quilting life from 2018-09-19T14:00:07

Victoria comes to us from New York, where she talks to us about her life as an artist and as a quilter. We talk about her view of copyright, along with her thoughts on being a public figure, versu...

Nancy Williams, long arm quilter and volunteer for Social Justice Sewing Academy from 2018-09-18T10:00:05

Nancy talks to us about the Social Justice Sewing Academy, where she is part of the team that turns kids' impressions of their world into amazing quilts for exhibition. She is the long-armer on th...

Dawn Pereira of the Warm Company talks to us about batting! from 2018-09-13T10:00:06

Dawn goes through the basics of batting -- what terms mean and how batting differs. It's super super interesting (really!), especially if you want to understand the differences in the various kind...

Beth Strand, talks about charity quilting, UFOs, and the ugly stage of all quilts from 2018-09-12T11:35:03

Beth is so delightful. We chat about her thoughts on quilting, on charity quilting, and special moments in her life related to quilting. She talks about the meaning of giving quilts, and their i...

Mark and Yvonne Darrell of the Quilting Marine talk about their YouTube show from 2018-09-12T10:00:06

Mark, and his wife, Yvonne talk to us about their YouTube series, The Quilting Marine, and how quilting, and the show, has helped Mark with PTSD. Yvonne, who produces the show also talks about her...

Andrea Turner, part of our Quilting Army, talks about her epic quilt and Burning Man from 2018-09-10T16:13:32

Andrea talks to us about making lists, Burning Man, and her epic nearly 20 year quilt project. Meanwhile, well.... let's just say....well... just listen.... Andrea is awesome. I'm a little, well,...

Colleen Haraden-Gorski talks to us about creating art quilts and also about the Social Justice Sewing Academy from 2018-09-07T10:00:05

Colleen talks to us about her beautiful map art quilts, as well as her work with the Sewing Justice Sewing Academy.

Melanie McNeil talks to us about guilds and other things too from 2018-09-06T14:00:06

In the Spring, Melanie talked to use about guilds and other things. Hard to believe that we were only a few months in, and had under 300 members in the FB group. Now, we are at around 1400, and M...

Kristi Coupe of Put a Quilt on It, modern barn quilts, talks to us about her business from 2018-09-05T10:50:05

Kristi talks to us about her business of creating barn quilts both for outdoors and for quilting studios. She was spotted by one of our Quilting Army members. We are so glad they found her. Listen

Eric the Quilter talks to us about his quilting life from 2018-09-04T10:00

I first heard of Eric the Quilter when he was interviewed on the BBC about a year ago. He is a quilter, who also works professionally in a knitting factory (I think I'm getting that right!). He m...

Patty Sawyer, owner of Sew-clusion Retreat in Maine talks to us about her quilting life from 2018-08-30T10:00:05

Patty owns a sewing/quilt retreat in Maine. She is also a quilt judge. She's also a lot of fun. For more on her quilt retreat, Listen

Andi Barney, owner of the Red Hen Stitch Shop and the Sew Doc from 2018-08-29T10:00:06

Andi owns a cool shop in Marietta, George, where we visited on our Southern field trip​ this summer. She also has a new endeavor that she talks about -- training people to fix sewing machines. An...

Gail Berry-Graham talks to us about her quilting life as a HandiQuilter Educator from 2018-08-28T10:20:06

Gail talks to us from Canada about her quilting life, about long-arming, and about being a HandiQuilter educator. Listen

Pam Cobb, co-host of Stitch TV on YouTube and podcast host of Hip to be Square, Part 2 of 2 from 2018-08-27T13:00:06

Pam Cobb talks about her quilting life, having both a podcast and a YouTube quilt talk show (Stitch TV). This is part 2. Lynn Rinhart's episode is part 1, the co-host of Stitch TV. Listen

Lynn Rinehart of Stitch TV joins us Part 1 of 2 from 2018-08-27T10:00:06

Lynn talks to us about her quilting life, including being a quilt appraiser and be the co-host of Stitch TV. She is also a quilt appraiser, and she talks to us about that part of her quilting life...

Trade Law Professor and Lawyer David Gantz explains fabric and tariffs to us (and why Joann's cares) from 2018-08-26T13:57:32

David (my mentor in law school) comes to chat with us about tariffs and fabric, and why Joann's had put out a call for action last week. We had a good deal of discussion on the FB group, Just Wann...

Olivia Beatty talks to us about her quilting life, and we talk a little bit about copyright too from 2018-08-23T10:00:05

Olivia is part of our Quilting Army. She's a fan of Eleanor Burns, and she makes patterns. We talk about all kinds of things, and I get a little law prof on her about copyright. (It was at the b...

Chris Reed, Copyright Attorney and Photographer gets real about copyright from 2018-08-22T10:00:06

Chris talks with us about real-world questions arising for both photographers and quilters about copyright. Chris has previously worked at the U.S. Copyright Office, and now is an attorney for hig...

Famous Quilter Leah Day comes to chat with us again about publishing, copyright and her feelings about Facebook from 2018-08-21T10:00:05

Leah Day has taught so many of us how to quilt better. On our podcast for a second time, she talks to us about publishing, her thoughts about copyright, and (before she did it) why she was conside...

Jayna Zweiman, co-creator of the Pussy Hat Project and creator of Welcome Blanket talks to us from 2018-08-20T10:00:05

Jayna Zweiman talks to us about how the Pussy Hat Project (https://www.pussyhatproject.com) came about, and now her latest project, Welc...

Joann Kajfsaz, former quilt shop owner and mother of Amy Reitzel, part of our Quilting Army from 2018-08-17T11:30:05

Joann joined us to talk about her quilting life. She owned a quilting shop in the 1970s and 1980s. She talks about the development of the quilting industry, and shares with us her quilting life.

Amy Reitzel, quilt pattern maker and part of our Quilting Army talks about her quilting life from 2018-08-17T10:00:05

Amy talks to us about her quilting life, including making patterns and collecting a lot of rulers! We also talk about growing up with a mom who owned a quilt shop. (See part 2, with her mom!)

Amy Reitzel, quilt pattern maker and part of our Quilting Army talks about her quilting life from 2018-08-17T10:00:05

Amy talks to us about her quilting life, including making patterns and collecting a lot of rulers! We also talk about growing up with a mom who owned a quilt shop. (See part 2, with her mom!)

Quilt Historian and Rock Star, Barbara Brackman talks about her quilting life from 2018-08-15T10:00:05

Barbara Brackman talks to us about her life, her gathering of quilt blocks for the Encyclopedia work in patchwork and applique in the 1970s and 1980s. She is a rock star quilt historian. It was q...

Tula Pink and Mary Fons talk about their quilting life at the house! from 2018-08-08T10:00:05

Mary Fons and Tula Pink were in town for Quiltfolk magazine in late June. I had the awesome honor of joining them on their shoot, and then then came back to the house for a 2 1/2 hour interview wh...

Tina Hilton talks about her Turtle Hand Batik company and all things batiks + Discount Code! from 2018-08-07T10:00:06

Tina talked with us about her company, her love of Malaysian batiks, and her social mission in creating her business. She also talks about how batiks are made, and the challenges of creating a sma...

Jenny Doan of Missouri Star Quilt Co. talks about Missouri Star Quilt Company (her quilting empire!) and her quilting life from 2018-08-01T10:00:05

Jenny Doan is...well, Jenny Doan! She has taught a generation of us how to quilt on YouTube, and Missouri Start Quilt Company in Hamilton, MO is a quilt destination point for many, many quilters. ...

Kathy Shier and her daughter Suzy Webster talk about appliqué and their award winning quilts, Part 2 of 2 from 2018-07-31T18:30:06

This is kind of a part 2 of the Suzy Webster interview. Now we have her mom too (and her kid)! They talk about their award winning quilts, applique, and also, we talk with a young quilter who dis...

Suzy Webster, quilt book author and award winning quilter, Part 1 of 2 from 2018-07-31T17:00:05

Suzy talks to us about her quilting life, including writing quilting books. She is also an award winning quilter (you have to listen to part 2 for that!).

Laura Flusche of the Museum of Design Atlanta talks to us about Art and Craft of Activism from 2018-07-30T10:00:06

We went on a fieldtrip to Atlanta, where we were able to see the amazing exhibit, Art and Craft of Activism at the Museum of Design Atlanta. We talked with Laura Flusche, the Executive Director of...

JWQ - Intown Quilters - Shop Fieldtrip from 2018-07-27T10:15:05

We visited Intown Quilters in Decatur, GA when we were on our Atlanta adventure. We walk around the shop and learn more about it. This is definetely raw audio. (We are shopping at a couple of po...

Pam Weeks of New England Quilt Museum visits with us on our 2nd year anniversary from 2018-07-25T10:50:04

Pam sat down with us to talk about protest quilts, our Just Wanna Quilt project, and we even get her to curse about how the general media discounts quilting as something only (uncool) grandmother's...

Sue Bleiweiss of Threads of Resistance talks to us about art quilts, the exhibit and the latest controversy from 2018-07-24T07:11:32

Sue, an art quilter and an author, and also one of the key organizers of Threads of Resistance comes to talk to us about the latest controversy with the exhibit and also many things quilty. For mo...

Carla Triemer talks about her work with Quilts Beyond Borders from 2018-07-20T10:16

Carla Treimer talks to us about Quilts Beyond Borders and her quilting life. For more information on Quilts Beyond Borders: http...

Nancy Bronstein, Event Specialist, quilter and sewing educator for Viking, Pfaff and Singer from 2018-07-17T10:00:06

Nancy tells us about her life as a sewing educator, as she travels around the country for Viking, Pfaff and Singer.

Creator of Opportunities, Kelly Nagel of Sulky talks about thread, quilting, and embroidery from 2018-07-16T10:00:06

Kelly comes to talk to us about all things having to do with thread, embrodiery, and stabliziers! And yes, that's her real title: Creator of Opportunities. And she is amazing.

Lee Chappell Monroe, pattern designer, teacher, and quilter from 2018-07-13T16:28:41

Lee talks to us about being a professional within the quilting industry.

Corrie Dutton, 3L law student, talks about learning to quilt from 2018-07-12T10:05:04

Corrie is learning to quilt as part of her law school experience. We'll be talking with her as she works through the Gypsy Wife quilt with Gigi Baay.

Rachael Woodard and Becky Tillman Peterman from Quilted Twins talk about their fabric shop, designing patterns and their quilting life from 2018-07-10T10:00:05

Becky and Rachael of the Quilted Twins talk to us about their wonderful quilty life -- where Becky creates patterns for scrappy quilts (that are available for free on their website), and Rachael se...

Kathee Nelson, part of our quilting army who talks about her quilting life (and her son gets engaged during the interview) from 2018-07-09T10:00:05

Kathee Nelson shares her quilting life with us, talking about all kinds of things including art quilts, dying fabrics, and quilting with her sisters. Her son also gets engaged in the middle of our...

Christa Watson, famous author and owner of the Precut Store stops by from 2018-07-02T09:20:05

Christa Watson, of Christa Quilts, comes to talk with us about writing books (on free motion quilting, also precuts), the Precut Store and so much more. We are so hoping this is the first of many ...

Season 2 begins today! (What does that mean?) from 2018-07-02T03:50:05

Season 2 begins. We explain what the quilting army is, what a research podcast is, and a few more things in 5 minutes.

Michael Madison, law professor talks about the knowledge commons and quilting from 2018-06-19T10:40:05

Michael, a super smart law professor, talks to us about his theories of the knowlege commons and how to start to think about the study of quilting using his theories.

Tara Miller talks to us about her quilting life from 2018-06-18T10:15:05

Tara talks to us about her quilting life. We talk about meeting up in Atlanta to go to MODA's quilt and cross stitch exhibits, and we talk about how technical writing influences her way of thinkin...

Theresa McFarling talks about word quilts, copyright worries, and all kinds of things from 2018-06-13T10:00:05

Theresa talks to us about some of her big projects, including a quilt with song lyrics and asks some copyright questions. For more information on Theresa, including her Fearless Girl quilt, go to ...

Andrea Tsang Jackson talks about quilting, her Indiegogo campaign about a quilting song, and community quilting at a museum from 2018-06-11T20:00:04

Andrea talks to us about her life as a quilter, including as an Artist-in-Residence at the Canadian Museum of Immigration, as well as her new project that includes a song about quilting.

Sara Trail of Social Justice Sewing Academy talks to us about her messages in quilting and her community quilt project. from 2018-06-06T10:30:05

Sara is incredible. By 13, she had published a quilt book, and before she graduated high school, she had her own fabric lines. She went to college at Berkeley, and graduate work at Harvard. Now,...

Mary Lillico, quilter, talks about thinking about buying a long-arm machine (and it's really fun) from 2018-06-04T10:15:06

Mary found us through Leah Day's podcast, and she talks to us about her dream of owning a long-arm. She's really fun and funny. Really. I don't think I've laughed so hard in a long time as she e...

Shelly Ast of Havel's Sewing talks about all things sharp and pointy in quilting from 2018-05-29T10:30:05

Shelly Ast of Havel's Sewing talks to us about scissors, seam rippers, rotary cutters, and all things sharp and pointy. She also is providing us with a coupon! $7 off $25 or more at their website...

Laura Oswald, Director of Marketing for the Paducah Convention and Visitors Bureau tells us the history of Paducah as a quilting destination from 2018-05-28T10:25:03

Laura talks to us about Paducah -- how it became a quilter's destination, about other aspects of the art community and how quilters are now retiring there!

Carolanne Donovan, quilter and digital marketer from 2018-05-24T04:39:01

Carolanne talks to us about her quilting life, being president of her guild, and her day job, digital marketing. She's agreed to come back for part two and talk to us more about Facebook, Instagra...

Rebecca Tushnet, IP and First Amendment professor from Harvard Law School from 2018-05-21T15:31:26

Rebecca talks to us about her knitting life! She also talks about copyright, trademark, and the role of law in creativity. Here's more on Rebecca: Listen

Shelly Weeks, quilter, discusses octopuses, organizing ,and silhouette quilts from 2018-05-18T10:05:04

Shelly talks to us about her quilting life, and a little bit about the public domain too. We talk about when do you know when an old work can be used without needing permission?

QA member, Hilary Harrison talks about being at her first quilt show, Paducah! from 2018-05-16T14:20:05

Hilary, friends of Gigi Baay (also part of the Quilting Army) tells us about her experience -- with the QA staying with her in Memphis and about her first quilt show - Paducah!

Maria Shell, author of Improv Patchwork from 2018-05-15T15:35:04

Maria joins us to talk about her quilting life in Alaska, her book, Improv Patchwork, her year of making everything she wore, and her philosophy of a room of one's own. Here is a link to her book ...

Jo Westfoot of the Crafty Nomad from 2018-05-14T13:29:16

Jo is a quilter from England that talks to us about her quilting life, creating patterns, and creating a VIP club. Her quilts are super cool, especially if you like sewing-themed quilts, rainbows,...

JWQ Weekly Recap - Week 13 from 2018-05-07T13:16:52

A recap of our last week, and a little bit of a thought conversation of where the project is heading as we move into summer. An more official discussion will happen soon.

Mary Ellen Ramirez Leingang - After Paducah from 2018-05-03T10:00:05

Mary Ellen talks to us about the Paducah Spring Quilt Week, and also a little bit about the Gulf States Quilt Guild show too!

Quilting Army member Melanie McNeil talks to us about her quilting life. from 2018-05-01T12:30:06

Melanie talks to us about her quilting life, including making medallion quilts and blogging at www.catbirdquilts.wordpress.com

Judy Walker - After Paducah 1 from 2018-05-01T10:30:05

Judy Walker talks about her impressions of Paducah, where she experienced Quilt Week.

Weekly Recap Week 10 and 11 from 2018-04-30T10:30:05

We are catching up from the Paducah trip! We have so much more planned. Oh....we need a nap....we so need a nap.

IP Law and Entrepreneurship Course reflects on working on Just Wanna Quilt from 2018-04-27T10:15:04

The IP Law and Entrepreneurship @ Tulane Law School course reflects on what they did throughout the semester. The class ends this week, but the project will keep going!! The students talk about t...

Famous author Virginia Postrel joins us to discuss her new project on technology and textiles from 2018-04-25T10:15:04

Virginia Postrel is a famous author, who has taken up the question of technology and textiles. Her previous work, style and glamour.

Becky Hill, quilter, and part of our Quilting Army from 2018-04-24T21:15:04

Becky joins us to talk about her quilting life, and her thoughts on her grandmother, quilting in general, and improv quilting.

Todd Purcell from Superior Thread explains thread! from 2018-04-24T21:15:04

Todd Purcell from Superior Thread sent us some thread -- we learn all kinds of things about thread! He was great.

Laura Bickford, from Souls Grown Deep, talks about Gee's Bend quilts from 2018-04-19T05:10:04

Laura Bickford, from Souls Grown Deep Foundation, talks to us about Gee's Bend quilts.

Chris Sprigman, law professor at New York University Law School talks us about framing our project from 2018-04-18T10:10:05

Chris Sprigman is a very famous intellectual property professor that himself has done creative projects, including topics that include the fashion industry and comedy. He talks to us about how to ...

Bumbletees, a quilt shop in Germantown TN, on the way to Paducah from 2018-04-17T14:56:32

The Quilting Army stopped at Bumbletees (www.bumbletees.com), a quilt shop in Germantown, TN, where they talked about their business, and in p...

Yvonne Wilson, quilter from 2018-04-17T10:10:05

Yvonne talks to us about her quilting life, including the role of community, scrap quilting, and her love of quilting with bold colors.

On the Road to Paducah - Day 1 - In Memphis from 2018-04-17T02:17:35

Ok! The quilting army is on the move. Judy Walker, Edith Gross, Mary Ellen Leingang, Gigi Baay, and Hilary Harrison. Tonight, we talked about their trip from New Orleans to Memphis, where they a...

Famous Quilter Jacquie Gering talks to us about modern quilting from 2018-04-16T10:05:03

Jacquie Gering, famous quilter, stops by to talk with us about her quilting life, and in particular her story of how she became a modern quilter.

Weekly Recap Week 10 from 2018-04-16T03:48:22

We recap activities this week, including two quilt shows!

Amy Bradley, Purple Pineapple Studio from 2018-04-12T10:45:04

Amy talks about Purple Pineapple Studio and her strategy for helping beginners with patterns, and also the relationship between her business and local quilt shops.

Joel Sellers, quilter talks about her quilting life from 2018-04-10T10:35:03

Joel is part of our Quilting Army, and she talks about her quilting life as a relatively new​ quilter (whose work is amazing).

Ruth Kitchin Tillman, quilter talks to us about her quilting life from 2018-04-09T10:00:05

Ruth Kitchin Tillman talks to us about her quiling life, a little bit about being a librarian, and accidentally commits to making a bibliography for us on quilting!​

Famous Quilter, Chawne Kimber stops by to talk about her quilts from 2018-04-04T10:00:04

Chawne Kimber, math professor and famous quilter, talks about her life and her quilts. Follow along by going to her website, Listen

Julie Brodersen, quilter and small business of celebration quilts from 2018-04-03T10:45:04

Julie talks to us about how her celebration quilts got started, and how she creates quilts out of all kinds of materials -- t-shirts, baseball hats, ties, everything.

Bonnie Browning tells us about Paducah and the Spring Quilt Show from 2018-04-02T10:00:05

Bonnie Browning, Executive Show Director, American Quilter's Society talks to us from Paducah, Ky., where she tells about all the things that happen during Spring Quilt Week in Paducah.

JWQ Recap Week 8 from 2018-04-02T01:09:41

A quick recap and a visit with Julia Driscoll, part of our FB Quilting Army who is visiting from Chicago!

Ann Bartow, law professor and Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP, University of New Hampshire Law School from 2018-03-30T10:00:05

Ann talks to us about copyright, intellectual property and gender. She was the second law professor I discussed the project with during the Summer 2017. She's awesome.

Raymond Houston, quilter of geometric shapes from 2018-03-29T10:50:04

Raymond Houston was referred to us by Seth Hackler. He is a quilter that designs incredible geometric quilts, as well as Celtic knot quilts. He is also a writer, working on a quilt book.

Janna Thomas of BlocLoc talks about inventions, quilting and finding your quilting bliss from 2018-03-28T10:00:04

Janna and her husband started BlocLoc to make quilting easier, and we talk about gaining a patent to protect their invention.

Winner for Stencil Company Giveaway from 2018-03-28T04:14:34

Ricardo Gonzales and I figure out how to pick the winner for our first giveaway. And we announce the winner!

Recap Week 7 (our giveaway week) from 2018-03-26T16:56:38

A quick overview of our giveaway, including the numbers, and how our podcast is growing. ETG talks a little bit about the overall project and asks, what role do giveaways play in the overall goal ...

Hayley Foster Gray, quilter from 2018-03-26T10:30:06

Hayley talks with us about her quilting life, making stamps and creating fabric patterns. She also talks to us about thinking about being a quilt entrepreneur.

Law Students Chat with Elizabeth Townsend Gard about Giveaways from 2018-03-24T14:30:05

We put out law school hat on and discuss giveaways--the legal aspects that we found necessary to put on our first giveaway. We talk about what we had to do and how to think about the legal aspects...

Cheryl Sleboda talks to us about giveaways and other quilt industry things from 2018-03-22T15:00:05

Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com and sewmuchcosplay.com comes to talk with us about giveaways and more about the industry. The Just Wanna Quilt giveaway continues through Sunday, March 25, 2018.

Seth Hackler talks about his giveaway experience with Quilting on a Budget from 2018-03-22T13:05:07

Seth Hackler comes back and talks to us about his first giveaway on Quilting on a Budget. He's awesome. We're all learning and trying to understand this whole quilting world.

Aasta Deth, Stencil Company and Harrison House Designs - Part 3 of 3 from 2018-03-21T10:00:05

Aasta Deth discusses her quilting life, her family, the Stencil Company, and Harrison House Designs. And there's a giveaway from the Stencil Company going on through March 25, 2018! Go to Listen

Cynthia Turnbow of the Stencil Company, Part 2 of 3 from 2018-03-20T10:00:04

Cynthia talks about the Stencil Company, having a small business and being part of the quilting industry as a second generation, with her daughter also part of the business as well. And there's a...

Holice Turnbow talks about being a quilt designer and quilt judge. This is part 1 of a 3 generation series. from 2018-03-19T10:00:04

Holice talks about his quilting life, being a quilt judge, getting back to basics, and how the industry changed over the last few decades. And there's a giveaway from the Stencil Company going on ...

Weekly Recap Week 6 from 2018-03-19T07:12:43

The recap for week six! So much going on!

Dora Cary of Orange Dot Quilts talks about making patterns and the quilting industry from 2018-03-14T10:00:05

Dora shares her quilting experience, how she approaches designing quilts, and what it's like to be a quilt entrepreneur​. (We also caught up with her at QuiltCon - see our FB Group - Just Wanna Qu...

Pamela Johnson, art quilter from 2018-03-14T10:00:05

Pam talks to us about her quilting life, how she makes art quilts, and what matters to her when it comes to quilting.

Megan Lundgren, quilter and long-arm small business from 2018-03-12T10:00:05

Megan found us on iTunes, then joined our FB group, Just Wanna Quilt, then was interviewed (this) and now is part of our Quilting Army! We talk about pre-cuts, quilting, and ideas for Just Wanna Q...

Nina Paley, artist, animator, and quilter from 2018-03-12T10:00:05

Nina Paley stopped by to chat with us. She comes to quilting as an artist and has even animated a quilting horse (quiltimation she call us). She talks about being a creator, problems with copyrig...

JWQ Weekly Recap Week 5 from 2018-03-11T10:10:05

Our First Month Birthday! This is week five of Just Wanna Quilt. A recap of our week!

Liz Lesher talks to us about her quilting life and little bit about ironing too! from 2018-03-10T18:47:25

Elizabeth Lesher talks to us about her quilting life. She talks about ironing (yes!) and her thoughts on why and when she quilts. She doesn't focus on the shopping part, but on making large scrap...

Brian Frye, law professor and filmmaker talks to us about art, copyright, and thinking about quilting from 2018-03-08T11:00:05

Brian talks to us about his art life -- what's the difference between an art film and a commercial documentary, and how does that impact on the intersection of copyright. He helps us think about q...

Emma Connolly of Uptown Needle and Craftworks from 2018-03-07T11:00:05

Emma talks about her quilting life, why she opened a shop, and her approach to life and community. This is where we launched the podcast from, and so Emma holds a special place in our heart.

Cheryl Sleboda talks to us (part 2) about the quilting industry from 2018-03-06T11:00:05

Cheryl Sleboda, of Muppin.com and SewMuchCosplay, talks to her about her thoughts on the quilt industry looks like.

Scott Fortunoff of Jaftex talks to us about the fabric industry (and so much more!) from 2018-03-05T11:00:04

Scott Fortunoff, a fourth-generation fabric company executive, talks to us about fabric, his company Jaftex, and the different companies that are part of the Jaftex family. (He's Jaftex is the co...

Recap Week 4 from 2018-03-04T10:00:05

Host, Elizabeth Townsend Gard recaps Week Four -- the guests including quilter Lauren Anderson, Sewtopia's Amy Newbold, Jill Repp of June Tailor, and Jeanette Floyd gives us a field trip report fro...

Lauren Anderson, quilter and so much more...a conversation about life. from 2018-02-28T11:35

Lauren Anderson talks to us about her quilting life. She is a relatively new quilter that I met at a class at Uptown Needle and Craftworks. She's also organizing a Gee's Bend conference here in N...

Amy Newbold of Sewtopia from 2018-02-28T11:00:04

Amy Newbold talks to us about her quilting life and her development of Sewtopia, an online community that has retreats around the country three times a year. Sewtopia came to New Orleans in the Fa...

Jill Repp from June Tailor talks about lots of cool tools and products from 2018-02-27T11:00:06

Jill Repp sent us two boxes for research! We talk about all kinds of things quilty -- she talks about being an entrepreneur and inventor, and about the experience of working at June Tailor.

Field Trip Report: QuiltCon 2018 by JWQ Reporter Jeanette Floyd from 2018-02-26T13:06:49

Jeanette Floyd tells us about QuiltCon 2018, which was held in Pasadena, CA. She talks to us about the quilts, the experience, the lectures, and being a reporter for us at a quilt show.

Week 3 Recap from 2018-02-23T15:27:01

This week we had three guests -- Susan Blexrud (quilter and romance novelist), Seth Hackler (quilter, and FB "Quilting on a Budget"), and Rachel Bishop (quilter and Quilted Owl). The recap talks a...

Seth Hackler, quilter and founder of "Quilting on a Budget" FB Group from 2018-02-19T11:00:05

Seth Hackler is a quilter and the mastermind behind "Quilting on a Budget" FB Group, which now has over 30,000 members in just one year. He talks to us about the meaningfulness of quilting with hi...

Susan Blexrud, quilter and romance novelist talks to us about her quilting life from 2018-02-19T11:00:05

Susan sits down with us and talks about all things quilty. She talks about art quilts, about her love of quilting, and her experience writing romance novels.

Quilt Podcaster Stephanie Kendron from Modern Sewciety comes by to give us quilting and podcast tips! from 2018-02-16T11:00:05

Stephanie is the genius behind Modern Sewciety, a podcast now in its fifth year. She is kind, charming and honest about her experience, and tells us about her new podcast subscription group, Sewci...

Week Two Recap from 2018-02-15T11:00:05

A quick overview of the guests this week -- and also who we interviewed this week for future episodes. For more, see our website: www.justwa...

Sherry Songhurst, quilter and member of Piece Corp of Quilt, Inc (International Quilt Festival and Quilt Market) from 2018-02-14T12:55:04

Sherry talks with us about her quilting life, being part of the Piece Corps (those that care for, hang, and protect the exhibit quilts at International Quilt Market and Festival). She is part of o...

Jeanne Hewell-Chambers talks about the 70273 project on its 2nd anniversary from 2018-02-14T11:00:05

Jeanne Hewell-Chambers is both ambitious and amazing: to make 70, 273 double xx's to commemorate the deaths of the disabled community in Nazi Germany. The quilts are stunning, and some of them wer...

JWQ Field Trip with Julia Driscoll - Color My World: A Collection of One-woman Quilt Exhibits, Steger, IL from 2018-02-12T16:05:03

Julia Driscoll (part of our Quilting Army) talks about a fieldtrip to the "Color My World: A Collection of One-woman Quilt Exhibits," September 30-October 1, 2017 at the Pieces n' Patches Quilt Gu...

Teresa Duryea Wong, quilter and author, talks to us about Japanese-related quilting things from 2018-02-12T12:00:06

Teresa talks to us about her quilting life, her adventures to Japan to research her books on Indigo and cotton, and a little bit about her dog.

Jeanette Floyd talks to us about her quilting life and "Jack" the Seam Ripper from 2018-02-12T12:00:06

Jeanette talks to us about her quilting life, charity quilting, the importance of guilds and mentors, and we laugh about her naming her seam ripper, "Jack." Jeanette's webpage can be found at Listen

JWQ Launch Week Recap from 2018-02-10T16:11:10

Here's what we did the first week -- a summary of the 18 (yes!) interviews plus one bonus track. To learn more about each guest, go to www.jus...

Jill Repp from June Tailor talks about inventions and quilting from 2018-02-09T16:15:05

Jill Repp talks about the June Tailor company. We know June Tailor from the basting sprays, and the cutting mats and rulers and so many creative innovations. She is very inventive. She has joine...

Gigi Baay from 2018-02-09T16:15:05

Gigi is part of our Quilting Army. She has sewn her whole life, she teaches sewing (she taught me how to make a jacket) and she works at Uptown Needle and Craftworks. She is so much fun. She has...

Amy Milne from Quilt Alliance from 2018-02-08T14:00:05

Amy Milne, Executive Director for Quilt Alliance talks to us about all things quilty and the role of the Quilt Alliance in preservation, education and community. Listen

Leah Day stops by! You know, "Hello my quilting friends." from 2018-02-07T16:15:05

I think nearly everyone at the moment has been taught how to free motion quilt from Leah Day's videos. She is a quilter and Internet sensation. She is also a savvy entrepreneur​ who has built​ an...

Crafty Genimini, Vanessa Vargas Wilson- Part 2- craft entrepreneurship on the Internet from 2018-02-07T02:10:04

This is the second part of a two-part interview with the Crafty Gemini, Vanessa Vargas Wilson, where we continue our talk about being a craft entrepreneur on the Internet.

Vanessa Varges Wilson, the Craft Gemini from 2018-02-06T18:16:12

Vanessa gave us a lot of time talking about her life as the Crafty Gemini. She told us about her life, and how she became an Internet sensation. This is part one of two.

Meet Julia Driscoll: quilter, teen librarian, and part of our Quilting Army from 2018-02-06T16:15:04

Julia loves to quilt. She is a teen librarian in a public library in the suburbs of Chicago, where she teaches beginning sewing.  She has also made amazingly complex quilts.  Her story was the fir...

Patty and Elizabeth Talk about Quilt Festival in Houston, 2017 from 2018-02-06T15:05:03

Patty Cooper and Elizabeth Townsend Gard talk about their first impressions of Quilt Festival in Houston about the preview night of Quilt Festival.

Tsoniki Crazy Bull, quilter, podcaster, and world traveler (thanks to the military) from 2018-02-06T03:30:05

Tsoniki creates beautiful quilts. She also had a 50-episode podcast before her husband was transferred abroad as part of the military. She talks about her life of moving, of quilting, and talking...

A Quilting Family - Judy Walker and Jill Elliot from 2018-02-06T03:15:05

Judy Walker, my neighbor, and Judy Eliot, her sister from Oklahoma, talk about their very quilty family. This is one of the first interviews that we conducted. Judy is part of the Quilting Army, a...

Quilter Janice Peachey: "Quilting has followed me throughout my life." from 2018-02-06T03:15:05

Janice Peachy is a quilter I met through a mutual friend. She is incredible. She tells us stories of why she quilts, and how quilting has followed her through her life. She travels, she fosters ...

Heather Kubiak, attorney and quilter from 2018-02-06T03:00:05

Heather teaches courses at Quilt Market and Quilt Festival in Houston. She has agreed to be part of our Quilting Army. She has a great philosophy that comes from her years as an attorney focused ...

Mattie Rhodes Haines of Quiltsmart talks of Mondo Bags and Double Wedding Rings from 2018-02-06T02:15:05

Mattie Rhodes Haine of Quiltsmart sent us a box of goodies, and we talk about her company's strategy of using printed interface as a technique of quilting. She is also the genius behind the extrao...

Maureen Collins, quilter and law professor too! from 2018-02-06T01:50:04

Maureen Collins is one of the only law professors to write on quilting! She has been part of the project from the first conversations. She teaches at John Marshall Law School, where she requires ...

Todd Purcell, Superior Threads from 2018-02-06T01:30:05

Todd Purcell talks to us about the start of Superior Threads, which was begun by his mom and dad. We learn about thread - how its made, which one to use, and much more. If you ever wondered about...

Edith Gross - quilter, computerized longarm quilting, and super fun from 2018-02-06T01:25:04

Edith Gross is a quilter and has a longarm quilting business. She has only been quilting a few years. She is remarkable. Creative, beautiful work, in all kinds of styles, Edith's quilting is a s...

Cheryl Sleboda of Muppins and Sew Much Cosplay - quilter and social media influencer from 2018-02-06T01:15:05

Cheryl Sleboda is an award winning art quilter who also speaks and teaches to guilds and shops around the country. Cheryl’s been featured in magazines, newspapers, and on Quilting Arts TV, It's S...

Bob Ruggiero of Quilt Inc helps us understand the quilting industry from 2018-02-04T16:20

Bob Ruggiero, Director of publications and Public Information for Quilts, Inc. sat down with us to talk about Quilt Market (the quilt industry show, which is in Houston every Fall, and then moves a...

What is "Just Wanna Quilt?" A Preview from 2018-02-04T16:15:05

A preview of what the new research podcast "Just Wanna Quilt" is all about. We will chat about all things quilting -- with quilters, quilt entrepreneurs, famous quilter, industry folk, historians,...

Hi from Just Wanna Quilt - Launching the Week of Feb 5 from 2018-01-31T14:23:35

A five-minute overview of the new podcast, Just Wanna Quilt, a research podcast coming out of Tulane Law School. We are interested in all things quilty, and we are interviewing everyone -- to unde...