American Patchwork and Quilting Radio

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

Christine Weld of the Quarter Inch is an active Moda Bake shop designer who love sharing her designs. I’m thrilled to have her give us a few insider tips on how she designs with Precuts. Plus a little chat on the benfits of making charity quilts --------------------- Penni Domikis is the designer behind Cabin in the Woods Quilters. She is a pattern and template company but really a whole lot more. Penni specializes in teaching and finding great ways for you to expand your technical skills and use up scraps! -------------------- Meghan Buchanan of Then Came June might have a fairly young business, but it’s mighty! Her designs have a great graphic appeal and she tosses in really darling projects like her ghost pattern. She loves speedy sewing projects and has some tips for those of that are impatient when we sew… like me! ------------------ My buddy, Sizzix Designer and Author, Roseann Kermes is back! We are chatting about buying books. We both have a love of quilting books and we have a million reasons why you

Marla Varner of Penny Lane Quilts creates exciting quilts in modern improvisational style. But she didn’t start that way. Marla began with traditional quilts and I’m excited to hear about her journey to a different style of making. ================ I first saw Lindsey Neill’s Pen and Paper quilts when there were a lot of adorable snail blocks showing up in my instagram feed. Lindsey creates whimsical modern and minimalist quilts. Let’s hear how she comes up with her creations and what might be around the corner for us ================ Cindy Needham tag line on her about page is ‘Quilting Changed My Life’, I feel the same way. She is an avid quilter that, like me, quit her day job to create a business. She travels to teach and has a class on Craftsy. I’m very interested in her work on linen, how cool is that? ================ Richy Lainson has a fabulous sense of color. He combines things and everyone goes, why didn't i think of that!  He has a new role designing projects for the BasicGrey company to showcase

I love the projects from Susan Knapp of the Quilt Branch, they are fun and doable. You may know her from signature project ‘Six Halves Make a Whole, where each project starts from 6 half-yard cuts of fabric’. We are going to get some great tips about embracing unique shapes and getting used to a specialty rulers. ------------- I love how Shannon Brinkley uses scraps to applique. Use applies this approach to very fresh designs and has a whole book of projects with it. Shannon shares tips making scrappy applique work and will tell us about her first fabric line with Andover called Mosaic.. which seems like a fitting name! Shannon has some fantastic tips for doing the pointy edges with satin stitch on her projects, well worth listening! ------------- Teacher, author and amazing quilt maker, Krista Hennebury joins me again so we can talk about taking quilting on the road! She has attended big and small shows across the world, plus taught.. it's fun to hear about her travels. And Krista is one of the designers o

I’m so intrigued by Ashley Nickels quilts, they have this unique painting on them and then she adds a wonderful layer of quilting. When I see pieces like this my curiosity has me typing an invite to the maker to come on the show and tell me about their work. And I'm super excited that she is also a writer and has a love of the story. =========== Karen Overton is a long time maker writing about her work at The Quilt Rambler. She loves to teach and has a great tips for us today about how to think about our quilting while we are doing the patchwork.  ============= Linzee McCray is back to talk feedsacks. Her newest book is full of so much history. I asked Linzee if she could do an deep dive into feedsacks and then tell me how her first fabric line 'Feed Sacks: True Blue' for Moda came about! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork &

I’m always attracted to beautiful embroidery work. When I saw Kathy Shaw’s books and her work I had to learn more! If you were curious about crazy quilts and stitches, you’ll love this chat! ------------ Heidi Parkes tagline is ‘Artist - Quilts - Mending ‘ and I am intrigued by that. Quilts and Mending on the same line? Heidi will change your mind on what that means. ---------------- Leslie Jenison and I have been friends a long time, it might have started when we both did a ‘use this Nancy Drew Fabric’ challenge! She is an award winner quilter, fabric designer, and extremely amazing quiltmaker. Leslie and I chatted about how to stay healthy so we can quilt a very long time. ------------------ Lissa Alexander's newest book is all about scraps and it's fantastic! She is also the director of Marketing for Moda Fabrics, which means she is the organizer of getting all the amazing things about Moda out for us to learn. I've worked with Lissa since the first year I went into business. I'm also lucky enough to have

Erin Dollar of Cotton Flax is a surface pattern designer who does her own print making and has her designs on Robert Kaufman fabrics for us to enjoy. I love hearing how people bring their art to fabric for quilters. Erin’s super talented and you are going to enjoy meeting her. ------------ Karen Neary is a designer, author, and has had her quilts exhibited in shows across the world. She loves to take complicated patchwork and simplify them. ------------- I’m a huge fan of Wendi Gratz designs. They are fun, happy, and make me smile! She also has great tips for us on applique. ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.allpeoplequilt.com/deal and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apq

I may have first seen Krista Moser’s work when I spotted her Hollow Star pattern, which is super clever. That lead me to her tutorials which are so complete you’ll feel like you are in class with her! I’m really excited to learn more about using 60-degree angles, these are Krista’s specialty ---- I’ve admired Janelle McKay’s bags for a long time and I’m excited to chat bag making with her today… and did you know she is also a quilter? We learn how to take our quilting fabrics to the next level in her amazing bag patterns. ----- Jen Daly is a regular contributor to American Patchwork’s family of magazine and the Moda Bakeshop. You might have even made one of her fun and clever projects. Jen’s designs look fantastic in both traditional and fun fabrics, so I want to learn how she does it! ---- Jennifer Nevitt of MommySew is a fearless quilter taking on curves, tiny pieces and color combos that make you want to rush out to sew up her projects. Her quilt in the Dec 2017 issue of American Patchwork & quilting caug

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

You will recognize Shelley Cavanna’s quilts from her signature patterns she designs for her company Cora Quilts. She also has a new fabric line with Benartex. We’ll get a tips from Shelley on how she creates her beautiful color combinations. ---------- Moda fabric designer Stacy Iest Hsu creates darling fabrics that also have stuffed dolls panels. I might be guilty of hoarding these fabrics because the prints are so usable in quilts! Some have themed images.. like dogs & cats, little girls in red capes and buck-a-roo boys, they fantastic! Today Stacy is going to share about her latest kitty & puppy pouches & some tips for stuffing items.  I included 2 videos she did that will really help you! -------------- Many of you know Wendy Butler Berns from her online classes that teach you how to create landscape quilts and more. Wendy has been teaching quilting for many years, but she is also an award winning quiltmaker and has a rich history that I want to know more about! As always, there is more to each maker than

I have a soft spot for embroider and when I saw Valerie Bothell’s newest book “Joyful Daily Stitches” I was excited to have a chat with her. A stitch a day? Maybe we can do that! ---------- I came across Emily Dennis of Quilty Love when I saw photos from quilters doing one of her sew alongs… and you know how I love a great sew along! It’s fun to meet new people and I know you are going to really enjoy Emily! ---------- If you are out there doing designs with big blocks, my radar is going to find you! That is how I came across Erica Jackman of Kitchen Table Quilting, I love her style! ----------- My friend Cheryl Brickey of Meadow Mist Designs is back and I can’t wait to hear about her book, her new mystery quilt and she has a great tip about thimbles for me this time! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 60% off a subscription to American Patchwork & Quilting. Visit www.

I love catching up with Amanda Murphy. She was our Dec 2017 Aurifil Designer of the year were you got a peek at her Winter Games fabric. She is an author, Benartex fabric designer and awesome freemotion quilter. Can’t wait to get a few tips on freemotion today! ------------ Susan Emory of Swirly Girl Designs is a designer and her fabrics are darling including her latest Hank & Clementine. She is also active in the Virginia quilting communities and curated exhibits for the Virginia Quilt Museum that were showing the same time as my exhibit. ------------- Designer Jackie Robinson has been a shop owner, and is a prolific author and fabric designer with years of wonderful designs that many of you have made. You might have even visited with her in one of her shops! I’m so happy to catch up with Jackie to hear what she is doing now. ------------- Jeni Baker of In Color Order is wonderful designer, author and regular contributor to the American Patchwork & Quilting Magazines. We are going to chat what a big move doe

I’ve been a huge fan of Malka Dubrawsky’s work for years. I love her hand dyed fabric, her quilt shop fabrics and her process for creating. Malka always has the most interesting articles . It’s time we caught up again! -------- Designer and Author Carl Hentsch of 3 Dog Design creates exciting quilts. With circles, and flying geese and angles that capture your attention. He has has a keen interest in Amish quilts. We’ll learn some of his thoughts on color and process to create his quilt designs. -------------- It’s been awhile since my friend the very talented designer of quilts & fabric and author Sherri McConnell was here to visit. We had booths near each other at the trade show in October where we had some time to catch up on life. And her awesome husband was there too so my shipping department & hers had a chance to meet. Sherri is not only talented but prolific so I hope to get some of her ‘Sew-Jo’ today! ---------------- Jo Morton is back to talk about her Little Favorites books, Jo’s Floral Album, her n

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

Designer and Author Debbie Busby of Wooden Spool designs is back to chat with me. We are going to talk about her new book ‘Sew Many Notions’ and dispel a few common fears quilters have about diving into working with wool. --------- Fussy cutting fabric is contagious. I’ve followed posts from Elisabeth Hardey, the event manager in the marketing dept at Robert Kaufman, for awhile. Then when she and her friend Nichole Ramirez wrote ‘The Fussy Cut Sampler’ I was thrilled to see all their tricks & tips documented in a great book. You might have even done a sew along for their book! ----------- I know you’ve seen the amazing block of the month designs from Sassafras Lane. They also create loads of other designs and I have Shayla Wolf, who is half of the Mother/Daughter team of Shayla Wolf and Kristy Wolf here to give me some pointers on creating their foundation designs. ------------ Pam Damour of the Decorating Diva has so many great projects and tutorials. She is an author and fellow Baby Lock ambassador. It’s al

If you are in instagram you must be following Susan Ache, better known as yardgrl60. Susan has a way with fabric that is unbelievable. Gorgeous quilts … one.. right .. after the other. And we are so lucky she wrote a book with 13 of her favorite quilt designs that use 2 ½” strips ---------- Lisa Amundson from ‘Around the Bobbin’ has wonderful patterns for home dec and bags. I love her use of fabrics, the fun items and she is also part of the team that owns the Twister Sisters ruler company, so you see lots of fun ways to use the rulers in her patterns. ----------- If you love applique and want to learn some new tricks, Sue Pelland has some ideas for you! I personally love applique and the freedom it gives me to create shapes that I saw. Sue has a pretty incredible story about the start of her quilting career, you are going to love this show! ================ Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscrib

Artist, Author, teacher, designer of pretty fabrics & wonderful quilts, Shannon Orr also loves to plan! Planning what she will make is such a passion for her she created an amazing ‘Plan to Quilt’ journal! She is going to share her top planning tips with us today, I can’t wait! ----------- Award winning Quilt designer Sylvia Schaefer has a modern style with a little bit of science put in the mix. I was thrilled that this year when I was asked to Judge the Craftsy Quilt Designer Fellowship, Sylvia was the one selected. I’m really interested in how she designs and where she is heading with her business.! ------------- If you have EVERY thought a project on Pinterest was darling, and saved it, and maybe even MADE it… I can almost promise you that one of them was designed by Bev McCullough of Flamingo Toes! I’m personally a huge fan-girl, and have saved a bunch of her things to make. That map is first up, then the Flamingo.. then…. I’m excited to chat for the 2nd half of my show with Bev about all things making a

I can’t wait to chat with Deb Tucker! She has been creating and teaching quiltmaking for 30+ years and her specialty is piecing efficiency. From patterns to tools to demos Deb can help us get it right easily! ------------ Author, Moda fabric designer and curator of fun project, my friend Amy Ellis always has something going on! We are going to chat about some of her collaborations including her new modern quilt publications that are very unique! ------------ I love when Heidi Kaisand of Hen & Chicks Studio joins me! Heidi and I have worked together for many years and we have shared a lot of creative ideas. What I love about her and what she does in her shop, is that she explores ways to be creative that are not just making quilts. We are going to share a few top ways to be creative that are similar, but different to quilt making. ------------ I have long admired the work of Janine Vangool, who is the publisher, editor and designer of UPPERCASE, which a quarterly print magazine for ‘the creative and curious’.

At the end of every year I my own show. I talk about some favorite books that came out this year and why I love them, it seems to have been the year of 'blue' With so many great shows, you might have missed a few of my favorites.. So I selected 4 shows through the year to highlight Curious what American Patchwork magazine & Me are hosting in 2018, that's here too! Plus a fun Q&A from my Facebook Group, no holds bared on this one! ================ Subscribe to American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com/getmagazine. Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.

I learned how to sew by making clothing. In reality I made clothing badly but I still kept making them, even wore some. I wish I’d had a ‘Joi Mahon’ to teach me. Joi is an author, teacher, owns the Sewing Factory in Sioux City, Iowa, is a fellow Baby lock ambassador and clothing pattern designer. She also has a rich family history of sewing which includes quilts. Can’t wait for you to meet her and maybe I’ll even try sewing clothing again! =============== Katja Marek is back and we are going to talk Splendid sampler, Hexagons and Dresdens with with personality! Katja is one create person with a power house of ideas to share. ================ Subscribe to American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com/getmagazine. Visit American Patchwork & Quilting at www.allpeoplequilt.com. Visit host Pat Sloan at www.patsloan.com. ================ BONUS for our podcast subscribers! Get 50% off a digital quilt pattern of your choice in our online shop. Visit apqshop.com, and use coupon code PODCAST at checkout.