Posted in General Quilting Life, announcements, challenges, Listener input, Giveaways on Feb 17th, 2012 1 Comment »
Reminder to Meet at the Waterfall! Also, I talk about my paper-piecing adventures, a new contest, and plans for next week.
Standard Podcasts [00:34:18m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (576)Posted in General Quilting Life, announcements, Resource recommendations, Listener input on Feb 12th, 2012 2 Comments »
Announcing the Meet-Up information for the Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival in Hampton, VA, Feb 23-26. If you're going to be there, be sure to listen to at least the first 10 mins or so of the show you know where to find the rest of us! Also included: Sandy Update, reviews of two books (and a third thrown in), quilting apps for iPod/iPad, and listener feedback. It's a chock-full episode since I've been out of the loop for a couple of weeks. Glad to be back!
In this episode:
Karen Lee Carter, teacher at Mid-Atlantic Quilt Festival
Fabri-Sabbatical Blog
Sandy's Tech Tips Blog
In Their Shoes Blog
Country Threads Goes to Charm School, by Mary Ehterington and Connie Tesene
Ruth McDowell's Piecing Workshop, by Ruth McDowell
A Book of the Saints for Quilters, by Barbara Brackman
Listing of Quilt Apps for iPod/iPad (search the iTunes app store for these names)
QuiltRef, Easy Stitch, Easy Quilt, Project Quilt, Quilt Helper, Quilting for Everyone, Quilt Envi, Aurifil, Quilting or Quilting Revealed 101--Beginner's Guide to Quilting (not recommended), MyInventory, Infinite Variety HD (highly recommended), Thread Selector, Quilt Shops, FabStashXL, Block-Fab, Quilt Index (recommended), Palettes (way way way highly recommended).
Standard Podcasts [01:00:19m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (720)Posted in Uncategorized, announcements on Jan 6th, 2012 3 Comments »
A quick addendum to tonight's episode--sorry about that! I forgot!
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In this episode, I give my own three quilty resolutions (see episode 73 for the 2012 Quilty Resolution giveaway), and do a little catch-up with a whole lot of listener comments! Woot woot! Love my listeners when they get chatty!
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Thanks for your patience, everyone! I finally had enough of a voice today to record a podcast, and we had a lot of catching up to do! In this episode: a few announcements, catching up on the Quilting Gallery 4th Birthday Blog Hop, the Boxing Day Sew-In, and my thoughts on donation (aka charity) quilting. Plus, a new Flickr group and ongoing giveaways announced.
Don't forget the 2012 Quilting Resolutions Giveaway!
Sandi Colwell's Little Quilts for Big Occasions
Sue Hecker's Blog
Boxing Day Sew-In original blog post with great comments about donation quilting
BDSI follow-up blog post with my rant (and great comments, including alternative views)
New Flickr Group: Donation Quilt Projects (QFTRU)
Also--in this podcast I mentioned World of Charity quilts group--it's actually World of Charity Stitching. Here's their blog--they're starting a newsletter, so check it out!
Want directions for the Ugly Quilt project? http://www.uglyquilts.org/. (Check local organizations serving the homeless to see if they'd accept donations along these lines.)
Standard Podcasts [00:47:31m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (951)Posted in announcements, challenges, Giveaways on Dec 15th, 2011 10 Comments »
First off, I announce the Boxing Day Sew-In on December 26--find out what's going on and who all is involved! Next, it's time to enter in the 2012 Quilty Resolutions Give-Away! We had fun with this last year so I'm doing it again, but with a twist. Listen to this episode for the new guidelines--I'm keeping it focused!
Check out last year's resolutions podcast (Episode 33 In Which We Make Quilty Resolutions) for more information about SMART Goals and how to be successful at working your plan. And by the way, I've since removed the former Resolutions tab that was referenced in episode 33.
Use the online form below to submit your 2012 resolutions (please be sure to listen to today's episode first!). Submissions must be received by January 31, 2012. If, for some reason, the form does not appear below, click here for a direct link.
Standard Podcasts [00:29:42m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1122)Posted in General Quilting Life, announcements, Listener input on Dec 11th, 2011 1 Comment »
Another listener-created episode! This week, I share with you the responses that everyone made during the Facebook giveaway in November celebrating the QFTRU page hitting a nice round number of likes. I'd asked, "What quilt project would you absolutely love to be able to do right now, if you had everything else on your 'need-to-get-done' list done?" Hear everyone's responses!
I'm participating in the Quilting Gallery's Blog Hop Party celebrating their fourth birthday! Visit my blog entry for more information about my own give-away and be sure to participate! (Your comments responding to the question must be on that particular blog entry--I won't be able to track comments emailed or left in Facebook or in other locations.)
Be sure to visit the Quilting Gallery's Blog Hop Party page for the list of all the bloggers participating!
Standard Podcasts [00:44:37m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1113)Posted in General Quilting Life, announcements, Resource recommendations on Nov 22nd, 2011 6 Comments »
Lots of helpful hints for gifts in this episode! One product review, my fave reads of 2011 (including some quilt books), and thoughts about gifts for the quiltmakers in your life--including Secret Santas if your guild does something like that. Have your own suggestions for gifts for quilters? Leave them in the show notes for this episode!
Mentioned in this episode:
Five-Yard Quilts, Pattern #506 "Shadow Box" by Mary Danielson. The line of patterns can be found here.
Giveaway #1: Paint-Chip Challenge Blog post (deadline November 24, 2011) http://quiltingfortherestofus.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-would-quilter-do.html
Giveaway #2: Facebook Celebration: http://www.facebook.com/quiltingfortherestofus (Please leave your responses under the correct post--you'll see it!)
Non-Quilty Podcast List (all can be found by searching in iTunes): History Chicks, Bowery Boys, The Splendid Table, "Wait, Wait--Don't Tell Me!", Stuff You Should Know, This American Life, WNYC's Radio Lab (*Note--this section was not re-recorded in version 2 of this episode, but I'm leaving the info up here in case you're interested. These are non-quilty podcasts I listen to regularly.)
Clearly Perfect Angles by New Leaf Stitches
Fave Reads of 2011
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot
At Home: A Short History of Private Life, by Bill Bryson
Bossypants, by Tina Fey
The Psychopath Test, by Jon Ronson
The Hunger Games Trilogy (Hunger Games, Mockingjay, Catching Fire) by Suzanne Collins
Molok'ai, by Alan Brennert
A Thread of Truth, by Marie Bostwick
Someday Quilts series, by Clare O'Donohue
Missing Persons, by Clare O'Donohue
Making History and America's Printed Fabrics, both by Barbara Brackman
Jelly Roll Sampler Quilts, by Pam and Nicky Lintott (one of many great Lintott girls books!)--the link goes to their author page in Amazon with a listing of all books they have available.
Schnibbles Times Two, and Another Bite of Schnibbles, both by Carrie Nelson
Gifts for Quiltmakers
Pincushion patterns available at: http://www.victorianaquiltdesigns.net/VictorianSewingAccessories.htm
Sachet pattern available at: http://quiltingintherain.blogspot.com/2010/12/lavender-sachets.html
Spiced coaster pattern available at: http://www.planetshoup.com/easy/holiday/coastscent.shtml
Standard Podcasts [47:49m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (903)Posted in announcements, Interviews, challenges, Listener input, design on Sep 15th, 2011 5 Comments »
Wheee! The long-awaited day has finally arrived! In this episode, I launch a new, on-going segment featuring Artquiltmaker blogger Jaye Lapachet. Jaye and I have been working on this for *months* so I'm absolutely ecstatic to finally be able to share it with you. Learn a little bit more about design principles and elements with Jaye and I, starting with Design 101 in this episode.
Also, I announce the winner of the summer quarter stash mystery challenge (yay!) and the last quarter's theme. Plus, Sandy Update and Listener Feedback. Can it get any better than this?
Visit Jaye's blog at http://artquiltmaker.com/blog.
Check out the Quilting for the Rest of Us Flickr group for pics of the stash mystery challenge. (I'll get the rest up next week.)
Standard Podcasts [47:47m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1244)Posted in General Quilting Life, announcements, Listener input on Sep 6th, 2011 2 Comments »
In this episode, I share some listener responses to the question, "how do you respond to the events of the world through quilting?" It's been an really interesting discussion in BigTent and I'm looking forward to hearing your comments after you listen to this episode! Also, Sandy Update (such as it is) and listener comments.
Mentioned in this episode:
Ye Olde Fabric Shoppe in Stratford, Ontario: http://yeoldefabricshoppe.blogspot.com/
The weekly app review appears on Jan's blog at Quilting Revolution: http://quiltingrevolution.blogspot.com/
Amherst Museum Quilters Guild Seminar, Sept 14-17, 2011: Information can be found at http://amqg.org/.
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