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 General Quilting Life, Resource recommendations, Listener input, organization on Jan 24th, 2012 6 Comments »
Great listener input episode again! I asked about pattern storage ideas, and you responded! With a brief Sandy update and a whole lot of listener feedback, this episode is a wonderful conversation about quilting, food, and snails.
Standard Podcasts [00:40:23m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1063)Posted in General Quilting Life, announcements, Do Good, Listener input, Giveaways on Dec 30th, 2011 4 Comments »
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 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, Resource recommendations, Listener input on Dec 2nd, 2011 7 Comments »
You all wrote this episode! A listener asked what the pros and cons are to shopping online versus shopping in a local quilt shop (LQS). I posed the question to all y'all and this episode is the result!
Listed in this episode:
Whittles Fabrics
Hancock's of Paducah (different from Hancock Fabrics)
Quiltshops.com (search engine)
Ginger's Quilt Shoppe
Shelly used "My Pumpkin Patch Quilt" pattern by OTL designs at www.otldesigns.com or www.quiltwoman.com.
Merumo's thread catchers: http://pleasentreeus.blogspot.com/2011/11/something-fun-making.html
Standard Podcasts [00:46:26m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1091)Posted in Uncategorized, General Quilting Life, Resource recommendations, Listener input on Nov 11th, 2011 4 Comments »
In this episode I have a wee little bit of a Sandy Update, a fun new website I stumbled across, some listener feedback, and several book reviews! Hope I can spend your money for you.
In this episode:
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/Pumpkin-Bisque-with-Smoked-Gouda (It's a member exclusive, though, so I'm not sure if you'll be able to see the recipe unless you already subscribe to the magazine. Great magazine, though--so I recommend it!)
Stash Slash: https://stashslash.com/index.asp
Another Bite of Schnibbles, by Carrie Nelson (2011)
America's Printed Fabric 1770-1890, by Barbara Brackman
Making History: Quilts & Fabric from 1890-1970, by Barbara Brackman
Threads: The Basics and Beyond--The Complete Visual Guide to Thread Techniques & Creativity, by Debbie Bates and Liz Kettle
Inn on the Twenty, by Anna and Michael Olson
Standard Podcasts [48:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1071)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/.
Standard Podcasts: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download | Embeddable Player | Hits (1156)Posted in Fabric, General Quilting Life, Listener input on Aug 24th, 2011 5 Comments »
As a follow up to my decluttering episode a couple of posts ago, this time I explore what makes us buy fabric. Sure, sometimes we buy for a project--but most of us probably buy fabric on occasion as "fabric retail therapy." This mostly-lighthearted exploration of the motivation behind fabric shopping includes listener input and my own thoughts. Looking forward to hearing what you have to say!
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