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Measure Twice, Cut Once
....and other life and business lessons learned from quilting. Makers have stories! And crafters have skills!
In these casual chats and interviews, I (often with a guest) talk honestly about creativity. The joy, and hope, and even healing it can bring, and the businesses we can build doing the things we love.
Episodes
90 episodes
Karlee Porter - the Queen of Grafitti Quilting
#machinequilting #artquilting #grafitti Over 10 years ago Karlee Porter invented and made wildly popular her signature style of quilting - Grafitti Quilting. Machine quilting has never looked so gorgeous!Basically, it's a m...
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Episode 90
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Amy Freyn - Quilting in Quito, Equador
Amy Freyn is one of only TWO longarm quilters in the entire country of Equador! She's a professor by day, and an avid quilter by night.She credits quilting with saving her life - twice! Her story of change and pivot and taking chances i...
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Season 2
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Episode 89
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24:02
Carly and Lydia - The Shopping Channel Reimagined
Carly Brush and Lydia Kao are representing WHATNOT, which is a community marketplace all wrapped up in an app.They are both so excited to be building the Quilting and Sewing category of WHATNOT, and it is growing at a tremendous rate. I...
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Season 2
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Episode 88
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49:24
Adria Good - the growth of a longarm quilter
Adria Good has been quilting for a very long time! She's quilted through getting married...kids...homeshooling...basketball coaching...all the things.Her story is one of learning and growing.New idea? Research and learn.Ne...
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Season 2
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Episode 87
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43:30
Being Candid - there are HARD days!
Today I'm talking about a slightly uncomfortable topic - what to do when everything’s just going wrong.Just last week, I received a schooling in this! I regularly live stream quilting a project on YouTube and Facebook. I’ve dubbed it Liv...
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Season 2
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Episode 86
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9:19
Sam Alberts - building and pivoting a crafting business
Sam Alberts was one of my very first podcast guests - see Episode #4. Now she's back to give us an update on her Quilting Curve Studio.Sam's been (of course!) quilting, lo, these many months. But also, she's made significant pivots in h...
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Season 2
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Episode 85
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26:08
Dixie Thue - Quilts & St Bernard Puppies
Dixie Thue (pronounced too-ee) is a fellow Canadian, and a quilter with broad experience, and stories to match! Listen in as we chat about her ranch life in northern Canada, raising St. Bernard puppies, and her collection of sewing mac...
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Season 2
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Episode 84
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32:46
Tiny and Snail - Creating Cards With a Mission
Leah Nixon and Grace Nixon Peterson are a powerful duo - two sisters that create greeting cards rich with meaning. The word "card" seems too simple - their artwork, the thoughtfulness of every word, their passion about writing to each oth...
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Season 2
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Episode 83
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42:47
Dara Tomasson - "Love Yourself Thin"
In Dara's own words - "If you can make a quilt, you can do anything.That includes taking control of your life and losing weight that has been holding you back."Dara Thomasson is a longarm quilter and a quiltmaker. She teache...
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Season 2
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Episode 82
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48:24
Jenn Geisbrecht - Building a Quilting Business
Jenn Geisbrecht lives in central Alberta, Canada, which means she know allll about long, cold winters.Jenn also knows a lot about building a machine quilting business. In this episode we chat about growing a clientele, building a brand ...
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Season 2
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Episode 81
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34:12
Dee Bradford - Finding freedom in freehand quilting
Dee Bradford is a student in my Freehand Quilting Masterclass. In this episode she shares her quilting journey, and highlights how becoming proficient at freehand work has both brought personal enjoyment, and opened creative doors of oppo...
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Season 2
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Episode 80
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59:50
Why I Created the Freehand Quilting Masterclass
Today's episode is a little departure from the podcast norm....I'm giving some backstory on why I created a comprehensive course on the art of machine quilting. It was born directly from the need I felt as a novice quilter to have some solid an...
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Season 2
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Episode 79
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29:35
My take on the dreaded words...Quilt as Desired
We've all cringed at those words. C'mon, admit it!This is my exploration of edge to edge and custom quilting, and why and when you might want to choose one over the other.Custom quilting is specific to areas, or blocks, or borde...
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Season 2
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Episode 78
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10:40
Carina Gardner - Surface Designer and Business Builder
Carina Gardner and I chat about business building and entrepreneurial skills. Tenacity...the willingness to learn and stretch...these are essential.There's no magic - it takes time and determination to establish and grow a business, but...
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Season 2
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Episode 77
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27:31
Eva and I Chat Up Scrappy Quilts
Does the idea of creating a scrappy quilt just overwhelm you?Where to start?How to choose fabrics?How to make it sparkle?Eva and I both love a good scrap quilt, so we're sharing the things we've learned about fab...
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Season 2
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Episode 76
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35:47
Eva and I Chat up Quilt Shows
Quilt shows - you gotta love them! There's something new around every corner - quilts in every style, color, size. There are classes and demos. There are dealers with machines you can take out for a spin. There are vendors with delicious fabric...
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Season 2
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Episode 75
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30:24
Eva and I Chat Up Shop Hops
Shop Hops are a great way to explore a variety of quilt stores - and get free patterns to boot!Eva and I chat about the details; from mapping and planning your route, to snacks and take-alongs, to collecting the free patterns that are u...
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Season 2
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Episode 74
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17:59
Eva and I Chat Up Quilt Retreats
Quilt retreats - what's not to love? They are a chance to visit and giggle with your friends...a time to get in some uninterrupted work on a challenging project...a chance to finish up some WIPs.My friend Eva and I were recently at a ra...
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Season 2
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Episode 73
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28:19
Shannon Fraser - Modern Quilter
Shannon Fraser became a quilter unexpectedly - in fact she says she had discounted quilting as an interest entirely!Never say never! Shannon tells the story of textile exploration that eventually led her to quilting and pattern design. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 72
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41:05
Lorinda Davis - Quilter's Planner
Lorinda Davis loves making pretty things, but she also loves being organized. We chat about her journey into the art of quilting - the first time she tried it she thought "that's not for me!" but eventually she was drawn in in an ...
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Season 2
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Episode 71
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29:24
Courtney Kimball - One Common Thread Part 2
Courtney Kimball first learned to sew in special some one-on-one time with her grandmother, and she's been "making" ever since.In 2017 she and her husband and family moved to Honduras to develop their existing business. And over t...
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Season 2
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Episode 70
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40:03
Courtney Kimball - One Common Thread, Part 1
Courtney Kimball first learned to sew in special some one-on-one time with her grandmother, and she's been "making" ever since.In 2017 she and her husband and family moved to Honduras to develop their existing business. And over t...
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Season 2
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Episode 69
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40:03
Pat Sloan - Making Quilting Fun!
Pat Sloan - designer, author, and YouTuber truly has a deep passion for making quilting fun for herself and everyone around her. She's made over 800 quilts!! Pat has a vast experience of all aspects of quilt making and design, from patter...
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Season 2
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Episode 68
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28:27
Darlene Girton - the Featherweight Doctor
Darlene Girton has been making pretty things from fabric for a lot of years, but these days she has fallen in love with Singer Featherweight sewing machines. They have some unique qualities that make them beloved by quilters all over North Amer...
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Season 2
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Episode 67
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42:55
Leisha Farnsworth - Longarmer and Digital Designer
Leisha Farnsworth has been machine quilting for over 17 years! Many, many quilts were done completely freehand, but she now shares her skills and creativity by creating digital quilting designs. She's also developed a set of rulers, born direct...
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Season 2
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Episode 66
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39:01