A Quilter's Life

Dawn Krier is the owner of the quilt shop, Chestnut Ridge Sewing, in Millersburg, Ohio.  You can tell as we visit that Dawn loves her Chestnut Ridge family and enjoys seeing her customers’ creativity.  I sew enjoyed taking a 3-day workshop with Krista Moser at Dawn’s shop and getting to experience first hand the warmth that Dawn and her staff shower on everyone. Here is Dawn's Bargello Find out mo...

This interview with Carolina Moore is extra special because it’s A Quilter’s Life 200th episode!  Although I have interviewed Carolina in the past I chose her specifically to be interviewed again for this special occasion.  This episode is a little different since we have already talked about Carolina’s background in her previous interview.  So our chat on this episode gives more insight on having...

When Star Goodhand first saw a longarm quilting machine at a quilt shop she knew she had to have one. It didn’t take long for her to find Stella.  How interesting it was to find out the connection between Star and Stella!  I loved finding out that Star also has been a listener of A Quilter’s Life! Here is the front and back of the One Two Tree quilt. Here's Star's Puff Quilt And the Sampler that S...

Amanda Oros is the daughter of the mother and daughter duo which is Sweet Pea Design Co.  Their love of all things fabric and sewing has fueled their passion for creating beautiful quilts for their clients.  Amanda is also a fellow quilting podcaster, so you’ll want to check out the Not Your Granny’s Quilt Show. Here's the Travaya quilt that we talked about. Connect with Amanda Website: Sweet Pea...

I have the best sisters who encourage me in my podcasting and quilting.  My sister saw a Facebook post that her friend Nancy had an aunt that was a quilter.  I’m so happy that we all connected and I had the privilege to interview Joan Zackey Hornberger. Here's Joan working on a quilt and the self portrait she did. We talked about this quilt that she made as a teenager from scraps. Aren't these bab...

It was fun to talk to Steven Cook just before Guthrie and I took a trip to Alaska since that is where Steven lives.  I love the quilting tip that Steven shares.  It’s one that I hadn’t heard before and can be so useful. Here are some of Steven's quilts and other projects that we talked about

Nancy Bordine brings together two of her creative outlets in her book What Do You See? Developing New Perspectives with Quilt Patterns.  It’s a children’s book that features diverse children interacting with inspirations for traditional quilt patterns. Connect with Nancy Website: Nancy Bordine, Author Facebook: Nancy Bissonnette Bordine Instagram: nancybordine.author  

I wish you could see the twinkle in Mavis Holt’s eyes and her beautiful smile as she chatted with me about her life and her quilting.  She was a pioneer in her field of work.  Life wasn’t easy, but she found satisfaction in what she accomplished. Here are some of Mavis' quilts we talked about.   We also talked about her paintings.   It was wonderful to interview Mavis in person Thank you so much M...

Like many of us, Diane L Murtha started with mostly traditional quilting. Gradually she modified patterns more and more, making her quilts unique, as well as creating her own original designs. Over the last 8 years she has been participating in art quilt challenges. Diane has found the challenges are an excellent opportunity to get out of her comfort zone. She hopes to encourage you to do the same...

I had the opportunity to hear Mary Mackenson Zesiger speak locally at The Blennerhassett Museum.  We were able to meet in person to record her story.  If you have the opportunity to check out her episode page, also known as show notes, on A Quilter’s Life website, you’ll want to take a look at her quilts that she talked about during the interview. Mary's quilt called "Lunch" made for the Hoffman C...

Teresa Coates is nationally known sewing educator for Shannon Fabrics, also an accomplished quilt maker, travel writer, pattern designer and a relentless adventurer.  She wants you to fall in love with sewing.  As the national educator for Shannon Fabrics, Teresa created “Sew Together Tuesday™” in 2020. She plans, produces, and hosts every episode, inviting the audience in for a fun, encouraging a...

Bridget O'Flaherty, also known as The Sustainable Quilter, is inspired by nature. She is passionate about our environment and feels an intimate connection to the landscape and wildlife of Canada.  Bridget has worked in textile arts for over 25 years and is drawn to fibre for the tactile nature and connection it has to the land. She is an amazing thread artist using her sewing machine to build up l...

I’m so excited to talk to Kathryn LeBlanc again of Dragonfly’s Quilting Design Studio.  She writes her quilting cozy mysteries under her pen name Kathryn Mykel.  These are really great books. This is the third episode I have the privilege of interviewing Katheryn, so if you want to know more of her story check out her two previous episodes.  In this episode she is introducing us to her new book Th...

I met Manon Hunt over a year ago in a Clubhouse chat about quilting.  I was thrilled to finally get to chat with her.  Manon is grateful to have the opportunity to do something that she’s passionate about, to share that passion with the amazing people she has met along the way and honored to quilt for them and to be part of their journey. Here is Manon with some of her quilts And a closer look at...

Alycia Maurer has had some interesting jobs.  The ones she enjoyed the most were at Sprint in the fraud department and KC Maker Studio and Fabric.  Yes, I said fraud.  Alycia had this important job to keep us safe from those that would take advantage of us.  Now she works at KC Maker Studio and Fabric where she welcomes customers and helps them find what they need.  I’m thankful to Beth Gude, who...

Creativity is an integral part of Carina Gardner’s life! She has always loved working with my hands to create beautiful objects. She also tries very hard to include beauty in her life whether with her three children, in her designs, or home.  As we visited, Carina mentioned that she is sharing stories that she hasn’t shared before and she is excited for you to hear them.  I’m so glad she shared th...

Jess Cottrell is creating a whimsical world with hand quilting. Her goal is to pass on the knowledge and love of hand quilting through her quilt patterns and the Modern Hand Quilting Collective. Although we didn’t talk about it in the interview, we as quilters know that the amount of orphan blocks laying around is sometimes comical! Jess has an easy to understand tutorial about using these single...

Belinda Adams has such an inspiring story of giving even while going through a hard time. Even though she has just gone through a rough diagnosis and surgery she continues to do for others as much as she can. Thank you Jane Mitchell for introducing me to Belinda. Here are a couple of Belinda's quilts: And she shared a look at her Featherweight collection

Claudia Porter is a self-taught quilter who has been quilting for over 30 years. She has been writing online tutorials and creating YouTube videos for about 10 years. Then 4 years ago she decided to make her passion for quilting and fabric crafts a full-time job and started Create with Claudia. In addition to all that, she has been a social media influencer for a number of companies. Claudia's qui...

Amber Elliot has been sewing since her grandmother gave her a needle, thread, and some of her old clothes. She spent her childhood frankenstein-ing  cast offs and ‘making’ new ensembles. She made her first quilt as a teenager, and was hooked. Not only is Amber designing patterns now, but also helping other quilt pattern designers learn how to write the patterns we all love.  Thank you Carolina Moo...

Sonia Spence is passionate about quilting and is inspired by colours, shapes or ideas that pop into her head. She loves making her designs a reality and believes that nothing is impossible.  I loved when she told me she didn’t know she couldn’t do it.  What a great perspective. Here's some of Sonia's quilts.        Find out more about Sonia Website: Fabric and Flowers Instagram: fabricandflowers P...

Meg of Pola Quilting had the idea and mission to teach others how to create beautiful things using fabrics which would otherwise be discarded. And so she began her Pola Quilting YouTube channel with easy to follow tutorials without rules and stress.  Now, she is ready to spread the love of upcycling by selling unique and crafted with love pieces. Going "green" is in the heart of everything she doe...

Most days you can find Roni Neer in her sewing loft with multiple projects going on at once.  After she kept getting asked about having a quilting class, she finally decided that there would be enough interest to try it and fell in love with teaching.  I love the quote from her grandmother who said, “Want to is 90% of anything you do.”  And Roni added that she really wanted to, therefore she is qu...

Karen Bolan is a quilt teacher, lecturer, and pattern designer. She’s drawn to the layers of design and expression possible in quilting, and loves the learning that comes from experimenting. Her designs are out of the box, and integrate a love of geometry, experimentation, interconnection, depth, and texture. Karen teaches and writes quilting patterns with an encouraging and engineering-influenced...

Sandy Saengsuk started quilting out of curiosity and fell in love with every process of making snuggly heirloom quilts.  With all that she does I’d be surprised if she got any sleep. She is making a unique contribution to the quilting world.  Along with her other services she makes the cover quilts for other quilt designers giving them the needed extra hands, so they can focus on what matters most...