American Patchwork & Quilting Podcast

Emily Thompson of Life Sew Savory write about sewing, crafts, recipes, and more! I love her tutorials and she hosts a facebook live sewing show each week. I know you are going to come away with a quite a few useful tips today ------ Michael Caputo is an author, avid maker of all things, and a quilt designer. I love his modern quilts, they are amazing with great designs and unexpected use of colors...

This whole show is done from the Trade Show in Houston TX. I set up interview and then we try to find a somewhat quiet spot near my guests booth so I don't have to have them go to far. I was so glad to catch up with the super creative Barb Cherniwchan of Coach House Designs! She talks us through how she thinks about working with panels. And she has a great new FREE feature at her website to change...

For my 400th show I want to celebrate doing new things. My friend and author Donna Desoto pushes many of us to do something ‘new’ with her challenges. She started with her collaboration book Inspired by the Beatles, she also did the National Parks, and now Inspired by Elvis. I took that challenge, Donna and I will talk about her project & book! ---------- I want to celebrate learning new things wi...

If you love to read you will love my guest, not only is she a quilt maker but she writes novels about them too! Carol Dean Jones books are the mystery series called a ‘Cozy’, easy to read and they come with a pattern, so fun! ------- Sometimes I find my guests in unique ways. I was on vacation chatting with some other guests in a wine bar on a ship. My new friend was telling us they love to travel...

Kim Soper of Leland Ave Studio creates modern quilts and builds connections. She passionate about connecting quilters to each other. Via her interviews in her Creativity series and her online projects. ------- Karen Lee Carter lives an artful life full of trims and beads, buttons and yarns, all displayed on amazing quilts. She is a teacher and a self proclaimed ‘embellisher’. ------ Dawn Cook Ronn...

I’m super excited for you to meet Toni Smith of Quiltoni. She is a designer with a passion for comic, computer games, and pixelated quilts. Her original patterns and finished quilts are so fun and very doable. She also runs a super fun tv channel on twitch and we are going to learn ALL about that! ---------- I’ve been a huge fan of Teddy Pruett’s quilts. She create vibrant quilts full of stories....

Arlene Stamper and Melissa Harris are the mother, daughter design team at Quilt Company. If you love applique like I do, then I know you have seen their darling patterns. Have you wondered how they come up with all the amazing project ideas? In this show we gain some insight into how they design and a lot more. ------- Many of you know about the Wonderful Quilt show in Houston Texas held in late O...

Products We Love: Designer Elizabeth shares her top product picks this month, including gift ideas for all the quilters in your life. Trending: Designer Alison talks about the "slowing down" trend she's seeing on Instagram, which includes English Paper Piecing, hand-quilting and hand-piecing, and sewing curves. Editor Interview with Lindsay Mayland, multimedia editor: She shares her favorite tools...

Shelly Morgan designs doable projects for everyone. She writes at Coral and Company with patterns, sew alongs and videos on the different projects. From darling pillows to baby quilts, Shelly has lots of projects you will love! She also has some great tips and you’ll love the one about using minky for your quilts. --------- Patty Dudek of Elm Street Quilts runs a lot of fun projects. I’ve chatted...

Author and designer Linzee McCray was on the show earlier this year to chat about feedsacks. She wrote the book True Blue Feedsacks which is an awesome book filled with so many great stories and photos. Linzee is continuing her quest for more knowledge about feedsacks and I am excited to hear more about what she is doing. ------- Being part of the Babylock family, I am so lucky to meet an incredib...

I spotted Jude Spero’s beautiful project using my fabric on the front of the Table Runner Round up book, I had to see her other work. Jude is the designer at Little Louise Designs. ------- I’m delighted to have Amy Johnson back on my show! She is a master at ruler work for Freemotion quilting, a shop owner, and a designer… including being one of the Splendid Sampler 2 team designers! We are going...

If you have been following my Button club projects, you see in year 3 that Tammy Tutterow’s delightful alphabet pattern is one of the features! Tammy is a fantastic designer who focuses on small applique projects she calls ‘bit size’ projects. Ones that can be started and finished in a limited amount of time. She give us an insight into her work and a few tips too! ------ To say I’m a HUGE fan gir...

Editor Interview with Lisa Schumacher, editor of Quilt Sampler magazine: She gives tips for nominating your quilt shop for Quilt Sampler magazine, talks about her love of machine quilting, and shares the sewing tool she could never live without! Reader Tips: Lisa shares reader-submitted tips about using magnets in your sewing space, as well as great on-the-go sewing ideas. Trending: Designer Aliso...

Annette Williams is the talented designer behind ‘The Good Life’ design company. She creates darling embroidery, patchwork and English paper pieced designs. It’s going to be fun to learn more today about her! -------------------- You already know Tonya Alexander from her awesome projects in American Patchwork & Quilting’s family of magazines. She is a scrappy genius, designing projects that are fu...

Carolyn Forster is an author and I like to think of her as the ultimate teacher. Her book are so full of information and techniques. If you are lucky enough to be able to take a workshop with her, you must! Her newest book is The Handmade Quilt, a skill building sampler. I’m all about samplers and skill building, looking forward to a few tips today, I see curves! ---------- Jo Avery is the very ta...

I love antique quilts and reading about the people who made them. It’s a joy to open Lynn Miller’s website Vintage and Antique to read the stories she has written about quilt makers from the past. Lynn often writes a series of articles so it’s very fun to dive deep into the background behind either the maker or sometimes the collectors. ========== I’ve been lucky to get to know Lori Kennedy of The...

I take the show on the road and tell you about my travels! ================ 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...

In my online quilt community at Facebook there are so many amazing quilts being made everyone during my sew alongs. Many of you will even share a personal story to go with my story about the sew along blocks. Jen de Jong made my Grandma’s Kitchen and she didn’t just do one, she did many and then she involved her whole family during the process. I loved the joy she brought to her family and to my c...

Author and talented quilt designer Melissa Corry of Happy Quilting joins me again today! I wanted to catch up with her, talk about her finished Splendid Sampler 1 and get a few details about keeping organized as she makes a lot of projects, I need some tips! ------ I love catching up with designer Jacquelynne Steves! She has fun projects, a gorgeous newsletter and a cool sew along. Today I asked h...

It’s great to have the talented Wendy Sheppard from Ivory Springs back! You know Wendy’s amazing quilts, her great stitching and lately her daughter Gwen has been doing embroidery! We are talking the two world of Wendy… free motion quilting and hand embroidery with her daughter. --------- I’ve long followed Melanie Ham’s youtube channel. She does super fun and engaging projects. Quilts, crochet an...

Carolina Asmussem is a talented designer and quilters. She creates very unique one of a kind quilts. She also teaches machine quilting on your home machine, so you can learn how to do amazing things! Carolina quilted the Aurifil 2017 Designer of the Month quilt for the company and I can't wait to chat with her about that ----------- Andrea Tsang Jackson of 3rd Story Workshop joins me to share abou...

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...

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....

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 whimsi...

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 a...