Quilt Buzz

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From modern quilt pattern designs to web-based design software, from creating an exchange for unwanted fabric to “local” online fabric shops, the quilting community is a vibrant place of ingenuity, entrepreneurship, and incredible creativity. Quilt Buzz aims to create a platform to learn more about the “every” quilters’ stories from across the global quilting community, focusing on up-and-coming projects and people that are pushing the boundaries.

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Episode 075: Atsushi of @sashikostory and @upcyclestitches 26.01.2023 37:06

Show Notes: 0:41, 0:51 - Sashiko  0:58 - Sashiko Story ( @sashikostory ) 1:05 - Upcycle Stitches ( @upcyclestitches ) 2:06 - Sashiko 2:37 - Northern Japan 3:59 - An example of Buddha sashiko pattern  5:20 - Sashiko Story ( @sashikostory ) 6:00 - Industrial Revolution in Japan 6:26 - World War II 9:45, 9:54 and 9:57 - Tokyo  10:35 - 2011 Japan earthquake and Tsunami 10:45 - Otsuchi 1...

Episode 074: Melissa of @quiltallthethings_ 12.01.2023 34:31

Show Notes: 0:46 - South Texas 0:51 - Logan, Utah 1:19 - Allie Brosh 1:20 - Allie Brosh comic book character 2:16 - Cairo 2:24 - Egypt 2:31 and 2:37 - Cairo 3:46 - Brother 3:47 - Target  6:37 - Cairo 6:40 - California 7:01 - Etsy 8:28 - California 8:30 - LA Times 8:35 - QuiltCon 9:16 - Latifah Saafir 12:42 - Traditional Islamic art  12:51 - Borderlands 13:18 - Quilt Your Story - Finding...

Episode 073: Amber of @alderwoodstudio 29.12.2022 32:21

Show Notes: 0:38 - Pacific Northwest 2:03 - Acetone 2:22 - Lord of the Rings 2:23 - Pirates of the Caribbean  2:27 and 2:28 - Costuming 2:38 - Barbie 2:39 - Boiling Barbie hair 3:30 and 4:11- Surface pattern design 4:22 - Modern Makes subscription box 4:24 - Pattern Writing Academy with Alderwood Studio 4:27 - Heirloom Quilting by Amber Elliot  5:06 - Rifle Paper Company 5:07 - Charm pac...

Episode 072: Laura of @laurapetrovichcheney 15.12.2022 34:18

Show Notes: 0:52 - Boston 0:55 - Marblehead, Massachusetts 0:59 - Massachusetts 2:16 - Fashion figure drawing 2:24 - Drexel University  3:06 - Venice Biennale 5:06 - Faith Ringgold  5:08 - National Art Teachers Convention 7:31 - Chainsaw 7:34 - Miter saw 7:35 - Bandsaw 9:07 and 9:15 - Hurricane Sandy 10:40 - Double wedding ring quilt  10:43 - Entanglement, wooden quilt by Laura 11:3...

Episode 071: Carole of @carole_lylesshaw 01.12.2022 39:41

0:45 - Baltimore, Maryland 0:51 - Sarasota, Florida 1:34 - Eleanor Burns 1:46 - African American Quilters of Baltimore 3:05 - Abstract Expressionism Art 3:05 - Color field painters 3:11 - Geometric abstraction 3:59 - Four-Patch quilt block 3:59 - Nine-Patch quilt block 4:03 - Flying geese 4:13 - Quilt block 4:32 - Art quilting 4:53 - African American Quilters of Baltimore 5:05 - Baltimore album qu...

Episode 070: Theo of @fiberartisantheo 17.11.2022 35:58

Show Notes: 0:31 and 0:40 - Foundation paper piecing (FPP) 0:50 - Grand Rapids, Michigan 1:20 - Crochet 1:51 - Free motion quilting 2:20 - Traditionally pieced 2:23 - Foundation paper piecing (FPP) 2:24 and 2:42 - Traditionally pieced 3:04 - Applique 3:27 - Theo’s Instagram @fiberartisantheo 3:33 - An example of Theo’s pet portraits 4:29 - Wendy’s pet portrait of her dog, Truffle. 5:40 - Medieval...

Episode 069: Orlando of @quiltysaurus 03.11.2022

Show Notes: 0:43 - New York City 0:45 - Dominican Republic 0:47 - Caribbean 0:50 - NYC ( New York City ) 3:07 and 3:31 - Meesh Quilts 4:48 - New York City 5:48 and 5:51 - Gotham Quilts  5:53 - Pins and Needles in Mount Cisco, New York 6:02 - New York City 6:34 - Serger 7:22 - Bernina Q24 7:48 - New York City 8:29 - Ikea 8:29 - Ikea Alex drawers 8:46 - Ikea Pegboard system 10:03 - New York Cit...

Episode 068: Amy and Megan of @Sewtopia 20.10.2022

Show Notes: 01:01 - Salt Lake City, Utah 1:14 - Shih tzu 1:15 - Bichon Frisé 1:39 - Pacific Northwest 1:41 - California 1:46 - Dachshund  2:41 - Flickr 3:37 - Sewtopia event in Atlanta 4:24 - Utah 4:26 - California 4:30 - FaceTime calls 4:31, 4:33 and 4:35 Marco Polo 4:39 - WhatsApp 4:55 - Marco Polo 4:55 - FaceTime 6:25 - Modern Quilt Guild 6:35 - QuiltCon  6:36 - Austin 6:41 and 6:43 -...

Episode 067: Pat of @artgalleryfabrics 06.10.2022

Show Notes: 1:54 - Heat set painted fabric  3:47 and 3:50 - Quilting Batiks 5:16 - South Miami 6:31 - Lake Tahoe 6:50 - South Miami 7:45 - Houston Quilt Festival 9:18 - Far East 10:50 - Thread count 10:58 - Applique   12:10 - Color theory  12:11 - Argentina 12:14 - Color theory  12:35 - Renaissance art 12:44 and 12:45 - Color theory  16:36, 16:37 and 17:35 - Bari J 20:45 -...

Episode 066: Tangular of @GeesBendMade 22.09.2022 35:07

Show Notes: 0:49 - Gee’s Bend 0:58 - Smithsonian Museum 0:59 - Whitney Museum 1:24 - Gee’s Bend 1:29 - @GeesBendMade 1:31 - Gee’s Bend 1:40 - Pearlie Kennedy Pettway  1:42 - Jensie Lee Irby 2:41 - Windsor, Connecticut 2:53 - Gee’s Bend 3:32 and 3:48 - Gee’s Bend 4:02 - Mary Leathea Pettway 5:12 - Rail Fence quilt 5:15 - Gee’s Bend 5:39 - Tangular Irby’s book, Pearl & her Gee’s Bend Quilt&...

Episode 065: Emily of @Quilt101 08.09.2022

Show Notes: 0:41 - Pleasant Grove, Utah 0:44 - Arkansas 0:51 - Quilt 101  1:00 - Luna, Emily’s dog  1:06 - Harry Potter 1:40 - Post-It notes 5:25 - Joann’s Fabrics 8:21 - Thyroid cancer 8:29 and 8:33 - Thyroid  14:35 - Gingham quilt  16:11 - Olfa rotary cutter blades 17:09 - EQ8 18:40 - Arkansas 18:41 and 18:57 - Utah 21:45 - Arkansas 22:07 - Utah 22:28 - Facetime 23:08 and 23:...

Episode 064: Satomi of @satomi_quilts 25.08.2022

Show Notes: 0:46 - Northern Japan  0:52 - Connecticut 0:57 - Satomi’s dog’s Instagram account ( @peppertheelkhound ) 0:58 - Wendy’s dog’s Instagram account ( @detective.truffle ) 1:08 - Pepper, Satomi’s dog  1:09 -  Norwegian Elkhound 1:22 - Satomi’s dog’s Instagram account ( @peppertheelkhound ) 1:39 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania 2:44 - Hand applique  3:15 - Foundation paper pieci...

Episode 063: Michelle of @quilts_madewithlove 11.08.2022 37:40

Show Notes: 0:47 - South Florida  0:50 - Berea, Kentucky 0:53 - Appalachian Mountains 2:47, 2:58, 3:19, 4:25 and 4:35 - T-shirt quilts 4:42 - Bernina  4:47, 4:58, 5:15 and 5:24 - QuiltCon  5:38 - Longarm League  5:57 - Longarm Quilting World Facebook group  6:14 - Bernina longarm quilting Facebook group  6:19 - Q-Matic longarm quilting Facebook group  6:32 - Kris...

Episode 062: Ally of @allyryde 28.07.2022 32:48

Show Notes: 0:43 - Australia  0:46 and 1:07 - Verona  0:47 - Northern Italy 1:14 - Italy  1:36 - Quilt Improv Studio  1:48 - Paula Macketa 1:50 - Jovana Nikolai  1:53 - Carla Barretta 1:56 - Paula Macketa 1:56 - Priest  1:58 - Carla Barretta 1:59 - Rome  2:00 - Jovana Nikolai  2:01 - Venice 2:06 - Improv quilt challenges organised by Quilt Improv Studio&nbsp...

Episode 061: Carolina of @carolina_oneto 14.07.2022 30:50

Show Notes: 0:44 - Chile  0:46 - Valparaíso 0:56 and 1:05 - São Paulo, Brazil  1:52 - Buenos Aires 2:20 - Pinterest 2:24 - Buenos Aires 2:34 - Argentina  2:36 - Teresita Leal ( @teresitalealartetextil ) 2:37 - Cecilia Koppmann ( @ceciliakoppmann ) 2:50 - Argentina 2:54 and 3:36 - South America 3:53 - North America 4:01, 4:06 and 4:18 - South America 4:09 - United States 5:08 - Impro...

Episode 060: Coulter of @coultyalo 30.06.2022 40:13

Show Notes: 0:47 - Water Valley, Mississippi 1:20 and 1:27 - Yalobusha County 4:51 - University of Mississippi 4:57 - BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts)  5:29 - Benny Andrews 6:41 - Coulter’s 10’ x 8’ piece with sculptural elements 9:19 - Walmart 14:07 - Example of Coulter’s work framed 16:59 - Running stitches 20:54 - Piecework Collective Girls in New York 21:52 - Coulter’s quilt show in Halsey, So...

Episode 059: Christina of Sweet Potato Quilts 16.06.2022 27:19

Show Notes: 0:40 - Boise, Idaho  0:46 - Boise Philharmonic  1:10 - Christina’s dog, Goguma 1:12 - Chrstina’s dog on a quilt  1:31 - Collie  2:31 - The Midnight Quilt Show by Angela Walters  2:39 - Free motion quilting  3.03 - Angela Walters 4:33 - Christina’s blog post on left handed quilting  5:32 and 5:35 - Left handed quilting rulers 7:18 - Zirkel magnetic pin...

Episode 058: Marlee of Marlee Grace 02.06.2022

Show Notes: 0:59 - Substack: Monday Monday 1:13 - Michigan  1:38 - Grand Rapids, Michigan 1:42 and 2:19  - Eliza Fernand  2:54 - BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) 3:38 - Gemini  4:53 - Example of a Swedish Log Cabin quilt  5:18 - Eliza Fernand  5:25 - Log Cabin quilt block  5:33 - A Quilt is Something Human course by Marlee 8:24 - Christi Johnson  11:20 - Log Cabi...

Episode 057: Mindy of @wildphilquilting 19.05.2022 39:16

Show Notes: 0:50 - Minnesota, California  0:53 - Utah 1:05 - Mindy’s plant collection we saw during the recording 2:10 - Phil the monstera plant  1:41 and 2:11 - Monstera  6:01 – Custom work quilting 6:24 and 6:42 – Quilter’s Lodge 6:46 – Kaitlyn of Knot and Thread Quilting 7:00 - Quilter’s Lodge 7:32 – Crohn's disease 7:37 – Autoimmune diseases  7:51 – Kaitlyn of Knot and Thre...

Episode 056: Shankari Paradee of @hellosewlsister 05.05.2022 38:07

Show Notes: 0:46 - Canada  0:49 - Oklahoma  1:15 - Hey, Soul Sister by Train 2:33 - Oklahoma  3:20 and 3:22 - Longarm quilting machine 3:35 - Gammill  3:38 - Free motion quilting  3:46 - Gammill  4:06 - Handi Quilter Avante 7:52 - Interfacing  7:59 - Fabric fusibles 8:01 - Pellon  11:54 - New York Fashion Week 12:13 - Tonlé 12:27 - New York  12:31 - Cal...

Episode 055: Irene of @hixsonir 21.04.2022 36:59

Show Notes: 1:09 and 1:19 - Austin, Texas 1:40 - Tiny house 2:04 - Nancy Crow   2:06 - Gwen Marston 2:07 - Denyse Schmidt 2:11 - Big Orange by Denyse Schmidt 2:28 and 3:01 - Nine-Patch traditional quilt block  2:29 and 3:02 - Half-square triangles  3:08 - Improv quilting  3:16 - Needle point  3:28 - English paper piecing  3:31 - Double Wedding Ring quilt  3:34 -...

Episode 054: Precious and Casey of @SewMagarbo 07.04.2022 38:12

Show Notes: 0:55 - Virginia  1:25 - Instagram Reels  1:52 - Tagalog 5:12 and 8:26 - Washington DC  8:38 - Egg rolls 8:45 - Lumpia   9:51 - Philippines 11:26 - Sewing machine throats 11.30 - Free motion quilting  11:40, 12:24, 12:56 and 15:40 - Janome 15:42 - Baby Lock  15:57 - E-commerce 16:34 - PPP (Paycheck Protection Program) 24:38 - Sew Magarbo’s Instagram Reel of...

Episode 053: Cindy of @Quiltstsh 24.03.2022 29:24

Show Notes: 0:44 and 1:07 - National Certified Quilt Judge 1:19 - Nebraska 1:22 - Phoenix 1:23 - Snowbird 2:46 - Nebraska 4:07 - National Association of Certified Quilt Judges 5:58 - Quilt Maker Newsletter  7:30 - Bernina 8:27 - NACQJ [National Association of Certified Quilt Judges] 19:05 - Moulin Rouge 19:48 - QuiltCon 2022 19:55 - QuiltCon 20:01 - Road to California 20:06 - AQS (American Qu...

Episode 052: Clara of @ClaraNartey 10.03.2022 38:58

Show Notes: 6:13, 6:31 and 7:12 - EQ (Electric Quilt) Software 13:42 - Free motion quilting  13:50 - Thread weight 18:27 - Spoonflower  21:03 - Handi Quilter Moxie longarm 25:14 - Clara’s upcoming collaborative show, All Things Being 25:19 and 25:56 - Bridgeport, Connecticut  26:11 - Drawn with Threads by Clara Nartey 27:46 - Clare Nartey’s creative coaching services 32:14 - Audible...

Episode 051: Audrey of @cottonandbourbon 24.02.2022 36:33

Show Notes: 0:39 - Kentucky   1:12 - QuiltCon  1:54 - Old Fashioned cocktail 1:57 - Cotton and Bourbon  2:20 - Audrey’s first four posts on IG (of the four QuiltCon 2019 entries) - Two by Two quilt , 195 Geese quilt , A Slice of Lime quilt , and Off Set quilt 5:21 - An example of Audrey’s Watercolor quilt 6:02 - MQG (Modern Quilt Guild)  6:03 - QuiltCon  6:09 - Quilt Natio...