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 025: Mary of @marygoroundquilts 11.03.2021 35:57

Show Notes: 1:04 - Colorado 1:07 - Aurora, Denver 3:48 - Hancock Fabrics  3:52 - Sampler quilt 4:13 - Ohio Star quilt block  4:15 - House quilt block  4:17 - Dresden Plate quilt block  4:20 - Sunbonnet Sue quilt block  4:39 - Doppelganger 5:55 - Log Cabin quilt block  6:03 - Strip Piece  6:06 - Log Cabin quilt block  6:30 - Mary’s pattern subscription, Mary...

Episode 024: Elizabeth of @quilters_candy 25.02.2021 30:43

Show Notes: 0:45 - Minnesota  0:51 - Houston, Texas 2:43 - Gap   3:05 and 3:16  - Quilt Festival  3:29 - Quilt Market 5:52 - Studio McGee 6:00 - Joanna Gaines 6:47 - Better Together quilt by Elizabeth Chappell 9:37 - Anthropologie 11:05 - Quilter’s Candy subscription box 14:10 - Zoom 14:26 - Iceland 14:28 - Australia 14:38 - Zoom 15:04 - Friendster 15:12 - Hi 5 15:24 - Elizabet...

Episode 023: Linli of @lambandloomfabrics 11.02.2021 26:07

Show Notes: 0:47 - Houston, Texas 1:04 - Pit bull 1:55 - Lamb and Loom Fabric’s Etsy store 1:59 - Lamb and Loom Fabric’s Instagram 2:26 - Geranium Dress by Made by Rae 3:15 - China 3:39 - Walmart 5:49 - Art Gallery Fabrics 5:58 - Cotton + Steel Fabrics 5:59 - Rifle Paper Co. fabrics by Cotton + Steel Fabrics 6:07 - Lamb and Loom Fabric’s Etsy store 7:29 - Art Gallery Fabrics 7:30 - Cotton + Steel...

Episode 022: Oon of @grape.soda.studio 28.01.2021 27:40

Show Notes: 0.56 - Barry, South Wales 2:35 - A&W Root Beer 2:52 - Barry Manilow 3:07 and 3:20 - Barry White 4:59 - Brushed cotton 5:04 - Applique 5:09 - Seam allowance 6:02 - HSTs [half-square triangles] 6:03 - WOF (width of fabric) 8:15 - Selvedges 8:16 - Cotton + Steel Fabrics 8:28 - Cargo duffle bag by Noodlehead 8:55 - Range backpack by Noodlehead 10:44 - Suzy Quilts 10:49 - Grow Quilt by...

Episode 021: Catalina of @workinghandsstudio 14.01.2021 33:53

Show Notes: 1:04 - Mexico, Guanajuato 1:09 - Austin, Texas 2:48 - T-shirt quilt 3:05 - Interface 3:36 - Treadle 4:41 - Nine-patch quilt 5:39 - Then Came June 5:53 - Nine-patch 5:51 - Half-square triangles 7:30 - Procreate 8:12 - Primary colours 8:20 - Secondary colours 8:34 - Value 8:35 - Tone 9:57 - LaVerne of @vernerific 10:09 - LaVerne’s quilt in the wild photo 10:10 - Lake Tahoe  10:46 -...

Episode 020: Julie of @runningstitchquilts 31.12.2020 23:46

Show Notes: 0:43 - Texas 0:45 - Michigan  0:57 - Fort Worth, Texas 1:03 - Detroit  2:45 - Pinterest 3:05 and 3:14 - Bobbin 3:23 - Batting  3:30 - Basting 4:18 - Hobby Lobby  4:38 - Half-square triangles 5:38 - Instagram  5:41 - IG Quilt Fest 5:44 - Instagram 6:32 - Sawtooth Star 7:31 - Spanish moss 7:50 - Adobe Illustrator  8:10 - InDesign  8:12 - Adobe Illustrat...

Episode 019: Catriona & Sally of @gridfabrics 17.12.2020 31:23

Show Notes: 0:39 - Glasgow, Scotland 0:59 - Glasgow, Scotland 1:19 - Inverness, Scotland 2:10 - English Paper Piecing 2:41 - Girl’s Guide patches 2:59 - Grid Fabrics 3:14 - Whatsapp 4:10 - Glasgow, Scotland 4:13 - Lockdown  4:27 - Grid Fabrics 5:38 - EPP [English Paper Piecing] 6:51 - Weighted cabin blankets 7:30 - Sally’s purple sewing machine 7:57 - Lockdown  8:39 - Hand Over Your Fair...

Episode 018: Charles of @feltlikesweets 03.12.2020 32:32

Show Notes: 1:45 - Felt Like Sweets 1:56 - Felt tea sets by Felt Like Sweets 2:12 - Felt Like Sweet’s Etsy store 2:51 - Pie Lady Quilts, Jill Fisher  2:54 - Improv quilts 2:59 - Wonky Crosses quilt by Jill Fisher 3:11 - Etsy 3:12 - Fat quarters 3:34 - Strip piecing 4:58 - ¼” seam allowance 5:12 - Fat quarters 5:20 - YouTube 5:30 - Pie Lady Quilts 6:23 - Modern traditional [quilting] 6:29 - Im...

Episode 017: Erin of @theblanketstatement 19.11.2020 30:46

Show Notes: 0:43 - Winnipeg, Canada 0:51 - Erin’s dog Finley   2:50 - Quilting hoop 3:44 - Enneagram 4 7:54 - Graph paper  8:00 - Adobe Illustrator 8:50 - Quilt block 9:21 - Colour value 9:22 - Colour saturation  9:46 - Undertones 10:12 - Grayscale 10:19 - Saturation  10:21 - Contrast 10:44 - Minimal 10:45 - Negative space  10:46 - Season Evans  10:47 - Lindsay Stead...

Episode 016: Ben of @benmillett 05.11.2020 32:18

Show Notes: 0:44 - Des Moines, Iowa 0:55 - LGBTQ 1:07 - Central Iowa Modern Quilt Guild 1:42 - Half-square triangles 2:33 - Singer 2:50 - Pin basting 3:19 - Stitch in the ditch 3:47 - Walking foot 3:52 - Quarter inch foot 5:04 - Tessellation quilt (Ben’s version) 5:55 - Not so straight 6:34 - Flannel 6:41 - Half-square triangles 6:45 - Curves 7:20 - Libs Elliot 7:22 - La Fin Du Monde, End of the W...

Episode 015: Lucy of @_lucyengels 22.10.2020 30:03

Show Notes: 0:47 - Scotland 1:13 - Skinny Malinky Quilts 1:21 - Social worker 2:10 - Crochet 2:14 - Knitted 2:18 - Modern Quilt Guild 2:52 - Costume designer 3:25 - Broadway 3:33 - Embroidery 3:36 - Period drama 3:38 - Notting Hill Carnival 3:50 - Embroidery 4:14 - Quilt coat 4:19 - Pearly Queen 4:25 - Hashtag 4:49 - Traditional [quilting] 4:51 - Minimal [quilting] 6:31 - Primary colours 6:50 - 70...

Episode 014: Keyana of @collectivequilts 08.10.2020 24:48

Show Notes: 0:49 - Columbus, Ohio 1:44 - Collective Quilts 3:13 - Facebook Marketplace 3:55 - Hand pieced 3:56 - Hand quilted 4:24 - Modern quilts 4:30 - Traditional blocks 4:33 - Negative space 6:18 - #ombrebrown 6:24 - Keyana’s ombre brown quilt on her Instagram 6:49 - Ombre Brown 7:37 - Testing patterns 7:49 - Julia of The Little Pine Needle 11:02 - Porfiria of Mrs Porfiria 11:06 - Michelle of...

Episode 013: Andrea of @3rdstoryworkshop 24.09.2020 34:25

Show Notes: 0:48 - Halifax, Nova Scotia 2:05 - [ Quilt] blocks 3:33 - Quilt top 3:44 - Half-square triangles 3:46 - Flying geese 3:51 - Foundation paper piecing 3:58 - FPP (foundation paper piecing) 4:14 - Sashing 4:16 - Cornerstones 4:17 - Keystones 4:19 - Border 4:49 - Hourglass blocks 4:51 - Quarter-square triangles 7:31 - Screen printing 7:55 - Foundation paper piecing 7:57 - Binding 8:06 - [Q...

Episode 012: Chris of @afullenglish 10.09.2020 27:22

Show Notes: 0:43 - West Yorkshire 2:10 - Liberty [London] fabrics 2:15 - Brick pattern quilt 2:28 - Liberty [London] fabrics 3:33 - Chris’s baby Liberty quilt (please ‘like’ the photo while you’re there) 5:39 - Liberty [London] fabrics 5:50 - Modern Improv[isation] 5:52 - Punky 6:00 - Traditional [quilt] blocks 6:03 - Improv[isation] 6:12 - Hand tying quilt 6:28 - Hodgepodge 6:29 - Punky 6:36 - Pu...

Episode 011: Shelly of @matantequilting 27.08.2020 28:29

Show Notes: 0:59 - Ottawa 1:02 - Canada 1:04 - French 1:05 - English 1:31 - Manitoba 1:45 - Manatee 2:17 - Knitting 3:13 - Basket quilt 3:16 - Hand applique 3:31 - Hand quilted 3:32 - Machine bind 3:44 - Afterlife 3:50 - Hand bind 4:06 - YouTube 4:12 - Longarm quilting 4:18 - Piecing 4:21 - Longarm quilt 4:24 - Longarm League 4:34 - Piecers 4:44 - Longarm machine 5:04 - Instagram 6:56 - Ottawa 7:0...

Episode 010: Porfiria of @mrsporfiria 13.08.2020 29:39

Show Notes: 1:29 - Instagram 1:34 - Blogging 2:07 - Goldsboro, North Carolina 3:21 - Mommy bloggers 3:31 - Foodie Era 3:44 - Quilting community 4:11 - Instagram 4:25 - Black Lives Matter movement 5:40 - Wendy (of @The. WeekendQuilter and Quilt Buzz ) 6:47 - Amanda (of @BroadclothStudio and Quilt Buzz ) 6:48 - Anna (of @WaxAndWaneStudio and Quilt Buzz ) 7:08 - QuiltCon 7:20 - QuiltCon 7:28 - Instag...

Episode 009: Francesca of @noaestheticquilts 30.07.2020 26:00

Show Notes: 0:54 - “Line in the sand” 1:37 - Instagram aesthetic concept 1:44 - Presets for [Adobe] Lightroom App 1:53 - Millennial[s] 2:29 - Toast 2:37 - Bread making 2:39 - Bread pictures 2:44 - Mass marketing 2:46 - Instagram 2:57 - Portland, Maine 3:03 - Picnic Portland VIntage and Craft Fair 3:29 - Maine 3:43 - Picnic Portland 4:04 - Typography 4:05 - No Aesthetic Quilt’s Logo 4:06 - Italic C...

Episode 008: Libs of @libselliott 16.07.2020 28:19

Show Notes: 2:33 - Sampler [quilt] 2:36 - Johannah Masko 2:46 - Traditional [quilt] blocks 2:51 - Half-square triangles (HSTs) 2:54 - Flying geese 2:55 - Applique 3:22 - Lemoyne Star block 3:27 - Star blocks 3:52 - Double Wedding Ring quilt 5:36 - Toronto 6:02 - Catfish 6:31 - Pyramid scheme 6:47 - Traditional [quilt] blocks 7:31 - Creative technologist 7:31 - Digital artist 7:43 - Lib Eliot’s plu...

Episode 007: Jenny of @pappersaxsten 02.07.2020 30:00

Show Notes: 0:54 - Instagram 2:26 - Barbies 3:17 - Peach 3:23 - 90s 3:36 - Florals 4:01 - Patterns 4:20 - Pattern 5:24 - Graphic design 5:31 - Mid-Century 5.33 - 50s 5:42 - Block prints 5:43 - Lettering 5:54 - Quilt block 6:46 - Paper Round Quilt by Papper Sax Ten 8:04 - Freddy Moran 8:12 - Red 8:18 - Red 8:24 - Light red 8:25 - Orangey red 8:51 - Lilac 8:55 - Pastels 8:56 - Minty green 8:59 - Lig...

Episode 006: Jenn @jennmcmillan of Sew Fine Thread Gloss 18.06.2020 22:56

Show Notes: 2:04 - Thread gloss 2:28 - Bees wax for hand sewing and quilting 2:43 - Quilt frame 4:46 - Essex linen 5:13 - Essex linen 5:22 - Big stitch quilting 9:59 - Lemon Peel Sew Fine Thread Gloss 10:15 - Gotham Quilts 13:59 - Love to Sew Podcast 14:01 - Dressed the History of Fashion Podcast 14.13 - Wine 14:24 - Sawtooth Star Block 14:35 - Sunbonnet Sue Block 15:10 - Turquoise 15:14 - Purple...

Episode 005: Kim of @feelgoodfibers 21.05.2020 25:08

Show Notes: 0:51 - @lelandavestudios 1:05 - @feelgoodfibers 2:14 - Flickr 2:17 - Instagram 4:03 - Words Quilt by Kim Soper Smith 4:20 - Lincoln Quilt by Kim Soper Smith 6:21 - @feelgoodfibers 7:14 - eBay 7:15 - Poshmark 8:13 - Shopify 9:05 - Megan Collins 14:05 - Procreate 14:06 - Apple pencil 15:39 - Creative Pep Talk 15:46 - The Goop Podcast 16:02 - Tazo Passion Tea 16:19 - Flying Geese 16:25 -...

Episode 004: Laura of @prequilt 07.05.2020 26:42

0:50 - @commonwealthquilts 1:04 - Commonwealth 1:06 - Massachusetts 2:41 - Circus Tent Quilt 2:42 - Adobe Illustrator 3:01 - Charm pack 4:04 - Andrea Tsang Jackson of 3rd Story Workshop 6:19 - EQ8 (Electric Quilt 8) 6:37 - Chrome 7:24 - PreQuilt PRO 8:08 - PreQuilt YouTube video tutorials 8:21 - Merge cells on PreQuilt 8:32 - PreQuilt help section 8:58 - Colouring randomiser function on PreQuilt 9...

Episode 003: Dash of @smithsgeneralstudio 23.04.2020 24:50

Show Notes: 1.00 - Smith’s General 1.11 - Smith's General Studio 1:29 - The Smith’s Store 7:36 - Hand tie quilts 8:48 - Yarmouth 8:54 - Maine 8:57 - Colorado 9:00 - Colorado College 16:45 - Gilmore Girls 17:16 - Salt and vinegar potato chips 17:25 - Sawtooth Star Block 17:29 - Teal 17:35 - Kona Cotton in Snow 17:48 - Carolyn Friedlander 17:51 - Cotton and Flax 17:56 - Kona Cotton 18:16 - Gingher S...

Episode 002: Shannon of @shannonfraserdesigns 09.04.2020 28:19

Show Notes: 5:13 - Half-square triangles 6:25 - Jenny Doan of Missouri Star Quilt Company YouTube Channel 6:46 - Jenny Doan’s YouTube tutorial on machine binding 10:58 - Example of “Extreme cool weather quilts in the wild” photos 14:46 - ‘What’s in your sewing bag’ series 19:53 - Karen Lewis 20:15 - Essex Linen 20:17 - Jen Hewett, ‘Imagined Landscapes’ 21:52 - ‘WALK: Master Machine Quilting with y...

Episode 001: Lorna of @clothandcrescent 25.03.2020 21:57

Links for all the shenanigans and interesting things from Lorna’s Interview: 1:45 - Camembert 4:25 - Wes Anderson 4:35 - The Shining Carpet 4:40 - @holdmyseamripper 7:55 - Love Patchwork & Quilting (LPQ) 10:45 - Wool Warehouse 11:00 - The Fabric Fox , The Crafty Mastermind , Olive & Flo Handcraft 14:40 - Erin Dollar - Cotton and Flax - Essex Linen collections 15:25 - Wiksten Haori Jacket 1...