The Quilter on Fire Podcast

Sarah Ruiz is a quilter and aerospace engineer from Houston, Texas. Her creative and technical sides have always been intertwined from drawing Disney characters and memorizing constellations as a kid to taking humans back to the moon and dreaming up new quilts. Today, quilting perfectly combines her engineering and artistic mindsets, and she loves the puzzle solving required to turn an idea into r...

Introducing 3 TIME Award Qinning Quilter at the 2022 CQA Show. Laura Gates is a Quiltmaker and Longarm Specialist and she is making waves with her wins with innovative stitching on the Canadian quilt scene. Enter the Northcott Fat Quarter GIVEAWAY HERE Find Laura on Instagram HERE Patterns we talked about: Blossoming Gardens by Carolyn Murfitt Swallow Medallion by Berene Campbell And be sure to ch...

Meet the three Canadian quilters who won awards at the upcoming International Quilt Festival, Houston 2022. My guests today are Joanne Love from White Horse Yukon, Roxanne Nelson from Calgary, Alberta, and Sue Sherman from York, Ontario. I reached out to each of them after I heard about their wins at the I Q F Houston and asked them each a few questions. Link to the Prize Giveaway. The Canadian Wi...

Tula Pink has endorsed a brand new Block of the Month in conjunction with Free Spirit Fabrics, Pink Door Fabrics and Paper Pieces. And today on the podcast I'm bringing in the BIGGEST TULA FAN I KNOW - Tracy Brittain Loyek from Purple KATZ Quilting. Enter the Giveaway HERE Sign up for the Queen of Diamonds Block of the Month (CANADA) Sign up for the Queen of Diamonds Block of the Month (USA)...

David Owen Hastings works with paper fabric, print, and stitch in his fine art,  modern quilts and textile designs, and it all comes together with a clean, modern aesthetic. Think gorgeous indigo linens with acrylic texture and a masterful use of colour, all coming together with stitch. To quilters and to art collectors it's all pleasing to the eye. After today's episode you just might b...

Meet Founder of Quiltfolk Magazine Michael McCormick. From Professional Baseball Player to Quilt Magazine Publisher, his team continues to travel America state by state, meeting quilters of all backgrounds and sharing their incredible stories. Today on the podcast we talk all about how Quiltfolk magazine came to be, the recent acquisition of Fiber Art Now magazine, their other published books, the...

Meet Crafty TV Personality Jennifer Tryon. She made a bold transition from high powered TV career to doing what she loves and taking you along with her every step of the way.  On her website, you'll find loads of crafting, sewing and quilting inspiration and see the latest announcements to register for her upcoming HomeMade Virtual Quilting Retreat in October. She also has a Cricut Event and...

Join me as I interview Susan Smith, an award winning quilt maker who has created a quilty business with loads of educational content. Her free motion course is packed with fundamentals and great bonuses. She has a podcast called Measure Twice Cut once and a YouTube channel called Stitched by Susan offering longarm quilting tutorials and even live unscripted videos that show you how to fix common m...

Carolina Moore is an award-winning quilt maker and pattern designer who has created a really great business, a blog, YouTube channel and website with loads of educational content. One thing that really stands out is that she writes her patterns fully illustrated to support different learning modalities. I love that. And many of the tools used in her patterns have full instructional videos on her Y...

Join me as I interview Lorinda Davis, Owner of the Quilter's Planner, helping quilters organize their days and get their projects done one beautiful page at a time. She inspires quilters worldwide to achieve their goals and to  plan sketch, dream, and be inspired with the Quilter's Planner. But she also reminds us to pauses for rest and reflection throughout the year. Be sure to listen i...

Join me as I interview Maggie Vanderweit, an award-winning fibre artist with a free flowing, intuitive design style that makes you want to look deep into the fabric and stitch and never  walk away. Maggie has a happy demeanour and straight talk way of thinking. She is a true leader in Canadian textile art pushing forward the conversation about fibre art as a fine art through her volunteer work as...

Join me as I roll out a full RECAP of my tour of England & Wales and of course the Festival of Quilts Birmingham with Opulent Quilt Journeys. I give a full review of the trip with interviews of my favourite vendors, influencers, show winners and more... Visit Opulent Quilt Journeys to see upcoming tours: https://opulentquiltjourneys.com/ Check out our generous prize sponsors right here: Free S...

He's the man of colour that you don't really have to introduce because he's known worldwide and his vibrant designs are a staple in quilt shops with the vendors at quilt shows everywhere. Kaffe Fassett has spent five decades of his life, sharing his passion for colour through knitting needlepoint, and patchwork. He creates original works of art and inspires others to create their ow...

Today I'm talking to Brandon Mably of the Kaffe Fassett Collective. After a chance meeting with Kaffe Fassett in the late eighties, Brandon made a radical career change from cooking to knitting and began a mentorship under Kaffe that led him to running the Kaffe Fassett Studio and carving out his own creative career that has lasted decades. We'll chat about his story and what continues t...

Philip has been an artist and fabric designer for over four decades since he graduated from the Hornsby college of art and design with a degree in textiles and fashion. Over his incredible career, he has designed fabric and wallpaper for the world's great fabric houses. Join the Kaffe Fassett Collective Facebook Group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/60352772359/about/ Check out the Free...

Join me as I interview Liza Prior Lucy of the Kaffe Fassett Collective to find out how she came to be friends with Kaffe as we dive into best bits of her story. Liza Prior Lucy is a traditional quilt maker with a contemporary sense of colour and design. She is known worldwide for her work in collaboration with Kaffe Fassett in dozens of quilting and patchwork books since 1993. Join the Kaffe Fasse...

Join me as I interview Vanessa Genier the founder of Quilts for Survivors, a simple project to make 18 quilts that blossomed into a non-profit organization. The survivors are profoundly affected by these quilts. Vanessa mentions in the podcast how one survivor who received a quilt said, "To be honoured and respected for something I've been ashamed of my whole life means a lot." Go t...

Jacquelynne Steves is an artist and illustrator who designs quilting and sewing patterns. She writes and illustrates books, featuring creative ideas, like quilt patterns, craft projects, and recipes. She has a popular club called Art of Home and is just an all around lover and designer of handmade things. Check out her website HERE : https://jacquelynnesteves-shop.com/ Enter the weekly prize givea...

Kestrel Michaud is a classically trained and award-winning fine artist. She's a graphic designer and illustrator with a passion for creating imaginative realism, art quilts. From winning her first art show as a nine year old through discovering fabric in high school rediscovering fabric in college, and finally transitioning to fine art quilting. Today's guest might just leave you inspire...

Brandon Wolf is a commercial quilter who works with interior designers and decorators to create unique pieces for gorgeously designed homes and he happens to be autistic. Join me as I interview this great Canadian quiltmaker, researcher and  advocate for people with autism. Link to Brandon's website Link to the podcast giveaway Support the show Thank you for listening to the Quilter on Fire P...

Have you ever been to quilt Canada? Well, I just attended this Canadian quilt show last week. And I've got a recap episode in store for you today. I'm Brandy. Maslowski also known as the quilter on fire today. I'll share some stories of my trip to Vancouver for quilt Canada, 2022. I had so much fun from staying with friends on a boat and taking in the show to meeting past podcast gu...

There is so much to learn about quilt history, curation of shows, care of quilts and preservation. And I love the topics and guests that the six know-it-alls have on their show. These talks just work because these six knowledgeable women come at the topics from all different angles. It is important to them to bring the viewer along to learn quilt history. They want to bring about an understanding....

This week's guest is the owner and founder of eQuilter.com Luana Rubin. She has been a designer in the quilt, textile and garment industries since 1980. She's a BERNINA Ambassador,  and a Chair Holder in the Color Marketing Group and International Color Forecasting Association. She is a Textile Design Consultant and has designed for Robert Kaufman, Timeless Treasures, and many other quil...

Today's guest is Abby Glassenberg president and co-founder of the Craft Industry Alliance. I started following Abby's blog While She Naps well over a decade ago while I was fumbling away in my tiny studio in Manitoba. And I was dreaming of doing my passion full-time she has since co-founded Craft Industry Alliance, and now serves as the President, she's a sewing pattern designer, te...

Christa Watson is award-winning quilt maker, pattern and fabric designer, teacher and speaker who has created a really great business and website with loads of educational content. Christa will fill your toolbox with an abundance of great new quilting skills. She has an ask me anything approach, which really tackles current problems where quilters are stuck and helps her students and followers gro...