The Quilter on Fire Podcast

My special guest is Alex Anderson! Laughter is plentiful in this in-depth interview with the one and only Sweetheart of Quilting. OK yes, there are many sweethearts in the quilting world, but Alex has risen to the top for decades with her caring, happy demeanour and this interview "simply" makes my heart sing. That's an old school pun on her first show. Enter the contest giveaway fo...

This week's guest is Mary Fons, famous for learning to quilt from scratch on a public stage, bringing new quilters into their comfort zone, and pushing the boundaries of how quilting is taught with her engaging, delightful personality. Her quirky demeanour takes a front stage in her content again and again. She has been a TV host, a writer, magazine editor, a lecturer, and has a passion for q...

Deborah Fisher is the docent and ringmaster of a crazy mixed up cabinet of curiosities, the circus juggler and the museum curator. And it's the perfect description of herself. Actually, her lines of fabric, quilt patterns and handcrafted items create the perfect menagerie of joy that just makes you want to collect it all. Link to the Prize Giveaway: https://kingsumo.com/g/snp8y3/qof-episode-6...

Bridget O'Flaherty is an award-winning textile artist and all around creative inspiration who specializes in thread painting. Bridget has a Bachelor of Arts with an Environmental Studies Major and she just graduated with Honours. This is such a valuable conversation to have, and she really has her toes in the water when it comes to the topic of sustainability and she carries that expertise in...

Anna Maria Horner is best known for her unique fabric designs. She uses bold colours and a gorgeous, vibrant mix of designs and patterns to create instantly recognizable fabric. Her pattern designs are bold and beautiful and her trunk show  was just filled with eye candy and very inspiring. This is the story of a mom of seven with a passion for fabric design, quilt, pattern design, and an entrepre...

My special guest today is Stephanie Hackney Director of Sales and Marketing for Hobbs Bonded Fibers. She is a brand professional known for her expertise on batting. She has lectured at many major quilt shows such as Quilt Market, Quilt Festival, Road to California, AQS Paducah and many more. She also delivers this great content to guilds and retail stores all over North America. She really has a p...

This week my special guest is Tracy Mooney. When I first met her recently at quilt festival in Houston, I learned first hand that it is very cool to meet a podcast personality and hear their voice in person for the first time. I'd been listening to the Quilt'n'Tell Podcast for a while. I started to feel like I was getting to know her and her fellow hosts.  It's kind of hard to...

Join me for an episode all about of my visit to QuiltCon 2022 in Phoenix, AZ. You'll hear my favourite moments, interviews with influencers, quilters, vendors, the organizers of the show and some special exhibits as well.  LINKS to things I mention in this episode: Social Justice Sewing Academy with Sara Trail: https://www.sjsacademy.org/ The Navajo Quilt Project with Susan Hudson: https://ww...

EQ Educator Yvonne Menear. She has had a passion for EQ for over 20 years. She speaks to quilt guilds, at retreats, at regional, national and international sewing and quilt shows. She does projects and blogs for EQ and teaches at their annual retreat. She creates bespoke workshops to give the student exactly what they need. And today we are going to talk everything EQ!  Link to the Youtube Trailer...

Kim Neidzweicki is a sewist, quilter, and pattern designer with a passion for social media. One thing I loved hearing from her on the podcast is that no one is really a social media guru or maven because it changes every single day. We get massive doses of the unknown from social media and there is so much pressure to go viral. It is intimidating. You finally figure out how to make a reel on Insta...

Vivika Hansen Denegre is an avid artist and crafter who lives and works in New England. By day, she is the editor of Quilting Arts and QuiltCon Magazines and serves as the Director of Quilting Content for Golden Peak Media. You’ve likely seen her on Quilting Arts TV , listened to her on The Quilting Arts Podcast , and read some of the many articles and blogposts she writes for traditional quilting...

On today’s episode you’ll meet Katie Fowler. I had the pleasure of meeting her in person for the first time at the Houston Quilt Festival and wow - she instantly felt like a kind-hearted mentor. Katie is a Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach, an award-winning artist and a former teacher who loves facilitating learning. The very first day I met her she had her book in my hands and we were chatting about c...

I’ve been so excited to have Berene Campbell on the show. I first heard of her when my local Okanagan Modern Quilt Guild hired her as a speaker. I loved every word she said. She was heartwarming and inspiring to say the least, and our guild then took on her Mini Mod Swap which is a challenge for the Handmade Collective Awards which we talk about today on the show. Secondly, she’s a delightful pers...

This week’s guest is Clara Nartey. She is an Artist, Entrepreneur and Coach creating Educational programs for Creatives. She suddenly found herself jobless after a dream career in the corporate world and forged ahead to discover her own creative path only to realize she’s not the only one who could use the skills and systems she’s learned along the way. Now she helps other creatives find their pat...

Rhonda Pierce, is the stitch savvy Marketing Director for Schmetz Needles. She offers her needle expertise around the world in workshops, lectures, monthly Facebook Live sessions and she’s also available to talk for your local guild. Once life returns to normal, watch for Rhonda at quilting shows and events around the country. She’ll be delighted to talk to you and to find out how you use your fav...

It's Episode 52! Happy New Year and welcome to the first episode of 2022. I cannot think of a better topic to start off the year than ergonomics, efficiency & organization. It’s kind of like a new year’s resolution except wouldn’t it be great if we could do this all year round?  My guest today is Lois Hallock. She is a quilter, a professional Engineer and a professional organizer. It soun...

I’ve been so excited to have Rob Appell on the show because first of all, he is a bundle of energy that is contagious, he’s a delightful person and when we first met for our discovery call to do this podcast he became an instant mentor to me in all things audio visual.  He has a fantastic YouTube presence working with Michael Miller Fabrics on his channel called Making it Fun with Rob Appell. His...

Allison Aller is has been stitching, sewing, knitting, and writing since she was a child....and that child is alive and well in the joyful work she creates today from crazy quilting to stained glass quilting and so much more. She has been quilting non-stop for over 4 decades. She dove deep into more than a decade long passion for crazy quilts and wrote her first two books on the topic and more rec...

Welcome to Episode 49 of the Quilter on Fire Podcast! Today my guest is a descendant of 2 Gee's Bend Quilters - Tangular A. Irby. She is an author, educator and quilter who is highly educated in Business Administration, Educational Leadership and has a Masters in the Art of Teaching. Her love of children's books developed during her time as a second grade teacher. She is the granddaughte...

Victoria Findlay Wolfe is an international award-winning quilter known for her designs which portray a sense of old school comfort while breaking the boundaries of contemporary design. They have elements of tradition but with a twist like a dissolving double wedding ring or a photo of her hands right in the quilt as part of the story. She trained in fine arts college as a painter who also sculpted...

Welcome to PART 2 of the Houston Quilt Festival Recap on the Quilter on Fire Podcast. For this 2nd episode I will give you a little more about my experience at my very first Houston Quilt Festival. I'll share my stories from start to finish from my entire trip to the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, through Quilt Festival and then off to the Texas Quilt Museum. At Festival I asked quilt business...

Reed Johnson of Blue Bear Quilts has won design competitions, He's a sought after designer for fabric companies, he has had numerous quilt pattern features in magazines and he recently launched his first line of fabric. He started quilting at 40, opened up his pattern design business at 60 and has never looked back. Looking for some quit biz inspiration? Just check out the sampling of his bea...

Welcome to the Houston Quilt Festival Recap episode of the Quilter on Fire Podcast. I literally got off a plane last night at 7pm to arrive home from a whirlwind week and it feels like I’ve been compiling audio clips ever since. There will be two podcast episodes from the interviews I captured at Houston. You are in for a treat. For this first episode I ran around the classrooms for days interview...

On today’s show I interview Kimberlee Piers - Moore. She is a famous Canadian Tik Tokker who created the adorable little world of Mr. Bones. He’s a goofy little sidekick who snoozes, quilts, helps and hinders in all kinds of hilarious ways. Every little video has a warm and playful approach and brings on a smile each time. Kimberlee’s TikTok channel has grown to epic proportions and I can’t wait t...

I’m thrilled to have LAURA WASILOWSKI on the show because first of all, she’s an art quilter after my own heart and secondly I’ve been following along with her books and inspiration for many, many years. I first saw her on Quilting Arts TV and I can’t get enough of her creativity and inspiring projects. She is an award-winning art quilter, author multiple times over and a sought after teacher and...