Sam Hunter

The Rev Craft Biz Podcast

Business EN ↓ 81 episodes

Craft biz owner Sam Hunter talks to her colleagues in the quilting and craft industry about it what it takes to run their businesses in today’s world; essentially creative people talking about creative solutions for running creative businesses! They cover topics related to entrepreneurship, juggling all the things, maintaining sanity, avoiding burnout, prioritizing their creative practices, and ways to change the industry for the better for all who work in it. www.revcraftbiz.com

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Sam Hunter

Episodes

Why Learning Better Skills Can Mean You Have More Fun - With Jenny Haynes 29.05.2024 1:29:01

#06: Jenny Haynes talks about her journey as a "giver of form" - the literal translation of the Swedish word for designer. She talks about getting in trouble for never following the rules, where she looks for inspiration, and how learning to be accurate make future projects more fun. Jenny Haynes - Show Notes: Website: https://pappersaxsten.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pappersaxsten/...

Choosing Personal Practice Over Business Growth - with Lucy Engels 22.05.2024 1:16:08

#05: Lucy Engels joins us after recently choosing to deliberately not grow her business into the realm of needing to hire people, and instead, focus on taking satisfying commissions whilst working a part-time job that she doesn't bring home at the end of the day. Show Notes Website: https://lucyengels.com/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/_lucyengels/ Jenny Haynes - https://pappersaxsten.com/ BOM wit...

Getting Educated About Running a Business, and the Power of a Consistent Art Practice - with Mel Beach 15.05.2024 1:06:18

#04: Mel Beach talks about taking deliberate steps to start her business on the right foot through business education and research. She also talks about how important her daily art practice is, and how it leads to fresh ideas for her business. She also shares a brilliant and charming way to say NO, and tells the story of taking improv comedy classes to overcome speaking nerves! Show Notes: https:/...

Creating Community by Taking a Passionate Stand - with Maddie Kertay 06.05.2024 1:13:27

#03: Maddie Kertay brings her passion for diversity and inclusion to the podcast, and talks about the loyal following that can come from taking a stand for what you believe in. She drops some hard-earned wisdom about growing your IG presence and what that means for her neo-natal kitten rescue project. Show Notes: Badass Quilter - https://www.badassquilterssociety.com/ Patreon - https://www.patreon...

The Ups and Downs of Entrepreneurship, and Making Space for the NEW - with Timna Tarr 06.05.2024 1:15:15

#02: Timna Tarr joins Sam to talk about the challenges of guiding the evolution of her business through the ups and downs of entepreneurship. We discuss teaching and lecturing, making space to come up with new things, and we dig into the role of graphic design in modern quilting. Show Notes https://www.timnatarr.com/ Instagram: @timnatarr Timna’s Book: Mosaic Quilting - https://www.timnatarr.com/...

Why me, and why this? - with Sam Hunter 06.05.2024 6:33

Episode #01 Sam Hunter, host of the Rev Craft Biz pod, talks about why she created this podcast. She shares about her first sewing project, a childhood visit to Stonehenge that turned her into an activist, and how she views her work through the lens of art and women's history. Sam introduces the idea that it’s revolutionary to want change, and to want to change things - and she’ll be talking about...