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QOF Episode 284 - Shirley Hauck - Mixed Media Artist Nov 03, 2026

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My guest Shirley Hauck built her creative roots in a quilting guild, surrounded by friends who encouraged her love of colour, texture, and what she calls "creative freestyle art." Back in 2015, she watched an artist win a design competition who added fabric to her paintings, and the idea stuck with her. She didn't try it herself until a few years later. Now she's known for her prairie landscape paintings of old barns and abandoned homesteads tied to her own family history. She works in a mix of paint, fabric, and collage. Her art quilts once took top honours in international competition, and now her paintings show in fine art galleries, art shows and markets.

You can find Shirley's work on HER WEBSITE: https://www.shirleyhauck.com/

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QOF Episode 283 - Barbara Emodi Oct 27, 2026

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My guest today is Author Barbara Emodi. She has spent decades teaching people to sew — she's written sewing books, edited for major sewing magazines, and built a career teaching people to sew garments. She's a Canadian author of the Gasper's Cove Cozy Mystery series, set in a small coastal town in Nova Scotia — not a real place, but close enough that you want to hop on a plane and go find it. And I wish you could meet the characters in real life too. She's still crafting a career of sewing and teaching, but now she's writing cozy mysteries on top of it.

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QOF Episode 282 - Matt Wilding Oct 20, 2026

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Matt Wilding has been taking the quilting scene by storm — by 3D storm, I should say. He's won back-to-back top prizes in the Quilt Creations category at Festival of Quilts, Birmingham - first for "Wear Your Wings With Pride" in 2025, then for his quilted sphere, "Pride Around The World," in 2026. Have you seen this giant quilted ball on Instagram? It’s an exemplary lesson in design just to witness. I was so pleased to be able to see this 3D giant quilted sphere in person this summer in Birmingham. Alongside all that success, Matt teaches quilters his innovative techniques on a smaller scale in his workshops, and he does lectures for guilds. I've had the pleasure of meeting Matt two years in a row now at Festival of Quilts in the UK, and he's been an absolute joy to get to know.

Find Matt Wilding right here: www.mattwilding.co.uk

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QOF Episode 281 - Eli McCann Oct 13, 2026

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Eli McCann is a lawyer, writer, and podcaster based in Salt Lake City. He writes a monthly humor column for the Salt Lake Tribune, and has cohosted the Strangerville podcast and live show since 2016. His writing has run in the Washington Post, Newsweek, HuffPost, and the BBC. Now he's published his first novel, Stitched, and the story unfolds around a small Utah quilting guild. Eli grew up under a quilters frame but he’s never made a quilt. So his mom's real quilting group gave him the details he needed to write this book with the real drama of real quilters and WOW! has it made a splash!

Find Eli McCann right here: https://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/

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QOF Episode 280 - Sarah Hibbert Oct 06, 2026

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Today I'm sitting down with a quilter whose journey has taken her from traditional patterns learned decades ago, to a bold, modern design practice worked out of a tiny studio outside London that's floor to ceiling in fabric. We're talking old meeting new — traditional patterns reimagined modern through her own lens, mostly in linen for that timeless texture, and a slow practice of hand quilting that is Sarah's favourite part of the entire process. Her quilts have been in major shows like QuiltCon and The Festival of Quilts in Birmingham and some have been acquired for museum collections and galleries around the world, and she's got exhibitions and teaching lined up for years to come.

Find Sarah Hibbert right here: https://www.sarahhibbertquilts.com/

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QOF Episode 279 - Vendulka Battais Sep 29, 2026

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Today's guest is Vendulka Battais — I had the joy of judging alongside her at the Festival of Quilts in Birmingham this summer, and let me tell you, she taught me so much and made the whole experience an absolute blast. She's a textile artist, tutor, speaker, long arm quilter, and certified quilt judge whose creative roots go all the way back to sewing with her mother as a young girl in the Czech Republic. A beginners patchwork class many years ago lit a spark that's grown in every direction since. This quilter has a gift for exploration. She has won awards (alongside her husband Olivier) as well as on her own for a wonderful array of techniques and designs from painted quilts to modern quilts and few collaborations along the way. Her work is inspired by yoga, sacred geometry, and symbolism. I got to see a few of her quilts up close at Festival of Quilts this summer and looking at the variety, you’d never know they were all made by the same person. This gal has some real talent.

Find Vendulka Battais right here: https://www.oliven.co.uk/

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QOF Episode 278 - Karen Bolan Sep 22, 2026

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Karen Bolan is a teacher, lecturer, pattern designer and traveller. She's an artist who loves sharing her joy and her process and bringing people along with her. Quilting started as a quiet counterbalance to her career as an Engineer, something she picked up on the side. But that side pursuit kept pulling at her until she finally took the leap into a fully creative life. Today, Karen is based in Santa Rosa, California, working as a quilt teacher, lecturer, and pattern designer. Her designs are out of the box, blending geometry, experimentation, and layered texture, and she brings an encouraging, engineering-influenced approach to her teaching. Her quilts have shown in national exhibits and major publications, and her creative voice keeps growing with every new piece.

Find Karen Bolan right here: https://karenbolan.com/

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QOF Episode 277 Aline Bugarin of Orbital Quilting Sep 15, 2026

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My guest today is Aline Bugarin, she is half of the Brazilian duo that also includes Natasha Bugarin and their quilty biz is called Orbital Quilting.

Natasha came to quilting from architecture, while Aline 's background is in character design for film. Together, they've built a creative business around helping quilters gain confidence with free-motion quilting and design.

They're the brains behind Orbital Quilting Architecture, their own approach to custom quilting, as well as a growing collection of tools, books, classes, and quilting methods. Their work is all about movement, creativity, and making the whole process feel a little less intimidating.

Find Orbital Quilting right here: https://orbitalquilting.com/

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QOF Episode 276 - Eva Saunders Sep 08, 2026

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My guest today is Eva Saunders, the designer, teacher, and creative mind behind Gingerly Quilt Co.

With a background in visual arts, design, teaching, and filmmaking, Eva brings a fresh perspective to quilting. She's known for creating modern, approachable skill-building quilt patterns that help quilters build confidence. And she has a unique “quilt painting” workshop where you make the iconic Starry Night by Van Gogh. Eva has a wonderful way of bringing out the quilt artist in you. But today, we are about to feature her latest adventure which has gripped my attention like a good magical mystery novel – we are going to dive into every detail that we are allowed to share so far about the DARK MAGIC SAMPLER.

Eva believes there's an artist inside every one of us—we just need the confidence to let it out. And she has assembled a collection of designers with skill that is pushing boundaries and she’s rolling this sampler out in a way that makes it achievable for everyone.

Grimoire DARK MAGIC SAMPLER
Americans: go to https://gingerlyquiltco.com/ONFIRE5
Canadians (and all non-US): go to https://gingerlyquiltco.etsy.com/listing/4564385437 and use the code ONFIRE5 for 5% off

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QOF Episode 275 - Brigitte Heitland of Zen Chic Sep 01, 2026

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Today I’m chatting with Brigitte Heitland, a quilt and fabric designer from Germany known for her modern quilting style through Zen Chic Studio. She has one of the most recognizable brands in the quilting world and when you scroll her Instagram feed you’ll know why.

She’s built an incredible career designing fabric collections, writing quilting books, teaching internationally, and creating modern quilts known for their clean lines, balanced colour, and approachable style.

Her work has inspired quilters around the world who love modern design with a sense of calm and simplicity. And today we’ll talk about creativity, colour, quilting, and how her design background continues to shape everything she makes.

Brigitte Heitland's website - https://www.brigitteheitland.de/

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