Just Wanna Quilt

Just Wanna Quilt in Nebraska - Katie Francisco Jun 26, 2023

Katie Francisco, the Assistant Curator of Exhibitions sat down to chat with me on a Saturday. She was also the one who took me around the first day, and so it was especially lovely to be able to chat! Katie is "responsible for the production and installation of exhibitions based on the IQM collections, and for research and disseminating results of research through publications, exhibitions, lectures or other venues. She holds a Master of Arts in Textiles, Merchandising and Fashion Design with dual concentrations in Costume History and Fashion Design from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a Bachelor of Arts in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing from Asbury University. Her most recent project was Under the Sheltering Palms: Vacation Culture and Dress in 1920s and 1930s Florida." https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/katie-francisco.

Just Wanna Quilt in Nebraska - June 2023 - Interview with Quilter and IQM Volunteer Jim Kohler Jun 03, 2023

We visited with Jim Kohler, a volunteer at the International Quilt Museum, who quilts 1800s tops by hand to add them to the Education Collection. But the interview is about so much more. Jim talks about his grandmother (b. 1890), who taught him to quilt, his life in Alaska, his philosophy of "we", and so much more.

Just Wanna Quilt in Nebraska: Interview with Curator Carolyn Ducey Jun 02, 2023

We're doing a special series at the International Quilt Museum for the next few weeks! Today, I chatted with Carolyn Ducey, the Ardis B. James Curator of Collections. She is amazing. But we already knew that. We intervieweed her in 2019 in a two-part podcast interviews: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/18105882 and https://www.spreaker.com/episode/18849947. She is a co-editor on the American Quilts in the Industrial Age, a brilliant (and quite heavy) book, available at Amazon https://amzn.to/3IRZiRR (and yes, worth the price). She is pretty all-around awesome. We talk about the history of the IQM, about museums in general and many more things. A great introduction to the International Quilt Museum.
Note: these are raw, in the field interviews and so no intro/outro music. Ironically, I think the sound quality is better than usual! Hope you enjoy it.

Quilter Timna Tarr joins us! May 30, 2023

Timna Tarr is a world-famous quilter, whose work has been featured on The Quilt Show and Quilting Arts TV. She Is know for a specific type of portrait work, including animal portraits. She has published in countless magazines, and her book, Stitched Photo Mosaic Quilting teachings you her specific technique that we all so love. For more, see https://www.timnatarr.com/. It was such a pleasure and joy to chat with her. I hope you like the interview!

Trademark and Internet Law Professor Eric Goldman teaches us about Section 230 and the Internet May 14, 2023

Professor Eric Goldman from Santa Clara University is an expert all things trademark and all things Internet. He talks with us about current U.S. Supreme Court cases that may impact how we engage wtih the Internet. And he talks about slinkies too (he has a lot alot maybe all of the slinkies). For more on Eric, go to https://law.scu.edu/faculty/profile/goldman-eric/ and https://law.scu.edu/faculty/profile/goldman-eric/. And he has the best blog on the Internet and Technology Law, if you want to keep up (and not just because I have guest blogged for him). https://blog.ericgoldman.org/

Lyric Kinard talks to us about the Academy for Virtual Training May 14, 2023

Lyric Kinard joins us to catch us up on her life since 2019, her new endeavors with teachers and quilt guilds, and other lovely things. In particular, we talk about her new business that teach others the businesss of quilting, at the Academy for Virtual Training, or AVT. https://members.academyforvirtualteaching.com/ For more on Lyric, see https://lyrickinard.com/. And to listen to our earlier conversations, on January 24, 2019 - https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16830642.

Maddie Kertay of Badass Quilter's Society Talks about Building a Brand and Kittens May 11, 2023

Maddie Kertay of Badass Quilter's Society (https://badassquiltersshop.bigcartel.com/) talks to us about her life since 2019, the canceling of Bass Quilter's Society on Facebook with over 30,000 members and the new rebuilding of Badass now. As always, a joy of a guest. We have interviewed Maddie before. See Maddi's original interview on October 22, 2018, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15954096

Quilter Willow Olson talks to us about AccuQuilt, EQ8 and Other Adventures Mar 06, 2023

Willow Olson joins us to talk about her adventures with Just Wanna Quilt and more. She runs the AccuQuilt and More Facebook group, (https://www.facebook.com/groups/accuquiltandmore/?ref=share) and has just started the YouTube Channel, Quilting with Willow (https://www.youtube.com/@QuiltingWithWillow). Willow has long been associated with Just Wanna Quilt, running our Inventory Quilt Project. Now, she and Elizabeth Townsend Gard are working on a new project, Just Wanna Reverse Engineer: Museums, Quilts, and Copyright. They talk about that, and other things too, including being "On Call" moms now that they are both empty nesters.

(Free Motion) Quilt Teacher and Author Jenny Lyons joins us Feb 27, 2023

Jenny Lyons, who was a previous guest in 2019, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16858661, catches us up on her life since that interview, including her experiences during the early days of the Pandemic, and now, as she jets to different teaching gigs, and is living the dream. For more on Jenny, including her schedule and how to book her, go to https://quiltskipper.com. For more on her Creative Spark course, “Yes you CAN free motion quilt,” see https://creativespark.ctpub.com/courses/Lyon For more on her book, Free Motion Quilting from Ordinary to Extraordinary: 3 Steps to Joyful Machine Stitching in 21 Days, go to https://amzn.to/3lPVMic.
Jenny is a fiber artist, author and teacher from northern California. She uses her domestic sewing machine to create quilts, art quilts and wearable art. She has sewn since age 6 and began to free motion quilt in 2000. Her work focuses on free motion quilting on whole cloth and her work has juried into the Paducah and Houston shows, Pacific International Quilt Festival, SAQA exhibits and several art galleries. She appeared on Quilting Arts TV as well as The Quilt Show (Feb, 2019). She authored a book published by C&T designed to encourage experienced beginners, Free Motion Quilting, Ordinary to Extraordinary. Jenny has been teaching and lecturing on the art of quilting since 2006 and travels to guilds, shops and major shows. She brings her passion and joy to the classroom and loves to inspire her students to free motion quilt their own quilts!.She lives near Sacramento, California with her Husband and their Australian Shepherd. Their boys have left the nest, giving Jenny more room for quilting.

Reading Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategy - Chapter 4 - Seven Key Copyright Concepts Feb 27, 2023

Elizabeth Townsend Gard reads her book, Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategies. In this episode, she reads, Chapter 4, Seven Key Concepts. This is kind of a summary of the big issues related to quilting and crafting, and copyright. It gets us started.
The book is based on research, including research from our interviews on Just Wanna Quilt. Many of our listeners contributed both their thoughts and their quilts to the making of this book. For more information about Just Wanna Quilt, go to http://www.justwannaquilt.com. To purchase a digital copy, go to https://payhip.com/b/N7fy.

Quilter and Author Thomas Knauer joins us to discuss his new book Quilt Out Loud Feb 21, 2023

Thomas has a new, most magnificent book out, Quilt Out Loud: Activism, Language and the Art of Quilting (C&T Publishing, 2023), available at https://amzn.to/3KkTDVP.The last time we spoke to Thomas in 2019, he was discussing his previous book, Why We Quilt. Listen to that podcast at, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/19599876. He discusses the process of writing this book, his life during the Pandemic, and his thoughts on the beauty he makes with activism messaging. He also talks about the influence of punk on his thoughts and process, and even the look of the book!
Thomas Knauer holds Masters of Fine Art from both Ohio University and the Cranbrook Academy of art. Before he started designing fabric and quilts he was a professor of art and design at Drake University and the State University of New York. He began sewing in 2010 after leaving academia due to health concerns, and soon thereafter sat down at a sewing machine for the first time to make his wee daughter a dress. Since then he has designed six fabric collections for Andover Fabrics, writes an ongoing column for Quilters Newsletter, has published quilts in numerous magazines, and is exhibiting in quilt shows and museums. But in the end he loves making things for his daughter and new son the best. For more about Thomas, go to https://www.thomasknauersews.com/.

Cheryl Sleboda Whited is opening a new shop in Paducah! Feb 21, 2023

Cheryl talks to us about the process of moving to Paducah and opening Mupping Quilt Emporium. We’ve talked with Cheryl many times, about the business of quilting. See Epsiodes in 2018: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14357737, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14198528, https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13965326, and one episode in 2019: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/20463047.
We catch up with her on her new marriage, her new shop, and her big move to Paducah. (Paducah is one of the key quilting cities in the country, in the world, with the National Quilt Museum and a town that supports artists and quilters). For more on the shop, go to the Facebook grou, Muppin’s Sewing Emporium, https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=229544981867030, and to her website, https://muppin.com/. She has a new book, Smock it to Me: The History and Technique of Canadian Smocking, available at https://amzn.to/3xAA7NG.
Cheryl is a quilt and sewing entrepreneur, who focuses on texture, technology and textiles. She loves heirloom sewing techniques and fabric manipulation. She teaches and lectures across the country. She is also known for her iconic sewing skull branding.
Here's a new story: https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/quilting-sewing-corporation-muppin-inc-coming-to-downtown-paducah/article_6830f65e-17e3-11ed-b7ed-470e1a3ff16e.html.
Want to visit? Here is the address!
Muppin’s Sewing Emporium 117 N 4th street Paducah KY 42001

Reading Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategy - Chapter 3 - Basics of Intellectual Property Feb 20, 2023

Elizabeth Townsend Gard reads her book, Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategies. In this episode, she reads, Chapter 3 Basics of Intellectual Property. This goes over the basic concepts of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, right of publicity and a little bit of copyright.
The book is based on research, including research from our interviews on Just Wanna Quilt. Many of our listeners contributed both their thoughts and their quilts to the making of this book. For more information about Just Wanna Quilt, go to http://www.justwannaquilt.com. To purchase a digital copy, go to https://payhip.com/b/N7fy.

Attorney Brandon Butler Talks About Copyright and Fair Use Feb 14, 2023

Brandon Butler is a rockstar in the copyright world, focusing on libraries and fair use. He has now opened a law firm that focuses on documentary films and fair use, among other subjects. He joins us for an hour. The law firm, Jaszi Butler, can be found at https://www.usefairuse.com/.
We talk about the state of fair use, and in particular the current case at the U.S. Supreme Court about an Andy Warhol painting of Prince. We also discuss whether fair use applies to people taking pictures of patterns in quilt shops. (Towards the end of the interviews)
Here is his bio: Brandon Butler is a copyright lawyer and expert on the lawful use of archival materials. Brandon is currently the Director of Information Policy at the University of Virginia Library. Previously, he was the Practitioner-in-Residence at the American University Washington College of Law’s Samuelson-Glushko Intellectual Property Clinic, where he taught courses on copyright and fair use, and supervised student attorneys in the representation of artists, filmmakers, publishers, authors, and entrepreneurs in a variety of intellectual property matters. Brandon was also the Director of Public Policy at the Association of Research Libraries, where he advocated for fair copyright and intellectual freedom on behalf of the nation’s most prominent academic and research libraries. Brandon graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law and was an associate at Dow Lohnes LLP (later merged with Cooley LLP), in Washington, D.C. Brandon is the Law and Policy Advisor to the Software Preservation Network, and is an Advisor to the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law, Copyright. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of Copyright in Education and Libraries and is the author of a variety of journal articles and book chapters about copyright and fair use. In college, Brandon was the local music reporter for Athens, GA alt-weekly The Flagpole, and he took a semester off to tour the country as a substitute guitarist in his friends’ punk band.Brandon is admitted to the bar in Washington, D.C.

Reading Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategy - Chapter 2 - Why We Create Feb 13, 2023

Elizabeth Townsend Gard reads her book, Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategies. In this episdoe, she reads, Chapter 2: Why We Create, which focuses on describing the quilting community from many angles, and starts to ask questions about the intersection of quilting and creativity.
The book is based on research, including research from our interviews on Just Wanna Quilt. Many of our listeners contributed both their thoughts and their quilts to the making of this book. For more information about Just Wanna Quilt, go to http://www.justwannaquilt.com. To purchase a digital copy, go to https://payhip.com/b/N7fy.

Andi Barney of the Sewing Doc Academy on Entrepreneurship and Sewing Machines Feb 13, 2023

Andi Barney from the Sewing Doc Academy joins us to talk about life during COVID and the new pivot in her business. We've checked in with Andi through the years, and we are thrilled to chat with her again. For more on the Sewing Doc Academy, go to https://www.sewingdocacademy.com/workshops. For more on Andi, see our previou conversations at https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15593151.

Reading Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategies - Chapter 1 - Introduction Feb 06, 2023

Elizabeth Townsend Gard will be reading her book, Just Wanna Create: Copyright and Fair Use Strategies, which is a book about the relationship of quilting and copyright, and teaches the quilter and crafter all about the ins and outs of copyright. It is a story, it is law, and it is really looking at the cases and law behind copyright. Many of our listeners contributed both their thoughts and their quilts to the making of this book. For more information about Just Wanna Quilt, go to http://www.justwannaquilt.com. To purchase a digital copy, go to https://payhip.com/b/N7fy.

Welcome to the 2023 Season Feb 06, 2023

Elizabeth Townsend Gard welcomes us to the new season of Just Wanna Quilt. She catches up, talks about the upcoming year, and apologizes for the lost years 2022.

Famous Fabric Designer and Artist Anna Maria Horner checks in with us Dec 12, 2021

Anna Maria Horner, fabric designer of FreeSpririt, and owner of Craft South in Nashville, NT https://www.craft-south.com/ joins us to talk about her life, owning a business during COVID-19, and a little bit of copyright too.

Quilter Mary Elizabeth Kinch talks about her life and also the work of Gwen Marston Dec 11, 2021

Mary Elizabeth Kinch is a quilter and written. See https://www.maryelizabethkinch.com/. She also knew well Gwen Marston, who was a famous quilter, known for Liberated Quilting, and who passed away in April 2019.

Famous Quilter Marianne Fons joins us to talk about her quilting and writing life Dec 10, 2021

Marianne Fons joins us to talk about her life during COVID-19, and the exhibit of Fons and Porter quilts at the International Quilt Museum, October 2021-February 2022, https://www.internationalquiltmuseum.org/exhibition/fons-porter. Marianne has been on the show before. Listen to her previous interviews here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/16253743. For more on Marianne Fons, go to http://www.mariannefons.com/.

Quilter Lee Chappell Monroe of May Chappell checks in with us Dec 09, 2021

Lee Chappell Monroe of May Chappell joins us to talk about her life during COVID-19 and after. http://www.maychappell.com/. She's been a guest before (see her first interview here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15250111.

Barbara Garlock and Virginia Hodge of DC Quilters talks about the DC Statehood Quilt Challenge Sep 10, 2021

Barbara Garlock and Virginia Hodge of DC Quilters talk to us today about a quilting challenge for DC statehood, disenfranchisement, and the importance of voting and staying informed on local politics. Learn more about them at https://lwv-va.org/2021/07/30/quilts4dc-statehood-quilt-challenge/

Quilter Tara Miller of the Quilt District catches up with us about her new projects Sep 09, 2021

Tara Miller of the Quilt District joins us to talk about her new projects including the Quilt District on the Road and the series Six Know It Alls (quilters of course). Her website: http://www.quiltdistrict.com. She also talks about American Quilt Study Group, which is she very involved. https://americanquiltstudygroup.org/.

Sara Seuberling of Electric Quilt join us to talk about the new edition of Barbara Brackman's classic Sep 08, 2021

Sara Seuberling has worked at EQ since college, and tells us about the software company, the relationship with AccuQuilt, and the creation of the new edition of the Barbara Brackman's Encyclopedia of Pieced Quilt Patterns, https://electricquilt.com/online-shop/encyclopedia-of-pieced-quilt-patterns/. We also talk about EQ Academy, which has its upcoming session in Ohio on September 9-11.

Quilter on Fire Brandy Maslowski joins us to talk about TikTok, Embrodiery, and Podcasting Jul 16, 2021

Brandy is a fellow quilt podcaster, and also is active on TikTok as Quilter on Fire. She joins us to talk about her latest project, and the role of social media in building her brand. See https://www.quilteronfire.com.

Famous Quilter and Entrepreneur Christa Watson comes by to visit and catch up on the last year Jul 09, 2021

Christa Watson, who has been on the show twice before, comes back to tell us about her year. (See Episodes https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15172864 and https://www.spreaker.com/episode/17863739. She's a fabric and pattern designer, and an entrepreneur. Come here her discuss her last year, and her thoughts on the future.

Famous Quilter Dora Carey of Orange Dot Quilts catches us up Jul 01, 2021

Dora Carey, of Orange Dot Quilts, http://www.orangedotquilts.com, come back to chat with us about her COVID-19 year, where she made a mask pattern and video that got 2 million hits, transforming her business almost instantly. Now, she's getting ready to open a shop. Listen to her original interview from 2018 here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14253174.

Quilter Stacy Harding catches up on her life over the last year Jul 01, 2021

Stacy Harding, a long time member of the Quilting Army, talks about the last year, and how she's starting to get back into the quilting grove.

Sewtites inventors (who are sisters) join us to talk about their entrepreneurial (quilting and sewing) journey Jun 24, 2021

Jamie and Jessica, sisters, join us to talk about Sewtites, a magnetic system for quilting that eliminates the need for pins. See https://sewtites.com/. We talk about their entrepreneurial journey of how this idea became a big hit in the sewing and quilting world.

Quilters Jeannette Floyd and Robin Farmer Siler catch up on their quilting Jun 24, 2021

Quilting Army quilters Jeannette Floyd (from California) and Robin Siler (from Nevada) catch up with Elizabeth on how they are feeling about quilting and how their year was. It's just three quilters hanging out and catching up.

Quilters Joel Sellers and Wendy Starn catch up on their Quilting Life Jun 17, 2021

Joel Sellers and Wendy Starn, both quilters and part of our Quilting Army (what we call ourselves) join us for a brief chat at the beginning of Season 4. Come join us at our Facebook group, Just Wanna Quilt, http://www.facebook/groups/justwannaquilt. We'd love to get to know you.

Crafter and Product Developer Nichole Schneider from Checker Distributor joins us Jun 10, 2021

Nicole Schneider from Checker Distributors talks with us about her job as a developer and previously as a buyer, and also about the Gypsy Quilter line of products. Gypsy Quilter link on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3gfDCzU. She also talks about Creative Grids,https://amzn.to/2RzDXVQ, which is also an exclusive Checker Distributor line. https://www.checkerdist.com.

We catch up with Quilter Amy Reitzel, a long time member of the Quilting Army Jun 10, 2021

Quilting Army member Amy Reitzel gets us started with Season 4, and we talk about coming back out into the world after COVID, and we fangirl about Cassandra Beaver's " Zoo Family Portrait" pattern, which is English Paper Piecing. (We'll have Cassandra on as a guest soon, but you can find the pattern on Etsy! http://bitly.ws/e2ff). Listen to Amy's first podcast with us here:
Amy Reitzel, quilt pattern maker and part of our Quilting Army talks about her quilting life
https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15471890 (from 2018).

We're Back! Season 4 begins now. Jun 02, 2021

Elizabeth Townsend Gard, host of Just Wanna Quilt, and law professor at Tulane University Law School says a quick hello to begin Season 4.

Scott Fortunoff of Jaftex Corporation catches us up and tells about the Facebook Live Video Challenge for shops Aug 19, 2020

Scott Fortunoff, of Tales of a Fourth Generation Textile Executive (https://scottfortunoff.com/) and President of Jaftex Fabric Company joins us to talk about the fabric industry and COVID-19, his weekly trivia contest for 20 weeks, and his relationship with the Quilt Shops and with fans. 2020 marks the 90th anniversary of Jaftex in the fabric industry, and he is especially interested in the 3rd year of the Facebook Live Video Challenge for shops. It's not to late to enter and participate.

Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit - Part 2 Jun 26, 2020

Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit: Part 2
On June 17, 2020 and June 20, 2020, Tulane University held the Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit, organized by the Just Wanna Quilt team of Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Hailey Barnett, Whitney Chatmon, John Spartz, and Becky Blank. Hosted by Newcomb Institute, and co-hosted by the Phyllis Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking, and the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. More information can be found at http://www.justwannaquilt.com.
Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit is where we celebrate the entrepreneurial activities of the mask makers around the country, talk to industrial hygienists about how to safely move around in this world (including how many people should be in an elevator at one time), talk to the scientists, and connect the compassion of caring and making masks with BLM.
The audio link to Day One:
Part 2 Guests include:
The Story of One Hospital
Dr. Robin Womedou, Chief Medical Officer, Methodist University Hospital, Memphis.TN.
The Science of Mask Recap
Hailey Barnett with Dr. Jocelyn Songer (MakerMask.org)
Masks in Prisons
Angelique Thomas, Innocence Project New Orleans
with Hailey Barnett
Artists and Performer Profiles
Julian McCleary, professional performer on cruise ships that turned to making masks
Ceeley Pedescleaux is a quilter who is everything I aspire to be. Her pieces are nationally known. She is the heart of the Beecher Memorial Quilt Group in New Orleans, and she has, like so many of us, been making masks. She made quilts after Katrina, and she is now working on projects about COVID as well.
Wendy Starn is a fiber artist. We’re going to talk to her about her COVID-19 piece.
Will Nemitoff is the owner Curious Form, a local art fabrication and design business based in New Orleans. He pivoted from making large-scale artworks for events to addressing the PPE shortage with the production of over 10,000 Face Shields.
Industry Pivots
Mattie Rhodes, Quiltsmart, creates products printed on about interfacing and creating custom patterns for them. The mondo bag is legendary in the sewing world. She pivoted to making printed cotton patterns for masks.
Chris Larson, Mattress King, is a mattress maker who began using the same materials to shift and make masks.
Inventions and 3d Printing
Juan Borbon, who began making bias tape for local groups making homemade masks with a personal 3D printer
Alan Puccinelli s the founder of Operation Shields up where he fabricates PPE face fields for front line caregivers.
Broadway, Film, and Designers Repurposing
Rachna Chandra of Taj Cottage, a clothing brand that shifted to making masks Alison Parker costumer in the film industry, and is also the founder of Ric Rack, a local group whose focus is educating the public on textile recycling. Jeff Whiting gave studio space to Broadway costumers to make masks. Jeff is the owner and Artistic Director of The Open Jar Institute, a music theatre training program founded in 2003 for the development of music theatre artists of all ages. Jeff is extraordinarily impressive with a long resume of directing and choreography credits on broadway.  
Sewist in Action
Chelsea Cooper, new to sewing
Raymond Houston, an author of quilt books, and quilt designer
Misty-Anne Harold, wildlife biologists and quilter
Meghan Romere, Texas law student who started making masks
Beth Strand, long-time quilter who made caps
Maddie Kertay of BadAss Quilters
Seth Hackler of Quilting on a Budget and Million Masks a Day
Jeannete Floyd, art quilter
Tamy Silvers, quilt business
Judy Walker, quilter
Edith Gross, art quilter
The Story of AccuQuilt
Pam Heller and Joy Banfield
Preservation
Frances Dowell and Amy Milne, Quilt Alliance
Mask Making and Culture
Rachel McCrafty, Executive Director at Ace Makerspace, a 10-year-old space in Oakland, CA. She has participated in several large mask making projects including an ongoing project serving at-risk communities. Learn more at thecraftyavenger.com
The Power of Students and What’s Happening Next
Sunshine Best, Ph.D. student, Tulane School of Public Health
Hailey Barnet, 2020 Tulane Law School graduate
Whitney Chatmon, 2L Tulane law School
Alexa Magyari, Ph.D. student, U.S. Berkeley School of Public Health
Becky Blank, alumni, Tulane University
Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Professor of Law, Tulane University

Covid-19 Masks: Dr. Chad Roy explains the science of the virus Jun 23, 2020

Dr. Roy is the Director of Infectious Disease Aerobiology at the Tulane National Primate Research Center and faculty in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Tulane University School of Medicine. His career focus is on respiratory health and the aerobiology of airborne infectious diseases, including biological threat agents such as anthrax and ricin to name a few. He is currently leading a research team to advance vaccine development for COVID-19. He talks to us about his latest work, and how we should think about the virus in relationship to masks.

Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit: Part 1 Jun 18, 2020

On June 17, 2020, Tulane University held the Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit, organized by the Just Wanna Quilt team of Elizabeth Townsend Gard, Hailey Barnett, Whitney Chatmon, John Spartz, and Becky Blank. Hosted by Newcomb Institute, and co-hosted by the Phyllis Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking, and the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. More information can be found at http://www.justwannaquilt.com.
Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit is where we celebrate the entrepreneurial activities of the mask makers around the country, talk to industrial hygienists about how to safely move around in this world (including how many people should be in an elevator at one time), talk to the scientists, and connect the compassion of caring and making masks with BLM.
The audio link to Day One:
Part 1 Guests include:
Our Call to Action
Edith Gross, Judy Walker, Seth Hackler, Whitney Chatmon, Hailey Barnett, and @Tal Sherman.
Mask Mobilization
Alexa Magyari, co-organizer, a Ph.D. public health student at U.C. Berkeley, and an early organizer between hospitals and makers of masks.
Becky Blank of We Have Masks, The Mask Makers Collective,
Gina Livingston of Sewing Masks for Area Hospitals - Atlanta
Cathy Dickey of Face Mask Shortage (New Orleans local area) Sewing Initiative
Sophie Faroushani and Alex Woodbridge TUSOM COVID Response Group, Tulane Medical Students
Jayna Zweimal of Masks4humanity
@Scott Bishop, @Chippawa Thomas, and @Christine Schnittka from Auburn University.
Science and Medicine
Dr. @Roy Rando, industrial hygienist Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Mark Wilson, industrial hygienist @ Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Dr. Chad Roy, Director of Infectious Disease Aerobiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center
Dr. Scott Segal, Prof of Anesthesiology, Wake Forest, with a forthcoming article on evaluating homemade mask materials.
Keynote: Dr. Jocelyn Songer, Masks Unmasked: A Look at the Science Behind Fabric Masks for COVID-19, founder of MakerMask.org (a great site of information). Dr. Jocelyn Songer is the founder of MakerMask.org, a group of volunteers providing science-based mask information and designs to community mask makers by studying and testing them. She holds a BS and MS in Biomedical Engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and a PhD in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology from MIT.
Joel Sellers: Q and A with Dr. Songer (with sample masks)
A Culture of Caring: From Masks to BLM
Saru Matambanadzo, Tulane Law School.
That was Day 1.

Covid-19 Masks: Executive Director of Tech Transfer @ Tulane, John Christie explains it all Jun 16, 2020

John Christie, the Executive Director of Office of Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property Development talks to us about the science during Covid-19, and how NDS, provisional patents, and other legal tools allow for sharing information between scientists in this very difficult times.

Covid-19 Masks: Dr. Songer of Maker Masks joins us for Part 2 of our discussion on Polypropylene fabric and masks Jun 15, 2020

Dr. Songer joins us for part 2 of our discussion of Polypropylene and masks. For more information, go to: http://makermask.org/. There is lots of cool science and mask information.

Covid-19 Masks: Dr. Jocelyn Songer of Maker Mask joins us - Part 1 Jun 15, 2020

Dr. Songer is the founder of MakerMask.org, a group of volunteers providing science-based mask information and designs to community mask makers. She's been studying and testing masks, and we talk to her about all kinds of things, especially Polypropylene. This is Part 1 of 2. For more information go to: http://makermask.org/.

Covid-19 Masks: Michael Hecht of GNO, Inc joins us to talk about COVID-19 and entrepreneurship Jun 15, 2020

Michael Hecht, the President and CEO of Greater New Orleans, Inc, the economic development agency for southeast Louisiana, joins us to talk about the health of the city and entrepreneurship during Covid-19. Here is more about Michael: http://gnoinc.org/uploads/M.Hecht.Biography.pdf and https://gnoinc.org.

Covid-19 Masks: Professor Roy Rando, an industrial hygienist from Tulane talks to us about masks Jun 14, 2020

Professor Roy Rando, an industrial hygienist from Tulane talks to us about masks. We have a great conversation about how to think about Covid-19.

Covid-19 Masks: Mark Wilson, an industrial hygienist and professor at Tulane, talks to us about our environment. Jun 13, 2020

Dr. Mark Wilson, an assistant professor at the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, is a molecular toxicologist and industrial hygienist that have been deeply involved in how we keep our home and especially our work environment safe(r) with Covid. A fascinating chat. He will also be a panelist at the Homemade Mask (Virtual) Summit. And he's got a lot to say about Covid-19: Volunteered on the frontline of NOLA coronavirus testing response: Here's an article: https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_0452555c-6b9b-11ea-b1f3-db5e17d5412e.html. He has as a daily COVID podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHxkG1SlFxM Here is an article he was a part of for PPE, but it does not mention homemade PPE: https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/05/04/we-must-redefine-frontline-providing-ppe-all-workers. And the T-Cell Clinic at Tulane Featured in TIME:
https://news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-t-cell-clinic-featured-time.

Covid-19 Masks: A team from Auburn University talks about their incredible teamwork on making masks Jun 13, 2020

Professor Chris Schnittka of Science Education, Professor and Director of Faculty Engagement, Chippewa Thomas, and Scott Bishop, Director of Lifelong Learning joins us to talk about the mask making efforts at Auburn University. It is remarkable. https://www.auburn.edu.

Covid-19 Masks: Bailey Boynton from Glowforge talks to us about 3D laser printers and their 2 Million Essential Ears initiative Jun 13, 2020

Bailey Boynton from Glowforge talks to us about 3D laser printers and their 2 Million Essential Ears initiative (glowforge.com/earsavers). https://glowforge.com

Covid-19 Masks: Marianne Addy from the Ronald McDonald House New Orleans joins us Jun 13, 2020

How was the Ronald MacDonald House in New Orleans coping with Covid-19? We asked Marianne Addy.

Covid-19 Masks: Lauren Skinner, a nurse and designer of the BaLA mask joins us Jun 11, 2020

Lauren Skinner, a nurse, talks to us about her life, and the BaLA mask. She started a facebook group, BaLa N95 Cover for Frontline Healthcare Workers: https://www.facebook.com/groups/890875771382856/. Hailey Barnett interviews her.

Covid-19 Masks: Shannon Kittrick makes masks in the Phish Community, beeswax wraps, and so much more. Jun 11, 2020

Shannon Kittrick is a chemistry and biology teacher, who owns a custom clothing line, www.youenjoymygoods.com, and a Beeswax Wrap Company www.beegoodwraps.com
Her sewing Group, You Enjoy My Goods Sewing and Crafting Community has been sewing masks for Doctors and Nurses in the Phish Community.Her husband, Bryan Sylvain has also designed special custom fabric to make masks. Note: we talk about miscarriages and still births, and it gets a bit sad. (That's my fault).

Covid-19 Masks: Heather Grant of the Strategic Sewing and Quilting Summit joins us Jun 10, 2020

Heather Grant is the Executive Director of the Strategic Sewing and Quilting Summit, a non-profit organization of high-power industry leaders thinking through ways to increase consumer participation. We talk about the impact of Covid-19 on the sewing community. For more info, see https://www.sewquiltsummit.org/.

Covid-19 Masks: Alison Parker from Ric Rack joins us to talk about the NOLA response from film costumers Jun 08, 2020

Alison Parker joins to to talk about the amazing efforts of Ric Rack, a local group whose focus is educating the public on textile recycling. She is part of the costumers in the film community here, and she used her organizing skills in amazing ways. For more, see https://www.ricracknola.com.

Covid-19 Masks: William Nemitoff of Curious Form talks to us about PPE Face Shields Jun 07, 2020

William Nemitoff talks to us about Curious Form, a local art, fabrication and design company in the Bywater in New Orleans. Like many other local businesses, Curious Form has pivoted to assist with COVID-19 related shortages by transforming our space to a PPE Face Shield production site. They are also taking this opportunity to employ laid off workers & those in need of income. To date they have donated a total of 1,200 face shields through crowd and community fundraising. The masks also display inspirational lines of poetry written by local poets on the front of the face shield. They also sell them to the public to raise money: https://curiousform.com.

Covid-19 Masks: We introduce you to Medical and public health student, John Spartz, who is part of our Summit Team Jun 06, 2020

John Spartz, a Tulane medical and public health student, joins our Just Wanna Quilt team as we plan the Homemade Mask Summit for June 2020. We interview him so that you can get to know him!

Covid-19 Masks: Julian McCleary, a singer, joins us from Las Vegas as he makes masks Jun 06, 2020

Juilian McCleary had his whole year planned: singing on cruise ships. And then, things changed. He talks about making masks and his life in Las Vegas.

Covid-19 Masks: Gina Livingston, co-founder of Sewing Masks for Area Hospitals joins us Jun 05, 2020

Gina Livingston joins us to talk about their efforts in the Atlanta area. We've been watching their amazing response for masks on Facebook. Gina joins us. She also talks about having a spouse in the medical profession, and how they are keeping the family safe. For more on the efforts, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/SMAHAtlanta/.

Covid-19 Masks: Pam Russell talks to us about the construction world and PPEs Jun 05, 2020

Pam, my neighbor, is a journalist for construction news, and she is also the person that introduced me to Judy Walker (a key person in the whole Just Wanna Quilt project). We talk about PPE from her perspective.

Covid-19 Masks: We check in with Stacy Sharmon of Hello Stitch to see what Covid-19 activities are happening Jun 05, 2020

We've chatting with Hello Stitch, out of Northern California before, and we check in to see how they are surviving during the Spring 2020 and Covid-19. Go to http://www.hellostitchstudio.com.

Covid-19 Masks: Ebony Love talks to us about her experiences during the Spring and Covid-19 Jun 04, 2020

Ebony Love of Lovebug Studios joins us to talk about all things happening to her during the Spring 2020. See http://www.lovebugstudios.com

Covid-19 Masks: Amanda Hayes from Joann's Stores joins us Jun 04, 2020

Amanda Hayes, the Communication Manager for Joann's Stores joins us to talk about homemade masks, sewing, online shopping and so much more. We are thrilled that she made time to chat! Go to http://www.joann.com

Covid-19 Masks: New Orleans Artist Katrina Brees talks to us about making masks Jun 03, 2020

Katrina Brees, a local artist and performer, has turned to making masks during the Spring of 2020 to supplement her income. She also talks to us about copyright.

Covid-19 Masks: Heather Ensley is a sewist making masks, and she came up with her own pattern she calls the Tootsie Roll Jun 02, 2020

Heather Ensley talks to us about her own journey in mask making: "I joined the Million Mask Challenge on April 5th. I decided I wanted to make affordable face masks for the everyman. The first day I sewed the Deconess pattern and found it cumbersome and time consuming. So I developed my own pattern called the Tootsie Roll because it kind of looks like a Tootsie Roll to me.
I use a serger with a 4 thread overclock stitch a strip of fabric and two thin round hair elastics. I can make one mask in under 2 minutes. It is totally machine washable. I have test washed one through 10 machine washes in hot water and it has held up very well.
I am the president of the Pensacola chapter of the Modern Quilt Guild. I also have an interesting story about my guild that I would like to share."

Covid-19 Masks: Angelique Thomas of the Innocence Project New Orleans is making masks for the prisons Jun 02, 2020

Angelique Thomas talks to us about the Innocence project, and the state of the prisons in New Orleans. They are making masks for the prisoners. See more https://ip-no.org, This was recorded on April 28, 2020.

Covid-19 Masks: Chelsea Cooper, a new sewer sewing masks, joins us, and we also talk about being a mental health professional May 30, 2020

Chelsea is sewing masks in her off time, when she is not helping people through telemedicine with mental health issues. She's on the frontline helping people cope with so much during COVID-19. She's also got advice for beginning sewists!

Covid-19 Masks: Juan Borbon is just a guy with a 3D printer who has taken up making bias tape things and it is awesome May 29, 2020

Juan talks to us about his work making bias tape makers that he is giving out to sewists in the effort to make mask ties more efficiently. He is part of many with 3D printers across the country pitching in to help.

Covid-19 Masks: We Have Masks talks to us about their amazing organizational skills May 28, 2020

We Have Masks is a powerhouse organization that is only a few months old. We talk to two of their founders about their efforts to create masks, and how their entrepreneurial skills are helping with this effort. See: https://wehavemasks.org/ Like so many groups, we are not only making masks; we are organizing.

Covid-19 Masks: Rachna Chandra of Taj Cottage Mask Challenge joins us May 28, 2020

Rachna was already a very successful business person with Taj Cottage, her clothing line. Now, she is putting that know-how to work making masks. And it is amazing. For more go to http://www.tajcottage.com.

Covid-19 Masks: Toni Smith of Quiltoni joins us to talk about Twitch and many more things May 27, 2020

Toni talks to us about technology, Twitch, and how she's surviving COVID-19. For more go to https://quiltoni.com/.

Covid-19 Masks: Alan Puccinelli joins us to talk about PPE Face Shields using 3D printers May 26, 2020

Founder of Operation Shields Up, Alan Puccinelli joins us to talk about fabricating PPE face shields for front line caregivers in the current pandemic crisis. See more at http:://www.https://www.opshieldsup.org/. There's great videos too at the site!

Covid-19 Masks: Anderson Fabrics is making beautiful masks May 26, 2020

Anderson fabrics, that normally make custom interior design textiles, is making masks, and they are beautiful. They also have a quilting component of their business. Go to https://www.andersonfabricsquiltshop.com for more information.

Covid-19 Masks: The Iowa Shop Hop is coming in June...and we talk about it here! May 25, 2020

Koleene Herlocker joins us to talk about the Iowa Shop Hop, which is scheduled for the month of June. We recorded this in March 2020, as they were preparing in the midst of Covid-19. For more on the shop hop, go to https://alliowashophop.com. (And there's a copyright article by Elizabeth in the magazine!)

Covid-19 Masks: William Hardy of Carhartt, Inc. talk to us about industry response to making masks Apr 23, 2020

Carhartt, Inc makes uniforms, outdoor wear and other things for the last 131 years. But just as in WWI and WWII, they have joined the call, and are now making masks and gowns. Hailey Barnett (3L law student) and I talk to him about the fabric they are using, the choice of patterns, and so much more. For more info see https://www.carhartt.com.

Covid-19 Masks: Meghan Romere is using her grandmother's sewing machine and stash to make masks! Apr 22, 2020

Megan Romere, a law student at University of Texas at Austin, and she is making masks using her grandmother's White sewing machine and her grandmother's stash! We talk to her about life sewing masks, what she is using for ties, and her upcoming wedding plans.

Covid-19 Masks: Author Frances O'Roark Dowell joins us to talk about her new quilt fiction podcast Apr 21, 2020

Frances is one of our favorites. She talks to us about life right now, and the new quilt fiction podcast, season 2. For more go to http://www.quiltfiction.com. There's video too. So you can see her reading the book, Aunt Jane of Kentucky. I so adore it. She is also the host of the Off-KilterQuilt (When a Straight Line's a State of mind).

Covid-19 Masks: We talk with my students that are helping to organize local NOLA efforts in mask making Apr 13, 2020

We talk to the students at Tulane that have been on the frontlines of mask making with me. Over the last month, I've been working with students and others to organize making homemade masks. We've received two grants, one from the Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking , and the other from the Newcomb Institute. We talk about the work and plans for the future, and life as a Tulane student during Covid-19. For more, see https://law.tulane.edu/news/law-professor-and-truck-driver-join-make-million-masks-day.

Covid-19 Masks: Chris Larson of Comfort King Mattress Factory joins us to talk about masks, of course! Apr 02, 2020

“We've made over 1600 masks the past 8 days, giving them away to any who need. We normally make mattresses, so we are using the same materials to make facemasks. A LOT of volunteers have stepped up & done some Home Sewing. It's been an amazing experience! For more on mattresses go to, https://comfortking.net/main/. “ When we talked the number had almost doubled. We talk to Chris about the masks from Comfort King Mattress Factory, the army of sewists helping him make that happen, and of course, a lot about mattresses. (How could we not?).

Covid-19 Masks: Art quilter Laurie Ceesay Landree joins us to talk about her new Coronavirus Quilt Apr 02, 2020

Laurie Ceesay Landree, an art quilt who focuses on portraits, talks to us about her latest work, which can be found on Facebook at Artsy Chick Quilts, https://www.facebook.com/artsychickquilts. She is also a hairdresser, and so we talk about her current life during this thing we are all going through.

Covid-19 Masks: Quilter Gudrun Erla of Stripology joins us to talk about Strip Along 2020 starting Friday, April 3 Apr 02, 2020

Gudrun of GE Designs (http://www.gequiltdesignsdesigns.com joins us to talk about her recent 16,000+ one day sew along, Elvira Quarantine Quilt Along on March 22, 2020. She's the genius behind Stripology. She is also starting on Friday, April 3, 2020, Strip Along 2020. For more (and a picture) go to, https://gequiltdesigns.com/blogs/ge-happenings

Covid-19 Masks: Joe Delacruz joins us from Hillery Co. to talk about the metal in the nose bridge for homemade masks Mar 31, 2020

Joe's company is helping homemade mask makers. Go to their Facebook page, and they will send you (for free) pieces for the nose bridge that you can sew in. The company is amazing. Here is the form to fill out your request: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc5_DGmpIWOncrE8ualX_Kp6MHqXGuLW6hLQ3QxvYuGf8NEQg/viewform?fbclid=IwAR3WZZdjiHXNAWpgCJQiKJ8C4Yjc8gB1NgfyO-phn9ECz0g_C8tOMfdjD20. They are asking if you make a mask using their supply to post it on their Facebook page.

Covid-19 Masks: ICU Nurse Kathy Carter and mask-maker joins us to encourage us all to keep sewing Mar 31, 2020

Kathy Carter made some masks for her colleagues (even though they have not run out of N95 masks), and they were a hit. She talks to us about being an ICU nurse, what we can do to prevent illness, and what happens if you do end up in the hospital. Most of all, she is encouraging us to use our fun fabrics to make homemade masks. She said, "They are like trading cards!"

Covid-19 Masks: Quilter Judy Walker joins us to talk about her New Orleans, masks, cooking and quilting Mar 30, 2020

Judy, my dear neighbor, talks to us about masks making, the city of New Orleans, Katrina and more.

Covid-19 Masks: Quilter Kim Lapacek is beginning Project Quilting Quarantine 2020 edition on Sunday! Mar 29, 2020

Kim joins us again to talk to us about a new Project Quilting: Quarantine 2020 edition on Sunday, March 29, 2020. For more go to https://kimlapacek.com. These are really fun.

Covid-19 Masks: Quilt designer Tammy Silvers of www.tamarinis.com joins us to talk about virtual hops and trunk shows Mar 28, 2020

Tammy, one of our featured designers in our Inventory Quilt project, joins us to talk about #StayHomeandHop, which is going on now, and soon a virtual trunk show. More information for both of these events can be found at her website, www.tamarinis.com. We also talk about Just Wanna Trademark, which is our book that can be found at https://payhip.com/b/zLKX. We've added a 50% coupon if you share on social media!

Covid-19 Masks: Jayna Zweiman talks to us about Masks4Humanity Mar 28, 2020

Jayna talks to us about her new project, Masks4Humanity. We've talked to her previously about the Pussy Hat Project, and Welcome Blankets. She takes her network into homemade masks. For more, go http://www.masks4humanity.com. #masks4humanity

Covid-19 Masks: AccuQuilt comes to talk to us about their efforts in helping us make homemade masks Mar 26, 2020

Pam Heller and Joy Banfield come chat with us about AccuQuilt's efforts in helping us cut homemade masks faster. https://learn.accuquilt.com/quarantine-quilting. They also have the ability to create custom dies for your organization's specific needs, including a Olson mask die that the public can purchase as well. If you are interested, email Joy at masks@accuquilt.com.

Covid-19 Masks: Scott Jones of Frontline Masks talks to us about his N95-like homemade facemask with filter Mar 25, 2020

Scott Jones, up in Washington state, talks to us about his latest free pattern for making homemade facemasks. It is a design that tries to protect like a N95, as opposed to a surgical mask, and he’s hoping us sewist will adopt it, along with hospitals. For more information, the pattern, and an instructional video, go to: https://frontlinemasks.com There is also a Facebook group, Front Line Masks. If you make one, or if you have questions, go to their Facebook page.

Covid-19 Masks: We Need Masks.Org joins us to talk about their efforts to make homemade facemarks Mar 24, 2020

Janice and Joyce, a powerhouse sister duo, join us to talk about their efforts to pair sewists and need around the country, along with their research with hospitals and doctors as to what they need. Visit http://www.weneedmasks.org for more information

Covid-19 Masks: Ricardo Gonzales talks about his new book Just Wanna Patent and also a little about homemade facemasks Mar 24, 2020

Ricardo, author of Just Wanna Patent, and Editor-in-Chief of our Just Wanna series joins us to talk about patenting things. He was also a trained virologist/biologist. I ask him questions about the homemade facemasks and a little bit of the science. See http:://www.justwannaquilt.com for more on the patent book.

Covid-19 Masks: Seth Hackler of Quilting on a Budget and I talk about homemade masks, and Million Masks a Day Mar 24, 2020

Seth Hackler of Quilting on a Budget and I made a plan on Friday: to start a FB group to keep track of and understand the homemade mask phenomenon during COVID-19. We also made a website. We talk about what has happened in the last five days.

Covid-19 Masks: Alexa Magyari, a Ph.D public health student and crafter, is making a list of hospitals Mar 22, 2020

Alexa Magyari, a Ph.D. student in health economics at U.C. Berkeley's School of Public Health, and also a craft blogger, @The Wannabe Grandma, is putting her two worlds together to create a list of hospitals that need homemade facemasks. She needs our help in 5 ways. Her email: we.need.handmade.masks@gmail.com. Here is the google doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12a5YO0Z9RpHZk9Zkzl4NOj9CbjzhFfoKjPLFFC-21LU/edit?fbclid=IwAR2vxIAt7ZsVQL6LjtWviY7aXpBd4xGBhzlh0AfSKw0XG6hP9IPKhX22UmU
@wannabegrandma #wannabegrandma

Just Wanna Quilt talks with Quilter MaryAnn Hindle about her quilting life. Part 2 of the Hindles Mar 10, 2020

MaryAnn talks to us about her quilting life. You might remember Mike? He talked to us about their couple quilting life. Now we get MaryAnn, and we talk a lot about machine embroidery. It's a lot of fun.

Quilt Pattern Designer Andi Stanfield joins us to talk about our Inventory Quilt project and so much more Mar 02, 2020

Andi Sanfield of www.truebluequilts.com comes to chat with us. She is one of our Featured Designers in our Inventory Quilt project (which you can join at our Facebook group - Just Wanna Quilt- Inventory Quilt project).

Pattern Designer Jo Westfoot of Crafty Nomad joins us again to talk about our Inventory Quilt Project Feb 28, 2020

Jo Westfoot from the Crafty Nomad joins us to talk about her process of creating patterns, and our inventory quilt project. She is one of our featured designers, and we are so glad to chat with her again. For more go to https://www.thecraftynomad.co.uk.

Copyright Librarian Sara Benson joins us to talk about her new book Copyright Conversations Feb 27, 2020

Sara Benson, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the iSchool at Illinois joins us to talk about her new book, Copyright Conversations, https://amzn.to/32pEhHq.

Quilter and Pattern Designer Reed Johnson joins us to talk Feb 26, 2020

Reed Johnson is one of our Inventory Quilt Featured Pattern designers, and he talks to us about his quilting life. For more, go to www.bluebearquilts.com.

Veronica Wasek talks about Quickbooks, bookkeeping and accounting for quilters and crafters Feb 25, 2020

Veronica has a business that focuses on accounting with the creative. She also is the author of https://5minutebookkeeping.com, which is awesome. For more information, go to https://vmwasek.com

Trademark Lecture: 6 Do I need a trademark lawyer? Can I DIY? Feb 21, 2020

In the sixth lecture, we discuss the options of whether to hire an attorney, go with an Internet service, or DIY. Our book helps you get prepared for any of the three scenarios. We're working through the early chapters of the book, Just Wanna Trademark, a book that helps you register your mark at the USPTO. To purchase a copy, go to https://justwannaquilt.bigcartel.com/product/just-wanna-trademark

Trademark Lecture: 5 - Local, State or Federal Trademarks? Feb 21, 2020

In the fifth lecture, we learn about the difference between local, state, and federal trademarks, and I advocate for federal protection. We're working through the early chapters of the book, Just Wanna Trademark, a book that helps you register your mark at the USPTO. To purchase a copy, go to https://justwannaquilt.bigcartel.com/product/just-wanna-trademark

Quilter Candy Cobb Grisham talks to us about quilting Dresden Plates Feb 18, 2020

Candy Cobb Grisham's new book, Dresden Quilt Blocks Reimagined: Sew Your Own Playful Plates; 25 Elements to Mix & Match (available at https://amzn.to/2RQ7Le3) teaches us all about creating the Dresden Plate block, and a little bit about her author's journey.

Bobbie Gentili of the Geeky Bobbin joins us as one of our Inventory Quilt Featured Designers Feb 16, 2020

Bobbi Gentilli of the Geeky Bobbin, www.geekybobbin.com, joins us to talk about her challenging quilt designs, and her recent (easier) Progress Pride quilt, where she negotiated and learned about Creative Commons licenses. She also has a great Tetris quilt, which I adore. She is one of our featured Inventory Quilt designers for February.

Trademark Lectures - 4- The Basics - When Do You Need a Trademark Feb 13, 2020

In the fourth lecture, we look at when you need a trademark. For more go to www.justwannaquilt.com, or purchase the book at www.justwannaquilt.bigcartel.com.

Trademark Lectures - 3- The Basics - TM as Source ID Feb 13, 2020

In the third lecture, we will be looking at what a trademark is, that is how it is classified as a source identifier for goods and/or services.

Ali Smith of Trademark.com joins us to talk about their products in trademark Feb 12, 2020

Trademark.com is part of the Compumark family. They have created a lower cost tool for registering your trademark, and we talk about it with Ali Smith. Note: I do have some reservations about this product and products like this, but this is a good one if you decide to go this direction. Go to www.trademark.com

Quilter Sally Williams loves quilting, but also fish. Yes, fish. Feb 11, 2020

Sally Williams is all about fish -- in her professional life, in her quilting life. We talk about all kinds of things, including Spoonflower as a tool, but mostly about fish.

Quilter Mike Hingle talks to us about quilting with his wife Feb 10, 2020

Mike Hingle and his wife are all in. They've been quilting for about 3 years, and they have gone deep. Listen to this lovely interview about all things equipment and quilting and life.

Trademark Lectures: 1 Introduction Feb 07, 2020

We're starting short lectures on IP and Entrepreneurship. We're beginning with trademarks! Today, we're just getting our feet wet. We'll dive in more soon. We also have a book: Just Wanna Trademark, available at www.justwannaquilt.bigcartel.com. If you use this coupon code, you get an additional JWQ20, 20% off.

The Trademark Lecture - 2 The Basics Begin Feb 07, 2020

In this lecture, we will begin to explore what a trademark is. This corresponds to the Preface in the Just Wanna Trademark book, available at http://justwannaquilt.bigcartel.com. Use the coupon code JWQ20 to get 20% off the already discounted price.

Quilter and pattern designer Jo Westfoot joins us as part of our Inventory Quilt Designer Spotlight Feb 06, 2020

Jo Westfoot of the Crafty Nomad joins us to talk about her pattern, Break Out Bunting https://payhip.com/b/jEdW. Read her blog post: https://www.thecraftynomad.co.uk/blog/2020/1/23/inventory-quilts-stash-busting-amp-choosing-fabrics. And there is a coupon for the pattern through Feb 2020: JWQFEB20. Jo is a featured designer on our Inventory Quilt project, and we adore her. (She was on the podcast before).

Quilting Judge Scott Murkin talks to us about his quilting life and his job as a hospice doctor Feb 05, 2020

Scott Murkin talks to us about his life in quilting and judging, as well as the impact of quilts and art as a hospice doctor. It's a great conversation, and not depressing, I promise.

Art Quilter Karen Swiech discusses how to create a mosaic quilt, and we talk about fair use Feb 04, 2020

Art quilter Karen Swiech wanted to make something special for her parents' anniversary, and she came up with a mosaic quilt: 5000 images make up their wedding photograph, with over 1000 photos on the back. She talks to us about how she did this, and we also get into a little bit of faire use.

It's our 2nd birthday!!!! Just Wanna Quilt begins its third season Feb 02, 2020

Yes, we are starting our third season. Lots of new things to come. Lots of fun.

Quilter Sam Cambridge chats to us about job stress and unfinished quilting projects Dec 10, 2019

Sam chats with us from England. We chat about all kinds of things, but mostly about trying to finish projects, and the role of quilting in our lives.

Quilt Industry Leader Cheryl Sleboda talks to us about her 31 Day Blog Challenge and Quilting Too Dec 03, 2019

Cheryl Sleboda is amazing, and she comes to talk to us about the importance of blogging. We talk about blogging strategies and other things. For more, go to http://muppin.com/wordpress/index.php/the-2019-31-day-blog-writing-challenge/.

Pat Harrison talks to us about being a NACQJ Certified Quilt Judge and a long-arm quilter Nov 26, 2019

Pat talks to us about her life, about the history of quilt judging, and being a long arm quilter. She also talks to us about her upcoming 2-day judging workshop in Slidell, LA in connection with the GSQA Quilt Show. (I'll be there taking the class!!) For more, go to https://www.oceanwavesqc.com/.

Janet George teaches us all how to use Quilter's Creative Touch Nov 20, 2019

Janet is amazing. Her videos and Facebook comments help hundreds of us navigate the software, Quilter's Creative Touch, used in Grace machines and so many others. This was recorded before the upgrade to QC5.

Laurie Aaron Hird, author of the Farmer's Wife books, joins us Nov 19, 2019

This is a great copyright story. Laurie joins us, and inspires us to create. She tells the tale of how her series of (very popular) Farmer's Wife books began. She is amazing. https://amzn.to/2pK7aPk

Theresa McFarling joins us to asks about copyright and using lyrics in quilts Nov 19, 2019

Theresa has been on the podcast before. Today we're talking about fair use and copyright in relation to a quilt she is making using song lyrics. See www.quiltourownadventure.com

Law professor Bobbi Kwall joins us to talk about artists and moral rights Nov 13, 2019

Roberta R. Kwall is the Raymond P. Niro Professor of Intellectual Property Law; Founding Director, Center for Intellectual Property Law & Information Technology at DePaul University. She is also an expert on moral rights and artists. She's been a mentor for a long time and I'm so glad she had some time to chat with us about quilting and moral rights.

Quilter AJ Grossman joins us to talk about all kinds of things Nov 12, 2019

AJ joins us to talk about quilting, branding, and what she learned from her previous day job as fashion designer (and copyright/trademark issues). Check out her beautiful work at www.ajgrossman.com

Children's author Susan Goldman Rubin joins us to chat about Gee's Bend Nov 06, 2019

Susan has written a children's book about Gee's Bend. She is an award-winning author of many titles (you may recognize!). We talk about her writing process and her approach to her subjects. http://www.susangoldmanrubin.com/

Quilter Melanie McNeil of Catbird Quilts joins us to chat Nov 05, 2019

Melaine comes to chat about medallion quilts and then we get to talking about life and illness and so much more. https://catbirdquilts.wordpress.com/

Crystal L. Cochren talks to us about Interwoven Creations by Crystal Oct 30, 2019

Crystal talks to us about her quilting, including morse code quilts she is making and her company, Interwoven Creations by Crystal.
https://interwovencreationsbycrystal.com/quilts/ .

Brenda Gael Smith talks to us about entering quilt contests Oct 29, 2019

Brenda is an art quilter in Australia. She talks to us about a couple of quilt contests she is running, both with the theme of Vision. See https://www.brendagaelsmith.com/. In particular, look at http://vision2020textiles.com/.

Thomas Knauer joins us to talk about his new book, Why We Quilt Oct 23, 2019

Thomas has created with Storey Publications one of the prettiest books I've ever seen, Why We Quilt. We talk about his writing process and his life. For more see http://www.thomasknauersews.com/ For more about the book: https://amzn.to/2N393if

Stitch TV comes back to talk about getting ready for Market Oct 22, 2019

Lynn Rinehart and Pam Cobb of Stitch TV chat with us again as we get ready for the upcoming International Quilt Festival in Houston!

Pam Heller of AccuQuilt talks to us about...AccuQuilt! Oct 16, 2019

Pam Heller is a Cutting Expert for AccuQuilt. She talks with us about the AccuQuilt and how it got started. AccuQuilt is a sponsor of our Inventory Quilt Project. We look forward to working with them throughout the project.

Terri VandenBosch talks to us about being freelance with AccuQuilt Oct 15, 2019

Terri is amazing. The quilt on the packaging of the new glorified nine patch? That's hers. She all in with Accuquilt, and also Island Batik. We talk to her about how this all happened, and I get a little technical about how to master the new Glorified Nine Patch AccuQuilt die.

Quilt history and collector Roderick Kiracofe joins us to talk about his life and quilt history Oct 09, 2019

Roderick began finding quilts to sell in the early 1970s. He talks to us about his life and the development of the quilt world, along with his work as an author and collector. If you want to see the quilting world develop over the last 20th century, this is the podcast to listen to. More about Roderick at http://www.roderickkiracofe.com

Quilting Army member Gina Olive joins us to talk about her quilting life Oct 08, 2019

Gina talks to us about quilting on her domestic machine and so many things!

Inventory Quilt Project is beginning! Come listen to what that is exactly! Join Willow Olson and Jessica Vetor. Oct 02, 2019

Jessica Vetor @jessicaquilter started it. She made a beautiful inventory quilt and posted it on Instagram. I found it and fell in love. So did Willow. Now we are starting an Inventory Quilt Sew Along. What is that exactly? Come take a listen and we'll tell you. It's free. Nothing to purchase. And lots of opportunities to play.

Rachel Bishop opens What's Your Stich in Mississippi Oct 01, 2019

Rachel Bishop, part of our Quilting Army, opens her own quilt shop, What's Your Stitch, on October 5, 2019 (Saturday). We checked in with her today to see how the Friends and Family preview went, and what it has been like getting everything ready. Here is the website: www.whatsyourstitch.com

Tara Miller has started the Altanta Quilt Study Group, and they are meeting with weekend!!! Sep 26, 2019

Tara is amazing. She has started the Atlanta Quilt Study Group, and they are meeting this weekend. https://quiltdistrict.com/atlanta-quilt-study-group/ Starts on Friday. There may be tickets still left. It looks sooooo amazing!

John Loken comes to talk to us about why our world looks the way it does Sep 24, 2019

John Loken worked in the record industry, and saw how it changed from CD-dependent to experience-based. He also is exploring the idea of marketing to 50+. He joins us for a conversation on why our world looks the way it does. His mom also made him clothes when he was growing up. We'll talk about that too!

Dorothy Lanahan of Project Wool joins us Sep 11, 2019

Dorothy Lanahan of Project Wool chats with us about her amazing wool pressing mat! You can learn more about Project Wool by visiting their website: https://www.projectwool.com/.

Emily Breedlove joins us to chat about her quilting life Sep 10, 2019

Emily Breedlove joins us today! We chat about the amazing role that Facebook groups play in the lives of quilters. You can learn more about Emily at her Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/girlwithathimble/.

Megan Lundgren returns to talk to us about long arming as a business Sep 04, 2019

Megan has been here before. She even donated her long-arming to quilt one of our Gyspy Wife quilts last year. She talks to us about her long arm business and all kinds of other things.

Jake Kleiner of Paper Pieces joins us Sep 03, 2019

Jake Kleiner of Paper Pieces joins us today! We chat about how Paper Pieces works with designers, how the company thinks about intellectual property, and what it is like to have a family business. You can learn more about Paper Pieces on their website, https://www.paperpieces.com/.

Pam Weeks joins us to talk about quilting history Aug 28, 2019

Pam Weeks, Curator of the New England Quilt Museum, chats with us about quilt history!

Carolyn Ducey of the International Quilt Museum (Part 2) Aug 27, 2019

Today we chat with Carolyn Ducey, who is the Curator of Collections at the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In the two part interview we talk all about the museum, intellectual property, and quilting history!

Carolyn Ducey of the International Quilt Museum (Part 1) Aug 27, 2019

Today we chat with Carolyn Ducey. Carolyn is the Curator of Collections at the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In the two part interview we talk all about the museum, intellectual property, and quilting history!

Jessica Plunkett joins us to talk about her quilting life Aug 21, 2019

Jessica Plunkett is a quilter and a pattern designer! We had a fantastic time chatting about how she found her place in modern quilting and her quilt that that placed third in the 2019 Riley Blake Challenge.
You can find out more about Jessica and her work at https://www.maeberrysquare.com/.

Lisa Ruble of Paintbrush Studio Fabrics joins us Aug 20, 2019

Lisa Ruble joins us to talk about her experience in publishing, her work with Paintbrush Studio, and her quilting life!

Calista Ngai of Wonderfil Specialty Threads Aug 14, 2019

Calista Ngai from Wonderfil joins us! We talk about their company, the importance of thread, and their unique approach in the industry! You can learn more about Wonderfil at https://www.wonderfil.ca/.

Cely Pedescleaux joins us to talk about her quilting life Aug 13, 2019

Cely Pedescleaux is an incredible fiber artist, we adore her and her unique perspective!

Juli Seydell Johnson joins us to talk about her quilting life Aug 07, 2019

Today we chat with Juli Seydell Johnson about quilting, her job, and how she incorporates the two! You can learn more about Juli at https://buffalograce.com/.

Jen Lopez of By the Yard joins us to talk about her quilting comic Aug 06, 2019

Michael McCormick, Publisher of Quiltfolk Magazine Aug 01, 2019

Michael comes to chat with us about all things related to Quiltfolk magazine. So very much fun. You can learn more about the magazine at www.quiltfolk.com.

Quilt Author, Teresa Duryea Wong talks to us about her new book on the International Quilt Festival Jul 31, 2019

Teresa joins us again to talk to us about her upcoming book: Magic and Memories: 45 Years of International Quilt Festival (pre-order available at https://amzn.to/2Ou7Ap1). We also talk about her writing process, as well as the underlying focus of the book. For more about Teresa, go to http://thirdfloorquilts.blogspot.com.

Dawn Heese joins us to talk about her quilting life Jul 24, 2019

Dawn Heese of Linen Closet Designs chats with us all about quilting, publishing, and intellectual property! You can learn more about Dawn and her work at www.linenclosetdesigns.com

Kari Vojtechovsky joins us to talk about her quilting life Jul 23, 2019

Kari Vojtechovsky of Quilts for the Making joins us to talk about her business, the quilting community, modern quilting, and so much more!
You can learn more about Kari at https://www.facebook.com/quiltsforthemaking/

Rachel Bishop joins us to talk about her quilting life Jul 17, 2019

Rachel Bishop chats with us about her new quilting store opening up in Long Beach Mississippi! You can learn more about Rachel and her new store at https://whatsyourstitch.com

Laura Henneberry of PreQuilt joins us to talk about her new company Jul 10, 2019

Laura Hennberry chats with us about how her quilting life inspired her new company PreQuilt!
You can learn more about the company and the program at https://prequilt.com/

Karlee Porter of Honest Fabric joins us again to talk about her quilting life Jul 09, 2019

Karlee Porter of Honest Fabric joins the podcast for the third time! We talk about her company, designing, and so much more!
You can find out more about Karlee and Honest Fabric at https://www.honestfabric.com/

Karen Miller joins us to talk about her quilting life Jul 03, 2019

Karen Miller of Redbird Quilting Co. chats with us about all about appliqué, patterns, and thread!
You can find about more about Karen and her work at

David Riba joins us to talk his new tool and his experience in the industry Jul 02, 2019

David Riba of Harbor Sales chats with us about tool, the ViviLux!

Quilter Deborah Fisher joins us to talk about her quilting life Jun 26, 2019

Deborah Fisher chats with us all about her charity work through Bright Hopes Collaborative Quilt Project and her very cool ceramic and quilt creations!
You can find out more about Bright Hopes at http://www.brighthopes.org/
and Deborah's work at https://fishmuseumandcircus.com/

Quilter Carrie Shelby joins us to talk about her quilting life Jun 25, 2019

Carrie Shelby chats with us again all about art quilting and quilt guilds!

Quilter Jessica Vetor of Jessica Quilter joins us to talk about her quilting life Jun 19, 2019

Jessica Vetor chats with us about her inventory quilt, her patterns, and more!
You can learn more about Jessica on her website https://jessicaquilter.com/

Quilter Darci Read joins us to talk about her quilting life Jun 18, 2019

Darci Read chats with us about her longarm business, modern quilting and her feminist quilt!
You can learn more about her work at https://fieldtripquilting.com/

Quilter and Designer Erica Shockey joins us to talk about her quilting life Jun 12, 2019

Erica talks with us about designing, quilting, and so much more!
You can learn more about Erica at https://www.needlecraftnomad.com/ and see her designs for Honest fabric at https://www.honestfabric.com/product-category/by-designer/ericashockey/

Stacy Harding talks to us about her stash - how she keeps organized and so much more Jun 11, 2019

Stacy has a nice stash...and we talk about how she organizes it, why she likes it, and the role it plays in her creativity. We also talk about other quilty things including collecting toy sewing machines.

Quilter Jeff Rutherford joins us to talk about his quilting life Jun 05, 2019

Jeff Rutherford joins us to talk about his favorite quilting resources and what it is like being a man who quilts! You can learn more about Jeff at http://jeffrutherford.com

Quilter and Michael Miller Brand Ambassador Mel Beach joins us to talk about her quilting life Jun 04, 2019

Mel Beach chats with us about being Michael Miller brand ambassador, teaching, setting goals, her Threads of Resistance quilt, and more! You can learn more about Mel at https://melbeachquilts.com

Famous Modern Quilter Latifah Saafir joins us to talk about her quilting life May 29, 2019

Latifah Ssafir, one of the orginators of the Modern Quilt Guild, joins us to talk about her quilting life, Clammy (her tool and patterns), and so many other things. If you want to learn how to make a clamshell, orange peel or circle quilt, this is the podcast for you. Or at least, we talk about making those. For more go to http://latifahsaafirstudios.com.

Susanne Miller Jones joins us to talk about her quilting life May 28, 2019

Susanne Miller Jones chats with us about her quilting life, art quilts, and curating the Fly Me to the Moon and HERstory Quilts prjects. You can learn more about her at http://www.susannemjones.com

Famous Quilter Anna Maria Horner stops by to chat with us about Quilt Con, Craft South and her famous quilting life May 22, 2019

Famous quilter Anna Maria Horner stops by to dicuss Craft South, FreeSpirirt Fabrics, and QuiltCon. For more information about Anna Maria's work, go to www.justwannaquilt.com or www.annamariahorner.com.

Famous Quilter, Christa Watson joins us again! May 15, 2019

Christa Waston stops by to talk about her new house, designing fabrics, teaching, and business and quilting. We adore when she stops by. For more about Christa, go to www.justwannaquilt.com or www.christaquilts.com

Sandra Scheiber Johnson talks about copyright about a specific quilt she made, Part 2 of 2 Apr 02, 2019

Sandra talks to us about a cool, modern quilt she made based on a painting, and yes, we talk a lot about copyright.

Sandra Scheiber Johnson talks to us about her quilting life, part 1 of 2 Apr 02, 2019

Sanrda talks to us about her experiencing making a panel for the AIDS quilt for her brother, and other aspects of her quilting life.

Dawn Periera at Warm Company talks to us about the recent changes at Joann Apr 01, 2019

Dawn talks to us about the news report that Joann will no longer be carrying Warm Company products. Turns out the local quilt shops, Walmart, Hobby Lobby and others think that is just fine. www.warmcompany.com. Warm Company is one of our research partners. We appreciate their support on this experimental journey.

Kim Lapacek joins us to talk about Project Quilt, her family's apple orchard and Dresden Houses Mar 26, 2019

Kim's interview was awesome. She talks to us about her family's apple orchard, her quilting life, making patterns, and Project Quilting.

Glenda (Tess) McCarthy wins an interview on Just Wanna Quilt! Mar 25, 2019

Just Wanna Quilt is a sponsor at the Hand-Pieced SAL by Kristin Esser and Elm Street Quilts. Glenda won the giveaway! We talk about being an avid quilter, and so many things...and finally the giveway!

Copyright Attorney, Cynthia Burstein Waldmen talks about copyright even though she doesn't quilt Mar 19, 2019

Cynthia, a graduate of Tulane Law School, and a copyright attorney in Los Angeles for a major studio, talks to us about copyright from a copyright holder's perspective.

Patty Dudek of Elm Street Quilts joins us to talk about the Hand Piecing Sew Along Mar 15, 2019

Patty talks to us about all kinds of things quilty, and especially about the hand piecing SAL (which Just Wanna Quilt is a sponsor!!). For more, go to Elm Street Quilts, https://www.elmstreetquilts.com.

Jo-Anne and Anne Vandermay joins us to talk about their quilting life Mar 15, 2019

Jo-Anne Vandermey, and her daughter Anne, joins us to talk about their quilting life.

Margaret Jankowski, Founder and Director of the Sewing Machine Project chats with us Mar 14, 2019

Margaret talks to us about the Sewing Machine Project . They have a special event on Monday! https://thesewingmachineproject.org/us/.

Michelle Lindsey of Teacup Cottage talks to us about being a brand ambassador for Quiltsmart Mar 06, 2019

Michelle talks to us about many quilty things, including being a brand ambassador for Quiltsmart (you know, the company that makes the Mondo bag). https://www.quiltsmart.com and http://www.theteacupcottage.com.

Quilting Army Megan Patent-Nygren talks to us about guilds and quilting Mar 05, 2019

Megan is part of four guilds. We talk about the role of guilds within our quilting world.

Quitting Army Kim Bourgeois Landry talks about her love of found quilt tops and hand sewing Mar 04, 2019

Kim, part of our Quilting Army, talks to us about hunting for quilt tops that need love, and her own love of hand quilting. We are thinking about a Quilt Hunt sometime this Spring -- doesn't that sound fun?

David Martelli from Martelli Notions joins us to talk about his family business Feb 27, 2019

David talks to us about the family business, including the role that various family members play. We have a good chat about how they make new inventions, and the experience of having.a family business. https://martellinotions.com. He also talks about the new reality show, Being Martelli, https://beingmartelli.com.

Ben Marshall talks to us about his quilting life, and what he does at Martelli Enterprises! Feb 27, 2019

Ben quilts for his job, at Martelli's Notions, and we talk about his quilting life.

Quilting Army Member Andrea Wraastald talks about her quilting life Feb 26, 2019

Andrea talks about her life in Florida, and the space of quilting in her world. We also talk about two copyight issues towards the end.

David Gilleland of Vector Quilts joins us to talk about the business of foundation paper piecing Feb 25, 2019

David joins us to talk about his business and thoughts on foundation paper piecing (and not English paper piecing, in case you might be confused!). He is awesome! For more, go to https://www.vectorquilts.com.

Famous Quilter Sherri Lynn Wood talks about her quilting life Feb 21, 2019

Sherri talked to us about her quilting life, including her being featured at QuiltCon 2019, and her various aspects of quilting that she loves. We waited to post this until the week of QuiltCon. Hope you enjoy it.

Rob Appell of Mansewing joins us to talk about life and sewing Feb 20, 2019

Rob talks to us about his philosophy, sewing, and being Mansewing. He also talks to us about Missouri Star Quilt Company too! Here is his website: https://robappell.com.

JWQ- Live Intro QuiltCon - 2_19_19, 11.39 PM Feb 20, 2019

Law Professor Jessica Silbey joins us to talk about creativity and intellectual property Feb 19, 2019

Jessica wrote a book called the Eureka Myth. It's all about the relationship of creativity and the law. It's awesome. Here is a link: https://amzn.to/2UZBvUu. Jessica is a Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Law, Innovation and Creativity (CLIC) at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston, Massachusetts.

Special Series: New Media and Internet Studies - Promotional Videos Feb 18, 2019

Dr. Ron Gard's class continues to chat with us - this time about promotional videos!

Famous Quilter Chawne Kimber talks to us again about her quilting life Feb 06, 2019

Chawne comes back and chats with us about all kinds of things related to quilting.

Just Wanna Quilt's First Birthday -- the podcast episode Feb 05, 2019

We are celebrating our first birthday! The Quilting Army, the podcast, everything! We talk with some of our core team members about the year -- Edith Gross, Julia Driscoll, Judy Walker, Gigi Baay, Corrie Dutton, Tara Miller, Sid Gard, Rachel Arrison, and Ricardo Gonzales. Thanks to our reseach sponsors this year including Jaftex, All-Brands, Craftoptics and Superior Threads numerous authors, scholars, quilters, and others that have donated materials to our project for study, including Havel's Sewing, Put a Quilt on It, Purple Pinapple Quilts, Paper Pieces, Sulky, Mes Amis Quilt Shop, Quiltsmart, June Tailor, the Stencil Company, Turtle Hand Batik, Swan Amity Studios, the Warm Company, Orange Dot Quilts, Quilter's Select, and many more. And thanks to Tulane University for their continued support. Thanks also to QuiltFolk magazine and Mary Fons for including us in the Louisiana edition. And of course, to Quilts, Inc., for allowing us to explore, participate and peer into the world of quilting. "Wild Thing Quilting Army, think I love you."

Special Series: New Media and Internet Studies - Jordan on Creating a Social Media Following Feb 04, 2019

Our series with Dr. Gard's class continues, and today we talk about creating a social media following with Tulane senior, Jordan.

Quilter and author Jenny Lyon talks us about her new FMQ book and her quilting life Jan 31, 2019

Jenny talks about her new book, Free-Motion Quilting from Ordinary to Extraordinary (https://amzn.to/2MBlHEx) and her quilting life. I so want to try this book. Can I really become extraordinary in 21 days? For more on Jenny, https://quiltskipper.com.

The Stitch TV is back! Pam Cobb and Lynn Reinhart talks to us about Market and their quilting life Jan 30, 2019

Pam and Lynn talk to us about all kinds of things! Houston Quilt Market, the Stitch TV, and so much more.

Famous art quilter Joe Cunningham talks about his quilting life Jan 29, 2019

Joe comes to talk to us about his quilting life, and tearing up painting to make a quilt. http://www.joethequilter.com.

Special Series: Internet and New Media Studies - Dr. Gard's students talk to us about crowdfunding Jan 28, 2019

Ron's students from his New Media and Internet Studies course talk to us about crowdfunding, and more specifically our Wavestarter experiment that we conducted in the Fall. We had a Tulane-based "Go Fund Me" campagin in November. We talk about the results and the whole crowdfunding thing

Art Quilter Lyric Kinard joins us to talk about her process, teaching and life Jan 25, 2019

Lyric talks to us about being an art quilter, what it takes to prepare a course, and so much more. For more, see https://lyrickinard.com and www.justwannaquilt.com/lyric-kinard.

Machelle Hall and her family talk to us about her grandmother's quilting Jan 22, 2019

Machelle Hall, a clinical instructor for Tulane Law School's Environmental Law clinic, along with her mother and sister, talk to us about her grandmother's quilting life.

Karlee Porter talks to us about Honest Fabric, Part 2 of 2 Jan 17, 2019

Karlee continues the conversation about Honest Fabric and her thoughts about the quilting industry. For more see, www.honestfabric.com.

Karlee Porter of Honest Fabric, Part 1 of 2 Jan 16, 2019

Karlee talks to us about her development as a quilter, and her new business Honest Fabrics. www.honestfabrics.com. For more about the interview, go to www.justwannaquilt.com/karlee-porter.

Amy Aderman, Sales Rep for Jaftex talks to us about her quilting life Jan 15, 2019

Amy takes us into the world of being a Sales Rep for Jaftex Fabrics (the company that owns FreeSpirit, Henry Glass Fabrics, StudioE Fabrics, the Blank Quilting Corp, Fabric Editions, and A.E. Nathan Co). We've interviewed Scott Fortunoff a bunch of times and he's been so generous to our project. Now, we get a new take from Amy. She is awesome!

Kristin Esser of Simple. Handmade. Everyday and a new hand quilting QAL Jan 14, 2019

Kristin talks to us about her quilting and podcast life. (We started podcasts the same week in 2018!) She is also hosting a free QAL for hand quilting, and we, Just Wanna Quilt, are going to be a sponsor! Here is more on Kristin: https://kristinesser.com. You can also see the show notes here: www.justwannaquilt.com/kristin-esser.

Special Series: New Media and Just Wanna Quilt - Giveaways (and lots of talk about a bar on campus) Jan 13, 2019

We continue our series of looking at JWQ through the eyes of the New Media and Internet Studies course. Here we talk with students about giveways, and their experience with the local bar on campus. It turns out the embroidered hat was the most coveted thing. Go embroidery!

Famous quilter Ebony Love joins us for part 2 of our conversation about the quilting industry Jan 10, 2019

I asked Ebony to join us for a second part to the interview, and we still didn't get through the list of questions I had for her! Hope you enjoy the interview.

Famous Quilter Ebony Love joins us to talk about her quilting life, Part 1 of 2 Jan 09, 2019

Ebony Love, who many know for her classes, her Mystery sewalongs, and her general awesomeness joins us to talk about all things quilty. We had so much to chat about that she is coming back for a second part (at least!). For more on Ebony, you can go to her website, https://lovebugstudios.com.

Artist Amy Meissner talks to us about her quilting life Jan 08, 2019

Amy is amazing. We talk to her about her journey in sewing and quilting life. She's been a professional sewist in the fashion industry, a children's book illustrator, and now a very powerful fiber arts/art quilter. For more on Amy, go to her website: https://www.amymeissner.com. You can also learn more about her at https://www.justwannaquilt.com/amy-meissner.

Special Series: New Media and Just Wanna Quilt - Jensen Hellmers talks about the basic of data gathering Jan 06, 2019

Special Topics from New Media and Internet Studies: Dr. Ron Gard lent his course to us to contexualize and understand how JWQ fits into the current trends in the digital realm. We are trying to understand social media by immersive research. Today, Jensen Hellmers talks to us about data gathering.

Raymond Houston talks to us about his new book on Celtic Knots! Jan 05, 2019

Raymond comes back to talk with us about Celtic Knots. His recent book is available here: https://nachograndmasquilts.com/books/.

JoAn Knight talks to us about her love of Gammill long-arm machines Jan 03, 2019

JoAn, who teaches for Gammill, talks to us about her Gammill-quilting life. Thanks to Edith Gross, who recommended Joan. She was so much fun! Here is more about her: https://gammill.com/project/joan-knight-2/

Quilting Army member Dan Pellish talks to us about his quilting life Jan 02, 2019

Dan talks to us about charity quilting, making many many baby quilts, and art quilts. We get pretty serious about thinking through what this quilting world is.

Stephanie Palmer of the Quilter's Planner talks to us about creating the Quilter's Planner Dec 19, 2018

Stephanie talks to us about the Quilter's Planner, while she is in a nature preserve for a fieldtrip for her kid. (She can multi-task!). She talks to us about how she started the planner, and many more things! Here is a link to the planner: https://quiltersplanner.com.

Ann Wasserman talks to us about repairing quilts and making art quilts Dec 18, 2018

Ann Wasserman talks to us about the art of repairing quilts, as well as her love of creating art quilts. For more information on her services: https://annquilts.com/index.html

Law Professor Lucas Osborn talks to us about 3D.printing Dec 18, 2018

Lucas talks to us about 3D printing and 2L law student, Evan Chavez joins in for the conversation. If you wanted to know what 3D printing is all about, this is the podcast episode for you!

Amy Newbold of Sewtopia comes back to talk to us about her quilting business Dec 18, 2018

Amy joins us again to talk to us about what's new with Sewtopia. She talks about the new store, the retreat business, and her thoughts about the quilting business. For more on Sewtopia, https://www.sewtopia.com

Shelancia Daniel of the Creativity Shell talks with us about her amazing project and her quilting life Dec 17, 2018

Shelancia has created an amazing project, a movement, a way of thinking of teaching kids and also doing outreach work through quilting and sewing. We met her in Houston where she had an Interactive booth, like us! Here is more information: https://www.creativityshell.org

Chris Reed, copyright attorney, returns to talk to us about copyright Dec 17, 2018

Chris joins us for a second interview on copyright issues related to copyright, including recent controversies related to quilting and copyright.

Jeff Caplan of Craftoptics talks to us about glasses that make anything possible Dec 15, 2018

Jeff talks to us about his company Craftoptics, and the amazing glasses for crafting. Craftoptics is also our December research sponsor, and so is giving us a $100 off the WOW package -- just use JWQ18! We talk about the glasses. For more see, www.craftoptics.com.

Famous Quilter and Editor-in-Chief of Quilt Folk, Mary Fons joins us again to talk about her life and work Dec 12, 2018

Mary Fons, famous quilter, and editor-in-chief of Quiltfolk Magazine talks to us about her quilting life, and her new documentary project. Ron Gard, my spouse and a cultural economist, and my kid, Sidne Kate, join us in the conversation that took place in my home earlier this Fall.

Lawyer and librarian, Brandy Karl talks about copyright in the context of quilting Dec 11, 2018

Brandy Karl is super smart. She visited a while back and we recorded our conversation about copyright in relationship to quilting and other crafts.

Frances O’Roark Dowell talks to us about Quilt Fiction (her podcast, FB group and giveaway!) Dec 10, 2018

Frances returns to talk to us about writing and stories -- and her Quilt Fiction podcast. We talk about FB groups, and the Quilt Alliance too. She currently has a 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway to increase membership in the Quilt Fiction newsletter. Take a look and see! www.quiltfiction.com

Philipa Core, part of our Quilting Army talks about her quilting life in Australia Dec 10, 2018

Philipa tells us about hre life in Australia, and her quitling experiences.

Famous Quilter Marianne Fons talks to us about her kids, her quilting life and her novel Dec 05, 2018

Marianne Fons (of Fons and Porter) talks to us about all kinds of things -- her three kids, her quilting life, her writing life and her thoughts on quilting. She mentions the Iowa Quilt Museum (http://iowaquiltmuseum.org), her daughter Hannah's TedX Talk, "Not He, Nor She but Me," (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Fbb7WaAQFQ), and her blog, Marianne Fons Blog, where you can sign up for updates. (http://www.mariannefons.com).

Xenia Cord, antique quilt broker and quilter (in the Quilters Hall of Fame) Dec 03, 2018

Xenia talks to us about her quilting life, including being an Antique Quilts Broker, an instructor and a quilt maker. She was also inducted into the Quilters Hall of Fame in 2018.

Annabelle Hammer talks to us about Project Linus Nov 19, 2018

Annabelle talks to us about her chapter of Project Linus. For more on Project Linus, go to https://www.projectlinus.org

Misty-Anne Marold talks about being a scientist and a quilter Nov 19, 2018

Misty-Anne talks to us about her life as a scientist and its intersection with quilting. We talk about inspiration and merging patterns too.

Famous Quilter Sue Bleiweiss talks about her new book Modern Art Quilts Nov 04, 2018

Sue talks to us about her new book and I read to her the copyright notice in her book.

Eileen Keane of the Appliqué Society talks to us about all things Appliqué Oct 26, 2018

Eileen talks to us about the Applique Society and all things applique. She will talk you into trying applique, no question. For more on the Applique Society: https://www.theappliquesociety.org. She also talks about being a long arm business too, www.designingquilts.com, which includes t-shirt quilts and long-arming.

Scott Fortunoff, President of Jaftex, joins us to talk about Houston Quilt Market Oct 25, 2018

Scott was on his way from the airport to Missouri Star's 10th Anniversary celebration. He talked to us about Houston Quilt Market, the big business-to-business convention. Jaftex is the company that recently bought Free Spirit. For more on Scott, see our previous interview: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14198489

Maddie Kertay of BadAss Quilter's Society talks with us quilting and very tiny kittens Oct 22, 2018

Maddie is all things awesome. She is the genius behind BadAss Quilters, as well as working with in the industry in various capacities. She also cares for tiny kittens, and is renovating her own house--like doing all of the work herself.

Famous writer and podcaster Frances O'Roark Dowell joins us Oct 17, 2018

Frances hosts the Off Kilter Quilt, as well as QuiltFiction podcasts. She also is an award winning children's author, and also write quilts fiction. She, of course, also quilts. We talk about her process, being a quilter, and being a writer.

Karla Overland of Cherrywood Fabrics and Cherrywood Challenges talks to us Oct 16, 2018

Karla talks to us about the hand dye fabric business, Cherrywood Fabrics, and also her Cherrywood Challenges, which now on their fourth one, this year was Prince. For more, see http://cherrywoodfabrics.bigcartel.com.

Georgina Lewis, talks to us about marketing and asks about trademark (we do a search), Part 2 of 2 Oct 16, 2018

This is part 2 of our Georgina Lewis interview. We talk a lot about the basics of trademark, and we also talk about marketing. We do a search at the USPTO. www.uspto.com. Just some basics.

Hello Stitch Studio talks to us about a sewing maker space Oct 15, 2018

Stacy and Kristen talks to us about creating a sewing maker space in Berkeley, CA. For more information, see www.hellostitchstudio.com.

Georgina Lewis, talks to us about strategies for shops and her own experiment with marketing - Part 1 of 2 Oct 15, 2018

Georgina does marketing for her real-life job for big-deal companies. She's now thinking about how to help shops in the online world, and she, like I, have learning about the quilting world over the last year. This is the first part of two. The second interview we focus on trademarks and copyright!

Angie Wilson of the Gnome Angel talks to us about the quilting industry and sew-alongs Oct 10, 2018

Angie talks to us in depth about her thoughts on the quilting industry, doing sew-alongs, and gives us a pep talk too! For more on Angie, go to https://www.gnomeangel.com/. For more on the podcast and project, go to www.justwannaquilt.com.

Award-winning Quilter Claudia Pfeil talks to us about her quilting life Oct 09, 2018

Claudia joins us from Germany, where she lives. She is an award-winning quilter, and also a teacher and designer. She talks to us about her process. Currently she has award winning quilts in three major shows.

New Quilting Army member Anne Vandermey talks to us about her quilting life Oct 08, 2018

Anne calls in from Canada to talk to us about her quilting life. She found us through the Tula Pink interview. She has joined our quilting army!

Famous Quilter Alex Anderson comes to chat with us! Oct 02, 2018

Famous Quilter, Alex Anderson chats with us about the Quilt Show, along with her experiences on HGTV, fans, and being famous. For more, go to the https://thequiltshow.com. For more on Just Wanna Quilt, go to www.justwannaquilt.com.

Natalia Bonner talks to us about writing quilt books with her mom and so much more Oct 01, 2018

Natalia Bonner talks to us about writing quilt books with her mom and some copyright things too. Go to their website: http://www.piecenquilt.com/about-us.htm. For more, go to www.justwannaquilt.com.

Scholar Giancarlo Frosio comes to talk to us about culture and history Sep 25, 2018

Giancarlo is a Fellow at Stanford's Center for Internet and Society (where I've been affiliated since 2004), and he talks about his new book, Reconciling Copyright With Cumulative Creativity: The Third Paradigm. I teach him a little about quilting too and explain how I think quilting fits into his thesis of cumulative creativity.

Quilting Army and Long-Armer Susan Ainsworth Smith talks to us about her quilting life, Part 2 of 2 Sep 24, 2018

Susan talks to us about being a long-armer and her quilting life. This is part 2. We interviewed her daughter, Camille Ainsworth.

Camille Ainsworth talks about her quilting life, including making passage quilts, Part 1 of 2 Sep 24, 2018

Camille talks to us about her quilting life, including making passage quilts. She also talks about her quilting life with her mom, who is a long-armer. Part 1 is Camille. Part 2 is Susan Ainsworth Smith, her mom!

Famous Quilter Victoria Findlay Wolfe talks about her quilting life Sep 19, 2018

Victoria comes to us from New York, where she talks to us about her life as an artist and as a quilter. We talk about her view of copyright, along with her thoughts on being a public figure, versus her more introverted artist self.

Nancy Williams, long arm quilter and volunteer for Social Justice Sewing Academy Sep 18, 2018

Nancy talks to us about the Social Justice Sewing Academy, where she is part of the team that turns kids' impressions of their world into amazing quilts for exhibition. She is the long-armer on the project. She talks to us about that and also her long-arm business.

Dawn Pereira of the Warm Company talks to us about batting! Sep 13, 2018

Dawn goes through the basics of batting -- what terms mean and how batting differs. It's super super interesting (really!), especially if you want to understand the differences in the various kinds of batting. For more information: https://warmcompany.com. She even suggests how you can become a tester of batting with the Warm Company!

Beth Strand, talks about charity quilting, UFOs, and the ugly stage of all quilts Sep 12, 2018

Beth is so delightful. We chat about her thoughts on quilting, on charity quilting, and special moments in her life related to quilting. She talks about the meaning of giving quilts, and their importance.

Mark and Yvonne Darrell of the Quilting Marine talk about their YouTube show Sep 12, 2018

Mark, and his wife, Yvonne talk to us about their YouTube series, The Quilting Marine, and how quilting, and the show, has helped Mark with PTSD. Yvonne, who produces the show also talks about her experiences too. Here is their channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCoNiishvxQFGzAfU61DBpg

Andrea Turner, part of our Quilting Army, talks about her epic quilt and Burning Man Sep 10, 2018

Andrea talks to us about making lists, Burning Man, and her epic nearly 20 year quilt project. Meanwhile, well.... let's just say....well... just listen.... Andrea is awesome. I'm a little, well, overwhelmed in the most ridiculous way. And there's a song in the middle of it. So, welcome, Monday.

Colleen Haraden-Gorski talks to us about creating art quilts and also about the Social Justice Sewing Academy Sep 07, 2018

Colleen talks to us about her beautiful map art quilts, as well as her work with the Sewing Justice Sewing Academy.

Melanie McNeil talks to us about guilds and other things too Sep 06, 2018

In the Spring, Melanie talked to use about guilds and other things. Hard to believe that we were only a few months in, and had under 300 members in the FB group. Now, we are at around 1400, and Melanie has become such an important part of our Quilting Army. (If you haven't heard it, we have another interview with Melanie https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14674959. You can also find out more about Melanie at www.catbirdquilts.com.

Kristi Coupe of Put a Quilt on It, modern barn quilts, talks to us about her business Sep 05, 2018

Kristi talks to us about her business of creating barn quilts both for outdoors and for quilting studios. She was spotted by one of our Quilting Army members. We are so glad they found her. www.putaquiltonit.com

Eric the Quilter talks to us about his quilting life Sep 04, 2018

I first heard of Eric the Quilter when he was interviewed on the BBC about a year ago. He is a quilter, who also works professionally in a knitting factory (I think I'm getting that right!). He makes fan quilts, does art quilts, and so much more.

Patty Sawyer, owner of Sew-clusion Retreat in Maine talks to us about her quilting life Aug 30, 2018

Patty owns a sewing/quilt retreat in Maine. She is also a quilt judge. She's also a lot of fun. For more on her quilt retreat, https://www.justwannaquilt.com/patty-sawyer.

Andi Barney, owner of the Red Hen Stitch Shop and the Sew Doc Aug 29, 2018

Andi owns a cool shop in Marietta, George, where we visited on our Southern field trip this summer. She also has a new endeavor that she talks about -- training people to fix sewing machines. And there's so much more we chat about. For more on Andi and the Red Hen Stich Shop, go to https://www.redhenstitch.com

Gail Berry-Graham talks to us about her quilting life as a HandiQuilter Educator Aug 28, 2018

Gail talks to us from Canada about her quilting life, about long-arming, and about being a HandiQuilter educator. https://handiquilter.me/profile/gail-berry-graham/?portfolioCats=81.

Pam Cobb, co-host of Stitch TV on YouTube and podcast host of Hip to be Square, Part 2 of 2 Aug 27, 2018

Pam Cobb talks about her quilting life, having both a podcast and a YouTube quilt talk show (Stitch TV). This is part 2. Lynn Rinhart's episode is part 1, the co-host of Stitch TV. http://www.thestitchtvshow.com.

Lynn Rinehart of Stitch TV joins us Part 1 of 2 Aug 27, 2018

Lynn talks to us about her quilting life, including being a quilt appraiser and be the co-host of Stitch TV. She is also a quilt appraiser, and she talks to us about that part of her quilting life as well.

Trade Law Professor and Lawyer David Gantz explains fabric and tariffs to us (and why Joann's cares) Aug 26, 2018

David (my mentor in law school) comes to chat with us about tariffs and fabric, and why Joann's had put out a call for action last week. We had a good deal of discussion on the FB group, Just Wanna Quilt. David helps us sort it out.

Olivia Beatty talks to us about her quilting life, and we talk a little bit about copyright too Aug 23, 2018

Olivia is part of our Quilting Army. She's a fan of Eleanor Burns, and she makes patterns. We talk about all kinds of things, and I get a little law prof on her about copyright. (It was at the beginning of the summer. I was missing the law students. So sorry about that!)

Chris Reed, Copyright Attorney and Photographer gets real about copyright Aug 22, 2018

Chris talks with us about real-world questions arising for both photographers and quilters about copyright. Chris has previously worked at the U.S. Copyright Office, and now is an attorney for high-profile content owners in Los Angeles. He is also a photographer who writes books on copyright. He's awesome. For more, go to www.chrisreed.com and www.justwannaquilt.com.

Famous Quilter Leah Day comes to chat with us again about publishing, copyright and her feelings about Facebook Aug 21, 2018

Leah Day has taught so many of us how to quilt better. On our podcast for a second time, she talks to us about publishing, her thoughts about copyright, and (before she did it) why she was considering cutting back on Facebook as a mechanism for reaching her fans. For more, see www.leahday.com and our website, www.justwannaquilt.com

Jayna Zweiman, co-creator of the Pussy Hat Project and creator of Welcome Blanket talks to us Aug 20, 2018

Jayna Zweiman talks to us about how the Pussy Hat Project (https://www.pussyhatproject.com) came about, and now her latest project, Welcome Blanket (https://www.welcomeblanket.org). We recorded the interview in early Summer, and we mention Museum of Design Atlanta, which we have since been to (and there is an interview about MODA posted already). MODA: http://www.museumofdesign.org.

Joann Kajfsaz, former quilt shop owner and mother of Amy Reitzel, part of our Quilting Army Aug 17, 2018

Joann joined us to talk about her quilting life. She owned a quilting shop in the 1970s and 1980s. She talks about the development of the quilting industry, and shares with us her quilting life.

Amy Reitzel, quilt pattern maker and part of our Quilting Army talks about her quilting life Aug 17, 2018

Amy talks to us about her quilting life, including making patterns and collecting a lot of rulers! We also talk about growing up with a mom who owned a quilt shop. (See part 2, with her mom!)

Quilt Historian and Rock Star, Barbara Brackman talks about her quilting life Aug 15, 2018

Barbara Brackman talks to us about her life, her gathering of quilt blocks for the Encyclopedia work in patchwork and applique in the 1970s and 1980s. She is a rock star quilt historian. It was quite thrilled to chat with her!

Tula Pink and Mary Fons talk about their quilting life at the house! Aug 08, 2018

Mary Fons and Tula Pink were in town for Quiltfolk magazine in late June. I had the awesome honor of joining them on their shoot, and then then came back to the house for a 2 1/2 hour interview where we talked about all things quilting. They were amazing. The house will never be that cool again. For more on Tula Pink, go to http://www.tulapink.com and for more on Mary Fons, go to https://www.maryfons.com.

Tina Hilton talks about her Turtle Hand Batik company and all things batiks + Discount Code! Aug 07, 2018

Tina talked with us about her company, her love of Malaysian batiks, and her social mission in creating her business. She also talks about how batiks are made, and the challenges of creating a small business, including shipping and other things. For more on Turtle Hand Batik, go to http://www.turtlehand.com. For more on the podcast, go to www.justwannaquilt.com. And Tina has given us a discount code for 10% off - Just put in QuiltA (for quilting army, of course!). So very cool! Thanks, Tina!

Jenny Doan of Missouri Star Quilt Co. talks about Missouri Star Quilt Company (her quilting empire!) and her quilting life Aug 01, 2018

Jenny Doan is...well, Jenny Doan! She has taught a generation of us how to quilt on YouTube, and Missouri Start Quilt Company in Hamilton, MO is a quilt destination point for many, many quilters. We are thrilled to chat with her, and for this interview, Judy Walker (a professional journalist!) joins us, which was awesome too. For more on Missouri Star Quilt Co., go to https://www.missouriquiltco.com. To listen to this podcast, you can go to www.justwannaquilt.com, and also episodes can be found at iTunes, Stitcher, Spreaker, iHeart Radio, and many more platforms.

Kathy Shier and her daughter Suzy Webster talk about appliqué and their award winning quilts, Part 2 of 2 Jul 31, 2018

This is kind of a part 2 of the Suzy Webster interview. Now we have her mom too (and her kid)! They talk about their award winning quilts, applique, and also, we talk with a young quilter who discusses what he loves about quilting and even see a quilt he made and long-arm quilted himself. Suzy is an author of quilt books. Listen to part 1 for more on that part of her quilting life.

Suzy Webster, quilt book author and award winning quilter, Part 1 of 2 Jul 31, 2018

Suzy talks to us about her quilting life, including writing quilting books. She is also an award winning quilter (you have to listen to part 2 for that!).

Laura Flusche of the Museum of Design Atlanta talks to us about Art and Craft of Activism Jul 30, 2018

We went on a fieldtrip to Atlanta, where we were able to see the amazing exhibit, Art and Craft of Activism at the Museum of Design Atlanta. We talked with Laura Flusche, the Executive Director of the Museum. (I'm not sure if it was explicit, but the content is a little more mature than usual, and so I labeled it "explicit"). For more, visit http://www.museumofdesign.org.
The current exhibit: Making Change: The Art and Craft of Activism, June 3 - September 9, 2018

JWQ - Intown Quilters - Shop Fieldtrip Jul 27, 2018

We visited Intown Quilters in Decatur, GA when we were on our Atlanta adventure. We walk around the shop and learn more about it. This is definetely raw audio. (We are shopping at a couple of points). But I thought I would throw it up on the podcast anyway. Here is a link to the shop: https://www.intownquilters.com

Pam Weeks of New England Quilt Museum visits with us on our 2nd year anniversary Jul 25, 2018

Pam sat down with us to talk about protest quilts, our Just Wanna Quilt project, and we even get her to curse about how the general media discounts quilting as something only (uncool) grandmother's do. So, yes, we get to put "explicit" on this one.

Sue Bleiweiss of Threads of Resistance talks to us about art quilts, the exhibit and the latest controversy Jul 24, 2018

Sue, an art quilter and an author, and also one of the key organizers of Threads of Resistance comes to talk to us about the latest controversy with the exhibit and also many things quilty. For more on the exhibit: www.threadsofresistance.com. And find out more at our website too, www.justwannaquilt.com.

Carla Triemer talks about her work with Quilts Beyond Borders Jul 20, 2018

Carla Treimer talks to us about Quilts Beyond Borders and her quilting life. For more information on Quilts Beyond Borders: https://quiltsbeyondborders.wordpress.com/, and we also have more information at our webpage: www.justwannaquilt.com. Carla also has a quilt in the Houston Quilt Festival this November 2018.

Nancy Bronstein, Event Specialist, quilter and sewing educator for Viking, Pfaff and Singer Jul 17, 2018

Nancy tells us about her life as a sewing educator, as she travels around the country for Viking, Pfaff and Singer.

Creator of Opportunities, Kelly Nagel of Sulky talks about thread, quilting, and embroidery Jul 16, 2018

Kelly comes to talk to us about all things having to do with thread, embrodiery, and stabliziers! And yes, that's her real title: Creator of Opportunities. And she is amazing.

Lee Chappell Monroe, pattern designer, teacher, and quilter Jul 13, 2018

Lee talks to us about being a professional within the quilting industry.

Corrie Dutton, 3L law student, talks about learning to quilt Jul 12, 2018

Corrie is learning to quilt as part of her law school experience. We'll be talking with her as she works through the Gypsy Wife quilt with Gigi Baay.

Rachael Woodard and Becky Tillman Peterman from Quilted Twins talk about their fabric shop, designing patterns and their quilting life Jul 10, 2018

Becky and Rachael of the Quilted Twins talk to us about their wonderful quilty life -- where Becky creates patterns for scrappy quilts (that are available for free on their website), and Rachael sells fabric (at great prices) online and in a warehouse in Florida. They are awesome. For more, see their website: www.quiltedtwins.com and also look for information on our website: www.justwannaquilt.com.

Kathee Nelson, part of our quilting army who talks about her quilting life (and her son gets engaged during the interview) Jul 09, 2018

Kathee Nelson shares her quilting life with us, talking about all kinds of things including art quilts, dying fabrics, and quilting with her sisters. Her son also gets engaged in the middle of our interview, so look for that. For more on Kathee, go to www.justwannaquilt.com and look for her guest page.

Christa Watson, famous author and owner of the Precut Store stops by Jul 02, 2018

Christa Watson, of Christa Quilts, comes to talk with us about writing books (on free motion quilting, also precuts), the Precut Store and so much more. We are so hoping this is the first of many conversations. For more on Christa, go to https://christaquilts.com.

Season 2 begins today! (What does that mean?) Jul 02, 2018

Season 2 begins. We explain what the quilting army is, what a research podcast is, and a few more things in 5 minutes.

Michael Madison, law professor talks about the knowledge commons and quilting Jun 19, 2018

Michael, a super smart law professor, talks to us about his theories of the knowlege commons and how to start to think about the study of quilting using his theories.

Tara Miller talks to us about her quilting life Jun 18, 2018

Tara talks to us about her quilting life. We talk about meeting up in Atlanta to go to MODA's quilt and cross stitch exhibits, and we talk about how technical writing influences her way of thinking about quilting. For more info on Tara, go to www.justwannaquilt.com

Theresa McFarling talks about word quilts, copyright worries, and all kinds of things Jun 13, 2018

Theresa talks to us about some of her big projects, including a quilt with song lyrics and asks some copyright questions. For more information on Theresa, including her Fearless Girl quilt, go to www.justwannaquilt.com.

Andrea Tsang Jackson talks about quilting, her Indiegogo campaign about a quilting song, and community quilting at a museum Jun 11, 2018

Andrea talks to us about her life as a quilter, including as an Artist-in-Residence at the Canadian Museum of Immigration, as well as her new project that includes a song about quilting.

Sara Trail of Social Justice Sewing Academy talks to us about her messages in quilting and her community quilt project. Jun 06, 2018

Sara is incredible. By 13, she had published a quilt book, and before she graduated high school, she had her own fabric lines. She went to college at Berkeley, and graduate work at Harvard. Now, she has started the Social Justice Sewing Academy, a community-based quilting work that is really amazing. See more about it at www.justwannaquilt.com. And visit the website: www.sjsacademy.com. She also has a "Go Fund Me" at https://www.gofundme.com/socialjusticesewingacademy.

Mary Lillico, quilter, talks about thinking about buying a long-arm machine (and it's really fun) Jun 04, 2018

Mary found us through Leah Day's podcast, and she talks to us about her dream of owning a long-arm. She's really fun and funny. Really. I don't think I've laughed so hard in a long time as she explains all of the justification for why she should buy a long-arm. See more at www.justwannaquilt.com

Shelly Ast of Havel's Sewing talks about all things sharp and pointy in quilting May 29, 2018

Shelly Ast of Havel's Sewing talks to us about scissors, seam rippers, rotary cutters, and all things sharp and pointy. She also is providing us with a coupon! $7 off $25 or more at their website: wwww.havelssewing.com. Just use the code JWQ7 For more on Shelly, go to www.justwannaquilt.com/

Laura Oswald, Director of Marketing for the Paducah Convention and Visitors Bureau tells us the history of Paducah as a quilting destination May 28, 2018

Laura talks to us about Paducah -- how it became a quilter's destination, about other aspects of the art community and how quilters are now retiring there!

Carolanne Donovan, quilter and digital marketer May 24, 2018

Carolanne talks to us about her quilting life, being president of her guild, and her day job, digital marketing. She's agreed to come back for part two and talk to us more about Facebook, Instagram and other important tools for the quilt entrepreneur.

Rebecca Tushnet, IP and First Amendment professor from Harvard Law School May 21, 2018

Rebecca talks to us about her knitting life! She also talks about copyright, trademark, and the role of law in creativity. Here's more on Rebecca: https://www.justwannaquilt.com/rebecca-tushnet

Shelly Weeks, quilter, discusses octopuses, organizing ,and silhouette quilts May 18, 2018

Shelly talks to us about her quilting life, and a little bit about the public domain too. We talk about when do you know when an old work can be used without needing permission?

QA member, Hilary Harrison talks about being at her first quilt show, Paducah! May 16, 2018

Hilary, friends of Gigi Baay (also part of the Quilting Army) tells us about her experience -- with the QA staying with her in Memphis and about her first quilt show - Paducah!

Maria Shell, author of Improv Patchwork May 15, 2018

Maria joins us to talk about her quilting life in Alaska, her book, Improv Patchwork, her year of making everything she wore, and her philosophy of a room of one's own. Here is a link to her book and website: https://talesofastitcher.com/improv-patchwork-dynamic-quilts-made-with-line-shape/

Jo Westfoot of the Crafty Nomad May 14, 2018

Jo is a quilter from England that talks to us about her quilting life, creating patterns, and creating a VIP club. Her quilts are super cool, especially if you like sewing-themed quilts, rainbows, or more contemporary designs. https://www.thecraftynomad.co.uk

JWQ Weekly Recap - Week 13 May 07, 2018

A recap of our last week, and a little bit of a thought conversation of where the project is heading as we move into summer. An more official discussion will happen soon.

Mary Ellen Ramirez Leingang - After Paducah May 03, 2018

Mary Ellen talks to us about the Paducah Spring Quilt Week, and also a little bit about the Gulf States Quilt Guild show too!

Quilting Army member Melanie McNeil talks to us about her quilting life. May 01, 2018

Melanie talks to us about her quilting life, including making medallion quilts and blogging at www.catbirdquilts.wordpress.com

Judy Walker - After Paducah 1 May 01, 2018

Judy Walker talks about her impressions of Paducah, where she experienced Quilt Week.

Weekly Recap Week 10 and 11 Apr 30, 2018

We are catching up from the Paducah trip! We have so much more planned. Oh....we need a nap....we so need a nap.

IP Law and Entrepreneurship Course reflects on working on Just Wanna Quilt Apr 27, 2018

The IP Law and Entrepreneurship @ Tulane Law School course reflects on what they did throughout the semester. The class ends this week, but the project will keep going!! The students talk about their experiences.

Famous author Virginia Postrel joins us to discuss her new project on technology and textiles Apr 25, 2018

Virginia Postrel is a famous author, who has taken up the question of technology and textiles. Her previous work, style and glamour.

Becky Hill, quilter, and part of our Quilting Army Apr 24, 2018

Becky joins us to talk about her quilting life, and her thoughts on her grandmother, quilting in general, and improv quilting.

Todd Purcell from Superior Thread explains thread! Apr 24, 2018

Todd Purcell from Superior Thread sent us some thread -- we learn all kinds of things about thread! He was great.

Laura Bickford, from Souls Grown Deep, talks about Gee's Bend quilts Apr 19, 2018

Laura Bickford, from Souls Grown Deep Foundation, talks to us about Gee's Bend quilts.

Chris Sprigman, law professor at New York University Law School talks us about framing our project Apr 18, 2018

Chris Sprigman is a very famous intellectual property professor that himself has done creative projects, including topics that include the fashion industry and comedy. He talks to us about how to structure cultural projects like ours, where the goal is to understand the role of law in creativity.

Bumbletees, a quilt shop in Germantown TN, on the way to Paducah Apr 17, 2018

The Quilting Army stopped at Bumbletees (www.bumbletees.com), a quilt shop in Germantown, TN, where they talked about their business, and in particular their applique kits that they make. So very cute! There is also a FB live video on our Just Wanna Quilt FB group page. Join our group!

Yvonne Wilson, quilter Apr 17, 2018

Yvonne talks to us about her quilting life, including the role of community, scrap quilting, and her love of quilting with bold colors.

On the Road to Paducah - Day 1 - In Memphis Apr 17, 2018

Ok! The quilting army is on the move. Judy Walker, Edith Gross, Mary Ellen Leingang, Gigi Baay, and Hilary Harrison. Tonight, we talked about their trip from New Orleans to Memphis, where they are staying the night with Hilary. Thanks, Hilary!

Famous Quilter Jacquie Gering talks to us about modern quilting Apr 16, 2018

Jacquie Gering, famous quilter, stops by to talk with us about her quilting life, and in particular her story of how she became a modern quilter.

Weekly Recap Week 10 Apr 16, 2018

We recap activities this week, including two quilt shows!

Amy Bradley, Purple Pineapple Studio Apr 12, 2018

Amy talks about Purple Pineapple Studio and her strategy for helping beginners with patterns, and also the relationship between her business and local quilt shops.

Joel Sellers, quilter talks about her quilting life Apr 10, 2018

Joel is part of our Quilting Army, and she talks about her quilting life as a relatively new quilter (whose work is amazing).

Ruth Kitchin Tillman, quilter talks to us about her quilting life Apr 09, 2018

Ruth Kitchin Tillman talks to us about her quiling life, a little bit about being a librarian, and accidentally commits to making a bibliography for us on quilting!

Famous Quilter, Chawne Kimber stops by to talk about her quilts Apr 04, 2018

Chawne Kimber, math professor and famous quilter, talks about her life and her quilts. Follow along by going to her website, https://cauchycomplete.wordpress.com/quilt-gallery/ as we talk about her quilts. Note: this episode does have a few curse words, as she quilts some words that are, as she says, "Not Suitable for Work" as she pushes concepts of quilting and censorship as one part of her quilting life. (We marked as explicit! We've never done that before!)

Julie Brodersen, quilter and small business of celebration quilts Apr 03, 2018

Julie talks to us about how her celebration quilts got started, and how she creates quilts out of all kinds of materials -- t-shirts, baseball hats, ties, everything.

Bonnie Browning tells us about Paducah and the Spring Quilt Show Apr 02, 2018

Bonnie Browning, Executive Show Director, American Quilter's Society talks to us from Paducah, Ky., where she tells about all the things that happen during Spring Quilt Week in Paducah.

JWQ Recap Week 8 Apr 02, 2018

A quick recap and a visit with Julia Driscoll, part of our FB Quilting Army who is visiting from Chicago!

Ann Bartow, law professor and Director, Franklin Pierce Center for IP, University of New Hampshire Law School Mar 30, 2018

Ann talks to us about copyright, intellectual property and gender. She was the second law professor I discussed the project with during the Summer 2017. She's awesome.

Raymond Houston, quilter of geometric shapes Mar 29, 2018

Raymond Houston was referred to us by Seth Hackler. He is a quilter that designs incredible geometric quilts, as well as Celtic knot quilts. He is also a writer, working on a quilt book.

Janna Thomas of BlocLoc talks about inventions, quilting and finding your quilting bliss Mar 28, 2018

Janna and her husband started BlocLoc to make quilting easier, and we talk about gaining a patent to protect their invention.

Winner for Stencil Company Giveaway Mar 28, 2018

Ricardo Gonzales and I figure out how to pick the winner for our first giveaway. And we announce the winner!

Recap Week 7 (our giveaway week) Mar 26, 2018

A quick overview of our giveaway, including the numbers, and how our podcast is growing. ETG talks a little bit about the overall project and asks, what role do giveaways play in the overall goal of understanding the quilting industry?

Hayley Foster Gray, quilter Mar 26, 2018

Hayley talks with us about her quilting life, making stamps and creating fabric patterns. She also talks to us about thinking about being a quilt entrepreneur.

Law Students Chat with Elizabeth Townsend Gard about Giveaways Mar 24, 2018

We put out law school hat on and discuss giveaways--the legal aspects that we found necessary to put on our first giveaway. We talk about what we had to do and how to think about the legal aspects of a giveaway. A helpful link: https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking. This is about endorsements, but that ties into giveaways (when a product is given, rather than purchased by the person running the giveaway).

Cheryl Sleboda talks to us about giveaways and other quilt industry things Mar 22, 2018

Cheryl Sleboda of Muppin.com and sewmuchcosplay.com comes to talk with us about giveaways and more about the industry. The Just Wanna Quilt giveaway continues through Sunday, March 25, 2018.

Seth Hackler talks about his giveaway experience with Quilting on a Budget Mar 22, 2018

Seth Hackler comes back and talks to us about his first giveaway on Quilting on a Budget. He's awesome. We're all learning and trying to understand this whole quilting world.

Aasta Deth, Stencil Company and Harrison House Designs - Part 3 of 3 Mar 21, 2018

Aasta Deth discusses her quilting life, her family, the Stencil Company, and Harrison House Designs. And there's a giveaway from the Stencil Company going on through March 25, 2018! Go to www.justwannaquilt.com.

Cynthia Turnbow of the Stencil Company, Part 2 of 3 Mar 20, 2018

Cynthia talks about the Stencil Company, having a small business and being part of the quilting industry as a second generation, with her daughter also part of the business as well. And there's a Stencil Company giveaway underway through March 25, 2018! Go to www.justwannaquilt.com!

Holice Turnbow talks about being a quilt designer and quilt judge. This is part 1 of a 3 generation series. Mar 19, 2018

Holice talks about his quilting life, being a quilt judge, getting back to basics, and how the industry changed over the last few decades. And there's a giveaway from the Stencil Company going on through March 25, 2018! Go to www.justwannaquilt.com to enter.

Weekly Recap Week 6 Mar 19, 2018

The recap for week six! So much going on!

Dora Cary of Orange Dot Quilts talks about making patterns and the quilting industry Mar 14, 2018

Dora shares her quilting experience, how she approaches designing quilts, and what it's like to be a quilt entrepreneur. (We also caught up with her at QuiltCon - see our FB Group - Just Wanna Quilt).

Pamela Johnson, art quilter Mar 14, 2018

Pam talks to us about her quilting life, how she makes art quilts, and what matters to her when it comes to quilting.

Megan Lundgren, quilter and long-arm small business Mar 12, 2018

Megan found us on iTunes, then joined our FB group, Just Wanna Quilt, then was interviewed (this) and now is part of our Quilting Army! We talk about pre-cuts, quilting, and ideas for Just Wanna Quilt, including how to engage guilds and help small/micro quilt businesses along the way.

Nina Paley, artist, animator, and quilter Mar 12, 2018

Nina Paley stopped by to chat with us. She comes to quilting as an artist and has even animated a quilting horse (quiltimation she call us). She talks about being a creator, problems with copyright, and how she purchased a really huge quilting machine.

JWQ Weekly Recap Week 5 Mar 11, 2018

Our First Month Birthday! This is week five of Just Wanna Quilt. A recap of our week!

Liz Lesher talks to us about her quilting life and little bit about ironing too! Mar 10, 2018

Elizabeth Lesher talks to us about her quilting life. She talks about ironing (yes!) and her thoughts on why and when she quilts. She doesn't focus on the shopping part, but on making large scrappy quilts.

Brian Frye, law professor and filmmaker talks to us about art, copyright, and thinking about quilting Mar 08, 2018

Brian talks to us about his art life -- what's the difference between an art film and a commercial documentary, and how does that impact on the intersection of copyright. He helps us think about quilting from outside of quilting, and he's thinking about weaving too! He's part of our quilting army, and he is awesome!

Emma Connolly of Uptown Needle and Craftworks Mar 07, 2018

Emma talks about her quilting life, why she opened a shop, and her approach to life and community. This is where we launched the podcast from, and so Emma holds a special place in our heart.

Cheryl Sleboda talks to us (part 2) about the quilting industry Mar 06, 2018

Cheryl Sleboda, of Muppin.com and SewMuchCosplay, talks to her about her thoughts on the quilt industry looks like.

Scott Fortunoff of Jaftex talks to us about the fabric industry (and so much more!) Mar 05, 2018

Scott Fortunoff, a fourth-generation fabric company executive, talks to us about fabric, his company Jaftex, and the different companies that are part of the Jaftex family. (He's Jaftex is the company that just purchased Free Spirit (with designers like Kaffe Fassett and Tula Pink). This interview was recorded just before that announcement. Learn more about Scott and Jaftex!

Recap Week 4 Mar 04, 2018

Host, Elizabeth Townsend Gard recaps Week Four -- the guests including quilter Lauren Anderson, Sewtopia's Amy Newbold, Jill Repp of June Tailor, and Jeanette Floyd gives us a field trip report from QuiltCon 2018.

Lauren Anderson, quilter and so much more...a conversation about life. Feb 28, 2018

Lauren Anderson talks to us about her quilting life. She is a relatively new quilter that I met at a class at Uptown Needle and Craftworks. She's also organizing a Gee's Bend conference here in New Orleans later in 2018.

Amy Newbold of Sewtopia Feb 28, 2018

Amy Newbold talks to us about her quilting life and her development of Sewtopia, an online community that has retreats around the country three times a year. Sewtopia came to New Orleans in the Fall, and we got a first-hand look at its amazing-ness

Jill Repp from June Tailor talks about lots of cool tools and products Feb 27, 2018

Jill Repp sent us two boxes for research! We talk about all kinds of things quilty -- she talks about being an entrepreneur and inventor, and about the experience of working at June Tailor.

Field Trip Report: QuiltCon 2018 by JWQ Reporter Jeanette Floyd Feb 26, 2018

Jeanette Floyd tells us about QuiltCon 2018, which was held in Pasadena, CA. She talks to us about the quilts, the experience, the lectures, and being a reporter for us at a quilt show.

Week 3 Recap Feb 23, 2018

This week we had three guests -- Susan Blexrud (quilter and romance novelist), Seth Hackler (quilter, and FB "Quilting on a Budget"), and Rachel Bishop (quilter and Quilted Owl). The recap talks about guests for next week, getting the Pinterest and Instagram pages more active, and having our Quilting Army post "how to" videos on our YouTube site. We're growing...it's exciting!

Seth Hackler, quilter and founder of "Quilting on a Budget" FB Group Feb 19, 2018

Seth Hackler is a quilter and the mastermind behind "Quilting on a Budget" FB Group, which now has over 30,000 members in just one year. He talks to us about the meaningfulness of quilting with his mom, his quilting life, and his philosophy behind and development of the FB Group.

Susan Blexrud, quilter and romance novelist talks to us about her quilting life Feb 19, 2018

Susan sits down with us and talks about all things quilty. She talks about art quilts, about her love of quilting, and her experience writing romance novels.

Quilt Podcaster Stephanie Kendron from Modern Sewciety comes by to give us quilting and podcast tips! Feb 16, 2018

Stephanie is the genius behind Modern Sewciety, a podcast now in its fifth year. She is kind, charming and honest about her experience, and tells us about her new podcast subscription group, Sewcialites. Her website: www.modernsewciety.com. You can find more about her at www.justwannaquilt.com/

Week Two Recap Feb 15, 2018

A quick overview of the guests this week -- and also who we interviewed this week for future episodes. For more, see our website: www.justwannaquilt.com.

Sherry Songhurst, quilter and member of Piece Corp of Quilt, Inc (International Quilt Festival and Quilt Market) Feb 14, 2018

Sherry talks with us about her quilting life, being part of the Piece Corps (those that care for, hang, and protect the exhibit quilts at International Quilt Market and Festival). She is part of our Quilting Army too!

Jeanne Hewell-Chambers talks about the 70273 project on its 2nd anniversary Feb 14, 2018

Jeanne Hewell-Chambers is both ambitious and amazing: to make 70, 273 double xx's to commemorate the deaths of the disabled community in Nazi Germany. The quilts are stunning, and some of them were hanging at the International Quilt Festival in Houston in the Fall. We talk to her about the project. For more on the project go to www.The70273Project.org. And there's more about Jeanne on our website: https://www.justwannaquilt.com/jeanne-hewell.

JWQ Field Trip with Julia Driscoll - Color My World: A Collection of One-woman Quilt Exhibits, Steger, IL Feb 12, 2018

Julia Driscoll (part of our Quilting Army) talks about a fieldtrip to the "Color My World: A Collection of One-woman Quilt Exhibits," September 30-October 1, 2017 at the Pieces n' Patches Quilt Guild, Steger, IL. (You an find them on Facebook).

Teresa Duryea Wong, quilter and author, talks to us about Japanese-related quilting things Feb 12, 2018

Teresa talks to us about her quilting life, her adventures to Japan to research her books on Indigo and cotton, and a little bit about her dog.

Jeanette Floyd talks to us about her quilting life and "Jack" the Seam Ripper Feb 12, 2018

Jeanette talks to us about her quilting life, charity quilting, the importance of guilds and mentors, and we laugh about her naming her seam ripper, "Jack." Jeanette's webpage can be found at https://www.justwannaquilt.com/jeanette-floyd. She is part of our Quilting Army!

JWQ Launch Week Recap Feb 10, 2018

Here's what we did the first week -- a summary of the 18 (yes!) interviews plus one bonus track. To learn more about each guest, go to www.justwannaquilt.com. Each guest has their own page with a list of topics we discuss, quilt pics, links, and more!

Jill Repp from June Tailor talks about inventions and quilting Feb 09, 2018

Jill Repp talks about the June Tailor company. We know June Tailor from the basting sprays, and the cutting mats and rulers and so many creative innovations. She is very inventive. She has joined our Research Sponsors and so we will be chatting in the future about all kinds of things that June Tailor company has invented and put out in the market.

Gigi Baay Feb 09, 2018

Gigi is part of our Quilting Army. She has sewn her whole life, she teaches sewing (she taught me how to make a jacket) and she works at Uptown Needle and Craftworks. She is so much fun. She has been part of this project nearly since the beginning.

Amy Milne from Quilt Alliance Feb 08, 2018

Amy Milne, Executive Director for Quilt Alliance talks to us about all things quilty and the role of the Quilt Alliance in preservation, education and community. http://quiltalliance.org. Go to www.justwannaquilt for more on this interview and others!

Leah Day stops by! You know, "Hello my quilting friends." Feb 07, 2018

I think nearly everyone at the moment has been taught how to free motion quilt from Leah Day's videos. She is a quilter and Internet sensation. She is also a savvy entrepreneur who has built an empire of loyal quilters. Leah was so gracious to come on and chat with us before we began. (And I did an episode for her podcast, which will air later in the spring). She is amazing.

Crafty Genimini, Vanessa Vargas Wilson- Part 2- craft entrepreneurship on the Internet Feb 07, 2018

This is the second part of a two-part interview with the Crafty Gemini, Vanessa Vargas Wilson, where we continue our talk about being a craft entrepreneur on the Internet.

Vanessa Varges Wilson, the Craft Gemini Feb 06, 2018

Vanessa gave us a lot of time talking about her life as the Crafty Gemini. She told us about her life, and how she became an Internet sensation. This is part one of two.

Meet Julia Driscoll: quilter, teen librarian, and part of our Quilting Army Feb 06, 2018

Julia loves to quilt. She is a teen librarian in a public library in the suburbs of Chicago, where she teaches beginning sewing. She has also made amazingly complex quilts. Her story was the first recording. She told of the importance of family, of creativity, and fabric. Julia has been part of our Quilting Army from the beginning -- from the summer. And she is awesome. She will be leading our team at the Chicago Quilt Festival in April.

Patty and Elizabeth Talk about Quilt Festival in Houston, 2017 Feb 06, 2018

Patty Cooper and Elizabeth Townsend Gard talk about their first impressions of Quilt Festival in Houston about the preview night of Quilt Festival.

Tsoniki Crazy Bull, quilter, podcaster, and world traveler (thanks to the military) Feb 06, 2018

Tsoniki creates beautiful quilts. She also had a 50-episode podcast before her husband was transferred abroad as part of the military. She talks about her life of moving, of quilting, and talking to people as part of her podcast.

A Quilting Family - Judy Walker and Jill Elliot Feb 06, 2018

Judy Walker, my neighbor, and Judy Eliot, her sister from Oklahoma, talk about their very quilty family. This is one of the first interviews that we conducted. Judy is part of the Quilting Army, and went with me to Quilt Market. She is a writer and an amazing cook (she writes about food). She and Jill are also quilters.

Quilter Janice Peachey: "Quilting has followed me throughout my life." Feb 06, 2018

Janice Peachy is a quilter I met through a mutual friend. She is incredible. She tells us stories of why she quilts, and how quilting has followed her through her life. She travels, she fosters babies, and she creates lovely quilts. It was a memorable afternoon chatting with her.

Heather Kubiak, attorney and quilter Feb 06, 2018

Heather teaches courses at Quilt Market and Quilt Festival in Houston. She has agreed to be part of our Quilting Army. She has a great philosophy that comes from her years as an attorney focused on litigation and mediation, "Just Ask" when you are not sure. We are going to have more conversations with her about copyright and other areas of intellectual property. She is really fun, and super knowledgeable. She's an attorney for many quilt entrepreneurs and quilt companies.

Mattie Rhodes Haines of Quiltsmart talks of Mondo Bags and Double Wedding Rings Feb 06, 2018

Mattie Rhodes Haine of Quiltsmart sent us a box of goodies, and we talk about her company's strategy of using printed interface as a technique of quilting. She is also the genius behind the extraordinarily popular Mondo bag. She is an amazing quilt entrepreneur.

Maureen Collins, quilter and law professor too! Feb 06, 2018

Maureen Collins is one of the only law professors to write on quilting! She has been part of the project from the first conversations. She teaches at John Marshall Law School, where she requires her law students to make small art quilts as part of her art law class. We have a high level discussion about quilting, copyright and other areas of intellectual property. If you are a bit lost, you soon will learn some of the basic concepts. We will be posting "copyright concepts and quilting" shortly.

Todd Purcell, Superior Threads Feb 06, 2018

Todd Purcell talks to us about the start of Superior Threads, which was begun by his mom and dad. We learn about thread - how its made, which one to use, and much more. If you ever wondered about thread, this is the show for you. We'll be having more conversations about thread with Todd Purcell soon!

Edith Gross - quilter, computerized longarm quilting, and super fun Feb 06, 2018

Edith Gross is a quilter and has a longarm quilting business. She has only been quilting a few years. She is remarkable. Creative, beautiful work, in all kinds of styles, Edith's quilting is a site to behold. I'm in love with a couple of her pieces. We had a great chat. She joined the Quilting Army, and I hope we have many more conversations in the future.

Cheryl Sleboda of Muppins and Sew Much Cosplay - quilter and social media influencer Feb 06, 2018

Cheryl Sleboda is an award winning art quilter who also speaks and teaches to guilds and shops around the country. Cheryl’s been featured in magazines, newspapers, and on Quilting Arts TV, It's Sew Easy TV and Make It Artsy. She also has been an executive of a specialty market retail industry for 20 years, and she teaches niche retailers how to grow their businesses through technology. Cheryl has recently started a new business focused on sewing and products for cosplayers. Follow her adventures at www.muppin.com and www.sewmuchcosplay.com. This is the first of at least two conversations with Cheryl. She has joined our Quilting Army, and so we are hoping she comes back to chat often!

Bob Ruggiero of Quilt Inc helps us understand the quilting industry Feb 04, 2018

Bob Ruggiero, Director of publications and Public Information for Quilts, Inc. sat down with us to talk about Quilt Market (the quilt industry show, which is in Houston every Fall, and then moves around in the Spring) and Quilt Festival (the public show in Houston in the Fall, and this year, in Chicago in the Spring). He talks about the role of Quilt Market in the quilting industry and so much more.

What is "Just Wanna Quilt?" A Preview Feb 04, 2018

A preview of what the new research podcast "Just Wanna Quilt" is all about. We will chat about all things quilting -- with quilters, quilt entrepreneurs, famous quilter, industry folk, historians, scholars, and so much more. Oh, and we talk about copyright and other intellectual property issues just for fun. We are more than a podcast! We are a Quilting Army. Join our Facebook group - www.facebook/justwannaquilt/

Hi from Just Wanna Quilt - Launching the Week of Feb 5 Jan 31, 2018

A five-minute overview of the new podcast, Just Wanna Quilt, a research podcast coming out of Tulane Law School. We are interested in all things quilty, and we are interviewing everyone -- to understand why they quilt. We are also interviewing quilt entrepreneurs, famous quilters, quilt historians, and quilt industry leaders. Our host is Dr. Elizabeth Townsend Gard, a law professor specializing in intellectual property, and more specifically copyright, and she just wants to quilt.

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