Behind the Seams: Interview with Barbara Emodi, Garment Sewist Extraordinaire

Listen in as I chat with Joyce Becker, prize-winning quilter, author, and instructor. Joyce focuses her art, writing, teaching, and lecturing on creating beautiful landscape quilts. We talk about creativity, landscape quilts, and much more. To see more of Joyce’s work and find out where you can take her classes, visit joycerbecker.com, or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joyce.r.becker. Want to try your hand at her unique method of creating landscape quilts? Check out her online classes at https://creativespark.ctpub.com/. 

Join me as I chat with Judy Martin, veteran quilt designer, author, and publisher. She spent time as an editor and principal pattern designer for Quilter’s Newsletter, went on to found her own publishing company, Crosley-Griffith in 1987, and is still creating new designs. We talk about quilting (no surprise there!) and Judy’s approach to helping quilters make the very best quilts they can, not the most quilts they can. She has some great tips and tricks, so listen carefully! We also talk about her non-quilting life and even her and her husband’s quilting board game, Quilt Show. For those of you who want to play, you can find Quilt Show at Rio Grande Games, https://www.riograndegames.com/games/quilt-show/. 

Sit back, grab a cuppa and relax while you listen in on my conversation with Deborah Louie. She’s a multiple-award-winning quilter, quilting magazine columnist, and author, but above all, Deborah is an instructor dedicated to teaching and sharing her passion for quiltmaking and mastering the sewing machine. In this episode, Deborah and I discuss her unique method to learn and get the most out of the sewing machine you already own. Her work features gorgeous appliquéd flowers that are as easy to learn to make as they are impressive to view. To see more of her work, keep up with her schedule, or just get inspired you can jump over to her website deborahlouie.com.au, check out her Instagram @deborahlouie or follow her on Facebook www.facebook.com/Deborahlouietutor

Today I’ll be talking with Lynn Koolish. Lynn is a fiber artist, teacher, and author. She is most well-known for her bright colors, hand-dyed fabrics, and creating mixed-media fiber art. She teaches locally in the San Francisco Bay Area, nationally at quilt shows, and online. She’s written or co-written 5 books all on color and fun with fabric. She’s also a former co-worker of mine, having spent a couple of decades editing books at C&T.

In today's episode I get to chat with Karoline Dahrling Hughes about living the creative life. Karoline is a designer, teacher, author, podcaster, and more! You may have seen her fabulous handmade clothing online or in popular sewing magazines or in her recently-released Stylehacking book. Karoline explores her creative side in her studio in Northern Denmark. She blogs and shares her creative work on her website, Skandimama. If you want to listen to her thoughts on living creatively you can tune in to her podcast, The Popcorn Brain Creative Podcast. We talk about keeping your creative work moving forward, staying motivated, and the fun you can have along the way.

Join me as I talk with Cindy Grisdela, veteran award-winning art quilter, teacher, and author. When not quarantining, Cindy travels extensively, teaching, exhibiting, and selling her work across the US. Her work can be most easily described as improv art quilting and much of her teaching focuses on giving quilters the tools and techniques they need to express themselves in their own art quilts. Listen in as we talk about creating improvisational quilts, Cindy's approach to creativity, and much more. To catch up with Cindy and see what she's doing now or where you can see her next, hop on over to her website. To see more of Cindy's work, check her out on Instagram @cindygrisdelaquilts

Today I am chatting with Ann Hazelwood, veteran shop owner, quilt appraiser, and novelist. Ann's quilt-laden cozy novels span 4 series containing 19 books - and counting! Get the scoop on how Ann approaches her writing, the series locations, and much more. You can follow Ann on Facebook at facebook.com/booksonthings or learn more about the books and series on her website at booksonthings.com.

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Listen in as I talk with Meri Vahl. Meri is a renowned quilt artist best known for her stunning and evocative landscape art quilts which have won numerous awards including Mancuso’s ‘Best Quilts of the World’ three times! Meri is also a prolific teacher and when not on lockdown travels the world sharing her art quilt techniques. Meri shares about her art, art quilting, why having a fabric stash is a good thing, and her experience living in the first integrated dormitory at Indiana University. You can learn more about her art quilts at meriartquilts.com and you can learn more about her experience at Indiana University in her book Hoosier Hysteria: A Fateful Year in the Crosshairs of Race in America.

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Have a listen as I chat with Rose Parr. Rose is a personal trainer, a nutritionist, an author, and a quilter. As a personal trainer specializing in older adults, she has worked with many arthritic individuals and, as a nutritionist, helped them choose foods to feel better. In the corporate world, she consulted with organizations to implement office ergonomics and taught staff to stretch at work. She has combined her studies in home economics with her certifications in ergonomics, fitness, wellness, and nutrition to teach others how to sew smart. Learn a bit about how you can make simple changes to quilt and sew pain-free and keep sewing through later life.

Find out more about Rose and what she is up to at healthyquilting.com or check in with her on Instagram and Facebook @healthyquilting.

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Join me as I talk with Lilo Bowman. If you already know Lilo you likely know her from her work as the editor-in-chief and production manager for TheQuiltShow.com. Through her earlier life, Lilo moved frequently, sometimes with nothing more than a closet and dining room table for her creative space. She shares what she learned from that experience about organizing your creative space so it is comfortable, functional, and inspiring. Listen in as we talk about working on The Quilt Show, organizing your studio, and lots more. Find out what Lilo is up to at www.lilobowman.com or check out www.thequiltshow.com to see some of her work with The Quilt Show.

Find out more about her favorite organizing products at Command Hooks command.com and Kit Exchange kitxchange.com.

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