Sew & So...

Nov 21 2024 99 ep. 39 mins 42
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Sew & So is a casual conversation with a special member of the sewist and quilting community. A casual conversation about how they got started, what inspires them and what excites them. Sew & So is brought to you by BERNINA - Made To Create.

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Houston Festival 2024 – A Golden Anniversary Celebration

Nov 21 2024 52 mins  
Welcome to Sew & So, brought to you by BERNINA, made to create! I’m Meg Goodman, and today, you’re in for an exclusive treat. Join me on a behind-the-scenes tour of a truly extraordinary milestone—the 50th anniversary of the Houston Quilt Festival. This isn’t just any quilt show; it’s an international celebration of artistry, creativity, and history. We’ll be diving d

Lina Owen – Growing the Latino Quilting Community and Staying True to My Why

Nov 07 2024 40 mins  
In this inspiring episode, we welcome Lina Owen, founder of BlueBelle Designs and co-owner of Quilting with Latinas. Born and raised in Colombia, Lina came to the United States in 2006, having studied International Business in Bogotá. She discovered quilting through her mother-in-law and YouTube tutorials, and in just four years, she has honed her craft and made a significant impa

Lynn Schmitt - Risk Taker, Rule Breaker - Living in the World of Why Not

Oct 24 2024 39 mins  
Join us for an energetic and inspiring conversation with Lynn Schmitt, the fearless owner of A Different Box of Crayons in Glen Ellyn, IL. Discover how her journey from commercial interior designer to pattern and quilt kit creator took unexpected twists. Learn how Lynn's bold approach to art and design has led her to embrace innovation and take risks in the world of quilting—proo

Deanna Springer – The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, 20 Years of Honoring the Legacy of Nancy Zieman

Oct 10 2024 31 mins  
You’re about to join us for a very special conversation we recorded in-person in Madison, WI at the 20th anniversary of the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show! In this episode, we’re thrilled to welcome back Deanna Springer a close collaborator with the legendary Nancy Zieman, co-founding Nancy Zieman Productions in 2007.

The Great Wisconsin Quilt Show Celebrates 20 Years and Honors the Legacy of Nancy Zieman

Sep 26 2024 40 mins  
Join us for this special episode as we travel to Madison Wisconsin for the Great American Quilt Show which began largely in thanks to the late Nancy Zieman. Nancy hosted Sewing With Nancy on PBS Wisconsin for 35 years and inspired hobbyists across the country to sew, quilt and embroider. What started as an instructional program filmed in her home in 1982 became the longest-running

OMG Fashun Part 2. Meet more Disruptors!

Sep 12 2024 30 mins  
This is Part Two of the behind the scenes look at the hit show OMG Fashun...the brainchild of Julia Fox. Meet more of the disruptors, hear about how they got where they are and learn about special moments in the show.

OMG Fashun Season 1- Behind the Scenes at this Groundbreaking Show(Part 1)

Aug 29 2024 36 mins  
This episode is unlike any we’ve done before. Yes, we’ll be talking to sewists, but these aren’t just any sewists—these are trailblazers with a story to tell. They’ve stitched their way through life’s fabric from every corner of the country, and their threads have led them to something extraordinary. These talented creators were contestants on the first season of Bravo�

Jennifer May Nickel – Storytelling Through Costumes, this Sewist Shares the Behind the Scenes Explanations of TV Costume Creation

Aug 15 2024 60 mins  
Want to know the behind-the-scenes workings of costume design for tv shows? , Then join us for this one-of-a-kind episode with our guest Jennifer May Nickel, member of the costume Designer’s Guild who lives in LA…but works her craft from wherever she’s called in places such as Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Phoenix, Lafayette, LA and Pittsburgh. Her TV costume design credits in

Grace Latz - Olympian Artist-in-Residence Program/Paris 2024

Aug 01 2024 57 mins  
It’s Summer 2024 and we’re with Olympian Grace Latz just prior to her travels to Paris for the Artist-in-Residence Program at the Olympics. Hear about this amazing program, how Grace was chosen to participate and what she eventually creates for it. She talks about the team that helped her produce it and how it all came together. Or course she talks about how she learned to se

Ann Brauer - It Floated Away

Jul 18 2024 35 mins  
Our guest is Ann Brauer from Ann Brauer Quilt Studio in Shelburne Falls, MA who for more than 40 years has been making original quilts that create abstract landscapes of the imagination. At age 30, she took the leap to try to support herself as a quilt maker. She’ll share with us just how all this worked out. In 2011, her life changed dramatically as her studio floated down the