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Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show

A slightly chaotic podcast about all things quilting. Join Amanda as she discusses the ups and downs of quilting, interviews famous and not-so-famous quilters, and navigates life as a modern millennial maker. Trust us, this is not your granny’s quilt show. Follow Amanda on Instagram at @notyourgrannysquiltshow

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All Episodes

02:05:17

Meet Karlee Porter! - Ep. 100

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2024/03/18

Welcome to the 100th Episode of Not Your Granny's Quilt Show!Karlee Porter is a professional quilter who came to the industry in a non-traditional way. Karlee has always been artistic and loved sharing her art with her friends and classmates all through school. To earn extra money, Karlee would sell her designs and homemade caramels. When she was out of high school, newly married, and needing a job, she worked for HandiQuilter as a builder of subcomponents for the longarm machines. This is how

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00:50:51

Meet Janice Reimer of Prairie & Ocean! - Ep. 99

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2024/03/11

Janice Reimer is a Structural Biologist by day and a Quilter by night...and weekends. After resisting becoming a quilter for much of her life, Janice was introduced to EPP and whole-cloth hand quilting. The rest, as they say, is history. Janice was born and raised in the Canadian prairies, and after working in San Diego for three years, she returned to Canada. Janice's analytical mind helps her create modern-traditionalist quilt patterns that have eye-catching design and flow. Janice's most recent

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00:53:18

QuiltCon 2024 Recap! - Ep. 98

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2024/03/04

Amanda talks us through her first time going to QuiltCon! This year, 2024, it was held in Raleigh, North Carolina. If you've never heard of QuiltCon, go check it out! It's hosted by The Modern Quilt Guild each year. Amanda shares what she experienced, who she met, and her thoughts on the quilt show. She shares it all! The ups, the downs and the in-betweens. She met so many amazing quilters, friends of the podcast and new friends. She can't wait to go back next year! See you in Phoenix in

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01:40:08

Meet Kate Hay! - Ep. 97

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2024/02/26

The only thing Kate from @quiltwithmisskate loves more than quilts, is friendship! Kate’s first job ever was at a quilt store folding FQs, later becoming store manager to Virginia’s largest quilt shop, Patchwork Plus, later still becoming the Moda / Ruby Star Society rep for the southeast. Then, she met the great love of her life and moved to Maui. Which leads us to today! Although a long-time quilter, Kate is relatively new to the online quilt world, as moving to Maui forced he out of her comfort

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01:31:07

Meet Amber Elliot of Alderwood Studio! - Ep. 96

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2024/02/19

Amber Elliot is the artist/pattern designer/quilter/educator behind Alderwood Studio. She has been sewing all her life, and has always loved bringing various fabrics together to give them new life. As a child, she used her grandmother's old clothes to create new fashion for her mom to wear. Then as a teen, Amber decided that she was going to make a quilt, so she did. Since then, Amber has quilted on and off, but when she started doing it more seriously, she realized that the design and the pattern

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02:34:37

Meet Tara Evans of Taralee Quiltery! - Ep. 95

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2024/02/12

Tara Evans is the owner/artist/designer behind Taralee Quiltery. As a student, Tara thrived in math, science and the arts. Her main focus was to take as many classes in the arts as she could. Amanda and Tara attended rival high schools in Boise, but the two ended up in their respective schools' choir programs. Painting was Tara's original outlet, which ultimately led her to study Fine Art in college. Before graduating, she got married and soon after becoming a mother, she started sewing for them

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01:04:49

Meet Ben Millett! - Ep. 94

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2024/02/05

Quilting is Ben Millett's creative outlet outside his work at an agriculture company in Des Moines, Iowa. Ben explores color and shape by applying contemporary color palettes to traditional quilt blocks, turning digital concepts into a physical reality with fabric and thread. He creates to play, to communicate ideas, to further the gay agenda, to make what he wants to see.Ben dives in a bit with Amanda about the process of entering quilts into a quilt show (and specifically QuiltCon). Ben talks

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01:47:03

Meet Ann Skaehill of Crafty Moose Quilts! Ep. 93

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2024/01/29

Ann Skaehill is the quilter/designer behind Crafty Moose Quilts. She started sewing in 2011 when she was gifted the use of her grandmother's sewing machine. Ann has built her brand and business around making t-shirt quilts, designing quilt patterns and loving her inventory of fat quarters. Ann is one of the Nine Patch Quilt Collective, whose launch of the Sweater Weather Sampler was a huge hit! Ann's block, Warm Woodlands is a fun patchwork twist on fall foliage. Among her traditionally-pieced

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00:54:37

Meet Amanda Loewen of Prairie Quilt Co.! - Ep. 92

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2024/01/22

Amanda Loewen is a quilt pattern designer in Canada. She has been knitting and sewing for much of her life but started sharing her quilting online about 5 years ago. She started designing and selling patterns in 2021 after taking a course to learn how. Amanda is still a full-time teacher and a mom of two young children. Although she designs beautiful quilt patterns with bright happy colors in mind, she still views quilting and pattern design as a hobby. Look for Amanda's newest releases in her shop,

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00:50:29

Meet Barbie Mills!- Ep. 91

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2024/01/15

Barbie Mills is a modern digital pantograph designer and long-arm quilter based in Utah. Barbie has been sewing for pretty much her whole life. She started quilting in high school and began her longarm business in 2012. Barbie was doing custom free-motion long-arming before she decided to go digital and leave the custom quilting behind. As her skills grew, so did her design portfolio, and now she has an Etsy shop full of hundreds of digital pantograph designs. Barbie also teaches a pantograph design

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01:00:26

Meet April Singleton of Made In The Shed Quilts! -...

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2024/01/08

April Singleton is the owner and designer behind Made In The Shed Quilts. She didn't start quilting until she was gifted her grandmother's sewing machine in 2014, and she hasn't stopped since! In 2019, as the space in her house was now filled with kids, April built a shed in her backyard. This is where all the magic happens! In addition to designing and selling some beautiful quilt patterns, she also carries fabric! April hosted her first-ever Quilt Along with the launch of her most recent pattern

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00:23:09

Happy Holidays and Thank you! - Ep. 89

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2023/12/18

Amanda is solo in this episode. She wants to thank all of you for being here with her this year, and can't wait to see what 2024 holds. Please be kind to yourself this holiday season. We love you and we are so excited to bring you new and exciting content in the new year! Cheers! This episode was supported by www.cristinabonnet.com/UNFOLD Check out the site and sign up to receive a FREE 30-minute coaching session. Mention Not Your Granny's Quilt Show and receive 10% off your program! Want to see

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01:10:36

Meet Christina West of Kindred Quilt Co.! - Ep. 88

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2023/12/11

Christina West is the color-obsessed owner and face behind Kindred Quilt Co. From making crib sheets and baby bedding, Christina has grown her love of fabric, color, and design through her over 9 years of sewing and quilting. Christina's first business venture of making and selling crib sheets came to a close and opened the door for quilting. In 2020 she started designing her own quilts, and in 2022 published her first pattern to share with the world. This year - 2023 - Christina has been an Art

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00:53:09

Meet Christina Miller of Fabric Pop! - Ep. 87

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2023/12/04

Christina Miller is the owner and happy face behind Fabric Pop - an online quilt shop for modern quilters. As a lifelong crafter, Christina has always loved fabric. Even in her first business endeavor - making and selling bags - Christina found the most joy in talking to her customers and other vendors about the fabric. When the business of bags had run its course, Christina took time to sew projects just for herself, using the fabrics she loved most. This inspired her to move into her next phase -

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01:02:06

Meet Chris Marchini of Rose City Originals! - Ep. 86

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2023/11/27

Chris Marchini is a sewist and quilter based in Portland, Oregon. He is the brains and personality behind Rose City Originals. With his unique style brought to life in his quilting patterns and the content in his socials, Chris is speaking to tens of thousands of quilters who resonate with him. From showing his "Randomly Generated Quilt" series to making perfectly pattern-matched dress shirts, Chris's twist on quilting draws a crowd. In 2023, Chris has been working on a year-long Community Quilt,

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01:07:45

Meet Whitney of French Fry Quilt Co.! - Ep. 85

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2023/11/20

Whitney is the owner and quilter behind French Fry Quilt Company. She lives in Northern California with her husband and two cats. She is a yoga instructor and running coach. She held a job as an non-fiction editor then moved into retail management. When the opportunity came up for Whitney to pursue her vision for starting a quilt/fabric shop, she jumped! As a quilter, Whitney enjoys using fun fabrics with bright colors. Her shop reflects the fun! Whitney hopes to expand one day, but for now is

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00:54:57

Meet Mike O'Dell of Legit Kits! - Ep. 84

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2023/11/13

Mike O'Dell is an entrepreneur at heart, so when he started planning, designing and making his own foundation paper piecing patterns, he knew he had something special. That's when Legit Kits was born. Mike loves coming up with ideas that make people say "that's legit!". As he built his team, he worked to find people who are just as passionate about making cool quilts and art as he is. The company just launched their 50th design, the Kraken, and have ideas for many more to come. Mike loves to see

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01:04:40

Meet Erin Grogan of Love Sew Modern! - Ep. 83

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2023/11/06

Erin Grogan is the pattern designer and founder of Love Sew Modern. She was introduced to sewing by her grandmother, a professional seamstress. As a child, Erin would fill a notebook with fashion designs and dream of growing up to become a clothing designer. On her many summer visits, Erin and her grandmother would go to Hancock Fabrics to get material and together they would sew her school wardrobe for the next year. These precious moments sparked her love for design. In 2017 Erin took her first

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01:11:33

Let's Talk Quilt Shows! - Ep. 82

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2023/10/30

This episode is a little different than the usual! Amanda does chat with Vicki Francis, and the focus of their conversation is Quilt Show judging. Amanda also shares her perspective on what it was like to be in the judging room, scribing for the NACQJ judges. Vicki is the 2023 Vice President of the Boise Basin Quilters guild. She was formerly a teacher, and now repairs and quilts vintage quilt tops. She is also working toward her international quilt judging certification. If the thought of entering

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01:09:35

Meet Belle Brunner of Seams Sew Me! - Ep. 81

Not Your Granny"s Quilt Show ·

2023/10/23

In this episode, Amanda chats with Belle Brunner, the lovely owner of @SeamsSewMe She is a pattern designer and a guild consultant and educator. Belle recently moved back to her home state of Arkansas to be close to her father and help run an Airbnb/Quilt Retreat on his property. You can usually find her on her YouTube channel, or working up another beautiful quilt. Belle, like a lot of us, found quilting later in her journey but has taken to it like a fish in water. She has found her niche in

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