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The Quilter on Fire Podcast

Quilter on Fire is the quilting podcast for makers ready to move from technically capable to creatively confident. Award-winning host Brandy Maslowski sits down with quilters, designers, textile artists, and industry voices from around the world for honest conversations about craft, creativity, and building a life around what you love to make. Brandy is an NACQJ-certified quilt judge, teacher, speaker, textile artist, author, and quilt travel tour host who traded a firefighting career for a life in

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QOF Episode 240 - Katie Pasquini Masopust

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2025/12/30

Katie Pasquini was inducted into the Quilter's Hall of Fame in 2024. She is a trailblazer, an artist, author, teacher and speaker who has spent over forty years turning fabric into breathtaking works of art. Katie began as a painter, but somewhere along the line she discovered that fabric and thread could carry the same depth, emotion, and movement as paint. Katie is a world-renowned teacher and lecturer, traveling from her studio in California to classrooms around the world — Europe, the Far...

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QOF Episode 239 - Dr. Karen Nyberg

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2025/12/23

My guest today is Dr. Karen Nyberg! She is an Astronaut, Earth Ambassador, and Artist. Have you ever spoken to a person who has literally left this earth and been to outer space? I haven’t…until now! My guest on the podcast today stitched a 9” square star-themed quilt block in space and encouraged others to create their own star-themed quilt blocks on earth. No one realized how quickly the project would grow. NASA received over 2400 quilt squares from around the world for the Astronomic...

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QOF Episode 238 - Fiber Fix Fam Launch with Mel Beach

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2025/12/16

JOIN THE FIBER FIX for 2026! We'll be making fiber art postcards together all year long! It's a chance to stretch your skills—one small, joyful project at a time with 12 fiber art challenges, monthly LIVES with Brandy & Mel and a community you will love. Be in the room LIVE WITH US once a month! $85USD/$120CAD/year. TODAY'S PODCAST is all about our new adventure for 2026! I've joined forces with my good friend Mel Beach for a monthly creative punch! Grow, connect, and get that monthly spa...

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QOF Episode 237 - Maria Shell

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2025/12/09

From her studio in Alaska (or sometimes Kansas), my guest today transforms scraps into vibrant improvisational art quilts that have earned national recognition. Her fearless approach to color and pattern will leave you inspired to create your own original fabric from your stash. I saw her speak a few years ago in Duluth, Minnesota and her story left me inspired. Today on the Quilter on Fire Podcast I’ll have a chat with Maria Shell. Find her website here: https://mariashell.com/ Quilter...

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QOF Episode 236 - 5 Year Anniversary!

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2025/12/02

Welcome to a very special celebration—the 5th Anniversary Episode of the Quilter on Fire Podcast. I can hardly believe it! Five years of stories, stitches, laughter, tears, inspiration, and those little moments where something someone says just clicks and you feel your heart expand a little wider. Thank you for listening. There is a special VIDEO episode on the Quilter on Fire YouTube channel because past guests and loyal listeners have responded to my call and sent in videos of their ...

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QOF Episode 235 - Artist e bond

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2025/11/25

Today on the Quilter on Fire Podcast we're diving into the creative world of artist, educator, graphic designer, and printmaker e bond. Her work has been published in numerous books including 500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form and 1,000 Artists’ Books: Exploring the Book as Art. Now she's creating beautiful fabric collections for Free Spirit Fabrics and has half a dozen collections under her belt. She even has new thread sets coming out to coordinate with her fab...

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QOF Episode 234 - Lorelai Kueker

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2025/11/18

My guest today is Lorelai Keeker a 16 year old quilter and garment maker who is taking the industry by storm. At her young age she has already won numerous awards including Viewer’s Choice awards AQS Branson and Paducah, Best of division for a quilted dress at Missouri State Fair, her quilt, "Fabulous Fireworks," was displayed at the Houston International Quilt Festival as part of the, "50 years of Great Quilts," exhibit and this year she won first place for her quilt Magnetized at QuiltCon 2...

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QOF Episode 233 - Karen Lewis

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2025/11/11

My guest today is Karen Lewis — printmaker, fabric and pattern designer, author, and the creative force behind Karen Lewis Textiles. You might know her from her fabric lines with Robert Kaufman or her books Screen Printing at Home and Wabi-Sabi Sewing. She is also one of the 3 wonderful designers behind the Threadhouse Academy. Check out the Quilter on Fire video right HERE! Karen's Website: https://www.karenlewistextiles.com/ Quilter on Fire Website - https://quilteronfire.com/ OLISO IRONS -...

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QOF Episode 232 - Karlee Porter

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2025/11/04

My guest today is Karlee Porter of Karlee Porter Designs! She’s known for inventing Graffitti Quilting and she will invite you into her community with open arms to explore your free motion quilting potential. Karlee is a lifelong artist who transformed her passion into a quilting career. I met her a few years ago for the first time at QuiltCon. She was decked out head to toe in this gorgeous black and white quilted coat just when the craze of quilted garments was getting started. She was like...

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QOF Episode 231 - Giuseppe Ribaudo

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2025/10/28

My guest today is GIUSEPPE RIBAUDO! His creative path feels like a storybook for modern makers. Better known to the quilting world as Giucy Giuce, he grew up on Long Island, New York, in a bustling Sicilian-American household where food, family, and creativity were always close at hand. He learned to sew from his grandmother — a talented seamstress with a sharp eye and even sharper expectations. He is known for his stunning fabric collections, his storytelling through color and pattern, and t...

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QOF Episode 230 - Susan Brubaker Knapp

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2025/10/21

Today on the podcast you’ll meet SUSAN BRUBAKER KNAPP - Artist, author, photographer, and host of "Quilting Arts TV." She has quilts in museum collections and has won seven Best of Show awards. She is a maker who transforms photographs into art quilts using whole cloth painting, fused appliqué, thread sketching, quilting and more. Her quilts display a delightful variety of innovative techniques. From traditional quilter to QATV host, she's got quite the story. You can find Susan right h...

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BONUS! Chelsea Porter & the Benson Boone Vest

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2025/10/16

YOU'VE ALL SEEN IT! The Benson Boone quilted vest. The Chelsea Porter magic. I could not stop watching those IG videos @chelsea_b_porter — the creativity, the confidence, the absolute vibe of it all. Tune in right here for an EXCLUSIVE interview just days after the concert with full emotion, full excitement and all the glorious details. Today I'll have a chat with Chelsea B. Porter! Chelsea Porter's website: www.chelseabporter.com Chelsea on IG - @chelsea_b_porter Products Chelsea me...

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QOF Episode 229 - Theresa Benson

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2025/10/14

Theresa Benson is a quiltmaker, pattern designer, author and heart-centered teacher who has combined her love for quilting with AI. With a background in Electrical Engineering and expertise in artificial intelligence, she’s created a unique niche—bringing the world of tech and quilting together. Her workshops cover everything from color theory to AI applications, helping quilters of all skill levels explore fresh ways to express themselves. And why do I say heart-centred teacher? She makes th...

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QOF Episode 228 - Jane Haworth

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2025/10/07

My guest today is Jane Haworth! Her journey is pretty amazing. She started off making heartwarming memory quilts turning people's T-shirts and special clothes into beautiful keepsakes. But over time, something shifted. Jane began creating art for herself, following her own creative path instead of only making custom quilts for others. Now she's known for her incredible pet portraits and fabric collage workshops and her quilts can be seen at major quilt shows across the country. She is an awar...

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QOF Episode 227 - Adam Trest - Artist

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2025/09/30

My guest today is Adam Trest. He’s an artist, illustrator and storyteller. His work evokes the heart of Southern folklore and traditions. A New York Times bestselling illustrator, his work can be found in the illustrations of children’s books, hanging in the homes of his collectors worldwide, and in multiple home decor lines available nationwide. And he has been featured on the hit series Hometown again and again. Regardless of whether you find it in wallpaper, on tiles, or in a gorgeous line...

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QOF Episode 226 - Carolina Oneto

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2025/09/24

My guest today is Carolina Oneto, an internationally celebrated Chilean quilt artist. Her work blends bold colour, beautiful flowing design, and storytelling with every stitch. Carolina’s quilting journey has taken her across borders and cultures, sharing her artistry with quilters around the globe. Inspired by music, fine art, social issues, and the beauty of nature, she transforms fabric into a colourful story. Her quilts reflect both her strong technical skills and her deep creative spirit...

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QOF EP 225 - Todd Leavitt - The Bear Quilter

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2025/09/16

My guest today is Todd Leavitt – if you are in love with the process, in love with the story, and in love with an authentic human being putting himself out there for all to see – even in his gitchies - this is your episode. He loves to share the good in his world and the struggle. He loves to have the conversations. He hangs out on TikTok LIVE in a safe way every weekend that he can to quilt and talk and share his process. He answers Qs that lift up the viewer and he’s building a quilting com...

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QOF Episode 224 Amy Freyn

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2025/09/09

My guest today is known as Quito Quilts on TikTok and Instagram! This longarm quilter has literally led a path of friends including me - dancing down the aisles of QuiltCon and a few other shows. She may be considered the dancing quilter on social media, but there are so many other wonderful things she brings to the table or should I say the quilt frame? Today I’ll have a chat with Amy Freyn of Quito Quilts. You can find her right here on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quitoquilts Quilt...

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QOF Episode 223 - Clare Youngs

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2025/09/02

Clare Youngs is an artist, designer and maker working with paper collage. She is a graphic designer by trade with a lifelong interest in everything handmade. She has written 20+ gorgeous books, she has run workshops and she creates original artwork as well. Whether she is printing, cutting and folding paper, sewing or embroidering, she takes inspiration from all aspects of handicraft techniques, traditional and contemporary. And now she’s stepped into the world of fabric design with Free Spir...

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QOF Episode 222 - Urban Sewciety with Megan Whitney

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2025/08/26

Megan Whitney and Meg Bulthaupt are the creative force behind Urban Sewciety, Studio M Squared, and Sewciety Kids. Each began with a passion for sewing and a strong entrepreneurial drive, launching their own sewing ventures independently. In 2016, their paths crossed, and they joined forces to build the thriving brands they run today. Today, Meg and Megan share their patterns and curriculum for both kids and adult classes, empowering other businesses and individuals to replicate their w...

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